AGM Minutes, Constitution, Treasurers report 2025
Gullane Tennis Club AGM Minutes 11th March 2025 The Mallard Hotel 8pm
- Attendance & Apologies 11 attendees, 16 apologies
- President’s welcome
- Minutes from previous AGM agreed by Bryan Leslie & seconded by Debs Spens
- President’s report see attached Irvine Salver awarded to Jon Kinna
- Treasurers report Adrian was unable to attend but his accounts were well received & no change to membership fees was agreed. CASC status compliant.
- Membership report numbers broadly similar to 2023 but decrease in family membership and increase in juniors
- Coaching & Junior convenors report see attached. Annette Fox award winner Brendan Taylor. Adult Tuesday coaching players invited to join the Sunday mix in fromm 10-11am
- Team captains report see attached
- Safeguarding report no issues this year
10.New & retiring members need to recruit junior convenor and vice president. Annabel to replace Debs as membership secretary
AOB
Table tennis area – needs repair
Bowling club – visit to see plans for new sports hub clubhouse
Padel club – proposal for 2 courts in memorial park progressing with planning permission applied for by the council, a generous donation pledged. Do the tennis club want to invest ?
Family fun day – can we change the date ? Instagram – Keir needs help setting this up – Debs to ask Cat or Iona for help
Spring Fling next tournament on Monday 28th April
Club Championships – Bryan to see if Veterans event can also take place
Photos & News – please send to Keir for social media and website updates
11.Date of next Committee Meeting 29th April. Next AGM March 20026
Presidents report for 2024
It’s lovely to welcome you all here tonight and to be part of such a proactive, vibrant and busy tennis club where lots of great sport is enjoyed, coffees sipped in the sunshine and the noise of children’s laughter and excitement rings out.
I would like to start by saying an enormous thank you to the committee who it is a great pleasure and honour to work with.
Adrian is incredibly talented and patient and has made a huge effort to move our savings about to benefit from better savings rates, has applied for grants to fund new initiatives and who has produced a great set of accounts and financial report and pays all our bills promptly – his filing system is something to behold. He’s very sorry not to be here tonight as he’s at a friend’s funeral in France so I’ll do my best to read out his report.
Clare works away quietly and proficiently to galvanise parents and children into attending practices, league matches and friendlies and is so knowledgeable about running tournaments and is also a fabulous tennis player who definitely helped the ladies team win the league this year.
Debs organises our mixed summer league team and works hard answering membership queries and updating our clubspark system – no easy task and is so full of energy and enthusiasm it’s always fun in her company
Thanks to Keir for producing all our great posters, organising the club house and doing our great facebook posts, I’m delighted she’s going to be updating the website and you have her to thank for the fridge! and the Friday night socials and mince pie tasting
Caroline and Bryan do a wonderful job organising our teams and working with tennis Scotland to enter our league results – they are so welcoming and make it great fun to be part of the squads. We must also thank Bryan for his fundraising efforts for Maggies with his special charity cardio classics.
Annabel is full of insight and always helps out when we need her and Andrew is a great addition to the team and has taken on the role of answering queries and questions that come into the club emails.
Sheila has luckily had a quiet year in her safeguarding role but has done lots of training and admin to make sure the club is fulfilling all it’s safeguarding requirements.
I’ve had the great pleasure of coaching with Roddy this year and also enjoying his superdrills classes – he has so much knowledge to impart and always makes it great fun hence why so many children and adults at the club are benefiting from his classes.
So a great team can achieve a lot and I’m pleased to report that the club is running smoothly, keeping on top of maintenance, maintaining membership levels, running successful events and our club championships annually with the addition last year of the plate. To keep up this good work we would like to recruit 2 new team members to step into the roles of Vice Chair and to slowly take over from Clare as junior convenor – please let me know if you’re interested and spread the word.
It’s not just the committee that make a great club it’s our members and we are so lucky. We have some very talented & enthusiastic juniors and our social sessions are really thriving on a Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. In recognition of our members efforts we award The Irvine Salver trophy for services to the tennis club – this year 4 names have been nominated so if you can vote tonight we can announce the winner
Nominations – Adrian Cudby, Bryan Leslie, Ian Ladbrooke, Jon Kinna
I’ll handover now to our committee to read their reports but just wanted to say please keep entering our events and tournaments, please get in touch if you have any ideas and suggestions and we all hope you have a great year of tennis and lots of fun on the courts in 2025.
