OXSHOTT BRIDGE CLUB
MINUTES OF THE 56TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE
OXSHOTT VILLAGE CENTRE ON WEDNESDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2019
Present: Mrs D.Pugh (Chairman ) and 51 Members and 1 visitor. (Appendix A)
The Chairman welcomed Members to the meeting.
- Apologies for Absence:
There were 17 apologies.
- Minutes of the 2018 Annual General Meeting:
These had been published on the web site prior to the meeting.
They were unanimously approved and were signed.
- Matters Arising:
There were no matters arising.
- Committee’s Report (Appendix B):
This had been published on the web site. There were no questions.
5. Hon. Treasurer’s Report and Adoption of Accounts (Appendix C):
Hon.Treasurer Richard Burgess presented the Accounts.
The increased surplus of £1928 was due to three factors. The Hall rental rates had not gone up as much as had been expected. Mrs Griffiths had retired so there was a saving on her
Wages and there had been a better than expected attendance throughout the year.
It was unanimously agreed that the Accounts be adopted.
6. Election of Officers and Committee:
Gillian Lowe and Katherine Kreuter were retiring from the Committee and were thanked by
the Chairman for their hard work. Peter Wardle was also retiring and the Chairman thanked
him especially for his work on the Rules Revision and GDPR.
There were three vacancies on the Committee. Richard Arnatt, Elizabeth Dunjay and
Jill Apted were willing to stand. It was proposed by Graham Cunningham and seconded by
Mary Bushell that they be elected to the Committee. This was unanimously approved.
All other Officers and Committee members offered themselves for re-election which was
unanimously accepted.
The President Alan Hammond would be retiring after five years and the Chairman thanked
him for his service.
The Chairman advised that the position would be held by the next longest Member of the
Club who was Margaret Monaghan who was pleased to accept the position.
- Election of Hon.Auditor:
It was unanimously agreed that Donald Porter be re-elected as Hon.Auditor.
The Treasurer thank Donald for Auditing the Accounts.
8. Announcement of Competition Winners:
Alan Hammond the President presented the following Prizes:
Club Teams: Winners: Isabel Correia/Peter Exworthy
Graham Cunningham/Cliffe Lambe
Runners up: Michael Mulligan/Jonathan Spring
Shelia Price/Carole Tuininga
Tilling Trophy: Winners: Jonathan Spring and John French
Runners Up: Dave Bowen and Philip Goldenberg
Individual: Winner: Jonathan Spring
Runner Up: Mike Mulligan
- Christmas Party:
This would be on the 11th December.
10.Entry into EBU and Surrey Competition:
The Chairman advised that for the past couple of years the Club had entered by Members
request fewer outside Competitions to be run on a Club night. Feelings on this had now
changed and some Members have requested more of these.
It was unanimously agreed that the Club would enter a couple more Competitions on a trial
bases for one year.
- Any other Business:
The Chairman reminded Members to wash up their cups thoroughly.
Jonathan Spring who ran the Bridge Mate System and Dealing Machine advised that he
would be moving within the next six months. He was assisted with the Scoring System by
Peter Wardle and Tony Scott, Tony was retiring now and the Club was looking for more
Members to join the Team.
Ian Jeffrey had recently joined the Team and was currently learning the process. However
three extra people
With regard to the dealing machine, three sets of Boards were required each evening
which take about half an hour to prepare and link to the Club Computer and Scoring System.
Philip Goldenberg and Liz Dunjay have agreed to come on board but two more people were
Needed.
Could any Members who were interested in helping let the Chairman know.
A suggestion from the floor was that the people who performed these duties should be
excused table money on the nights that they were involved. The Chairman advised that this
was not practicable as there were many people behind the scenes as well as the Committee
who carried out several duties on a voluntary bases over the year.
There being no other business the meeting closed at 7.30pm.
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