Apply for membership.

Not a booking form. A form of application, read by people, decided in committee.

Form of application

To the Secretary, Dormie Golf & Country Club

Membership is by election, not purchase. The committee reads every form in full — write as you would speak in the bar.

Full name*

Date of birth

Category*

Address*

Proposed & seconded

By members of five years' standing. If you know no one, say so below — the captain arranges introductions, and enjoys it.

Proposer*

Member Nº

Seconder*

Member Nº

In your own words

I understand membership is by election, not purchase, and that the committee's decision is final.*

Nothing is charged at application. The joining fee is invoiced only upon election.

What happens next

The proposal

Your proposer and seconder write to the secretary — a few honest lines each. She has read every style of handwriting since 1998.

The book

Your name is entered in the candidates’ book, which lies open in the hall for a fortnight. Members read it. That is rather the point.

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The election

The committee meets quarterly and votes. Your proposer hears first, then you — in writing, with the invoice and the tee sheet.