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Committee Meeting October 2023

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Minutes PGA committee meeting 22/10/23
Commenced : 08:10
Concluded : 09:34

In attendance : Alan Betchley, Paul Majoor, Craig Nixon, Mark Watson, Mike Andrews, Dave Wiseman

Chairman's opening comments, and reports:

The Chairman opened the meeting, referring to the minutes of the previous meeting and asked if there were any comments or matters arising from the minutes. There were no further comments from the committee, other than the secretary stating that there had been no objections put forward when the minutes of the last meeting were circulated.

The captain commented to the chairman that he had had comments from members that they felt that Division 1 should be lowered. The handicap secretary stated that at present there were 24 members in Division 1, 29 in Division 2 and 24 in Division 3. The committee felt unanimously that this was a fair split of divisions, and no action should be taken to change the boundaries.

The chairman had had discussion with what is loosely termed the LIV group ( By which is meant PGA members that are arranging their own tee times for roll up game {independent of PGA}, and only play in the PGA mid monthly) They had expressed a wish to also have a split tee time for the monthly. The committee again felt unanimously that our competitions would not be influenced by any members groups. The arrangements were already complicated enough. Members can play or not, as and when they wish. In the mid-monthly they can express a wish to go out early, but they cannot dictate who they wish to play with or when they wish to play. If they express a desire to play early, if they can be accommodated to play early, then they will be. However if we are oversubscribed for players for the early tees, then is will be down to the draw.
The chairman commented that is possible that some of these members would probably not renew membership of the PGA, and the situation of having split tees for the mid-monthly might end naturally.

The Data Protection act has been passed so we as a committee need to be aware what data we can legitimately keep on member. It was suggested that we have a word with George Harris

Secretaries report:
Reported that there was not a great deal to relate, other than there had been numerous enquiries, and numerous emails with details application forms had been sent out. We had added 4 new members since the last meeting and there were another couple in the pipeline.
The secretary stated that he was not prepared to continue in post after the AGM.

Handicap secretaries report:
See attachment.
Prize money for MEKO already been presented to Craig Nixon. The trophy to been presented at the dinner. The secretary said he would give the runner up prize money to the runner up Costas Pavlou (Less the €10 for entry to this years comp. which had not been paid)
Both the Chairman's & handicap secretary's assessment of player of the year (done independently) were in agreement. This player was Anne Majoor, this recipient was unanimously approved by the committee. Likewise both chairman and handicap secretary agreed on the Most Improved Player was Sharon Watson, again unanimously approved by the committee.
It has been noted that there are still 3 outstanding fees to be paid for this years MEKO competition. Even though it was stipulated that player must pay their entry fee before playing. So it was decided that the stipulation would be repeated this year, but with the additional penalty that if the fee had not been paid, it would result in disqualification. The entry fee can always be left in the pro shop for the organiser to collect at a later date.

Handicap Sec. mentioned all the dates had been fixed to complete comps for this year. Soon it would be time to arrange dates for next year. He asked what was the feeling about booking an event at the new Limassol course if it is open in time. This suggestion was met with uniform approval, although the numbers of members that would play might be limited.
Handicap Sec said he was in possession of the Captain v Vice Captain trophy, he was asked by the chairman to bring it along to the dinner for presentation to Craig as captain of the winning team.

Handicap Sec. said there is still a great discrepancy of members putting in scorecards to maintain a handicap. Making it easy to manipulate a handicap either up or down. So the handicap secretary has had to resort to putting in cards for those members who are playing off an unrepresentative handicap. Members have stated that they have put in cards, but the handicap secretary says this is not the case, as he gets notification when cards are tendered.

See attachment re new regulations and requirement to re-write the constitution in line with CSO proforma.

The handicap secretary was asked if he was happy to represent the PGA on the new CGF committee, to which he agreed. This was approved by the committee.

The handicap sec. stated that we would not be allowed to operate as a club unless we are registered with the CSO. There was no information on how to go about this. The secretary undertook the task of finding out what was involved.

Soc. Secretaries report:
The Social Sec. stated that he had tried hard to generate interest in social events for the association, but his approach to the membership had been met with very little enthusiasm, with just the regualar 10 – 12 members showing any interest. He felt that he was flogging a dead horse. The committee agreed with this kind of response, it was probably not worth having the post of social secretary as all the work put in to arrange the events came to nothing.
The Chairman's Dinner was nearly fully booked, although he had had a late cancellation the day before meaning there were two places available at the dinner.
28 player have opted to play in the Chairman v Capt golf event with 2 reserves.

Treasurer's report:
See attachment.
It was agreed that the PGA would fund the first drink at the Chairman's Diner.
The Fees will be held at the current level, and next years fees are encouraged to be paid before the end of the year.

Capt. Report
MEKO up to Semi-Finals
Nothing to report.

Vice Capt. Report

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Handicap sec. provided sample of a new PGA shirt. They were by no means the best quality but for €5 each without a logo seems a good deal. The committee felt we could afford at this rate we could supply all members with a new shirt. Several different colours were suggested, it was felt by the majority of the committee that Red would be a good option. It was felt that 150 would be a good amount to order.

Trophies for next year will be organised by the chairman. The defunct trophies “Ladies Trophies” “Longest Drive” would not be accepted as a buy back. Other trophies would be accepted as it keeps the costs down.
Apparently there has been a few comments that there should be a “Longest Drive” prize. The committee felt it should be treated like the 2's competition, and be voluntary for those who wish to take part.

The membership cards were discussed. It was noted that in the current format they would be out of date by the time the AGM came around. It was therefore decided that the card would be issued on a once only basis,, and not renewed each year. The rear of the card would be redesigned with email address and website address.

Officers for next year: Vacant positions:
Chairman,
Secretary
Treasurer
Vice Captain

The Chairman expressed on behalf of the committee thanks to Mark Watson for standing in as secretary at short notice.
Again it was felt that with the lack of interest in social events that Social Secretary's position was superfluous. That going forward it would be down to the Captain and Chairman to arrange the two main social functions of the year, with co-opted help for the arrangements.

A few names were put forward and discussions would be had with the individuals to see if they were happy to stand.

The new administration of Elea, look as if they are trying combine Off peak members and Full members more closely, which we felt could only be good for both us and the club. The Social secretary is already due to speak to the manager. I was felt that he would be wearing two hat as both a PGA and Off peak representative. As a committee we have a difficult task trying to separate the business of both, as a large number of PGA members are also Off-peak members. As the PGA has the largest group of Off-peak members at Elea that socialise and discuss the problems with the club. The feeling was it would be in all our interest to have an Off- peak representative that would be just that, but could feed back relevant information to the PGA that affects the off- peak members. As the Social Secretary was already in discussions with the club, it was felt he would be an idea candidate, and he was prepare to assume the role. In this role he would not be a member of the PGA committee but would be co-opted to the committee.

The problem with the WHS handicap, with new members putting in one card to obtain a handicap, which sometimes is unrepresentative of their handicap in their home country. Several different options were put forward, but none was approved as a solution. The best option we could come up with was that if in the handicap secretaries opinion he felt the new member was playing off an unrealistic handicap for a competition, he could restrict the issue of a prize (Unless they had already input 3 qualifying cards) by referring to the letter all new prospective members get, saying they cannot receive a prize until they have entered 3 qualifying cards.

Proposed next committee meeting end of January.
Proposed Date for the AGM will be held after the February monthly PGA competition.

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Committee Meeting August 2023

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Minutes PGA committee meeting 12/08/23

Commenced : 09:40

Concluded : 10:55

 

In attendance : Alan Betchley, Paul Majoor, Craig Nixon, Mark Watson

 

Apologies: Mike Andrews, (late apologies Dave Wiseman – Alan to chat things over next opportunity).

 

Chairman's opening comments, and reports:

 

The chairman stated that there had been complaints from a member that they had not been allowed to join the break away group playing on Sundays. It was the opinion of the chairman and the rest of the committee present, that this was not a PGA matter, and was more of a Elea membership matter, so no action on the PGA's part was deemed necessary.

A similar complaint was made regarding the lack of attendance of a match between full members and off-peak members at Elea. Although it was felt this was a valid point and some PGA members are also off-peak members, the invitation was to off-peak members. As there is no representative for the off-peak members it was felt it was not up to the PGA committee to influence whether our members play or not. A suggestion that an off-peak representative is appointed, to maintain the distinction between PGA and off-peak events.

Again it was felt the PGA needs to maintain its identity, and should not be confused with off-peak membership at Elea.

The chairman expressed his thanks to Mark Watson for taking over as secretary at short notice. Mark replied he was conscious that the post needed filling and was prepared to help out, but only until the new officers were voted in.

It was also expressed that the committee were now happy that the financial records were now in good order, after a few years of dubious bookkeeping.

 

Secretaries report:

 Reported that there was not a great deal to relate, other than there had been numerous enquiries, and numerous emails with details application forms had been sent out. But the end result was in all cases that no further communication took place. If it is as a result of the hot weather he was not sure, however it would have been nice to be informed of the prospective members intentions. A few membership cards were outstanding, the secretary has tried to issue them, but has rarely played at the same event as the members awaiting the outstanding card.

The Chairman asked what the thoughts were regarding the “breakaway” group who play on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. It was felt they were still PGA members and it was up to them if they wished to play in any further competitions this calendar year. It was down to the individuals themselves if they wished to join elsewhere. If they do not wish to renew next year, then the CGF will be informed that they are no longer members of the PGA, and should they want to maintain a handicap, they will have to opt to transfer to another club/ association.

