Scottish Golf proposing to raise its affiliation fee by more than 20 per cent
Golf is proposing that the affiliation fee paid by club golfers is raised by £3 at next month’s annual general meeting.
The bid to increase the levy by more than 20 per cent has been shared with member clubs by CEO Robbie Clyde in a fortnightly newsletter. A proposal to raise the affiliation fee from £14.50 to £15.75 had been put on the table for last year’ s a gm. but, after taking on board feedback from area and counties, a decision on that was delayed. That has now been dropped, with a new fee of £17.50 being proposed by the governing body’s board at the agm.
In the newsletter, Clyde said: “From the Regional Forums held in January and the subsequent direct meetings with individual clubs, Areas and Counties, we have heard there is positive support for our plans to recruit regional development managers across Scotland to increase our investment and focus on the growth of women’s and girls’ participation levels, as well as provide more direct support to performance development at a regional level.
“You have clearly told us that you understand the importance of all this work to strength scottish en our clubs, bring more people into club membership and support these key pillars of our national golf strategy. As such, we have taken your positive feedback to the SGL board, who have recommended that an affiliation fee increase of £3 is proposed at the May agm.”
Meanwhile, Martin Gilbert is seeking re-election for a second term as Scottish Golf Chair along with the appointment of four new board members.