ANTHONY AXFORD BOLTON CRICKET LEAGUE
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD AT BRADSHAW C.C.
27th NOVEMBER 2006
Apologies: Horwich C.C. All other clubs and officials attended.
A period of silence was held in respect of Alec Ainsworth and John Partington Senior.
Minutes of the October Meeting: These had been circulated and were approved as a correct record of proceedings.
Matters Arising: There is still a vacancy for Vice-President.
Correspondence: Clubs have been notified of the Bolton Sport and Physical Activity Awards 2007. A letter of thanks was read from Peter Mensforth regarding the presentation made at the Junior Presentation. A letter was read from Roy Stafford tendering his resignation from the League Dinner Committee. The Secretary will write to Roy thanking him on behalf of the Committee.
Finance: There is £700 at the bank, with £2400 owed to the Bolton League, and £14,000 in the coaching fund.
Umpires: The ACU&S is still a viable organisation, with insufficient members in the new organisation to cover all ECB and LCB matches. It is important that whichever group our umpires belong to, they are still given marks.
The County indoor final has been arranged for 7th January, the scheduled date for our first matches. The Committee agreed our competition be played 14th, 21st and 28th January and 4th February, but the County would be informed that given our level of support for their competition we are unhappy at the way we have been treated.
Kearsley will enter the LCB competition as last year’s winners. There were three strong cases put forward for our other entrant as it will be too late for the 2007 winners to join – Bradshaw as last year’s losing finalists, Greenmount who were forced to miss the competition as winners the previous year and Walkden who represented us in the finals last year. The R&C Committee were asked to make a recommendation at the December meeting when the Committee will make a final decision.
14th January
11.00am Westhoughton v Horwich
12.15pm Heaton v Greenmount
1.30pm Kearsley v Astley Bridge
21st January
11.00am Farnworth SC v Tonge
12.15pm Eagley v Bradshaw
1.30pm Egerton v Walkden
28th January
11.00am 1. AB/K v Ho/We
12.15pm 2. T/FSC v He/G
1.30pm 3. B/Ea v F
2.45pm 4. LL v Wa/Eg
4th February
11.00am 2. v 3.
12.15pm 1. v 4.
1.30pm Final
It was confirmed that suspensions from incidents in League and Hamer Cup matches would not apply to Indoor or Lyddon Cup matches unless specified by the Disciplinary Committee.
Fixtures 2007: The fixture from Sunday 9th September was changed to Saturday 8th September. The fixtures were then approved and will be sent with these minutes. Please destroy all other copies.
Cricket Balls: Rod Sandiford requested that orders be placed at the AGM. He also made the point that if clubs had a problem with a ball it should be reported to him immediately. There was also a suggestion that there were opportunities to try other balls during the 2007 season, but the relative cost of an alternative ball should be taken into account.
Juniors: Successful junior Amendments to Rule had been distributed with the junior minutes, and will be sent with these. There was a query regarding a change to the Under 18 points, and the Junior Secretary will contact clubs’ Junior Representatives before a final majority vote is taken at the League AGM.
Proposed Amendments to Rule 2007: Voting form with the proposals that received more than 50% to follow / enclosed.
Nomination of Officers: The following were proposed;
Chairman – D Kay
Secretary – R Taylor
Treasurer – B Stevenson
Co-Opted Members, M Hall, T Hayes, D Morris
Auditor – G Salt
Junior Secretary – M Buckley
Umpires’ Secretary – Mrs. K Knott
Any Other Business: The following clubs have still not supplied Peter Stafford with their averages; Farnworth S.C., Greenmount, Kearsley, Little Lever and Westhoughton.
Reporting on discipline for the 2006 season, Tony Hayes said there had been seventeen reported incidents mainly for the abuse of umpires, other players or equipment. Meetings had to be held frequently. It had been the intention of the Disciplinary Committee to get clubs to take more responsibility for discipline, get more consistency in the reporting from umpires and to let players know what punishments to expect. These had been achieved to a certain extent, but during the winter there would be further meetings with the Umpires’ Association.
Derek Kay thanked Mike Hall for Presenting the League Dinner, but it was noted the attendance was very poor, with six clubs not represented.
There was a wide-ranging discussion about the future of the Dinner, with the early consensus being that it may be better to have informal presentation evenings with a more formal sportsmans’ type dinner. It was agreed further discussions should take place once the Dinner sub-committee was formed at the January meeting. David Morris suggested we should also look for members from outside the League Committee.
Date of December Meeting and AGM: 11th December.