 

Handicap secretaries report:

See attachment.

Prize money for MEKO issued to Craig Nixon.

Handicap Sec. mentioned there was a great discrepancy of members putting in scorecards to maintain a handicap. Making it easy to manipulate a handicap either up or down. To maintain a current handicap with the CGF, 4 cards a year must be entered otherwise the member is deemed “inactive”, in which case they must reactivate their handicap before they can play in a PGA competition. Members have stated that they have put in cards, but the handicap secretary says this is not the case, as he gets notification when cards are tendered.

 

Soc. Secretaries report:

Not present. Chairman to discuss topics next time they meet.

Treasurer's report:

See attachment.

 

Capt.  Vice Capt. Report

Stocks of Shirts are low, there are a few shirts at either end of the size range. It was discussed if new shirts should be issued. Craig undertook to investigate costs and possible suppliers. If after costings are ascertained it was felt by the committee that if new style of shirt was to be ordered that members should be given an opportunity to purchase a new shirt at a price subsidised by the PGA. The committee decided that a prize of €10 was a good ballpark figure. If all members opted  for new shirts we would probably need a stock of approx 120. Paul said he would send the website that supplied the current shirts as they have a varied stock.

 

The Constitution & Byelaws need updating and the suggested format in two attachments:

 

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The secretary reported that he had sent a letter of complaint to the liquidators of Elea golf club (with a courtesy copy sent to club captain Peter Anderton), regarding the way standards had dropped and loss of quality staff. To date no reply was forthcoming from either party.

 

The Chairman reported that a sum of €440 was raised for the caddies, who had felt the need to resign. This was presented to the caddies on 08/08/22 by the chairman and was received gratefully by the caddies, who expressed their reluctance to leave but felt they were left with no other option.

 

Next committee meeting is proposed at the end of October or early October, I suggest either Saturday September 30th (being a weekend for those working) or Tuesday 3rd of October before the golf. (I appreciate those working won't be able to make it). Suggestions please.

 

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Committee Meeting October 2022

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PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION

DATE 11th October 2022 TIME 10.00 AT ELEA GOLF CLUB

In Attendance

Alan Betchley (Chairman), Kelvyn Bailey (Secretary), Paul Majoor (Handicap Secretary), Derek King (Treasurer), George Cooper (Captain), Craig Nixon (Social Secretary).

Apologies. Mike Andrews (Vice Captain).

Approval of Minutes

The Minutes from the last meeting were passed by the committee, with George Cooper proposing and Derek King as seconder.

Matters arising from previous Minutes.

Membership Fees, the Captain asked if the 100 euro membership fee for new members was for all year, or was it pro-rota, it was confirmed that the fee reduced throughout the year.

 

 Committee Reports.

 CHAIRMAN’s OPENING COMMENTS AND REPORT

 

The chairman stated that he had very little to say or report. He went onto say he had ordered the trophies, and will pass onto the Handicap Secretary, all the mugs are the small one has he could not get the larger ones, he has 15 of each of the tankards at a cost of 2000 euro and he has also obtained nearest the pin trophies, he stated that this would take us well into 2023, he also asked if we wished to continue with the buyback system, after a short discussion it was agreed to continue, with a 10 euro buy back.

He also stated he had asked about new shirts, this would be at a cost of 20 euro, if we order ten or more, the captain stated that we had 60 shirts in stock at the moment, it was thought that due to the present financial position, we will leave this issue to a later date.

The Chairman stated that he wished to thank Mike and Paul for all their hard work, this was agreed by the committee.

 

SECRETARY

The secretary stated that he had very little to report, he went onto say he had only received 3 enquiries with regards membership, with none progressing from the enquiry stage. Some seem to think we are actually a Golf Club; he thinks this is due to our web site name. he further stated we are still receiving fictional members to gain access to the members section of the web site, he has spoken to the web designer but there is not much he can do.

 

HANDICAP SECRETARY.

Captains and Chairmans shield, Mark Watson will receive the player of the year award, with regards to the Chairmans shield, he asked the committee if they had any thought on the most improved player of the year, it was thought that the player who won this award must have been a member for a few years, the chairman gave out a list of players who he thought were in contention, Kevin Drummy, Bradley Sherwood, Wayne Halliwell, John Towey, Robin Clarke, Andrew Storry and Paul Nolan. The captain stated that both Towey and Sherwood should not be included, due to the fact they had only been members for a short time, he discussion followed with the other names and the overall choice to awarded the shield would be Paul Nolan.

 

Competitions

Monthly comps – completed up to October 2022

Mid-month comps – completed up to September 2022

Captains Shield and chairman’s shield winners to be decided.

MEKO 2022 completed.

Winner Keith Gallagher, runner up Paul Majoor.

Trophies and prizes to be presented at chairman’s dinner.

MEKO 2022/23 underway.

Dates and venues for 2023 competitions under discussion.

Attendances other than Elea are poorly attended.

Trophies have been ordered.

WHS/Extra day scores.

Numerous scores entered by the handicap secretary and individual members.

General Play.

No general play adjustments at this point.

New members and qualifying cards.

4 No old members re-added.

Only 1 card required now to receive a handicap.

74 members as per HS records, 4 are non-PGA handicap.

10 euro will now be charged on all members transfers

Members CGF license will be 50 euro

CGF 2022 cup to be held at Minthis hills on the 4th December 2022.

Thanks to Mike Andrews for standing in for the HS during any absence helping for competitions to run seamlessly.

With regards to the 2023 calendar the captain asked all clubs for 6 tee times.

There was a discussion around attendances at other clubs other than Elea.

 

TREASURER.

 

THE treasurer stated that he had been having problems with the account, but thanks to Paul he was back on track.

The handover from Keith Gallagher to Derek King took place on the 1st January 2022.

The signatories have been changed to Alan Betchley and Derek King.

The bank Balance at the 1st January 2022 was 3,381.42.

Bank balance on 29th September 2022 is. 9,888.12.

Charity Fund is. 1,194.00.

Cash held on 29th September 2022 is. 640.00

Expenses not expended.

CGF                                   4,390.00

MEKO                                240.00

OTHER EXPENCES        140.00

TROPHIES                     2.000.00

Total funds available   2.564.12

Not No expenses recorded for the period from Mid-February to May, relating to bank statements not available for bank charges etc.

INCOME

Balance in bank on handover, 3,381.42

Cash on hand over.                     0

Members fees                             7,325.00

Shirt Sales                                       80.00

Meko 22/23                                    200.00

Charity fund 2022                     1,194.00

Balance.                                      2,709.42

Petty cash                                      640.00

Less Charity                               1,194.00

Funds Available                        2,155.42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENDITURE

Mark Watson charity fund       1,331.00

Returned Trophies                        70.00

H/C Sec expenses                          39.00

Secretary expenses                       31.00

CGF Invoice                             4,390.00

Bank charges                                 16.00

Trophies                                    2,000.00

Meko 21/22 KG 72 PM 48          120.00

Meko 22/23                                   120.00

CGF Cup                                      160.00

Charity fund 2022                   1,194.00

TOTAL                                     9,471.00

 

BANK AND CASH CONCILIATION

Savings account                   9,888.12

Petty Cash                               640.00

Balance at 30.09.22             10,528.12

Less charity fund 2017       1,194.00

Less CGF fee                       4,390.00

Less trophies                      2,000.00

Less MEKO 21/22                120.00

Less MEKO 22/23               120.00

Funds available                2,704.12

 

A discussion followed with regards to the accounts, the Chairman stated that he could not track down all the statements.

The Captain asked if the charity fund was up to date and if everything was included in the balance, the chairman asked if all bills had been paid and up to date, the treasurer stated that the only bill outstanding was for the Web Site, which he was dealing with, Paul asked if it would be possible to get the Bank’s outstanding statements, the chairman stated that this would be highly unlikely, a discussion continued around the issue of the statements. It was pointed out that the past treasurer took so long to handover to the new treasurer, which was thought to have caused the problem.

The handicap secretary stated that there was still 3 members who had not yet paid their renewal fee for 2022, after a discussion around this point, the chairman asked the secretary to write to the members, reminding them that no fee had been received from them, and that this needs to be addressed before they are allowed to rejoin in 2023.

 

 

 

SOCIAL SECRETARY

 

The social secretary informed the committee that 60 members and guests would be attending the forthcoming dinner to be held at Hickories, hopefully the tables will be for 10, with named seating, the cost will be  35 euro per person. Several points were raised i/e music noise levels, dress code the chairman stated he would be black tie, the social secretary, he will be asking members for smart dress, presentations these will be performed by the chairman and captain. The social secretary went onto say that there will be a raffle and auction on the night, at the moment he has both raffle and auction prizes, he has also received cash donations two of which are 500 euros each, one being a fixed 500 euro donations, the other 500 donation is dependent on what is raised on the night, the social secretary will be the auctioneer for the evening.

The social secretary is looking at holding a quiz night, and possibly a boules competition, he has been asked if he intends to organize another golfing trip to the north, he said he may look at this to held later in 2023.

 

 

CAPTAIN.

The captain stated that he was attempting to hold another meeting with Adam at Elea GC, this is to discuss outstanding issues raised at the last meeting, he went onto say some issue that had been raised at the first meeting had been completed, new flags etc.