Treasurers Report - 2024 Accounts
Summary
I’m delighted to report that Gullane Tennis Club finished 2024 in a strong position with cash reserves of just over £100,000.
During the last year we have continued to maintain the club facilities at a high standard, and this reflects our significant capital expenditure, which will be covered later in my report.
Income
We have four key sources of income: 1) membership fees, 2) court bookings, 3) coaching income and 4) Bank/Building Society interest
Membership fees/bookings and coaching income were broadly similar to 2023:
- Membership fees - £14,820 (2023 £14,743) – less than 1% rise
Membership fees were increased after the AGM in 2024, and the figures suggest that whilst we haven’t seen a drop in income because of that, we haven’t seen an uplift in income either.
- Court bookings - £899 (2023 £635) – 41% increase
- Coaching income £1,597 (2023 £1,635) – 2% decrease
- Bank/Building Society Interest - £2,381 (2023 £1,572) – 51% increase. This will be covered in more detail under Reserves.
Overall total income for the year of £19,951(2023 £19,272) – 3.5% increase
Expenditure
We had significant expenditure relating to the courts and the clubhouse in the last financial year.
Various improvements were made including the netting above the practice wall was extended, a new door was put on the storage shed, the barge boards on the gate between Courts 1 and 2 were replaced, shelves were put up in the clubhouse and a new small fridge was installed.
- The inside of the clubhouse was painted – cost £3,583
- The courts/practice wall were cleaned and repainted - cost of £12,408.
Overall maintenance costs were £18,418 (2023 £5498)
- The other usual expenses were our rent of £1088 and Utilities costs of £2179 (2023 £1,703) – 27% increase. A new contract has been arranged with SSE Business Energy – Fixed for 2 years.
Our main utilities costs are for electricity, and much of this is to power the floodlights (we do not charge members/guests for this).
We also have a ball machine, and the balls for this are replaced regularly. We also bought 4 new rackets for the use by guests (which is covered by out guest booking fees).
Our overall total expenditure was £25,729 (2023 £12,308), which reflects the use of part of our reserves to maintain the facilities of the club at a high standard.
Reserves
Bank/Building Society - £100, 597 (as @ 31/12/24)
Two new savings accounts have been opened this year, an instant access savings account and a 95-day notice account, both at Bank of Scotland.
| BoS 32-day notice Savings Account @31/12/24 | £ 31,341.16 |
| BoS 95-day notice Savings Account @31/12/24 [NEW] | £ 20,283.51 |
| BoS Instant Access Savings Account @31/12/24 [NEW] | £ 4,019.78 |
| Skipton Savings Account [Community Saver Annual 3] @31/12/24 | £ 44,516.53 |
| TOTAL GTC FUNDS (@ END 2024) | £ 100,597.26 |
With more funds on deposit, both long and short-term, we have benefited from higher interest rates during some of the last year. Savings rates have reduced due to two drops in Bank Rate and are likely to reduce further if Bank Rate is reduced in 2025.
We are currently receiving the following rates of interest on our savings:
| BoS 32-day notice Savings Account @31/12/24 | 2.15% |
| BoS 95-day notice Savings Account @31/12/24 [NEW] | 3.46% |
| BoS Instant Access Savings Account @31/12/24 [NEW] | 1.00% |
| Skipton Savings Account @31/12/24 | 2.8% (wef 10/3/25) |
BoS rates correct at 7/03/25
Audit
Lindsay Renwick, our auditor, has reviewed the 2024 accounts and has signed them off. I am very grateful for his help in finalising the accounts, and I would like to say a thank you from both myself and the Committee for his continued support to the club, and to me as Treasurer.
Adrian Cudby, Treasurer, Gullane Tennis Club
Presented at AGM, 11 March, 2025
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| 2024 |
| Adult | 72 | 80 | 122 | 75 |
| 75 |
| Concession | 59 | 66 | 65 | 33 |
| 58 |
| Family | 128 (302) | 98 (321+ players) | 112 | 77 |
| 70 |
| Honorary | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 |
| Junior | 24 | 20 | 34 | 17 |
| 33 |
| Student | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
| 19 |
| Youngster | 27 | 18 | 21 | 12 |
| 28 |
| Total | 325 | 299 (522 members) | 380 | 231 |
| 291 (400 active) |
Results Club Championships 2024
Men’s singles: Russell Pinkerton
Ladies singles: Clare Tulloch
Men’s Doubles: Bryan Leslie and Pete Fox
Ladies Doubles: Cat Fraser Harris and Clare Tulloch
Mixed Doubles: Drew Hardie and Clare Tulloch
Head Coach report March 2024
Another great year of coaching at gullane tennis club.
