South West February Governance Workshop

21 January 2026

Join us on 5 February 2026 at Clevedon Golf Club for the South West Governance Workshop, a practical and interactive Golf Governance Workshop designed for club leaders, managers, and committee members. Hosted by Jerry Kilby of Kanda Golf.

Strengthen your club’s leadership, improve decision-making, and build a governance structure that supports long-term success. This one-day workshop brings together practical guidance, real-world examples, and discussion tailored specifically to golf clubs and memberbased organisations.

Facilitated by Jerry Kilby CCM at the beautiful Clevedon Golf Club, the session offers an inspiring setting to step back, reflect, and reset your governance approach for the future.

Agenda

Session 1 – A layman’s guide to governing documents
Session 2 – Best practice in golf club compliance
Session 3 – Running Effective Board/Committee Meetings
Session 4 – Your club, your challenges: An open discussion on governance issues you areexperiencing at your club.

What will be covered?

Modernising Your Governing Documents

Articles, constitutions, rules, bylaws — what do you keep, what do you update, and how do you future-proof them?
Learn how to ensure your club’s core documents reflect today’sexpectations and tomorrow’s ambitions.

Board, Committee & Management Roles

A thriving club depends on clear boundaries and constructive collaboration.
We’ll explore how to define responsibilities, avoid duplication, and create a strong working relationship between volunteers and the management team.

Building the Right Organisation Structure

Who reports to whom?
Where do committees fit?
How do you ensure clarity for staff, volunteers, and members?
We’ll share frameworks that simplify governance and bring alignment across the club.

Running Efficient & Transparent Meetings

Transform your Board and Committee meetings with better agendas, smarter reporting, and a clearer decision-making process.
Discover ways to reduce meeting fatigue while increasing transparency and accountability.

Encouraging More Members to Stand for Election

Most clubs struggle with succession planning.
We’ll discuss how to attract new volunteers, widen participation, and whether a Nominations Committee can strengthen the pipeline of future leaders.

Induction for Newly-Elected Volunteers

Set your volunteers up for success from day one.
Learn how to design a simple, repeatable induction process that builds confidence, reduces confusion, and ensures everyone understands their role and responsibilities.

Who Should Attend?

Club Chairs & Captains
Board & Committee Members
General Managers & Management Teams
Anyone involved in shaping the club’s
governance or future direction

£35 for GCMA Members | £70 for non GCMA Members

Max 4 delegates from one club (GCMA Members can bring guests at GCMA rate)

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John Steele

John Steele is a former professional athlete, sports coach, Olympic Leader and is the Executive Director of Sport at Loughborough University. He has been Chief Executive across a range of sectors. Drawing on leadership experience of nine different Olympic and Paralympic Games (including the amazing events at the Rio Games), John reflects on the lessons from this unique period in British sport and relays his fascinating views on creating high performing teams.

Indeed, inspired from PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, by the most successful performance ever for Team GB, he has a whole host of new business and leadership insights into how this was brilliant performance was achieved and how it can translate back into your organisation.

John moved into the corporate world, before he enjoyed an outstanding career as a professional rugby player achieving international honours. After his playing career, he turned his hand to coaching and achieved the highest accolade for a British club coach by winning the European Cup with Northampton Saints. He then became Executive Director on the Saints Board during a period of unprecedented growth, and served on the England Rugby Board during the successful world cup campaign of 2003. It was no surprise that John’s talents were called upon to drive through a change and modernisation programme as CEO of the Rugby Football Union – a challenge that became controversial and ended in his departure from the post after only a year, but with his dignity and professional pride intact.

Headhunted by UK Sport, John took up post as CEO the day before London won the 2012 Olympic bid – and this promising start was sustained as he embarked on developing the UK’s high performance sport system, which he led for a six-year period of unprecedented success through the Beijing and London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Post-London 2012, with the Olympic legacy in place and an obligation to continue inspiring a generation, John took up his post as Group Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust. He has also succeeded Steve Cram as Chairman of the English Institute of Sport, an organisation described as ‘the team behind the team’, which delivers a range of performance impacting solutions to over 40 Olympic and Paralympic sports and some non-Olympic sports.

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Dr Jo Salter MBE

Dr Jo Salter MBE is famed for becoming the first female fast jet pilot, having flown the Panavia Tornado ground attack aircraft during her services in the Royal Air Force. Joining the RAF aged 18, Jo has since taken Air Cadets into the skies as part of Air Experience Flights, become the Director of Global Transformative Leadership for PWC, and most recently become a Global Advisory of GenAI for PwC.

Jo has piloted flights in the Air Cadets Air Experience Flights and inspired countless budding armed service members to pioneer a male-dominated sector, having been the leader of an all-male squadron. Since leaving the military behind, Jo has established a strong business career working in roles such as Head of Technical Services for NetConnect, European Operations Manager for Automated Power Exchange and Managing Director of Saltin Ltd.

Having developed first-class expertise in leadership, analytical thinking and performing under pressure, Jo is now a highly sought-after public speaker to share stories from her time in the skies.

Jo is a passionate Trustee of The Royal Air Force Club and an Ambassador of the Global Angels charity, an organisation that gives communities around the world access to clean water, education, healthcare and encourages female and youth empowerment. Jo has also authored two books, titled Energy: 52 Ways to Fire Up Your Life and Become an Energy Angel and Energize: Spring Clean Your Mind and Body to Get Your Bounce Back Today and Every Day.

In recognition of her achievements throughout her career, Jo has also been named as one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in the World by Harpers & Queen. She is now working as the Director of Global Transformation Leadership at PWC, after working in other roles such as Director of Risk Technology Strategy, Director Chief of Staff to Head of Technology & Investments and the Director of People & Organisations.

In 2022, Jo was invited personally by Tom Cruise to attend the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Most recently, Jo received an honorary doctorate of Arts from Bournemouth University.