Tuesday, January 18, 2022

 

Henley Tennis Club [‘HTC’] Committee Meeting

Date:

18th  January 2022

Venue:

Bird in Hand

Attendees:

Katy Bayly, Secretary

Colin Main, Chair 

John Tamplin, Facilities Manager

Mike Pugsley, Treasurer

Tom Scott, Head Coach

Jeremy Wright, Match Secretary

Allen Levy

Apologies

Claire Smith, Health and Safety Officer;



Action

Current membership: 480

  • Membership packages available now for 2021/2022. Prices increase in affect.


Lights and surfacing progress

  • Target completion date for both 17th Feb.

  • Fences will  be replaced down the middle only

Agreed

  • There will still be a gap in the middle, offset by a floodlight pole.

  • New gate for separate access to Court 1

  • The floodlight posts are where they are because of the required specific lighting design

  • Court colour needs to be confirmed.

Agreed on Green / Green

  • Tom has arranged for the Mayor to opening the floodlit courts

  • Are we ok with the floodlight switches being in the club house?

Agreed

  • More lighting is required to safely get to the club house.

John T to look into.














JT

Floodlit courts schedule

  • Discuss Tom’s proposal

Changes to be made to remove club session on Thursdays for the time being. Tom to re-issue plan for sending to members at earliest opportunity.



TS/CM

Maintenance proposals

  • Tom to speak

  • Court locks


Levi

  • Integration into coaching

  • Payment of courses for Level 1


TS

CM/JW

LTA Loan for floodlights.

  • All agreed.

  • Forms are with me to sign.

  • Amount is £25000 over 5 years, repayment £5000 per year


Next Lease

  • If we can’t get the college to be proactive about the lease should we consider offering them rental, maybe 10% of take per-year

To be discussed at future meetings nearer the time.




COM

Club sessions times and formats

  • Start time of club session

Agreed as 6pm

  • Number of games to be played to rotate faster

Agreed at 8 games

  • free club session balls

Agreed


Music Licence

  • Can someone look into cost?


TS

Club Events

  1. Regular Sunday Morning American Doubles tournament every 2 months

  2. BBQ

To be looked into.


CM/JW

Comm

Welfare Officer

  • Temporarily Col Main.


Accounts

  • There was a previous action for Jeremy to take the club cheque books

No action required


Club Championship

  • We need someone to run the event

Jeremy suggested Rob Dickie

  • we need people to commit to organising finals day

Future action for all committee


JW



Comm


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