The following notes show the 2025 Club Officials and pertinent information from the latest  club Committee Meeting.

1       2025 Officials

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 
General Committee Members -  Andy Cole, Reece Lambert,  Alan Smith, Terry Cotton, Nathan Lambourne, Simon Bellamy, Dan Leney
Club Captain - Martin Blatchford
Club Vice Captain - Nigel Bow
Senior Captain - John Howes
Senior Fixtures Officer - Gary Rogers
Hardy A Captain - Craig Pitcher
Hardy A Vice Capt.- Nathan Lambourne
Hardy B Captain - Nigel Bow
Hardy B Vice Captain - Kevin Down
3 Counties Captain - Grant Jones
3 Counties Vice Captain - Simon Bellamy
RTTV Captain - Andy Cole

Notes from the Committee meeting held on 12th November 

Captains Reports
(Note: With all external matches complete and only a few club activities in this period there were no formal captain’s or secretary reports presented. General discussions on items raised at the meeting are shown below.)

As this was the last meeting of Martin Blatchford’s tenure he thanked the committee members for their support over the year and wished his successor Nigel A every success. The committee members present expressed their thanks to Martin for his excellent role as club captain.

Trophies: Martin reported that all the trophies were ordered and would be presented at the Club Christmas Stableford on 20th December.

Senior Xmas Stableford: The stableford was cancelled but the lunch went ahead and was enjoyed by over 30 members. Thanks were expressed to Toni, Nigel and the club house team for the excellent hospitality. The event raised £385 for Julia’s House.

3CL Knockout: The 3CL team were congratulated for their k/o win at Ferndown Forest. The result was decided by a play of over extra holes. The next round will be against Vivary Park at Folke in January.

Day Away: Martin confirmed that this event was being well supported and an additional tee time has been arranged.

Club Flag: The new flag has not faired well in the recent bad weather and will need to be replaced by a new higher quality flag.

AGM: The Nomination Notice for the 2026 officers and committee members has been posted on the board. The nominations for general committee members are currently blank. The AGM will take place at Folke on 4th January following the Medal competition. Medal Tee Off will be 10:00 am.

Winter Knockout: These are progressing well but an extension to the completion date at the end of December may be required due to course closure, particularly with respect to buggy users.

Treasurers Report
Debbie Hinks tabled the latest statement of account. The balance remains healthy and is similar to December 2024. (Details are available to members on request)

AOB
- Dan Leney raised the possibility of having a sampler day for children to encourage younger members. The general feelings was that this would be complex undertaking to cover safeguarding and DBS requirements etc and would also involve commitment from the Centre.

- Club Christmas Stableford: It was confirmed that if the course is closed, the Christmas lunch would still go ahead at a time to be confirmed.

Next Meeting
The next meeting will be the AGM to be held at Folke on Saturday 4th January. All members are requested to attend.