The coaching continues to be very popular within the village and I really feel that there is a really great buzz at the club, weather that’s prior to coaching, during coaching or after coaching with social tennis ect.
Our junior programme continues to grow with roughly 80 kids coming to weekly coaching at the club. From pre school - s2
We had 3 great tennis camps last year which were very popular, one in Easter and 2 in summer.
Our dates this year for camps are
1st of April
8th of July
5th of august.
We ran a well attended and competitive junior tournament.
10 and under where Rory mcrossan was the winner and 12 and under where Rory Tulloch was the winner.
We have also had another year of great junior teams tennis which is headed up by our junior Convenor Clare Tulloch, Clare does so much for the juniors teams.. she is a saint!!
This year the team are now in the first division of the east of Scotland leagues which will be a challenge but a challenge I think they will thrive off.
Clare also organised girls coaching block along side Sarah Coverdale at gullane school to help encourage girls to get involved with tennis. This was a brilliant success with the club seeing the benefits with more girls coming along to the club.
Another person I have to say huge thanks to is Sarah lang for all her work with not only being the president of the club but getting her level 1 coaching qualification and has taken to coaching like a duck to water… a natural coach and great to work along side.
Adult coaching - our Thursday morning Superdrills class continues to be very popular. We have now started a Tuesday morning improvers coaching block which has been a great success this term and hope to continue this along side a cardio tennis prior to the class.
Cardio tennis at 9am and imrpovers at 10am.
Just quick note from me to say a huge thanks to everyone at the club and especially the committee for your complete support with vantage tennis coaching and hears to another great year of tennis coaching in 2024
Gullane Tennis Club – Junior Report 2024
As Roddy has reported, we had a lot of juniors involved in his coaching programmes and tennis camps which was great for the club.
This year we had 3 teams entered in the East of Scotland (EOS) Junior Leagues: Our 10U Mixed Team came second in Division 3, only losing to Thistle 2s, tying one match and winning 2 matches. Our 12U A team played in Division 1 which was hard going as Grange dropped out leaving only Thistle and Dunfermline in their Draw, with their squads containing EOS county players. Even in Division 4 our B team came across EOS county players! They all played well and proved they can compete with these top EOS clubs.
There was a new East Lothian league set up in 2024, to encourage more participation amongst local clubs. It was very disappointing that there was only one category for us to enter – the 12U boys, with nothing for our 10U players or our girls. Our 12U boys’ team did really well, coming 2nd in their league – although it was disappointing to lose to their closest rivals at NB in very closely fought matches – with almost every match being decided by a 3rd set championship tie break – nail biting stuff!!
In addition to the league matches, I organised a few team practises throughout the year
We ran an event for Gullane Games for Primary and High school aged children as part of Gullane Games Week.
Junior Club Championships: we had 2 boys’ events: 12U which was won by Fergus Gibson, 10U was won by Tom Gibson. Iona Tulloch won the girls 12U. All the matches were very close with lots of tie breaks.
Plans for 2025:
Thank you to the parents who responded to the club email and have put their children forwards for teams. A particular big thank you to those who offered to help with running the teams. We have the following teams entered in the EOS summer leagues this year – 14U and 12U boys’ teams and a 10U mixed team. Longniddry and North Berwick are keen to have friendlies with our girls’ teams, which we felt would be better than committing to EOS leagues. We are also hopeful that the East Lothian League will offer more categories in 2025 so that more of our players can get involved with team tennis.
I feel it would be beneficial to have more help with running events for Juniors because I am very aware that I am limited with my own time constraints to be able to put on many events – such as supervising team practises and social events for the juniors. If there is anyone in the club who would like to get involved with helping me with this, I would love to have a chat with them. They can contact me by emailing membership@gullanetennisclub.com
Many thanks and good luck to all our juniors playing in 2025!
