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1. The Society shall be called the St Peter and St Paul Golfing Society. It shall be open to parishioners and others from the neighbouring parishes with Honorary Life Members, Honorary Members and Associate Members.

2. The objects of the Society are to bring together golfing members of the Catholic Community to compete for trophies presented to the society, to create a better social life for it's members, to benefit deserving causes and to play matches against other Societies and Clubs.

3. The annual subscription and entrance fee shall be approved annually at the Annual General Meeting of the Society payable in advance and due on the 1st March and must be paid before competing for any of the trophies. Any member whose subscription is unpaid on 31st March shall cease to be a member and his or her name shall be erased from the records of the Society, but may be reinstated at the discretion of the Committee on payment of the arrears.

4. Membership will be open to people who are associated with the Lincoln Catholic Deanery. The Society shall be empowered to elect in general meetings Honorary Life Members, Honorary Members and Associate Members. Candidates for membership must be proposed by one member and seconded by another.

Both proposer and seconder must have held membership for a minimum of one year. The election shall he vested solely in the Committee, four members to form a quorum.

5. The Management of the Society shall consist of The President, The Chairman, The Captain, The Honorary Secretary / Treasurer, the Vice Captain and 1 other committee member, one of whom plus the Captain shall retire annually by rotation and in order of seniority and shall not be eligible for re-election for a period of less than one year from the date of the A-G-M. In the case of equal seniority the Committee shall determine the order of retirement.

6. The Annual General Meeting of the Society for the transaction of ordinary business and for the election of officers and Committee shall he held in February each year.

7. Any nomination for President, Chairman, Captain, officers and members of the Committee shall have a proposer and a seconder and shall reach the secretary within 14 clear days of the date of the A.G.M.

8. The notice convening the annual general meeting shall be forwarded to all members within 21 clear days of the date, together with a statement of accounts.

9. The Committee meetings shall be called at the discretion of the President, Captain, Chairman or Honorary Secretary .The Honorary Secretary shall take correct minutes of all meetings and a copy shall be sent to all members of the Committee as soon as possible after the date of the meeting.

10. All trophies are the property of the Society and are perpetual trophies. They can only be held for one year and each year the holders name will be inscribed on the plinth by the Society. The holders must deliver up the trophies each year before or on the date of the appropriate competition. The holders of the trophies shall be responsible for the insurance of the same.

No competitor shall win more than one prize in any one competition or combination of competitors based on the same scorecard for any one round.

11. Each member entering for a competition shall acquaint the Honorary Secretary of his/her handicap and in the event of being a member of more than one club the lowest handicap must be stated. The committee has power to adjust the handicap of any member playing in a competition and members of the committee present shall deal with any dispute that may arise on the day of the competition and their decision shall be final. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed winners in any competition shall be handicapped by 3, 2, and 1 strokes respectively in subsequent competitions.

12. The committee shall have power to make regulation and By-laws in accordance with these rules and to settle disputed points not otherwise provided for by these rules.

13. These rules shall not be altered in any way unless at an extraordinary general meeting which must be convened for that purpose. The notice convening the meeting shall be sent to all members within 21 days of the meeting detailing motions to be discussed.

14. All competitions shall be played in accordance with the rules of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Any unbecoming behaviour on or off the course shall be the subject of a disciplinary procedure by the committee.

15. Individual prizes must not exceed the retail value of £110 or as amended from time to time by the R & A.