Welcome to Seniors' News Page.

The 2012 Captain Phil Ollis and his Vice Captain Paul Willcocks were elected at the AGM and have taken office.

Our Captain takes this opportunity to address our members.

“May I firstly express my pride to be elected your Captain for 2012. I will make every effort over the next 12 months to represent you to the high standards that have been set over many years. We have a great group of guys in the Seniors and with your continued commitment I will play my part in giving the support to “Our Club” that it deserves, particularly in these difficult times.  Most importantly I will do my best to ensure we make use of all the facilities available to us to enjoy our golf and enhance life in our Senior years.

I would like to thank all the stalwarts that attended the Seniors AGM on Monday where I had the opportunity to address the meeting and give my thanks to Tom Pettifer for the excellent commitment he had given to us in his Captains year.

The full minutes of the meeting will be available on the web site in due course.  A synopsis has been posted on this news page (below).  Please continue to use the web pages to keep up to date throughout the year, it is a great way to stay in touch with all that is happening at our Club.

I would like to take this opportunity, and I am sure you join with me in wishing our President and very much respected Senior colleague Alan Ruddock a speedy recovery from his recent health scare, we hope we will soon see him back on the course.

Finally at the first Club Committee meeting yesterday (Tuesday 31^st) it was agreed that a memorial to George Watts would take the form of a new hedge between the 18^th green and the practise putting area, with a suitably inscribed plaque. The idea means that the feature can be viewed from the clubhouse giving members the opportunity to reflect on the contribution made by George to the Club.”

Phil Ollis.

The Seniors Committee have developed the Seniors Section Web pages to improve communication and enhance its commitment to promote golf amongst its members. Available now are the following pages which we hope you will find of interest:

• Seniors News
• Calendar of Events
• Friendly Matches
• Special Events
• Seniors Opens and Invitations
• Senior Moments
• Seniors Trophy Winners
• DMVGA
• Seniors Committee

It is not intended that  any of these pages will duplicate any information contained in other sections of our Website.  The aim is to keep members informed with interesting and/or amusing updates.

On this page we will also be happy to advertise any golf equipment which members may wish to sell. The procedure which will be adopted is for person selling to see our Professional – Barry Austin agree a price and to make the article available through the Pro Shop.  We will then advertise the article on this page using the choice of words of the vendor which should be sent by email to johnessery@btinternet.com

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The opportunity is also being taken to keep members in touch with other golfing information available through Websites. The following sites are considered of value:

• Golf in Devon – This site facilitates a link with all Club Websites in Devon.
• CONGU – This site is particularly interesting in the “FAQ and Myths” pages.
• English Golf Union (EGU) – This site gives news updates and provides the opportunity to register and observe handicap progress and other facilities.
• Royal & Ancient (RANDA)
• Devon Golf Union

Ideas and items for publication can be submitted at any time by email to johnessery@btinternet.com

Sending emails to members is a prime way in which we can communicate.  However, at this time we do not have a definitive list of Senior members and a record of available email addresses.  Registration by date of birth is the only way we can identify our members, currently we have about 220 Seniors registered. In an effort to increase that record, entry to Seniors Events will only be possible on the computer if the player is a recognised “Senior”. (Date of birth recorded) Anyone having any difficulty can register through the administration office or pro shop. To improve communication within our section it would also be really helpful if email addresses could be notified to the Club Secretary. Any changes should also be advised.

It is recognised that some Senior members may not wish to divulge such personal information and that will be honoured.  However because “the Seniors” is a recognised section, represented on the executive committee, with many competitions and functions organised on behalf of its members, there is a desire to know the numbers and the people.  Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation and we apologise for any inconvenience whilst records are being updated.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The AGM went ahead as scheduled on Monday 30 January 2012 in accordance with the published Agenda despite the cancellation of the competition 25 members turned up and after a reception buffet Tom Pettifer was elected to Chair the meeting.

Having received the various reports the election of Officers took place and we are pleased to announce the following:

The Seniors Captain – Phil Ollis

The Vice Captain       – Paul Willcocks.

Secretary                      – Eric Parkes

Treasurer                      – Peter Bryan

Auditor                          – David Lee.

DMVGA Rep                – John Essery.

Committee Members elected:

- Richard Burston (re-elected after one tenure.)

- Mike Conder.

- Denis Wright.

The delegates expressed their thanks for the work of the Committee and particularly appreciate the newly elected members for taking on their various roles.  We wish them well in office and look forward to another year of organised events with keen competition.

THE AGM IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY 30 JANUARY 2012 (IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ROLL UP PRESENTATION).

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MONDAY 30th January 2011

Agenda

1)     Election of Chairman

2)     Apologies

3)     Acceptance of Minutes of the AGM January 24^th 2011

GolfClub AGM Minutes 2011

4)     Captains Report

5)     Secretaries Report

6)     Treasurer’s Report

a)     Acceptance of the Financial report for 2010/11 as tabled.

7)     DMVGA Representative Report.

8)     Consider the following proposals if any

The committee have no proposals and if there any from other persons would they please pass them to the Captain or Secretary  prior to Monday 11th January.

9)     Budget for 2011-12.

10) Election of Officers* See notice board nominations form

a)     Captain.

b)     Vice Captain.

c)      Secretary.

d)     Treasurer ..

e)     Three Committee members.

f)        Hon Auditor

g)     DMVGA representative

11) Fixing of Honoraria.  The committee are recommending that it remain at £210 for 2012-13

12) Any other business.

If any member of the Seniors section would like any item brought forward under any other business please let the Secretary or The Captain know before January 11th. Such items can be debated and passed to the committee for attention.

Secretary 18.12.11