This meeting was called by the club committee who attempted to promote it as the delayed Annual General Meeting that should have been held in March 2025 to comply with Club Rules.
The committee were advised of procedural and meeting content failures that supported a contradictory view that this meeting could not be classified as an Annual General Meeting.
The committee promoted the view that the 9 month delay was a consequence of financial irregularities that they were alleging had occurred from some time in September 2024 onwards, and which had remained undiscovered for a lengthy period, as well as extremely poor accounting records that had resulted in an extremely confusing picture with respect to the preparation of the formal accounts for the year ending 31st December 2024.
The committee had convened an earlier Special General Meeting of club members on 15th June 2025 and had initially provided relevant information to club members.
As a consequence of what some perceived as serious failures in the committee's actions (or indeed inaction) the agenda for this meeting included a proposition that members might wish to consider the degree of confidence they held with respect to the committee.
That proposition was discussed and placed before members for a vote and the view that negligence was apparent, with some committee members potentially also being considered reckless, in the governance of the club's affairs was supported by 14 votes with 10 other attendees abstaining.
Members were made aware that club rules did not actually include any provision for a vote of no-confidence and the committee might only be required to respond to this situation at their personal discretion.
The committee's response was to issue relevant notices calling for a further General Meeting on 14th December 2025 with arrangements being made to seek nominations for the annual election of the Chairperson, Treasurer and vacancies that existed on the current under-strength committee.
Committee members, with arguably clear culpability for the club's situation, were excluded from seeking re-election on a disputed interpretation of club rules and the issued notice stated that these individuals would remain in office.