The captain went onto say that he had attempted on several occasions to hold a meeting with the club captain, or even another fulltime member, with no joy, he stated that he had got the impression, that the fulltime members keep saying they will hold a meeting with him, but do not to be that bothered, a lengthy discussion followed this issue.

He also informed the committee that the MEKO had been going well, with a completion date of December, he also asked the committee if they wished to hold the Captain v Vice Captain competition this year, the chairman stated he would like to hold the competition, but asked could we combine the competition with the Christmas bash, followed by lunch, the committee thought that this would be a good idea, and the social secretary together with the captain would look in to the issue, the social secretary stated that the mid-month medal was due to be held on the 18th December at Elea, could we not use this date, followed by a lunch at Elea, this was agreed. It was hoped that we hold the club championship during November.

The CGF cup will be held at Minthis on the 4th of December 2022, the captain asked if the committee wished to have some say into the choice of team members, it was thought by the committee that we should leave as is, and the Captain and Handicap secretary pick the team.

The captain stated that he had received complaints from some of the members on several issues, these include, scorecard recording, putting out with the rear of the putter, missing short putts but still recording the previous putt on the card and not shouting four and making light of the issue the chairman asked if this was down to PGA members on a competition day, he further stated that if this was a Tuesday, Friday issue, this was not a PGA issue, a discussion followed with several comments being made but no firm decision was made on a way forward.

The captain stated that whilst at Miniths, attending a meeting with regards to the CGF cup, he was approached by an CGF member, who asked the question why no one from the PGA attended any of the CGF meetings, the handicap secretary he could not recall receiving a invite to these meetings, and pointed out that they were always held in Nicosia, the captain informed the committee that we could attend if we wished, but this would only be as observers, and have no voting rights.

 

VICE CAPTAIN

No Report

 

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Fees for 2023.

The chairman asked if we need to increase the membership fee for 2023, after a short debate it was decided to leave at the present level. The treasurer stated we should ask the members for none cash payments with all payments being made via banking transfer, or direct into the bank.

Vice-Captain 2023.

The chairman asked if we had any thoughts on who could be asked to become the vice-captain for 2023, he further stated that Mike was looking at asking Paul Farr, the social secretary stated that it was up to the new captain , to pick his vice-captain, the treasurer stated that he had not heard anyone who wished to take up the role, the chairman asked if the committee could sound out the members.

Saturday Competitions.

The vice-captain asked if we had ever thought of performing some of our competitions on a Saturday in stead of a Sunday, the committee discussed this issue but found that there would be no benefit in changing, and decided to leave as is.

Membership Cards.

The secretary asked the committee if we still required the membership cards, he stated that at one time you could produce your card at any of the clubs and you would be given a discount, but this no longer seems the case, however the committee thought it was best to keep issuing them.

 

Next Meeting

10th January 2023, at Elea GC 10am.     AGM To be held at Elea GC ON 4th February 2023

Meeting closed at. 11.30

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Committee Meeting June 2022

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PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION

DATE 3rd June 2022 TIME 10.00 AT ELEA GOLF CLUB

In Attendance

Alan Betchley (Chairman), Kelvyn Bailey (Secretary), Paul Majoor (Handicap Secretary), Derek King (Treasurer), George Cooper (Captain).

Apologies. Craig Nixon (Social Secretary), Mike Andrews (Vice Captain).

Approval of Minutes

The Minutes from the last meeting were passed by the committee, with George Cooper proposing and Derek King as seconder.

Matters arising from previous Minutes.

No matters arising.

 

Committee Reports.

CHAIRMAN’s OPENING COMMENTS AND REPORT

The Chairman first apologized for his late arrival.

He went onto say that he thought that we need look to the future and the way forward for the PGA, for the coming years and as a committee we need to make some important decisions, on various areas, including competitions (in light of the poor attendances by the membership of late), Trophies, membership fees, financial state of the PGA, and he also felt that we should consider reintroducing a cap on membership, and lastly the Chairman/Captains dinner, and MEKO.

He stated the he was aware that the Handicap Secretary had some thoughts on the competitions and trophies, especially the poor response recently by members to competitions away from Elea G C.

The chairman went onto say that we need to make some decisions today, so that we can put them to the membership as soon as possible, and drive the PGA forward, he stated that he was pleased with the growth of new members to the PGA, the Captain stated that this was the opposite that was happening at all the clubs, a discussion followed with regards to the PGA and rollups.

The captain stated that the problem with competitions away from Elea, was due to several PGA members being off peakers and they are inclined to play at Elea rather than one of the other clubs, and that costs was one of the main factors.  A discussion about the costs charged by the other clubs followed, the Handicap Secretary, stated that the more members who played at the other clubs, we could push for a more competitive rate. It was also pointed out that some of the members who had chosen not to play at the up and coming competition at Aphrodite G C, was in fact playing at Elea, the Treasurer sated that he had heard nothing with regards to games being played at Elea, and that he had not received any emails, the Captain stated that it was arranged by word of mouth, the discussion continued on this important issue, with several thought being put forward, the Captain suggested using the carrot and stick approach may work, the carrot being competitions being played away from Elea could be subsidized, with the stick being those who did not play away from Elea would not be able to take part in the club championship, the committee felt that this was not the best option.

The Chairman stated that he would wright out to all members, expressing the committee’s disappointment that there is a lack of support for some of the competitions, and ask them for their thoughts and the reasons why they did not feel able to play.

After some discussion it was agreed that it was a certain group of members, who had decided not to play at certain venues and that we needed to understand their reasons, we thought the main reason was the extra costs involved, the chairman stated he would send out the message to members as quickly as possible and see what response we receive.

 

SECRETARY

The Secretary stated that he had very little to report, other than he had received several requests for information with regards to becoming a PGA member, the chairman asked how many members we had at the present time, the handicap secretary stated the membership figure stood at 73, at the present time, of which 4 members are also Elea Members. The secretary stated that there had been some difficulty with the last Committee minutes being added to the Web Site, however this as been rectified, and the minutes are on the Web Site.

 

HANDICAP SECRETARY.

COMPETITON’S.

Monthly comps – Completed up to May 2022

Mid monthly comps – Completed up to May 2022

Captains Shield – No Decision

Chairman’s Shield – No Decision

Mike Emmett Memorial Trophy – 2022 completed, winner Keith Gallagher, runner up Paul Majoor, trophies and prizes to be awarded.

Meko 2022/23 about to start.

Dates for 2022 on web site

Attendances at venues other than Elea are poorly attended.

Trophies need finalization.

WHS/EXTRA DAY SCORES.

Numerous scores entered by HS and individual members.

GENERAL PLAY.

No general play adjustments at this point.

NEW MEMBERS AND QUALIFYING CARDS.

4 New members and qualifying cards

4 Old members re-added

Only one card required now to receive a handicap

73 Members as per HS records, 4 are none PGA handicap

10 Euro will now be charged on all member transfers

Members CGF License will be 50 euro

5 new members added.

Only 1 card required now to receive handicap.

67 members as per HS records.

10 Euro now to be charged on all member transfers.

Members CGF license will be 20 Euro in July and 50 Euro next year.

CGF Cup.

CGF cup 2021 held on 30 Jan 2022 at Elea

2022 CGF cup to be held 4 Dec 2022 at Minthis.

 

The handicap secretary stated that all competition dates are and have been on the web site for some time.,

He also went onto say that due to the lack of support shown by the membership, for competitions away from Elea, he would no longer organize and further competitions, and that someone else would have to organize them for next year.

Trophies, there is one full set of trophies for one more competition, and a partial set for a further one competition.

The chairman stated that in view of the handicap secretaries’ statement we would need to look at a competition secretaries post, but it was pointed out that in the past the captain and secretary normally visited the clubs to obtain dates and fees for the year ahead, however this for some reason had fell to the handicap secretary.  After some discussion it was decided that the captain and another committee member possibly the vice-captain could deal with this issue, the captain stated he was only too happy to visit the various clubs and arrange the dates for 2023, the handicap secretary stated he would still look after things on the competition days.

The question was raised that has a committee, do we support playing at other clubs, the handicap secretary pointed out that it was only a minority of members who are off peakers at Elea, and not the majority of members these wish to leave as is.

A discussion followed with regards to the World Handicap System  there  is a issue around the one card to receive a handicap, and how we go forward with new members, a suggestion was discussed that we say to new members you must achieve a handicap of 36 or less, if you cannot achieve this standard you cannot become a member, or do we say to new members if you do not achieve the 36 or less standard, that they can enter a competition but cannot win until they have achieved the set standard.

The secretary stated that he felt we should return to the old system, where prospective new members had to play 3 rounds with two members of the committee, with the cards going to the handicap secretary to work out their handicap, if after these 3 rounds they have not achieved the standards required, membership is refused.

There is a issue with one member, who at the present time is not achieving the required standard, and this will need to be addressed at the next committee meeting if no improvement.

 

TREASURER.

 

Currant Members 68.

Bank Account the signatories are Alan Betchley and Derek King.

The bank balance on 1 June 2022

Bank Account                      11075.12

Petty Cash                                 38.50

Total                                     11113.62

Less Charity fund.

Funds Available.

Captains Bundoo to date         73.00

Shirt Sales                                  60.00

Football Cards                         112.00

North Trip Fines                       45.00

Captains Ball Return                  6.00

David Suff Donation                  5.00

Payments Out

Paul Majoor Expenses                18.00

Anne Majoor Trophy Return    50.00

 

The treasurer stated that the new account had been opened with himself and Alan as signatories, however he was not able to gain a statement as no transactions had been made into the new account.

