Ryde Rowing Club held a well-attended Annual General Meeting at their clubhouse in Appley Park on Thursday (24th November), with success being a theme that ran throughout.
Carol Hewison, the Club Secretary was able to report on a fairly successful year where the club had won the Hants & Dorset ARA Men’s Novice Sculling Championship and a share in the Hants & Dorset ARA Ladies Novice Fours Championship, as well as having 2 crews selected to represent the Association at the South Coast Rowing Championships.
The club’s Financial Secretary, Dave Redstone was able to report that the club was in a reasonable financial position, with the accounts approved. He also reported on the success of the new Mini Bus project where the club had been able to raise sufficient funds to replace their aging mini bus.
Both Carol and Dave were re-elected to their respective positions, as was the Club Captain Peter Allsopp, Rowing Captain Micky Jenner and Assistant Secretary Darrell Reeve. Angela Evans was reappointed as Reporting Accountant and Dale Buckett and Emily Pike were elected to the main committee, replacing Kate Whitehurst and Allan Evans. Dale and Emily join Steph Hickman; Lisa Murphy; Julie Cole; Steve Bull; Chris Groves and Steve Dear who were all re-elected.
The Bar Committee of Graham Reeve; Chairman Steph Hickman; Manager Josie Bull; Assistant Manager Steve Bull and Secretary Julie Cole were also re-elected.
A small increase in the clubs annual subscriptions was agreed by the meeting and the start of the subscription year was changed to 1st January, as well as some minor changes to the wording of some rules to accommodate electronic banking.
