MINUTES OF THE 2008 AGM
HELD ON 23RD JANUARY 2009 AT NAILSEA CC
Present: | Absent: |
Stewart Dewer (Chairman) | Long Ashton CC |
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 |
1. The Chairman opened the meeting at 7.30pm after pre-meeting business had been concluded. Attendances and apologies were taken.
2. The minutes of the previous meeting held 12th March 2008 were read and approved.
3. The League Secretary/Treasurer delivered a report (copy attached).
4. The U13/U11 Secretary (with trophies, cup finals and some representative games) delivered a report (copy attached).
5. The Results Officer delivered a report (copy attached).
6. The Treasurer delivered an income and expenditure statement to January 2009 which was explained, discussed and approved. The recommendation of the Treasurer that subscription and fine levels be unchanged for the 2009 season was discussed and accepted.
7. With regard to representative games, John Waters reported only one U11 game against the Bristol & District League that had been played, all the others having been rained off. It was lost by 66 runs. In recent years, it was observed that these representative games had become more one-sided in favour of the Bristol & District League. In previous years, the NSYCL was stronger but now some players are being nominated who do not appear to be up to the standard. Hopefully this could be looked at going forward so that managers nominate players who are genuinely at the level. He expressed thanks to Ian Morrell and Rob Cave of Cleeve for trying to stage a U15s game but it was rained off; also to Geoff Waters of Nailsea who tried to get a U17s game played.
8. Winscombe had proposed a change to Rule 10 for league games to the effect that re-arrangements of postponed games would no longer occur and that there would always be a result (with points ascribed) on the day listed in the handbook. There were discussions. For some present the proposal was welcomed as it would create certainty and eliminate scope for suspected requests for re-arrangements “when strength was down”. For others, the key was to give the maximum opportunity to get games played, even if this involved the downsides of postponements. On the vote taken, 11 were in support of the proposal for change with 6 against. The proposal was therefore carried and it was left to the League Secretary to draft the applicable wording to reflect. Postponement in cup games, however, is unaffected by the above.
9. Discussion occurred as regards the splitting or otherwise of sections within the age divisions and, after discussion and voting, it was determined that: The U17s will play in a single all-play-all division but each of the U11s, U13s and U15s sections will be split into 2 divisions, organised substantially geographically but such that at U13 level Cheddar and Winscombe would have both their A and B teams in the same section. It was recognised that the effect of smaller sections within divisions, particularly when linked with the “result on the day” change to rule 10, would be that less cricket was available and it was left to the League Secretary to consider adding into the schedule in those divisions with split sections additional play-off or similar games to make up a reasonable number.
10. As regards dates, after discussion it was determined that the League Secretary would be asked to try to arrange fixtures for the U11s to start on 10th May, subject to dovetailing difficulties with the U17s programme.
11. Election of Officers took place as follows:
President | Brian Rose |
Chairman | Stewart Dewer |
Secretary/Treasurer | Robert Humphreys |
U13/U11 Secretary (with Trophies and Cup Finals etc) | John Waters |
Results Officer | Mark Walker |
12. The following representative team managers volunteered: U17s: John Murray (Nailsea), U15s: John Murray (Nailsea), U13s: David Lloyd (Backwell Flax Bourton) and U11s: John Waters with overall co-ordination being by John Waters.
13. No formal applications have been received to join the League.
14. Trophies and Cups were brought to meeting and shown to John Waters (responsible for trophies).
15. After discussion, John Waters was asked to purchase a plate for the new 15 Plate competition, so as to result in there being Plate trophies for Plate competitions at each of the levels U17, U15 and U13, such to be engraved beginning with the 2008 winner.
16. Entries for the 2009 season had been handed into the League Secretary prior to the meeting.
17. The Results Officer collected in payment for fines in relation to the reporting of results, previously notified to applicable clubs.
18. Under any other business, Midsomer Norton pointed up and deprecated perceived increase in bad language and sledging during games. There was a discussion and the meeting expressed its support to managers at all levels in seeking to eradicate or at least minimise this unfortunate tendency.
19. In relation to Cup Finals, Uphill Castle raised a concern that, as hosts of the U17s Plate Final, they had received no notification that the sides had agreed to postpone the game. The Uphill groundsman had gone ahead and prepared the ground but then nobody turned up to play. John Waters (Finals organisers) explained that there had been some confusion between teams on the day and expressed his apologies to Uphill Castle, whose long-time support for Cup Competitions by offering their ground as host for the final was very much appreciated.
20. There was some discussion regarding the scope of managers to agree different playing conditions on the day as between themselves (e.g. 8 ball overs) and it was confirmed that they are entitled to do so.
21. Andrew Moulding gave a presentation on behalf of the SCB. He said that he was pleased to see that the NSYCL continued to run a thriving U17s section, it being experienced generally in cricket as a whole that fewer adults are playing the game whilst the number of juniors playing is increasing.
22. He outlined the new indoor facilities at Withywood which had been opened and encouraged clubs to use them. He also encouraged all clubs with Youth Section to seek to achieve CLUBMARK and distributed some “safe-hands” material. Coaching courses, he outlined, were available from the SCB and umpiring courses at WSM. The World Cup of womens cricket will be held at Taunton in 2009 which is a fine achievement.
23. The availability of groundsmen’s courses and the nature of CRICKET FORCE for the improvement of club facilities was outlined by him. As regards trials for junior county representative teams, he explained that the processes are being and will be improved. He explained that the grant from the sponsors of the U15 and U13 National Tournaments had been delayed coming through from the ECB but as soon as it was received it would be passed onto the NSYCL as regards their portion.
24. Andrew Moulding outlined a new grant available for 2009 being the NatWest grant for the running of a summer school. All clubs need to do is to run it at their ground and charge juniors say £5 for 3 days and the club will then receive the grant from the sponsors via the SCB. This sounded to be a particularly interested opportunity for member clubs.
25. There being no further business, the meeting closed at about 10.00pm.
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