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Title: Coolhursts Future
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Coolhursts Future
- Improving our club
- Achieving excellence
- Updated July 2008
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What is in this presentation?
- Members provided with better understanding of
clubs finances - Full information on proposed immediate extra
three floodlit tennis courts and implications - Some outline ideas for developing the club
further in Phase 2 with a range of possible extra
facilities
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Future Planning Group
- Subgroup set up by GMC brief to investigate how
to improve club sustainably - Over last fifteen months has
- a) Analysed underlying financial position
- b) Looked at how some comparable clubs
generate revenue - c) Investigated our land ownership
- d) Trialled many different ideas for
developing our site, - and eliminated most as
impractical/too disruptive - e) Considered planning policy background
- f) Obtained budget costings
- g) Negotiated terms with St Aloysius
playing fields trustees - to extend our playing area
- h) Implemented member attitude survey
- i) Considered implications of various
funding methods - FPG recommendations for Phase 1 shown tonight
were approved unanimously by GMC - NO CLUB COST TO DATE we must spend once
principles agreed - Current FPG members Dudley Leigh, Rob Mackenzie,
John Marcus, Peter Holden, Ralph Richard Milly
Ayliffe, Joost Hunningher, Penny Chalmers
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Coolhursts FinancesSimple overview
- Annual income (inc recent subs increase)
260-270k - Annual costs excluding major repairs renewals
190k - Annual surplus for major repairs renewals
80k - BUT
- Estimate of necessary major repairs renewals
pa 70k - Average expenditure to include major renewals
260k - SO
- Club budgets to maintain its existing facilities
in good condition - Club certainly has no obvious mechanism for
funding improvements or major new development
projects - Management relies upon volunteers in many areas
- If the members want additional or improved
facilities then we have to provide specific new
income streams to fund them, whether by increased
subscriptions, additional members, sponsorship,
gym memberships, etc
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What would members like?Key results from club
survey
- High degree of satisfaction with existing
ambience of club - 62 of tennis members would like three new
floodlit tennis courts on St Aloysius land with
sub increasing - 73 of squash members would like three new
glassback courts (making five courts in total)
with sub increasing - 38 of members would be interested in joining a
better gym - 65 of members would be happy for outside gym
members to join - 89of tennis members believe a thriving junior
section is important - 42 of members are interested in a physio at
Coolhurst - 30 of members are interested in aerobics in a
decent studio - 9 of members are interested in hiring for a
private party - 27 of members are interested in a daytime creche
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How can we build income ?
- Some modest scope to raise subscriptions but only
in return for better facilities (58 of members
support this proposition) - Could improve member numbers esp for daytime use
requires sustained marketing(62 of members
comfortable with sensible increases in member
numbers) - Could improve daytime squash court usage
(racquetball, more juniors etc) - Other clubs earn from members gyms, hiring out,
corporate use, aerobics, etc this requires
investment in better facilities - Phase 1 St Aloysius Development
- Three new floodlit courts
- Self-funding - maybe a small surplus with grant
support - Phase 2 Redevelopment of old Squash Courts and
Studio - Substantial new income streams from new gym,
studio, meeting rooms and additional squash court - Major project (600k - 1.2m) with complex but
viable funding options
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Phase 1 St Aloysius Development
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Summary of the St Aloysius Tennis courts
- Three new floodlit courts, tarmac-surfaced like
courts 1-4, and linked to club by lit stairs up
the bank behind Court 4. - Our juniors programme would be on these courts
- Adult play in the evenings and weekends, and
daytime outside juniors hours - Use shared with St Aloysius school school has
three hours each school-time afternoon - We could offer more schools access to coaching
and programmes if Local Authority funding is
provided-access by new fenced secure and lit
pedestrian access path between Hurst Avenue, and
the new Aloysius courts - Total school usage limited to weekdays prior to
5pm during term time only and only in scheduled
teacher-supervised groups - Aloysius pupils would access the courts from
their own playing fields and use their own
pavilion - Any other partner schools would access via the
new footpath not via the Coolhurst Clubhouse - Bankside behind Court 4 to be cleared of scrub,
landscaped and planted to link new courts
visually to the rest of the club - Strong support from LTA
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Priorities for Phase 1 - Key Data Results from
club survey
- 89 say a thriving junior section is important
2 disagree - 48 adults would sacrifice adult court
availability for juniors 37 say not - 61 say Club needs additional courts 17
disagree - 62 would like three new floodlit tennis courts
on St Aloysius land, funded by a sensible annual
subscription increase - 18 opposed - 68 believed a fair subscription increase would
be above 30 pa, with 45 indicating a price
between 30-50 pa - 47 would play more winter and evening tennis if
additional courts were lit - 62 believed new floodlit courts would make
Coolhurst more attractive to new members - 13 believed they would be able to introduce new
members as a result - 61 of members were happy to see sensible
increases in numbers of Club members to fund
development 10 were opposed
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How would new courts be financed ?
