Meeting:       Executive Committee Meeting  

Venue:          Mirfield Cricket Club 

Date:             Thursday 15^th November 2007 

Attendance: Peter Smith, Gordon Cooper, Martin Stubbs, Peter Burns, Jack Newsome, Brian Calverley, 
                        Steve Holliday, Richard Seddon 

Apologies:    Peter Ackroyd, Russell Greenwood, Geoff Lowe.

Minutes of the October Meeting agreed. 

Matters Arising 

• Surridge were contacted and there was no need to change the current contract due to a change in Secretary.
  

• A letter of apology had been received from Will Atkin and had been accepted.   No action required.
  

• Solly Adams still owes on sponsorship despite two letters being sent. 
  Action: Chairman to visit Mr Adams personally  
  

 Reports 

1. Chairman 

• Chris Madden of the Central Yorkshire Cricket League (CYCL) had asked if the junior prizes from their League could be presented at the HWDJCL presentation night. It was agreed that the CYCL policy of a junior being any person up to the age of twenty one was not compatible with ours.

Action: Chairman to contact Chris and explain the decision

• The Presentation Evening was a great success with around 150 attending. It was also noted that the new rules regarding the return of trophies had worked well with only one trophy not being there to be awarded.

Action: Secretary to do letters of thanks for both Ralph Middlebrook and Hanging Heaton CC

2. Secretary 

• Letter from Horbury Bridge CC was read out regarding the payment of the fines and the new structure they were hoping to implement at the club for next season. 
  

• Action: Secretary to write and ask for more concrete guarantees especially with regard to the names of people who will be responsible for results and registration of players.  Horbury Bridge should  reply to this letter by the end of November so the Executive could consider its content prior to the AGM. 
  

• The Website Manager intended to publish the meetings minutes on the website as soon as was convenient after the event. It was agreed that this would be sufficient and there would be no need to manually distribute them in future.
  

• New clubs for 2007 were agreed to be of benefit to the League and no negative issues had been experienced.

     Action: All to be removed from probation.   

 3. Treasurers Report 

• The final year end accounts were distributed. The Treasurer singled out particular praise for Steve Holliday for his remarkable efforts in clothing sales.

Action: Letter of thanks to be sent to the auditor Nigel Gould

• Current bank balance: £5220.
  

• Fines were still outstanding from Birstall, despite three letters being sent with no response.

Action: Letter to be sent asking for payment within two weeks

• The Treasurer was thanked for his efforts through the year.

4. Venue for Executive Meetings 2008 

• As the new Executive Committee was to be on a much smaller scale there was a need for a new venue to be found. Mirfield CC had arranged for Liversedge CC to hold these meetings for the forthcoming year. Mirfield CC also offered to act as a back up venue if Liversedge CC was not available for any of the dates.
  

• It was agreed that Mirfield CC had done a very good job in staging these meetings.

Action: The President was to thank Mirfield CC for their help over the years and for arranging the new venue.     

5. Any Other Business

 a) Umpires Association 

• The following Umpire appointments had been made at a recent meeting: -

President                              Jim Billington

Secretary                               John Sheard

Treasurer                               Peter Burns

Appointments Secretary      Ken Kingsbury

• A course on umpiring had been held at Headingley with 24 people agreeing to attend. However only 9 people attended. 

b) Lords Taverner / Joe Lumb 

• It was noted that The Lord Taverner and Joe Lumb AGM meeting was pending and to date neither an agenda or rule changes had been issued, therefore the Heavy Woollen delegates would be going with no mandate.

c) Cricket Tour 

• Under 14s Cricket Tour: The accommodation had been booked and fixtures made. Eighteen players had been provisionally selected

d) Spen Valley Cricket Development Group 

• A cricket development group is being set up in the Spen Valley area. The main aim of the group is to target clubs in the area who need assistance with training, and also try to encourage Clubs and School links to be made. It was hoped that this would also lead to district sides being formed allowing young cricketers to play at a higher level. Shaun Fox who is overseeing the development group is intending to give a more detailed talk on this matter at the AGM in December.

Meeting closed @ 21.05