CONSTITUTION and RULES of ABERDEEN BOWLING CLUB
1. Title
The Club shall be designated “The Aberdeen Bowling Club”, Aberdeen
incorporating Carlton Ladies Bowling Club. The purpose of the club shall be the
provision of facilities for the game of lawn bowling under the rules of the World
Bowls Board.
The Club is a non-profit making organisation. All profits and surpluses will be used
to improve the Club’s facilities. No profit or surplus will be distributed other than to
another non-profit making body or to members on winding up or dissolution of the
Club.
2. Constitution
The Aberdeen Bowling Club shall consist of four classes of members, viz.
Honorary, Ordinary, Associate and Temporary Members. The number of
Ordinary Members shall not exceed 220.
3. Membership
(a) Honorary Members
The election of Honorary Members shall be made on the recommendation of the
General Committee to an Annual General Meeting in recognition of their long
and valued services to the Club. They shall have the same rights and privileges
and be subject to the same Rules as Ordinary Members except that they shall
have no interest in the property or assets of the Club and no voting rights.
Honorary Members shall not be required to pay an Entry Fee or Annual
Subscription.
(b) Ordinary Members
The General Committee shall consider and decide upon application for membership.
Membership shall be open to all and cannot be refused without good reason.
Any application for membership which is rejected will have the right to appeal
and be heard before a committee.
The admission of a member shall be immediately notified by the General
Secretary, whereupon the Entry Fee and Annual Subscription shall at once
become due and on payment will be held to have signified submission to the
Rules of the Club.
Membership of Aberdeen Bowling Club precludes membership of any other
private SBA affiliated outdoor bowling club in Aberdeen.
Ordinary Membership shall be confined to persons who are 18 years or over.
Junior Membership shall be for under 18 year olds.
A person given the Freedom of the Green has been given the highest honour to
be bestowed on an Ordinary Member of the Club and will continue to be a
member without the requirement of paying a subscription.
(c) Associate Members
The admission of such Members shall be vested in the General Committee and
they shall have the same rights and privileges and be subject to the same Rules
as Honorary and Ordinary Members except that they shall have no right to play
on the Green or to vote at any meeting of the Club. To become an Associate
Member of Aberdeen Bowling Club such Ordinary Members must have a
minimum of ten years Ordinary Membership.
(d) Temporary Members
(i) Members of other Bowling Clubs or Bowling Associations who are attending
a meeting, tournament or taking part in a representative match or open
competition at the Club’s Green shall be admitted as temporary members for the
duration of the meeting, the day of the match or the period of the competition
without payment of a subscription.
(ii) A Member except a temporary member may Introduce a guest who shall not
use the Green more often than once a month except with the prior approval of
at least five members of the General Committee.
4. Subscriptions
(a) The General Committee shall recommend to the Annual General Meeting the
amount of Entry Money and of Subscriptions for Ordinary and Associate
Members for the current year and these shall be fixed by the Meeting following
consideration of such recommendation.
(b) Annual Subscriptions shall become payable approximately 14 days before
1st April each year, at a time and date decided by the Treasurer, any member
whose subscription remains unpaid after 1st April shall be considered to be in
arrears. The Treasurer shall advise any Member who is in arrears. Members
whose subscription remains unpaid after 1st April shall be deemed to have
resigned their membership.
(c) Any members wishing to resign from membership should give written notice
to the Secretary before the date of the Annual General Meeting.
5. Management
The management of the affairs of the Club shall be vested in a Committee to be
known as The General Committee and to be appointed at the Annual General
Meeting.
It shall consist of:
(a) The President, Senior Vice-President, Junior Vice-President, Immediate
Past President, General Secretary. Gents Match Secretary, Ladies Match
Secretary, Ladies Convener and the Treasurer. These, with the exception of the
immediate Past President, constitute the Office-bearers .
(b) An Assistant Secretary, a Seniors Convener, a Green Convener, a Property
Convener and a Catering Convener shall be elected at the Annual General
Meeting and will form part of the General Committee.