The handicap secretary quired why no ball sales were shown in the above accounts, the treasurer stated it was his error and thought the amount raised was around 60 euro, the handicap secretary stated that in his view is more like 200 euro, the treasurer stated he would look into the error.

 

SOCIAL SECRETARY

No Report, but he did state that he is planning a island cove crazy golf challenge towards the end of June possibly on a Saturday, he was also looking at a return visit to the north in October/November

 

CAPTAIN.

The captain informed the committee that he had held a meeting with Adam at Elea which was very productive, and since the meeting some of the issues brought up, had been introduced.

At the same time had been attempting to arrange a meeting with Elea club captain Jack Towney, however unfortunately Jack had to step down for the time being as captain due to a health issue, so the vice-captain Peter Anderton had taken up the reigns, the captain went on to say he had attempted to arrange meeting with Peter, only to be told that Jack had once again taken up the captains role, although he had reached out to Jack, he still had had no success.

MEKO the captain stated that so far, he had received 21 entries for this year’s competition, and he proposed a knockout round first, with some byes, the reach the last 16 players, the chairman asked if the deadline for completion of the first round could be changed to the end of July, with the whole competition being completed by the end of 2022.

The captain thought that it would be difficult to arrange the captain v vice-captain, and chairman v captain competitions during the summer months, so he proposed these be arranged for the autumn, the chairman/captain’s dinner the social secretary needs feed back on this, with the dinner being held in October.

 

 

 

VICE CAPTAIN

No Report

 

AOB

Members Fees it has always been the case that new member fees are Pro-Rota during the year.

Jan to Mar 100 euro plus 50 euro joining fee

Ap to Ju 75 euro plus 50 euro joining fee

Ju to Sept 50 euro plus 50 euro joining fee

Oct to Dec 25 euro plus 50 euro joining fee

A suggestion was put forward that this be changed to a standard fee for all the year, 100 euro plus 50 euro joining fee, a discussion followed this suggestion, with various points being raised, one being the fairness of the proposal. It was decided to leave as is for the time being, with any queries being referred to the committee.

Trophies it was proposed that both the Ladies trophy and the longest drive trophy be discontinued, the handicap secretary stated some time ago the membership was consulted about the trophies and the feedback was leave as is, however since then there as been a change of heart with most of the membership agreeing there is a issue around the trophies. Therefore, the chairman asked for a vote on the issue, the majority vote confirmed ending the ladies and longest drive trophies, this would come into effect once all these trophies had been used up. The treasurer stated that in his view the nearest to pin should only be open to those playing off the same tee, this was rejected by the committee.

The captain suggested that on the monthly medal competitions trophies should only be awarded if there was more that 24 players, the handicap secretary thought it would be best to decide on the day, the treasurer suggest doing away with the three divisions and have just one trophy, this was rejected by the committee, who agreed to keep the 3 divisions.

 

 

Next Meeting

To be arranged later

Meeting closed at. 11.30

 

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Committee Meeting March 2022

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Minutes

PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION

DATE 24th March 2022. TIME 11.00 AT Alan’s home.

In Attendance

Alan Betchley (Chairman), Kelvyn Bailey (Secretary), Paul Majoor (Handicap Secretary), Derek King (Treasurer), George Cooper (Captain).

Apologies. Craig Nixon (Social Secretary) and Mike Andrews (Vice-Captain).

Approval of Minutes

The Minutes from the last meeting were passed by the committee, with Derek King proposing and George Cooper as seconder.

Matters arising from previous Minutes.

No matters arising.

 

Committee Reports.

CHAIRMAN’s OPENING COMMENTS AND REPORT

The Chairman opened the meeting, saying that he would like to welcome Mike Andrews back to the committee has Vice-Captain, he was also pleased to report that the committee was back to a full complement, he further went on to say that he wished to Thank Mike for all his hard work whilst Paul was away, also he would like to thank Paul Farr who assisted Mike, he stated that in his view Mike did a excellent Job, this was unanimously agreed by the committee.

He also reported that the captain had had a meeting with Adam at Elea GC, which George would update us during the captain’s report, he also stated that he wished to discuss the situation regards to Trophies and Completions, after comments made by some members. He further went on to say he had been asked by both the Treasurer and Social Secretary with regards to purchasing a new printer, and asked the committee to consider this request, up until a decision is made both Paul and Kelvyn said they would be willing to print anything they required.

 

SECRETARY

The secretary stated that both the PGA web Site and the PGA information page on the CGF site had been updated, he also stated that he also had problems with downloading information onto the PGA web site this to had been resolved.

He stated that he had had several requests for membership details, with a few becoming a member, he also stated that the Treasurer and himself had been working together, with regards to membership renewals, he reported that in his view the only member he was concerned about was Phil Willcock, he stated that he had written to him and was told that he had a ankle injury and that he would only pay for his renewal, when the injury had cleared up, this was found not to be acceptable by the committee and that we need to write to him again, explaining that even if he did not renew he was responsible for paying the 50euro CGF fee, the chairman stated that he thought that in future we need to set a time limit on renewal’s, when they have to be paid by, after a discussion Mid-January was set as to when renewals would need to be paid, with no exceptions and that payments must be paid via Bank Transfer, it was also decided to send out a letter to all members towards the end of the year informing them of this decision.

The captain asked the secretary that details of new members be sent out to the committee, the secretary stated that he would be updating all records of members and would send out when completed.

 

HANDICAP SECRETARY

The handicap secretary stated that he had very little to report, as he had not yet got the computer back from Mike, hopefully this would bee dealt with shortly. Once he had the computer back, he would update the new members PGA membership and CGF membership numbers.

He reported that there is a very poor response to the forthcoming comp at Minths Hills, with only eleven names on the web site, he hopes that there will be a few more members wishing to play. He also reported that the hopefully the MEKO final will take place shortly, the captain reminded the committee, that it was agreed that the winner of the MEKO would represent the PGA, in the up-and-coming CGF tournament, and we need to inform them of the players name as quickly as possible. He also asked that when we send out a emails to the membership we use the BCC function

 

TREASURER

The treasurer stated that he still did not have access to the accounts, however he states that 3140 euro had been deposited into the bank, he went on to say that the ex-treasurer had still not transferred the email account to him, it was reported to the committee that it seems that he was using the PGA email account for his personnel use, the Captain stated that he had no rights to do this, the Chairman said that he would have a word with Keith, to get this issue sorted. A lengthy discussion continued on this subject with various suggestions put forward.

The chairman asked how many members had still not paid for their renewal, it was reported that only 4 had yet to pay.

 

CAPTAIN

The captain stated that he had had a meeting with Adam at Elea GC, with Mike also in attendance, he informed the committee that some of the things Adam wished to address at the course, had been achieved I/E new cup liners and flags just one of the objectives, also he agreed to let the of-peak members tee off at 07.00 in the peak periods, on a Sunday morning, however he would not be drawn on the attitude of some of the full time members towards the off peak members, this the captain felt was understandable, he stated that Mike and himself was happy with what Adam had to say.

The Captain stated that he was hopeful of having a meeting with Elea Club Captain in the near future to discuss with him, various issues, unfortunately it has come to his attention that the said Club Captain was having some serious health problems, although not a entirely PGA problem there was a long discussion around the issue of tee time allocation, and the attitude of some full time members to both PGA and off peak members.

He reported that following the team CGF competition, the PGA came second, all agreed that this was a great result for the PGA and wished to congratulate all those members who took part. The fund raising seemed to be going well, but some members seemed to be ducking out of paying the fine for entering the bundo, hopefully the captain’s dinner will be held in the autumn and combine the captains and chairman’s dinner. The next MEKO he stated would not have any restrictions on how many took part, and he hoped that we could start the MEKO in May, entrance fee to be 10 euro, with all monies raised split between the captains charity and the overall winner, the chairman stated that we stick to the format, he also stated that we should hold the Captain v vice captains competition, and also the chairman v captains competition should be held over two days, with the same format as the last one.

 

SOCIAL SECRETARY

No report the Social Secretary is away at present, however the chairman did state that he would be speaking to Craig, with regards to the chairman’s v captains and the captain v vice-captain competitions, and the Island cove challenge, open to all commers.

 

VICE CAPTAIN

Although the vice-captain was not in attendance, he did through the chairman express his concerns over trophies mainly the ladies trophy, when we only have 4 lady members, whether or not we could drop the award of this trophy, he also commented that some of the members had spoken to him with regards to the longest drive trophy, the chairman asked if we could think about this issue, and have one to one chats with the members to see what they thought, and report back at the next meeting and discuss the issue then

 

AOB

No further issues.

Next Meeting

To be held on Friday 3rd June at Elea GC, Time 10am.

Meeting closed at.

12.15

 

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Committee Minutes January 13th 2022

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Minutes

PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION

DATE 13 JANUARY 2022. TIME 11.00am. AT Marks House.

In Attendance

Alan Betcchley (Chairman), Paul Majoor (Handicap Secretary), Kelvyn Bailey (Secretary), Derek King (Treasurer), George Cooper (Captain), Craig Nixon (Social Secretary), Keith Gallagher (Outgoing Treasurer) and Mark Watson (Outgoing Captain).

No apologies.

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the previous meeting were passed as a true record.

Chairman.

