LEAGUE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE and LEAGUE FORMATION MEETING for the 2013-4 SEASON on Monday 8th August 2012 at Morley

1 - Attendance:

  • League Officers:
  • League Secretary: Tony Crompton
  • Chairperson: Steve Power
  • Competition / Trophy Secretary: Geoff Jackson
  • Treasurer: Dave Nuttall
  • President: Sid Jones (Not present)
  • Vice-President: Geoff Jackson
  • League Clubs:
  • Brook Street: Steve Power / Bob Jones
  • Mere: Geoff Jackson
  • Mobberley: Tony Crompton
  • Morley: Paul Hart
  • Royal London: None present
  • Shaw Heath: Will Cowley / James West
  • Tatton: Paul Townsend
  • Wilmslow Cons: Dave Nuttall
  • Wilmslow RBL: John O’Neill / Jake O’Neill

2 - Apologies for absence

  • Andy Long & Tom Jackson

3 - Minutes of last meeting

  • The Secretary had previously circulated copies of the last meeting (the AGM) on the web site and no matters had been brought to his attention.
  • Accepted as a true and accurate account of the meeting. Proposed by John O’Neill and Seconded by Paul Townsend. All in favour, none against and no abstentions.
  • As previously agreed, hard copies of minutes and agendas will not be available at meetings and attendees are advised to print a copy off from the web site in advance of each meeting if they require them.

4 - Items arising from the last meeting (not agenda listed)

  • None- but the Secretary reminded all of the new rules that came into force at this year’s AGM:
  • Rule 15.5 has changed from: ‘Teams playing in the first division will play on Thursday nights with the possible exception of where there are more than 2 teams from that club in that division’ to: ‘Teams playing in the first division will normally play on Thursday nights. Exceptions may be made to ensure the continuity and smooth running of the league’
  • Rule 32.1 has been changed from including “cards to reach the Secretary by 4pm on Monday following the match” to read “Both captains must ensure that their score cards reach the League Secretary no later than 24 hours after the conclusion of their match” and finally:
  • Rule 32.2 was changed to read “Emails or text messages including a photo or scanned copy of the scorecards are acceptable proof of scores and personal delivery of cards to the home address of the Secretary are only accepted prior to 10.15pm”.

5 - Disciplinary / Matters of Dispute / New Registrations

  • This meeting is effectively the league formation meeting and the Secretary therefore asked each club in turn to detail how many teams would be entered in the league for the 2012-13 season and then the captain’s details for each team entered.
  • The Secretary reminded all present that League rule 5.5 states: “The management committee will vote to accept or reject any such teams and names presented and, as those rejected will not be part of the new season’s league and thereby subject to it’s rules, there will be no right to appeal on said decision” and further added that all captains are reminded of their personal, team and club responsibilities so that issues, incidents and other matters brought to the committees attention last season do not arise again this year as such matters will be dealt with expeditiously and seriously:
  • Brook Street – 2 teams – A team captain Andy Long; B team – Ashley Parker
  • Mere – 3 teams – A team - Geoff Owen; B team - Tom Jackson; C team - Philip Simpson
  • Mobberley – 5 teams – A team - Tony Crompton; B team - Wayne Hammond; C team - Ian Paton; D team - Derek Street; E team – Alan Williams
  • Morley – 1 team – Paul Hart
  • Royal London – 1 team – James Nash
  • Shaw Heath – 2 teams – A team – Will Cowley; B team - TBC
  • Tatton – 1 team – Paul Townsend
  • Wilmslow Cons - 3 teams – A team - Mike Sullivan; B team – Will Bell; C team – Ralph Robertson
  • Wilmslow RBL – 1 team – John O’Neill
  • With all existing teams (albeit Brook Street C / Knutsford Cons B are now Mobberley E) re-entering the league, as previously agreed, this season the league will be made up of 2 divisions with 10 teams in division 1 and 9 teams in division 2 playing each other in three cycles = 27 (or 24 + 3 bye weeks) of actual matches.
  • The meeting then progressed to the player registrations for the 2013-4 season (these will remain on each set of minutes for easy reference):

Registered players 2013-4:

Brook Street

  • Adrian Hough / Adrian Smith / Andy Long / Ashley Parker / Bob Jones / Carl Prince / Chris Parker / Gary Long / John Prince / Mark Murphy / Martin Sharpe / Neil Greer / Rick Peers / Sam Pointon / Simon Nixon / Steve Power / Steve Prosser
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Mere

