MAYFIELD DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

 

        ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING   -  Tuesday 24 April 2007

 

 

The twenty-third Annual General Meeting of the Mayfield Duplicate Bridge Club was held at St John’s Church Hall, Tadworth on Tuesday 24 April 2007.

 

 

The Meeting commenced at 7.30pm with 63 members present including the following 7 Committee Members:

 

    Malcolm Channing (Chairman)      Chris Pullan (Treasurer)

    Peter Lee (Captain)                    Andrew Barnett

     Keith Jackson                            Terry Kedgley

    Roger Sugden          

                                                                                                       

Apologies for Absence

Rosemary Rice, Ron Maclaren, Roy Smith, Ann Chapple, Hazel Farmer, David Dick, Audrey Randall, Alan and Dorothy Laker, and Dick and Dorothy Wharton.

 

Chairman’s Report

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Meeting and said this would be his third and last AGM as Chairman. He asked whether there were any queries on the Minutes of the last AGM. There being none, he signed the Minutes noting their acceptance proposed by John Timberlake and seconded by Mary Street.

 

The Chairman asked that the meeting take the reports of the Chairman, the Secretary and the Captain as read as they had been displayed on the notice board so that the members could have an opportunity to read them. This was agreed. A copy of the Chairman’s report is attached (A).

 

He said that there had been a few instances of rudeness to Tournament Directors over the year. This was unacceptable and any queries about a decision should be raised politely with the TD at the end of the evening.

 

He mentioned that Peter Lee and Bob Rowlands had won the National Pairs competition.

 

Secretary’s Report

Report taken as read.  There were no questions.  A copy of the report is attached (B).

 

 

Captain’s Report

The report was taken as read.  A copy of the report is attached (C). Peter Lee displayed the shield which was dedicated to the memory of Tony Lunn and showed the past successes of Mayfield   Club members in National and County competitions.

 

He then asked Molly Slevin as one of the senior members of the Mayfield Club to present the trophies to the prize winners as set out in the Captain’s Report.  Prize vouchers to runners-up were distributed after the Meeting to save time.  The full list including runners-up is attached (D).

 

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer presented the accounts, a copy of which is attached (E).  He thanked Martin Trouse, the Hon Auditor, for auditing them and presented him with 2 bottles of wine for his efforts.

 

Chris reported that the Club is in a healthy financial position and had made a slight surplus of £284 over the year. A slight reduction in subscriptions and table money and a slight increase in the Tuesday rent had been more than offset by a significant reduction in the Friday rent and a reduction in some other expenditure.  The reserves excluding creditors stood at £13,183. This meant that the table money and annual subscription could remain unchanged.

 

The adoption of the accounts was proposed by Peter Norman and seconded by Peggy Moir and carried unanimously.

 

Elections and Appointments

The Chairman reported that the Committee had been operating with one person short. He would not be seeking re-election as Chairman – but would be willing to serve on the Committee – and was pleased that Sylvia Timberlake had very kindly offered to step into the breech. Peter Norman on behalf of the members thanked the Chairman and Committee for their work. The following nominations had been received, as per list (F) attached:

 

Chairman      Sylvia Timberlake

Secretary     Rosemary Rice

Treasurer     Chris Pullan

Others          Malcolm Channing        Keith Jackson

                     Ron Maclaren              Terry Kedgley

                     Roger Sugden             Andrew Barnett

                     Roy Smith                   Peter Lee

      

              

The Chairman invited any other nominations from the floor, especially as Roy Smith was very willing to stand down for health reasons. As there were no other nominations, the election of all of the above was proposed by Fiona Clark, seconded by Lucia Grant and carried unanimously.

                 

Martin Trouse was willing to stand again as Auditor for a 7th year, his election was proposed by Lucia Grant, seconded by Joan Cullen and carried unanimously.

 

Chris Pullan thanked the outgoing Chairman for all his hard work and presented him with a book.  The outgoing Chairman welcomed the incoming Chairman and stood down.

 

The new Chairman asked for members to volunteer occasionally to be Tournament Director, as Malcolm Channing would do it once a month and others were needed.

 

Any Other Business

 

Pam Hoskins raised the issue of having a dress code, specifically in the context of the wearing of some types of shorts during the summer. The Chairman said that the Committee would consider the matter.

 

The Chairman said that the issue of slow play would be looked at again.

 

Keith Jackson asked whether many members looked regularly at the session’s hands put on the club website, and the floor indicated this was so. Roger Morton volunteered to help with this if needed.

 

There being no further business the meeting closed at 7.50pm.

 

 

 

 

MALCOLM CHANNING – outgoing Chairman

SYLVIA TIMBERLAKE – incoming Chairman