The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting is for a smooth handover from the outgoing committee to the incoming committee, he further stated that other things to tackle on the agenda, lockdown, change of personnel and the AGM, there was a lot to get through, he asked if there was anything arising from the previous meeting, Keith asked if there was any action with regards to the vacant post of Vice Captain, the chair stated we would deal with this issue later. There also appeared to be a issue that a  few of the members was not receiving emails from the PGA,  the chairman suggested we crossed checked all email address to ensure we have the members correct email addresses, the secretary did state that he did have a issue with two addresses, the captain suggested the secretary use a g-mail account rather than his personnel account, he was sure that all the email addresses on the PGA email account was up to date, he also agreed to set up a new account for the secretary, the secretary stated that would be a great help to. A general discussion followed on with regards to emails.

The chairman asked if there was anything else from the AGM that we needed to discuss, the social secretary asked Mark what the response to the email was he sent out to the membership in regards to social events, MArk replied that he only received 6 replies, a general discussion followed.

 

Committee Reports.

HANDICAP SECRETARIES REPORT

All the competitions for 2021 had been completed, he further stated that there had been no action with regards to both the chairman’s or captains shield, the MEKO was underway and progressing well, the competition dates for 2022 had all been set up and was on the web site, except the March Medal he had no dates for this at present, and the Mid-Month Medal towards the end of the year a date needed to be fixed, he stated he was working on this issue.

Extra day scores more was being added, but a lot of the members still do not enter the scores on the CGF site. Two old members have rejoined, Mike Andrews and Andreas Aristotelous.

CGF still charging 10 euros for transfers and 50 euro for license fees, the CGF cup is to be held on the 30th January 2022, we need to send in our list and invoices to the CGF, at the moment Phil Willcock as not confirmed if he will rejoin this year (he never played in any comp last year), no reply from Mike Treelease but he thought that he would rejoin, Kevin Mission was yet to make up his mind if he was going to join. The membership stood at 61 members at present.

 

SECRETARY.

No report available.

 

CAPTAINS REPORT

Mark our outgoing captain, Mark stated that he wished to apologies for not being in attendance for a lot of the time in 2021, this was due to the coronavirus, and personnel issues that he had to deal with.

The MEKO was progressing well, and he would like to see the competition completed before the Chairman’s and Captains events, he is looking to have MEKO by Easter, George asked if he should take over the running of the MEKO, but the committee hoped Mark would see out the final of 2021/22, with George taking over the running of MEKO for 2022/23.

Mark brought up the issue of the PGA Web site and the CGF site information pages for the PGA being out of date, the secretary stated that this was in hand, he then brought up the issue of members paying their renewal fees via banking transfer. The chairman stated we would bring this when the treasurer gave his report.

 

TREASURER.

The chairman asked the outgoing and incoming treasures, if they had been handing over the bits and pieces, Derek stated that at the present time he had not been able to set up the system on his laptop, the issue was discussed by the committee with various suggestions to help Derek get over the problem.

Derek stated that there was a issue he had spotted on the accounts, which seemed to suggest the new captain had not paid his membership for last year, Keith replied that he had in fact paid his fees, and explained that the sheet he had sent Derek was a old one, there also appeared to be a issue with Pana Lenos who had not paid his fees for 2021, Keith stated he had chased him for the fee, but at every competition he played  in he seemed to avoid Keith.

Derek stated that there was an issue with some of the members who refuse to pay their renewal via banking transfers due to the fees the banks charge and had told him accept cash or we do not renew. He stated that he would like to start his term has treasurer with a clean sheet and would like to committee to agree the balance of accounts within the bank, which is 3581.42 euro, which is to be carried forward to him, there is no cash in hand., the chairman stated we needed to work out and set a budget for 2022. The handicap secretary stated that we had around 6 months’ worth of trophies on hand, the captain stated that the shirt stock was ok at the moment, the social secretary and treasurer both thought it was time to look at changing the shirts, the social secretary stated why not drop some of the trophies to help fund the replacement shirts, he suggested dropping the Ladies trophy and the longest drive, the chairman suggested why not go from 2 divisions to 3, at the moment it was agreed to leave as is for the time being and look at the issue around shirts until 2023.

Collection of members fees, the Chairman stated that his preferred choice for payment was via internet banking rather than cash a discussion followed on the pros and cons of this, the chairman stated that he had looked into opening a account with Resolute, which in most cases is free, the treasurer stated that he did not mind receiving cash by would prefer bank transfers from the membership, or paying directly into the PGA bank account at the bank, it was agreed that we needed to stress this point to the members. At the same time, it was agreed to scrap the PGA cheque, which is surplus to requirements. It was agreed that the secretary send out a email to the membership, on how to pay their renewals, and the preferred choice is by bank transfer etc, details of the PGA account details be included on the email, and a end date of mid-February for renewals to be paid, the captain suggested that we also inform the membership that not payment will result in the not being able to play in any PGA competitions. It was also agreed that anything to be sent out to the membership should be through the secretary this is, so the membership do not get inundated by emails, the only exception to this is anything from the handicap/social secretaries. This was agreed.

 

CAPTAIN.

The captain informed the meeting that he was arranging a meeting with Elea Golf Club, he thought we had a few issues we needed to ask them, I/E what is the present situation at Elea, tee times etc, etc, he asked if anyone was willing to attend the meeting with him, the chairman stated he would be willing to attend, this is just not a PGA issue but also a off-peakers, a discussion followed and it was suggested that tee times for both PGA and off peakers be discussed with them, the treasurer also asked could they be informed that there is a difference between PGA Members and off peak members, on PGA competition days we are PGA members but on a Tuesday, Friday and Sundays we are off peakers. The handicap repeated his earlier comment that two competition days at Elea

one in March and One in November needed to be sorted out.

The captain brought up the issue of this year’s CGF team, which had been moved to January, he needed to contact the original players who had been picked to ensure that they would still be available, there was only one doubt which is Irene, as she is carrying a injury, it was agreed to stick with the original choices, and bring in a extra player if required, several names was discussed.

The captain informed the committee that his choice of charity for this year was the Friends Hospice, he stated that they had raised almost all the monies so they could reopen, but of course they still required funds for running costs, he also told the committee that he had visited the site and was very impressed. The captain stated that a few fund-raising suggestions had been put to him, such as for the cost of 2 euro’s you could buy a mulligan on one hole at Friday golf, also we start a swear box, the captain also stated he thought that the social events should have a charity slant to them, and he asked if anyone had any idea’s, the social secretary thought that not all events should be fund raising, but just a social event, he stated that he thought the Captains and chairman’s day and the captains drive in, should have a element of fund raising, this was discussed and the committee agreed that some events should not be fund raising events. The social secretary stated that the captains drive in would be held on the 23rd of January, with 50% of funds raised would go to the winner and the other 50% would go to charity.

 

SOCIAL SECRETARY.

The social secretary stated that he had had some thoughts with regards to social events, but asked the committee what are must do events each year, Chairman’s and Captains dinner are a must do, it was suggested that we combine both these events into one event and hold them as a Annual dinner and dance, where trophies and awards would be presented. I was also suggested instead of holding the dinner the same day as the competition, hold this the next evening, it was also proposed that if we keep both dinners one of them we could hold at Elea GC in the form of a barbeque, and that the we present the chairman’s and captains shields at the end of the year, possible hold one of the dinners in May/June, Mark told the committee, that it was a fact that in the past there was a lack of support from the members for one reason or a other, and had to make up the numbers with Guests, and that we need to look at ways to attract  more members to attend, possible look at a sit down dinner rather than a buffet.

Other events the social secretary is looking at is Island cove competition, Quiz night, Boule’s competition, and horse racing at Nicosia, if we want a private marque, we will need 50 plus to attend.

Kyrenia golf weekend possibly in May this year, possible costs for golfers 250 euros and none golfers 110 euros.

The social secretary asked whether the committee would be happy to hold a match against other societies, the committee thought this was a great idea.

The social secretary stated he was not going to send out sound bites to the members as he thought this is a waste of time, and if the wanted to attend they would do so, however he would be sending out a message with regards to the golfing weekend has he needed firm numbers, he also suggested that members be asked to have a 48 hour covid test taken prior to the events, he also said that if we did intend to use Elea for any dinners he would speak to them with regards to the quality of the food as it was a bit hit and miss at the moment.

Mark informed the social secretary that if he required a mike and speakers for karaoke, Barrie had this equipment stored.

 

VICE CAPTAIN

No report due to the position being vacant the moment.

 

AOB

It was suggested by the captain that on some competitions we look at Stroke play rather stableford, the handicap secretary stated that we did used to play some stroke play competitions, but we had to stop them due to very slow play, he further went on to stated we could still play stroke play with the option to convert to a stableford if a member wanted to. The social secretary stated that he thought we could look at some of the trophies we award such has the longest drive and Ladies trophies, it was also discussed whether members would rather win monies rather than a trophy, most of the committee stated that we should leave as is for the present time.

The chairman asked all committee members to canvas the membership, as to what they thought.  Regarding the vacant vice-captain post, he asked the secretary to send out a further email to the membership asking for nominations for the post, with a closing date of the end of January.

Committee roles all looks fine, a few points are out of date these are mainly to do with the Handicap secretary and treasurers’ roles, which need to be addressed, it was also agreed that these roles should be available to the members, the secretary stated that these had already been sent out.

The secretary apologized to the committee, for his absence from a lot of the competitions last year and his resignation, due to several reasons, which he did not wish to go into again.

