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BIR Ladies Section
Constitution and Bye-laws
1. The club shall be called Border Ice
Rink Club (Ladies Section) and it’s headquarters shall be at the Border Ice Rink, Abbotseat Road, Kelso.
2.
The objects of the club shall be to promote interest in curling and to provide from the funds of the Club such financial
assistance as the Committee of Management may from time to time consider necessary in these interests.
3.
All lady members of Border Ice Rink Club who are members of a Ladies Section belonging to a Club in Border Province
which has been affiliated to the R.C.C.C. shall automatically be members of the club.
4. It
shall be competent for two - thirds of the members at a General Meeting upon a recommendation to that effect from the Committee
of Management to confer upon anyone the distinction of Honorary Member in recognition of being a distinguished curler or of
services rendered to the club. They shall be subject to the whole rules and bye-laws of the club but shall have no voice in
the management of the Club unless elected to office for which they shall be eligible..
5. The Committee of Management may elect an Honorary
President and Honorary Vice Presidents who shall hold office until their successors are appointed
6.
The Committee of Management shall consist of one representative from each club affiliated to the Ladies Section. Three
members of the Committee of Management shall form a quorum. The Committee shall elect a chairman and a Vice-Chairman who shall
each hold office for two years and the Vice Chairman shall succeed to the office of chairman. The Chairman shall thereafter
remain a member of the Committee for one year as immediate past Chairman ex officio. The Committee of Management
shall appoint a Secretary and a Treasurer who shall be re-elected annually and have no vote at meetings. It will be the duty
of the Committee to manage and direct the ordinary business and affairs of the Club and any special business that may be remitted
to them. The four Senior Members shall retire each year. Should a vacancy occur it may be filled by the Committee. The Committee
shall hold at least a minimum of five meetings per year and arrange the affairs of the Club. Minutes shall be taken of all
the proceedings of the Committee and shall be open to the inspection of any member thereof. The Committee shall cause correct
accounts and books to be kept showing the financial affairs and intromissions of the Club. The Chairman shall have a casting
vote only.
7. The
Committee of Management may invest the funds of the club not required for the immediate need of the Club or may lend same
at such rate of interest and on such terms and conditions as the Committee of Management shall decide. All investments made
by the Committee shall be in the names of the Chairman or Vice Chairman and the Secretary and Treasurer of the Club for the
time being, and the survivors and survivor and their successors in these respective offices as Trustees for the Club and the
said Office Bearers as Trustees foresaid shall hold all investments of the Club funds for behoof of the Club and the members
thereof present and future.
8. An Annual General Meeting of the Members
shall be held on a date to be decided by the Committee of Management but not later than the seventh day of June for the purpose
of electing Office Bearers to the Committee, appointing and auditor and transacting any other competent business of the Club.
At such a General Meeting the Committee of Management shall present its report. Seven days notice shall be given to all members
of any General Meeting. A special General Meeting may be called at any time by the Committee of Management or upon the written
requisition of not fewer than fifty members of the Club addressed to the Secretary. Such meeting shall be called and held
within ten days of the date of the receipt of such requisition. At General Meeting twelve members shall form a quorum.
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9. The treasurer shall
receive and disburse monies belonging to the Club, keep an exact account of same in a Cash Book which shall be examined
and submitted to the Annual Meeting. She shall keep such other accounts and books as are necessary to show the financial affairs
and intromissions of the Club.
10. It will be
the duty of the Secretary to conduct the correspondence, to give notice to each member of all meetings, to keep a Minute Book
in which she will enter all minutes and submit the same for approval at the next meeting. She will also keep a register of
the members of the Club.
11. Any member
ceasing to be a member of the Club shall forfeit all rights to and claims upon the Club, its property and funds.
12. Subject to the
provisions contained in these rules the Committee of Management shall have the power to make, alter and amend the byelaws
of the Club and to make new byelaws which shall be binding on the members until revoked or otherwise determined by the Club
13.
The Committee of Management shall have power to deal with any matter arising which is not specially provided for in
these rules. None of the foregoing rules shall be altered or added to except at the General Meeting of the Club. Notice of
any motion for alteration or additions to the rules or byelaws and all other notices of motion except byelaws made by the
Committee of Management in terms hereof and motions submitted by the Committee of Management must be lodged with the Secretary
in writing seven days before the date of such meeting.
BYELAWS
1.
The Club will take no responsibility for any article taken into or left in the premises.
2. No expenses incurred in the Club premises shall be
paid for by visitors, they only being liable for the charges for the use of the ice in the event of their taking part in any
game.
3. Members
are responsible for the decorum of their guest and will be held responsible for any breach of decorum.
4. Dogs are not permitted in the Club
Premises.
COURTESY IN CURLING
Curling has always been noted for good sportsmanship and for the friendly rivalry that exists on the ice. The courtesies
suggested below should be practised by all curlers who understand the true spirit of the game.
1. When a player is on the hack ready to deliver:-
Stand Still!
Keep silent if she is within earshot.
Keep a respectable distance away.
2.
Do nothing that would distract her or disturb her concentration. This applies particularly to your opponents.
3. Don’t be afraid to congratulate
opposing players when they make a good shot and, above all, never, by word or deed, be guilty of any action that would embarrass
a player who has missed a shot.
4. Be
on the hack ready to play your shot when your turn comes. Under no circumstances cross the ice when a stone is being played
or a player is on the hack.
5.
Unless sweeping, leads and seconds should remain at side ice between the hog lines.
Updated
23/9/2009
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