As you may have seen on email and HDID, the Club has provided more information on how things will be restructured after January 1 next year.
The full text of the announcement is included below, just in case you may have missed it.
The Seniors Committee will be discussing the implications at their next meeting, but although it means an organisational change, it should mean no difference to the way we play our golf, run our competitions, our inter-club matches or our swindles.
August 2022
Dear Member,
You may recall that, earlier this year, we told you of some significant changes in the ownership and structure of Stoke by Nayland Golf Club – effective from January 1, 2023.
In essence, from that date, Stoke by Nayland Golf & Leisure, who are responsible for the management of the Golf Club, will be passing back the management responsibility of the Golf Club to The Stoke by Nayland Resort.
We very much intend that this structural change will have as little impact as possible on individual members and that you continue to enjoy the same superb playing facilities as you do now.
However, because of the re-structure, there are some changes in the way the Golf Club will be managed and we are now in a position to share some of these with you.
Currently, the Golf Club is managed by four committees – a main Club Committee, the Men’s Committee, Ladies Committee and the Seniors Committee. Each of these committees has a number of voluntary members who look after competitions; social events’ inter-club matches; charity fund raising and much more.
Each of these committees do things in a slightly different way, and the administration leads to an amount of duplicated effort and several inconsistencies.
From January 1, all of these committees will significantly change and the administration of the Golf Club as a whole will be led by a new Management Board – appointed from the membership on a voluntary basis to head up specific areas for which they are each well qualified.
In the last few weeks, your Committees have been given information on how this Board will function, and have been asked for their feedback on any issues or concerns they may have.
The new Management Board has now been appointed, and will begin working immediately to set processes and procedures in place, ready to hit the ground running in January.
The new Board will consist of five members, each with a specific area of responsibility, and will be chaired by the Club President. The Men’s Captain, Seniors Captain and Ladies Captain will also sit on the board for their relevant Captains year.
The Management Board members are:
Club President Steve Clark
Head of Finance Paul Mustoe
Head of New Members and Development Lesley Garnett
Head of Competitions Adrian Bullock
Head of Social Elaine Davidson
Head of Communications Dick Lumsden
Supporting the Board will be Harry Hibbert as a full-time Membership Manager. Harry will take on the role of ensuring Board activities are actioned.
Although the current club committee structure is being phased out in their current formats from January, we do not want to lose all of the invaluable time and commitment of those dedicated members.
Each of the three Captains will require support in their own Sections and will be free to nominate small working groups to help with charity events; teams and matches; prizegiving and much more. As a club, we want to ensure that anyone who wishes to be involved, can, and will be involved.
In the next few weeks, the Board will begin working with each of the Sections to ensure that we keep everything which is good about they way they are currently run, sharing best practice and planning for the future.
When we have more news to communicate, we will do so, but for now, please understand that the Board members are only just beginning their work.