Staloton AGM

Apologies were received from J.Larraz, A.Heath, P.Butcher, R.Choroszewski, M.Rivers-Latham, S.Tilling, B.Painter, J.Povall, S.McCall, D.Jenkins, M.Linwood, J.Brown, P.Austin, T.Trimble.  

The minutes of the 2003 AGM, previously circulated, were accepted.  

There were no matters arising.  

The Secretary’s report for 2004 – Our 16^th sea son was another successful one. We had 7 meetings (plus our annual challenge match which this year we played at Hillside ) with a total attendance of 240 giving an average of just over 37.  

Today’s fixture was our 79^th meeting. Membership remained constant at around 70.  

Only 5 members were not on e-mail which is now our preferred method of communication. I urge those not yet connected to do so – it is quicker, more convenient and helps to save society costs which enables us to keep subs down.  

I would like to thank all of you who have supported TIGS throughout the year, especially those who travel long distances to and from the events. I hope that the fixtures we organise make your efforts worthwhile.  

Thanks also to Geoff Snape for purchasing a splendid array of prizes for the competition and raffles, to Gary Hardy for his work as handicap secretary, to Dave Nelson for looking after the finances and to Ashley Heath for his assistance during the year.

The TIGS website has been revamped and now holds all the facts, news and event information and we are indebted to Richard Choroszewski at Neptune Shipping for supplying this valuable service to us free of charge.  

Although I am busy at the moment organising the fixtures for 2005 I will be relinquishing my position in 2005. Ashley Heath has agreed to become Secretary and Greg Hammond has agreed to be Assistant Secretary. I hope you will all continue to cooperate with them both to enable an arduous job to be made as easy as possible.  

There were no matters arising from the Secretary’s report.  

The Treasurer reported a healthy cash balance and a profit of £2,000 on the year. Some of the surplus would be used to subsidise the AWAY DAYS meeting planned for 2005. Several thousand pounds are necessary to pay substantial amounts for meeting deposits and accounts have to be settled at the clubs before members cheques are presented.  

There were no matters arising from the Treasurers report.  

The Captain reported on a very happy first year and commended the committee on sterling work in running the society on a successful basis. The turnout today was gratifying.  

There were no matters arising from the Captain’s report.  

Officers for 2004: Captain Fred Gregg, Secretary Ashley Heath, Asst Secretary Greg Hammond, Treasurer Dave Nelson, Prizes Geoff Snape, Handicap Secretary Gary Hardy, Vice Capt Mick Boulton.  

The committee recommended that subscriptions remain at £20 per year.  

AOB: Chris Harris raised a point on the interpretation of the TIGS Bye-Laws relating to member’s reduced handicaps after winning a prize at the Society’s competitions. It was agreed that the word “attended” would be added for clarification purposes and the Bye-Law to now read – Such reductions (in handicap) to be operative for the subsequent three meetings attended.