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		MEETINGS BRISTOL & DISTRICT GOLF LEAGUE (Founded in 1955 by J K Reece Esq.) *Secretary & Treasurer:* R F Webb Esq., 5, Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3DL 01225 400123 E-mail: webbfamily93@blueyonder.co.uk www.thebdgl.org.uk October 2007. To All Club Secretaries. R Bennett, A Shore, T Glossop, M Priest, A Hannan, R Webb. Dear Sir, I am including for your attention: Agenda for the A.G.M. to be held on Friday 26^th October 2007 at 8:00 p.m. with the kind permission of Saltford Golf Club. Secretary/Treasurers Report. Income and Expenditure Report. Updated Calendar for major events and A.G.M (see future dates page) League Divisions for 2008 Proposed amendments to League Rules together with notes outlining the reason for the changes. Will you please pass these to your League Representative stressing that this is the only occasion in the year that we can all meet. The meeting is also open to Club Secretaries. Will they or their nominees please attend the meeting. Yours Faithfully, Roger Webb, Secretary/Treasurer Bristol & District Golf League. BRISTOL & DISTRICT GOLF LEAGUE AGENDA Apologies for absence Approval of the Minutes of the 51st AGM held at Shirehampton Golf Club on Friday 27th October 2006. Matters Arising Chairman’s Report Secretary/Treasurers Report Election of President Election of Officers League Fixtures – Friday September 21^st 2007 between 2pm and 5 pm Foursomes Championship – Tall Pines Golf Club – Saturday May 10^th 2007 League Finals – Thornbury Golf Club – Sunday September 14^th 2008 The 2008 subscription is reduced by £20 per Club increasing to £80 for the Clubs listed below provided that payment of the Club’s subscription is received by 31^st December 2007. Wells, Saltford,Bristol & Clifton, Chipping Sodbury, The Kendleshire, Worlebury, Clevedon, The Park, Shirehampton, Kingsdown, Long Ashton, Henbury, Knowle, Mendip, Cumberwell Park, Proposed R Webb (Treasurer) Seconded R Bennett (Chairman) Rule 1 of the Bristol & District Golf League rules governing the league constitution is amended to read as follows:“The league management committee shall consist of a President, Chairman, Secretary, Match Secretary, and Treasurer and up to 5 members. All shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.” To consider the attached changes to the League Rule. Proposed R Bennett (Chairman) Seconded A Shore (President) Any other business. The Bristol & District Golf League Annual General Meeting 27/10/07 Held at Saltford Golf Club Minutes… In the absence of the Secretary Alan Shore recorded the minutes Present: Alan Shore (Wells &President) Richard Bennett ( Long Ashton & Chairman) Terry Glossop & Mark Priest (Committee Mendip & Knowle)Tony Mann (Bristol & Clifton) Paul Mason (Chipping Sodbury) Doug Morgan (Cumberwell Park) Peter Whitfield & Nigel Wilson (The Kendleshire) Neil Pirie (Lansdown) Andrew Webb (Mendip Spring) Sean Doyle & Warren Hunt (Saltford) Bill Hole (Shirehampton) Mike Downs (The Park) Jon Barton & Mark Cornock (Thornbury) Adrian Hands (Woodspring) Mark Colling (Baker Tilly & Long Ashton) 1. Apologies:Alistair Hannan (Committee & Henbury). Roger Webb (Secretary & Saltford). Jim Cunning Clevedon Golf Club. Neil Newman Kingsdown Golf Club. Dave Benkenstein The Players Club. David White (Wells). 2. The minutes of the previous AGM were approved Proposed by Bill Hole seconded by Neil Pirie 3. There were no matters arising 4 The Chairman reported a disrupted season due to bad weather causing many re-arranged matches. He thanked Baker Tilly for continued Sponsorship & congratulated league Champions Knowle wishing them luck in the inter league play off with the North Gloucester Fousomes League Champions. He expressed thanks to Worlebury & Cumberwell Park for staging the Hilo Foursomes championships & League finals – both courses were in excellent condition & presented a high standard of catering. He finished by thanking the League Committee especially to Roger Webb & Alan Shore for all of their efforts. 