PRESENT: D.F, T.H, J.G, P.F, M.M, L.W, M.C, M.S, D.G-M, C.D, C.M, T.M, P.B.

Today’s meeting was chaired by the Cardinal, due to the absence of the Chair. He began by welcoming back the Laird after his adventures down under. The Laird tearfully replied that he was glad to be back in the fold after an exhausting flight and a restless night with broken sleep.

RESULTS: There was only one 2 posted by Herbie on the 4th. He scooped a total of £5.20, which included the rollover from last week. DoD was poor dejected 😩 Kwok with a miserable 😭 24 points. Joint DD’oD were Dewy and the Geezer with 29 points apiece. The runners up were Johnnie, Scuttler and 2Beers with 37 points each. Today’s joint winners were the triumphant Brains and Herbie with a magnificent 38 points apiece.

FINANCE: £5.10 was collected in swears.

TOASTS: To Lee Westwood for securing the HSBC Trophy 🏆 in Abu Dhabi.
To the England cricket team for their victory in the third test against South Africa 🇿🇦.

LAST WEEKS MINUTES ACCEPTED IN THEIR ENTIRETY.

There were no matters arising.

AOB: The Laird was shattered to discover that in last week’s minutes, the Chair intimated that he was ready to throw in the towel and relinquish his role as Chair of the organisation. He was informed that the idea proposed by the Chair for an annual election of a captain 👩‍✈️ to replace the Chair, would be thoroughly discussed at the forthcoming AGM and that if the current Chair was serious about moving to the back benches, he would be required to formally submit his resignation in a plain brown envelope.
* Members were reminded that the AGM will be next Monday 27 Jan.
* Shagpile revealed that there are now 10 names entered for the overnighter at 🦊 Foxton.
* The Cardinal informed the group that 7 punters had shown an interest in the Blyth trip on 20 March.

There being no further business, the meeting closed amicably at 1.15pm.

Burt Kwok.