The Annual General Meeting was held on 4th January. The newly appointed officials for the 2026 club managements are shown below.
The following officials were appointed as follows:
General Secretary Toni Caswell 
Treasurer Debbie Hinks 
Welfare/Safety Officer Toni Caswell 
Fixture Secretary Steve Harris 
Handicap Secretary Martin Blatchford 
Webmaster Geoff Bannister 
Media M Blatchford 
General Committee Members:  D Leney, A Wynne, M Jennings, A Cole, P Anyan.
Club Captain: Nigel Bow
Club Vice Captain: Merv Jennings
Senior Captain: Gary Rogers
Hardy A Captain: Craig Pitcher
Hardy A Vice Captain: Nathan Lambourne
Hardy B Captain: Nigel Bow
Hardy B Vice Captain: Reece Lambert
3 Counties Captain: Grant Jones
3 Counties Vice Captain: Simon Bellamy.

Notes from the Committee Meeting held on 22nd July

Captains Reports
- Club Captain: Nigel reported that things have been rather hectic with the usual club events and the Bowmaker and Partners evening. These two evenings raised £605 for Julia’s House. He congratulated Mark Maguire who ran the Sidney Half marathon which raised another £1000 for Julia’s house. A Masons charity event raised another £500 and so far this year the total donations add up to £5435. A further donation from the One-Fine-Day organisation is also expected.

- Senior Captain: Gary Rogers reported that the first senior eclectic competition was completed with 17 players taking part and, as a result, their handicaps are now more representative. A new eclectic competition will be launched shortly and tracked via Gary’s spread sheet if issues with Howdidido are apparent. He also reported that the Golf Marathon with himself and Toby Harris was still being planned over a 12 hour period later in the year.
In response to some senior members, Gary said that the roll ups scheduled for late Autumn/winter will included various non-qualifying formats although the current roll up competition can still be played if required.

Following the demise of the Sturminster Newton club, many of their members have joined Canford School Golf club. Gary had approached them to see if they would like to play friendly matches with Folke next year but no response received to date.

- Hardy A Captain: No further information other than the reports on the WhatsAp page.

- Hardy B Captain: Three matches have been played since the last meeting, against Sherborne, Lyme Regis and Christchurch. The team is currently 3rd in the league with 4 matches to play. The next match is on 2nd August away to Christchurch.

- 3CL Captain: Simon stated that there is one game to play against Long Sutton on 1st August. Vivary have already won the league but it is hoped that Folke will finish in second place.

- RTTV Captain: Andy Cole reported that 3 further round have been played including the day away at Wedmore. The day was a great success but there were some issues with recording score cards since Howdidido was not available. Two back to back double bubble rounds were also held, both being won by Tracy Smith who has taken a commanding lead in the competition.

Handicap Secretary’s Report.
Martin stated that the three summer knockout competitions were on schedule.
The club championships were scheduled for 5th/6th September. The committee agreed to keep the same format as last year with the two rounds being played on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon respectively.
The winner of the DCGU qualifier was now unable to play and the committee agreed to offer the place to Mark Maguire.
The weekend away is being well supported with the last outstanding payments expected shortly.

Treasurers Report
In the absence of Treasurer Debbie the overall balance was declared and no issues were apparent the account still being healthy.

General Secretary’s Report:
Secretary Toni reported that the club membership had increased to 152 with further increases expected.

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- Club Shirts: Captain Nigel proposed that the colour of the club shirts should be changed to get away from the rather drab grey colour currently in use. He reported that one member was attempting to get a sponsorship which would allow the new shirts to be reduced in price especially if the club also subsidised the costs. This would ease any issues with members that had bought new grey shirts recently. The committee voted to subsidise the purchase and to undertake a poll of member’s preference for either red or blue new shirts.

- Championship Prizes: Alan Smith asked if the committee would endorse more tangible prizes for the Club Championship winners. After some debate the committee agreed to underwrite the membership renewal fees for the Gross and Nett winners in the club and senior championship competitions.

Championship Start times: Reece Lambert asked for clarification of the start times for the club championships. Since the club hires the course for two half days, the start times had to be early morning or early afternoon. The arrangement as per last year was confirmed by the committee with the club champs starting at 8:00 am on Saturday morning and the second round/Senior champs starting on Sunday afternoon.

3CL Captainship: Grant Jones expressed a willingness to continue as 3CL captain next year.

Hole-in-one Honour Board: Following an enquiry from Simon Bellamy about the honours board is was declared that it would be a difficult to generate the date for this board due to the passage of time and absence of definitive information.

Next Meeting: The next meeting will be held at Folke on Wednesday 12th August. All members are welcome to attend.