1. The tennis section shall be called the Townsend Lawn Tennis Club and shall be affiliated to the County Lawn Tennis Association and the rules of play shall be those in force with the Lawn Tennis Association.
2. The AGM of the section shall be held no later than 15 December each year for the purpose of:
a) considering and, if thought fit, adopting the report of the season;
b) considering and, if thought fit, adopting the audited accounts for the financial year from 1 April to 31 March preceding;
c) election of a President and Vice Presidents (who will be ex-officio members of the Committee) in such numbers as the Committee shall from time to time decide;
d) election of the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Men’s Captain, Ladies’ Captain, Match Secretary, Membership Secretary and up to a maximum of 6 General Committee Members;
e) consider any motion which has been duly proposed and seconded by full or honorary members of the section and which has been handed to the Secretary 14 days before the AGM;
f) transact any other business.
3. Members shall be given 21 days notice of the AGM.
4. A special General Meeting of the club may be convened at any time by the General Committee and shall be called by them on receipt of a requisition signed by 12 full or honorary life members and specifying the exact business to be placed before the meeting.
5. Only full and honorary life members who have paid the appropriate subscriptions shall be entitled to vote at a General Meeting or sign a requisition as in Paragraph 4.
6. A quorum for a General Meeting of the Club shall be 18 full or honorary life members.
7. The General Committee shall be responsible for the general management and finance of the section as delegated by the Board, namely:
a) Income and Expenditure;
b) Fixing conditions of entry, subscriptions and other fees;
c) Manage the playing surfaces together with the surrounds and fences (excluding the boundary fence of the property) and maintain and renew as necessary the requisite equipment and implements;
d) Organise and control the playing and social arrangements of the section and the facilities and privileges allocated to the section of the Club;
e) Shall recommend to the Board, for expulsion any member of the section considered by it to have become undesirable for continued membership;
f) Shall be able to co-opt to the Committee a replacement for any vacancy occurring in that Committee until the next AGM and appoint sub-committees for any purpose;
g) Meetings of the Committee shall be held approximately monthly as necessary, 5 members being a quorum. A meeting may be called at any time by the Chairperson or 3 members of the Committee.
8. Members shall consist of playing and social members who shall be liable to pay the annual subscription by the due date as prescribed by the Committee.
9. Application for admission to Membership is made by completing and signing the appropriate application form. Notice of the new applicants will be displayed on the notice board for at least 7 days prior to their election to allow any objections to be considered by the Committee.
10. Members wishing to resign must give notice of such intention to the Membership Secretary not later than 1 May.
11. A Membership List including names, addresses and telephone numbers will be held on a computerised database and will be for Club purposes only.
12. Members of visiting teams shall be deemed to be temporary members during the day of the match.
13. All visitors must sign the visitors’ book which is kept in the entrance hall. Visitors may be introduced by a member and may be permitted to play upon payment of a fee fixed by the Committee. No visitor may be so introduced more than three times in one season.
14. No Social Membership will be granted to anyone under the age of 18 years.
15. Junior members are not allowed to introduce any non-playing junior guests.
16. The Committee may define and revise Bye Laws of the section as they consider necessary.