In
September Mr.Herbert Green presented the Joseph Smith
Memorial Trophy in memory of the previous year’s
Captain,whose “tragic death” had been reported
at the July committee meeting.The trophy was insured for
£25.In October it was agreed that caddies would
be admitted to the centre room of the clubhouse,as long
as they accompaniied the member by whom they were employed.On
13th November Mr.and Mrs.Duncan Smith were accepted as
members.
1934
In September Mr.Barker erected a bell by the first green.
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1935
The third green (Tomlin Cote) was re-opened by the Captain,
Mr.Norman Wilson, on the day of the King’s Silver
Jubilee, having been out of use for sometime for extension
and improvement. It was renamed the “Jubilee Green”.
On 26th August the President, Mr.Frank Driver, died. In
October the monthly medal was re-introduced on the first
Sunday of every month. Entry was 6d and the prize was
a silver spoon. The following month a replica of the C.H.Fletcher
memorial bowl was ordered for £1-19-0.
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1936
The membership was 141 and the Standard Scratch was fixed
at 64. In June the clubhouse and professional’s
hut were broken into.Contributions were collected from
the members to make good the professional’s loss
of stock. The President’s prize was introduced.
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1937
Green fees were set at 2/- a full day and 1/- a round.
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1938
The AGM, held at the Conservative club, set the radius
for Country membership at seven miles.
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1939
On 24th November the committee voted that all members
joining His Majesty’s Forces would be made honorary
members.
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1940
From 9th October the committee made the facillities of
the clubhouse and the course available to all officers
and men of His Majesty’s Forces in Silsden.
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1941
The AGM voted to have a collection box in the bar to send
a small gift to each member in the forces.
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1945
An House committee of seven was established, with responsibility
for the condition of the clubhouse, and for organising
socials.
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1946
The AGM set Gentlemen’s fees at £2-10-0, Lady’s
at £1-10-0, Junior at 12/6 and Social at 5/-. Green
fees at weekends and bank holidays would be 2/6 per day
and 1/6 per round. In October a subscription list was
opened to purchase a Memorial Cup in memory of the members
who lost their lives in the 1st. and 2nd. World Wars,
to be played for annually. A Roll of Honour was to be
compiled and hung in the clubhouse.
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1966
The Ground Purchasing Scheme was proposed at the AGM -
members were to make a £1 interest free loan, or
donation, to a fund to purchase the land occupied by the
course. Subscriptions were set at :-
- Full
golf £6
- Lady
golf £3
- Country
golf £3 10s
- Junior
golf £1 10s
- Social
10/-
The
locker rent was 5/- Green fees were 3/- on weekdays and
5/- at weekends. In July the landlord, Mr.S.Boothman,
increased the annual rent from £10 to £15.
In August the members built the first bunker on “Silsden
Golf Links”. New members included Mr.Eric Barsby
and Mr.John Lamb. The membership was : full £76;
lady £11; country £18; junior £13; social
£34.
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1967
Junior members joining included Leonard Stott and John
Whitlock. The subscriptions were unchanged and pro rata
rates of 25%, 50% and 75% were introduced for members
joining during the year. A Sunday green fee of 7/6 was
introduced. Jack Stott died.On 18th September an EGM held
at the Town Hall was attended by the trustees, officers,12
committee men and 79 members, to consider a proposal that
full members donate £10, lady members £5 and
junior members £3 towards the £1000 cost of
purchasing Jackson’s Top and Bottom. 77 of the 99
votes cast were in favour.A maximum of five life memberships
were to be made available at £100. The membership
was : full £95; lady £10; country £36;
junior £13; social £20.
