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Minutes of the Committee Meeting of the ladies Section of Wheathill Golf Club
held on
Date Wednesday 20th September at 6.00 p.m.
Venue: Jubilee Room, Wheathill Golf Club
AGENDA
Present
Sue Bamping SBa Ladies Captain
Sandra Bradshaw SB Secretary
Helen Lane HL Treasurer
Sue Harrop SH Handicap Secretary
Lynn O’Neill LO New Members Delegate
Ann Gates AG Committee Member/ Eclectic
Greta Hillier GH Committee Member
1. Apologies for Absence
Melanie Brewin MB Vice Captain
Pam Frith PF Past Captain
Joan Stone JS Competition Secretary
Jan Finan JF County Delegate
2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting – The Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 16th August were accepted as an accurate record.
Proposed by …A.G.…… Seconded by …S.H.… Signed by Lady Captain
3. Matters Arising
As a result of Ann doing the Course analysis, Sue H, Ann and I met up with Chris Whyntie and Judith Rowsell after a Handicap Committee meeting. After some discussion, changes were proposed and will be presented to the Main Committee next week. If it is decided to implement the changes proposed Andrew will have a new set of cards printed.
After a further plea for a book case, Linda Johnson kindly donated a book case which fits in the space ideally. Books have been installed and some are being read, and in fact one has been bought already!
Items from the Main Committee
There are no items from the Main Committee as there was no meeting in August.
4. Lady Captain’s Report
Many thanks to Melanie for organising the Away Weekend. Twenty four of us made the journey over the old Seven Bridge to St Pierre. Everybody seemed to enjoy it despite the showers, which fortunately managed to stay off for the front nine on both days. The accommodation was very comfortable, once the beds had been reorganised! The food was tasty with plenty of choice, and the public areas were ideal for our get together in the evening as well as the presentations on the last day.
In the area final of the Coronation Foursomes at Bath on Tuesday 22nd August, Heather Bush and Sue Rees came 68th out of 92 pairs. It was won by a pair from Parkstone at Poole with 38 points.
On Wednesday 23rd August we played our away match against Orchardleigh and lost 5½ - 1½, however we were able to beat them quite convincingly yesterday at home with a score of 5-2. There is one match left to play – at home against Cricket St Thomas on Tuesday next week. We have played nine matches and have 32.5 points. Cricket has played the same number of matches and has 33.5 points. Mendip are at the top of our division after 10 matches with 39 points Stockwood Vale and Orchardleigh both have 34 points after 10 matches. The minimum number of points we need to go up to Division 2 is two, but I would expect more than that as it is a home match, and we have won all our home matches. No pressure then!
Congratulations to Wheathill Senior Ladies as they drew their friendly match against Weston-Super-Mare on the 31st August.
You will be pleased to hear that Dave Gregory has given us the cheque for £75 to help Helen with our finances.
Congratulations were extended to AG on her selection as Vice Captain for 2017-2018.
5. Lady Vice-Captain’s Report No report received
6. Treasurer’s Report
MEETING - SEPTEMBER 2017 / 2017 / 2016Date / Comp / Entries / Income / Expenses / Profit / Entries / Profit
JULY / Eclectic - Summer (May-July) / 13 / 65 / 56.45 / 8.55 / 108 / 5
03.08.17 / Ladies Open / 72 / 944 / 878.52 / 65.48 / 87 / 163.8
06.08.17 / Paul Nicholls - Greensomes / 26 / 78 / 72 / 6 / 26 / 6
17.08.17 / Medal - Midweek / 8 / 24 / 11 / 13 / 17 / 40
19.08.17 / Newton Trophy / 19 / 57 / 30 / 27 / 16 / 6
20.08.17 / Stableford - Weekend / 6 / 18 / 16 / 2 / 11 / 5
24.08.17 / Stableford - Midweek / 21 / 63 / 54 / 9 / 17 / 9
27.08.17 / Medal - Weekend / 17 / 51 / 11 / 40 / 7 / 10
TOTALS / 182 / 1300 / 1128.97 / 171.03 / 289 / 244.8
MONEY AT BANK
Current A/C / £918.68
Reserve A/C / £589.56
Charity A/C- 2017 DSAA / £2,696.13
7. Competition Secretary’s Report
All Fools Greensomes 2017
1st – Sue Rees / Heather Bush
2nd – Ann Gates / Sue Harrop
3rd – Gaye Volk / Molly Shire
Newton Trophy 19/08/17
19 Entries
1st – Caroline Wolfe
2nd – Gin Stewart
3rd – Anne Scott
Senior Ladies Challenge 05/09/17
15 Entries
1st – Lynn O’Neill 35 points
2nd –Sue Ovland 33 points
3rd – Sue Harrop 32 points
Pick’n’Mix Greensomes 17/09/17
Entries 16 pairs
1st – Kate Cleverley / Gavin Cleverley 67.2 Nett
2nd – Gin Stewart / Dave Kirby 67.4 Nett
3rd – Joan Stone / Nigel Stone 67.4 Nett
4th – Anne Scott / Kevin Snook 68.8 Nett
8. Handicap Secretary’s Report
AUGUST MEDAL
17.08.17
1ST Paula Nankervis 67
2ND Janette Stewart 67
3RD Kate Cleverley 70
Lowest gross Kate Cleverley 81
(8 entrants)
AUGUST MEDAL
27.08.17
1ST Kate Cleverley 69
2ND Sue Ovland 70
3RD Caroline Wolfe 71
Lowest gross Kate Cleverley 80
(17 entrants)
SEPTEMBER MEDAL
09.09.1717
Medal not contested.