  • Alan Greenaway / Alex Wright / Allen Jackson / Antony Jackson / Arthur Hasford / Chris Bushell / Daniel Pollard / David Jackson / Eddie Wakefield / Geoff Jackson / Geoff Owen / Jamie Flood / Jesse Oldfield / John Jackson / Joe Gates / Josh Flood / Matthew Owen /Philip Simpson / Richard Owen / Sam Jackson / Sam Riley / Sid Jones / Syd Antrobus / Terry Riley / Thomas Jackson / Will Blackburn / Will Bushell
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Mobberley

  • Adam McNeil / Alan Williams / Bob Spilsbury / Brian Lomas / Bruce Tulley / Chris Clarke / Chris McNeil / Dave Taylor / Dennis Robinson / Derek Street / Francis Evans / Geoff Taylor / Harry Halsall / Herbert Hope /Ian Paton / Jeff Gorton / John Percival / Josh Street / Kevin Harrison / Kevin Holman / Leung Yu / Luke Bevans / Mark Newall / Mervyn Pike / Mike Gittins / Nigel Hodson / Paul Adkin / Paul Hodson / Peter Hargreaves / Peter Turner / Phil Willocks/ Robert Spilsbury / Scott Mills / Steve Bond / Steve Flinders / Terry Norman / Tony Crompton / Wayne Hammond
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Morley

  • David Coates / Derek Stubbs / George Antrobus / Jason Robinson / Nigel Woodall / Paul Hart / Rob Antrobus / Seb Jackson / Steve Stubbs / Will Bennett
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Royal London

  • Adam Drinkwater / Alan Beeley / Andy Morris / Ben Harney / Daniel Dauer / Fred Harris / Greg Jennings / James Nash / Jeremy Straker / Mark Baker /Pete Hodge / Rick Goldsmith / Simon McMahon /Steve Barnes / Steven Sharples / Stuart Twibell / Tim Carragher
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Shaw Heath

  • Andy Yates / Bradley Williams / Chris Jackson / Craig Wilson / Dave Jenyons / Dave MacDonald / Dave Mullins / Dave Rainford / Gareth Williams / Gary Twitchett / James West / Jamie Way / John Dale / Leighton Lathrope / Mark Evans / Mark Jenyons /Nathan Weightman / Richard Hammond / Sandy Stockton / Scott Marshall / Steve Jenyons / Will Cowley
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 seasonexcept Dave MacDonald who after a vote was unanimously rejected for membership for a period of 1 season and until an apology is received from him by the Secretary – all in favour bar one abstention (Tatton).
  • For info only: TC said that: “A Voicemail was left on my mobile number at 2225 on 020413 from 07825-137267 (Dave MacDonald’s number with people laughing in the background) Hi Tony it’s Dave (inaudible). Just to let you know I think you’re a complete bell end. You shouldn’t be running the league and you can carry your shit off. I would have beat you but I let you win. Se ya. Go fuck yourself”.Text from TC to above number sent 0706 on 030413 “Do not contact me again in any shape or form or I will refer it to the police. The league will deal with your message at its next meeting”.

Tatton

  • Alan Conkleton / Dave Blackburn / David Taylor / Drew McAra / Ian Hendry / Ian Snelson / James Phillipson / John Peet / Keith Roden / Paul Townsend / Peter Cowley / Phil Roden / Rob Clarke / Steve Jackson
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Wilmslow Cons

  • Alan Hardy / Alan Potts / Andy Stott / Charlie Williams / David Nuttall / Dave Wilkinson / David Slater / Frank Griffith / Glyn Batten / Graham Kitson / Howard Blankley / Ian Clark / Irvine MacDonald / Jim Sinclair /John O’Brien / John Higgins / Jonathan Smith / Kevin Shackleton / Marc O’Brien / Mark Anderson / Mike Sullivan / Peter Stakes / Peter Watson / Ralph Robertson / Richard Bayley / Will Bell
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season

Wilmslow Royal British Legion

  • Andy Kelly / Brendan Townsend / Carl Brookfield / Carl McCormack / Dave Wallington / Jake O’Neill / James Coggins / Joe Street / John O’Neill / Peter O’Neill / Steve Flannery
  • No objections made to made of the above players joining the league for the 2013-4 season
  • There will again be competition weeks inserted into the programme at intervals to ease the burden of competition nights and to spread the end of season ‘crush’.
  • Handicaps will be allocated after the first 9 week rotation which means we can again start the competitions soon afterwards.
  • Division 1 – Brook Street A, Mobberley A, Mobberley B, Mobberley C, Morley, Shaw Heath A, Tatton, Wilmslow Cons A, Wilmslow Cons B and Wilmslow RBL.
  • Division 2 – Brook Street B, Mere A, Mere B, Mere C, Mobberley D, Mobberley E, Royal London, Shaw Heath B and Wilmslow Cons C (plus a bye week).
  • No other disciplinary or dispute matters to discuss.

