Freuchie Cricket Club

1.  The Club shall be called "Freuchie Cricket Club".

2.  The aims of the Club shall be the promotion, development, practice and playing of the game of cricket and, subject to the terms noted below, the provision of social facilities within the Club to the Members of the Club.

3. Membership of the Club shall be open to any person. The proposed Member’s name and address shall be displayed in a conspicuous place within the Clubhouse for at least seven days before election to membership. Membership is subject to 1) the correct payment of the statutory fees and 2) the approval of the Management Committee.

4.  Each Member shall be issued with a numbered membership card. The Member’s name, address and membership number shall be recorded on a computerised list and the name displayed on a list in the clubhouse.

5.  The Club shall consist of: Honorary Members, Playing Members, Ordinary Members, and Junior Members (member under 18 years of age as at the 1st December in the current year), all of whom  are hereinafter referred to as "Members" where the context so admits.
 Junior Members shall not be entitled to vote at a General Meeting of the Club or to hold Office in the Club, but shall have use of such rooms of the Clubhouse and such right to introduce guests  and other privileges as the Management Committee shall from time to time decide.
 The Management Committee shall have power to propose to the Club in General Meeting that any Member be appointed an Honorary Member in recognition of their services to the Club or the game of cricket. Honorary Members shall not pay a subscription but shall be entitled to vote at a General Meeting of the Club.

6.   The Club shall have a Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy, with all Members bound by its provisions.

7.  The Annual Subscriptions for all the various categories of Membership (excluding Honorary Members) shall be fixed at the A.G.M or at a  Special General Meeting  for the current year. The amounts so fixed shall be annexed to the constitution and form part of it.
 If any Member has not paid the appropriate subscription by  28th February each year, the Management Committee has the power to terminate that Membership. The said person may reapply for Membership in the usual manner.

8.  Any Member wishing to resign Membership must notify the Secretary  in writing before the A.G.M., or they shall otherwise be obliged to pay the subscription for the following year.

9. The affairs of the Club shall be controlled by a Management Committee, which shall consist of the Office Bearers and ideally a minimum of 18 Members. All of the Members of this Committee shall retire annually, but shall be eligible for reelection. Their appointments shall be made at the A.G.M. At meetings of the Management Committee, 7 Members attending shall form a Quorum. One of these members must be an Office Bearer. The Management Committee shall have power to co-opt two additional Members to the Committee to fill casual vacancies. Decisions of the Management Committee may be altered only by a majority of two-thirds of the Members present and entitled to vote at a General Meeting of the Club called for that purpose.

10. The Office Bearers shall consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Bar Convener, 1st and 2nd XI Captains and Vice-Captains, Match Secretary, Cricket Convener and Junior Cricket Convener. Honorary and Junior Vice Presidents may be appointed if agreed at the AGM or at a Management Committeee Meeting. Those filling positions shall be elected for one year at the at the A.G.M. and shall be eligible for reelection. The Management Committee shall be responsible for delineating the responsibilities and duties of the Office Bearers. The President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of all sub-Committees.

11. At all meetings of the Club and Management Committee, the President, whom failing the Vice-President,whom failing the Secretary, shall be the Chairman. In their absence, the meeting shall elect a Chairman. The Chairman shall have a deliberative as well as a casting vote.

12. The general business of the Club shall be administered by the Management Committee, which shall meet on the second Monday of every month and at other times if circumstances warrant. The Management Committee shall have power to fill any vacancies which may occur amongst the Office Bearers during the year.

13. Sub-Committees
 a). The Bar Committee shall be responsible for the day to day running of the Bar, including stock control and pricing. This Committee shall meet as required.
 b). The Ladies’ Committee shall have a free hand in organising such work or functions which they consider useful or profitable to the Club. This Committee shall meet as required.
 c). The Sponsorship Committee shall be responsible for fund raising activies and seeking sponsorship for the Club. This Committee shall meet as required.
 d). The  Selection Committee shall consist of 1st and 2nd XI Captains, Vice-Captains, Cricket Convener and one other member. The Captains, Vice-Captains and the Coaches shall be appointed by the players at a meeting prior to the A.G.M. This Committee shall meet weekly during the cricket season.
 Further Sub-committees may be appointed by the Management Committee.
 Conveners of  Sub-Committees, with responsibilities  and duties defined by the Management Committee, shall be appointed at the first Management Committee held after the A.G.M. and shall report to the Management Committee on decisions taken by their Sub-Committee.

