MINUTES OF THE 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD AT NAILSEA CC
ON WEDNESDAY 12th March 2008
Present:
Stewart Dewer (Chairman)
Robert Humphreys (Secretary)
John Waters (U11/U13 Secretary, Cup Finals, Trophies, Representative Games)
Mark Walker (Results Officer)
Backwell/Flax Bourton CC
Barrow Gurney CC
Blagdon CC
Brislington CC
Bristol CC
Cheddar CC
Claverham CC
Cleeve CC
Clevedon CC
Congresbury CC
Failand & Portbury CC
Midsomer Norton CC
Nailsea CC
Temple Cloud CC
Uphill Castle CC
Weston-super-Mare CC
Winford CC
Winscombe CC
Wrington CC
Absent:
Long Ashton CC
1. The Chairman opened the meeting at 7.45pm after pre-meeting business had been concluded. Attendances and apologies were taken.
2. The holding of the AGM outside the period permitted under the Rules was approved.
3. The minutes of the previous meeting held 27th February 2007 were read and approved.
4. The League Secretary/Treasurer delivered a report (copy attached).
5. The U13/U11 Secretary (with trophies, cup finals and some representative games) delivered a report (copy attached).
6. The Treasurer delivered an income and expenditure statement to March 2008 which was explained, discussed and approved. The recommendation of the Treasurer that subscription levels be changed for the 2008 season to a flat £10 per team entered was discussed and accepted.
7. Peter Holdaway (Barrow Gurney) as Representative Teams Officer reported that 3 representative games had been played on each occasion against the Bristol & District League. The U17s (a team managed by John Waters) had lost. The U15s had played at Chew Magna and won. The U13s had lost but the game was noteworthy for the League’s side having been captained by Sophie Luff, a 13 year old girl from WSM.
8. The Results Officer delivered results materials which were distributed to those present.
9. Matters arising from the Officers’ respective reports were discussed.
10. In relation to the organisation at U15 and U13 level into 2007, it appeared that some of the managers running the teams had been unclear as to the requirements for games to be played by the cut-off dates for the sectional play-off fixtures listed or had wrongly assumed that such cut-off dates and play-off fixtures would be moved back in view of poor weather. The League Secretary was asked in next year’s Handbook to reinforce the position that league points counting towards qualification for the play-offs cannot accrue after the cut-off date. Extra wording is to be inserted on pages 8 and 10 of the Handbook.
11. The League Secretary confirmed to the meeting that the Handbook each year contains all the regulations, rules and necessary materials needed for the season.
12. The League Secretary confirmed that the cut-off date for participation in play-offs, finals and the next round of cup competitions is always the day before the date of such play-off, final or next round.
13. Some discussion took place of a suggestion floated by Winscombe that the entire league and cup programme be changed to a play on the day/points on the day/no postponements or re-arrangements basis but the suggestion was not taken further in discussion at the meeting.
14. The ideal structure for the shortened fixture programme in leagues divided into two smaller sections was discussed and it was concluded that the ideal (insofar as possible) in structuring the fixtures is to have one clear free week after the end of the section fixtures to allow re-arrangements/postponements before the play-off week.
15. John Waters responded to a request for information from the floor by reporting that the complaint received from the ECB directing that NSYCL batsman be made to retire in U13 cup games as per national regulations (rejected by the League Secretary) had been in effect abandoned by the ECB following discussions between John Waters, Somerset Cricket Board and the ECB. The League’s status as a self-governing, independent body had been asserted.
16. After discussion, it was determined that the U17 league in 2008 should be played as a single division (not split) with 13 (in the event 14) participating teams.
17. After discussion, it was determined that the U15 league would be split into two broadly equal sections on substantially the same basis as in 2007 (that is to say broadly geographically and with A and B teams in different sections) except that both Cheddar teams would be in the same section.
18. After discussion, it was determined that the U13 division in 2008 should be split into two sections on substantially the same basis as in 2007, that is to say substantially geographically and with A and B teams in different sections save that the teams of each of Winscombe and Cheddar are to be in the same section.
19. After discussion, it was determined that the U11 league should be split into two sections substantially geographically with A and B teams in different sections with no exceptions.
20. There was a proposal for the addition to the schedules of a new U11 cup but after discussion the proposal was not accepted.
21. Certain rule changes had been proposed and it was determined that:
- A proposed amendment to Rule 5 providing for U17s to be changed to a 8 per side format was not accepted. [The difficulties in relation to numbers of players at Backwell Flax Bourton were discussed and recognised and the club entered its U17 side in the competition in the hope that other managers would make accommodation insofar as needed.]
