MINUTES of the MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Meeting

held at Henfield Cricket Club on Tuesday 13th April 2004

 

Present  P Graves (President), N Teague (Chairman), L Claydon (Competitions

     Secretary), P Tolchard (Results Coordinator) and representatives from ALL 36 Clubs

   

Apologies for Absence  Nic Nolan (Secretary) and Don Semmons (Treasurer)

  

 Minutes of the Previous Meeting of November 25th 2003 were approved

  

 Matters Arising

    Vacancies remained for League Secretary and Vice-Chairman and East Preston were

    seeking an alternative venue for their home 1st XI fixture on August 7th.

   

Request from Arundel

    A letter was read requesting that the club be permitted to play in their 1st XI,

    in addition to an expected Bangladeshi player,  an Australian (David Buck) who

    was born in England, held a U/K passport and had an English parent.  He has re-

    turned to work having been in England in 2000 and 2001.  It was agreed, without

    dissent, that he should be allowed to play.

  

Reports

    All fees had been paid,  including £1,080 in deposits, and with the handbooks

    paid for the balance was £3,119-11.   Mr Claydon reported that fewer handbooks

    had been printed than ordered and that Clymping, Crawley Eagles, East Preston,

    Findon, Ifield and Scaynes Hill had been late in providing club details for the

    handbook.   He reminded clubs of the need to destroy all existing match details

    forms and advised that Crawley had yet to notify their free date for 2005 and

    that clarification was needed re those for Aldwick and Ifield.

   

Annual Dinner

    There was nothing to report other than that Mr Graves had booked comedian Ager

    Brown to be the main speaker.

   

Seminars for Umpires and Scorers

    Four clubs - Clymping, East Preston, Eastergate and Middleton - had failed to

    attend and were each fined £10.  The cost to the League had been £130 including a

    donation of £50 to the Umpires Association.  Following the seminars,

    it will be necessary for clubs to complete a team sheet prior to each match and

    to retain these for the season;   letters will be sent to clubs regarding a pos-

    sible panel for Division 1 1st XI umpires and there could be the marks for teams

    and umpires.  Mr Teague believed that the Sussex League were introducing a code

    of varying penalties to punish transgressions by players.

   

 

Other Business

    Don Semmons had requested that match forms for the Sunday Cup Competition be.

    sent to Mr Tolchard but no details need to be telephoned;  neutral umpires would

    be  appointed  to the semi-finals and final.   Sussex County Cricket Club were

    piloting a 20/20 Competition at the County Ground on Sunday 29th August from

    12.30pm with one side each from four leagues;  any interested club would need to

    contact Mr Semmons by the end of April.   It was agreed that any change or in-

    crease in the categories to determine the winners of the Laurie Cheesman Memor-

    ial Trophy should be discussed by the Executive Committee.   It was anticipated

    that both Arundel and Lindfield would attend the first Executive Committee meet-

    ing on June 1st to explain their proposed changes to rule and were asked to pro-

    vide these in advance.

                 The Meeting commenced at 8.08pm and closed at 8.49pm.

   

Dates of Meetings   June 1st, July 6th August 3rd and September 7th (Executive

                          Committee);  September 28th and November 30th (ALL clubs).

   

Changes to Handbook  Kevin Thorns (Henfield) has moved to 33 Clappers Lane,

    Fulking, BN5 9ND (01273 857089) and the Storrington 1st XI Contact is D Le Roux

    07855 478629.