Club Rules (Page 1)

The Constitution, Rules and Regulations set out below must be agreed at a general meeting of the Club.  Tysoe Tennis Club (“the Club”) is to be set up as a members non-profit making Club.

 

The main objects of the rules are:-

 

· To enable members to know their rights and the required discipline.

· To enable the Committee to enforce these without causing offence.

· To provide an adequate legal constitution for dealing with formal matters, lease or land purchase, licensing, taxation, rating etc.  For some of these purposes the rules may be subject to scrutiny by outside authorities.

Name and Objects

The Club, founded in 1987, shall be named “The Tysoe Tennis Club” and shall have for its primary object the provision and maintenance of two hard surface tennis courts for the use of its members, and other local sports clubs at the discretion of the Committee.

Constitution

The Club is constituted by these rules as a non-profit making members’ club.  In no circumstances during the continuance of the Club, nor at or after its dissolution, shall any assets or surplus funds be distributed to any member or other persons, nor to any organisation which is not itself either constituted as non-profit making, or a charity.

Affiliation

The Club may seek affiliation to the Lawn Tennis Association through the appropriate County Lawn Tennis Association and shall adopt and conform to rules of these organisations in so far as they apply.

Membership

Classes of members and subscriptions charges, to be proposed by the Committee and agreed at the Annual General Meeting.

The subscription year runs from April 1^st to March 31^st.

A member whose subscription is not paid by the due date will not be entitled to the privileges of membership until he/she has paid.  If the subscription is not paid six weeks after the due date, the membership will be cancelled and any re-election will then be subject to normal procedure.

The subscription of a new member shall be due on notification of election or within 14 days.  Alternatively it may be paid with the membership application, in which case (i) it will be repaid if election to membership does not take place (ii) at the discretion of the Honorary Secretary and one other Committee member, the candidate may be allowed to use the Club pending the Committee’s consideration of the application. 

For a new member after the end of six months the Committee may, at their discretion, accept a proportionately reduced subscription for the part-year.

Election of members

Honorary Membership (other than temporary in accordance with rule 9) shall be strictly limited, and at the discretion of the Committee by way of reward for special services by members of the Club.

The Committee shall have the discretion to refuse membership applications, for whatever reason, if it is deemed to be in the interests of the Club as a whole.