Minutes
of a meeting of the Committee of the Bury and District Table Tennis League
Date:
Present:
Apologies:
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Minutes of the meeting held on
Approved
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Treasurer’s Report
All advertisements and subs had now been paid plus
a couple of old fines. Some fines
relating to teams no longer in the League were outstanding but one had been
promised and will be chased.
The LCTTL had apparently not received the cheque
sent by GW in October. They appeared not
to believe that the cheque had been sent and had mis-stated
the dates that invoices were sent out.
GW will be vigorously opposing the imposition of a fine.
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Maccabi safety issue – closure of shutters
No
information yet from EF.
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Awarded matches
The
points had been awarded in the case of all awarded matches.
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Individual Membership
KB
reported that he still lacked returns from a number of clubs and others were
incomplete. He proposed that a deadline
of 28 February should be set, after which players without membership numbers
would not be allowed to play. After some
discussion about the problems in this first season of IM it was agreed that he
would speak to each club and insist on the completion of the returns by the end
of February. No suspensions would be
imposed without further discussion.
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Grubba
Contact
had been made by Grubba Fans indicating that they wished to enter a team in
Division2 next season. KW will let them
have application forms at the appropriate time but entry was not guaranteed in
view of the problems experienced last season and reported problems in Bolton
League this season.
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Championships
It
was agreed that any player entering the Championships who withdrew without
giving notice would be charged the entrance subs. The latest date for withdrawal would be
decided later and publicised. Non-payment
of the subs in these circumstances might bar a player from the League next
season.
KW requested that all Committee members advise him
as to whether they could assist in running the event on the day.
There
was the usual discussion about what prizes should be awarded to winners –
money, medals or trophies. The majority
of those present preferred not to give cash prizes. RH will discuss with KC.
Players
will be allowed to enter only four events in total. This is an attempt to avoid the fixture
congestion that arose later in the day last year.
It
was agreed to have seven finals on Finals Night and no semi-finals. The finals would include two Divisional
finals. This would be publicised to
avoid the type of complaints that had been received last year.
The
sub-committee was thanked for the work done so far.
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Other business
A
player from Maccabi had been advised that he had been using non-approved
rubbers and must change to approved rubbers immediately. No penalties were being imposed as it was
assumed that a genuine mistake had been made.
There had been an exchange of emails on the subject and the player was
clearly unhappy with the decision and had also made adverse comments about the
Cup handicaps. The Committee hoped that
the matter was now closed.
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