GULLANE TENNIS CLUB CONSTITUTION
As at 12th March 2024
1. NAME
The club founded in 1926 and originally known as the “Gullane Tennis and Recreation Ground Association” shall be named the Gullane Tennis Club.
2. OBJECTS
The main purpose of the club is to provide facilities for and to promote participation in the amateur sport of tennis.
3. MEMBERSHIP
a. Membership of the club shall be open to anyone from Gullane and the surrounding areas interested in the sport on application, regardless of sex, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of tennis. The club may have different classes of membership and subscription on a non-discriminatory and fair basis. The club will keep subscriptions at levels that will not pose a significant obstacle to people participating. Age groups shall be determined as in the Club Regulations.
b. Membership fees are to be paid on an annual basis.
c. The Committee may, subject to clauses i-vi below, terminate the membership of any person, or impose any other sanction it determines to be appropriate, in connection with the breach of any condition of membership set out in this rule.
- Subject to the remaining provisions of this rule, the Committee shall have power to refuse membership or expel a Member only for good and sufficient cause, such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club or the Game into disrepute.
- A Member shall not be expelled unless they are given 14 days’ written notice of the meeting of the Committee at which their expulsion shall be considered and written details of the complaint made against them.
- The Member shall be given an opportunity to appear before the Committee to answer complaints made against them. The member must not be expelled unless a majority of the Committee then present vote in favour of their expulsion.
- The Committee may exclude the Member from the Club’s premises until the meeting considering their expulsion has been held. For the avoidance of doubt, the member shall be entitled to attend that meeting for the purpose of making their representations.
- The Member may appeal against the Committee’s decision by notifying the Committee who shall put the matter to the Club’s members in general meeting and decided by a majority vote of members present and voting at such meeting.
- Any person ceasing to be a Member forfeits all right to and claim upon the Club, its property and its funds and they have no right to the return of any part of their subscription.
d. Honorary Membership (either short-term or long-term, on nomination by the Committee) may be granted in accordance with the wishes of the Annual General Meeting, with normal voting powers.
4. MANAGEMENT
a. Management will be by the Committee as appointed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Committee will meet at least four times a year.
b. The Committee shall consist of a Chairperson/President, Treasurer, and maximum of nine other members.
c. A Committee quorum shall consist of four members; two of whom must be office bearers. The Chairperson/President shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberate vote, in the event of a tied vote.
d. Committee members may not normally serve for more than four years including any time in Office.
e. The Committee may fill casual vacancies as they arise and co-opt members for specific purposes. The latter shall have no voting rights on the Committee. Both may remain on the Committee only until the Annual General Meeting, when if eligible, they may elected to the Committee.
f. The Club shall have a Honorary President and Honorary Vice President on nomination by the Committee and as appointed by invitation of the members at the Annual General Meeting. They will have no voting rights.
5. GENERAL MEETINGS
a. Not less than twenty one days notice shall be given of all General Meetings, circulated to all the members and advertised publicly. Items for the agenda must be received by the Secretary at least seven days prior to the meeting.
b. All members of the Club shall have the right to attend and members over fourteen years of age may vote.
c. A quorum shall consist of twelve voting members. The Chairman shall have a vote as at 4c.
d. The Annual General Meeting shall be convened in the Spring:
i. Confirm the minutes of the previous AGM and any subsequent General Meetings
ii. Consider the Annual Reports and Audited Financial Accounts and seek their adoption
iii. Determine Annual Membership fees
iv. Elect office bearers and Committee members for the ensuing year
v. Appoint an auditor
e. The Committee may at any time call an Extraordinary General Meeting, as may members, provided that twelve voting members request it in writing stating the reason.
6. FINANCIAL YEAR
The financial year shall end on 31 December
7. NON-PROFIT MAKING
All surplus income or profits are to be reinvested in the club. No surpluses or assets will be distributed to members or third parties.
8. ALTERATIONS TO CONSTITUTION OR REGULATIONS
a. The constitution of the Club may be altered at the Annual General Meeting or an EGM and passed by two-thirds of the members in attendance eligible to vote, notice of the proposed amendment having been given not less that fourteen days beforehand.
b. The regulations of the Club may be altered by the Committee and ratified at the Annual General Meeting.
8. DISSOLUTION
Upon dissolution of the club any remaining assets shall be given or transferred to another registered CASC, a registered charity or the sport’s governing body for use by them in related community sports.
9. REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION The above revised constitution was adopted on 12 March 2024 with alterations ratified and agreed at the AGM on 12th March 2024.
Gullane Tennis Club AGM 12th March 2024 Treasurer’s Report for the 2023 Season (January – December 2023)
Prepared by Kathy Allan, Club Treasurer Accounts audited by Lindsay Renwick
Overall Financial Position:
Tennis club finances continue to be robust, with funds in all accounts now totalling nearly £106.4K. This is up by 7% (from £99.4K) on last year’s end-of-year total. However, the upward trend has slowed considerably (2022 totals were up by 13% on 2021) and our annual surplus has fallen for the second year in a row, and is down by 37%, from £11.1K to £6.9K. (Last year it fell by a more modest 20%, from £13.9K to £11.1K.) This largely reflects an increase in expenditure on court and clubhouse maintenance – factors which will continue to loom large over the next few years.
Interest rates improved in 2023, giving us a much improved yield on savings and contributing significantly to the small increase in our income, but these are forecast to drop again in late 2024. I am hopeful that our proposed new treasurer will do what I have failed to do over the past year and reinvest club funds into more favourable accounts!
Key points on the overall financial position are as follows:
- Total funds across all bank and savings accounts @ 31/12/23 = £106.4K – an increase of 7% YoY (from £99.4K @ year-end 2022).
- Annual surplus of £6.9K – compared to £11.1K at year-end 2022 (-37%)
- BoS Current account balance = £42.5K @ 31/12/23
- BoS 32-day notice savings account balance = £20.9K @ 31/12/23
- Skipton savings account balance = £43.0K @ 31/12/23.
Income:
Total income for the year was slightly up (by 2%) on last year, with membership income down by 9% and Stripe bookings down by 17%, reflecting the continued slight downturn following the bumper Covid years, when all many of us were allowed to do socially was play tennis! Non-member fees from Roddy’s coaching sessions were up by 26% (thanks Roddy!) whilst the biggest increase in income was a reflection of the increase in bank and savings interest rates.
Key points on income are as follows:
- Total income for 2023 = £19.3K (a 2% increase from £18.8K in 2022)
- Membership income down by 9% (from £16.2K to £14.7K in 2022)
- 17% reduction in Stripe income. Does this reflect a reduction in court bookings/visitors/ guests – or are some members perhaps failing to pay for their guests/allowing visitors to access the courts for free?!
- Bank and savings interest is up 330% from £0.4K to £1.6K!
Expenditure:
Expenditure was significantly up on the previous year (+59%), largely due to the amount spent on plumbing, plus court and clubhouse maintenance. The men’s urinals were old, leaking and have been stripped out; the plumbing overflowed following usage for the East Lothian Open; and the water mains were re-routed to allow for the fitting of a new water meter, as we are now being charged for water usage (previously covered by the Council). We also purchased new nets/fixings, and had the courts cleaned and pressure-washed to remove weeds and moss – never a cheap undertaking! The expenditure figure for the latter was falsely inflated by an outstanding (unsent!) 2022 DOE invoice for almost £2K.
Key points on expenditure as follows:
- Total expenditure for 2023 = £12.3K (up by 59% from £7.7K in 2022)
- Expenditure hike largely explained by significant outlay on plumbing and court/ clubhouse maintenance/refit
- Further significant cost-of-living increases in all utilities bills (gas/electricity/trade waste)
- New charges for water usage (though these are somewhat less terrifying than the first few eye-watering bills we received, thanks to Sarah’s persistence in getting a water meter installed, and thereafter having the bills based on our actual, rather than the water company’s vastly over-inflated estimates of our usage!!!)
- Further increases in payments to ELC, who are now charging us for venue insurance.
Maintenance:
Considerable further court and clubhouse maintenance will be required in 2024, with £10.5K requiring to be spent in the next couple of months for a partial resurface and repainting of the courts. Doing this essential maintenance work now should keep us going for the next 10 years or so until total court replacement becomes necessary. (The courts were last resurfaced in 2011).
The clubhouse is also in need of a substantial upgrade/overhaul, with little prospect of money forthcoming from the Council for this purpose.
The floodlights remain in good working order, with no recent lamp replacement or maintenance required, though this is likely be required some time in 2024 or 2025.