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1968
Mr. and Mrs.J.Overend presented the Thomas Clark Memorial
Trophy to be awarded to the leading pair in the Winter
League. Some members had been lost as a result of the
requirement to donate £10. The membership was :
full £87; lady £14; junior £12; social
£15.there were 5 vice presidents.The Sunday green
fee was increased to 10/-, Medal fees were set at 2/-,
36 hole Majors at 5/- and 18 hole Majors at 3/-. Philip
Inman joined as a junior member.The Club joined the Bradford
and District Union of Golf Clubs and the Bradford Rabbits.
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1969
A further lease for 10 years was sought from Mrs. Duncan
Smith and the outstanding mortgage was clarified. New
members included Mr.K.Foster and Mr.A.Shuttleworth.
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1970
The membership was : full £98; lady £22; junior
£17; social £20.The full golf subscription
was set at £8 and the entrance fee at £10.
Locker rental was 5/- and the position of Lady Captain
was granted honorary membership. New members included
Mr.G.Elstub, Mr.K.Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.A.Shand, and Mrs.
A. Shuttleworth. A sponsored walk raised £337 and
£100 was paid off Mrs.Duncan Smith's loan. In July
the club was offered a Department of Education and Science
grant of £2,277 if it could provide matching funds.
From the following January the Saturday Green fee was
to be 10/- On Tuesday 6th October 54 members attended
an Extraordinary General Meeting at the Town Hall. It
would be necessary to raise £1500 to be able to
match the proposed grant. The committee put forward four
ideas :
- Up
to 10 Life memberships be offered at £100
-
Subscriptions be paid in advance for 5 years
-
A levy of 2/- or 2/6 per week be introduced
-
Pay
as you play: 1/- per round or part round up to a maximum
of 3/- per week
A
proposal was carried that all members pay £10 in
return for a £2 reduction in their subscriptions
for the next 5 years.Proposals 1 and 4 were also carried.
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1971
Pay as you play commenced. Full golf membership was £110
and lady membership £26. The March committee meeting
was informed that the Day Nursery Hut at Sutton was available
for £700. In April a mortgage of £2500 was
arranged with Skipton Building Society, £900 of
which was used to clear Mrs.Duncan Smith's loan.The estimate
from Mr.K.Foster was accepted to move and erect the "new"
clubhouse.Course improvements were also carried out. An
interest free loan of £500 was obtained from Websters
brewery. By June the whole course belonged to the members
for the first time in the club's history. Four applications
for life membership at £100 were received, and two
of them are still active playing members in 2002. Social
membership was restricted to 40. New members included
Mr.J.Atkinson and Mr.C.Wilson. In November the limit on
social members was lifted to 50. The clubhouse was officially
opened on 4th December with a "Grand Draw" which
raised £320. At the first committee meeting in the
clubhouse concern was expressed that the new clubhouse
,and the bar in particular, was being "abused".
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1972
In January the social membership limit was revised again
to 50% of the full golf membership, and in February the
full golf level was set at 150.The membership levels were:
full 130; lady 35; junior 20; social 36. The fees were
set at £12, £4, £2,and £1 respectively.
In April the club was informed that "the small croft"
car park was available for £100.Social membership
reached 50% of full golf membership and was closed. Men's
major competitions were to have an handicap maximum of
20 and would be played only on Sundays. The current "walled
in" green was opened on 7th May. By June the "old
clubhouse" had been converted to locker rooms at
a cost of £165. On 30th July the club hosted the
Bradford Golf Union Amateur championship. New members
included Mr. R.Thomas and Mr. T.Pickard, before full membership
was closed in August. Lady membership was closed in September.
A coaching scheme was to be introduced for pupils at South
Craven school, one afternoon per week for a charge of
10p.Green fees were set at 50p for weekdays and £1
at weekends. In December Mr.Martin Ellis was appointed
full time greenkeeper.
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1973
Mrs.Caley presented the Caley Trophy in memory of her
husband to be used for the Junior championship. Approval
was given for a new bunker on the 8th. In February Mr.J.Clarkson
gifted a painting to the club. In May a trophy was donated
by Mr.Harry Sugden. A new bunker was completed at the
back of the short hole. The May committee meeting "commented
about the number of people who had arrived late on Saturday
for late drinking! It had been discovered that some of
the late arrivals had got lost on the way!" In August
Junior golf membership was closed and the waiting lists
were closed.
