The Club is committed to
ensuring that equity is incorporated in
all aspects of its
development. In doing so, it acknowledges and adopts the Sport
England definition of sports equity.
The following definitions apply
throughout these Rules:
"Associate Member" means any
person who is a member of another recognised club or a person who
has pre-booked a game of golf at least 48 hours before playing and
whose membership lasts no longer than one day.
"Board" means the Directors of the Company.
"Chairman of the Golf Committee" means the Club Captain or,
in the Club Captain’s absence, the Club Vice-Captain.
"Club" means West Hove Golf Club, which is the property of
the Company.
"Club Captain" means the Member elected as the Captain of the
Club at the Annual General Meeting.
"Club Premises" means the Clubhouse and the Golf Course.
"Company" means West Hove Golf Club Limited.
"General Manager" means the person employed and paid by the
Company to undertake the duties of management of the Company and the
Club.
"Golf Committee" means the committee set up in accordance
with the Rules of the Club.
"Golf Society" means an association of persons united in
playing golf.
"Green Fee" means the sum of money a non-member pays for a
round of golf.
"Junior Member" means any Member aged over 10 years but under
18 years as at the 1st September of that subscription year.
"Match & Handicap" means the sub-committee responsible for
all golfing matters delegated by the Golf Committee.
"Member" means any person on the Register of Club Members.
"Practice
Range"
means the practice facility to the south of the Golf Course.
"Rules" means the rules relating to the constitution and the
objectives of the Club including the legal requirements for
licensing and gaming machines.
"Shareholder" means any person who holds at least one share
in the Company.
"Social Member" means any Member permitted to partake in
social activities except the playing of golf.
3.1To provide facilities for the playing
of golf and other social activities including the provision of
refreshments for the benefit of its Members and guests, including
intoxicating liquor, at the Club Premises at Badgers Way, Hangleton,
Hove, East Sussex, BN3 8EX.
3.2
To accept and operate the Sport England definition of Sports Equity.
3.3
To accept and operate workable and effective Child Welfare
procedures in accordance with the Child Protection Policy.
3.4
To accept and operate the Code of Conduct for staff, Members, PGA
Professionals, Coaches, and volunteers that deal with the Junior
Section.
3.5 To display copies of the
appropriate documents in the Clubhouse and review these at least
every two years.
5.1In
addition to the facilities for the playing of golf, the Company will
make available to Members the licensed Clubhouse and everything
reasonably necessary for the Club to carry on in accordance with
these Rules.
5.2The Board will be solely
responsible for all the expenses connected therewith and for the
engagement and payment of employees and all other matters involving
the expenditure of money except that so far as is provided within
these Rules for the provision of Gaming Machines under Part III of
the Gaming Act 1968 then those Rules shall be solely binding in
respect of the control of the monies taken from the Gaming Machines.
6.1 The
Officers of the Club are the President, the Club Captain and Club
Vice-Captain, the Lady Captain and Lady Vice-Captain, the Senior
Captain and Junior Organiser.
6.2
The President and the Junior Organiser shall be elected at the
Annual General Meeting for a term of 3 years.
6.3 The Club Captain and Club Vice-Captain, Lady Captain and
Lady Vice-Captain, Senior Captain and Senior Vice-Captain shall be
elected annually by the Members at the appropriate Annual General
Meeting.
6.4 The "Club Vice-Captain elect" shall be selected and
proposed by a selection Committee comprising the President, the Club
Captain and the Club Vice-Captain. In 2008, however,
Members of at least 2 years' standing (other than Junior and Social
Members) may propose and second nominations for this position. The
“Club Vice-Captain elect” shall then be selected from the nominees
by a committee comprising the Club Captain and past Club Captains.
Full details are shown in the Club’s Procedures Manual.
7.1 The
Golf Committee shall be the Officers of the Club, appointed under
Rule 6 together with four other members elected at the Annual
General Meeting.
7.2 Any Member wishing to be elected to the Golf Committee
must be a Member of at least two years standing and be proposed and
seconded by Members also of at least two years standing. An elected
Member shall serve for three years and may be re-elected thereafter.
7.3 The Club Captain will attend Board Meetings as an ex
officio Member with full voting rights. Where the Club Captain
is unable to attend, the Club Vice Captain may attend in his place
but without voting rights.
