JANUARY MEETING 2017
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOWARD
APOLOGIES AZIZ PRESENT HOWARD, TONY, GEOFF, MARK, NIC, CHRIS P AND L
WELCOME TO CHRIS PARKES AND CHRIS LONGMORE
CHESTER ROAD DATES
THIS GROUND IS NOT AVAILABLE ON 17/5, 14/6, 28/6 PLEASE NOTE
DATES FOR FINALS AT CHESTER ROAD @ £50 PER GAME PAID BY THE LEAGUE
THURSDAY 6th JULY
TUESDAY 11th JULY
TUESDAY 18th JULY
THURSDAY 20th JULY POSSIBLY RESERVED DAY
THURSDAY 27th JULY
WEDNESDAY 16th AUGUST 10 10
WEDNESDAY 23rd AUGUST UMPIRES
THIS WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH MANY ISSUES SET WELL UNDERWAY WITHOUT A FINAL RESOLUTION. AD HOC MEETINGS WILL NOW BE HELD BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING CONVENED FOR 21st FBRUAURY
- AN UPDATED UMPIRE LIABILITY/AGE REFERENCE CARD TO BE CREATED AND INTRODUCED
- LYE IS UNDERGOING CHANGES BUT IT I HOPED THESE CHANGES WILL PROVE TO BE INTERNAL
- IT WAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO HAVE A CASH PRIZE FOR THE TEN TEN WINNERS SUGGESTED BUT TO BE CONFIRMED IN THE REGION OF £100
- THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION WITH CHRIS PARKES AROUND THE NEW WEBSITE AND HANDBOOK WHICH CREATED FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THESE THOUGHTS TO BE CRYSTALISED IN THE NEXT MONTH.
- THEY CENTRED AROUND PLACING THE FULL RULES ON THE WEBSITE WITH THE IMMEDIATE RULES AFFECTING THE INTERPRETATION OF THE GAMES IN THE HANDBOOK.
- A VERY BASIC, STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO RECORDING RESULTS ON LINE IN THE SIMPLEST OF FORMS IS TO BE INTRODUCED FOR ALL TEAMS.
- A FAIL SAFE STRUCTURE IS TO BE BUILT INTO THE SITE FOR AZIZ TO ACT AS THE EXTRA COVER.
- ALL TEAMS ARE TO BE OFFERED A PAGE IN THE NEW HANDBOOK TO FEATURE THEIR INFORMATION AND PROMOTE THEIR CLUB/TEAM. SHOULD TEAMS FAIL TO RESPOND, THIS WILL CARRY THE VERY BASIC CONTACT DETAILS
- ADVERTISING IS TO BE SOUGHT FOR THE HANDBOOK
- FINANCES CURRENT £663 WITH DEPOSIT £1855
- LEAGUE STRUCTURE CREATES A DILEMMA WITH THE LOGICAL SCENARIO BEING TWO LEAGUES OF 6 AND 10 WITH CUPS BEING TWO GROUPS OF 8
- THE 10 10 TYPE MATCHES ARE TO BE PLAYED IN AUGUST
- THE SEASON BEING PLAYED OVER 14 WEEKS WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF A NEW FORM OF COMPETTION INTRODUCED. THIS WILL BE CLARIFIED IN THE NEXT MONTH
