I think most members will appreciate the situation if it’s explained to them.
Or the members write to their MP and demand they work to stop it happening. Because if what might happen to our clubs after March happens across business then there are going to be a lot of businesses temporarily closing their doors or indeed collapsing and closing for good.
Can’t answer that without getting political.
I know, so I won’t comment on political angles of it, but it might be pretty much all that we as members of the public can do to keep our clubhouses, and for some their clubs, open (unless we all stick money into the hat to pay the bills).
Let’s be brutally honest golf is a luxury an expensive one. ( depending on your view, sport 24/7 365 days.)
And when you add up all the total expenses of playing golf.....membership, drinks, lost balls, new equipment, new jumpers, more....more.....more.... they are probably right.
Clubhouse is just a pub on a golf course !
I’ve no doubt in my mind that they will appreciate the situation. However, many golfers were new to the sport post lockdown and won’t have the historical connection with their club for that to have much sway when it comes to weighing up their own financial situation.
As long as it’s not Nuclear fall outDear Mr Putin. Hop it!
He wrote back. But it's too rude to reproduce here!
I was talking to a committee member this week. We currently have a waiting list of about 50. When next year's subs are announced, I wonder what the fall out will be?
That’s true by choices I.e. clubs ball etc.
Interesting and very well attended members meeting last night looking at proposals for clubhouse.
Main constraints are planning (as we are in a highly protected rural area) and funding (obviously) so plans are cautious, as they have to be. Planning effectively rules out building a new clubhouse in either a new location or indeed the current one. We are advised that costs associated with putting together proposals and a planning application would take years and costs a packet - with a very high risk of failure. Besides in the current and foreseeable financial environment a new clubhouse is unaffordable unless a fairy godmother comes along and sprinkles the club with stardust.
One thing that came out of the meeting was the horrendous potential increase in power and gas as we have just come off a fixed rate. Prior to the recently announced government cap the best we could get was a 6-fold increase. If we were paying £30,000 a year - go figure...
The thing is...it appears that for the club the current government cap on power rate is only until end March 2023...so not the two year cap that applies to residential usage. We have no guidance from suppliers as to what might happen after then, and so we have to assume that the 6-fold increase over our old rate previously provided could kick in. And as much as we might have been trading the last few years with a decent enough surplus that would be wiped out. We would have to have a good look at our clubhouse plans.
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