The social secretary asked if there was any redress if a member was overly abusive or aggressive to a committee member, if the case was proven, the aggressor could be asked to apologize or in extreme circumstances be asked to leave the PGA, if any members as a problem with slow play they should not confront any member od the course but should bring it to the attention of the captain or vice-captain, the chairman stated that if there was any issue with on course play that should be dealt with by the captain, any other issues should be dealt with by the chairman.

The chairman stated before we closed the meeting he would like to thank the outgoing captain and treasurer for all their efforts over a very difficult period, he would also like to welcome the in coming captain social secretary and treasurer, and welcome back the secretary.

 

 

Next Meeting

Date for the next meeting would be Thursday 10th March 2022 at Alans house.

Meeting closed at.

13.10

 

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Committee Minutes AGM Nov 2021

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PAPHOS GOLFERS ASSOCIATION

AGM

Minutes of the meeting held at Elea on 21st November 2021 at 1330

 

Present: Alan Betchley, Mark Watson Paul Majoor, Keith Gallagher, George Cooper and 22 members from the association who played golf today.

 

Apologies received from Malcolm Adams, Mike Trealease and Pana Lenos

 

CHAIRMANS OPENING COMMENTS AND REPORT – Alan Betchley

Welcome to the AGM which I acknowledge is well overdue.  The circumstances are obvious but we could hardly foresee the consequences of the Pandemic.  These are really challenging times which we live in and in addition there have been the effects of Brexit, the Worldwide handicap system and the future of Elea Golf course which is our home venue.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee for their commitment in getting the P.G.A. up and running once again.  In addition a thank you to the members for their support particularly Anne, Irene and Barrie who run Off-Peak golf for us.

 

There has been no AGM since 1st September 2019 and during this time the committee has had to respond to ever changing protocols and had to make decisions often at short notice.  At all times we have tried to act in the best interests of the members.  I personally believe we will never see a return to the ‘way it was’ and we need to look forward and consider new ideas.

 

The P.G.A. has decided to continue to run as an unregistered group of Golfers.  The costs of registering would have meant that the P.G.A. would not have been viable.  A Bank Account has been opened in the names of the Chairman and Treasurer and both have signed a declaration of trust.

 

Todays agenda includes the opportunity to elect a new committee and I will comment on this when the matter appears on the agenda.

I will also brief the meeting regarding the financial circumstances of the P.G.A. before the Treasurers report.

 

Under A.O.B. I would like the members to share their thoughts about the future and any ideas they have.

 

I hope that we all pull together and take the challenges ahead as a team.

 

Minutes of the last AGM 2019 and matters arising – no matters arising and the minutes were proposed as correct by Lynne Betchley and seconded by John Eldred.

 

HANDICAP SECRETARY REPORT  – Paul Majoor

21 November 2021 AGM

  1. Completion’s

1.1            Monthly comps – Completed up to Nov 2021

1.2            Mid Monthly comps – Completed up to Nov 2021                                                             

1.3            Mike Emmett Memorial Trophy – Completed 2021

1.4            Mike Emmett Memorial Trophy 2022 underway

1.5            Dates for 2022 to be confirmed

  1. WHS/Extra Day Scores

2.1            Numerous scores entered by HS but not many by individual members.

  1. General Play

3.1            No General Play adjustments at this point.

  1. New Members & Qualifying Cards

4.1            5 No. New Members added. 1 under process

4.2            Only 1 card required now to receive a handicap.

4.3            61 members as per HS records. Will be 62 

4.4            10 Euro will now to be charged on all member inter club transfers. Members CGF license will be 50 Euro 

  1. CGF Cup

5.1    CGF cup on 5 Dec 2021 held at Elea. Men Max HC 28 Ladies 36. Home Club Members 20 Euro, Non Home Club 55 Euro.                                                      

The PGA will pay the entrance fees for the CGF Cup.

 

Anne Majoor queried the handicap of 54 of a player and if they had achieved a 36 handicap yet – players can play with the PGA, with a handicap in excess of 36 as a guest, but they cannot win any competitions. 

 

Paul Farr – is it correct that after submitting one card a player can get a handicap, as before players had to submit 3 cards. Under the WHS system a handicap can be issued after 1 card.

      

Craig thanked Paul Majoor for all his hard work over the year.

 

CAPTAINS REPORT – Mark Watson

Lot of people asking PM to put in score cards – please put your own cards into the system and ease his work load.  Complaints re social activities, but after a survey was conducted only 6 replies received, so don’t complain if not prepared to suggest improvements. Any complaints should in fact be forwarded to the Chairman to deal with and just remember the committee are all volunteers.  George Cooper, currently Vice-Captain will move up to Captain with effect from the 1st January.

 

TREASURERS REPORT – Keith Gallagher

Alan Betchley started off by explaining some of the errors in the accounts taken over from the previous Treasurer Peter Beebee who left due to illness.  The accounts were redone to the 31st August 2020, no monies were missing, just that the accounting was a little muddled. He asked that members accept the discrepancies that the monies were not accounted for correctly. Keith kindly took over and was given a starting figure from the 1/9/20 to continue the accounts from then onwards into 2021.

 

David Watson asked if there was a qualified accountant in the group. Andrew Storry spoke up that he is.

 

The main Income received per member is €100 subs and mostly in cash, members are asked to pay this direct into the Bank Account whenever possible. (the bank account is held in the name of Alan and Keith as joint signatories and a declaration of trust is in place)

 

Current balance is €3392.42 (€2069.42 PGA funds and €1323.00 Charity fund)

Bank Account €3381.42 and cash in hand €11.00

 

Keith explained that the MEKO accounts run a year behind (collected in one accounting year and paid out in the following accounting year) Also the accounts are for a 16 month period September 2020 to December 2021.  In future the year will run from the 1st January to 31st December.

 

Paul M explained that if NEW shirts were to be purchased for all members it would wipe out the balance held, the committee were aware this is overdue and a budget plan will be drawn up for next year. There are 6 months trophies in stock (cost for year £2300).

Anne Majoor raised the issue of CGF fees and not paying for non-active members. Last year 4 members were paid for and fees not collected as they did not get back to Cyprus due to Covid.  The CGF billed PGA for 62 and only 58 payments received. She felt that the money should be paid up front, prior to giving to CGF, with the change in PGA accounting year this will be more feasible in the future.

 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

With the new accounting year being 1st January to 31st December so will the Committees term of office.

It was noted that not all members had received the emails regarding the Nominations of members for the posts – this is to be looked into and rectified asap. MW/KB

 

There had been only one candidate for each of the following posts and they were elected by a majority show of hands in the room.

 

Chairman – Alan Betchley

Competition and Handicap Secretary – Paul Majoor

Secretary – Kelvyn Bailey

Treasurer – Derek King

Social Secretary – Craig Nixon

Captain – George Cooper

Vice-Captain – Vacant

 

Alan explained that being on the committee is a privilege and but also hard work.

 

Mark stated that the Vice-Captain is not a hard job and does not have a lot of work to do, mainly standing in for the Captain and preparing themselves for the following year.  The job could be done by two people.

 

Andrew S – asked if details of what is involved in the role could be sent out to members. Mark explained that attending PGA competitions and doing the presentations are the main tasks.

 

Note that an email for Nominations for Vice Captain needs to be sent out in the new year, after the problem with emails has been sorted.   KB

 

A.O.B

Anne thanked all the committee member for keeping everything going and Paul for being at ALL the PGA events throughout the year.

Irene asked for the email of new members who may wish to be invited to the ELOPE meetings on Tuesday/Friday/Sunday.

 

Andrew asked about the official view on the future of ELEA, members would hear as soon as the PGA knew. 

 

Mark advised and Alan re-iterated that membership fees should be paid by Credit Card to give members better protection.

 

Meeting closed at 14.45

Minutes taken by Lynne Betchley

 

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PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION

DATE 07 June 2021. TIME 14.30 AT Chairmen’s Home

In Attendance

Alan Betchley (Chairman), Kelvyn Bailey (Secretary), Mark Watson (Captain), Paul Majoor (Handicap Secretary), Keith Gallagher (Treasurer).

Apologies. None

Approval of Minutes

The Minutes from the last meeting were passed by the committee, with Mark Watson proposing and Paul Majoor as seconder.

Matters arising from previous Minutes.

Number of Members, Renewals, CGF and Elea.

 

Committee Reports.

CHAIRMAN’s OPENING COMMENTS AND REPORT

The Chairman opened his comments and report, He stated that he would like to go through few items from the last meeting. Total number of members he will come back to this at a later in the meeting, members who have yet to pay this years fee’s discuss this under the treasures report, he asked the handicap secretary if the CGF will be offering a reduction in fee’s due to the problems this past year, the handicap secretary stated that he had heard nothing but thinks it will be highly unlikely, the chairman stated that Elea had reduced this year’s off Peaker’s membership fee. With regards to his report, he stated that he had very little to say due to the problems we have experienced, he thought that we needed to look towards the future.

SECRETARY

The Secretary stated that he had very little to report, due to the lockdowns. He had however received 5 enquiries mainly from the UK, most seemed very interested and stated that when the situation in the UK improves, they would get back to the secretary.

Web site the secretary reported that he was having problems with false requests to join the members section of the site, he stated that anyone he was not aware of he rejected, both the Captain and Chairman suspected this was hackers attempting to gain access to the members information, which could become a serious problem if they did gain access. The chairman asked if there was a problem with members gaining access to the site, the secretary and handicap secretary stated that nothing had been reported to them.

 

 

 

HANDICAP SECRETARY.

