Assessing the support among Wentworth Club members for the Tennis and Health captain in his efforts with the Wentworth Heritage Group to fight

against the Reignwood’s proposed debenture

A short survey of Wentworth Club members was conducted between 1900 on 1/2/16 to 1600 on 2/2/16. It attracted responses from 388 members covering all types of member, 64% were Tennis & Health members or Full members which are those most affected by the Tennis & Health Club proposals. 32% were Residents of Wentworth Estate. There are c.4070 paying members of Wentworth so this response provides an overall confidence level more than 95% with a margin of error of less than 5%.

Do you support the Tennis and Health captain in his efforts with the Wentworth Heritage Group to fight against the Reignwood’s proposed debenture scheme?

Response Percent

Response Total

1 YES

96.13% 373

2 NO

3.87% 15

answered 388

skipped 0

98% of Tennis & Health members voted YES

Do you believe that the Tennis and Health Captain and the Wentworth Heritage Group are acting on behalf of the best interests of the Tennis & Health members?

Response Percent

Response Total

1 YES

96.65% 375

2 NO

3.35% 13

answered 388

skipped 0

Again, 98% of Tennis & Health members voted YES

Do you believe that the Tennis and Health captain has brought the Wentworth Club into disrepute?

Response Percent

Response Total

1 YES

4.64% 18

2 NO

95.36% 370

answered 388

skipped 0

97% of Tennis & Health members voted NO, 89% of Wentworth residents and 98% of non-residents voted NO.

Do you believe that new owners, Reignwood, have brought the Wentworth Club into disrepute?

Response Percent

Response Total

1 YES

92.66% 328

2 NO

7.34% 26

answered 354

skipped 34

95% of Tennis & Health members voted YES, 88% of Wentworth residents and 95% of non-residents voted YES.

Supporting information:

Tennis & Health members account for 46.3% of total paying Wentworth members, in this survey they accounted for 47.4% of responses.

1600 members were emailed giving a response rate of 24.3%, typical for an internet survey.

Each member indicated how many members of their family were included in their response, the average being 2.079. This factor has not been included in this analysis.

Please confirm that you are either a Tennis and Health member or a Full, Golf or House member of Wentworth Club

Response Percent

Response Total

1 TENNIS & HEALTH

47.42% 184

2 FULL

17.01% 66

3 GOLF

21.39% 83

4 HOUSE

14.18% 55

answered 388

skipped 0

How many people in your family are members of the Wentworth Club in one of the membership categories?

Response Percent

Response Total

1 ONE

39.18% 152

2 TWO

29.90% 116

3 THREE

14.69% 57

4 FOUR OR MORE

16.24% 63

answered 388

skipped 0

Are you a resident of Wentworth estate?

Response Percent

Response Total

1 YES

31.96% 124

2 NO

68.04% 264

answered 388

skipped 0