6 - Items notified to Secretary prior to meeting

  • The Secretary said that he was sad to report to the members that Life Member of the league, and previous sponsor of the Redwood Hire Champions Trophy, Steve Redwood passed away suddenly on the 12th of June. A brief discussion followed and it was agreed that the competition should remain in its present name as a memorial to Steve who, although not having played in the league for a few years, was an avid supporter of it and will be sadly missed by all who knew him and our support and thoughts go out to his nearest and dearest. The Secretary, and many other league members, attended his funeral to show our support. If a new sponsor for the event was found then the committee will discuss a way forward for their appropriate involvement.
  • The Treasurer had encountered issues receiving certain teams final season league fees once again and the league officers agreed to a debate on this avoidable and unnecessary matter. It was agreed that it is not up to the league to decide internal club matters but it is for the league – and this meeting – to determine what should be done when teams persist on not fulfilling their obligations to the league. It was suggested that league fee invoices be issued 4 times (every 7 weeks) this season. Those invoices would be issued to teams 2 weeks before each 7 week period and give teams a further 2 weeks grace to pay. That means invoices being issued in weeks 5 (pay by the end of week 9); 12 (pay by week 16 end); 19 (pay by week 23 end);25 (pay by the end of the week after the season ends). The penalty for non-payment (without exceptional excuse) will be discussed at a future meeting – subject to the success or otherwise of this new process. Agreed by all.

7 - Trophies / Competitions Secretary

  • Geoff Jackson was welcomed to his first meeting in post.
  • Nothing to report as yet – other than to say that all the dates have been set for the competitions and the Sunday comps have been moved to monthly from November.

8 - Treasurer

  • Dave Nuttall said there was nothing else to report beyond his comments at the AGM.
  • Current league balance is £2,975.72 which he will continue to monitor.

Balance brought forward / £3,617.95
League fees 2012 - 13 / £2,862.00 / Secretary honoraria / £865.00
Arrears paid from 2011-12 season / £50.00 / Secretary expenses:
Team KO fees / £204.00 / Treasurer honoraria / £140.00
Coaching receipts / £200.00 / Treasurer expenses:
Competition Secretary honoraria / £270.00
Competition Secretary expenses:
Web site hosting & name / £125.00
League web page annual fee / £156.00
Ink Cartridges / £58.94
Redwood prize money / £200.00
Trophies & engraving / £895.00
AGM refreshments / £200.00
Calendars / £53.29
Charity donations / £204.00
CRB coaching fees / £56.00
Coaching equipement / £130.00
Coaching course x 2 / £490.00
Finals night's referee expenses / £115.00
Total Expenditure / £3,958.23
Bank Balance / £2,975.72
Total Income / £6,933.95 / Total Expenditure and Bank balance / £6,933.95
Balance carried forward to 2013/2014 season: / £2,975.72

9 - Any other business

  • Clubs informed the Comps Secretary about restrictions on nights available to the league for events.
  • Paul Townsend has changed his next two snooker coaching sessions from the 6.9.13 to the 13.9.13 and the 4.10.13 to the 11.10.13
  • This opened up a wider discussion on the sessions where PT and TC reported on the success and failings of the free sessions to date. TC suggested he could hold team sessions and PT suggested another advertising try in the Guardian. TC to action. All present agreed to return to their teams and clubs and push the sessions more.
  • The e-mail addresses for the league (and Secretary): or plus the current league website address of and the new league website address will remain on the minutes of each meeting as an easy reference point for all.

10 Date of next meeting

Monday 21stOctober 2012 at 8pm at Shaw Heath

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Management Meeting rota:

  • Wilmslow Cons,Wilmslow RBL, Brook Street,Mere,Mobberley,Morley,Shaw Heath

AGM rota:

  • Mobberley,Wilmslow Cons (65th Anniversary),Morley,Shaw Heath,Brook Street, Wilmslow RBL,Mere

Life Members

  • Arthur Hasford / Bruce Tulley/ David Nuttall / David Rainford/ Ed Wakefield / Francis Evans / Geoff Owen / Mervyn Pike / Peter Watson/ Rob Clarke/ Ronnie Tagg/ Tony Crompton
  • Barry Lineham/ Brian Mitchell/ David Potter/ David Sykes / Geoff Sharpe / John Sproston / John Thompson/ Ray Dale/ Sid Jones / Steve Redwood