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Chester and District
Bagatelle League AGM 2026
BAGATELLE AGM 2026 (23/09/2026)
AGENDA
PREVIOUS MEETING ACTIONS:
Trophies - All collected and new trophies ordered which will be ready for 14th
October.
What’s app groups - We’ve now given 4 people ability to add additional people to
the Chester Bagatelle and Committee Groups. To add people to any of the What’s
app groups please request from John Pritchard, Neil Davies, Suzanne Johnson or
Simon Ward.
Suzanne wishes in relation to her table at The Bridgewater - Done and minuted
from the previous meeting.
Referees for finals - All finals had neutral referees and plan for next year
will be put in place.
Meeting minutes - To be done and disseminated by Chairperson or Vice
Chairperson.
Code of conduct - Done and disseminated to representatives of each team at the
AGM. This will be published on the website.
Issues during a night of bagatelle - This needs to be sorted between the two
captains on the night and if not resolved should be raised with the committee by
the teams committee representatives.
List of committee members and their contact details to be obtained (each team to
have at least 1-2 members) - This is to ensure each committee member, and team,
have communications and any updates.
**PLEASE PROVIDE NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO SIMON WARD ON
07736658734 FOR AT LEAST ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR EACH TEAM**
Reminder that the referees decision is final (only captains can challenge a
decision and must be straight after the shot is taken) - Minimal interruption to
the game and also only captains can challenge. If there is a challenge from
another player this will not be accepted unless it comes from the opposing team
captain.
NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE NEW SEASON (PAID ON NIGHT) - We have 12 teams who
have paid their fees this evening at the AGM, however there are potentially 2
additional teams, The Brewery and Upton B, who have been given a week to pay
fees to enter the league, these fees must be paid by 30th September 2026.
FINALISE DATES FOR PRESENTATION AND START OF NEW SEASON - Presentation
with be held at St Werburgh's on 28th October 2026 at 8pm start. The league will
start on 7th October 2026.
COMMITTEE OFFICIALS, NOMINATIONS AND VOTING:
Honorary President - John Pritchard
Treasurer - Neil Davies
League Secretary - John Pritchard
Chairperson - Simon Ward
Vice Chairperson - Suzanne Johnson
VOTING ON PROPOSALS (1 VOTE PER TEAM):
1. Change back to one division instead of two. This allows players to play on
multiple table rather than being limited to certain tables they have in their
league. Also this allows new players in the lower divisions to learn from the
leagues more experienced player who are playing at the top of the division
above. (Submitted by The Bridgewater) - NOT PASSED, Voting was 5 for, 7 against
and 1 abstained
2. Teams who play with 8 players receive a bonus point in the league for each
game they play with 8 players. (Submitted by The Bridgwater & St Theresa’s) NOT
PASSED, Voting was 6 for and 7 against.
3. If a team is short of players for whatever reason then either a random
generator (done by the opposing captain) or the opposing captain picks the
players who play again. (Submitted by The Bridgewater) PASSED, Voting was 11
for, 1 against and 1 abstained.
4. All players should be put onto the team sheet before the second half is
started (similar to the first half) and not left empty to see if someone turns
up (Submitted by The Bridgewater) PASSED, Voting was 9 for and 4 against.
5. A team is deducted 15 points for each player that is missing from the team of
8 players. I.e. if a team plays with
5 players they lose 45 points from their total score on the night, 15 for each
missing player, (Submitted by St Theresa’s) NOT PASSED, Voting was 5 for and 8
against
6. The mixed doubles competition to be named in memory of Eddie Wicks as a mark
of respect to Eddie and his service to the game and committee (Submitted by St
Theresa’s) PASSED, Voting was 11 for, 1 against and 1 abstained.
7. If the leagues stays as two league then a second bottom 4 cup should be
created to have one for each division, and these should be named after Len
Cooper and Richie Evans (submitted by St Theresas) PASSED, Voting was 8 for, 2
against and 3 abstained.
AOB
Ted Randells (Upton B), cancer has spread to his spine so he’s in hospital with
no visitors, moved to hospice over the next couples of days for at least the
next 2 weeks. We wish Ted all the very best.
Colin Jones (Upton B), has a fall so unfortunately in hospital, no visiting. We
wish Colin all the very best.
Accounts - Accounts were provided on the night and put into the What’s App
groups. No challenges and happy to sign off.
Magazine - Idea for a magazine to advertise bagatelle in the local town. This
would include pages for each pub with a bagatelle team and advertising for third
party businesses. The idea is to get this into pubs, visitor centres and other
such type venues. This will be taken away to get costings and a business plan,
and brought to a future committee meeting.
Any team paying for 2 teams to enter the league would receive 2 fixtures for
each cup round of draws, fixtures permitting - Agreed unanimously.
Teams taken out if they don’t turn up to their cup game - If a team fails to
turn up for a cup fixture their respective pub will not be given a fixture as a
neutral venue in the rest of that cup draw. This will only cover the cup that
the team didn’t turn up in.
Meeting closed.
Minutes by Simon Ward, Chairman.
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