- A proposal for an amendment in relation to Rule 7 to provide for (1) re-expression of the total numbers of overs per game and (2) a change in league games to 4 overs maximum per bowler was not accepted.
- Rule 8 was amended to include the word available in the first sentence… at the faster rate per available over…
- Rule 3 was amended to provide for the longstop date for the AGM to be 14th February [this was after discussion of alternative longstop dates].
22. Existing officers were re-elected being: President (Brian Rose), Chairman (Stewart Dewer), League Secretary/Treasurer (Robert Humphreys), U13/U11 Secretary (also trophies, cup finals and some representative games) (John Waters) and Results Officer (Mark Walker).
23. No volunteers were forthcoming to take on the position of overall Representative Games Co-ordinator to orchestrate the four representative fixtures which John Waters had arranged against Bristol & District League (one at each age level) for 2008. After extensive discussion, John Waters agreed to take the U13 and U11 matches. Blagdon agreed to try to find someone from within their club to take the U15 game but unless John Waters is notified by 31st March 2008 of the name of such a person who has so agreed then the fixture is to be cancelled. Rob Cave (Cleeve) agreed that Cleeve would take the U17s game.
24. A joining application not being considered necessary from Temple Cloud who had been a member in 2006 but had not entered a team in 2007, no new applications to join the League were considered.
25. Cups and trophies were brought to the meeting, discussed and redistributed with John Waters being responsible for trophies.
26. A proposal was put that Rule 5 be amended to provide that the age-eligibility for girls be increased to 2 years after the equivalent eligibility date for boys in line with what is said to be the ECB’s current approach. It was left to the League Secretary to draft appropriate wording. The wording of the Rule change to be made is:
…Players must be under the relevant age at 1st September of the previous (in the case of girls the following) year…
27. There being no further business the meeting closed at 10.30pm.
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FINAL LEAGUE TABLES 2007
UNDER 17 DIVISION
| Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Aban | Pts | |
| Midsomer Norton | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Claverham | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Winscombe | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Wrington | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Uphill Castle | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Brislington | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Clevedon | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Bristol (Optimists) | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Nailsea | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Backwell/F.Bourton | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
UNDER 15 (TRESCOTHICK NORTH) DIVISION UNDER 15 (BLACKWELL SOUTH) DIVISION
| Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Aban | Pts | Played | Won | Lost | Aban | Pts | |||
| Failand & Portbury | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Claverham | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Nailsea | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | Uphill Castle | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Chew Magna | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Cheddar Cavs | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Bristol (Optimists) | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | WSM Wizards | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Clevedon | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Congresbury | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Backwell/F.Bourton | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Blagdon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cheddar Cheetahs | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Cleeve Comets | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| WSM Wonders | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Winscombe | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Barrow Gurney | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Failand & Portbury beat Nailsea in the North Division play off
Failand & Portbury beat Claverham in the North v South Division play off to become U15 champions
UNDER 13 CADDICK (NORTH) DIVISION UNDER 13 PARSONS (SOUTH) DIVISION
| Played | Won | Lost | Aban | Pts | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Aban | Pts | |||
| Blagdon | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | WSM Wizards | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| Nailsea | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | Wrington | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| F. & Portbury | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | Cheddar Cavs | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| Cleeve Comets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Cleeve Crus. | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Clav. Cougars | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Claverham Pu | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| Bristol (Opt) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | Clevedon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Ched. Cheetahs | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Winscombe | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| WSM Wonders | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Congresbury | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Barrow Gurney | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Uphill | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Winford | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Blagdon beat Nailsea in the North Division play off
WSM Wizards beat Blagdon in the North v South Division play off to become U13 champions
UNDER 11 DIVISION
| Played | Won | Lost | Aban | Tied | Pts | |
| Weston Wizards | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| Nailsea | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Claverham Pumas | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| Winscombe | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| Cheddar Cavaliers | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| Uphill Castle | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Congresbury | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Cleeve Comets | 19 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| Failand & Portbury | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| Blagdon | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Winford | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Clevedon | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Cheddar Cheetahs | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Claverham Cougars | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Long Ashton | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Wrington | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| WSM Wonders | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Barrow Gurney | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Winscombe | 19 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Backwell FB | 18 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
LEAGUE SECRETARY'S REPORT 2007
NORTH SOMERSET YOUTH CRICKET LEAGUE
The aim of the League shall be to promote, encourage and develop youth cricket.
In 2007, its 43rd consecutive year of offering school-age youngsters a competitive club junior cricket structure, the NSYCL divisions bulged with teams keen to participate. New member Long Ashton was welcomed to the League.
In total 67 separate teams entered the 4 League competitions, with separate Cup and Plate tournaments at each level except U11s. They had their ups and downs, fighting the weather, cancellations, hockey tours, scout camps and the twin-pronged attacks of football and school exams, but hard-pressed volunteer managers harnessed the enthusiasm of their youngsters and parents to get through a bumper season of matches.
