ANTHONY AXFORD BOLTON CRICKET LEAGUE

 

MINUTES OF THE 77th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

11th DECEMBER 2006

 

 

 

 

Apologies: None. All clubs and officials attended with the exception of Astley Bridge.

 

Minute’s Silence: A minute’s silence was held in respect of all who had passed away in the previous twelve months.

 

Minutes of the 76th AGM: These had been circulated and approved at the January meeting. There were no matters arising.

 

Chairman’s Report: This was handed to the Committee, and sent out via E-mail to club contacts. The Committee formally approved the report.

 

Statement of Accounts: Bill Stevenson took the Committee through the accounts. It was noted that there is still money outstanding from 11 clubs, and it is not clear yet if there will be surplus funds for distribution. A 10% surcharge will be applied to money owing to the League at 31st December (Rule 8).

It was recommended that large sums of money held for long periods of time be held in a Deposit Account.

The cost of inter-league cricket in 2006 was noted, but this was an exceptional season.

The accounts were formally approved.

 

Election of Vice Presidents: Ken Burns and Colin Davies were elected unanimously.

 

Proposed Amendments to Rule: The following were passed by a two-thirds majority and details of the voting will be sent in a separate document;

SO6, 6a, 14fg&j, 19, 23h, 26c (matches to start at 1pm, 12.30pm in April and September) 26c (matches to start at 12.30pm in September), 26fi, 26g, 26o, 26y.

There will need to be further discussions about the impact on Sunday morning junior cricket with the earlier starts. In any event a further vote may need to be taken as two proposals affecting the same rule received a two-thirds majority. 

Unless affected by the weather, there is no minimum number of overs for a match.

 

Junior Amendments to Rule; These were approved en-bloc with the exception of two rules affecting the points in third team cricket. Both received a two-thirds majority at the AGM and a majority vote is now required to decide which takes precedence.

 

Election of Officers;

Chairman – D. Kay

Secretary – R. Taylor

Treasurer – W. Stevenson

Auditor – G. Salt

Junior Secretary – M. Buckley

Umpires’ Fixture Secretary – to be decided

Co-Opted Members (all receiving at least 75% of the votes)

M. Hall

T. Hayes

D. Morris