1. The name of the Club is Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club.
2. The objects of the Club are the encouragement of the game of Contract Bridge and other social activities consistent therewith.

1. Every candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by members of the Club. The applicant's full name and address with the name of the proposer and seconder shall be communicated in writing to the Membership Secretary. Until the applicant is elected as a member, he or she shall not be entitled to any of the privileges of the Club.
2. All membership application forms received by the Membership Secretary shall be displayed in a prominent place on the notice board at the club for a minimum of two weeks.
3. Any member wishing to object to an application for membership should notify the Membership Secretary in writing.
4. The Membership sub-committee should meet two weeks following the placement of a membership application on the notice board, or as soon as convenient thereafter. The applicant will be advised of his application acceptance or refusal. In declining the application the committee shall not be obliged to give a reason.
5. In considering applications for membership the Committee shall have regard to the playing facilities available, and may from time to time decide that the club shall be closed to new applications for membership for such period as it may decide.
6. A member shall cease to be a member of the Club immediately if expelled from the Club under the provisions of clause 8.4, or if his or her resignation in writing is delivered to the Secretary. Membership may be deemed to have ceased if the membership subscription has not been renewed within one month of the due date.

1. Full accounts of the financial affairs of the Club duly and properly certified by the Auditor, shall be produced to every member of the Club attending the Annual General Meeting [A.G.M.] and a copy of such accounts shall be displayed on the Club Notice Board for a period of not less than 3 months, commencing 14 days before the date of the A.G.M..
2. The A.G.M. of the Club shall be held in October or November of each year. At the A.G.M., the following business shall be conducted:-

1. Presentation and, if accepted, passing of the accounts for the previous financial year, ending on the 31st day of August prior to the Meeting, which accounts shall have been audited by the Club’s auditor.
2. The election of the Officers and Committee.
3. The election of an auditor.
4. Such other business as shall have been communicated to the Honorary Secretary and included in the Notice of Meeting sent to members.
5. Such other business as may be determined by the members, and approved by the Committee.

3. The nominees for all committee posts, including existing officers, must be proposed and seconded at least fourteen (14) days prior to A.G.M. A form for this purpose will be displayed on the notice board by the secretary at least six (6) weeks prior to the A.G.M. In the event that no nomination is made for a position, then a nomination for that position can be made from the floor at the A.G.M.
4. An Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened at anytime. Such meeting shall be convened within twenty one days of the requisition of one-fifth of the members of the Club for the time being, or 50 members, whichever is the less. Such requisition must state the purpose for which such meeting is required.
5. Twenty one day’s clear notice of all General Meetings shall be given by the Honorary Secretary or his Deputy to any person entitled to attend. The accidental omission to give notice is not to invalidate the proceedings of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place and date and time of the meeting, and shall indicate the nature of the business to be transacted. All resolutions – and any proposed amendments - by members for debate at the General Meeting, shall be notified in writing to the Secretary or his Deputy at least fourteen days before the meeting. These will then be displayed on the Club notice-board, prior to the meeting.
6. The business at a General Meeting shall be limited to that provided by these rules, and such further matters set out in the notice convening the meeting. The quorum at any General Meeting shall be one-sixth of the membership of the Club, or fifteen members, whichever shall be the less. The quorum at an Extraordinary General Meeting shall not be less than fifty members. If such a quorum is not achieved, the Extraordinary General Meeting shall be re-scheduled at the Committee’s discretion, at which time a quorum shall be one-sixth of the membership of the Club, or fifteen members, whichever shall be the less.
7. Each General Meeting of the Club shall have equal status in passing, amending, or overturning resolutions determined at previous General Meetings. At all General Meetings of the Club every subscribing member shall be entitled to be present, and to give one vote and no more on any question. In the event of parity of voting the Chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote but bearing in mind the Status Quo.
8. The Chairman of the Club shall preside at all meetings of the Club or its Committee. The Committee shall determine a deputy Chairman, to act in this role if the Chairman shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, or has signified his inability to be present at the meeting.
9. No alteration or addition to these rules shall be made, except by resolution carried by a majority of the members present at a General Meeting, the notice of which shall contain particulars of the proposed alterations or additions.
10. If at any General Meeting a resolution for the dissolution of the Club shall be passed by a majority of at least three-quarters of the members present, and if at a special General Meeting held not less than six weeks thereafter (of which not less than three week’s written notice shall have been given to each member), and at which not less than one-half of the members shall be present, that resolution shall be confirmed by resolution passed by a majority of two-thirds of the members voting thereon, the Committee shall thereafter, or at such future date as shall be specified in such resolution, proceed to realise the property of the Club. After the discharge of liabilities the Committee shall divide the same rateably, in proportion to each current member’s length of membership (using ‘best endeavours’ to determine such earlier membership, where records held are limited in this regard) among the ordinary and life members, and upon completion of such division, the Club shall be dissolved.