He stated that he had not produced a report, due to the fact we had not held any competition’s due to the lockdowns, looking to the future, he had produced the dates and venues for the remainder of the year.

July both the monthly competitions are to be held at Elea.

August both monthly competitions to be held at Secret Valley.

September Monthly Medal to be held at Aphrodite Hills at a price of 60 euro, and the Mid/Month at Elea.

October both will be held at Elea.

November Elea cannot give us dates, so the handicap secretary is looking at an alternative venue, possible Miniths.

December to be played at Elea but the dated have been changed.

The chairman asked if a schedule was available, the handicap secretary stated that it was available on the Web Site, but he would send out to all members via email.

 

  

TREASURER.

INCOME

PGA

From Subs                                               1310.00

Meko (prize part)                                    150.00

Electronic Transfer in                           1900.00

Total income for PGA use                   3360.00

Charity

Bunkers                                                     226.00

Meko (charity part)                                 100.00

Misc charity income                               472.00

Charity total income                               798.00

Total income                                          4158.00

EXPENDITURE

CGF Fees                                                             1290.00

Trophies                                                              2040.85

Secretaries exp                                                        45.06

Total expenditure inc addional expenses     5169.91

Total expenditure                                              5169.91

 

Reconciliation of accounts 4658.27

  

 

The treasure stated that he had finally got his around Marks spreadsheets, 43 members had paid their renewal fee for this year, and that he was still receiving a few 20 euros from last year. He stated that his records show we have 60 members, with 17 still to pay their renewal fee.

The past captain’s charity had been paid.

The bank account stands at 4658 euros, a discussion followed with regards to the CGF Fee if this years had been paid, if not there will be a need to find 3000 euros, there is enough monies to cover the fee, the trophies have been paid for.

A discussion followed with regards to those members who have yet to pay, the secretary stated that he had already sent out two reminders, one issue raised was James Mason if he was still a member or not, the handicap secretary stated that he was still on the books. We discussed those members who had not paid their memberships and the probable reason why, and also those who will not or are unlikely to renew.

 

 

CAPTAIN.

The captain stated he had nothing to report due to the lockdown. He did have a few points he would like to raise, first the issue around the Captain and Vice Captain’s positions, a long discussion followed, and that Craig Nixon and George Cooper had expressed a interest, other names was discussed by the committee, it was decided that the Chairman should speak to George Cooper if he was still interested.

Captain’s dinner the captain stated that all those he had spoked to had enjoyed the evening, and we need to discuss in AOB.

 

AOB

AGM. The chairman stated that we needed to hold the AGM as soon as possible, and that he was looking at sometime is September, a discussion followed and the overall opinion was to hold the AGM in November, the chairman will be sending out a letter to the membership.

The chairman asked the committee if they though there was any need for a vice captain and social secretary, it was thought that there was a need for a vice captain, to cover the captain when not available, and to prepare him/her for the captain’s role.

With regards to the social secretary the overall opinion was that no one will be willing to take on this role, but we will still ask the membership.

It was suggested that instead of having a Chairman’s and Captain’s dinners we hold a Gala dinner instead, this was discussed, with all the pros and cons discussed, it was decided in the end that should be a membership decision, so we would take a straw poll of the membership.

The chairman asked if the need would the committee be willing to stand for a further 12 months, this was agreed.

All the other items on the AOB list had been dealt with earlier in the meeting except the MEKO Competition, it was decided that the next MEKO would be a straight knockout, the entry fee remaining at 10 euro, with a closing date for entrance by the end of July, with the treasurer collecting the fees.

 

 

Next Meeting

To be arranged later.

Meeting closed at.

15.50

 

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PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION AGM

HELD ON SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2019, AT ELEA GOLF CLUB

MEETING OPENED AT.

15.54

APOLOGIES

There were 9 apologies.

ACCEPTANCE OF PREVIOUS MINUTES.

Barrie Hattam proposed, and Kevin Drummy seconded, approval of the previous minutes, this was passed unanimously.

CHAIRMANS OPENING COMMENTS AND REPORT

I am just going to give a quick overview of this year as more details will come from the committee members.

This has been my first year as Chairman and I would like to thank the committee for their hard work and support during the year. A special mention to Anne for her contribution in her year as Captain. An original member said to me and I am sure he will note mind me quoting him, as we enter our 25th year since inception he had seen the Paphos Golf Association change from a few people who socialised together playing a bit of golf. Into a society who played golf and liked to socialise, a natural progression over the years.

This year we have moved the AGM to early September for a number of reasons, principally to bring our year in line with the start of our Captains year and to remove the vacuum between the AGM and the start of the new year, thus enabling the new committee to start work immediately. This past year as presented many challenges on the golfing side. First and foremost, has been the affect of the weather, where we have seen unprecedented rainfall not seen for a long time. Secondly has been the changes at the four courses we use. Minthis Hills, being reduced to nine holes, Aphrodite Hills making on going course improvements and charging unrealistic prices, Secret Valley succumbing to losing part of the course when the dam started to fail. And finally, the uncertainty caused by the change of ownership at Elea.

Our membership numbers have declined in line with the general fall-off of golf memberships in Cyprus as a whole.

We have set up a Web site to give the Paphos Golf Association an enhanced profile and attract new members. This is now up and running, please register for the members section, it is not the finished article yet. Anne as also established a Facebook page.

We continue to try new ideas on the golfing and social side and in November we will have or first Association Championship.

The Captains Charity has passed a milestone the year on completion of its 4th year we have past the 10k mark for the Cancer Support Group.

We now look forward to another good year for the Paphos Golf Association in 2019/20.

SECRETARIES REPORT

The Secretary stated that there was very little to report, over the past year there had been very few enquirers for membership information, with only one new member. It is hoped that with the introduction of our new Web Site and the Facebook page set up by Anne, this will change.

Since the introduction of the new Web Site disappointingly only 28 members had applied to join the members part of the site, and had been activated by the Secretary, despite emails being sent out to the membership. If you are having problems joining the site please contact the Secretary.

CAPTAINS COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Anne opened with the comment that she would like to thank Martin Walker who resigned after a few months as Vice Captain, that if it was not for him she would not be standing here today. She went on to look back on the past year as Captain, Captains bunker which was on the third hole, raised some 3371 euro’s over the year, with two players leading the pack, details to follow.

The Captain v Vice Captain, she thanked her team members for there performance’s. This was followed by the Captains meal, which was thought to be very controversial at the time as it was a lunch rather a dinner, but this went down very well by all those that attended, to which she would like to thank for their support.

The next competition which was the Chairman v Captain, which was devised by the Chairman Alan Betchley, and was played over two days which ended all square. Again she thanked everyone for their efforts.

Also for the first time this year was the Captain/Vice Captain challenge, were they took on all comers, this was again well supported.

Finally she thanked everyone for their support and generosity over the year, and wished our new incoming Captain Costas Xenfontos all the best.

Anne’s final act was to present a trophy to the winner of the Bunker challenge, there were two contenders Barrie Hattam and Kevin Drummy both contributing 60 euro’s, Anne decided that that the winner would be the one that last went into the bunker so the winner this year was Kevin, but she said she could not let Barrie go away empty handed.

HANDICAP SECRETARIES REPORT

Completions.

Monthly comps completed up to September 2019, December, January and March rained off.

Mid Month Medals completed up to August 2019.

Captains Shield Winner Costas Xenofontos.

Chairman’s Shield Winner Lazaros Lazarou.

Mike Emmett Memorial Trophy Winner Lynne Betchley.

Mike Emmett Memorial Plate Winner Costas Xenofontos.

CGF Cup. Played at Aphrodite Hills in June, PGA team came fifth out of eleven teams.

Extra Day Scores. 18 EDS scores have been entered this year.

General Play. No changes made.

New Members and Qualifying Cards. 6 sets of qualifying cards completed, 9 new members were added to the system, 64 members as per HS records, down from previous year which was 77.

Handicap Review. The handicap review was carried out in January by the handicap committee, 3 decreased, 2 members handicaps have lapsed they have been informed.

General. Competitions are shown on the new web site and can be booked there, for the time being I will continue to send out emails, until members are used to using the new system.

TREASURER’S REPORT

INCOME.                                                                                                       EXPENDITURE.

