Near Quash For Squash

Executive's grant of £90 to the Squash Club was made against the strong opposition of some Executive members and indeed was made only in the face of treasurer Tony Ashenden's advice that the debt could not be avoided.

Sports officer Murray Boldt first moved that the club be paid £90, the amount corresponding with the cost of court fees incurred by the club, but this was amended on the motion of secretary Alister Taylor so that the grant became conditional on the increase of the club's supscription in future years from five shillings to £1.

Dave Shand attempted to have the grant reduced to £45, but failed to find a seconder. The motion was then put and lost.

In the face of a compromise motion to pay £60. Murray Boldt objected that this was a purely arbitrary figure. The matter had been fully gone into by Sports Council, he stated, and £90 was the minimum possible sum.

With the failure of this motion the squash club appeared to be faced with bankruptcy, but president Tom Robins accepted a new motion that the amount be paid, on the grounds that the motion differed from the previous motion because it imposed no restrictions on the club, and the grant was finally made.