At U17 level Winscombe and Backwell Flax Bourton were welcomed into an 11 strong League. These are good numbers at this age and the NSYCL is one of the few structures through which junior club cricket is available to youngsters after they have passed U15 age. Midsomer Norton ended as champions, going one better than last year, and remained unbeaten to win the title ahead of Claverham and last year’s winners Weston-super-Mare.
The winners of the U17 Cup were Nailsea who defeated Uphill Castle at Nailsea following rain postponements. The home side’s Matt Cornish scored 109*. Claverham beat Backwell Flax Bourton in the final of the Plate competition and it was good to see that long-standing League member amongst the winners this year.
The U15 league was once again split into 2 sections of 9 clubs each. In the Trescothick (North) Section, Failand & Portbury came out top after winning their play-off match against Nailsea. In the Blackwell (South) Section, the outright winners were Claverham with Uphill Castle being the runners up. Failand & Portbury went on the win the North v South play-off match to become 2007 U15 champions, repeating their last U15 League success of 1999.
Bristol (or Optimists as some still remember them) took the U15 Cup defeating Clevedon in the final played at Claverham on run rate, earning the right to go through to the county stages of the national competition. Uphill Castle beat Blagdon in the final of the Plate competition.
Because of the increased numbers of teams entering at U13 level, the division this year joined the U15s in having 2 sections of 9 teams each, resulting in fewer games for each team (for better or worse). In the Parsons (South) Section, Blagdon overcame Nailsea in their play-off match. In the Caddick (North) Section, the outright winners were Weston Wizards, with Wrington and Cheddar close behind. Weston Wizards went on to win the North v South play-off match to become U13 League champions and thereby remained undefeated for the entire season.
Bristol (Optimists) took the double in the area competition of the national tournaments by overwhelming Cheddar in the U13 Cup final played at Congresbury. They progressed to the national county stages but, as they had at U15 level, were immediately knocked out by Bath. Wrington beat Clevedon in the final of the U13 Plate.
The U11 league (they have no Cup competition) was a monster. Clubs went into it with their eyes open, as at the AGM they had chosen a single all-play-all league rather than splitting into 2 sections with resultant fewer matches. The leading contenders for honours were Claverham Pumas, Nailsea, Weston Wizards and Winscombe Wolves, with Cheddar Pumas in close pursuit, but they swapped around positions as the weeks went by. The picture kept changing as matches postponed by rain got replayed and in some cases defaults for various reasons occurred. Nailsea led into the final straight but were finally pipped at the post by 2007 champions Weston-super-Mare. Respect!
At representative level the NSYCL fielded a League team against the Bristol & District League at Portishead but on this occasion came second. Additional material from Representative Team Manager Peter Holdaway (Barrow Gurney) is not available at time of going to press.
The administration of the League changed somewhat this year as I moved more into the backseats. Fortunately Mark Walker (Failand & Portbury) enthusiastically and very efficiently took on the job of creating and administering the League’s results website at http://nsycl.play-cricket.com/ which was no easy task. We will have to wait for the AGM to hear users’ feedback on the change from a paper-based results system to an entirely electronic system but (from my perspective) it is a change that had to happen. Meanwhile, the League’s general website at http://nsycl.blogspot.com/ contained a complete copy of the 2007 Handbook, including League Rules and electronic links to other websites and email addresses.
The paper-based Handbook, that invaluable on-the-ground tool, continued as usual and once again the League’s sponsors Westcountry Ground Care of Axbridge kindly met the costs of its printing.
Junior Secretary John Waters (Nailsea) served another year looking after the U13s and U11s administratively. His responsibilities for results-processing this year were eased but he took on the organisation of the multiple finals (and their rain postponements) of all NSYCL Cup and Plate competitions. Chairman Stuart Dewer (Congresbury) once again supplied guidance and sanity when called upon.
We very much appreciate the contribution of all those clubs who made their grounds available, without charge, for the Cup finals and play-offs that were required. We also owe a great deal to volunteer umpires, scorers, parents, groundsmen and others for keeping the League’s engine running once again.
It was good to see our President Brian Rose having such success with the Somerset county side this year – success gives everyone a lift.
Onward and upward for 2008.
Robert Humphreys
Secretary
North Somerset Youth Cricket League
23rd November 2007
NORTH SOMERSET YOUTH CRICKET LEAGUE
The aim of the League shall be to promote, encourage and develop youth cricket.
In 2007, its 43rd consecutive year of offering school-age youngsters a competitive club junior cricket structure, the NSYCL divisions bulged with teams keen to participate. New member Long Ashton was welcomed to the League.
