Lapsed handicaps and re-instatement
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From: John Laird on 3 Aug 2006 12:40 Denis Cary wrote: > "Sam" <SAMJ(a)WOODhyphenHALLdotDEMONdotCO.dotUK> wrote in message > news:easg94$sjg$1$8302bc10(a)news.demon.co.uk... > > John, > > > > Could you please point me to the particular regulation/decision that > > allows a club to insist that a player have as his home club, the one at > > which he plays most of his golf. > > Surely a club can make its own rules, one of which could well be that to > be a member the home club must be this one. If a club wishes to administer official handicaps, then it has to abide by the rules of the governing body. It can administer its own handicaps according to any rules it cares to make up, but they won't be official handicaps. I could not find anything in the CONGU UHS information as published on their web site, and the phrase "plays most of his golf" is open to wide interpretation and abuse. But I would be surprised to find John mistaken. It will be interesting to learn where this has come from. -- "My brain hurts."
From: Denis Cary on 3 Aug 2006 14:05 "John Laird" <lairdy(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1154623236.100313.152390(a)h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Denis Cary wrote: >> "Sam" <SAMJ(a)WOODhyphenHALLdotDEMONdotCO.dotUK> wrote in message >> news:easg94$sjg$1$8302bc10(a)news.demon.co.uk... >> > John, >> > >> > Could you please point me to the particular regulation/decision that >> > allows a club to insist that a player have as his home club, the one at >> > which he plays most of his golf. >> >> Surely a club can make its own rules, one of which could well be that to >> be a member the home club must be this one. > > If a club wishes to administer official handicaps, then it has to abide > by the rules of the governing body. It can administer its own > handicaps according to any rules it cares to make up, but they won't be > official handicaps. > > I could not find anything in the CONGU UHS information as published on > their web site, and the phrase "plays most of his golf" is open to wide > interpretation and abuse. But I would be surprised to find John > mistaken. It will be interesting to learn where this has come from. > > -- > "My brain hurts." > My point was that a condition of membership was that the handicap be held here The question of can the club prevent his home club being elsewhere does not arise as the person will not be admitted as a member Denis
From: Crispin Roche on 3 Aug 2006 15:39 On 3 Aug 2006 09:40:36 -0700, "John Laird" <lairdy(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Denis Cary wrote: >> "Sam" <SAMJ(a)WOODhyphenHALLdotDEMONdotCO.dotUK> wrote in message >> news:easg94$sjg$1$8302bc10(a)news.demon.co.uk... >> > John, >> > >> > Could you please point me to the particular regulation/decision that >> > allows a club to insist that a player have as his home club, the one at >> > which he plays most of his golf. >> >> Surely a club can make its own rules, one of which could well be that to >> be a member the home club must be this one. > >If a club wishes to administer official handicaps, then it has to abide >by the rules of the governing body. It can administer its own >handicaps according to any rules it cares to make up, but they won't be >official handicaps. > >I could not find anything in the CONGU UHS information as published on >their web site, and the phrase "plays most of his golf" is open to wide >interpretation and abuse. But I would be surprised to find John >mistaken. It will be interesting to learn where this has come from. Doesn't the CONGU scheme just say that if a player is a member of more than one affiliated club then the player has to select one club as his home club and then inform all the others. No mention of how often they play at an individual club Crispin Roche
From: John Laird on 4 Aug 2006 04:34 Denis Cary wrote: > My point was that a condition of membership was that the handicap be > held here The question of can the club prevent his home club being elsewhere > does not arise as the person will not be admitted as a member My apologies, Denis. I must learn not to read and write to newsgroups in a rush ! In that respect, you are probably right. However, I would think it is outside the spirit of the CONGU rules. If every club insisted on the same criteria, no-one could be a member of more than club. My own club stipulates that a member may not also be a member of another local club, but is happy with what might be "country" membership. Many people in my locality have second or holiday homes in Wales and I would expect many are also members at clubs there, for example. -- "Flirt: A woman who thinks it's every man for herself."
From: John Laird on 4 Aug 2006 04:41
Crispin Roche wrote: > Doesn't the CONGU scheme just say that if a player is a member of more > than one affiliated club then the player has to select one club as his > home club and then inform all the others. No mention of how often > they play at an individual club. That's my interpretation, too. -- "Free advice is worth every cent." |