This week is International Volunteers Week, and it’s appropriate that we acknowledge and thank all members who donate their time and effort to improve our Club.
Most members would not be aware of some of the areas where volunteers work with staff undertaking all sorts of activities, but I want to share those with you:
- Bridge – a large group of mainly women members, play bridge each week and the organisation and results reporting is done by a few members led by Carolyn Hart.
- Course volunteers – a group of between 4 and 12 volunteers, led by Vice-Captain Chris Bate, work with our course staff on many activities to assist on work needed to be done.
- Flowers – we have a small group of women members who each week and for special events, make sure fantastic flower arrangements are in place in the Clubhouse.
- Projects – members such as Terry Cox and Phil Johnston, with specific expertise and interest, provide guidance for most of our projects including, for example, project management, plumbing and excavating for our new maintenance facility.
- Legal, insurance and financial advice and assistance – we have several members who have helped us over the years in these areas.
- Members willing to sit on Working Groups, The Risk Committee and the Code of Conduct Panel, set up by the Club.
- Members sitting on Sub-Committees – we have six Sub-Committees – Golf, Course, Women’s, Member Services, Risk and Executive, which generally meet monthly, and sometimes more often. Around 20 members are making a great contribution to the successful running of Club through their participation in these Sub-Committees.
- The Board – volunteering to be an Officer or Director on the Board, sometimes requires significant input of time and effort in attending meetings and reviewing and or developing plans and actions.
- Members who put their hands up to organise things like group golf getaways – think women’s annual getaway, or the various men’s getaways organised by Bob Crowley and others.
- Members who help out with representative golf – Team Managers, caddies and supporters.
- We have members who have volunteered at functions and events doing things like DJ’ing and photography.
There are probably others who I have not mentioned but on behalf of our Club and your fellow members, please take on our sincere thanks for the fantastic work you all do, and if there are other members who think they might have time and the inclination to get involved with volunteer activities at our Club, do it, it will help the Club and you will also get a lot of enjoyment out of it!
Club President – Rob Coxon
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