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1974
The bunker was completed on the 9th hole.In February a
Development fund was established with £750, to receive
all future joining fees and social proceeds. Subscriptions
were kept at the previous year's level but with VAT of
10%. In April the waiting lists were re opened.Weekday
green fees were set at £1, weekends £2, both
plus VAT.
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1975
On 19th February the AGM set the subscriptions at full
£20; lady £12; junior £4; social £1.
Old age pensioners received a discount of 50%. A new family
membership was introduced for £29.All plus VAT.New
members included Mr.A.Lampkin.
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1979
At the AGM on Wednesday 14 February the President, Mr.Eric
Barsby, outlined the progress the club had made since
1968 when the club had 113 members.The Captain, Mr.Jeff
Atkinson reported that the Rabbits team had reached a
Bradford rabbits final in 1978 but lost: Mr.Alan Mason
had won the individual prize. The subscriptions were set
at: full golf £38 (up £6); lady £23
(up £4); family £54 (up £8) junior £8
(up £2); social £2 - all plus Vat. Rule 3
was altered so that the past captain would automatically
serve on committee for the year following his year of
captaincy. Mr.John Lamb's proposal that the club should
cease advertising its facilities for hire was carried.
Approximately 27.5 acres of land were available for purchase
from Mr.Stanley Boothman for £45,500. The Sports
Council would make a grant of 50%; Webster's brewery would
make an interest free loan of £5,000; a mortgage
would raise £10,000; current funds were £2,500.
£5,000 would have to be raised from the membership.
The February committee meeting proposed that members should
make interest free loans in multiples of £50, repayable
eqully over the next 5 years or pay £250 for full
golf membership for 5 years, or £350 for family
golf membership for 5 years. In April the acquisition
of a one armed bandit was approved. Five life memberships
were to be offered at £1000.New membership applications
included Mr.Gary Davey, Mr.Michael Walsh and Mr.Malcolm
Guy. The membership was: full golf 154; lady 56; junior
50; and social 50. The June committee meeting was concerned
that ties and cravats were not being worn on Saturday
and Sunday evenings. The July meeting rescinded this requirement.
The renting of a colour television was approved and green
fees were set at £1.75 in the week and £3
at weekends. In November an extension to the clubhouse
was approved at a cost of £500. A pool table was
to be installed, rent free but with a 50:50 split of the
takings. It was agreed to shelf plans to develop a carpark
on land that would have been rented from Mr.W.H.Smith.
The development cost would have been £6,500. Mr.Bill
Ferguson and the Ilkley Golf Club greenkeeper submitted
a proposal for the development of the "new land".The
club house extension was to used as a kitchen.
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1980
The January committee meeting decided to proceed with
the course development without employing course architects
or developers. Subscriptions were set at: full golf £45
(up £7); lady £28 (up £5); family £64
(up £10); junior £10 (up £2) - all plus
Vat. Plans for a levy later in the year would be subject
to an EGM. In March the club agreed to support the formation
of a Bradford Junior League. A proposal from five members
that Mr.Edward Wade be appointed an honary Life member
was approved. The Turf Research Institute at Bingley were
to act as advisers for the course development and a tender
of £6,400 from Mr.Edward Boothman was accepted to
prepare and lay the new greens, exclusive of materials.
The junior team finished second in the second division
of the new Bradford junior league and were promoted to
the first division. By October, despite numerous assurances,
only three of the five new greens had been seeded. The
other two would have to be delayed until the following
spring. At the December committee meeting a green's committee
proposal that only wide wheeled trolleys should be allowed
was amended to exempt OAPs. As a conequence the green's
chairman, Mr.Bernard Bell, resigned from the committee,
followed by others.
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