8.1 The
Golf Committee shall maintain an effective liaison with the Board
and shall operate in a way consistent with the need for the Company
to maintain its income and competitive market position. The Golf
Committee shall also always ensure that these Rules are working in
the best interests of Members and Shareholders.
8.2 The Golf Committee has the power to appoint working parties
and may nominate any Member, whether or not a member of the Golf
Committee, to serve on such working parties. Every working party
shall elect a chairman from its members. The Club Captain shall
appoint a chairman for the Match & Handicap sub-committee.
8.3 The Golf Committee shall be responsible for all golf
competitions, matches, golf days, social events and appropriate
disciplinary matters relating to Members and other golf related
matters.
8.4 The Golf Committee shall be responsible for the
allocation of all handicaps in accordance with the Unified
Handicapping System as specified by the Council of National Golf
Unions (CONGU) and the English Ladies' Golf Association (ELGA).
9.1 The
Golf Committee shall meet at least six times a year.
9.2 No meeting of the Golf Committee shall be quorate without
the attendance of the Chairman of the Golf Committee together with
at least four other Golf Committee Members.
9.3 Unless otherwise provided in these Rules, decisions of the
Golf Committee shall be made by a simple majority of those present
and voting. If voting is equal the Chairman of the Golf Committee
shall have a casting vote.
9.4 The Club Captain shall convene a meeting of the Golf
Committee at any time if requested to do so by three or more Golf
Committee Members.
9.5 The General Manager and any member of the Board
and the Junior Welfare Officer may attend
any meeting of the Golf Committee or its sub-committees by
invitation of the Club Captain but shall have no voting rights.
9.6 The Club Captain shall ensure full and accurate minutes are
kept of all proceedings of the Golf Committee and all its associated
areas of responsibility. These minutes shall be posted in the
Clubhouse.
10.1The Annual General
Meeting of the Club shall be held at such time and place as the Golf
Committee shall determine, and not more than 15 months after the
previous Annual General Meeting.
10.2 The Golf Committee shall give the Company at least 28
days notice in writing of the Annual General Meeting specifying the
business to be transacted. The General Manager will then give the
Members at least 14 days notice in writing specifying the business
to be transacted.
10.3 The President of the Club shall preside at the Annual
General Meeting.
10.4 The quorum for the holding of the Annual General Meeting
shall be at least ten Members entitled to attend and vote.
10.5 The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall transact the
following business: -
(a)Elect the appropriate
Officers of the Club, four other Members for the Golf Committee,
the Junior Welfare Officer, three
Members for the Gaming Machine Sub-Committee and three Members for
the Wine Committee.
(b) Receive the Club Captain’s report on the activities of
the Club during the previous year and the accounts of the Gaming
Machine Sub-Committee.
(c) Consider any proposed Rule amendments/additions of which at
least 56 days notice has been given to the Golf Committee.
(d) Consider any other business.
10.6Nominations for election of
Members to any office shall be made in writing to the General
Manager by the proposer and seconder not less than 14 days before
the Annual General Meeting.
10.7 The General Manager shall inform the Club Captain as to the
nominations received and cause the same to be posted on the
notice-boards and brought to the attention of all Members prior to
the Annual General Meeting.
10.8 All Members other than Associate Members may attend
and participate in the
Annual General Meeting but Junior and Social Members have no voting
rights.
11.1
The Golf Committee may convene an Extraordinary General Meeting when
any question arises of such importance as shall, in the absolute
discretion of the Golf Committee, justify the calling of such a
meeting.
11.2 The Golf Committee shall be bound to convene such a meeting
upon receiving a request signed by not less than 50 Members.
11.3 Every Member shall be given at least 14 days notice, in
writing, of any Extraordinary General Meeting specifying the nature
of the business to be transacted. A copy of such notice shall be
displayed in the Clubhouse.
11.4 The President of the Club shall preside at an Extraordinary
General Meeting.
11.5 The quorum for the holding of an Extraordinary General
Meeting shall be at least 10 Members entitled to attend and vote.
11.6 All Members other than Associate Members may attend an
Extraordinary General Meeting but Junior and Social Members have no
voting rights.
12.1
Should the Members so wish, they may authorise the General Manager
to make such applications as is required on their behalf in order
that there may be installed such Jackpot gaming machines as may be
permitted under Part III of the Gaming Act 1968 and authorised by
the Betting and Gaming Committee of the Brighton and Hove Petty
Session. If this is permitted then the Members shall form a
Sub-Committee elected by themselves as set out in the following
Rules made for the purpose of governing the control of the machines
and the monies generated therefrom.
