Crewe & District MBC
General Rules
1) Names and Objectives.
a) The Club (hereinafter called “The Club”) shall be known as The Crewe and District Model Boat Club
b) Its objectives are to promote model boat building and sailing in the Crewe and District and surrounding areas.
2) Officers
a) The Club will be governed by the following elected Officers
i) Chairman
ii) Secretary
iii) Treasurer / Membership Secretary
iv) Club Boiler Tester / Safety Officer
v) Safety Officer
A quorum of two thirds of The elected Committee must be present before any decision is reached.
b) The following additional Members will be co-opted to assist.
(a) Deputy Chairman
(b) Deputy Secretary
(c) Deputy Treasurer
(d) Yachting Representative
(e) Northern Association of Model Engineers Representative
(f) Boiler Tester 2 / Safety Officer
(g) Boiler Tester 3 / Safety Officer
(h) Boiler Tester 4 /Safety Officer
In the absence of any elected official the relevant deputy will assume the role including attending any Committee meeting.
3) Indemnity
a) Except such loss as arises from their respective or wilful default, the Members of the committee shall not be liable (otherwise than as Members) for any loss suffered by The Club as a result of the discharge of their respective duties on its behalf, and they shall be entitled to an indemnity out of the assets of The Club and from all Members of The Club in equal shares for all expenses and other liabilities incurred by them in the discharge of their respective duties.
b) All persons attending or sailing at The Club events do so entirely at their own risk.
4) General Meetings
a) General meetings shall be held on a regular monthly basis
b) The Chairman shall preside at all Meetings or in the absence of the chairman the Deputy Chairman or Secretary. If neither is available a Chairman shall be elected by the Meeting.
c) Extraordinary Meetings may be called at the discretion of the Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer
d) True and accurate records shall be kept of all Meetings.
5) Finances.
a) The Treasurer shall be responsible for banking all moneys received and for payment of accounts.
b) The Auditors remuneration is to be fixed annually at Annual General Meeting.
c) In the event that The Club shall cease to exist then the Assets shall be converted to cash. After payment of all and any liabilities of The Club the balance shall be paid to The R.N.L.I. as a donation from the Club.
6) Annual General Meeting
a) Officers and the Auditor shall be elected annually at the A.G.M. which shall be held in January.
b) Notification of the A.G.M. or any Extraordinary Meeting shall be given to all Members either verbally or at their current known address at least 14 days prior to the Meeting.
c) The Treasurer shall present at the A.G.M. a balance sheet of the audited Club Accounts
d) The Secretary shall maintain a list of all Club Assets and their respective locations. The list showing the previous two years Assets and their estimated current value shall be presented by the Secretary at the A.G.M.
e) General Rules may be amended at the A.G.M. or at an Extraordinary Meeting convened just for that purpose. Any proposed changes to the rules are to be advised not later than at the monthly meeting prior to the AGM or included in the announcement of an EGM
f) Any alterations or additions to the General Rules must be passed by a simple majority of Members present who are eligible to vote
g) Subscriptions for the following year shall be decided at the A.G.M.
7) Membership
a) Membership will run from 1 January and be signified by a Membership card.
b) Payment of the annual Membership fee will signify that a Member has read and accepted the Rules of The Club
c) Any Member not paying their subscription by the end of February will cease to be a Member and will not be permitted to use The Club facilities or allowed in any of The Club events
d) New Member applications will be subject to proposal and secondment from two Members and approval by the Members at monthly meeting.
i) The current subscription plus the joining fee becomes payable on acceptance.
e) Junior Members up to age 17 and full time students are entitled to free Membership. Junior Members must be under adult supervision at all times
f) The Club Insurance Scheme is compulsory for all Members and is included in the annual subscription.
g) Any Members’ application deemed detrimental to the Club can be refused without any reason given.
h) All committee Members must be paid up Members.
i) New Members applying to join during the year will pay 1/12 of the annual subscription for each of the remaining months to December, plus the joining fee.
j) Prospective new Members and guests are allowed to sail at the site for a maximum of three days in any given year after which they must join and become fully insured Members. During the initial three visits they must be supervised by a current Club Member.
k) Whilst at Club sailings children are the responsibility of their parent or guardian, vulnerable adults are the responsibility of their carer, and must be accompanied by the relevant parent, guardian or carer.
l) Under no circumstances should any Club Member supervise children or vulnerable adults without the presence of the relevant parent, guardian or carer who must be present at all times.
8) Disciplinary Procedure
a) The Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer shall have the power to order the withdrawal from Club functions any Member(s) under investigation for misconduct which includes
b) Any Member(s) under investigation for misconduct shall be suspended from all Club activities until a full investigation by the Committee at the earliest possible date.
c) The offending Member(s) may be asked to explain to the committee their actions before any decision is made. In order for a decision to be reached, a quorum of two thirds of The Committee must be present.
d) A suspended Member shall not be entitled to use any of the Club’s facilities but shall remain liable to pay his/her subscriptions.
e) Any complaints regarding a Member must be raised in writing to the Secretary for consideration by The Committee within two months of the incident taking place.
