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

 

Date: Monday 28 June 2010                                        Place: Seedfield Methodist Church Hall

 

Present:                       Ken Crimes, Keith Warrington, Keith Butler, Rodney Hall, Ian McKenzie, Andrew Webster, Andy Evans, Edward Freeman

Apologies:                Lee Devenport, Mandy Winskill, Graham Wardle

 

 

1             Minutes of the meeting held on 4 May 2010

Approved

 

2             Matters arising from 4 May meeting

Accounts – these will now be passed to the auditor.

 

3             Formation of the divisions

                With 62 teams entering it was agreed that the best arrangement was for Divisions 1 to 4 to have 12 teams each and Division 5 to have 14.

                Teams were allocated on this basis, taking into account requests by club secretaries as far as possible.

                The dates for League and Cup matches were agreed.

 

4             Cup Competitions

                It was generally accepted that the same arrangements as last season would be proposed for 2010/11.  KC would circulate detailed proposals to the Committee.

                The initial Dwyer Cup handicaps would be based on last season’s results.  Divisional Cup handicaps would be based on the results of the first half of the current season.

                KC will email a request for volunteers to assist with the handicapping.

 

5             Closed Championships

                KC will find out the name of the Councillor who attended Finals Night.

                KW will check on the costs and availability of school halls.

                A sub-committee will be needed to organise the Championships.

 

6             Cover for KW’s holiday, 31 October to 12 December

                In the absence of any alternative KC will volunteer to provide this.

 

7             Sponsor

                EF offered to try to find a replacement for Perrys.

 

8             Individual Membership

                KB commented on the changes this would require.  He will issue instructions to clubs at the appropriate time.

 

9             Handbook

                KW and KB will be producing this as usual.  Contributions or suggestions from other Committee members would be welcomed.

                The deadline for advertisements was around 20 July.  KB will email League members to see if there is any interest in placing ads.

 

10          Emergency Committee

                It was agreed that RH, KW and GJ would form this Committee.  Reserves will be IM and EF.

 

11          Next meeting

                To be arranged.  The pre-season League meeting is on Monday 16 August.