12.2 The General Manager shall be authorised to make an
application for Registration under Part III of the Gaming Act 1968
on behalf of the Members.
12.3 There shall be a separate Members’ Gaming Machine
Sub-Committee which shall consist of five Members, two of which
shall be either paid officials or members of the Board and three of
which shall be elected annually by the Members at their Annual
General Meeting. A quorum will be the whole Sub-Committee.
12.4There shall be a separate
account maintained in the name of the Members’ Gaming Machine
Account.
12.5 All receipts and expenditure shall be accounted for through
this account and cheques that will be drawn on this account will
have two signatories, both of whom shall be Members of the
Sub-Committee. This account will not be designated as "Club Funds".
12.6 The Members’ Gaming Machine Sub-Committee shall meet at
least twice a year to approve expenditure from the account and at
any other time as required. Full and proper minutes of the meetings
shall be kept.
12.7 Prior to the Annual General Meeting of the Club a yearly
account of income and expenditure will be prepared and submitted to
the Members with the notice of that meeting.
12.8 A copy of that yearly account will also be submitted to the
Betting and Gaming Committee for their information. Also at the time
of making any renewal of the Part III Registration the full accounts
since the last Registration shall be made available to both the
Police and the Betting and Gaming Committee.
12.9Any rental or duty due on
the Gaming Machines together with any expenses involved in making
the application for the Part III Registration and/or any renewal
shall be met from the profits of the machines and included in the
accounts.
12.10 Distribution of the profits from the Gaming Machines shall
be applied solely for the benefit of the Members of the Club as
decided by the Member’s Gaming Machine Sub-Committee.
12.11 Each Part III Gaming Machine installed at the Club shall
have two separate locking mechanisms with independent keys each of
which will be kept in the custody of different Members of the
Members’ Gaming Machine Sub-Committee. Each Gaming Machine shall be
fitted with an alarm connected to the Clubhouse main alarm system.
12.12 Each Part III Gaming Machine installed at the Club will be
emptied at least once a week in the presence of at least two Members
of the Members’ Gaming Machine Sub-Committee. An agreed and accurate
record will be kept in an approved record book used solely for the
purpose of showing those transactions.
12.13 Nothing in the Rules shall
allow persons under the age of 18 to play the Gaming Machines and
there shall be a notice to that effect displayed prominently by each
one.
12.14 When the Club Premises are in use as is allowed by
Condition 1e of the Liquor Licence granted to the Club, then the
Gaming Machines shall be switched off and no person will be allowed
to play them.
12.15 Once these Rules have been approved by the Betting and
Gaming Committee then no alteration to them shall be made without
the prior approval of the Betting and Gaming Committee.
12.16 The General Manager will give an undertaking to the
Betting and Gaming Committee that these Rules and the matters
contained therein will be strictly enforced.
13.1 No
intoxicating liquor shall be sold or supplied, or allowed to be
consumed, except to or by Members and their guests in the Club, such
persons being aged 18 or over.
13.2 The purchase of intoxicating liquor for supply by the Club
shall be at the absolute discretion of a sub-committee (the "Wine
Committee"). The Wine Committee shall consist of five Members, two
of which shall be either paid officials or members of the Board and
three of which shall be elected annually by the Members at their
Annual General Meeting. A quorum will be the whole Wine Committee.
13.3 No person shall receive, at the expense of the Club, any
commission or similar payment deriving from the purchase of
intoxicating liquor by the Club. Similarly, no person shall receive
a pecuniary benefit from the supply of alcohol by the Club to its
Members or their guests.
13.4 Intoxicating liquor shall not be supplied on the Club
Premises other than by or on behalf of the Wine Committee and all
profits shall be at the disposal of the Wine Committee for the
general benefit of the Members.
13.5The permitted hours for
the supply of intoxicating liquor shall be those fixed for the
Brighton and Hove Licensing District. They may be varied from time
to time as is allowed by law and in the terms and conditions of any
licence, certificate or order granted under the Licensing Acts in
respect of the Club Premises. Notice of these hours will be posted
in the Clubhouse.
14.1
The Company may open the facilities of the Club, including the sale
of intoxicating liquor, to other persons who are not necessarily
Members but who are attending the Club Premises in connection with a
special promotion or like function organised by the Company or a
Member on the Company’s behalf.