(c) A sufficient number of Ordinary Members to bring the total membership of the
Committee to eighteen. Seven persons shall form a quorum.
(d) Casual vacancies in the Committee may be filled by the General Committee.
(e) The Secretary shall keep a Minute Book conduct all correspondence and call
Meetings of the Committee as and when directed by the Committee.
(f) The Treasurer shall keep a record of all transactions and shall account for all
monies entrusted to him/her. All Bank Accounts in the name of the Club shall be
operated on by the Treasurer or by the President.
6. Match Committees
All Competitions and Matches shall be under the control of the relevant match
committee viz:
The Gents Match Committee consisting of the Gents Match Secretary, the
Seniors Convener and four Ordinary Gentlemen Members.
The Ladies Match Committee consisting of the Ladies Match Secretary, the
A.D.L.B.A. Representative and four Ordinary Lady Members
The Joint Match Committee consisting of the Gents Match Secretary, the
Ladies Match Secretary and two Members from each of the above Committees.
For meetings of the committees the quorum shall be four.
The President or in his/her absence, the Senior Vice-President shall be
considered an ex officio member of ALL Match Committees.
7. Sub-Committee
The General Committee may delegate any specific powers and duties to a
SubCommittee and may recall such delegation. All Sub-Committees shall
appoint the Conveners from their own number and the President, Vice-President
and Secretary shall be considered ex officio Members.
8. General Meeting
(a) The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held during the month of
February when the Report by the Secretary and the Treasurer's Financial
Statement will be presented and any other competent business conducted.
(b) On the instructions of the General Committee, or upon receipt of a written
requisition signed by not fewer than twenty Members, whose subscriptions are
not in arrears, a Special General Meeting of the Club shall be convened by the
Secretary. The business to be discussed shall appear on the notice calling the
Meeting which shall be held within twenty-one days of receipt of any such
requisition.
(c) Not less than five days clear notice after date of despatch shall be given of
the calling of any General Meeting. Twenty Ordinary Members shall form a
quorum at a General Meeting.
9. Expulsion
On the recommendation of the General Committee a Special General Meeting
shall have the power by a majority of not less than two-thirds of those present
and voting to expel from the Club any Member for any reason which the Meeting
shall consider sufficient. Any Member so expelled shall forfeit all claims upon the
property of the Club.
10. Procedure at Meetings
The President, whom failing the Vice-President, shall preside at all Meetings of
the Club or of the General Committee. In their absence any Member appointed
by the Meeting shall take the Chair. In cases of equality in voting the Chairman
shall have the casting vote.
11. Accounts
The financial year of the Club shall end on 31 December each year. Two
Ordinary Members of the Club, not being Members of the General Committee
shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting as Auditors.
12. Winter Session
The Club in General Meeting may resolve to conduct a Winter Session for its
Members and shall fix the subscription and decide the conditions under which it
shall be arranged and managed.
13. Property of the Club
The title to the heritable property belonging to the Club shall be vested in the
name of the President, the Vice-President and the Secretary of the Club for the
time being and their successors in office as Trustees on behalf of the Club. They
shall hold the subjects as Trustees on behalf of the debenture holders primo
loco and for the members of the Club present and future as proprietors in
reversion. The Trustees shall have the power to sell by Public Recoup or Private
Bargain, but such power shall be exercised only subject to the rights of the
debenture holders and after approval by the Club following a special General
Meeting and on the recommendation of the General Committee. The Trustees
shall further have the power following on a recommendation of the General
Committee and a Special General Meeting of the Club to borrow money on the
security of the heritable property of the Club and to grant all usual and
necessary Writs to secure such borrowed money, but without prejudice always
to any existing securities for debenture or other sums already borrowed. No
such security writs granted by the said Trustees shall infer any personal liability
on the Trustees or Members d the Committee as individuals in respect thereof.
The General Committee of the Club shall, however, have recourse against
Members of the Club from any obligations for which they as office-bearers may
have made themselves liable on behalf of the Club.
14. Interpretation
The General Committee shall have the sole right to interpret these Rules and
give directions on any unforeseen circumstances.
