Pat McErlean
Alan Campbell
Alasdair McLean
Findlay Bruce
Christine Baker
Gordon Senior
George Smith
Eric Deane
David Kelly
Linda Campbell
Tim Shepherd
Pat welcomed everyone to the Annual General Meeting. He recalled the achievements of last year. The swimming club was starting to see changes. Eight coaches had successfully completed their Level 1 coaching qualifications. Two of the coaches, Alasdair and Michelle, had previously swum for the club. David, Jet, Fiona and Naomi had also been club swimmers in their day and had decided to give up a lot of their spare time training our swimmers. Pat advised that Grove had always invested in their kids and now Lauren and Clare had passed their coaching course. It was hoped that they would return to the club in a few years' time as coaches. Grove had recently entered a swimming competition and had achieved good results. Pat regretted that Grove had had to do away with their own lifeguards, however Edinburgh Leisure had introduced new rules which meant that the club was required to use EL's own lifeguards. Pat complimented the committee, stating that the members do not have any arguments and all get on well together. He recognised all the work Alan undertook as treasurer and dealing with the running of the club. He also praised Linda for her work as Child Protection Officer and for coaching the youngest members of the club up until recently.
Pat advised that he had been connected with Grove Swimming Club for almost 50 years having first joined in September 1959. Regrettably, he advised that he would be leaving in the next 4 or 5 years as he intends to retire and leave the area.
The minutes were agreed by all present as a true record.
The issue of providing kit bags was raised again and it was agreed to look at the costs outside of the AGM.
Findlay stated that the sale of raffle tickets had been more successful than the previous year, but felt this could be improved upon. He asked the committee to consider the possibility of organising a bag packing session at a supermarket to help raise funds.
Alasdair stated that more new swimmers were joining the club. He felt they were being attracted by word of mouth. The coaches have changed the use of the swimming lanes due to the new age mix. Some of the swimmers had recently entered a competition and had received good feedback with the kids wanting to take part in more competitions. They?d also had good feedback from other swimming clubs.
Alan stated that the club's finances had improved very slightly, however Grove had seen a drop of a 1/4 of its membership - the biggest decrease for many years. Older members are starting to leave and the club needs younger recruits. Alan advised that it has been the worst financial year for some time - pool costs had increased by 1/3rd. In addition, attendance rates had fallen by 1/4 which has resulted in nightly income being less than it was 4 to 5 years ago. He explained that the renting of the pool was the biggest expenditure by far. SASA costs had gone up by 5 1/2% which is not as large an increase as in previous years. Engraving costs had also gone up a bit but the costs were not thought to be excessive. Alan advised that the training of the coaches had cost the club about £600 after having successfully managed to obtain 1/2 the cost from SASA and another 1/4 from Edinburgh Leisure. Alan thought that some of the coaches may wish to advance their skills to Level 2 next year which he would be happy to finance. He announced that Grove had still come out on top with its finances but he felt that the next 2 years could prove to be difficult. He also advised that Edinburgh Leisure had increased its charges in November, earlier than expected.
Alan proposed for the annual subscription to be raised by 5% to £37, and £30 for second swimmers in a family, but to keep the nightly subscription to £2.50 for now. This was agreed by the committee.
Christine Baker, a former member of Grove ASC, was welcomed to the meeting. Christine donated a trophy for the club. It is to become the new Ladies' Open Shield. Christine is to attend East District meetings as a representative for Grove.
Office bearers were elected as follows:
| Pat McErlean | President |
| Alan Campbell | Treasurer |
| Findlay Bruce | Secretary |
Other people elected to the committee were as follows:
| Linda Campbell (Child Protection Officer) |
| David Kelly (Head Coach) |
| Christine Baker (Representative for East District) |
Maintained by Neil Campbell.