15.1
Membership is open to all persons subject to:
(a) Payment of any first annual subscription and joining fee
together with all future annual subscriptions as they fall due as
prescribed by the Club and
(b) observance at all times of the Rules
and objectives
of the Club.
16.1
Categories of membership will be decided by the Board in
consultation with the Golf Committee.
16.2 Membership is the contractual privilege by which a Member
may enter the Club Premises for the purpose of using and enjoying
the facilities.
16.3 The Club and all Members are required to adhere to and
comply with these Rules and with:-
(a) The ‘Rules of Golf’ and the ‘Rules of Amateur
Status’ as approved by R&A Rules Ltd.
(b) The rules and regulations of the Council of National Golf
Unions (CONGU) Unified Handicapping System. In particular,
Members’ attention is drawn to the "rights and obligations of the
player".
(c) The Rules of the English Golf Union (EGU), the
English Ladies Golf Association (ELGA) and the Sussex County
Golf Union (SCGU) including the payment of all affiliation
fees.
(d)
The Club’s Equity Statement, Child Protection Policy and the Code of
Conduct where Members are involved with the Junior Section.
17.1
Every applicant for membership shall submit an application form to
the General Manager.
17.2 Applicants for membership will be interviewed by the Club
Captain, Lady Captain or Junior Organiser, as appropriate, who may
in their absolute discretion reject or provisionally approve the
application. No reason shall be given to any applicant in the event
of rejection.
18.1
When an application is received, the applicant’s name shall be
displayed in the Clubhouse for 28 days. In that period the applicant
shall be interviewed and may be provisionally approved.
18.2 If on the expiry of the 28 days no Member has raised
objections, the applicant shall become a permanent Member upon
payment to the Company of the amounts required in Rule 20. If any
Member raises an objection it shall be referred to the Golf
Committee for a final decision.
18.3 All Members will be issued with a security card, which must
not be copied, loaned, sold or hired to a third party. Cards must
remain in the Member's possession and must be returned to the
General Manager if the Member resigns or does not renew membership.
18.4 Members should carry their membership security card at all
times whilst using the facilities of the Club and produce it on
demand by any Company employee or a duly authorised police officer.
19.1
Every Member shall notify the General Manager of their address, or
that of an agent in the United Kingdom if the Member is not resident
in the United Kingdom, to which notices of meetings and demands for
annual subscriptions can be sent.
19.2 This address shall be inserted into the Register of Club
Members to be maintained by the General Manager. Any notices sent by
post to that address shall be deemed to have been delivered to the
Member at the time when the notice would have been delivered in the
ordinary course of post.
20.1
The annual subscription for all classes of membership shall be
determined by the Board and shall not be altered during the year to
which it applies.
20.2 Any joining fee shall be determined by the Board, in
respect of any first admission to membership, in such amount as the
Board shall announce.
20.3 Annual subscriptions will be payable to the Company on or
before 1st September of each year. The amount due will be notified
to all Members, giving at least 42 days notice for payment.
20.4 In the event that the annual subscription has not been paid
on or before 5.00pm on 1st September of that particular year, an
administration charge of 5% on the full amount will be levied. In
addition all rights of the Member to use the Club facilities shall
be suspended until the outstanding amount, including the
administration charge, is paid in full.
20.5 Any Member so suspended shall be contacted by the General
Manager to ascertain the reason for their payment default. The
Member may be reinstated on payment of the outstanding debt or their
membership will be terminated.
20.6 Membership of the Club
constitutes an annual contract and any Member wishing to resign from
the Club shall give one calendar month's notice in writing to the
General Manager, such notice to be served prior to 1 August in that
particular year. Failure to serve such notice shall commit the
Member to pay the full annual subscription.
21.1A person who is a member of another
recognised club, and who comes to
participate in an activity at the Club Premises, shall become an
Associate Member for the day of the activity.
21.2 A person who pre-books a Green Fee, and whose name is
displayed in the Clubhouse at least 48 hours before playing golf,
shall become an Associate Member for the day of issue.
21.3 Any person with a Golf Society who visits the Club in
connection with a pre-booked golfing activity, approved by the
General Manager, shall become an Associate Member subject to:
(a) the Golf Society supplying the full names of such persons
to the General Manager at least 72 hours before the activity, and
(b) those names being displayed in the Clubhouse at least 48
hours before the activity, and
(c) the Associate membership only lasting for the duration of
the activity.
