The objectives of the Club defined in the Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation when it was registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 28 March 2011 were as follows:-

 

1) To provide opportunities for men of not less than 18 years of age for recreation, social intercourse and refreshment.

The ground floor of Warwick House is the heart of the social life of the Club. The premises contain a bar for the service of drinks and snacks at competitive prices and a large sitting room, comfortably furnished with leather armchairs and settees. The walls are furnished with a variety of photographs and other memorabilia reflecting the history of the Club and its foundation.

The Club rooms are open from Monday to Friday inclusive between 5 and 8.00 pm, and on Sundays from 12 noon to 4.   From Monday to Wednesday the Club opens at lunchtime, usually from 12 noon until 2 pm.

All times quoted are minimum lengths and, subject to upholding the Licensing Laws, are at the discretion of the Steward working under  direction from the General Committee and Board of the LBG, whilst remaining within the premitted licensing hours for a Private Members’ Club.

2) To provide opportunities for members to participate in sporting or other activities, and generally for the pursuit of any of the objectives of the Company. 

The Club houses two well-maintained full-size snooker and billiards tables in the Snooker Room on the first floor at the rear of the building.  Sporting Club teams have for many years taken part successfully in local snooker leagues.  These facilities are available for any member to use throughout the week, by arrangement with the Steward. The cost of lighting the tables is met by those using the Snooker Room with the aid of a coin-operated machine.

In former times the Club used to field teams to play cricket, soccer and, going further back in time, rugby.  In the closing decades of the 20th Century these matches would be categorised as ‘friendly’ for the most part.  Today, however, with so many teams competing in serious and almost professional fashion on the island, such opportunities no longer easily occur. In recent years, despite this pattern, the Club has had skittles teams in local leagues, and the occasional golf challenge with other organisations, yet it is fair to say that nowadays the emphasis has shifted from participation as a Club to offering financial support to those who are helping to promote sporting outlets for the benefit of young people as outlined below.

3) To raise funds to support charities whose objects are

  1. a) supporting the armed forces of the Crown and their families

The Club has an eye to the two key objectives laid down by the Founders of the Club in the original Rules of 1920

  • To be a lasting memorial to the officers, NCOs and men of the 1st Guernsey Contingent who sacrificed their lives in the War.
  • To provide an Aid Fund out of any profits or surplus accruing

Today it fulfils these objectives by –

Making a generous annual contribution to The Chelsea Pensioners’ Holiday Fund, enabling the Pensioners to be here to take part in Liberation Week celebrations, and entertaining them and the Gurkha contingent to a buffet meal at the Club;

Laying  a wreath in honour of the men of the First Service Contingent at the island’s Remembrance Sunday parade;

Collecting for donations to the Royal British Legion Poppy Day Funds;

Collecting for donations to Help4Heroes;

And, on occasion, selling the Club’s own Christmas cards to raise money for the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association.

  1. b) supporting activities for the benefit of the youth of the island.

In recent years the Club has donated money to provide equipment for primary school age children to be introduced to the sport of Fencing.

4) To commemorate the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the First Guernsey Contingent who sacrificed their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

The Club is making every effort to bring their Founders’ achievements to public attention during the centenary years of the Great War.

On 4th March 2015 the Club hosted a dinner at the Bella Luce Hotel to commemorate the leaving of the men of the First Service Contingent for training at Fermoy, Co. Cork with the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.  Guests included 16 surviving relatives of the original volunteers, the Irish Ambassador (His Excellency Daniel Mulhall), a representative of the Irish Defence Forces, the Lieutenant- Governor, the Bailiff, and the Chief Minister.

On 8th March 2015 the Club supported and helped to organise a march involving up to two hundred cadets, with a colour party from the Irish Defence Force, twelve men from the Guernsey Military History Re-enactment Society in Militia uniforms of the Great War period, and all led by an Airedale Terrier (the same breed as the Service Contingent’s original mascot, ‘Roy’).

The march started from Beaucamp High School, the site of the original Militia barracks, after a stirring speech from the Bailiff (Sir Richard Collas) and followed the same route to the White Rock as in 1915.  The Lt-Governor (Air Marshal Peter Walker) inspected the cadets at the harbour, reminded them of the importance of the historical events they were marking, and finally a service of commemoration and thanksgiving, organised and largely scripted by the Club, was held in the Town Church.