Tring Wargames Club meets at the New Mill Social Centre, Bulbourne Road, Tring, Herts, (See How to find Us for map.) Meetings are every Friday from about 7.15pm. until 10.30pm. Most periods are played from ancients to sci-fi.

New comers are welcome to pop in. Membership is a very reasonable £2.00 a year, (due in January,) plus £2.00 at each meeting you attend, your first two meetings are free. Membership includes the clubs quarterly newsletter Dispatches.

In addition to Friday evenings, the club holds a number of open days on a Saturday or Sunday. These open days allow us to refight some of the more ambitious battles that we would not have time for on a normal club evening. In the past we have fought Waterloo, Vitoria, Gettysberg and D-Day to name but a few.

The club also runs a demo game at a few shows such as Campaign, (Milton Keynes) and Broadsword, (Walthamstow.) Some of our recent demos have included a Russian Civil war battle, an airborne landing in Crete, a 15mm pirate game and 25mm Indian Mutiny Game. As well as demo games we enter a team in the Triples in Sheffield. This is a very enjoyable weekend, we usually travel up on Fridays and stay in a hotel until Sunday.

So whether you are young or old please come along and have a look at us, we don’t bite and it will not cost anything, so what have you got to lose.

• Chairman/Club Representative: Ian Ransom
• Secretary: Karl Lowthian
• Treasurer/Membership Secretary: Robert Young
• Editor/Promotions: Ian Willer

1) Tring Wargames Club, herein after known as the Club, is a non-profit organisation for the pursuance of the hobby of wargaming and the promotion of the hobby in the community. The Club shall consist of members and officers as defined herein

2.1) Members: A member is defined as one who has paid the appropriate membership fee and has agreed to the conditions of membership

2.2) Members will be entitled to the following:-

2.2.1) A quarterly Newsletter including a membership list and members army lists.
2.2.2) Participation, including voting at the Annual General Meeting and at Extraordinary General Meetings.
2.2.3) Eligibility for Competition Teams.
2.2.4) To participate in demonstration games presented by the Club.
2.2.5) To stand for the position as an officer of the Club.
2.2.6) The purchase of Club regalia as designed and supplied by the Club.

2.3) Officers: An officer is defined as one who is a paid up member of the Club and has been duly elected to an office at either an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting; The officer shall attend meetings of the Committee as defined. If the Chairman is not available for a Committee meeting the Secretary shall act in his/her stead.


2.4) The officers of the Club shall consist of:
2.4.1) Chairman/Club Representative: This officer shall chair the Committee meetings and shall represent the Club at all functions at which the Club is present, or his/her nominated representative.
2.4.2) Secretary: This officer shall prepare agendas and minutes of the Committee Meetings: he/she shall also prepare ballot papers for voting at Annual General Meetings or Extraordinary General Meetings. The minute book containing the minutes of all meetings is to be made available at all Club meetings.
2.4.3) Treasurer/Membership Secretary: This officer shall be responsible for the proper keeping of the Club's accounts, the collection of the weekly entrance fees, the collection of moneys from the sale of refreshments as provided by the Club, the preparation of monthly statements of accounts and the annual account to be presented at the Annual General Meeting. As Membership Secretary he/she shall be responsible for the collection of membership fees and the registration of members.
2.4.4) Competition Organiser: This officer shall be responsible for the obtaining of entry forms, submission of forms and entrance fees to the organisers of competitions in which the Club has agreed to participate; he/she shall also be responsible for the organising of Club Teams for those events as required and the submission of army lists to the organisers of competitions so entered.
2.4.5) Editor/Promotions: This officer shall be responsible for the preparation of the Quarterly Newsletter and the preparation and distribution of advertising material to local newspapers, bulletin boards etc. and the National Wargames press; he/she will also be responsible for co-ordinating the preparations for the chosen Club demonstration games.

2.5) Officers: Are elected for two years from the date of the Annual General Meeting at which they were elected and may only stand again if they are unopposed. Any officers who are elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting will hold that office until the next Annual General Meeting at which time they along with the other officers may stand for re-election, except as previously noted.


3) The Committee: Shall consist of those five officers duly elected and shall meet to discuss the running of Club affairs at monthly intervals.
3.1) A Quorum shall consist of three of the officers.

3.2) It is a requirement of all officers to make regular attendance at the weekly Club meetings. This shall consist of at least once a month. They shall also shall be required to make regular attendance at the monthly Committee meetings for a minimum of six months and at least three consecutive meetings. If not he/she shall offer is/her resignation to the Committee.

3.3) Committee Voting; the Chairman has no casting vote and therefore all the officers have one vote on every proposal.

4) Voting: All members and officers except the Chairman ( who has a casting vote ), may vote at the Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meetings. All voting shall be carried by a majority. All voting on items contained in the Agenda shall be conducted by a secret ballot on papers prepared by the Secretary. A minimum of one month's notice shall be provided in writing of all items to be voted on. No one is allowed a vote by proxy

4.1) Nominations for the positions of officers of the Club must be proposed and seconded by members and be noted on the form provided by the Secretary on the notice board and shall be open upto and including the Annual General Meeting.

4.2) If at any Meeting proposals are raised in " Any Other Business ", these will be voted upon by a show of hands, unless at least 50% of the membership present request that the item be deferred to an Extraordinary General Meeting and balloted in the normal fashion.

4.3) Amendment to Constitution: Proposed amendments are to be discussed at the Meeting and the proposal sent to all Members. The notification will include the deadline for responses, with a minimum of 14 days. A two thirds majority of replies is required for an amendment to be implemented.

5) Finance: Membership fees shall be payable annually by the first Friday in January. The rate will be as determined at the preceding Annual General Meeting.

5.1) New members who join during the year will receive 1/4 reduction for each of three months expired i.e. those joining in April, May or June shall pay 3/4 of the full fee, those in July, August or September shall pay 1/2 of the full fee and those joining in October, November or December shall pay 1/4 of the full fee. Existing members shall not be entitled to a reduction in fees for renewing after the first quarter.

5.2) A weekly fee is payable by all who attend the Club, except those visitors on their first and second attendance's. The attendance fee is determined at the Annual General Meeting.

5.3) Committee Expenditure: Excepting the fees for the hire of the hall the committee has the following limits on expenditure:
5.3.1) A majority vote to spend upto £50.00 on any single item or general expense.
5.3.2) Any sum exceeding £50.00 except as previously noted will require the vote of all the membership. In such a circumstance a notice will be displayed on the notice board for one month declaring the intent, after which it will be balloted in the usual manner.

6) General Meetings:
6.1) The Annual General Meeting shall be held at the Club premises on or about the last Friday in October. All those entitled to attend will be sent a reminder with Agenda and ballot papers no less than one calendar month preceding the meeting.
6.2) Extraordinary General Meetings may be called by petition in writing of at least 50% of the membership. Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting will be made in the same manner as the Annual General Meeting.