In total 67 separate teams entered the 4 League competitions, with separate Cup and Plate tournaments at each level except U11s. They had their ups and downs, fighting the weather, cancellations, hockey tours, scout camps and the twin-pronged attacks of football and school exams, but hard-pressed volunteer managers harnessed the enthusiasm of their youngsters and parents to get through a bumper season of matches.
At U17 level Winscombe and Backwell Flax Bourton were welcomed into an 11 strong League. These are good numbers at this age and the NSYCL is one of the few structures through which junior club cricket is available to youngsters after they have passed U15 age. Midsomer Norton ended as champions, going one better than last year, and remained unbeaten to win the title ahead of Claverham and last year’s winners Weston-super-Mare.
The winners of the U17 Cup were Nailsea who defeated Uphill Castle at Nailsea following rain postponements. The home side’s Matt Cornish scored 109*. Claverham beat Backwell Flax Bourton in the final of the Plate competition and it was good to see that long-standing League member amongst the winners this year.
The U15 league was once again split into 2 sections of 9 clubs each. In the Trescothick (North) Section, Failand & Portbury came out top after winning their play-off match against Nailsea. In the Blackwell (South) Section, the outright winners were Claverham with Uphill Castle being the runners up. Failand & Portbury went on the win the North v South play-off match to become 2007 U15 champions, repeating their last U15 League success of 1999.
Bristol (or Optimists as some still remember them) took the U15 Cup defeating Clevedon in the final played at Claverham on run rate, earning the right to go through to the county stages of the national competition. Uphill Castle beat Blagdon in the final of the Plate competition.
Because of the increased numbers of teams entering at U13 level, the division this year joined the U15s in having 2 sections of 9 teams each, resulting in fewer games for each team (for better or worse). In the Parsons (South) Section, Blagdon overcame Nailsea in their play-off match. In the Caddick (North) Section, the outright winners were Weston Wizards, with Wrington and Cheddar close behind. Weston Wizards went on to win the North v South play-off match to become U13 League champions and thereby remained undefeated for the entire season.
Bristol (Optimists) took the double in the area competition of the national tournaments by overwhelming Cheddar in the U13 Cup final played at Congresbury. They progressed to the national county stages but, as they had at U15 level, were immediately knocked out by Bath. Wrington beat Clevedon in the final of the U13 Plate.
The U11 league (they have no Cup competition) was a monster. Clubs went into it with their eyes open, as at the AGM they had chosen a single all-play-all league rather than splitting into 2 sections with resultant fewer matches. The leading contenders for honours were Claverham Pumas, Nailsea, Weston Wizards and Winscombe Wolves, with Cheddar Pumas in close pursuit, but they swapped around positions as the weeks went by. The picture kept changing as matches postponed by rain got replayed and in some cases defaults for various reasons occurred. Nailsea led into the final straight but were finally pipped at the post by 2007 champions Weston-super-Mare. Respect!
At representative level the NSYCL fielded a League team against the Bristol & District League at Portishead but on this occasion came second. Additional material from Representative Team Manager Peter Holdaway (Barrow Gurney) is not available at time of going to press.
The administration of the League changed somewhat this year as I moved more into the backseats. Fortunately Mark Walker (Failand & Portbury) enthusiastically and very efficiently took on the job of creating and administering the League’s results website at http://nsycl.play-cricket.com/ which was no easy task. We will have to wait for the AGM to hear users’ feedback on the change from a paper-based results system to an entirely electronic system but (from my perspective) it is a change that had to happen. Meanwhile, the League’s general website at http://nsycl.blogspot.com/ contained a complete copy of the 2007 Handbook, including League Rules and electronic links to other websites and email addresses.
The paper-based Handbook, that invaluable on-the-ground tool, continued as usual and once again the League’s sponsors Westcountry Ground Care of Axbridge kindly met the costs of its printing.
Junior Secretary John Waters (Nailsea) served another year looking after the U13s and U11s administratively. His responsibilities for results-processing this year were eased but he took on the organisation of the multiple finals (and their rain postponements) of all NSYCL Cup and Plate competitions. Chairman Stuart Dewer (Congresbury) once again supplied guidance and sanity when called upon.
We very much appreciate the contribution of all those clubs who made their grounds available, without charge, for the Cup finals and play-offs that were required. We also owe a great deal to volunteer umpires, scorers, parents, groundsmen and others for keeping the League’s engine running once again.
It was good to see our President Brian Rose having such success with the Somerset county side this year – success gives everyone a lift.
Onward and upward for 2008.
Robert Humphreys
Secretary
North Somerset Youth Cricket League
23rd November 2007
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