Dear fellow members

July marks the start of a new membership year.

We welcome back 17 former members who have rejoined our club. I am pleased to welcome a further 30 new members who have joined across various categories.

Leading into the membership renewal, the board invested considerable time and effort in addressing our membership anomalies. The board had extensive data and sought feedback from the membership. We believe the most affected member category was our weekday members. I can advise that we have had 3 resignations from this category. I would like to acknowledge our weekday members who have stayed with the club and supported the change.

The board and sub-committee had modelled and calculated the net outcome of the proposed changes. I can now confirm we achieved a slightly better result than expected. Congratulations to all those involved in this significant project.

In summary, the final membership numbers in our major playing categories are:

Full 306 (up from 210)

Lifestyle 158 

Junior 82

Weekday 59

Young Adult 37

We have 866 members across all membership categories (both playing and non-playing)

As of this year, all members that have attained 50 years (and more) of membership have received 25% subscription credit and are exempted from paying members credit. We congratulate the following members for their years of membership service achievement: - 

• Dot Moore (61 years) 
• Ross Edmunds (58 years) 
• Noel Daniels (55 years) 
• John Howard (55 years) 
• Brian Vale (56 years) 
• Lloyd Davies (52 years) 
• Tom Arlidge (50 years)