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The Minutes of GOLF BRITISH COLUMBIA Zone 6
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Minutes of Zone 6 Annual General Meeting
Arrowsmith Golf Club, October 17, 2009
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The Chair, John Davis, called the meeting to order at 9:30A.M., welcomed
the attendees and ask each one to stand give his name and what club he represents.
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John then mentioned the privilege it was for him to be able to present Bob
Bagnall with an award recognizing Bobs many years of service with the Zone
as Director from 1989 to 1994 and then as a Director of the B.C.G.A. for
an additional 10 years and now continues to serve as Course Rater for Zone
6. Bob expressed his thanks and pictures were taken.
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The 2008 AGM minutes having been posted on our website were adopted - Moved
by Bob Monaghan, seconded by Dave Campbell, Fairwinds.
Report Summaries:
John Davis Zone Chair touched on some of the highlights from his report,
expanding on the Rules Official Program we have embarked upon and that our
plans for 2010 were still to be formulated, he also commented on some of
the aguisitions made: Snag Golf, Computer updates, Scorers Tent, and Field
Radios. and how the $3.00 levy implemented helped cover the costs of these
items.
John also explained that in conjunction with our mandate for tournaments
of excellence we have focused on what services we provide for the average
golfer resulting in the first Club Challenge event held at Port Alberni and
a golf event following the AGM at Arrowsmith both have been very successful
and are already included in our 2010 schedule.
John also commented on the difficulty with communications between the clubs
and the zone and asked how it could be improved, it was agreed again that
each club would appoint a contact person who would be responsible for this,
and ensure the information is delivered to the proper people. Gordon Campbell
will follow up with the Captains on this matter.
Bob Monaghan Secretary Treasurer
Handed out copies of the 2009 Financial Report to the delegates, then
commented on some of the capitol expenditures included in the 2009 financial
report, also Bob spoke to the increased financial support for players representing
the zone at provincial events and how these fluctuate each year depending
on the location of the events affecting the travel costs.
Bob also mentioned the reduction in members in Zone 6 both Adult and Juniors
and how this continues to affect our revenues, especially the juniors who
were down from 641 in 2008 to 494 in 2009, Pat Irwin also deals with this
in his report. Discussions were held on how much each event was subsidized
by the Zone. Bob then asked for further questions, none being received,
motion to accept financial report made by Bob Monaghan seconded by Andre
Lemieux from Gabriola, motion carried.
Jim Collie Tournament Chair
expressed how pleased he was with the inaugural Challenge Cup held in Port
Alberni at the start of the golf year, its objective to get together as many
clubs from Zone 6 as possible to open dialog with the clubs and inform them
of our 2009 program was met, the event was attended by 65 men representing
13 clubs in Zone 6. The response from the participants was overwhelmingly
in favour of continuing with the event, which we are and it is planned to
be held at Eaglecrest Golf Club in 2010.
Jim commented on how he thought that by having the B.C. Amateur at Duncan
Meadows in 2009 our entries for the zone qualifier would increase, but in
fact we ended up with 40 players which is just about normal. He was pleased
to see the 24 seniors in the field even though the B.C. Seniors was held
in Terrace. Our winners this year were Riley Wheeldon the Amateur and Tony
Hatchwell the Seniors.
Jim also informed the group that the 2010 Amateur and Senior Qualifying will
be held at Morningstar on May 29th and 30th.and that the decision to have
both Seniors and Amateurs playing from the same tees enabling them to compete
in both events will be decided later at the next committee meeting.
Pat Irwin Director for Junior Golf Development
Commented on the numbers at both the spring and summer tours being on par
with last years totals and that the calibre of play continues to improve
each year. Riley Wheeldon winning the junior event, Logan Yanick fourth at
the B.C. Bantam in Hope August 7th, and Brayden Eriksen victorious
at Junior of the year at Glacier Greens are evidence of that.
On the SNAG Golf front, Pat put on 6 clinics at schools and three at summer
camps for kids, average attendance was 24 to 26 kids from 8 to 10 yrs old,
Jody Jackson, Jan Best and David Campbell helped out with these clinics.
Pat also welcomed the addition of Christina Spence-Proteau as Junior Chair
for the girls in Zone 6.
Election of Zone 6 Committee:
Chairman Jim Collie presented the nominating committees slate of officers
for the 2yr term 2010/2011 they were: Stephen Watson--Chair. Gordon Campbell--Vice
Chair Bob Monaghan--Secretary/Treasurer and Pat Irwin for Director
for Junior Development.
Jim then asked for nominees from the floor, there being none and none submitted
electronically (email) the committee was elected by acclimation.
Gerry Walker gave us an update on affairs in the province, the planned relocation
of head office taking place, and also his continued concern with the overall
decline in numbers of golfers in the province.
The following are "ex officio" members of the Zone Committee:
Lynn Benedictson - BCGA Director
Gerry Walker - BCGA Director
Following the election of officers, there being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned at 10.55 A.M.
Bob Monaghan, Secretary/Treasurer:
REPORTS To follow.
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