The Rules of the Veterans Squash Rackets
Club of Great Britain
1.
THE NAME OF THE CLUB.
The Club shall be called The Veterans Squash
Rackets Club of Great Britain.
2.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CLUB.
The Club shall have the following
objectives:
a. To encourage lady players over age 40 and
male players over age 45 to continue playing the game.
b. To promote and encourage the holding of
Veterans’ events as part of tournament programmes.
c. To arrange matches, at home and abroad,
between the Club and other teams.
3.
QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
All ordinary members shall be squash
players of the appropriate age, who have been
proposed and seconded by ordinary members of
the Club.
4.
THE COMMITTEE.
a. The Club shall be managed by a Committee
which shall consist of not more than nine ordinary members, together with a
President and not more than five Vice
Presidents, the Chairman, the Secretary, the Match Secretary and the
Treasurer.
The Committee shall have the power to
co-opt. One member shall retire by rotation each year but shall be eligible
for reelection.
The Chief Executive of England Squash and
the Chairman of the Masters Sub Committee of England Squash shall be
ex-officio members of the Committee.
b. The Committee shall meet at such place
and time as may be convenient. For ordinary business the quorum shall be
five
voting members. All business shall be
decided by the vote of the majority. The Chairman of the Committee shall if
necessary
have an additional casting vote. The
committee and all officers of the Club shall be elected at the Annual
General Meeting.
5.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS.
The election of members shall be by the
Committee.
6.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
An Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be
held each year at such place and time as the
Committee may decide. Not less than twenty
eight days notice of such meetings shall be given. All resolutions and
nominations for the Committee and Officers
of the Club shall be received in writing by the Secretary not less than
fourteen
days before the Annual General Meeting. The
quorum for the Annual General Meeting shall be twenty.
7.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.
An Extraordinary General Meeting may be
called at any time by the Committee or
on receipt of a written request signed by
not less than fifteen ordinary members of the Club. Notice of such an
Extraordinary
General Meeting shall be posted to all
members at least twenty eight days before such a Meeting, giving the object,
date, place
and time of the Meeting. The quorum for an
Extraordinary General Meeting shall be thirty five.
8.
SUBSCRIPTION.
The first annual subscription for ordinary
members is payable by Bankers Order immediately upon election
and thereafter by Bankers Order on the first
of July each year. The subscription shall be determined at the Annual
General
Meeting. Any member whose current year’s
subscription remains unpaid for more than three months shall cease from that
time
to be a member unless the non-payment can be
justified to the satisfaction of the Committee.
9.
AFFILIATION.
The Club shall seek affiliation to England
Squash and shall at all times strictly observe, and conduct its affairs,
in accordance with the rules of England
Squash.
10.
EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.
If, in the opinion of the Committee, the
conduct of any member is injurious to the interests of the
Club, then, after due investigation and if
all members of the Committee are in agreement, the Committee has the power
to
terminate the membership.
11.
ALTERATIONS TO THE RULES.
Alteration to the rules shall be made
only by a majority of not less than two thirds of the
number present and voting at the Annual
General Meeting.