Minutes of 2002 AGM
held on Tuesday 3rd December 2002
at 7.30pm at Portishead Cricket Club

Present:
D Grewcock (Chairman)
R Humphreys (Secretary/Treasurer)
J Waters (U13/U11 Secretary)
A Fishman (Portishead)
D Lee (Optimists & Clifton)
D Turner (WSM)
P Doherty (Wrington)
L Harrison (Bladgon)
G Osborne (Clevedon)
P Holdworth (Barrow Gurney)
K Berridge (Nailsea)
M Robson (Nailsea)
S Dewar (Congresbury)
B Purkiss (Cheddar)

Also present later in meeting:
A Moulding (SCB)

Absent:
Cleeve
Uphill Castle

1. Attendances and apologies were taken. The minutes of the previous meeting held 15th January 2002 (the 2001 AGM) were then read and approved. Matters arising from those minutes were dealt with.

2. The secretary/treasurer then delivered his report (copy report and accounts attached) and the accounts were approved.

3. The treasurer explained that he incurred expenditure of £350 on 10 large weekly advertisements in a local newspaper at a cost of £35 each plus VAT. This had seemed to him to be a useful form of expenditure. The views of members were canvassed as to whether this should be repeated next year and no strong views were expressed. It was left for the treasurer to take a sensible decision.

4. John Waters then delivered his report as U13/U11 secretary (copies attached). There was a discussion of discipline at the younger ages and it was regretted that on a number of occasions this had not been all that might have been expected. One particular game was commented on. In this incident, whatever the rights and wrongs, it was a pity that the managers on the day had been able to take the necessary disciplinary steps to snuff out the difficulties at source.

5. There was a discussion of the application of the LBW rule at U11 level. The League Rule is at the laws of cricket apply save insofar as any may be modified in the League Rules or by agreement by managers on the day. There is nothing in the League Rules disapplying the LBW rule and so, save by agreement otherwise of managers on the day, the LBW law is to be applied. If managers agree on the day to disapply this law, they need to be aware of the consequential effect of this change on other aspects of the game.

6. One of these is the removal of risk to a batsman from taking an off-stump guard. Managers need to be aware of this. It would be open to them to agree that no batsman should be given an off-stump guard.

7. Representative team managers gave their reports. At U13 level John Waters reported that neither the Bath & District League nor the Taunton League had been interested in games and Pembroke had not toured. However, a game was played against the Bristol & District League at Chipping Sodbury. It was an excellent game which the NSYCL had won by 41.

8. The U15 representative manager Adrian Fishman reported that he had received no interest in a game from the Bath & District League. A game had been played against the Bristol & District League away. Again it was an excellent game albeit a loss. Boys from 5 clubs had played. The return game at Portishead had been rained off.

9. No games have been played at U17 level.

10. There was a short discussion of the rules regarding allocation of points. Some points were made as to whether there should be a change but it was felt that they should be left as they are.

11. The secretary canvassed two proposals for possible rule changes. One of these involved a move at U17 level to playing games on an 8 players per side basis. A discussion of this ensued but it was decided to leave the current playing conditions and make no changes.

12. The second proposed rule change involved a tidying up of the contents of rules 13 and 5 by moving some existing text and making a consequential amendment. This proposal was passed and the rules were changed accordingly.

13. Election of officers then took place. The following were re-elected:

Brian Rose (President)
Doug Grewcock (Chairman)
Robert Humphreys (Secretary/Treasurer)
John Waters (U13/U11 Secretary).

14. The following representative team managers were then elected:

Keith Berridge (U17)
Greg Van Laun (U15)
John Waters (U13)
Mark Walker (U11).

15. An application was considered from Barrow Gurney to join the League by entering a U13 side. The application was welcomed and approved.

16. Trophies were brought to the meeting and redistributed. In particular, the U15 knock-out cup had been located by Keith Berridge of Nailsea who kindly brought it to the meeting.

17. John Waters gave a short report on the progress of the NSYCL teams in the national knock-out competitions. The WSM U15 side went a long way in the competition. The Cleeve U13 side also performed creditably but did not go so far.

18. There was a discussion of the practicality of the movement of players between multiple teams entered by one club at a single age group (e.g. Cleeve running 2 U13s sides). It appeared that some players had played for both sides. The discussion was left on the basis that it would have to be up to the manager to act reasonably as it was difficult to formulate a rule which would not have the negative effect of banning some players from participating. However, in cup games the rule remains that a player who has played for one team may not thereafter play for another.

19. Andrew Moulding of the Somerset Cricket Board then gave an interesting presentation on various projects and initiatives, the benefits of which could be of advantage to member clubs. His information was appreciated.

20. There being no further business the meeting was closed at 10.10pm.

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