Alton Annual review

For the second year we ran a Saturday evening series of four events. Many thanks to Tony Bolwell for his efforts and the “Championship” presentation after the last round. They proved a hit with the few members that took part.

The Wales Weekend two day Trial again proved very popular and successful with Tony doing a fantastic job on the course.

Our season ended with The Geoff Monk, again entry was poor and we must re-jig the classes we aim to attract. The weather was as usual doing its worst.

Generally the Trials suffered from low attendance and difficulty in finding enough officials. It would be nice if more members volunteered to help us run events for you. Trouble at signing on time continued to be an aggravation, often stemming from the ACU affiliation situation.

Finance

A good year, yet again we did not need to dip into our savings at all.

Social

With the exception of The Greens (which proved a hit with the contestants) we ran no road events as they seem to generate little interest.

Even though we held a steady flow Quizzes, Darts, Table Tennis, Scalextric Championships, skittles etc., the Club nights have been generally poorly attended, although some evenings did pull in lots of members for no special reason.

The Dinner & Dance went very well with the good company, venue and food well worth the £15 ticket price. It was attended by 50 but 15 of those were non members. Volunteers to run next years dinner would be very welcome. I feel it may be time to change the format of this evening as it does not seem popular with members.

General

Mr Lucus has been in hospital and unwell for some time, Bert Steele died this year. They have been great supporters of this club and our sport for many years.

This year Will continued with the News Letter and Memberships. Rob and Bruce looked after the awards. Terry and Kerry took minutes and helped in other ways. Jim ran the Trials side, 12 events in all. Anne did good work keeping the finances in order. Jack kept us informed about Centre meetings and supported us all at Committee meetings. Sallie kept the Club bar running.

Many thanks to those mentioned above, they worked long and hard on our behalf. I must point out that a dedicated Club secretary would make all of the committee’s lives easier.

Hopefully this season we will see more support for our events both in terms of helpers and participants.