Bowmen Of Lyme Minutes of the 2013 Annual General Meeting Venue: Club House – Lyme Park Date 24th March 2013

The meeting was opened at 10.00am and attended by: Paul Alexander David Woodward David Irwin

Hannah Alexander John Allen David Palmer

Rosie Irwin Paul Slater Mark Evans

Andrew Irwin Neil (Wolf) Furlong John Briscoe

1. Apologies for absence were received from Martin Mycock. 2. Chairman’s Remarks. Mark Evans started the meeting by welcoming all 13 new members to the club, a record intake for a single year. Mark reported that the club was as popular as ever with over 120 people on the waiting list for beginner’s lesson this year, an increase of around 80% on last year with the April and May beginner’s courses being sold out within less than a week of them being available. Mark thanked all members who helped out with the various corporate days and beginners lessons and I hoped this support will continue as it is essential to fund the clubs future. Mark outlined that we have potentially 3 corporate days this year which will provide a much needed cash injection into the clubs finances. Mark also thanked the guys who are currently helping with the clubs toilet but he stressed that if club members want to use the facility, they should be prepared to empty it too so please do offer your assistance if this is the case. Mark gave an update on the planned hut replacement and reported that the finances are largely in place and that we are now just waiting for the new lease from the Trust before going for Planning Permission. Assuming that we get the new lease within the next couple months and that there are no problems getting the planning consent, we should be ready start construction by mid-summer. 3. Minutes & Matters Arising The minutes were proposed as a true record by Paul Alexander and seconded by David Palmer. No matters arising.

4. Secretary’s Report No secretary’s report was presented. 5. Treasurer’s Report David Palmer presented the 2012 / 2013 accounts (to be audited by Eddie Palmer). David stated that yet again the club expenditure exceeded income and that the club was continuing to increase its financial reserves. To date £2,900 has been raised through corporate days with a further £2,000 pencilled in for 2013. When added to the £1800 raised through club bonds, the current captical reserve that is set aside for building the new club house stands at approximately £4,700. Copies of the accounts were handed out to members and copies will be put on the website for club members once the accounts have been audited.Error! Bookmark not defined. 6. Field Captain’s Report David Irwin said that as per last year, there was not much to report. He thanked Len for his help for mowing the grass regularly and he also thanked the members who had been emptying the toilet. 7. Record Officer’s Report The records officer reported that the weather had affected the years shooting to a large degree and the same can be said for shooting throughout 2012 with only 3 months where shooting took place every Sunday and due to the weather causing the course to be unsafe underfoot the Field shoot was cancelled for the second year in a row so some 19 different archers shot the three club competitions. 26 Members shot regularly enough to produce a handicap for this year, of which 5 have a higher handicap, 5 are the same as last year and 16 lowered theirs. 6 Archers improved their classification for this year with the following awards being made. Third Class Second Class First Class Bowman

Julie Bell - Adrian Guandalini - Paul Slater Hugh Lamerick Rosie Holbrey - Stuart Bodsworth None

There were 4 archers who lowered their handicaps by double figures - Paul Slater lowered his by 13, Wolf lowered his by 15 and Adam Baker by 16 but this year’s winner of the Handicap Improvement Medal lowered theirs by a whopping 22, the winner of the medal is Julie Bell. The Clout shoot was a shortened affair due to the weather with only 4 archers taking part. The Target Championship was contested by 17 archers with 16 finishing the shoot, 1 senior retiring part way through. The Outdoor/Indoor Championship was postponed until October when some 14 members took part.

The club entered two teams in the British Archer Frostbite league and the Selby Summer Postal League with the following results Frostbite

Team A finished 2nd in Div 10 of 40 Divisions Team B finished 5th in Div 32 of 40 Divisions

Selby

Team A finished 4th in Div 4 of 18 Divisions finished 2nd in Div 14 of 18 Divisions.

The club competitions were decided as follows: Field Championships - Was Not Shot Indoor – Portsmouth Gent Mark Evans Lady Jackie Gallagher Junior Hannah Alexander H/Cap Wolf Outdoor Championship. Gent Lady Junior Handicap

Mark Evans Not Contested Hannah Alexander Hugh Lameric

Monthly Handicap Shoot Champion Wolf Clout Championship Gent Martin Mycock Lady Not Contested Junior Not Contested Overall Archer Award Champion Mark Evans

8. Election of Officers Hugh Lameric has stood down as club secretary but all other officers are happy to stay in their roles. Paul Slater volunteered for the role of club secretary. Proposed by Paul Alexander Seconded by David Woodward 9. Club House Update Mark reported that he is still chasing the National Trust for the new lease. Without this new lease in place we are unable to go for the required planning permission.

Assuming the 3 corporate days we have planned go ahead, we will have more than enough funds to pay for the construction materials and we are also getting prices to pay someone to build it for us. 10. Subscriptions for 2013 Subscriptions to increase in line with the committees’ suggestion. Seniors to increase to £90, Juniors to remain at £40 and Fellows to remain at £42.50. Proposed by David Palmer, Seconded by Paul Alexander Carried unanimously. 11. Have a Goes and Corporate Events Rangers Night

Wednesday 19th June (To be confirmed)

Clout

Sunday 28th April (Work Party 11.00am 27th April)

Indoor/Outdoor Champs

Sunday 6th October

Field Champs with barbecue

Sunday 7th July (Work Party 11.00am 6th July)

Outdoor Champs

Sunday 8th September

No “Have a Goes” to be held this year. We currently have 3 corporate days planned but these have yet to be confirmed Waters

May (Half Day),

Apadmi

June (Half Day TBC)

CDL

August (Full Day TBC).

12. AOB Nothing Raised The meeting finished at 10.46am