Cricket St Thomas Seniors 2

CRICKET ST THOMAS GOLF CLUB

                        SENIORS SECTION

           Commitee Meeting      6^th January 2016

     Minutes

     Present:  N.Hill  R.Stone K Branchflower J.Pearce  S.Pope  F.Martin

                     A.Davis  A.Chance B.Barrow N Markby B.Robinson R.Forster

1. Advertising for opens
         Flyers are to be sent out to clubs in the south west
         An advert will be placed on the Golf Empire web site
         Approach CST for any information stored on the computer
         data base to identify last years’ entrants so e-mails can be sent.
   
   
2. Sponsorship of opens and club competitions
         There has been agreement by CST management for us to seek
         sponsors for the above competitions. Any donations will go to the
         Captain’s charity. Alzheimer’s Research UK.
   
   
3. Reaction and feedback re handicap review
         The review was necessary to generally increase our handicaps as
         most of the qualifiers played last year were reductions only making
         us uncompetitive when playing matches.
         However there appears to be some inconsistencies with the review.
    This will be investigated and the review will be ongoing for several    months
   
   
4. May charity competition – latest position
         An interclub competition is being arranged for 4^th May
         The format is 8 men teams playing 4BBB.
    Invitations have been sent out to 12 clubs of which some have sent       cheques . A deadline of 31^st Jan has been set for positive response from
   the rest before inviting other clubs. The entrance fee is £224/team.
         There will also be a raffle and a sweep to aid the charity amount.
         The captain will produce a Welcome Brochure for the day.
   
   
   
   
5. Matches – Catering arrangements
         Visitors for the first 4/5 matches will be notified that the dress code
    is smart casual.  Catering to be a bacon bap on arrival and sit down buffet after the match. This arrangement will be reviewed following the
   first 4/5 matches.
   
   
6. Winter Golf-Pick and clean
   During senior roll ups only members can pick, clean and drop within
   a clubs length when off the fairway. Dropping back on the fairway is not permitted. A full ruling will be posted on the notice board.
   
   
7. Winter League
   Any postponed Winter League competitions will be arranged to be played in March.
   
   
8. Entry to Knighton Heath competition
        It was agreed that we should continue to enter above competition.
       The Somerset Bowl foursomes competition has also been entered.
       The club has also been invited to enter a team in the Jurassic Challenge
       competition at Lyme Regis golf club
   
   
      It was debated and agreed that the minutes should be posted on the
      Seniors Notice Board
   
   
      There being no other business the meeting was closed at 14-30
   
   
   
   
   RF- Secretary.