CHIPPENHAM GOLF CLUB
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
FULL NAME: (Block Capitals) ………………………………………………………………………………………….
ADDRESS: ………………………………………………………….…………
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Daytime Tel No ……………………………………….…….… Home No …..……………………………………………
e-mail Address ………………………………………………………………………..……………………………..
Date of Birth …………………….………….…… Occupation ……………………………………………..
Present/Previous Club ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Current Handicap ……………………… (Supported by a signed Official Handicap Certificate giving SSS of present Club)
A condition of your Membership of Chippenham Golf Club will be your agreement under the Data Protection Act 1984 to the Club recording these details and those relating to handicaps and subscription payment on computer. Personal files will be available for inspection by prior arrangement with the Secretary.
SIGNED** DATED
SIGNED** DATED
NAME IN BLOCK CAPITALS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……
SIGNED** DATED
** Applicants & Sponsors should refer to notes on the reverse of this Application Form
Please forward completed Application to The Secretary,Chippenham Golf Club, Malmesbury Road,
Date Interviewed/Elected Card No.
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14.1 Candidates for election shall sign an Application Form undertaking to comply with the Rules & Bye Laws of the Club and shall be proposed and seconded by two FULL MEMBERS, to whom they must be personally known, and their names shall be posted in the Clubhouse for at least two weeks prior to consideration for membership. All new Applicants to the club without a current handicap certificate will be interviewed by at least two members of the Membership Sub Committee and must play a full round of golf with the Captain/Lady Captain or their delegate, who shall be an elected officer of the Club, for instruction in local rules and etiquette.
14.2 Any candidate for membership may be rejected and the Club retains the right to withhold the reason.
14.3 Any Member proposing or seconding a candidate must have been a full member for at least two years. A candidate who does not know two members to propose them may be accepted for membership but will be subject to a probationary period of two months. A letter of recommendation may be accepted from a recognised golf club may be accepted instead.
14.4 No candidate shall be elected unless he obtains a simple majority of votes of the Membership Sub Committee present at the meeting.
14.5 On election, the Secretary Manager shall notify the candidate in writing, enclosing a copy of the rules and a notice to pay the entrance fee, if any, and fist subscription. If payment of these amounts is not made within one calendar month, the membership application shall be void, unless the applicant can give sufficient reason for such delay to the satisfaction of the Secretary Manager.
Entrance Fees & Subscriptions
15.3 A member paying his first subscription is considered to have submitted themselves to the rules, regulations and bye-laws of the Club, a copy of which shall be issued to them. Any increase in the subscription proposed by the Membership Sub Committee shall be notified to the members by means of a notice posted on the Club notice board, at least six weeks before it is due to be implemented. If any member has failed to pay monies due to the Club by 31 May, his membership shall be deemed to have terminated, and he shall have to re-apply for membership according to the rules of the Club.
NOTE TO PROPOSER & SECONDER
On the election of a new Member, Sponsors are asked to ensure their nominee receives the courtesy of introduction to other Members of the Club to play golf with him/her, and arrange sufficient introductions to other members who are willing to play golf with him/her.