Minutes
of a meeting of the Committee of the Bury and District Table Tennis League
Date: Tuesday 3 July 2007 Place:
Seedfield
Present: David Ternent, Keith Warrington, Phil Herd, Frank
Sheldon, Rodney Hall
Andrew Webster,
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Chairman
FS agreed to chair the meeting.
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Formation of the divisions for 2007/8
After considerable debate, and after consideration of the
requests submitted by a number of teams, it was agreed that the divisions would
have the following numbers of teams:
Division 1 12
Division 2 12
Division 3 11
Division 4 11
Division 5 10
See attached for the teams allocated to each division.
GJ reported that Burning Desire may have to withdraw their
second team. If this happened then there
would be 11 teams in Division 1; no other changes would be made.
Action: GJ to ask for a decision from Burning Desire by
Friday 13 July
Action: KW to allocate a number to each team for the
season’s fixtures
There was some discussion as to whether it might be possible
to arrange some additional matches for teams in Division 5, perhaps with junior
teams, to fill some of the blank weeks.
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Fixture timetable
KW proposed a timetable that would allow an earlier finish
to the season. It meant the possibility
that some teams might have to play two cup matches in one week in two of the
later rounds. However, it also removed
the problem of too many blank weeks around Christmas for teams no longer in the
cup competitions. Some adjustments were
made to the proposal to avoid problems in Easter week by leaving it free – this
provided additional time for any postponed league or cup matches.
The Championships will be held on Sunday 16 March 2008.
Action: DT to advise other leagues of the Championship date
The venue for the Finals night was discussed – the date
would be during week beginning 22 April 2008.
Action: FS to find out availability of venues
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Interleague teams
GJ reported that he had sufficient players to allow two
teams to be entered in the L&CTTL, but there was no enthusiasm for a
Veterans’ team. The entry of two teams
was agreed. The Committee also agreed
that the League would pay the team fees but not expenses.
Action: GJ to liaise with the L&CTTL to ensure contact
details are correct
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Development
KW expressed his concern that the League provided the means
for existing players to enjoy their sport but was making insufficient effort to
expand the player base or carry out other developments. He had made contact with Joe Walk who was
providing coaching at Woodhey school and who was also keen to promote table
tennis particularly in the schools.
KW believed that the League should work with JW in pursuit
of these aims. A number of ideas,
possibilities and also problems were raised during the following discussion. David Poytress had put a lot of time into
looking at the possible use of Seedfield Community Centre during the past
couple of years, for example. How could
juniors move from playing at school to
the League, if new players expressed an interest how could they be fitted into
existing clubs, how could coaching be provided etc. It was finally agreed that a sub-committee
would be formed to progress matters.
Action: KW, FS and KB to meet and follow up this subject
Action: FS will get
the contact number for Seedfield with a view to arranging a meeting
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Website
KB reported that the site would be moving to a new host that
would allow archives and photographs to be included. There would be no change to the way the site
was accessed.
Action: KB to put this into effect
Action: GJ would try to provide a copy of a well-known ELPM
photo
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Sam Hilton
Sam had left £225 to the League in his will. KB had spoken to Mrs Hilton to convey the
League’s thanks. The Committee would
decide how best to use this bequest – it was agreed that it should not just go
into general League funds but should be used for a specific purpose.
Action: All to
consider possibles uses and discuss at next meeting
8
Committee meetings
The next meetings would be on Monday 13 August, and during
weeks beginning 1 October and 19 November.
Action: KB will
finalise the meeting dates nearer the time
9
Cup competition
It was agreed that the draws for the Cups should be on a “
Action: KW and KB
would provide necessary information to GJ who would carry out the draw with
another Committee member in accordance with Rule 8(o).
10
Handbook
KB proposed that this be done at a different printers with a
cost saving of around £300 – a possible minor reduction in quality was agreed
acceptable.
There would be some changes to the contents in the interest
of variety and usability but the main items would be included as before.
AW asked that details
of the proposed summer league at Shawfield be included. It was agreed that this would be adopted as
the Bury and District Summer League.
Action: KB and KW to complete
the handbook
Action: AW or PH to provide details of the Summer League to
KB
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End of Season Event
FS would like to investigate the possibility of some kind of
end of season event – either a revised Presentation evening or a meal for all
clubs. The Committee agreed that he
could make proposals at a later meeting.
Action: FS to pursue
his investigation and report back to the Committee
12
Emergency Committee
This would be Keith Warrington, Rodney Hall and Phil Herd.
Reserve members would be Graham Jeffries and Frank Sheldon.
13
Banking arrangements
KB and PH would deal with the change of bank signatories –
the new ones would be PH, KW and KB.
Action: KB and PH to meet on 9 July to progress this
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Matters for future debate
A number of other items were carried over to future meetings:
Future chairperson, possible club mergers, review of cup
competitions, handicapping, presentation night, liaison with other leagues,
rule changes.
Action: KB to include on future agendas
