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The Minutes of GOLF BRITISH COLUMBIA Zone 6
Minutes of Zone 6 Annual General Meeting
Arrowsmith Golf Club, October 17, 2009

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.
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.


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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