CHIPPENHAM GOLF CLUB

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

 

NAME:            ___________________________________________________

ADDRESS:   ___________________________________________________

                        ___________________________________________________

                        ________________________ Post Code__________________

PHONE:         Home__________________ Work_______________________

eMAIL:            __________________________________________________

Date of Birth: _______________ Occupation: _________________________

Your CLUB:    _____________________________ HANDICAP: ___________

This must be supported by a signed Official Handicap Certificate giving SSS of present Club.

A condition of your Membership of Chippenham Golf Club will be your agreement under the Data Protection Act 1984 to the Club recording these details and those relating to handicaps and subscription payment on computer. Personal files will be available for inspection by prior arrangement with the Secretary.

SIGNED:        _____________________________ DATED: ______________

PROPOSER: I wish to propose the above Applicant for Membership of this Club. I have known him/her for

a period of

                                ____________________

NAME:            ____________________________________

SIGNED:        _____________________________ DATED: ______________

SECONDER: I wish to propose the above Applicant for Membership of this Club. I have known him/her for

a period of

                                ____________________

NAME:            ____________________________________

SIGNED:        _____________________________ DATED: ______________

Applicants and Sponsors should refer to the note below

Please forward completed Application to The Secretary, Chippenham Golf Club, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5LT

NOTES FOR GUIDANCE OF APPLICANTS & SPONSORS

Club Rule 14: Election of Members

14.1          Candidates for election shall sign an Application Form undertaking to comply with the Rules & Bye Laws of the Club and shall be proposed and seconded by two Full Members, to whom they must be personally known, and their names shall be posted in the Clubhouse for at least two weeks prior to submission to the General Management Committee. All new Applicants for membership will be interviewed by at least two Members of the General Management Committee.

14.2          A member, other than Temporary Members, is elected by resolution of the General Management Committee who may decline to elect a candidate without giving a reason.

14.3          A Member proposing or seconding a candidate must have been a Full Member for at least two years. A candidate who does not know two Full Members to propose and second his or her application may be accepted but shall be subject to a probationary period of membership for twelve months. A letter of recommendation from a recognised Golf Club may be accepted if a candidate does not know two Full Members to propose and second his or her application.

14.4          No candidate shall be elected unless he or she obtains a two thirds majority of the votes of the Members of the General Management Committee present at the meeting.

14.5          On election of a new Member, the Secretary shall notify the Applicant in writing, enclosing a copy of the Rules and a notice to pay the entrance fee and first subscription. If the payment is not made within one calendar month from the date of notification, the election of such Members shall be absolutely void, unless the Member shall give sufficient reason for the delay to the satisfaction of the General Management Committee.

Club Rule 15: Entrance Fees & Subscriptions

15.3     A Member paying his/her first subscription is considered thereby to have submitted himself/herself to the Rules, Regulations and Bye Laws of the Club, a copy of which shall be available upon request. Any increase in subscription proposed by the General Management Committee shall be notified to all Members by means of a notice on the Clubhouse Noticeboard, at least six weeks before it is due to be implemented. If any Member has not paid the subscriptions, annual levies and all other monies due by 31st May, his or her membership will be deemed to have terminated. He or she must then re-apply for membership according to the Rules of the Club.

NOTE TO PROPOSER & SECONDER

On the election of a new Member, Sponsors are asked to ensure their nominee receive the courtesy of introduction to other Members of the Club to play golf with him/her, and arrange sufficient introductions to other Members who are willing to play golf with him/her.