15. Alteration to Rules
No alteration of the foregoing Rules or any of them shall be made except at an
Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting of the Club called
specifically for that purpose and fourteen clear days of any proposed alteration
shall be given before such a Meeting and no alteration shall be made except by
a majority of two thirds of the Members present and voting.
HAT NIGHTS
Weekly Competitions will be held on Monday evenings, places and rinks to be
drawn by lot. Members must play in the position drawn, except the Skip, who will
have the option of changing with any other Member in the rink.
Play to commence at 7.00pm in June and July, and 6.45pm in May and August.
In September, members will go on the Green in order of arrival. Rinks and
places will be drawn for.
CLUB MATCHES
Members wishing to take part in any Club Match must append their names to
the sheet provided for this purpose on the Club Notice Boards.
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Entries for the following competitions, Singles (Open & Handicap), Pairs and
Fours, close on the date set for the opening of the green, and members taking
part are requested to refer to the Club Notice Boards for the closing date for
playing ties. Information on all other competitions – Entry Dates etc. will be
posted on Notice Boards.
Please Note: Greys/Whites must be worn for every round of each competition.
All Club Competitions MUST be completed by the date shown, both participants
being responsible for arranging ties. In the event of a tie not being played, both
parties will be scratched. If unable to agree on dates, then it must be referred to
the Match Secretary 7 days before closing date of competition. He/she will
arrange a date for the competition to be played. Exceptions to this rule being:
(a) Green is unfit for play due to inclement weather. (b) Due to illness or
bereavement. (c) If any competitor is playing in Scottish Bowling Association
Competitions.
All Competitions must be booked in the desk diary. Competitors to be responsible
for arranging own markers. In the event of bad weather interrupting a competition,
providing it cannot be continued, it shall be completed on the next
available day from the end that was last played.
The various rounds in the competitions must be concluded within the time limits
fixed by the Match Committees. Due notice of these times shall be posted on
the Club Notice Boards and will be strictly adhered to. The Match Committees
have control over all competitions and have the power to scratch defaulters.
Their decision is final.
No ties to be played on Saturday afternoons or Monday Hat Nights except by
permission of the Joint Match Committee.
Players who fail to arrive at the arranged starting time may be allowed a 15
minute period of grace. If, after this time, the player Is not on the Green ready
to commence play, his/her opponent will be awarded the tie.
There will be no bounce games played during the Ladies’ and Gents’ Club
Championship Singles Finals.
SUBSTITUTES
Single: No substitute.
Pairs: One substitute allowed up to but not including the final. Substitutes
who play in more than one round to carry on through to final.
Triples: Two substitutes allowed up to but not including the final.
Substitutes who play in more than one round to carry on through to
final.
Fours: Two substitutes allowed up to but not including the final. Substitutes
who play in more than one round to carry on through to final.
Appropriate Match Committee to provide the Fours substitutes (if
available).
Substitutes must be members who have not already participated in the competition.
Substitutes will not be allowed to take over as Skip. Players who participate in
the first game will be considered as the official team in any competition. Protests
or disputes shall fall to be considered and disposed of by the Appropriate Match
Committee whose decision shall be final.
Members who scratch from their first game in any competition will be deemed
to be an entry and will not be eligible to act as substitutes in that competition.
BOUNCE GAMES
NORMAL PLAYING TIMES
The Green is open for play every day (subject to Green Maintenance, Weather
and Match Committee Requirements).
Daily: No play before 11.00am.
Monday to Friday: No ties to be played between 2pm and 4pm (Unless rinks
are available). 1 rink is reserved for bounce games from 4pm.
Tuesday and Thursday: Allocation of rinks – 3 for Gents and 3 for Ladies.
Sunday: A maximum of 3 rinks may be booked for ties between 2pm and 4pm.
Seniors Matches and Ladies Matches are played on certain afternoons which will
reduce the availability of rinks on those days – see Fixture Lists and Notice Boards.
Bounce rinks involving visitors shall not be permitted in evenings until competition
congestion has been eased.
