Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Bury and District Table Tennis League

 

Date: Monday 2 July 2012                           Place: Seedfield Methodist Church Hall

 

Present:               Frank Green, Rodney Hall, Keith Warrington, Ian McKenzie, Keith Butler, Bob Goodman, Edward Freeman, Andrew Webster, Graham Jeffries

Apologies:          Mandy Winskill, Graham Wardle,

 

 

1)      Minutes of the meeting held on 1 May 2012

Approved.

 

2)      Matters arising (i)

a)      Complaint Radcliffe/Ramsbottom – the Committee discussed the emails received from Jim Chadwick recently.  Jim objected to the agenda item concerning the player who had not appeared at the Finals, requested that the Match Secretary be removed from his post and threatened to withdraw his team from the League.  At the end of a lengthy discussion it was agreed that KB would reply rebutting the objection to the agenda item and turning down the request concerning KW.  The Committee regarded the original complaint about the Ramsbottom/Radcliffe scorecard as having been dealt with and closed.

KB

 

3)      Non-appearance at Finals Night

a)      There was a long discussion about how to progress this issue.  As no consensus emerged a proposal was made that the League would write to the player and request an apology for his failure to play in his match on Finals Night.  In the absence of an apology the League would not accept his registration with any club in the League.  The proposal was agreed by a majority vote.

FG

 

4)      Matters arising (ii)

a)      Handicap automation – KW to chase Ken Crimes about this.

KW

 

b)     Email software cost-sharing with Bolton – still waiting for a decision by Bolton.

 

c)      2013 Championships – KW and RH will set the date and book the venue.

KW/RH

 

d)     Illegal rubbers – KB to contact the player concerned.

KB

 

e)      Sportsmanship trophy – this item will be put on the agendas in future so that a decision can be made.

KB

 

f)       Sponsorship – EF confirmed that his firm, Glaisyers, would sponsor the League for the new season.

 

g)     Individual membership dates – KB confirmed that the membership year runs from 1 August to 31 July.

KB

 

h)     Manual scoring machine – KW agreed to make the purchase.

KW

 

5)      Formation of the divisions and timetable for the season

The entries for the League were discussed in detail.  The deliberations resulted in twelve teams in Division 1, eleven in Divisions 2 and 4 and ten teams in divisions 3 and 5.

The League season will run from Monday 3 September to Good Friday.

 

6)      ETTA proposal to increase the Individual Membership fee.

KB explained the proposal made by the ETTA and their plans for using the additional income.  The consensus of the meeting was to oppose the proposal and KB was requested to vote accordingly.  KB noted that he would also communicate the League’s concerns about some of the proposed uses of any additional fees.

KB

 

7)      Next meeting

League Meeting Monday 20 August 2012 at Seedfield at 7.45 pm.

Note, this is one week later than initially agreed.