The following notes show the pertinent information from the 7th March Committee Meeting.

Captains Reports
Club Captain
The Club Captain welcomed everyone to the meeting, and reviewed his outstanding actions from the previous meeting as follows:
- Extra Tee Times
He reported that following discussions with the Centre, an additional tee time on Tuesdays and Thursdays mornings will be available from the beginning of April. This will allow non-seniors to join in the senior roll ups although they will not be included in the money pot.
- Social Media Admins
He confirmed that Martin Blatchford and Kevin Down have now got Admin privileges for the club Facebook account.
• Partners Evening
This is scheduled for 21st June at 5:30 pm and Kevin is preparing a poster. The entry fee is £20/couple and includes a burger or hot dog and chips. It is hoped that the event will raise funds for the Captains Charity.
- Etiquette Signs
The procurement of signs to enforce good practice such as repairing pitch marks has been discussed with the Centre and a 50/50 funding split is being considered.

Hardy A Captain
The first match is home to Parkstone on 16th March.

Hardy B Captain
Captain Nigel Bow was pleased to report that the team had beaten last years K/O finalists Yeovil by 4:1 and congratulated everyone who had played in the match. Pete Anyan and Simon Bellamy did particularly well with an 8:7 win. The next two fixtures are on the 27th April – home to Came Down, and the 28th April away to Broadstone. The Entry Sheets are on the Notice Board.

3 Counties Captain
Captain Matt Lambert stated that Folke had narrowly lost the replayed knockout match against Cannington. Cannington B will play Ferndown Forest in the final.

H/C Secretary’s Report
Martin Blatchford reported that the system was working well and additional features such as Folke Stories have been utilised. Match sheets for Tuesday and Thursday roll up will be raised for use by other club players when there are senior matches scheduled. The revisions to the WHS will be applied automatically in April and should result in a general reduction of handicaps by about 1.3.

Treasurers Report
The account remains quite healthy and the outlay for the DCGU fees will be paid shortly. Ex members that have not signed up for this year will be deleted from the roster although their details will be kept on file.

Matters Arising
- Buggy Authorisation
Secretary Toni reported that Authorisation Forms for buggy use are now available and a register of approved usage can be checked in the club house.
- Club Signage
The committee considered that with the forthcoming WHS changes an update to the content and style of the boards was required. A £100 grant from England Golf was available. The frame appeared to be the major cost driver. Nigel Bow agreed to investigate potential suppliers. Grant stated that the Tee Signs are also being looked at with the Centre and potential sponsors identified.
- Medal Divisions
The Club Captain reported that some members had raised the issue of splitting the medal results into the Handicap Divisions. This had been implemented at Folke in previous years. The committee considered that this would be rather impractical for 2024 but would raise it at the 2025 AGM and, if agreed, introduced in the 2025 season.
- Senior Knockout
Due to the late resolution of previous rounds, the senior finalists had very little time to organise their match. A two week extension was agreed by the committee.
- Senior Captainship
The Senior section is currently leaderless with Friendly Matches scheduled shortly. It was considered that the usual roll ups and club events could be covered on a ad hoc basis but external matches would require nominated managers. It was reported that the intention was to set up a small committee to mage the team activities but the details were not known at this time. Ex-senior Captain Steve has produced a guide to the match arrangements and all the match sheets are available in the club house. The prime tasks are to liaise with the external team captains and to sort out the money aspects. Actions on the way forward are underway with the senior members.
- Pairs Competition
Simon Bellamy proposed that the club should run a summer Pairs competition (4 ball better ball) This was accepted by the committee and Grant was actioned to talk to Craig about a trophy and to Kevin Down about preparation of a suitable poster. 
- Member Benefits
Mark Maguire suggested that there should be some merit in giving some recognition to existing members as a response to the club support that we experience. The club champs event would be an appropriate time to apply this. Grant Jones agreed to consider this and liaise with Kevin Down wrt posters.
- RTTV Away Day
Andy Cole reported that the £100 deposit has been paid to Bulbury Wood for the away day and he was awaiting information on further payments although he was unclear on the next phase of the process. He was advised to request all participants to pay the full amount due for the green fees and food requirements and to obtain the final date for confirmation of the numbers with Bulbury.
- Team Competitions
Reece Lambert questioned whether the club could hold an internal team competition. It was recognised that there used to be a Hardy A:B/ 3CL/Senior 3 way event but that had not occurred since the Covid issue. Reece was requested to look at setting this competition up for later in the year. 
- Player Grouping
It was reported that some members had complained about being drawn in the final group for the Saturday Roll Up. The committee recommended that the groups are selected via a ball in the bag method so that the groupings are randomly selected.
- Winter Knockout Extension
The committee agreed to empower Martin Blatchford with the responsibility for determining the acceptability of extensions to the k/o play by dates rather than trying to obtain a committee resolution each time.
- Ladies Day
Secretary Toni suggested that the club should hold a follow up event for ladies and to try and encourage more lady members. The goal would be to try and form a ladies team that could also participate in club events. Toni agreed to push this forward and generate information that could be applied to the web site or suitable posters etc. 

Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held at Folke on Wednesday 17th April at 6:30 pm. All members are welcome to attend.