A.G.M #72. Monday 3rd August 2015.
Marden Residents Club. 8:15pm.
Teams Present:
1. Berkeley Tavern – Paul Rowett
2. Grey Horse – Andy Hall
3. Marden Club - A - Gavin Hosie
4. Marden Club - B - Brian Maddison
5. Phoenix Tap – Keith Bisby
6. Red Lion - A - Brian Falcus
7. Red Lion - B - Kevin Timmons
8. Seahorse - Maurice Cook
9. Tynemouth Club – Frank Fascoine
10. WLSC - A – Steve Thompson
11. WLSC - B – Colin Bell
Meeting Opened 8:15pm.
1st rollcall, Bluebell not present no apologies received therefore no team from the Bluebell this season.
Treasurers Report.
A statement of the league accounts was read out to those present by the treasurer Mr Gunnar Hosie, a proposal that these be accepted was put forward by the Seahorse and seconded by the Red Lion A
The chairman then called for the committee to stand down and a new committee be elected for the coming season.
A proposal from Tynemouth Club and seconded by the Seahorse that the present committee be re-elected was accepted by those present, with the addition of Mr Brian Falcus and Mr Kevin Timmons as competition organisers.
Secretary’s Report.
1.0 - The secretary advised of a letter that was received from Mr Brian Cole of the Border Terrier Darts Team requesting admittance to the league. A vote was called for from those present and was accepted unanimously.
The Border Terrier were welcomed into the league
Continued
2.0 - A letter was received from Mr Andy Hall (Grey Horse) on the subject of lateness of teams arriving at away venues.
After some discussion it was decided by those present that ALL TEAMS will make an effort to arrive at the away venue on time but if they failed to do so and the opposing captain was unhappy this should be recorded on the results card and if a particular team is repeatedly late they will be asked to appear before the league committee to answer for the lateness and face possible sanctions to be decided on a case by case occurrence.
3.0 - The use of electronic scoreboards was discussed and it was decided that there is no issue using them if they are available.
4.0 - A discussion was had on the format and length of the upcoming season and several ideas and proposals were discussed.
5.0 - A suggestion from Mr Gavin Hosie about the introduction of subsidiary- plate trophies for the league singles and doubles was rejected by those present on the basis that there would be insufficient time available to run these alongside the main competitions, however this point was expanded upon by Mr Kevin Timmonsand a similar suggestion by John Trousdale (via Keith Bisby) for a format to be introduced whereby competition dates would be added to the existing league and that these competition would be held at different venues within the league.
After some further discussion on what format these competitions would consist of it was decided that up to 5 additional competition nights to be added within season.
To this end 2 proposals were put to the vote.
- A proposal to run the upcoming regular season for a period of 22 weeks was accepted by a vote of: 7 teams for / 5 teams against.
- A proposal for 5 weeks of competitions to be held within the season was accepted by vote of: 8 teams for /3 teams against and one team abstaining.
6.0 - A discussion was had on the “Gentlemen’s agreement”, which had existed within the league on the loaning of players to opponents if they are short for whatever reason, The committee were drawn by Brian Falcus to Rule six which states as follows:
6) The official fixture will stand and no deviation from the fixtures can be allowed No games to be cancelled. If a game were affected by the actions of the venue management, (for any reason not known at this time) the fixture would be played at a suitable neutral venue If a team does not turn up to fulfil a fixture with the required minimum of four players, or does not turn up at all (for any reason not known at this time), they would be deducted 4 points and the opposing team awarded 8 points.
Any team that fails to fulfil all fixtures and attend the Presentation evening with a minimum of four players shall be deemed to have forfeited their bond monies, as points can’t be deducted at this late stage of the season.
Therefore there is NO LOANING of players as per Rule six.
7.0 - A proposal was received via the Leagues Facebook page (Mr Greg Falcus) for Double starts to be scrapped on all league competitions, this was not seconded so was not voted upon (effectively rejected unanimously by all present)
8.0 - A proposal that all monies still being held from the recent Brian Spowart memorial competition be held for a period of 1 month from the date of this AGM (to allow those players to come forward and claim it) if not claimed it would then be used to pay for the 2nd Trophy purchased by Brian Falcus for the Bottom Six Pool B winners as per his closing statement at that competition, where he kindly offered to provide a Trophy at his own expense.
The committee and those present felt that this was unnecessary as there are funds now available through uncollected prize monies. This was accepted by all present.
9.0 - A Text received from Keith Bisby, (Ship) on behalf of John Trousdale, (Ship) advised the committee that the Ship darts team were relocating to the Phoenix Tap in Whitley Bay for the upcoming season. This was accepted by all present.
A.O.B
Andy Hall (Grey horse) advised of future closure of the Grey horse at the beginning of January 2016 for a period of up to 5 weeks for repairs and refurbishment. It was decided that if necessary any affected fixtures will be reversed or played at a neutral venue if no board available.
Berkeley Tavern venue in doubt and therefore they may be playing from an alternate venue possibly Whitley Lodge Snooker Club.
Brian Falcus advised of the need for some “Fine Tuning” of the Brian Spowart Memorial competition, to be discussed at future meetings.
Secretary advised of next meeting date of 7th September2015. All monies due by teams will be posted on website in time for next meeting.
2nd Rollcall
All teams plus Border Terrier – Brian Cole Present.
Meeting Closed at 9:38pm.
Minutes by Martin Elliott.