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2022 AGM & Committee Meeting

The 2022 AGM was held on Saturday 7

January 2023 at South Newton Village Hall, Salisbury

commencing at 1pm. Apologies were given from those members that were unable to attend.

The minutes of the 2021 AGM were passed and there were no matters arising. The Club Accounts were all

in order and were passed.

We received 185 resignations which were accepted with regret, which included our Irish members who at

this present time are unable to fly with us and also 10 members who sadly passed away during the 2022

season.

As it was the end of 2022 business all offices were declared vacant and Jill Rogers kindly stood in as

temporary Chairman. The 2023 BBC Committee and Officials are as follows: President – Jill Rogers,

Chairman – Bill Knox, Life Vice Presidents as before they are Mrs Hazel Hooper, Mrs Ingrid Jurd,

Roger Hurst, Chris King, Dave Whitefield, Nigel Rigiani, Roy Ferriman and Richard Green. Life Vice

Presidents serving on Committee – Chris King, Committee – Martin Norman, Clive Rogers, Mark

Gilbert and Don Harvey. Secretary/ Treasurer – Clare Norman, Auditor - Jill Rogers.

The result of the ballot is as follows: 28 ballot papers were returned with 4 not counted as unsigned.

Proposition 1 – 17 For 7 Against & Propostion 2 – 14 For 10 Against.

Finally, permission was given to destroy old documents and the AGM closed at 1.35pm.

Just to confirm the race dates and marking stations for 2023.

OB Race – Saturday 20

May – WADEBRIDGE £2.75 per bird

OB Race – Saturday 3

June – GUERNSEY £3.50 per bird

OB Race – Saturday 24

June – MESSAC £4.00 per bird

OB Race – Friday 30

June - PAU (with NFC) (birdage cost to be confirmed)

OB Race – Friday 7

July – BARCELONA International (£9.50)

OB Race – Saturday 15

July – BORDEAUX OPEN RACE £6.00 per bird

Young Bird Race - Saturday 26

August – GUERNSEY £3.50 per bird

Old Bird Any Age Race - Saturday 26

August – GUERNSEY £3.50 per bird

Marking Stations are:

WADEBRIDGE & GUERNSEY OB RACES – Bovingdon, Brighton, Frome, Rugeley & Southampton.

GUERNSEY YB/AA RACES - Bovingdon, Brighton, Frome, Rugeley, Southampton & Steventon.

MESSAC & BORDEAUX RACES – Frome, Higham, Rugeley (evening before), Southampton &

Steventon.

PAU – NFC marking station to be used & BARCELONA - BICC marking station (Sunbury) to be used.

Any help at the marking stations would be greatly appreciated by all members as some marking days will

be busier than others due to the paperwork involved.

Clare Norman. Tel: 023 8057 3919 Email:

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133 Laundry Road, Shirley Warren, Southampton, SO16 6AR.

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