Visitors names must be entered in the desk diary at all times.
1. Title
The Club shall be designated “The Aberdeen Bowling Club”, Aberdeen
incorporating Carlton Ladies Bowling Club. The purpose of the club shall be the
provision of facilities for the game of lawn bowling under the rules of the World
Bowls Board.
The Club is a non-profit making organisation. All profits and surpluses will be used
to improve the Club’s facilities. No profit or surplus will be distributed other than to
another non-profit making body or to members on winding up or dissolution of the
Club.
2. Constitution
The Aberdeen Bowling Club shall consist of four classes of members, viz.
Honorary, Ordinary, Associate and Temporary Members. The number of
Ordinary Members shall not exceed 220.
3. Membership
(a) Honorary Members
The election of Honorary Members shall be made on the recommendation of the
General Committee to an Annual General Meeting in recognition of their long
and valued services to the Club. They shall have the same rights and privileges
and be subject to the same Rules as Ordinary Members except that they shall
have no interest in the property or assets of the Club and no voting rights.
Honorary Members shall not be required to pay an Entry Fee or Annual
Subscription.
(b) Ordinary Members
The General Committee shall consider and decide upon application for membership.
Membership shall be open to all and cannot be refused without good reason.
Any application for membership which is rejected will have the right to appeal
and be heard before a committee.
The admission of a member shall be immediately notified by the General
Secretary, whereupon the Entry Fee and Annual Subscription shall at once
become due and on payment will be held to have signified submission to the
Rules of the Club.
Membership of Aberdeen Bowling Club precludes membership of any other
private SBA affiliated outdoor bowling club in Aberdeen.
Ordinary Membership shall be confined to persons who are 18 years or over.
Junior Membership shall be for under 18 year olds.
A person given the Freedom of the Green has been given the highest honour to
be bestowed on an Ordinary Member of the Club and will continue to be a
member without the requirement of paying a subscription.
(c) Associate Members
The admission of such Members shall be vested in the General Committee and
they shall have the same rights and privileges and be subject to the same Rules
as Honorary and Ordinary Members except that they shall have no right to play
on the Green or to vote at any meeting of the Club. To become an Associate
Member of Aberdeen Bowling Club such Ordinary Members must have a
minimum of ten years Ordinary Membership.
(d) Temporary Members
(i) Members of other Bowling Clubs or Bowling Associations who are attending
a meeting, tournament or taking part in a representative match or open
competition at the Club’s Green shall be admitted as temporary members for the
duration of the meeting, the day of the match or the period of the competition
without payment of a subscription.
(ii) A Member except a temporary member may Introduce a guest who shall not
use the Green more often than once a month except with the prior approval of
at least five members of the General Committee.
4. Subscriptions
(a) The General Committee shall recommend to the Annual General Meeting the
amount of Entry Money and of Subscriptions for Ordinary and Associate
Members for the current year and these shall be fixed by the Meeting following
consideration of such recommendation.
(b) Annual Subscriptions shall become payable approximately 14 days before
1st April each year, at a time and date decided by the Treasurer, any member
whose subscription remains unpaid after 1st April shall be considered to be in
arrears. The Treasurer shall advise any Member who is in arrears. Members
whose subscription remains unpaid after 1st April shall be deemed to have
resigned their membership.
(c) Any members wishing to resign from membership should give written notice
to the Secretary before the date of the Annual General Meeting.
5. Management
The management of the affairs of the Club shall be vested in a Committee to be
known as The General Committee and to be appointed at the Annual General
Meeting.
It shall consist of:
(a) The President, Senior Vice-President, Junior Vice-President, Immediate
Past President, General Secretary. Gents Match Secretary, Ladies Match
Secretary, Ladies Convener and the Treasurer. These, with the exception of the
immediate Past President, constitute the Office-bearers .
(b) An Assistant Secretary, a Seniors Convener, a Green Convener, a Property
Convener and a Catering Convener shall be elected at the Annual General
Meeting and will form part of the General Committee.
(c) A sufficient number of Ordinary Members to bring the total membership of the
Committee to eighteen. Seven persons shall form a quorum.
