The MINUTES of the 28th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the League held at Henfield Cricket Club on Tuesday
29th November 2005
Present P Graves (President), N Teague (Chairman), N Nolan (Secretary), R
Prokopowicz (Treasurer), L Claydon
(Competitions Secretary), P Tolchard (Results/Press Secretary) and representatives from
each member club with the exception of Arundel, Crawley, Crawley Eagles, Ifield,
and Ram. There were no apologies for absence.
The Minutes of the 2004 Annual General Meeting were approved and signed by
the Chairman Norman Teague. There
were no matters arising.
Officers' Reports
Secretary : Mr. Nolan reviewed the work of the Executive
Committee. This regarded letters from East Preston and Southwater regarding
cancelled matches. Also continuing offers from ball suppliers wishing to sponsor
the League. Letters received from Billingshurst C.C giving notice of their
intention to apply to the Sussex Cricket League. On a serious note, the
Executive Committee dealt with an allegation against Crawley C.C player, Ajaz
Khan, which resulted in a one year ban for the player.
Chairman : Mr. Teague began with asking all clubs to recognise all the work of the outgoing President, Mr. Graves, during his period as President of League, and a special vote of thanks were given. He went on to state that it had been a good season. The one offence mentioned above was dealt with well by both clubs involved and the Executive Committee came to the only right and proper decision. He was concerned with slow over rates and teams appeals against cancelled matches. He also mentioned discussions with the Sussex League regarding the pyramid structure, we were waiting for a response from them regarding any further developments with this issue.
Treasurer : Mr. Prokopowicz stated he is to send out invoices in the new year. Eleven clubs received no fines whereas six clubs exceeded deposit allowances. Three clubs have still not paid for their compulsory Annual Dinner tickets. He stated this years annual dinner had broken even and thanked Southwater and Slinfold for their hard work in organising. The closing balance had doubled to £2557.45. The accounts were audited by Mr. Paul Woods of Burgess Hill C.C.
Competitions Secretary : Mr. Claydon began by saying that some trophies had been returned uncleaned. There were fewer offences concerning result forms than in the 2004 season. He asked for all subscription forms to be returned in time. Also the statistics and Laurie Cheeseman Award sheets were slow in arriving. Certain clubs were not requested their free date and Mr. Claydon asked for requests for late forms to be returned promptly and that this is the league representative's responsibility.
Results/Press Secretary : Mr. Tolchard thanked the clubs for a better response to phoning in of the match results, there were less incidents of late or non phoning in than compared to 2004 resulting in less fines being enforced. He asked the representatives though, to remind Captains of their responsibility to confirm all cancelled matches promptly even though weather conditions may make the cancellation obvious.
Annual Subscription and Deposit for 2006
Mr. Prokopowicz stated no need to increase. Therefore Annual Subscriptions (£70) and Deposit (£30) were proposed, this proposal was accepted by the meeting.
Election of Officers
Having been duly proposed and seconded, the following officers were elected:
President:
vacant
Vice-Presidents:
As per handbook
Chairman:
Norman Teague
Vice-Chairman:
David Horsman
Treasurer:
Richard Prokopowicz
Competitions Secretary: Laurie Claydon
Results/Press Secretary: Paul Tolchard
A special thanks was given to Henfield C.C for their service in using their
clubhouse and representative on the Committee.
Appointment of Executive Committee
It was agreed that the committee shall comprise of; Henfield, Crawley Eagles
(Div. 1), Crawley, Goring (Div. 2), Portslade, Barns Green (Div. 3), Eastergate,
Rustington (Div. 4). The dates for the meetings of the Executive Committee would
be held on Tuesdays, June 6th, July 4th, August 1st and September 5th. It was
agreed that the Management Committee meetings (cll clubs) shall be on Tuesdays,
April 11th, September 26th, November 28th (AGM)
Any Other Business
Choice of Match Balls : It was agreed to use the same as for the 2005 season. They will be the Supertest ball (£12.25) from Wisdom Sports.
Rule Changes : The following rule changes were accepted :
a) start time to 1.30pm all season. Rule 10b 1st sentence to be revised as "each match shall commence at 1.30pm".
b) time lost from one hour to 30 minutes. Rule 10c line 1, (i) line 1, (ii) line 2, (iii) lines 2 and 3 - in each the words "one hour" to be replaced by "30 minutes".
c) all first eleven teams must provide an umpire. Rule 9a after 1st sentence, insert " A 1st XI shall give up a player to officiate in a match if without an umpire."
Umpire Panel : Mr. Teague brought up the suggestion of an umpires panel. Clubs were not willing to put forward their own umpires into a panel.
Sunday Cup Competition 2006 : Mr. Graves thanked Middleton C.C for the running of the 2005 competition. 2006 competition 1st round to be played by 4th June; 2nd round by 2nd July; Semi-Finals by 30th July and the Final on 20th August at Middleton C.C
1st Round Draw
Billingshurst v Crawley Eagles
Portslade v bye
Slinfold v Worthing Chippingdale
St. Andrews v Findon
Pagham v Ifield
Ram v Middleton
Broadwater v bye
Goring v Wisborough Green
Annual Dinner 2006 :
Clymping and Arundel were accepted as organisers. The Charmandean Centre to be
approached again re venue. Mr. Prokopowicz confirmed he will contact them.
[A provisional booking has been made for the Charmandean Centre for
Friday October 13th]
The Laurie Cheeseman Award 2006 : The future of the award was discussed. Mr. Paul Woods of Burgess Hill C.C will organise the categories. The forms will be handed out pre season at the April committee meeting. Mr. Tolchard will hope to be able to add them to the web site so clubs can download a copy if needed.
The meeting began at 8.10pm and finished at 9.05pm