Club Journal August 2015 The magazine for all CIU members 75p BT Sport will have live exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions INSIDE... League and UEFA Europa League for the next three seasons Editor’s Letter . 2 Club News . 3 Club of the Month . 10 Business Q&A . 12 HQ. 1 4 Club Outings. 18 Union negotiates special rate for 21 BT Sport club subscriptions Crossword . Sport on TV . 22 The Union has negotiated a special rate for available on terrestrial TV, meaning they all of its clubs which subscribe to BT Sport have the potential to drive footfall into the 23 in the coming season. clubs which take up the subscription during CIU Sport . This deal comes as BT Sport expands its the traditionally quieter midweek periods. live sport offering with a new package called The CIU has also negotiated a loyalty BT Sport Total which incorporates the new discount for those clubs which signed up to channel BT Sport Europe alongside BT BT Sport in their first two seasons. Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and BT Sport ESPN. There is also a BT Sport 1 package BT Sport Europe includes all of the live available to clubs which still includes BT UEFA Champions League and Europa Sport’s live coverage of the Barclays Premier League games, a total of 223 games this League (38 games), Scottish Premiership (30 season. games) and Aviva Premiership Rugby (69 This expanded content means that BT games). Sport Total will cost more but its live The price of this package will see a European games will kick off on Tuesdays, reduction on current pricing – for full details Wednesdays and Thursdays and will not be see the table below. BT Sport: CIU club rates Clubs Price per month excluding VAT effective 1st September 2015 Discounted rate Discounted rate Guide Post Club after loyalty after loyalty discount on BT discount on BT Band BT Sport Total inspires museum Rateable Value BT Sport 1 Sport Total for Sport Total for customers who customers who exhibition joined BT Sport joined BT Sport from launch to between 01.07.14 Artworks created and inspired by members 30.06.14 and 30.06.15 of the Guide Post Social Club in A 1-7000 £71.61 £144.14 £121.99 £127.35 B 7001-10000 £109.74 £220.90 £186.95 £195.17 Northumberland are currently featuring in a C 10001-13000 £147.87 £297.65 £251.90 £262.97 major exhibition at Woodhorn Museum in D 13001-15000 £179.49 £361.30 £305.77 £319.21 Ashington. For more information on the E 15001+ £210.18 £423.07 £358.04 £373.78 exhibition, see page 5. www.wmciu.org.uk EDITOR’S LETTER EDITOR’S LETTER Welcome to the August issue of Club for 12 images which capture the essence of Journal. our clubs to feature in the Calendar so please After a two-month hiatus, the new keep sending your photos through digitally football season kicks off this month and as by emailing [email protected] with the you’ll see from our front page, the Union has subject line ‘Calendar Competition’ or send negotiated a bespoke rate for all CIU clubs printed copies to: Calendar Competition, wishing to subscribe to BT Sport. The rates CIU, 253-254 Upper Street, London, N1 1RY. are included in the article but please contact August’s ‘Club of the Month’ is Caerphilly Head Office if you have any queries on Social Club in South Wales and as you’ll read taking up the offer. in the article on pages 10-11, it really is a designed specifically with the auto-enrolment Talking of sport, the Rugby World Cup is club of which the CIU can be very proud market in mind. due to start in September and with England with a flourishing membership and a host of There is also some important information as host nation and all the action on ITV, it activities laid on to keep members coming on page 15 regarding the recent judgement could well prove a great business-building through its doors. laid down by the Supreme Court on the issue opportunity for clubs. Incidentally, if you’d like your club to be of the longstanding dispute between HMRC Heineken, one of the Union’s Official Beer considered for a future ‘Club of the Month’ and Rank in respect of the VAT treatment of Suppliers and a worldwide partner of Rugby feature in Club Journal please get in touch as income generated from gaming machines. World Cup 2015, has helpfully provided us we’re really keen to keep showcasing all the I hope you enjoy the issue. with some top tips for clubs on making the hard work and success that is happening most of the tournament – please see the across our clubs. Business Q&A article on page 12. In our ‘HQ’ section on pages 14-16 we Meanwhile, the deadline is looming for announce that the Union has teamed up with you to get an image of your club in the 2016 one of the UK’s largest auto-enrolment Official CIU Calendar, sponsored by Aon. As providers, NOW: Pensions, to offer members you’re probably already aware, we’re