(d) Casual vacancies in the Committee may be filled by the General Committee.
(e) The Secretary shall keep a Minute Book conduct all correspondence and call
Meetings of the Committee as and when directed by the Committee.
(f) The Treasurer shall keep a record of all transactions and shall account for all
monies entrusted to him/her. All Bank Accounts in the name of the Club shall be
operated on by the Treasurer or by the President.
6. Match Committees
All Competitions and Matches shall be under the control of the relevant match
committee viz:
The Gents Match Committee consisting of the Gents Match Secretary, the
Seniors Convener and four Ordinary Gentlemen Members.
The Ladies Match Committee consisting of the Ladies Match Secretary, the
A.D.L.B.A. Representative and four Ordinary Lady Members
The Joint Match Committee consisting of the Gents Match Secretary, the
Ladies Match Secretary and two Members from each of the above Committees.
For meetings of the committees the quorum shall be four.
The President or in his/her absence, the Senior Vice-President shall be
considered an ex officio member of ALL Match Committees.
7. Sub-Committee
The General Committee may delegate any specific powers and duties to a
SubCommittee and may recall such delegation. All Sub-Committees shall
appoint the Conveners from their own number and the President, Vice-President
and Secretary shall be considered ex officio Members.
8. General Meeting
(a) The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held during the month of
February when the Report by the Secretary and the Treasurer's Financial
Statement will be presented and any other competent business conducted.
(b) On the instructions of the General Committee, or upon receipt of a written
requisition signed by not fewer than twenty Members, whose subscriptions are
not in arrears, a Special General Meeting of the Club shall be convened by the
Secretary. The business to be discussed shall appear on the notice calling the
Meeting which shall be held within twenty-one days of receipt of any such
requisition.
(c) Not less than five days clear notice after date of despatch shall be given of
the calling of any General Meeting. Twenty Ordinary Members shall form a
quorum at a General Meeting.
9. Expulsion
On the recommendation of the General Committee a Special General Meeting
shall have the power by a majority of not less than two-thirds of those present
and voting to expel from the Club any Member for any reason which the Meeting
shall consider sufficient. Any Member so expelled shall forfeit all claims upon the
property of the Club.
10. Procedure at Meetings
The President, whom failing the Vice-President, shall preside at all Meetings of
the Club or of the General Committee. In their absence any Member appointed
by the Meeting shall take the Chair. In cases of equality in voting the Chairman
shall have the casting vote.
11. Accounts
The financial year of the Club shall end on 31 December each year. Two
Ordinary Members of the Club, not being Members of the General Committee
shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting as Auditors.
12. Winter Session
The Club in General Meeting may resolve to conduct a Winter Session for its
Members and shall fix the subscription and decide the conditions under which it
shall be arranged and managed.
13. Property of the Club
The title to the heritable property belonging to the Club shall be vested in the
name of the President, the Vice-President and the Secretary of the Club for the
time being and their successors in office as Trustees on behalf of the Club. They
shall hold the subjects as Trustees on behalf of the debenture holders primo
loco and for the members of the Club present and future as proprietors in
reversion. The Trustees shall have the power to sell by Public Recoup or Private
Bargain, but such power shall be exercised only subject to the rights of the
debenture holders and after approval by the Club following a special General
Meeting and on the recommendation of the General Committee. The Trustees
shall further have the power following on a recommendation of the General
Committee and a Special General Meeting of the Club to borrow money on the
security of the heritable property of the Club and to grant all usual and
necessary Writs to secure such borrowed money, but without prejudice always
to any existing securities for debenture or other sums already borrowed. No
such security writs granted by the said Trustees shall infer any personal liability
on the Trustees or Members d the Committee as individuals in respect thereof.
The General Committee of the Club shall, however, have recourse against
Members of the Club from any obligations for which they as office-bearers may
have made themselves liable on behalf of the Club.
14. Interpretation
The General Committee shall have the sole right to interpret these Rules and
give directions on any unforeseen circumstances.