Associate Members referred to above shall be bound by these Rules
and will be able to use the facilities of the Club, including the
purchase of intoxicating liquor for consumption in the Clubhouse.
21.4
Any person who attends a non-golfing pre-booked function, of which
the General Manager has had at least 48 hours notice, shall
become an Associate Member for the day of the function. Such members
shall be bound by these Rules and may
purchase intoxicating liquor for consumption in
the Clubhouse. They shall not be conveyed voting rights and will not
be able to attend formal meetings or use the other facilities of the
Club. There shall be no more than 100
non-golfing functions in any year, of which 20 will have no more
than twenty persons present.
21.5 An Associate Member may introduce guests in accordance with
these Rules.
21.6
Associate
membership does not extend to casual visitors (e.g. users of the
Practice Range). However, Green Fee players who have not pre-booked
under this Rule shall be regarded as guests of the Club and shall be
entitled to enjoy the Club facilities including the supply of
alcohol provided they comply with these Rules.
22.1
Any Member shall be entitled to introduce up to three guests at any
one time to the Clubhouse. No person whose application has been
declined or who has been expelled or suspended from the Club may be
introduced as a guest. The Member introducing the guest must enter
the name and address of the guest together with his/her own name in
the Visitors’ Book.
22.2 The Member introducing the guest shall be responsible
for his/her guest strictly observing these Rules and shall not leave
the Clubhouse before his/her guest. Children must be supervised at
all times.
22.3 No guest, other than Members’ spouses or partners, shall be
introduced more than four times in any one year.
22.4 Any adult guest may purchase intoxicating liquor for
consumption in the Clubhouse.
23.1
Members' guests are welcome to play the Golf Course subject to
payment of Green Fees set by the Board and compliance with these
Rules.
Guests are not permitted to play off the white tees.
23.2 Members are permitted to introduce a maximum of three
guests on any one occasion and any particular guest on up to four
occasions each year. No one person may be a guest on more than ten
occasions in any playing year.
23.3 At weekends or on Bank-Holidays guests will only be
permitted to play:-
(a) in Galas, Opens and other special Invitation Days, or
(b) after 2.00pm on any other competition day, or
(c) after 12 noon on a non-competition day, or
(d) between 11.00am and 12 noon on a non-competition day
during October to March, provided the Member does not book the tee
time more than 48 hours earlier.
23.4 Members must play with their
guest(s), signing them in the Professional’s shop. Members are
responsible for the behaviour and standard of dress of their guest(s)
whilst on the Club Premises
25.1
Play is not permitted before 7.30am other than, exceptionally, with
the prior permission of the Golf Committee.
25.2 Five-day Members are not permitted to play at weekends
other than upon payment of the appropriate Green Fee. Exceptionally,
they may play at weekends in designated competitions or matches,
with the prior permission of Match & Handicap, and upon payment of
the appropriate fee. No more than four games may be played at
weekends in any 12 month period.
25.3 Junior
Members are not permitted to play before 11.00am at weekends, except
in designated competitions or matches and with the prior permission
of Match & Handicap.
25.4 Junior Members may only enter a senior competition provided
the conditions of the competition allow them to do so. No Junior
Member may enter a senior competition if there is a junior
competition on the same day, except with the prior permission of the
Junior Organiser.
25.5 Members’ guests may only
play in accordance with Rule 23.
25.6 Green Fee payers are not permitted to play at weekends or
on Bank-Holidays except after 12 noon on a non-competition day or
after 2.00pm on a competition day
and are not permitted to play off the white tees.
25.7 Animals (except guide dogs) are not permitted on the
Golf Course.
26.1
Any complaints concerning matters affecting or connected with the
Club, including employees, shall be made in writing to the General
Manager. If, in the opinion of the General Manager, the complaint so
requires, the matter shall be referred to the Golf Committee, unless
it refers to Company business (e.g. employee’s behaviour) when the
complaint will be referred to the Board.
26.2 In no circumstances shall complaints be made directly to
any employee nor shall any Member reprimand any employee.
27.1
Good behaviour is expected from Members at all times.
27.2 Any allegation of bad or unacceptable behaviour from a
Member must be made to the General Manager’s office, preferably in
writing, giving details of the matter.
27.3 The General Manager will immediately report the
complaint to the Club Captain, unless it relates to an employee when
the complaint will instead be referred to the Chairman of the Board.