looking access to a high quality, low cost scheme Stephen Goulding, Editor CLUB JOURNAL CIU CIU Editorial Panel 253-254 Upper Street London N1 IRY Tel: 020 7226 0221 Fax: 020 7354 1847 George Dawson CMD John Tobin Kenneth D Green CMD John Baker E-mail: [email protected] President Vice-President General Secretary NEC Member Website: www.wmciu.org.uk Editor Stephen Goulding Geoff Blakeley CMD Brian Davies Stephen Foster CMD Carol Goddard E-mail: [email protected] NEC Member NEC Member NEC Member NEC Member Club Journal is published by Alchemy Contract Publishing for the CIU 59/60 Thames Street, Windsor, SL4 1TX Dave Gravel John Heggs Sid Hicks Chris O’Neill Tel: 01753 272022 NEC Member NEC Member NEC Member NEC Member E-mail: [email protected] www.alchemycontractpublishing.co.uk For editorial, contact [email protected] For advertising, contact [email protected] The views expressed in this journal are not necessarily those of the publisher Ken Roberts CMD Bob Russell CMD George Smith Geoff Whewell NEC Member NEC Member NEC Member NEC Member 2• Club Journal NEWS OBITUARY: JIM HARRISON OBITUARY It is with much sadness that Monmouthshire Branch announces that Edwin Woollard long-time Secretary Jim Harrison passed away in May. Edwin (Eddie) Jim dedicated many years to club administration, beginning in Donald Woollard, 1970 when he joined the committee of Pentywynmawr, later who passed away becoming Secretary for a six-year period. on June 4 at the He subsequently served as Chairman of the club for a number of age of 88, was a years before stepping down in 2001. In 1985 Jim joined stalwart of the Monmouthshire Branch as an Executive Member and in 2000 became domino and crib teams at March the Secretary of the Branch, succeeding Baden Tucker in the role. United Services Club in Norfolk. His involvement with the Branch saw him devote a huge amount of time and energy into A lifelong darts player, Eddie guiding clubs in the right direction and if he didn’t have the answer to a problem concentrated on his dominos and immediately, he would not rest until he had found the solution. crib following a fall which injured Jim also served on the NEC for five years and loved his time attending meetings in his throwing arm. London and using his vast experience of club administration to help shape the Union’s As well as being a regular future at a National level. league player, Eddie represented His passions were the CIU, music and above all, his wife and family. He loved spending March USC in many national time with his grandchildren and was a real family man. competitions, winning an array of Jim fell ill in March 2015 and spent 10 weeks in hospital before passing away on May 26. A trophies. including reaching the well-respected gentleman, he will be sadly missed by everyone associated with him. five-a-side singles dominoes semi-final in 2006 and being part of the crib National Team Yorkshire Fringe honour for York City Branch Combination Winners in 1999. York City Branch has taken part in the inaugural ‘Great Yorkshire Fringe’ which took place Unable to finish the 2014/15 from July 24 to August 2 and is intended to become an annual fixture in Yorkshire’s domino season due to ill health entertainment calendar. he was nonetheless thrilled when The event was a 10-day festival of comedy, theatre, entertainment and music featuring such his team at March USC clinched household names as Paul Merton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Pub Landlord Al Murray. the league title. The York Branch of the CIU and the Fringe teamed up to present an evening of community Eddie will be sadly missed by all club entertainment in a show entitled ‘Variety Soup’. who knew him. CLUB NOTICES Expulsion FOR SERVICE Mr A Ford, Castle Ward WMC & Institute, Kingsley Street, Lincoln CENTENARY AWARD Brian Smith, Nursling & Rownhams Brian Randall, Poole Labour Hall & Suspension Hanging Heaton WMC, Heavy Social Club, Wessex Club, Wessex Mr R Hayes, Carshalton Social Club, Surrey Woollen (12 months suspension) Kenneth Sinnicks, Cowes Combined Carol Wooton, West Wight Social Club, Mrs D Hayes, Carshalton Social Club, Surrey CLUB AWARDS Services & Social Club, Wessex Wessex (12 months suspension) Mr Dave Hearst , Carshalton Social Club, Surrey (12 months suspension) DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Allan Fitzpatrick, High Howden Social Peter Taylor, West Wight Social Club, Club, Northumberland Wessex Mrs Julie Higgins, New Invention WM Victory Stephen Lucas, Walton Comrades Club, Club, West Midlands (6 months suspension) South East Metropolitan Mr Alan Leach (Junior), Empire WMC & CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Pamela Taylor, West Wight Social Club, Institute, Stanley, County Durham (12 LONG SERVICE Wessex months suspension) Anthony Williams, Poole Labour Hall & CLUBS