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

 

Date: Tuesday 22 March 2011                    Place: Seedfield Methodist Church Hall

 

Present:               Rodney Hall, Keith Butler, Ian McKenzie, Andrew Webster, Keith Warrington

Apologies:          Ken Crimes, Graham Jeffries, Andy Evans, Edward Freeman, Bob Goodman, Graham Wardle, Mandy Winskill

 

 

1             Chairperson

In KC’s absence RH took the Chair.

 

2             Minutes of the meeting held on 7 February 2011

Approved

 

3             Treasurer’s Report

The outstanding £6 fine has been paid by Wardle.

KC has sent a letter to the LCTTL on 23 February concerning the fine imposed by them and no reply has yet been received.

 

4             Maccabi safety issue – closure of shutters

No information yet from EF.

 

5             Championships

The cost of the Championships was about £1,000 (venue £380, tables £630) and entry fees totalled £250.

KC has submitted a report as follows:

My congratulations to the Championship Committee for their diligent work which ensured a well run competition about which I heard many favourable comments from those present & also we received congratulatory comments from Dave Griffiths, Venue Co-ordinator for player behaviour & attitude.  Keith W, Rodney & Graham did a superb job of putting everything in place.  Simon did a great job of being the front man on the day and responded well to problems with players in multiple events in the afternoon with a 5.50pm finish admirable.  Thanks to Keith W’s input to laptop during the day Simon was able to put it all on the website before 9pm.  SK is more than happy to make himself available next year on the same basis.

Great job all round!

 

6             Cup Finals

More support from the Committee is required to provide scorers for each final.

Divisional handicaps are on the website and the others will be very soon.

 

7             Finals / Presentation Night

KC reported:

Trophies have been ordered.  Medal availability was poor & therefore I have gone for salvers (with presentation boxes) for the individual events   I will take orders on the night for clubs requesting extra trophies at cost to them.

I have asked Keith W to look at events for which we don’t have a permanent trophy with a view to possibly buying a couple this year.  Approx net cost is £26.50 per cup.

It was agreed to invite family members to present the various cups as last year.

Katy Parker will be the guest of honour.

Help is required at 2.00pm on the day to set up the room.

 

8             BAe

BAe had submitted a request to play at Flixton CC next season, having lost their venue at the Lancaster Club.  There was a lengthy discussion about allowing the use of a venue so far out of the traditional B&DTTL catchment area.  Comparisons were made with the Hilton Club, which was at a similar distance from the centre of Bury.

It was agreed that RH would consult with KC and they would decide how to deal with the request, whether as a Committee decision or submission to the AGM etc.

 

9             Individual Membership

Due to pressure of work KB had failed to contact each club about submitting their IM returns by the end of February.  He will now check with the ETTA as to what the next steps are.

It was agreed that the League must have better control of player membership next season and strictly enforce the rules.  This will be raised at the AGM.

 

10          AGM

This will be held on Tuesday 24 May at 7.45pm at Seedfield.  KW will prepare his usual timetable for the process leading up to the start of the new season.

 

11          Next Meeting

Tuesday 3 May, 7.45pm at Seedfield.