Membership Subscriptions:
Our membership subscriptions have remained unchanged since 2011 (13 years!) and are by far the cheapest in the area (see attached table). Given this – together with the imminent need for further court and clubhouse maintenance/repair, and the need to retain a healthy bank balance for ongoing and future maintenance – the Committee has reluctantly had to consider the need to increase subscriptions for the 2024/25 season.
We propose a staged increase to bring our subs gradually more into line with other clubs, rather than any sudden hike. The following proposed subscriptions therefore represent a modest increase for this year, with a further increase next year or possibly the year after – to be considered/proposed by my successor as Treasurer! The following prices are still highly competitive and represent continued excellent value for money for our members.
Membership Type Current Agreed
Family (2 adults + children under 19) £115.00 £135.00
Adult (age 19 to 59 inclusive) £55.00 £65.00
Concessions (age 60/65* or over/on benefits) £27.50 £35.00
Students (age 19 -22 in FT education) £27.50 £30.00
Junior (Age 8-18) £27.50 £27.50
Youngsters (Age 3-7) £15.00 £15.00
* We also propose to increase Concessions eligibility to age 65 and over, for those turning 60 AFTER 12/03/24 (ie turning 65 after 12/03/29). This would mean that current Concessions members still pay the concessions rate, as they have already qualified for this and it would perhaps be unfair to ask them to revert to the full adult rate in retrospect.
The Committee proposes that floodlights remain free for members’ use for the time being at least, as the Club can still afford this at present. Several other clubs also offer this benefit. The policy will continue to be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
New Treasurer & Thank Yous:
I have enjoyed my time as treasurer, but my 3-year tenure is over and it is time to hand over the reins. I would like to propose Adrian Cudby as my successor – an active club and social member, with lots of experience in finance, so the ideal candidate! Thank you Adrian, for stepping up and agreeing to take on the role.
Finally, I would like to express my thanks to my fellow committee members, past and present, for their support and friendship over the past 3 years – we have made a good team! Grateful thanks are also due to Lindsay Renwick for once again auditing the accounts. A token of appreciation will be presented to Lindsay in due course!
PADEL report
Padel Tennis and Gullane Tennis Club
What is Padel Tennis?
Padel tennis is one of the fastest growing sports in Europe and demand currently outstrips court availability. Played on an enclosed court about a third the size of a tennis court, groups of mixed ages and abilities can play together. Tennis Scotland / the LTA are looking to expand the number of Padel courts in the UK to meet the current, and projected future, demand.
What has happened so far?
Investigations have started into the potential opportunities for Padel courts in East Lothian. These investigations include discussions with Tennis Scotland, the LTA, East Lothian Council, and Craigmillar LTC (who opened a Padel court in 2023).
These discussions and scoping work have proved there is not enough room on the current GTC site to build a Padel court, whilst retaining three tennis courts, the hitting wall, and/or the clubhouse.
Potential venues and potential funding options have been examined, but more work is required before any proposal and financial business case can be made.
What are the options?
The options being considered include building and managing Padel courts (on a site away from the existing GTC site):
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As part of Gullane Tennis Club;
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Via a new, separate, Padel-only tennis club;
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Through a franchise model; and
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Through a joint/co venture with another local club(s).
Whilst a considerable amount of research has been completed, further due diligence is required to fully investigate the options, and consider all of the implications to Gullane Tennis Cub and its members.
What happens next and how can members get involved?
To help us progress this, a working group, reporting to the Committee, is going to be set up to complete the due diligence. If you would like to be part of the working group, or would like more information at this stage, please contact Russell Pinkerton on 07557 909376.
The Working Group’s progress will be presented at future GTC club committee meetings. The committee will discuss and agree any subsequent actions.
Ultimately, if the committee propose to progress an option that requires any changes to the GTC constitution, liabilities, risk profile, or directly impacts club memberships, this proposal will need to be discussed and voted on by GTC members. This discussion and vote will rake place at either the next AGM in 2025, or if Working Group progress allows, an Extraordinary General Meeting later this year. All club members will be invited to this discussion and vote.
Resources: https://www.lta.org.uk/roles-and-venues/padel-development-plan/ https://neograss.co.uk/what-is-padel-tennis-why-popular-uk/ https://everythingpadel.co.uk/what-is-padel-tennis/ https://www.thebandeja.com/franchising-the-future-of-padel-in-the-uk/