SEPTEMBER MEDAL
14.09.17
1ST Anne Carroll 74
2ND Sue Harrop 75
3RD Jill Byrne 76
Lowest gross Jill Byrne 92
(7 entrants)
AUGUST STABLEFORD
20.08.17
Division 1
1ST Janette Stewart 40
2ND Lynn Liley 31
Division 2
1ST Caroline Wolfe 33
2ND Kirsty Waterton 31
3RD Denise Malling 27
( 6 entrants)
AUGUST STABLEFORD
24.08.17
Division 1
1ST Janette Stewart 38
2ND Lorna Elliott 33
3RD Lynn Liley 32
Division 2
1ST Sue Ovland 37
2ND Lynn O’Neill 36
3RD Molly Shire 35
(21 entrants)
SEPTEMBER STABLEFORD
02.09.17
Division 1
1ST Jill Byrne 39
2ND Sue Harrop 35
3RD Janette Stewart 34
Division 2
1ST Kirsty Waterton 33
2ND Jane Beauford 27
3RD Melanie Brewin 21
(11 entrants)
HANDICAP INCREASES
Valerie Hyldon 21 to 22
Melanie Brewin 24 to 25
HANDICAP REDUCTIONS
Paula Nankervis 28 to 27
Janette Stewart 16 to 15/ 15 to 14
Sue Ovland 21 to 20
Kate Cleverley 11 to 10
Caroline Wolfe 22 to 20
Jill Byrne 17 to 16
Sue Ovland and Caroline Wolfe are now Silver players
NEW HANDICAPS
Nikki Holt 36
HANDICAP NEWS
None
Eclectic Report - AG informed the Committee that she would not be here at the end of October to finalise scores for the Eclectic competition.
HL volunteered to carry out this procedure.
9. County Delegate’s Report – Nothing to report at this time
10. New Members Report
There have been two new lady members this month - details to follow.
The new members Scramble had to be cancelled due to lack of numbers.
11 Juniors Nothing to report at this time
12 Starters for Men’s Competitions. Non requested at this time.
13. Correspondence. Somerset Ladies County Golf association – Fees due for 2018
13 AO B
HL. ‘Breakthrough Brooch’. This is awarded to the lady with the best score in the September Medal competition. ( the first score to count). The cost for this brooch is £5 and it is customary for us to also make a donation of £5 to the charity.
There are ball markers available from the breast cancer charity at a cost of £1.
The Committee agreed that HL should purchase a quantity of these to be sold to members.
New Members. Many thoughts and ideas were exchanged regarding greater involvement of new lady members in club activities.
It was agreed that we should continue to extend invitations to join in roll-ups and other suitable club competitions as well as inviting them to play with other club members.
SH. A request was made to remind all ladies that there will be an extra Medal competition on October 5th. (This will replace the Medal competition cancelled earlier in the year due to unfavourable weather conditions).
SBa agreed to issue this reminder.
‘How many people make a competition?’
SH raised this question relating to the number of people who signed up to enter a competition and occasions when it might not be viable to proceed.
After much discussion it was thought that a minimum of 4 entrants would be appropriate. If 4 ladies sign up then only the top player will get a medal.
However if fewer than 4 ladies signed up it would still be a qualifying competition i.e. handicaps would still be affected: but no prizes would be given and ladies would therefore get their money back.
It was also agreed that if there are more than 6 entrants for a competition then prizes could be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
If there were 5 or 6 entrants then prizes would be given for only 1st and 2nd place.
SBa agreed to take this matter to the AGM for consideration.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 7.05 p.m.
Date of next meeting: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Location: Jubilee Room, Wheathill Golf Club at 6.00.p.m.
Signed as correct ………………………………… Date ……………….
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