15. Alteration to Rules
No alteration of the foregoing Rules or any of them shall be made except at an
Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting of the Club called
specifically for that purpose and fourteen clear days of any proposed alteration
shall be given before such a Meeting and no alteration shall be made except by
a majority of two thirds of the Members present and voting.
HAT NIGHTS
Weekly Competitions will be held on Monday evenings, places and rinks to be
drawn by lot. Members must play in the position drawn, except the Skip, who will
have the option of changing with any other Member in the rink.
Play to commence at 7.00pm in June and July, and 6.45pm in May and August.
In September, members will go on the Green in order of arrival. Rinks and
places will be drawn for.
CLUB MATCHES
Members wishing to take part in any Club Match must append their names to
the sheet provided for this purpose on the Club Notice Boards.
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Entries for the following competitions, Singles (Open & Handicap), Pairs and
Fours, close on the date set for the opening of the green, and members taking
part are requested to refer to the Club Notice Boards for the closing date for
playing ties. Information on all other competitions – Entry Dates etc. will be
posted on Notice Boards.
Please Note: Greys/Whites must be worn for every round of each competition.
All Club Competitions MUST be completed by the date shown, both participants
being responsible for arranging ties. In the event of a tie not being played, both
parties will be scratched. If unable to agree on dates, then it must be referred to
the Match Secretary 7 days before closing date of competition. He/she will
arrange a date for the competition to be played. Exceptions to this rule being:
(a) Green is unfit for play due to inclement weather. (b) Due to illness or
bereavement. (c) If any competitor is playing in Scottish Bowling Association
Competitions.
All Competitions must be booked in the desk diary. Competitors to be responsible
for arranging own markers. In the event of bad weather interrupting a competition,
providing it cannot be continued, it shall be completed on the next
available day from the end that was last played.
The various rounds in the competitions must be concluded within the time limits
fixed by the Match Committees. Due notice of these times shall be posted on
the Club Notice Boards and will be strictly adhered to. The Match Committees
have control over all competitions and have the power to scratch defaulters.
Their decision is final.
No ties to be played on Saturday afternoons or Monday Hat Nights except by
permission of the Joint Match Committee.
Players who fail to arrive at the arranged starting time may be allowed a 15
minute period of grace. If, after this time, the player Is not on the Green ready
to commence play, his/her opponent will be awarded the tie.
There will be no bounce games played during the Ladies’ and Gents’ Club
Championship Singles Finals.
SUBSTITUTES
Single: No substitute.
Pairs: One substitute allowed up to but not including the final. Substitutes
who play in more than one round to carry on through to final.
Triples: Two substitutes allowed up to but not including the final.
Substitutes who play in more than one round to carry on through to
final.
Fours: Two substitutes allowed up to but not including the final. Substitutes
who play in more than one round to carry on through to final.
Appropriate Match Committee to provide the Fours substitutes (if
available).
Substitutes must be members who have not already participated in the competition.
Substitutes will not be allowed to take over as Skip. Players who participate in
the first game will be considered as the official team in any competition. Protests
or disputes shall fall to be considered and disposed of by the Appropriate Match
Committee whose decision shall be final.
Members who scratch from their first game in any competition will be deemed
to be an entry and will not be eligible to act as substitutes in that competition.
BOUNCE GAMES
NORMAL PLAYING TIMES
The Green is open for play every day (subject to Green Maintenance, Weather
and Match Committee Requirements).
Daily: No play before 11.00am.
Monday to Friday: No ties to be played between 2pm and 4pm (Unless rinks
are available). 1 rink is reserved for bounce games from 4pm.
Tuesday and Thursday: Allocation of rinks – 3 for Gents and 3 for Ladies.
Sunday: A maximum of 3 rinks may be booked for ties between 2pm and 4pm.
Seniors Matches and Ladies Matches are played on certain afternoons which will
reduce the availability of rinks on those days – see Fixture Lists and Notice Boards.
Bounce rinks involving visitors shall not be permitted in evenings until competition
congestion has been eased.
Visitors names must be entered in the desk diary at all times.
