Meeting:        Executive Committee Meeting  

Venue:          Liversedge Cricket Club 

Date:               Thursday 16^th October 2008 

Attendance:  Peter Smith, Steve Holliday, Gordon Cooper, Jack Newsome,                                              

Geoff Lowe, Richard Seddon, Martin Stubbs. 

Apologies:    Philip Akroyd, Brian Calverley

Minutes of previous Meeting agreed.           

Reports 

Treasurers Report 

The Treasurer requested clarification on the valuation of stock currently held by the League. A discussion followed where it was felt that the current stock was a mixture acquired over recent years and due to the unavailability of several designs from the old sponsor it was felt that the bulk of the stock was redundant and therefore should be written off in value. All agreed

It was brought to the Executives attention that the League are in receipt of some grant funding and in consequence the League in a position to buy new equipment if needed. Some of this money was in the form of a grant for use on Girls cricket.

Steve Holliday informed the Executive of a meeting between New Farnley CC and Leeds Lady’s CC where it was hoped that the Ladies team would become an integral part of New Farnley CC. The Ladies had shown an interest in helping with coaching of HWDJCL girls and it was agreed that funding could be made available to them for this.

The Treasurer informed that his previous prediction of the League breaking even was likely to be incorrect due to the over spend of £650 on the under 14s tour.

The Treasurer thought there was no justification to increase the subs due to the amount of funds held by the League.

Chairman's Report 

The Chairman reported on the need to appoint a Trophy Steward for the 2009 season, nobody had come forward and this would need to be put to the clubs at the AGM in December. There was also the need to find a Child Welfare Officer as the present one needed time out due to work commitments. The Chairman emphasised that these were not Executive problems but League ones which were down to the clubs to help out with. 

Umpires and Captains of the various winning teams were to be invited to the Presentation Evening along with the winning captains of the recent under 9 hardball competition. 

There had been no response from the Disciplinary Chairman. It was hoped that a report would be available along with recommendations with regard to the Ossett/Azaad dispute in time for the AGM.

The Chairman said that the Emergency Committee needed to be sorted out early in the new year and there was the need for volunteers for this or a reorganising, as the present system was left to the same individuals which was not deemed fair.            

Fixture Secretary's Report

Mirfield , Morley CC and Gomersal CC had written asking for their Under 11 home games to be played on a Wednesday. The Fixtures Secretary agreed that this could be incorporated.

Both Batley CC and Mount CC were not present at the Post Season meeting and the Fixtures Secretary reported that he had not received any correspondence from either club so assumed that they would be able to play there under 11 games on a Thursday evening.

"A" and "B" teams could now be catered for at under 11s with the day changing to a Thursday. A short discussion followed on A and B sides and whilst the Executive wish to help as many children play cricket as possible, there were issues an registration of players to A and B sides. It was also said that some clubs particularly where there is a number of clubs within a small area, like Mirfield for example, would benefit if they contacted neighbouring clubs if they had either too few or too many players. This way the greatest number of children could be guaranteed to play and reduce the need for A and B sides.

Secretary's Report  

The secretary had received a letter from Mount CC disputing the fine handed to them for playing at their Hyrstlands Park ground. There was a short discussion but all agreed that the fine should stand as Mount CC had contravened an Executive decision. All Agreed 

New clubs wishing to enter the League in 2009 were Crossbank Meths,   West Bretton,  Northowram Fields and possibly an as yet unnamed Batley side.Action: Secretary to send relevant information to the clubs           

Result Secretary's Report 

The Executive were reminded that there is large amount of Rule changes and rule amendments to go through and it was agreed that a separate meeting was needed to discuss them and make proposals ready for the next Executive meeting. Action: Secretary to arrange a date and venue for this

The Executive's attention was drawn to the large amount of work that Steve Holliday was doing with the under 10s and felt that the amount of travelling expenses Steve was incurring with representative games should be reimbursed to him. All agreed 
Action: SH to fill in petrol expense forms when travelling on HWDJCL duties.

Child Welfare

Any Other Business

David Fox had asked Wrenthorpe CC to enter a Ladies Team in a local league but there ground was not available due to the amount of cricket being played at Bragg Lane 

The Executives had been issued with a letter from New Farnley CC with a proposal to change the under 17 competition into a two night one where they could play their games in a longer format. This would result in radical changes to the competition and it was agreed that the proposal be circulated to the clubs with the information packs for the AGM. Clubs were to be informed that this would be put forward as a proposal in 2009 to be voted on for implementation for the 2010 season. 

Meeting Closed 9.35pm