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Apologies

M Buckley, K Knott, R Taylor, C Monks

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Minutes of the meeting held on ….. July 2010

The notes were accepted as a correct record and signed by the Chair

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The Chair welcomed Joanne Meaney who would be minuting the meeting in the absence of the secretary

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Matters Arising

It was reported that there were still two outstanding fines relating to Bradshaw £50 and Westhoughton £15 and it had been resolved that this was due to administration error and that the fines be written off.

Proposed by R Blagg and seconded by P Stafford

Roy Sturch reminded the committee of the outstanding umpires expenses of £35.00 per person payable to Mr V Hughes and Mr S Patel for attendance at appeal.

The committee agreed that the expenses be paid from the bond of £100 relating to the appeal.

C Monks

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Correspondence

Letter received from Mr P Rayment including an invoice for £650 regarding the Bolton Cricket League information and work undertaken and maintenance for the website

Concern was raised as to whether the League Committee had made a decision to be involved in the website and make any contribution to its costs and recommended that this issue be taken back to individual clubs for discussion at their own committee meeting for discussion.

The Chairman requested to search previous minutes for any decision made regarding the website and circulate a copy of the minutes and a copy of the invoice

Further discussion at the next meeting regarding any future involvement

W Milne

R Taylor

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Umpires

Members received details regarding non submitted umpires mark cards for the period 26^th June – 15^th August [10 matches] :

Eagley 1^st – 6 out of 10

Bradshaw 2^nd – 7 out of 10

Egerton 2^{nd -} 5 out of 10

Farnworth 2^nd – 4 out of 10

Heaton 1^st - 6 out of 10

Horwich 2^nd – 6 out of 10

Westhoughton 1^st – 5 out of 10

Westhoughton 2^nd 7 out of 10

The clubs will receive appropriate fines in relation to non submission

Amendment to rules – Umpires Committee had agreed that No 5 in relation to “leg side wides” was worded incorrectly and should read “any ball that passes outside leg stump and behind the batsman is a wide”

Concern was also raised regarding the website discussion forum specifically in relation to some of the comments posted. It was recommended that the person and comment be removed from the webpage and reiterate the disclaimer

The umpires were concerned in relation to recent reports of the cricket ball being thrown at the batsman and that this was not within the spirit of the game and should be stopped.

Members supported this and agreed that it is the umpire[s] discretion to deal with this matter accordingly should any instance occur in the future

Hamer and Birtwistle Cup – the committee were very happy with the way in which both matches had been handled by all the umpires and they should be commended

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Juniors

The Chairman gave praise to junior members across all teams who are performing well and there are some good young cricketers coming through

Particular praise was given to juniors at Heaton CC and Horwich who won the Under 13s and Under 15s Lancashire Knockout [Heaton] and Under 11 Lancashire Knockout [Horwich]

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Finance

All outstanding amounts have been brought up to date and thanks sent to the clubs concerned

Bank account stands at :

Current - £4,100

Savings - £1,800

Junior - £3,900

Legal - £920

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R&C

Two items discussed :

Eagley 1^st failure to attend Under 18’s fixture on 11.8.10 against Kearsley

Eagley to be fined £50 for non-fulfilment of fixture

Eagley 2^nd fixtures on 14.8.10 against Little Lever and 15.8.10 against Farnworth.  Eagley had decided not to draft in Under 13 and 15’s and therefore did not fulfil the fixtures

Eagley 1^st team to be deducted one point for each date and fined £50 for 14.8.10 and £100 for 15.8.10

Junior committee have been asked to develop a protocol for “match call offs” which will hopefully negate any future instances

Mr Blagg made an apology on behalf of Eagley for the discourtesy and will ensure that this is taken back to the club committee

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20/20 – 20/20 does not make any difference to the league rules they are not first class matches

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Club Professionals

Westhoughton professional has returned – this was due to a contractual error

Tonge professional has returned home to take part in a competition – proposed at Sid de Silva under the role for the remaining two matches

Horwich professional – returned home for personal reasons - engaged Mohammed Wasim as a deputy

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Discipline

3 disciplinary undertaken :

A Warburton, Greenmount – 2 match ban

A Walton – 1 match ban

J Dunn, Walkden – 2 match ban

There is a backlog of 5 reports from the previous two weekends

13 disciplines to date and 5 pending

Members expressed their disappointment and that it is important that discipline is reiterated through club players/captains meetings

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Ground

Nothing to report – every effort being made to keep the grounds in playable condition

Noted

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Congratulations were extended to the junior competition winners.

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League Dinner

It was proposed that the dinner be held at an “in-house” venue in order to keep the cost down.

A committee sub group to organise the event

Committee approved an in house venue and proposed a date in November. Clubs to apply to host and the secretary to email out the details to all clubs. Further discussion at the next meeting

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Prize Claim Meeting and Handbook

Meeting to be held on 27^th September, names for prizes to be forwarded to the secretary

Handbook – quality to be maintained and input from all clubs is required. R Taylor and S Ainsworth to collate information.  Any information regarding the memory of association or club members for the obituary column should also be submitted

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Cricket

The chairman felt that a return to 100 over cricket was worthy of consideration by clubs.

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Any Other Business

Changes for 2011

To be discussed by individual committees and comments brought back for discussion before 31.10.10 in readiness for the League AGM

Prize claim meeting for Under 13, 15 & 18 to be held on 6.9.10 at 8pm at Bradshaw CC. Presentation to be held on 1.10.10

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Date and time of next meeting

Monday 4^th October 2010