Surrey Golf YearBook 2017 | Page 24

MEMBERSHIP Affiliated Clubs 106 + 5 Artisan Clubs During the year Beaverbrook GC, Braeside GS and Reigate Heath Artisans became affiliated to the County. CENTENARIES No Surrey Club will celebrate their Centenary until the year 2024. Royal Mid-Surrey will be celebrating their 125th anniversary in 2017. SUBSCRIPTIONS The subscriptions for 2017 have already been notified to Clubs and these remain as last year at £16.25 per male playing member made up as follows: £8.00 to Surrey Golf £8.25 to England Golf. Juniors will pay only £6.00 to Surrey Golf instead of £8.00. Members belonging to two or more Surrey Clubs will only pay one County affiliation fee. COUNTY CARD SCHEME A few years ago, it was agreed that, in order to stimulate green fee income, and to give added value to membership of a Surrey Club, a free county card would be given to all Surrey Club non-junior golfing members. This has proved most popular, and will continue in 2017. The county card meetings were again well supported, giving Surrey members an opportunity to play the best courses in the county under competition conditions. ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING This will be held at Tyrells Wood Golf Club at 7pm on Wednesday 22nd March 2017 THE GOLFING YEAR FROM THE COUNTY SECRETARY Once again Surrey County participated fully in the inter-county matches and tournaments organised by the South East Group. Matches are now played against local counties at every age-group as well as first team and seniors levels. As a result of our junior coaching programmes, the standard of our junior elite players continues to improve, with a number of them representing their country, and with even more winning scholarships to USA universities 2016 was the year