Meeting:     Executive Committee Meeting  

Venue:          Liversedge Cricket Club 

Date:             Thursday 19th June 2008 

Attendance: Peter Smith, Steve Holliday, Gordon Cooper, Jack Newsome, Geoff Lowe, Richard Seddon 

Apologies:    Martin Stubbs, Brian Calverley.

 

 Minutes of previous Meeting agreed. 

Reports 

Chairman 

  • Peter Smith is to stand down as Disciplinary Secretary with immediate effect due to ill health, he would however continue as President. He was thanked for all his efforts in the past. Stuart Battye was set to replace him.
  • Trophy Return.  Trophy return was complete bar one trophy which was in hand, as previously reported Brian Calverley and Gordon Cooper are to step down after the September Presentation Evening as Trophy Officials, there had been no response from the website and to date nobody was in place to take over this roll. It would have to be brought up at the AGM and the member clubs would have to help find a replacement. 

Secretary           

  • The Secretary reported on two games where incidents had occurred, the Executive agreed that all should be forwarded to the new Disciplinary Secretary for his attention. 
  • There had been correspondence from three managers all received not on club headed paper and all were matters that related to general rules that could be found in the Handbook. It was agreed that the managers should have sought the answers in the Handbook and then through their Club Representative. If they could still not understand the Rules then the Executive would deal with them through the proper channels i.e. on Club headed paper. Action – None necessary  

   

Treasurers Report 

  • The Treasurer issued an up to date financial statement that showed Hopton Mills CC had amassed fines of £160.00 despite several reminders being sent. It was put forward that if they were not paid by 30th June the fines would be doubled to £320. Action - All agreed
  • The following clubs also had fines outstanding: Cleckheaton: £75, Methley: £50, Ossett: £25. It was again put forward that if not paid by 30th June fines would be doubled. Action - All agreed
  • Six other clubs had been fined for late submissions and again fines would be doubled if not received by 30th June. Action - All agreed   
  • It was reported that Surridge had paid the sponsorship and would remain as League sponsors for the 2008 season. A discussion took place on the current sponsorship deal with Surridge. It was reported that Surridge had wished to address the Executive but had failed to attend the last two meetings with no explanation as to their failure to attend. The League had experienced several problems with the supply of merchandise with only cricket shirts been readily available; this was causing a lot of unnecessary work for those involved. It was also stated that the general feeling was that Surridge wished to change the current sponsorship for future years.  Action - Secretary to write to Surridge

          The under 14’s tour had £6867 with receipts of £6219 leaving a bank surplus of £14,000

 

Fixtures Secretary 

  • The rule stating that two clubs by mutual agreement could change dates was causing serious problems for both the Results Secretary and Fixtures Secretary, as members were not informing them of when games were actually on or changed to. This is causing a lot of confusion and additional work. Action - to be discussed at the next meeting.

 

Result Secretary 

  • It was reported that Hopton Mills CC and Denby Grange CC were registering very poor results and appeared to have insufficient players. Action - Secretary to write to both clubs placing them on probation
  • A discussion took place with regard to a fixture between Carlton and Townville.. Action - Townville awarded 4 points and Carlton fined £10

Child Welfare 

  • Nothing to report

Registrations 

  • It was reported that there had been several errors with regard to the registration of player’s details.Action – Secretary to speak with Registrations Secretary. 

 

Staffing at Finals 

  • The Umpires Secretary had reported that he was having difficulty in finding umpires for finals. The Chairman also said that it was getting increasingly difficult to get a person to be present at the Finals to act for the League in the presentations immediately after the finals and help was needed in acquiring people to do this. Action – League Secretary to write to all active personnel to help in this matter

 

Communication 

  • All correspondence from clubs must use the correct channels of communication in order to help ease the workload put on certain members of the Executive.

 Under 9s Hard Ball Competition 

  • The first two Sundays in September had been allocated to run the inaugural under 9 Hard Ball Competition. They would comprise of one set of games in the morning and one in the afternoon. There would be four district sides covering the Heavy Woollen area in which the selected players would compete for.

 Girls Cricket 

·        Mike Edwards had said he would send information with regard to organising a Tour. Janet Bolt was also in favour of helping out on a tour.Action – It was agreed that a girl’s tour should be pushed forward as money was available to cover costs.

 Any Other Business 

  • There had been no objections to the transfer of Joe Pryde
  • Andrew Beaumont still owed subs to Gildersome CC and must pay before  transfer clearance is given.
  • Moorlands CC had reported that they’re under 17 Manager and CWO was no longer acting for the club in these rolls.
  • Ask Adwalton Secretary to write to Gildersome Secretary for response from the recent under 17 match outlining their grievances.
  • A discussion took place on setting up a Heavy Woollen Lottery based on direct debit donations and the money gained from it could be used to run coaching courses through bodies like ProCoach. Action – Further investigation into how to set it up and costs involved 
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