Carried over                                                   2119.00                                  Trophies returned 20.00

67 members fees, two missing still to pay     3900.00                                  Hercules Trophies 1963.00

Bunker monies                                               773.00                                    Dinner subsidy 570.00

Golf Balls                                                       686.00                                    Fees for CGF 1340.00

Donations                                                      924.00                                    Trophies & medals Paul Majoor 47.00

Shirts                                                               17.00                                     Bank charges 63.00

Two’s comp                                                     70.00                                      Labels 9.00

Mike Emmett                                                   65.00                                      CGF 880.00

Captains lunch                                              220.00                                      CGF cup 440.00

Captains drive in                                             45.00                                      TOTAL 5332.00

Aphrodite voucher                                           50.00                                      Amount in bank 5948.00

New members joining fee                             375.00                                      Charity 3371.00

In-completed Comps                                      32.00                                       TOTAL 2577.00

Secret valley vouchers                                   65.00

Monies back from Chairman’s dinner           210.00

Raffle                                                            370.00

Captain/Vice captain challenge                      40.00

Coins and raffle                                            119.00

TOTAL                                                      11208.00

CHARITY 1st Sept 2018/ Aug 31st 2019                                                                  PETTY CASH

Uncompleted Comp Anne Kevin                                                        32.00             Amount at 24th June 391.00

Captains drive in                                                                                45.00             Barrie expenses -100.00

Twos Comp                                                                                        70.00             Trophy Returned -30.00

Aphrodite voucher                                                                              50.00             Coffee for meetings -22.00

Korinium 2s                                                                                        96.00             Transfer from bank + 100.00

Bunker                                                                                               773.00            Stationary -5.00

Golf Balls                                                                                           686.00            Mike Emmett trophies -145.00

Donations                                                                                          924.00            Paul labels -4.00

Captain/vice captain challenge                                                         36.00               TOTAL 185.00

Secret valley voucher                                                                       65.00               AGM Drink and coffee -44.00

Raffle                                                                                                370.00             TOTAL 141.00

Mike Emmett comp                                                                            65.00              Trophy returned -10.00

Cap+Vice captain challenge                                                              40.00              Coffee for meetings -28.00

Richards coins                                                                                   27.00               TOTAL 31st Aug 2019 103.00

Richards raffle                                                                                   70.00

Fred and Pete coins                                                                          22.00

TOTAL                                                                                               3371.00

SOCIAL SECRETARY

The secretary stated that he had very little to report, the Mike Emmett trophy was well supported, unfortunately this could not be said for other social events in fact we have to rely on guests to make up the numbers, so we really need your support, he stated he was looking into other events to introduce in the future.

Anne expressed her concerns that the Island Cove Challenge had not been included in the past years calendar, the secretary said he would look into this for the next year.

AOB

Vice Captain. There was only one candidate for the Vice Captains role for 2019/20, Lynne Betchley proposed and Kevin Drummy seconded, Mark Watson as the new Vice Captain, this was passed unanimously by the members.

Barrie Hattam raised a point of order that the minutes of the last AGM had not been action-ed and the start of the meeting, this was action-ed by the Chairman, Barrie Hattam proposed and Kevin Drummy seconded that the minutes be accepted, this was passed unanimously by the meeting.

New Web Site all members were urged by the Chairman to use the site as soon as possible.

George Carter who was one of the founder members of the PGA was awarded a honorer y Life Time membership for all is support and help over the years, the award was presented to him by the out going Captain Anne, George thanked everyone for the award.

Irene Muldowney raised a issue with regards to the Ladies Prize at the Monthly Comp, she stated that the ladies prize was introduced a few years ago, it was past at a previous AGM that the ladies prize would only be awarded if there was at least 4 ladies in the competition , unfortunately over this year the number of ladies playing as reduced. Irene would like to propose that the PGA reduced this to 3 ladies playing in the competition, the Chairman put this to the membership and was passed unanimously.

Irene Muldowney PGA Social events.

Irene stated, that she was not sure of the year, but thought it was 2014 that the PGA introduced the role of social secretary, with a proviso that any social events would be self funding this seemed to be the case in the early years, but in recent years this as not been the case at some events, she went on to say that like most members I enjoy a Social event, but at my cost and not the money from other members of the PGA, she continued that she believed the last event the money from the PGA was used to reduce the cost of the event by 10 euro’s each. She stated that for example the monies could be used for new shirts for all, or reduce the cost of playing at Aphrodite to 55 euro for each playing member, with the PGA making the remainder of the cost.

Irene therefore proposed that any future social events should be self funding. The Chairman stated other than this one event no PGA funds had been used to fund any other account, it was pointed out that the reason for the funding of this event was due to lack of support, and if canceled we would have lost our deposit.

Irene stated the PGA was a golfing society and not a social society, a lengthy discussion followed among the membership, the membership was again reminded why the committee made the decision to supsidise this particular event, if we had not the event would have been canceled with the lose of our deposit. Irene stated we must use common sense on how much we spend on social events, and thought that the 10 euro subsidy was far to much and we should set a limit. The chairman stated that several years ago that the committee would act as a backstop when it came monies. It was also pointed out that this is why the committee is appointed to make these decisions, and should not have to go running back to the membership. A lengthy discussion continued, with the overall opinion that the committee should be able to make these decisions. Craig Nixon asked what the membership monies where for, the handicap secretary gave a brief breakdown of how the membership monies was used and what for. Craig Nixon then stated that once all expenses are covered, any monies left over can be used in any way the committee was appropriate.

The Chairman thought at this stage that the members should vote on the proposal, that all future events should be self funded, but also included should be the committee will decide whether to cancel any events if the cost to the PGA is to excessive, however before the vote could be taken Irene withdraw her proposal and will remain as is, the members all agreed to this.

The meeting closed at 17.00


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PAPHOS GOLF ASSOCIATION

DATE 21st February 2020. TIME 10.00 AT ELEA GOLF CLUB

In Attendance

Alan Betchley (Chairman), Paul Majoor (Handicap Secretary), Peter Beebee (Treasurer), Mike Andrews (Social Secretary), Mark Watson (Vice Captain)

Apologies. Kelvyn Bailey (Secretary), Costas Xenofontos (Captain)

Chairman opening Comments

In the absence of the secretary the Chairman was going to take the minutes.

Approval of Minutes

These have been circulated before the meeting.  Peter Beebee proposed and Mike Andrews seconded their acceptance. 

Matters arising from previous Minutes.

No matter arising

 Committee Reports.

 CHAIRMAN.

Nothing to report and items listed under A.O.B.

SECRETARY

Not in attendance so no report

HANDICAP SECRETARY.

1.      COMPETITON’S.

Monthly comps – Completed up to Feb 2020.

Mid monthly comps – Completed up to Jan 2020.

Captains Shield – Was awarded in September 2019.

Chairman’s Shield – This will be awarded by the Chairman to the member he considers has made the most improvement in the last year.  To be awarded at the Chairman’s Dinner.

Mike Emmett Memorial Trophy – 2020 in progress. It was suggested that the existing format had run its course and perhaps a re-vamp was necessary. Mark suggested perhaps a round robin format maybe a good alternative.  This perhaps played in four leagues then winners going into a semi-final.  Mark will put together some thoughts ready for the next committee meeting.

Dates for 2020 on website.

Decrease in members entering comps a bit alarming.

2.      EXTRA DAY SCORES.

21 EDS have been entered so far this year.

3.      GENERAL PLAY.

No general play adjustments at this point.

4.      NEW MEMBERS AND QUALIFYING CARDS.

5 x 3 No qualifying cards at this point.

9 new members have been added to the system.

64 members as per HS records.

€10 now to be charged on all member transfers. Members CGF licence will be €25 in July and €50 next year.

53 members registered on the website.  It was decided we would contact those who had not registered to encourage them to do so.  Mark will draft a letter together for Secretary to circulate.  One member had registered twice and would be asked to delete one.

5.      HANDICAP REVIEW.

The handicap review adjustment was cancelled due to WHS which is to be implemented 3rd March.

 

  TREASURER.

 

Copy of the report attached.

It was felt that we had sufficient funds to cover all expenditure over the next year.  See A.O.B. for discussions regarding new shirts and increased fees for CGF.  Peter advised the meeting that he would be standing down at the AGM for Health reasons.

 

Carried over from 31/09/2019                                   1390.00

60 members fees for 2019-2020 season.                   3600.00

Bunker                                                                           250.00

Golf Balls                                                                       160.00

Donations                                                                     280.00

New members joining fee                                          150.00                                

Mike Emmett Trophy                                                 110.00

Captain’s Drive in                                                         46.00

Sale of Lap Tops                                                      150.00

Total                                                                             6136.00

                                       EXPENDITURE

Fees for CGF.                                                          1220.00

CGF                                                                             20.00

Pics Card and Frames                                               22.00

Web Site Construction                                            280.00

Bank Charges                                                             12.00

Paul Majoor expenses                                           79.00

New Lap Top                                                       571.78

Deposit for Captain Dinner                                 300.00

TOTAL                                                                    2504.00

TOTAL PGA FUNDS                                           3632.00

 

CAPTAIN REPORT.

The Captain was not in attendance.

SOCIAL SECRETARY.

Mike confirmed the Captains BBQ has been arranged.  The Chairmans v Captains weekend be held on 30th/31st May.  The Chairmans Dinner will be held on Saturday 6th June at Sunset Breeze.  Mike asked if someone-else could run the MEKO next year.  Paul volunteered but Mark may take it on, this will be discussed in line with the changes at the next committee meeting.

VICE- CAPTAIN.

Nothing to report apart from the question of the shirts where stock is very low.  See AOB for decisions on this.

 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

New Shirts – Paul has provided a costing for New Shirts at 50 + for €13.50 each.  It was decided that a consignment of 50 new shirts be ordered but in view of the lack of a sponsor that these would be the existing design and issued to New members only.  If existing members wanted to buy a new shirt these would be provided at cost.

New handicap System – Paul has advised that this is due to start on the 3rd March.  General discussion took place about the mechanics of this system and Paul will keep us posted on its roll out and how we are to implement it.  Eventually players will only have one handicap to apply Worldwide but this will only come into force when all countries have set it up.  The UK is not due until late this year.

CGF Fees – We have received notification that CGF fees will increase this year and substantially increase next  year.  The Committee is reluctant to increase membership fees, but we will have no alternative next year.  No reasons given by the CGF.  Mark has opened discussions with Andrew Macgregor regarding members who are also Off-peak members at Elea as they are effectively paying twice. 

Clubs and Societies – Paul will clarify with the CGF whether they cover this aspect.

Next Meeting

To be held at Elea Golf Club, Friday 22nd May at 10.00am

Meeting closed at.

11.00