- Total cost inc fees VAT approx 241k (including
34k asset/infrastructure improvements to club) - LTA grant
40k - Bank loan 10yrs 167k
- TOTAL for Courts 207k
- Club cash (asset/infrastructure) 34k
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241k - Additional income expected is
41,000pa - 8.5 (40 full) tennis subs increase
12k - 30 additional members
17k - Floodlight fees
7k - Extra juniors income
5k - Likelihood of 40k Grant from LTA linked to junior
programme and 2008 start - Bank loan if needed secured against lease of
courts or freehold of club ample security but
will need business plan to demonstrate payback - All main elements costed by professional team
- Additional costs
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Delivering Membership GrowthTennis Committees
draft Marketing Plan
- New TC Member appointed with sole brief to
deliver membership growth targets - New Midweek Supremo appointed to TC to
transform Midweek Section into vibrant
Club-within-Club. Possible payment for targets
achieved although not for a volunteer - Subscription growth target to be expressed
financially (17k to 170k in 2008 ) and agreed
with Treasurer the spread between adults,
juniors, midweeks, families for TC to determine - Incentive membership with possible 50
introduction fees payable into on-line booking
system. Already tested positively with new young
members. - Target University tennis teams when leavers move
to London. Poss friendly matches away in Spring
2009.Create incentive for future joiners - Sustained local PR campaign with new junior
programme as key hook - Consider concessionary rates for Aloysius parents
and old boys - Web-site to be overhauled to become an effective
recruiting tool - Prepare a decent two-side colour leaflet,
majoring on all the Clubs key assets. Perhaps
sponsored - Junior membership formal expansion/compulsory
junior club membership/Club direct payment
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What is impact of new courts ?
- Partnership with schools develops next generation
of juniors both tennis and squash - Cements our Clubmark status at LTA-access to
loans or grants - Takes pressure off courts more playing time for
all - Club becomes visible from Hurst Ave
- Access possible to Club from Hurst Ave
- Opens up better possibilities for future
development of club - Resolves pressure on existing courts from juniors
- Easier to improve or resurface existing courts
- Solves long-running grass court argument
- Provides electrical capacity for more floodlit
courts - More courts could be bookable if desired
- Balloon (similar to present one) could be added
later - Members could park in Hurst Ave once path built
- Better access for cycles once path built
- Chance to landscape bank behind Court 4 with
planting and flowers
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Terms of Deal with St Aloysius
- Club obtains long lease (probably 80yrs) over new
courts - Annual fixed ground rent of 5k pa, subject only
to RPI increases - New Hurst Avenue access path included within
lease - Coolhurst responsible for capital cost of courts
and future maintenance - Club purchases banks from school at 5k and
assumes liability for tree maintenance - Aloysius School granted use for organised school
groups during agreed weekday term-time hours - New power supply for floodlights from substation
on Aloysius ground will also serve Phase 2
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St Aloysius courts - Planning Permission
- Planning application has been lodged, jointly by
Coolhurst and St Aloysius - Proposal complies with planning policy and is
likely to be approved normally within eight
weeks but could take longer - There will be some neighbour objections to
floodlights, primarily from Avenue Road, but any
impact is minimal - We have consulted neighbours and local authority
in advance - Letters of support received from LTA and Haringey
Sport - If unexpectedly refused, our professional advice
is that we would be highly likely to win on
appeal, but this would delay the courts until
2009 - Team for planning are LTA court construction
consultants plus our planning consultant
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If we proceed with the new courts, what next?
- The new tennis courts are self-funding, but do
not create major new income - Aim is to supply extra squash courts, gym,
function suite, physio room, meeting room etc in
Phase 2 - Function suite and terrace also provides a venue
for social events - Improved daytime activity levels improve bar
turnover- gym, aerobics etc should help - Location must replace present built area no
building on green space - Planning permission should be obtainable although
dependent upon detail minimal neighbour impact - Capital cost 600k-1.2m depending on size, so
substantial borrowing may be needed - There must be substantial extra income for
assured payback over 15yrs say 100k pa to
borrow 900k
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How?
- NO DETAILED SCHEMES DESIGNED YET IDEAS ARE TO
BE EXPLORED. MEMBERS INITIAL REACTION IS
VALUABLE - Three realistic possibilities
- A) Demolish studio and replace with minimum
scheme (club space 200m2) of one squash court,
plus new gym and function suite _at_ 600k - B) Replace old squash courts and studio with
medium scheme (club space 300m2) of three
inline squash courts plus new gym, function suite
and other facilities above courts _at_ 850k - C) Reduce/eliminate cost by partnering
residential developer who builds flats above new
facilities. This involves maximum scheme (club
space 500m2) of five new squash courts plus gym,
function suite, and other facilities. All current
squash courts replaced. Likely cost of 1.2m
offset by equivalent proceeds from residential.
Built in two phases so that squash operates at
all times - Members survey results indicate preference for
self-funded schemes
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Likely extra income from new facilities 115k pa
- Gym
40k - Aerobics etc
15k - Corporate
8k - Members parties
10k - Extra bar profit
15k - Squash Court usage
8k - 40 More squash members 10k
- Squash subs increase _at_ 30 RPI 9k
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115k per annum - ALL NEED MORE RESEARCH
- If we can achieve more net income for the club
then we can hope to stabilise subs even if we
spend more on management
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Some visuals
- Illustrating how a minimum and maximum scheme
could work - Remember these are indicative only no serious
design work yet commissioned
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Minimum scheme ground floor
Minimum Scheme Ground
Floor
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Minimum Scheme- First Floor
Minimum Scheme First floor
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Maximum schemeNew squash courts and Club entrance
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Maximum scheme -New club extension-first floor
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Flats above Squash courts and Gym/function suite
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Overview of club
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View from back of tennis courts 1-4
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Maximum Scheme Club entrance
Maximum Scheme new entrance
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Conclusions
- We have a plan which will improve club facilities
significantly - Phase 1 paves the way for Phase 2 the new
courts are ready to build if members agree - Tennis and Squash Committees will take
responsibility for delivering membership growth
targets - Club has to embrace juniors use for both sports
- Better facilities will provide the basis for more
revenue - Phase 2 plans will be developed further over
the next year if members desire - More research needed on
- Funding options for Phase 2
- Generating more squash/racquetball use
- Types of gym and membership rates
- Competition for hire-outs
- Types of classes (aerobics/yoga/Pilates etc)
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