5. The Secretarys/Treasurers report was sent by Roger The League was again fortunate to secure the sponsorship of Baker Tilly for a further year. To those clubs who found it possible to provide one courtesy fourball to Baker Tilly, and their clients, during the year the League are deeply indebted. I have no doubt that your generosity was instrumental in securing the sponsorship arrangements. I will be contacting all member clubs immediately after the AGM to ask for your further support so that we may make a similar offer in 2008 with a view to securing their sponsorship again. I hope that those clubs that felt unable to offer the facility this year will think again. Congratulations to all Divisional winners especially Knowle 1^st team who are this years Division 1 winners and who will represent the League in next years opening of the season inter league match against the winners of the North Gloucestershire Foursomes League. The playing season has not been an easy one particularly with the weather conditions that prevailed at the start of the season causing so many matches to be postponed. Unfortunately not all matches were completed in a satisfactory manner and the Committee can only hope that 2008 will turn out differently My thanks to the Committee for their support during the year and to the Committee & Members of Worlebury and Cumberwell Park Golf Clubs who have hosted the Foursomes Championship and League Finals respectively. TREASURER’S REPORT This years surplus of income over expenditure has primarily been possible by the continued sponsorship of Baker Tilly together with minor expenses e.g. insurance approved by the members at last years AGM. Sponsorship apart, the League continues to operate on a sound financial basis. The Committee are hopeful of agreeing further sponsorship with your help and if there are no adverse trading conditions the surplus of income over expenditure will continue to increase. It is for this reason I am recommending to members that as a “one-off” payment some of the present surplus be re-directed back to the Clubs. In this respect it seems only fair that this should be of more benefit to those Clubs who were instrumental in helping us in securing the sponsorship this year. My proposal to the AGM is that all Clubs will receive a £20 discount from next year’s subscription increasing to £80 per Club for those assisting with the sponsorship. The payment to be deducted from the 2008 subscription and must be paid by 31/12/07 to qualify for the discount. The cost will amount to £1,480 if all subscriptions are received by the stipulated date. It is important therefore that all Clubs keep me informed of changes in personnel either within the Club or with team responsibility including changes in email addresses for communication. 6. Election of Officers President…….Alan Shore .. proposed Tony Mann seconded Doug Morgan 7. Officers …Richard Bennett..Roger Webb..Alistair Hannan..Mark Priest ..Terry Glossop. Proposed Peter Whitfield seconded Tony Mann Both proposals were carried unanimously 8. The league fixtures meeting had gone ahead on September 21^st as planned & generally all felt that it was better to have the meeting earlier in the year & asked that the Secretary liase with Knowle Golf Club for a similar date for 2008 9.The Hilo Foursomes Championships are to be held at Tall Pines Golf Club on Saturday May 10^th 2008 10. The League finals day is to be at Thornbury Golf Club on Sunday September 14^th 2008 Note… This event was held on a Sunday in 2007 & all present felt that it was a success. 11. The 2008 subscription is reduced by £20 per Club increasing to £80 for the Clubs listed below provided that payment of the Club’s subscription is received by 31^st December 2007. Wells, Saltford,Bristol & Clifton, Chipping Sodbury, The Kendleshire, Worlebury, Clevedon, The Park, Shirehampton, Kingsdown, Long Ashton, Henbury, Knowle, Mendip, Cumberwell Park, Proposed R Webb (Treasurer) Seconded R Bennett (Chairman) This motion was carried unanimously 12 Rule 1 of the Bristol & District Golf League rules governing the league constitution is amended to read as follows: “The league management committee shall consist of a President, Chairman Secretary, Match Secretary, and Treasurer and up to 5 members. All shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.” Proposed Richard Bennett Seconded Alan Shore Carried 13. To consider the attached changes to the League Rules… Reference to Division 9 in Rule 3 is amended to read “(except for last place in the bottom Division)” Proposed Richard Bennett seconded Terry Glossop Carried Rule 5 is amended to read as follows: 5a)Prior to the Fixtures Meeting each year the Committee will inform member clubs of the number of Divisions, teams per Division and promotion and relegation rules to apply for the coming year. 5b)If a club has two or more teams in the same Division it shall play all matches between the teams as their first matches of the season. These changes to the Rules allow the Committee to structure the Divisions/Teams as circumstances