14. The Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held in the first week in December each year. Seven days’ notice of the meeting shall be given by advertisement in the local press. The Agenda for the A.G.M. shall be exhibited in the Clubhouse at Freuchie at least seven days prior to the Meeting  and the Financial Statement for the year shall be submitted at the Meeting. At all such Meetings, 19 Members shall form a quorum. Voting shall be restricted to Players, Social and Honorary Members of the Club.

15. Special General Meetings may be called by the Secretary at the instigation of the President or the Captain or of 12 Members. These Meetings shall be called in the same way as the A.G.M., namely, by advertisement in the local press and by exhibiting in the Clubhouse an  Agenda of the business to be transacted. At all such Meetings 19 Members shall form a quorum.

16. Finance:
 a). All finance shall be under the control of the Treasurer;
      b). All surplus income or profits shall be re-invested in the club. No surpluses or assets shall be distributed to members or third parties;
 c). The Bank accounts shall be in the name "Freuchie Cricket Club". These accounts shall be operated upon by the Treasurer, whom failing the President and countersigned by  one of the following: Vice-President, Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. Such full and correct Books and Accounts as directed by the Management Committee shall be maintained and balanced annually and audited by an Auditor appointed at the A.G.M.
 d). All funds shall be banked the discretion of the Management Committee;
 e). Petty cash up to the limit set at the A.G.M. may be taken from the till, if necessary. Receipts must be provided for all purchases;
 f). All other purchases shall be paid by cheque.

17. The Club shall have power to purchase or lease heritable property and to borrow money on the security of any property  acquired. The title to land or building  purchased by, leased to or otherwise acquired by the Club shall be taken in the names of the President, Vice-President and the Secretary for the time being  and their successors in office as Trustees for the Club and Members thereof. All documents signed by the Trustees Ex-officio on the authority of the Management Committee shall be binding  on the Club and all the Members thereof.

18. Visitors:
 a). A visitor shall not be supplied with alcoholic liquor in the Club premises unless on the invitation and in the company of a Member who must enter their own name and the name(s) and address(es) of their visitor(s) in the Visitors' Book.
 b). Any Member may sign in up to two visitors per visit to the Club;
 c). The Member who signs in a visitor is responsible for that person and may be held responsible for the actions of that person;
 d). The Member who signs in a visitor must not leave the Clubhouse before their visitor.
 e). All non-members who use the Club continually shall be requested to join the Club. If they refuse to join the Club, they shall be refused entry to the Club until they make a formal application for membership in the usual  manner.

19. Any Member found guilty of improper conduct shall be suspended or expelled on a majority vote at a meeting  of the Management Committee called for that purpose. Such Members shall receive special notice of the meeting. If expelled from the Club, they forfeit all claim to property of the Club.

20. Licensing:
 a). Opening times of the Bar shall be governed by current Licensing Law prevailing at any time;
 b). No alcoholic liquor shall be sold or supplied to any person under eighteen years of age;
 c). No alcoholic liquor shall be sold or supplied in the Club premises for comsumption off the premises, except personally to a member of the Club;
 d). The Club may apply for licence extensions if required;
 e). All persons under the age of eighteen years of age must vacate the Club by 8.30 p.m. unless engaged in Club activity:
 f). No person under fourteen years of age shall be allowed the Clubhouse unless accompnied by a  responsible adult Member, or by permission of the Club.
 g). No Member of the Management Committee and no Steward, Assistant Steward or servant employed by the Club shall have a personal interest in the sale of alcoholic liquor in the Clubhouse or any profits arising from such sales.

21. The Club may be dissolved only at a General Meeting called for that purpose specifically and then only by a two-thirds majority of those present and entitled to vote at the Meeting. In the event of dissolution the whole assets of the Club shall be realised by the Management Committee and the sum so realised shall be paid and made over to the Secretary of the Scottish Cricket Limited to be held in trust by him until he, in his sole discretion, is satisfied that a properly Constituted active Cricket Club has again been formed in Freuchie, when he shall hand over the said sum to the said Club.

22. None of these Rules shall be altered unless at a General Meeting, which General Meeting shall be called in the same way as the A.G.M, namely, by advertisement in the local press and exhibiting in the Clubhouse an Agenda of the business to be transacted. At such meeting any proposed alterations must be carried by a two-thirds majority of those present.

 As agreed at Annual General Meeting held on
 2nd December 2007.

Fees 2007-2008