Cornish Pirates

Penzance & Newlyn RFC - Members Only'EGM'

Following the recent resignations of President Dicky Evans and Chairman Robin Turner, an Extraordinary General Meeting will take place at St. John's Hall, Penzance, on Monday 25th February at 7.30p.m.

Only fully paid up members of the Penzance & Newlyn RFC can attend the meeting, who should please bring along their membership cards with them, it expected to elect both a new President and a new Chairman, besides also discussing the future of the Cornish Pirates and the Westholme Clubhouse/Mennaye Development.

Following the announcement that Dicky Evans had resigned as President, Robin Turner immediately stood down as Chairman, with a view to standing for election as the new President, him commenting: "No one will ever be able to step into Dicky's shoes, but I hope after serving eight years as Chairman to provide some continuity. The support we've received from the supporters has been incredible and Dicky's vision for the Cornish Pirates and Premiership rugby is still very much in place, with it expected that he'll still play a major part in the future."

A large gathering of members is expected at the EGM, where they will surely take the opportunity to not only make their votes, but to also express their views loud and clear as to the direction their club should be taking.

Postal voting/Proxy voting - It should be noted that the Club Bye-Laws do not permit postal voting, but proxy voting is allowed as follows:-

A proxy must be appointed in writing under the hand of the appointer.
The instrument appointing a proxy must be deposited at the office of the Club (f.a.o. Terry Drew) not less than 48 hours before the time of holding the meeting at which the person named in such instruments proposes to vote.

Any instrument appointing a proxy must be in the following form:-

PENZANCE & NEWLYN RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

(I or we), (name and address) being a (member or members) of the above named Club, appoint (name and address), as (my or our) proxy to vote in (my or our) name(s) and on (my or our) behalf at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Club to be held on (date) and at any adjournment.

Dated.....................................................................

Signature(s) of Member(s)

Regards,

(Clearly all parties involved in proxy voting must be fully paid up members of Penzance & Newlyn RFC)