dictate without continually changing Rule 5 at every AGM Proposed Sean Doyle seconded Doug Morgan Carried. Rule 6e) is amended as follows: 6e)No player shall play more than 10 matches in a season except under Rule 6d) and teams competing in Divisions where there are more than 6 teams where the number is 12 Proposed Neil Pirie seconded Tony Mann Carried Rule 9a) and 9b) are amended as follows: 9a) All matches must be completed by midnight on September 1^st. In the event that exceptional circumstances prevent a match being played by that date then upon application and agreement of the League Committee an extension may be granted to play the match up to, but not exceeding, 7 days prior to the date of the League Finals. Any alteration to the Fixture List must only be by direct agreement between the two clubs. 9b)It is the responsibility of the HOME club to (contact &)* negotiate a revised date. This must be within 7 days of the postponed date and the League/Match Secretary informed immediately. Any revised date must comply with Rule 9a). Motion carried except for the Secretary to add “contact &…” after HOME club to… in rule 9b Proposed Tony Mann seconded Adrian Hands carried The note to Rule 10 is amended as follows: N. B. Should this Rule be enforced the team(s) will return to the lowest Division. Proposed John Barton seconded Doug Morgan carried The second paragraph under “League Finals” is amended as follows: The Divisional trophies will be presented at this event. It is the responsibility of the previous year’s winners to return the trophy on League Finals day suitably engraved with their name and year. Proposed Peter Whitfield seconded Doug Morgan carried 14. Any other Business… 1.Bill Hole enquired if Shirehampton were due a refund as their 3^rd team had withdrawn prior to the season getting started -Secretary to advise 2.Baker Tilly are designing “are you available” team sheets to “float” on the web site for printing off & Mark Collings reported that Baker Tilly are pleased to announce a continuation of sponsorship & although they did not take full advantage of the courtesies from participating clubs, they appreciated the support & would endeavour to take more advantage next year 3. Mark Priest reported that the North Gloucester Foursomes League champions are Minchinghampton & that Knowle would soon be negotiating dates for the Inter League final* 4. Nigel Wilson (The Kendleshire) informed the league that he was to be the 2^nd team Captain & to contact..nig.wilson@tiscali.co.uk The Chairman thanked all for attending & closed the meeting After meeting pleas….there are still quite a few outstanding fixtures… will these clubs send fixtures as soon as possible to Alan Shore Also will any clubs wishing to support Baker Tilly next year by providing courtesies contact Roger Webb for details The Bristol & District Golf League www.thebdgl.org.uk Divisions 2008 Division one Division two Division three Knowle 1 Filton 1 Wells 1 Chipping Sodbury 1 Cumberwell Park 1 Bristol & Clifton 2 Henbury 1 Long Ashton 1 Kingsdown 1 Bristol & Clifton 1 Lansdown 1 The Park 1 Shirehampton 1 Weston –S-Mare 1 The Kendleshire Saltford 1 Clevedon 1st Worlebury 1st Division four Division five Division six Knowle 2 Shirehampton 2 The Park 2 Mendip 1 Mendip Spring 1 Tall Pines 1 Bath 1 Woodspring 1 Kingsdown 2 Henbury 2 Filton 2 Clevedon 2 Chipping Sodbury 2 Knowle 3 Long Ashton 2 The Bristol 1 Bath 2 Wells 2 Thornbury 1 Division seven Division eight Henbury 3 Long Ashton 3 The Players 1 The Park 3 Bristol & Clifton 3 Cumberwell Park 2 Saltford 2 Lansdown 2 The Kendleshire 2 Mendip Spring 2 The Bristol 2 Chipping Sodbury 3 Weston-S-Mare 2 Woodspring 2 Due to the resignation of Shirehampton 3 & Shortwood Lodge earlier in the year & recently of Stockwood Vale, Division nine consisted of just four teams. The Committee decided that this was just not enough teams to form a competitive division so Divisions 6, 7 & 8 have been increased to seven per division & for this season division nine disbanded. Apologies for any inconvenience. Please include agreed start times to prevent misunderstandings between clubs. These times will be included with the fixture dates on our Web site. & will be considered as THE MATCH TIME AGREED This year please send completed fixtures details to Alan Shore, 29, Finch Close, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5GL. Or e-mail alan.shore2112@ukonline.co.uk Please include any change of Reps or Personnel c/w Tel. nos. & e-mail addresses


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