27.4 The General Manager and/or the Club Captain shall inform
the accused Member of the allegation(s) and carry out a preliminary
investigation. The accused Member will be provided with a copy of
the Club’s disciplinary procedures at this time.
27.5 In certain circumstances it may be necessary to temporarily
suspend the Member from the Club and associated facilities until the
investigation is completed. The authority to temporarily suspend a
Member for alleged bad behaviour rests with the General Manager, the
Club Captain or any member of the Board.
27.6The notes of the
preliminary investigation will be sent to the accused Member and the
Golf Committee. The Golf Committee will decide whether there is a
case to convene a disciplinary hearing, and advise the Member
accordingly within 48 hours.
27.7 When a disciplinary hearing is required, the President and
Club Captain shall appoint a disciplinary panel of three Members
selected from the Golf Committee, the Board and any of the past
Captains.
27.8 The accused Member must be advised of the disciplinary
panel, be invited to a hearing and reminded of his/her rights under
the Club’s disciplinary procedures.
27.9 The disciplinary panel may exonerate the accused.
Alternatively, they will have the authority to issue a warning
regarding future behaviour, or suspend membership and use of the
Club’s facilities for a specified period or, if circumstances
require it, expel the Member from the Club.
27.10 The disciplinary panel must communicate their
conclusion to the accused Member within 7 days of the hearing. In
the event that membership is to be suspended or terminated, the
Member has the right of appeal.
27.11In the event of an appeal,
the President and the Club Captain shall appoint an Appeals
Committee, again of three Members, selected from the Golf Committee,
the Board and any of the past Captains, none of whom will have been
previously involved in the case in any way.
27.12 The Appeals Committee will conduct the appeals
proceedings in a similar manner to the disciplinary hearing. Having
reconsidered all of the evidence, they must communicate their
conclusion to the accused Member within 7 days of the hearing. The
Appeals Committee’s decision will be final.
28.1
Any Member whose conduct is injurious to the character or interests
of the Club, or renders the Member unfit to associate with other
Members of the Club, may be expelled in accordance with the Club’s
disciplinary procedures and these Rules.
28.2 A Member expelled shall forfeit all rights and privileges
of membership of the Club and shall have no rights against the
Company arising from such expulsion. The Company and its employees
or agents, the Board and the Golf Committee shall have no liability
to the expelled Member in respect of such expulsion. A Member
expelled shall no longer be allowed to enter the Club Premises.
29.1
Only smart casual wear, as defined below, is acceptable on the Club
Premises.
29.2 Smart casual clothes worn on the Golf Course, provided they
are clean and dry, may be worn in any area of the Clubhouse. Wet or
muddy clothes are confined to the spikes bar and only for a period
of time that enables players to obtain a drink prior to changing or
leaving.
29.3 Golf shoes must be worn on the Golf Course. Within the
Clubhouse, golf shoes may only be worn in the changing rooms and
spikes bar.
29.4 Caps or visors must not be worn backwards and all headgear
must be removed in the Clubhouse.
29.5 Men’s acceptable clothing includes:-
(a) shirts: all shirts must have a collar and be tucked in at
the waist
(but see (d) below)
(polo-neck or turtle-neck jumpers are acceptable in lieu of
a shirt)
(b)tailored trousers
(c) tailored knee length shorts with either full length socks or
white sports socks.
(d)
Straight cut shirts that are designed to be worn outside trousers
are permitted in the Clubhouse.
Tee shirts, crew-neck shirts, singlets, football shorts and
sandals are not acceptable.
29.6 Ladies’ acceptable clothing includes:-
(a) on the Golf Course:- blouses/tops must have a collar
(polo-neck or turtle-neck jumpers are acceptable in lieu of a
blouse/top)
in the Clubhouse:- blouses/tops must be smart casual
(b) tailored trousers
(c) tailored shorts, culottes or skirts no shorter than 4"
above the knee.
29.7Tailored shorts are
permitted in the spikes bar at any time. The wearing of shorts in
any other part of the Clubhouse will be authorized by the Club
Captain and a notice displayed at the entrances to the lounge.
29.8 The following are not permitted on the Golf Course or in
the Clubhouse:
Blue denim clothing, track suits, shell suits, leisure suits Any clothing with large corporate logos or advertising Non-tailored shorts Trainers
This list is not finite and other items may be added at the request
of Members and at the discretion of the Golf Committee.
