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                Minutes  of  LCC  Annual General Meeting (08/04/2023)


1.0 Members Present
 
      Sue Barker,          Trevor Charlton,       Geoff Barton-Greenwood,      ,                        
      Peter Jones,          Howell Lloyd,           Dave Palser,                      
      Rosemary McDowell-Robertson,           Campbell Smart,                        
      Chris Yewlett,               
 
 
     Apologies for absence had been received from Mary Huntley, Patricia   
     Wright, Roger Cadenne, Lucinda Cadenne, Angela Powell, David
      Powell, and John Jessop.
 
2.0 Acceptance of Previous Minutes    
 
     The minutes of the previous AGM meeting held on 16th September
     2021 were read out in part to remind members what had been
     discussed at the last AGM. The minutes were accepted as a true record
     of the proceedings.
 
      Outstanding Items to be discussed
 
  • Signage – Request for New Sign for the Croquet Club
  • Club Name Change
  • Concern raised by Angela Powell that the Minutes of the Annual General Meetings were not held on the website.
  
3.0 Chairman’s Report    
 
    Before reading out his Report Geoff wanted to pay tribute to     
    Mr Mike Young the Club’s previous Treasurer who died earlier in the
    year. There was a 2-minute silence held in remembrance of Mike,
    and his contribution to the Club. Geoff also mentioned that Mike’s
    family had donated his mallet the Club for members to use.
        
 
4.0 Club Captain’s Report
 
      Dave confirmed that the club had done particularly well in their Golf
      Croquet matches in the South West Division last year. The club had
      once again reached the Semi Finals of the South West Division of the
      High Handicap Golf Croquet Competition, but had been narrowly
      beaten by Camerton  Peasdown.
     
      Dave wanted to remind members that if they are interested in playing
      club matches and are available to email him for consideration.
 
      There was some discussion whether or not to put out two teams to
      represent the club, but it will be decided when he is able to gauge
      interest from members.
            
5.0 Treasurer’s Report
 
      Dave Palser the Club Treasurer provided a summary of the Club’s
      finances and passed around a Balance Sheet, which covered the
      period up to 31st March. The accounts had been audited by Campbell
      Smart.
.     Dave pointed out that there had been a considerable rise in the  
      membership since 2019, but there had been a fall in the number of
      members in 2021 (33) to 2022 (27).
      He was keen to point out that whilst there was a healthy balance the
      grounds maintenance/rental for last year and the current year were
      still to be paid
     
 
6.0 Club Secretary’s Report
 
      Peter mentioned that the website was developing well and had been
      updated to include this year’s matches, and FunDay events. He noted
      that he had looked in detail at the work required to change the name  
      of the Club and decided he was not prepared to take on the additional
     work at this time.
 
     Peter confirmed that communications had improved with the increased 
     use of WhatsApp. However, due to the popularity of the LCC
     WhatsApp Group the Lawn Booking System is no longer used as it
     was designed for.
     
7.0 Appointment of Officers 
 
      Geoff Barton Greenwood (Chairman),
      Dave Palser (Club Captain / Treasurer),
      Peter Jones (Club Secretary)
      Sue Barker (Entertainment Officer)
      All confirmed that they were happy to undertake the roles going
      forward until the next AGM.
 
     Campbell Smart was recognised for the effort he puts in to the upkeep
     of the lawn particularly with liaising with the Council’s Parks
     Department and organising Grounds Working Party’s.
     As acting Auditor Cam is not able to be an integral part of the
     Committee but is nevertheless consulted on all committee matters.
  
8.0 Most Improved Player of the Year
 
      The Committee decided to award the Trophy for the Most Improved
      Player of the Year to Sue Barker. Sue was given the Cup. However,
      Dave Palser apologised to Rosemary McDowell Robertson for
      forgetting to pass the cup to her last year.
      Sue will get the cup engraved and let Rosemary have it for a while.
 
9.0 Outstanding Items from Last AGM
 
9.1 Signage – Dave Palser has spoken to a Sign Writer he is friendly with 
                       who has agreed to prepare a sign for us ‘free of charge’
 
9.2 Change of Name for the Club – Brief discussion took place at the
      meeting but it was felt that the decision should be deferred and
      possibly decided at an Extra-Ordinary general Meeting with all
      members present.
 
9.3 Minutes of AGM Meetings held on Website – Peter Jones
      confirmed that both the present and previous AGM Minutes will be
      available to view on the LCC website
  

10.0 Any Other Business
                               
       Trevor Charlton mentioned that Budleigh Salterton were running
       several courses on the ‘Strategy’ associated with Golf Croquet which
       may be of interest the club members. He has spoken to the tutor there
       and obtained a list of courses which will be circulated.
 
     Campbell Smart raised the subject of stronger relations being forged
     with other Welsh Clubs, in particular Glamorgan (Merthyr Mawr) and Mumbles.
     Trevor Charlton agreed to be the focal point in establishing close links
     with the Glamorgan club has he had several contacts there. He was
     also asked to invite them to a return match hosted by Llandaff.
     Peter Jones mentioned that he had been in contact with the Secretary
     of the Mumbles CC and had agreed to have some ad-hoc matches with  
     them.
 
     Peter Jones suggested to those members present that it might be a good
     idea to further improve the relations with the football club by offering them £100
     towards events at the club. This was suggested as we currently have full
     use of the clubhouse with the agreement of football club, and don't pay
     anything for the privilege. Members fully supported the proposal. It was
     agreed that PJ discuss with Casey of Fairwater FC. 
​
11.0 Date of Next Meeting
        
​         To be Agreed
 
 
 
 
Prepared by Pete Jones (Club Secretary)
 
8th April 2023
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