Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of Ringwood SEALS will be held at 7pm on Friday 8 November at the Freedom Cafe, Ringwood Health & Leisure, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PX to conduct the following business:

1. to receive the Chairperson’s report of the activities of the Club for the year ended 31 December 2023;
2. to receive and consider the Club’s accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 and the report on the accounts of the independent examiner of the Club and the Treasurer’s report on the financial position of the Club;
3. to remove and elect the independent examiner (who must not be a member of the Committee or a member of the family of a member of the Committee) or confirm that he/she remain in office; 
4. to elect the Executive Officers and other members of the Committee;
5. to decide on any resolution which may be duly submitted in accordance with Rule 9.6;
6. to elect or reaffirm the Custodians of the Club.

Nominations for election of members to any office (Chairperson, Treasurer or Secretary) or for membership of the Committee shall be made in writing by the proposer and seconder to the Secretary (Diana du Luart) not later than 21 days prior to the published date of the meeting (18 October 2024). 

Both proposer and seconder must be a fully paid member of the Club and Swim England at the time of nomination. The nominee shall be required to indicate in writing on the nomination form (see link below) his/her willingness to stand for election. 

Any member shall be entitled to put any proposal for consideration at an Annual General Meeting provided the proposal in writing is received by Secretary (Diana du Luart) not later than 21 days prior to the published date of the meeting. 

No less than 14 days before the published meeting date, together with the resolutions to be proposed, a list of the nominees for the Committee posts and a copy of the examined accounts will be circulated to all Club members.

All the results from the Home Championships are now in the Members Only section.

The Club held its AGM at 7pm on 5th December 2023 at Freedom Leisure Centre, Ringwood. Minutes of the meeting and the 2022 accounts are now available on the Members Only page.

WE URGENTLY NEED MORE HELPERS. Please send me your names or speak to me on Tuesday evening. Without your help, we cannot hold the event.

• 21/24/28/ November and 1 Dec
• Age is at 21st November
• 1st Session – everyone under 10 years old (this may run over the normal finishing time)
• 2nd session – 7.00 pm – everyone 11 years and over

There are 2 races of butterfly for the 1st session – 25m/50m Butterfly. You can only do one of these. The youngest and newest swimmers may not swim the strokes correctly but a certain amount of leniency occurs at the discretion of the referee (has to look like the stroke!).

Remember, there are heats and although swimmers may win their heat they may not be the overall winner so always swim as fast as you can.

Newbies: Only paid up members can qualify for a place in all races but, if not, you can do a time trial.

Swimmers: bring a T shirt as it is chilly on poolside when they are wet. Drinks allowed on poolside. Spare towel.  BUT NO SWEETS. When ready to swim do not have a shower – go to the mirrors and on there you will find your name with a number next to it write this on your arms at the top.

Spectators: There will be chairs on poolside, remember as you will be dry you will get quite warm so dress accordingly – no young people running around the changing rooms they must sit on the seats.

Trophies:  need to be back now please, all shiny bright and dusted inside. No labels left on – leave number inside on. I DON’T need the wooden ones back.

The company that handles your direct debit payments, London & Zurich (through Love Admin), has a major IT issue and has been unable to handle any transactions since 8th November (and perhaps earlier). The problem will also affect anyone trying to set up, cancel or amend direct debit payments. Hopefully the problem will be sorted out in a few days but it may take L&Z a while to get back to normal service. Your payments may be taken later than normal and it may be necessary for us to reissue requests for your November subs.