29.9The Golf Committee, in
representing the interests of the Members, reserves the right to
amend this dress code for specific functions and in specific
circumstances (e.g. to require collar and tie or to relax the code
in extreme hot weather).
29.10 Ensuring compliance with the dress code is the
responsibility of all Members and employees of the Company. Members
are responsible for their guest’s dress.
29.11 Some tolerance will be given to children under 10 years of
age.
29.12 Any person not complying with this dress code may be asked
to leave the Club Premises.
30.1No
Member of the Club will be under any financial liability to the Club
or Company by reason only of membership of the Club, except for the
payment of joining fees and annual subscriptions to the Company in
accordance with these Rules and function room hire charges for
private use.
30.2 Neither the Company nor the Club shall be responsible for
damage, injury or loss occurring at the Club, or at any activity or
function operated, organised, arranged, or sponsored by the Company
and/or the Club which is caused by any act or omission of any Member
or visitor to the Club. A Member or visitor shall indemnify the
Company and the Club against all liability for any damage, injury or
loss caused by his/her act or omission.
30.3 Any Member or visitor who makes use of or accepts the use
of any apparatus, facility, privilege or service of the Club in any
manner or who engages in any game, exercise, competition or other
activity operated, organised, arranged or sponsored by the Company
and/or the Club shall do so at his/her own risk and the Club, the
Company, the Board and its other officers, employees,
representatives and agents shall have no liability to any Member or
visitor or otherwise in respect of any damage, injury or loss
resulting from such use except to the extent that such liability
cannot be excluded by law.
30.4The Company, the Club and
the Board, other officers, employees, representatives and agents
thereof shall have no responsibility or liability to any Member or
visitor for any articles brought on to the property of the Company.
Any article left by any person on the property without specific
provision having been made for its storage may be disposed of by the
Company if it has been retained for fourteen days prior to such
disposal.
31.1
These Rules may be revoked or amended at any time by the Board and
the Golf Committee together, at their absolute discretion, provided
that:
(a) such revocations and amendments shall be posted in the
Clubhouse and have immediate effect. They will subsequently be
submitted for approval at the next Annual General Meeting or an
Extraordinary General Meeting
of the Club
if convened.
(b) the Rules governing the supply of intoxicating liquor
shall not be amended except in accordance with the statutory
provisions of the Licensing Acts or the terms of any licence granted
thereunder and then only with the prior approval of the Licensing
Justices.
(c) the Rules governing the
control and use of a Part III Gaming Machine under the Gaming Act
1968 shall not be amended without the prior consent of the Betting
and Gaming Committee of the Brighton and Hove Petty Session.
These Rules were initially approved by the Membership
at the Extraordinary Meeting on 23 April 2004.
Rules 21.3, 21.4 and 21.6 amended by the Board and Golf Committee
on 9 June 2004, and Rule 21.6 further amended by the Board on 22
July 2004 and the Golf Committee on 27 July 2004 - all
subsequently approved by the Membership at the Annual General
Meeting on 20 November 2004.
Rule 21.4 further amended by the Board on 8 November 2004 and the
Golf Committee on 23 November 2004, then subsequently approved by
the Membership at the Annual General Meeting on 23 November 2007.
Rules 7.1 and 7.3 were amended by the Golf Committee and the
Board, then subsequently approved by the Membership at the Annual
General Meeting on 26 November 2005.
Rules 2, 3.1, 6.2, 6.3,
9.5, 10.5, 10.8, 15.1, 16.3, 17.2,
17.3, 21.4, 23.1, 25.3, 25.6, 29.5 and
31.1 were amended and Rules 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 were
added by the Board on 15 January 2007 and the Golf Committee on 23
January 2007 - all
subsequently approved by the Membership at the Annual General
Meeting on 23 November 2007.
Rule 6.4 was amended by the Golf Committee on 22 January 2008 and
the Board on 6 February 2008, then subsequently
approved by the Membership at the
Extraordinary General Meeting on 25 April 2008.
Notice was given on
14 August 2009 that both the Golf Committee and the Board had
agreed that Rule 15.1 (a) [Such persons being no younger than 10 years of age, and]
was to be deleted. Rules 15.1(b) and 15.1(c) were to be
re-numbered 15.1(a) and 15.1(b) respectively -
subsequently approved by the
Membership at the Annual General Meeting on 20 November 2009.
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