Meeting:       Executive Committee Meeting  

Venue:          Liversedge Cricket Club 

Date:             Tuesday 16^th June 2009 

Attendance: Gordon Cooper, Jack Newsome, Brian Calverley, Geoff Lowe,  & Richard Seddon 

Apologies:    Martin Stubbs, Philip Akroyd      

 Minutes of the March Meeting agreed. 

Geoff Lowe had received a letter of complaint from Moorlands CC regarding the response from the Results Secretary’s actions following a fixture cancellation. The contents of the letter had caused great distress to the Result Secretary. It was agreed that the Result Secretary had followed his duties to the letter and although Moorlands CC were dealing with the sad loss of an official had they followed league rules this incident would never had happened. Action: Secretary to write to Moorlands cc informing them that all correspondence should sent on headed notepaper to the League Secretary. 

The Executive discussed the fact that correspondence was still being sent to individuals and not through the League Secretary despite several requests at the Management meetings.Action: put forward at AGM that clubs would be fined £5 if they did not send correspondence to the League Secretary. 

Reports

Treasurer

The Treasurer circulated an up to date statement which showed the Under 14s Tour was £900 dearer due to accommodation costs.

A promised Grant of £5000 had not yet been received.

Further sponsorship was still due from the Dewsbury Reporter Group.

Mr Croft was still awaiting some coaching money. Action: Amjad and Steve to be contacted to sort this out. 

Chairman

A list of transfer requests were all granted having been given approval of leaving club.

Following the discussion from New Farnley CC re two days under 17 competition the Chairman reported that in the Central Lancashire League a 40 over per side game over two days was being played.Action: The Chairman would produce a paper in readiness for the clubs at the Post Season Meeting.

Fixtures Secretary

The fixtures had a run farther smoother than last year, however he reported that he had suspicions that some matches were being rearranged illegally.

Reports had come from several clubs complaining that football matches were causing some problems early in the season, he had evidence that football matches were being played instead of cricket games as the fines for non playing of football games were higher than those we currently issue. Action: propose to increase the fine for non playing of games be increased to £25 at the AGM

Under 9 fixtures have not been well run and in accordance with policy set out at the May Executive meeting these games will be more stringently run in 2010 with fines being administered to clubs falling foul of League Rules.

Wrenthorpe V Wakefield Thornes Under 15s: This fixture could not be played due to senior games.
Action: 4 points Thornes   0 points Wrenthorpe, no fine

Tour Party Report

Played 4 out of the 5 games, lost all 4 but were close matches and next year we would have to look at taking some under 15 or County players to balance the side. It was reported that we had paid extra in order to have use of a gymnasium but this leaked and was unusable.
One a night  a few of the boys were rowdy in the middle of the night and the following day they were asked to leave, the outcome was that they were charged an additional £250 to re house the boys so they were all together. There was no trouble after this. At the end of the tour they were asked not to return to the venue again.
The Tour Operator has since said that the £250 should not be paid and thought if the matter was persued, insurance should cover this.
The tour was regarded as very good apart from two individuals who caused the problems. It was also reported that the state of the Gym was such that they were unable to use it and that breakfasts were insufficient.
Peter Burns and Gary Hebden would not be able to act as drivers anymore.
The Chairman thanked Brian Calverley for all his efforts.

Result Secretary

The Result Secretary had circulated a report on problems as set out below.

Item 1. The Secretary had received a letter from Mirfield explaining that Liversedge under 13 played a game with them with only 9 players. Mirfield loaned them two fielders. Mirfield thought this was odd as Liversedge had a vast number of players registered and could not under stand why they were short. Liversedge won the game but had Mirfield objected they could have been awarded the points.Action: Secretary to write to Liversedge for an explanation.

Item 2. A letter had been received following a game at Gildersome where the umpire also scored. The away team scorer had to sit on their own and had no way of checking the score also had it not been from parents they would not have known the names of player. A discussion took place on this and it was agreed to put forward a rule change as follows
An Umpire plus a scorer plus one other adult supervisor to be at a game.

Item 4. An unauthorised transfer had taken place. The clubs in question had acted in the best interest and the fault lay directly with the player having not given full details to the new club.Action: secretary to write to player informing him that any further transfer within the Season would have to go through the Executive.

Item 5. A game had taken place between Wrenthorpe and Methley in an under 15 league game. The total of the first innings was changed with only 3 balls of the second innings remaining. Action: the match awarded to Methley as only 5 bowlers were used be Wrenthorpe. The rules will be changed to the effect that the score agreed at the half way stage will be set and not changed thereafter.

Item 6. A player during an under 15 match between Townville and Altofts had proceeded to bat after reaching 35 and score another 2 runs which had a bearing on the game as the scores were within 1 run.Action: it was reported that the 2 scorers present were inexperienced and the result would stand.

Item 7. A game between Woodkirk and Hanging Heaton had taken place where the away team Hanging Heaton were late. Woodkirk had complained that they had lost the toss and had to bat second which meant they were batting in poor light. Action: If Woodkirk had read the rules they could chosen to bat and therefore made Hanging Heaton bat second. No Action needed.

Item 8. Moorlands had played 2 players in both their A and B teams Action: First infringement points awarded to opposition. Second infringement fine of £10. Any further infringement would be loss of points and fine of £10. All Agreed

Denby Grange had failed to fulfil under 9 games for 3 times.Action: Fine £10 and any further failures would result in a fine

CWO Report

The CWO reported that his survey of clubs had highlighted many possible problems and put forward that the Survey should be carried out each year so that both the League and the relevant clubs are aware of any outstanding issues regarding  people required to have a full CRB checks. This would be put forward at the Post Season Meeting.

AOB 

The matter of Trophy return was now becoming a major concern. The Secretary reported he had written to the Trophy Steward but had had no reply. 

Huddersfield junior League had asked if we could arrange a home and away under9 hard ball matches.  

Meeting closed @ 21.05