Minutes
of a meeting of the Committee of the Bury and District Table Tennis League
Date: Tuesday 1 May 2012 Place: Seedfield Methodist Church Hall
Present: Ken Crimes, Rodney Hall, Keith
Warrington, Ian McKenzie, Keith Butler, Bob Goodman, Edward Freeman, Graham
Wardle
Apologies: Graham Jeffries, Andrew Webster, Mandy
Winskill
1) Minutes of the meeting held
on 13 March 2012
Approved.
2) Matters arising
a) Handicap automation – still
awaiting news from the techies. There
may be a possibility of Simon King assisting with the handicaps during the
season.
Committee
to follow up
b) Email software cost-sharing
with Bolton – this depends on whether Bolton continue with their current data
system or switch to the ETTA software.
Committee
to follow up
c) Banks League – Keith B
informed them of the Committee’s decision.
It looks as if they will close.
d) Shawfield Juniors
– the League contributed £180 to Shawfield as agreed last year.
3) Championships and Finals
Night
There
was general agreement that both were successful and it was good to see another
substantial turnout at Finals Night. Ken
has written a formal letter of thanks to Elton Sports Club for the use of their
excellent facilities.
One
disappointment was the failure of a player to appear for his match without apparently
informing anyone in advance. His absence
may have been related to the complaint that has been lodged by Radcliffe
Cricket Club (item 12 below).
Keith
W considers the cost of table hire for the Championships to be high but an
alternative might be difficult to find, so it was agreed to return to the
Radclyffe School again next year.
Early
booking has been advised so Keith W and Rodney will review the dates for the
season and reserve a date.
KW
and RH to action
The
comments and suggestions made about the Championships by Mark Reading will be
considered by the sub-committee at the appropriate time.
4) Accounts 2011/2012
Graham
presented the draft accounts. There was
a deficit of over £300 compared with the previous year’s
£200 surplus.
Fewer
teams in the League, the contribution to Shawfield, the email software cost and
reduced fines were the main factors.
Fines had been high in the previous two years but they returned to a
lower level this season.
The
Committee thanked Graham for his work.
5) Timetable for actions before
the new season
Keith
B had sent out an initial advice of the AGM to the club secretaries and will
send formal notices in a few days’ time.
KB
to action
6) LCTTA AGM
Keith
B will try to arrange for a representative to attend this AGM.
KB
to action
7) Illegal rubbers
One
player has reported that another has been using unapproved rubbers. If this is correct, the committee didn’t feel
that it was a particularly serious breach of the rules but the rule is there to
be complied with.
Keith
B will pursue this with the possible offender.
KB
to action
8) Sportsmanship Trophy
Edward
proposed the introduction of some kind of Sportsmanship award each season.
The
Committee was generally in favour of the idea and debated the possible ways in
which this could be introduced. The
result was that Edward was asked to put forward a formal proposal for the awards
to be for one team in each division.
EF
to action
9) Sponsor and handbook
advertising
Edward
offered to put the suggestion of sponsoring the League to some of his
contacts. This was gratefully accepted
by the Committee.
EF
to action
Keiths B and W will email all
players with a view to increasing the number of advertisements in the handbook.
KB/KW
to action
10) Rule changes
Keith
B thought that a few minor amendments could be made to tidy up the rules but
after some discussion it was agreed to leave things as they are for the new
season.
One
issue related to players having ETTA membership before they played. There was some doubt as to the validity dates
of individual memberships so Keith agreed to check with the ETTA.
KB
to action
11) Complaint
A
formal complaint has been submitted by Radcliffe Cricket Club. This followed the sending of an email to
their Secretary by a Committee member.
This included a comment concerning the alleged actions of one of the
Radcliffe players following a match with Ramsbottom Town.
Having
received a denial that any Radcliffe player had been responsible an apology was
made but Radcliffe’s further response meant that the Committee felt it
necessary to investigate what had happened at and after the match.
Ken
and Rodney were asked to pursue this investigation.
KC/RH
to action
12) Other business
a) AGM – Keith B will request
nominations for the Committee and the Chairmanship when he sends out the formal
notice. He will also check whether the
three Committee members not at this meeting are willing to stand for
re-election.
KB
to action
b) It was agreed to buy a manual
scoring machine for use at finals.
Committee
to action
13) Next meeting
Monday 2 July 2012 at
Seedfield at 7.45 pm.
