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Minutes of AGM held on 15th
September 2014 at the Talbot
Present:
Dave Cooper,
Neil Davies, Shaun Done, Richard Evans, Derek Jones, John Lea, Ray Potbury, John Pritchard
(minutes), Ted Randles, Barry Tipton, Margaret Walker, Nigel Walker.
Apologies:
John Kenyon, Pat Wallace.
The Chairman opened the meeting at
8.10pm, welcomed all those present and thanked everyone for attending. A brief
resume of the Agenda was given to those present.
1. Election of Officials
The first item on the agenda was the
Election of Officials and the following people were nominated, proposed,
seconded and elected:-
|
Position |
Last year's Committee |
Nominated / Elected
for 2014 / 2015 |
Proposed by |
Seconded by |
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Chairman |
John Pritchard
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John Pritchard
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Barry Tipton |
Ray Potbury |
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Vice
Chairman |
Dave
Cooper |
Dave
Cooper |
Nigel Walker |
John Lea |
|
Secretary |
John Pritchard |
John Pritchard |
John Lea |
Ted Randles |
|
Treasurer |
Dave Cooper |
Dave Cooper |
Ray Potbury |
John Lea |
|
Committee |
Gordon Vickers |
Gordon Vickers |
Dave Cooper |
Ray Potbury |
|
Committee |
Ted Randles |
Ted Randles |
Barry Tipton |
John Lea |
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Committee |
Barry Tipton |
Barry Tipton |
John Pritchard |
John Lea |
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Committee |
Margaret Walker |
Margaret Walker |
John Lea |
John Pritchard |
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Committee |
Pat Wallace |
Pat Wallace |
John Pritchard |
Ted Randles |
|
Committee |
Ray Lamb |
Ray Lamb |
John Lea |
Ray Potbury |
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Committee |
John Lea |
John Lea |
Margaret Walker |
John Pritchard |
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Committee |
Billy Williams |
Billy Williams |
Ted Randles |
Dave Cooper |
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Committee |
Neil Davies |
Neil Davies |
John Pritchard |
Ted Randles |
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Committee |
Brian Welch |
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Committee |
Mike Turner |
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Committee |
Chris Barlow |
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Committee |
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Richard Evans |
Dave Cooper |
Ray Potbury |
Ray Lamb, Gordon Vickers, Pat Wallace and Billy
Williams could not make the meeting tonight, but were nominated for the
Committee again and were all duly proposed, seconded and elected.
Richard Evans volunteered to join the Committee and was duly elected. Welcome on board
Richard!
2. Statement of Accounts
The Treasurer presented the
Statement of Accounts for 2013-14 and copies were made available for those
present. After everyone had had chance to look at the figures, and
Treasurer Dave Cooper went through some of the items, Ted
Randles proposed that the Accounts be accepted as a true record of the
league's financial situation, this was seconded by Barry Tipton
and carried unanimously by all present.
3. Any Other Business
The Chairman informed the meeting that
we could expect 11 teams to enter the Winter League. The Cross Foxes,
United Services, Bawn Lodge, Royal Oak, Olde Cottage, Union Vaults, Spital
Vaults, Talbot, St. Werburgh's, St. Theresa's, and a newly formed Little Oak
team. Sadly, the Egerton Arms would not be entering this Winter League.
John Lea then informed the meeting that there was a strong possibility that the
Cross Foxes would enter a 'B' team, this is to be confirmed with Landlord Mark
on Wednesday (17th Sept) when the Cross Foxes play the Little Oak in a friendly
game.
Four formal written proposals have been
received for the meeting to consider, so these were then discussed, considered
and voted on it turn. (All the proposals can be read
here).
Proposal 1
Submitted by John Clarke, the proposal is to introduce a handicap system on one
of the 8-a-side competitions. Some discussion followed on the pros and
cons. Richard Evans and John Lea were both against the proposal as
cup games are played on neutral tables anyway, which took a lot of the advantage
away. Neil Davies and Derek Jones were in favour, Neil pointed out "otherwise
the better teams always win" and Derek saying it would encourage younger teams
like Bawn Lodge and give them more of a chance of winning a trophy, which Nigel
Walker agreed with. The meeting voted, and the vote was 4-4
with some abstentions. Proposal 1 was therefore not carried and
there will not be a handicapped cup next season.
FAILED
Proposal 2
Submitted by John Clarke, the proposal is to move one of the 8-a-side cups to a
Wednesday night, to see if it stops "no-shows" or encourages more teams to
enter. John Lea and Ted Randles were against in principle, as cups
have always traditionally been played on Thursdays. Most other people
seemed to favour the idea, however, and when the meeting voted it was 7-3 in
favour of the proposal. Therefore, either the Northgate Cup or West
Cheshire Shield will be played on Wednesday evenings next year, with the proviso
that it can be reviewed next year if it is deemed not to be working.
PASSED
Proposal 3
Submitted by Neil Davies, proposal 3 looks to reward teams who have 8
players present by awarding them a point, win, lose or draw, the idea being to
encourage teams to have 8 players, rather than relying in 6+2 or 5+3. Ray
Potbury said all teams would play 8 men if they had them, so why penalise teams
who do their best to complete fixtures but just can't get a full 8 players.
Others felt it unnecessary to give home teams a point just for having 8 players,
because they could pluck anyone out of the pub and put them on, if needed.
However, the suggestion was that it might work for just away teams.
The meeting voted on the proposal as it was submitted and the voting was 1-7
against. However, if the additional point was just given to away
teams who had eight players, the voting of the meeting changed to 6-2 in favour.
Therefore, next season, away teams that have eight players will receive an
additional point, whether they win, lose or draw. PASSED
when amended to away sides only.
Proposal 4
Submitted by John Clarke, the proposal was to replace the 6+2 rule, and
instead fill empty slots with a standard 40 points. This idea
was discussed by the meeting, but it was clear no-one really approved of it.
An alternative suggested by the chairman was to allow lowest scoring players to
play again, but cap their score at 40 points rather than just award 40 points,
but this had no support either. The meeting voted and the proposal
was unanimously rejected. FAILED
With the introduction of a cup on a Wednesday, the chairman informed the
meeting that the league will start earlier than normal, and this season it will
start on Wednesday, 15th October. Fixtures will be published by the
end of the September. John Lea and Barry Tipton undertook to
find out about the Cross Foxes B team for sure and let the chairman know ASAP.
There being no other business, the Chairman thanked everyone
for attending and closed the meeting at 9.15pm.
Minutes taken by John Pritchard.
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