9) General Sailing Rules.
a) We do not have exclusive rights to the use of the lake and
b) U-Swim, the Sea Scouts and Fisherman have a right to use the lake.
c) We must avoid any fishing lines at all times and if necessary check with the fishermen where their lines are cast.
d) Our agreed sailing area is the lake immediately in front of the two landing stages up to the 30 feet from the far bank of the lake.
e) The area to the right of our sailing area is reserved for fishing and we must not sail past a line from the promontory on the right to the far side of the lake.
f) Similarly the area to the left of our landing stage within 30 feet of the bank is also reserved for fishing.
g) All Members are required to comply with the Sailing Area Rules and the Sailing Safely Advice.
h) No Member may operate an Internal Combustion powered model boat
i) All sailing activities must be undertaken in a safe manner with due regard to any other models or wildfowl on the lake.
j) The Safety Officers and / or their nominees will check for compliance with current insurance legislation any model steam plant sailing on club waters
k) Members must comply with any reasonable request to have their models inspected by a Club Safety Officer or Club Member at the request of a Club Safety Officer
l) The Club Safety Officers are empowered to stop a model sailing. Any such model may not be sailed until the Safety Officer is satisfied with the model’s compliance.
6th January 2018
Crewe and District Model Boat Club
Sailing Area Rules
The following rules are in place to protect our Members and the Public and to ensure we can continue to enjoy the sailing waters:
1) Parking
i) Enter the Boundary Stores area and drive carefully along the dirt track through the gate to the sailing area.
ii) Park your car in the parking area on the left hand side of the track. Make sure you do not block the track if the car park is full.
2) Sailing
i) Launch models from the club jetty. This is the jetty to the left of the sailing area when viewed from the car parking area.
ii) No more than four persons on the jetty at any one time
iii) Do not leave stands on the jetty or obstruct the entrance to the jetty at any time.
iv) Do not stand on the launching jetty when sailing other than to launch or recover your model
v) The Sea Scouts jetty is available for launching models when not in use by the scouts.
vi) No IC models. Electric, sail or steam models only
vii) All racing yachts to have rubber bumpers fitted at the bow
viii) Transmitter aerials to have golf ball type protectors attached Not required for 2.4Ghz sets
3) Frequency control
i) The designated transmitter operation area is bounded by the two landing stages extending to the car park areas immediately behind the
stages.
ii) Please ensure that you do not operate your transmitter outside of this area.
iii) In case an emergency requiring you to operate elsewhere please advise others sailing accordingly.
iv) Do not switch on your radio control equipment without first checking that it is safe to do so and that you have exclusive control of the frequency
v) We operate a fixed allocated frequency for 40MHz and a pegboard shared frequency control system for 27MHz. If you are sharing a frequency please keep your sailing to a reasonable time and release the frequency when you have finished sailing.
vi) Check the pegboard and take a spare peg for the frequency you are to use. Then and only then can you switch on your radio transmitter.
vii) If your frequency peg is in use, advise the current peg holder that you wish to share the same channel. When they have finished their sail and returned the peg you can claim the frequency and switch on your transmitter. Failure to observe this procedure may result in a damaged boat.
viii) 40 MHz users have their allocated frequency marked on the board. If using a spare unallocated frequency Members must mark the frequency and their name on the white board.
ix) For 2.4GHz equipment ensure that the transmitter and receiver have correctly selected a spare frequency and that full control over the model is possible before launching on the water.
x) Any Member guilty of “damaging a boat” by switching on their transmitter when they don’t have the frequency channel may be liable to pay compensation to the owner of the damaged boat.
4) Insurance
i) All those sailing models must have valid Insurance.
ii) Non-club Members will be required to provide evidence of insurance
5) General
i) No dogs are allowed at the club sailing site.
ii) Do not leave any litter on site including debris from broken or repaired boats.
6th January 2018
Crewe and District Model Boat Club
Sailing Safely Advice
Model boating is an enjoyable and generally safe hobby. However we should all be aware that accidents or illness can occur at any time. Details of Emergency services and contacts are provided on sailing days at the sailing site so that anyone attending the Club, whether sailing or otherwise and then suffering an illness or accident can receive medical attention as quickly as possible.
We do not have any on site trained First Aiders, but the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer each have a First Aid box for Club use.
Please be aware that there is an issue with safety and adhere to the following guidelines whilst at Boundary Park:
6 January 2018
Crewe and District Model Boat Club
Safeguarding Policy.
Crewe and District Model Boat Club believes that it is always unacceptable for a child or vulnerable person to experience abuse of any kind and recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of vulnerable persons.
If a Club member is approached by a vulnerable person then the following procedure will be adopted.
