Leamington & County Golf Club

THE EQUALITY ACT 2010

The Equality Act came into force on 1^st October 2010.

The Act contains a section that specifically relates to Associations and Clubs with more than 25 members .The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against members, associate members, prospective members and guests on the basis of a protected characteristic, whether directly or indirectly. This does not mean that all must be treated identically; just that no-one must be treated less favourably because of their sex, race, religion, disability, etc.

The Protected Characteristics listed in the Act that apply to Leamington & County Golf Club are:

• Age (not being implemented until 2012);

• Disability;

• Gender reassignment;

• Race (including ethnic origin, national origin, colour, nationality);

• Religion or belief;

• Sex;

• Sexual orientation.

To come within the scope of the Act and therefore be actionable, any direct or indirect discrimination must be on the basis of one of these characteristics.

The Committee has recently set up a working party comprising representatives from all sections of the club to consider any changes necessary for compliance with this Act.

 It is important that members be aware of the contents of the Equality Act and understand that changes may have take place to comply.

The Committee is also mindful that open and honest discussion is important and that innovative ideas may come from within the membership.

If you have any ideas, comments or questions please send them via email to secretary@leamingtongolf.co.uk or alternatively write to The Secretary via the Golf Club, marking your envelope ‘equality’

 Further information regarding the Act is available via the Internet: The Equality Act 2010 and Golf – Advice and Opinions from the EGU and EWGA

http://www.englishgolfunion.org/documents/Equality_Act_2010_Golf_Final__Aug_2010_.pdf

The Equality Act 2010

http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_act_2010.aspx

The Easter Stableford competition was held today in bright but quite chilly weather. The course was firm and the ball was running well. The greens have speeded up and were true.

15 Juniors took part , 14 boys and one girl. Hopefully more girls will join in soon.

Well done to Stan who won again yesterday shooting 50 points and
getting his handicap cut to 30. George Hawkes also played very well
and sercured runners up spot with 49 points.
Best gross score went to Shaun Ellis with a magnificent 76 and 45
points. Shaun is now down to 11.2 and is eligible to play in the adult
competitions as he is 12 or less. Well done Shaun!

There were some really good scores yesterday which are listed below.
Lots of shots cut this easter and signs of real improvement within our
section! Well done to you all!

Chris Lees and Margaret Sheepy achieved 5th place in the recent Warwickshire Veteran Ladies’ Fourball Betterball at Moor Hall Golf Club.

There was a great turnout today for the medal with 13 taking part and all three
divisions well represented

Congratulations to Lewis Antrobus who shot a nett 58 to win the
competition. A wonderful 73 from James Matharu to take the best gross
prize and a superb nett 62 from Lee Robinson who par’d the last four
holes in true style

Some big handicap cuts today, Lewis dropped from 42 to 32 and will
play in Division 2 next week! George Hawkes lost four shots taking him
down to 38 and Lee is now down to 22.

More details on the results page.

Martine Gilkes played in the VOLVO EWGA Regional Medal Final – Midland South Region – at Caversham Heath Golf Club on the 9th April and secured 7th place to take her to the Grand EWGA Medal Final at Droitwich Golf Club on the 25th June.  Congratulations Martine!

TEXAS SCRAMBLE PLAYED ON 7^TH APRIL, 2011

This ever popular event played in brilliant weather and on the well manicured course, in full spring blossom, which considerably added to that intense team working taking place on the course – hope you all enjoyed it.

Extremely competitive until the clear winners came in at the end  !!

FIRST :  TEAM “R”

Harvey Meakin (21), Roger Gascoyne (17) and Frank Passantino (7)

Gross 69 less 7.5 handicap = 61.5 net

SECOND : TEAM “B”

Alan Fearn (13), Roy Britain (16) and Alan Righton (19)

Gross 72 less 8.0 handicap = 64.0 net

THIRD : TEAM “J”

Ayjay Gupta (26), John Labrum (22) and Colin Abrahams (24)

Gross 77 less 12.0 handicap = 65.0 net

Gerry Robbins, 8^th April 2011

Well over 100 members attended the Annual General meeting recently.

As well as the normal business of the meeting and appointment of Officers for 2011, two Special meetings were held to consider proposals for changes to the Articles of Association and a rise in the Subscription fee for 2012.

The proposals for changes to the Articles included the removal of the unpaid subscription list in January each year, Officers could serve on the Board of Directors and an equal amount to be paid by both men and ladies should the Club ever be wound up.  These were all passed.

The proposal for a rise in the Subscriptions for 2012 which could potentially be above the norm was well debated and then was passed.