Minutes of Meeting of the Costa Blanca Golf Society held at Bonalba Golf Club Wednesday 13th  February 2008

 

Present. President Manuel Garay Chairman of the Committee Brian Rippingale, Secretary Paul Court, Treasurer Dorothy March, Captain Brian Fell, Vice Captain Angel Centenera, Competition Secretary Tony Carroll, Social Secretary Doris Sherman-Earp.

 

1. Apologies for absence had been received from Clive Dresner, and Stan Tarabula.

 

2. Minutes of the last Meeting and the AGM were accepted as correct, with the exception that Maximum Handicaps should apply to all Society Competitions not just Wednesday Competitions.

 

3. Treasurer Report.

Our new Treasurer reported that the accounts were in good order and that all members were expected to pay their subs by the 1st April, any swallows not in Spain prior to this date would be allowed a short leeway.

 

4. Captains Report

The Captain expressed his concern that in view of two of our shareholders going away for a while it fell to only Helmut to book on behalf of the Society on Tuesday mornings. It was hoped that once April comes the rules could be relaxed a little. The President suggested that all the shareholders could perhaps take it in turns to come down on Tuesday morning and make the required reservations. The Captain would advise the committee should he need to seek help.

 

5. Competition Secretary Report

Tony advised that the singles and doubles matchplay competitions were well supported this year after the motion which had been passed at the AGM on completion dates.

 

The league team were currently in 4th place with a game in hand over the three societies above them so expectations were high.

 

The new rules relating to Water hazards had too many interpretations so it was agreed that we would maintain the status quo.

In respect of illegal clubs, the committee agreed that the responsibility lay with each member to check whether his clubs were legal or not. They could do this by accessing the R & A web site where there was a list of all non conforming clubs. He would place a notice on the board to this effect.

 

6. Membership.

The secretary advised the committee of a few resignations from the membership and that there were to be 3 new members, Rudy who had joined that day, Robert Garthwaite, and Peter Corbett who it was hoped would be interviewed in the next couple of weeks.

 

7. Handicaps

 The Chairman reported that there had been a few problems come to light in the absence of Stan Tarabula, but he was sure that these would quickly be addressed when he returned next week.  

 

8. Logo

The Chairman sought the opinion of the committee regarding our logo, which was somewhat out of date, and a few examples of different ones were shown. It was agreed the he would approach Stephen Grey to ask if he would kindly prepare a few logos so a more modern one could be introduced, once the committee had decided which they preferred.

Once this had been done the Secretary would print off a number of blank sheets with the logo on top to be used for all notices and letterheads.

 

9. Any Other Business.

The Social Secretary advised that the chef at Bonalba was keen to offer our Society a special lunch incorporating English dishes. It was felt that this could be of interest to some of our members, so Doris would approach the chef for a price and sample menus and advise the members in due course.