Contact one of the following club members:-
Mark Venables – Chairman / Safety Officer
Dave Melville - Secretary
Brian Robertson - Treasurer
MalcolmVernon - Deputy Chairman
One of the above will assess the situation and either contact the:-
Take advice from the Police or Social Care Team
Contacting the Social Care Team
Emergency Duty Team
Tel: 0300 123 5022 or 5010 (Central Number)
Quote your address and postcode and you will be put through to the correct locality team.
Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team
Tel: 01606 76611
Local area teams
Wilmslow/Knutsford Tel 01625 378094 / 378093
Macclesfield Tel 01625 378091 / 378092
Congleton Tel 01260 371096 / 371017
Crewe/Nantwich Tel 01270371382.
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This statement was last reviewed on 6th January 2018.
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Emergency Contact List
Location:
Boundary Park Store, Knutsford Road, Cranage, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 8HT
Situated on the A50 between Holmes Chapel and Knutsford.
Telephone: 01477 533225 Owners: Alan and Ruth Blackhurst
EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS
FIRE, POLICE OR AMBULANCE 999 or 112
HOSPITALS
Macclesfield District General Hospital, Victoria Road Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 3BL
Distance: 8.2 miles Tel: 01625 421000
Leighton Hospital, Leighton Hospital Middlewich Road Crewe. CW1 4QJ
Distance: 9.1 miles Tel: 01270 255141
DOCTORS
The Health Centre - Holmes Chapel, London Road Health Centre, London Road, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 67BB
Distance: 1.7 miles Tel: 01477-533100
Chelford Surgery, Elmstead Road, Chelford, Macclesfield SK11 9BS
Distance: 4.7miles Tel: 01625 861316
Ashfields Primary Care Centre, Middlewich Road Sandbach Cheshire. CW11 1EQ
Distance: 4.8 miles Tel: 01270 275050
Middlewich Medical Centre, Oaklands Medical Centre St.Anns Walk Middlewich Cheshire. CW10 9BE
Distance: 5.5 miles Tel: 01606 836481
Waters Edge Medical Centre, Lex House 10 - 12 Leadsmithy Street Middlewich Cheshire. CW10 9BH
Distance: 5.5 miles Tel: 01606 544401
Toft Road Surgery, The Surgery, Dunley, Toft Road, Knutsford WA16 9DX
Distance: 6.8 miles Tel: 01565 632681
Manchester Road Medical Centre , 27 Manchester Road, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 0LY
Distance: 7.1 miles Tel: 01565 633101
Mobberley Road Medical Centre, 190 Mobberley Road, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8HR
Distance: 7.3 miles Tel: 01565755222
Middlewich Road Surgery, 163 Middlewich Road, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7DB
Distance: 7.9 miles Tel: 01606 43850
PHARMACYS
Lloyds Pharmacy, 39-41 London Road, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 7AP
Distance: 1.7 miles Tel: 01477 532347
Goostrey Pharmacy, 3 Cheshire House 164 Main Road,Goostrey Cheshire CW4 8JP
Distance 1.7 miles Tel: 01477 549481
The Well - Sandbach, Unit 3 The Commons Sandbach. CW11 1EG
Distance: 4.7 miles Tel: 01270 766648
Boots UK Limited, 5-7 High Street Sandbach Cheshire. CW11 1AH
Distance: 4.8 miles Tel: 01270 767276
The Well , Middlewich Road Sandbach. CW11 1DH
Distance: 4.8 miles Tel: 01270 762205
Wise Pharmacy, 11 London Road Elworth Sandbach Cheshire: CW11 3BD
Distance: 5 miles Tel: 01270 768194
Cledford Pharmacy, 70 Warmingham Lane Middlewich Cheshire CW10 0DJ
Distance 5.4 miles Tel: 01606 832994
Rowlands Pharmacy, St Anne's Walk Middlewich CW10 9BE
Distance 5.5 miles Tel: 01606 837604
Rowlands Pharmacy, 28 Wheelock Street Middlewich Cheshire CW10 9AG
Distance 5.5 miles Tel: 01606 834931:
Boots The Chemists Ltd, 64 King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6DT
Distance: 7.1 miles Tel: 01565 633114
Mannings, 38 Princess Street, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6BN
Distance: 7.1 miles Tel: 01565 633078
Rowlands Pharmacy, 16 Princess Street Knutsford WA16 6BU
Distance: 7.1 miles Tel: 01565 653229
Rowlands Pharmacy, 4 Parkgate Lane Knutsford WA16 8HG
Distance: 7.2 miles Tel: 01565 632140
Lloyds Pharmacy, 66 Middlewich Road, Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7DA
Distance: 8.9 miles Tel: 01606 351813
The contact details provided above are for information only and there is NO medical cover provided or implied by The Crewe and District Model Boat Club for any member or visitor sailing or attending any club event.
All persons attending or sailing at Crewe and District Model Boat Club events do so entirely at their own risk.
Reviewed 11th October 2017
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