1. The management of the Club shall be entrusted to a Committee consisting of a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Tournament Director, Membership Secretary and other members of the Club. These are to be elected at the A.G.M. to serve until the following A.G.M. The Committee shall meet at times to be determined but in any case not less than 4 times each year and at all meetings of the Committee 5 shall form a quorum. All members of the Committee shall be honorary. Meetings of the Committee shall be called by notifying all members of the committee in advance, together with a proposed agenda for the meeting.
2. The Committee may from time to time make, repeal and amend bye-laws and regulations (not inconsistent with these rules) as they shall think expedient for the management and well-being of the Club. All bye-laws and regulations made by the Committee under this section shall be binding upon the members until repealed by the Committee, or set aside by resolution of a General Meeting of the Club.
3. The Committee shall draw up and periodically review levels of authorisation of financial transactions appropriate for specific office-holders and sub-committees. Any transactions above these levels shall require a majority decision of the full committee.
4. The committee has the power to form appropriate sub-committees to deal with specific items of business.
5. The Committee shall have power at any time to fill any casual vacancy within the Committee.
6. The Club premises shall be open to members on such days and between such hours, as the Committee shall from time to time determine. The Committee may close the Club premises for such times as they deem necessary for cleaning, repairs or renovation, or other related purposes.
7. All games of bridge in the Club shall be conducted in accordance with the laws relating to duplicate bridge as laid down by the English Bridge Union, subject to any specific variation(s) to these proposed by the Tournament Director and approved by the Committee.
8. The Committee shall be the sole authority for the interpretation of these rules. The decision of the Committee upon any question or of interpretation of these rules, or upon any matter affecting the Club and not provided for by these rules, shall be final and binding on all members.

1. No person shall be entitled to receive at the expense of the Club (or of any member thereof) any commission, percentage, or some other payment or gift to members of the Club, apart from any benefit accruing to the Club as a whole. This clause shall not preclude the Committee from exercising its discretion in special circumstances, in relation to low-value gifts in recognition of exceptional service to the Club.
2. No money or property of the Club or any gain arising from the running of the Club shall be applied otherwise than for the benefit of the Club as a whole or for some charitable purpose chosen by the Committee of the Club.
3. If at any time the Club in General Meeting shall pass a resolution authorising the Committee to borrow money within a set limit, the Committee shall thereby be empowered to seek loan facilities for the Club within the terms of such resolution. The finalised terms of – and security for - any such loans, shall be approved by the Club in General Meeting before being entered into. Thereupon the Committee shall at its discretion make all such dispositions of the Club property or any part thereof and enter into such agreements in relation thereto as the Committee may deem proper for giving security for such loans and interest. All members of the Club whether voting on such resolution or not and all persons becoming members of the Club after the passing of such a resolution shall be deemed to have assented to the same as if they had voted in favour of such resolution.

6.1 The table fee shall be such as the Committee may from time to time determine. The annual subscription shall also be determined from time to time by the Committee. Subscriptions shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Honorary Treasurer of the Club. Subscriptions shall be due for payment by the first day of September in each year in respect of the year to the following August. Unless the Committee decides otherwise, any member whose subscription remains unpaid one month after the due date shall pay table money at the rate applicable to visitors until his or her subscription has been paid in full.

6.2 The Committee may determine variations on the basic amount of subscriptions and table money for members, guests and visitors in different circumstances, and may waive subscriptions or table money in the event of hardship or for any other good cause.

6.3 The Committee may determine from time to time the amount of fees to be charged for use of the premises or equipment of the Club.

7.1 Visitors and guests may play at the club at the discretion of the committee but not if their membership application has been previously been declined, or if they have been expelled from the club.

7.2 Any member may invite a guest to play at the club at any time, but in the event of the playing facilities being inadequate to accommodate all those who wish to play, priority shall be given to members.

7.3 Visitors may be permitted to play at the Club at any time, but in the event of the playing facilities being inadequate to accommodate all those who wish to play, priority shall be given to members and the guests of members.

7.4 The Committee, if it deems it appropriate, may place a limit on the number of occasions which a non-member (whether a guest or visitor) may play at the Club without being required to apply for membership.

7.5 If such a limit is for the time being in force, a non-member who has applied for membership shall (subject to available playing facilities) be permitted to play at the Club until his application for membership has been considered by the Committee, even if the limit imposed by the Committee is thereby exceeded

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