The Federation of Crown Green
Bowls
MINUTES OF THE A.G.M.
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The Chairman opened the
meeting by welcoming everyone. Apologies: Tony Wightman ( Minutes: The Minutes of the A.G.M. 2006 were taken as read, proposed
Tony Hodgetts (South Lancashire), seconded Jimmy Hynes, (Middleton) Matters Arising: Our
application for full membership to B.C.G.B.A. was again rejected and as the
previous year, by 16 votes to 14. No reason for the rejection is ever given. The chairman
asked that all our Affiliate representatives contact their respective county
associations as to whether their representative on the B.C.G.B.A. Management
Committee was mandated to vote either for or against the Federation’s
application for full membership. Once again
the meeting voted to re-apply for full membership of B.C.G.B.A. Our
membership as associate members has been paid for this year. Correspondence: As well as
the letter from B.C.B.A. previously referred to we received notes from Janet
Hill, Peter Jose and Tony Wightman all resigning from the Board. Reports: Chairman: The Chairman
thanked all our Affiliate Associations and all the people involved in running
those associations. He thanked all the Board members for the good job they
had done naming them all in person and he also thanked the people who had run
the various events. He congratulated the men for winning the Civil Service
match for the second time and the ladies who won the inaugural match against
the Civil Service ladies. No doubt the Civil Service will be trying very hard
to win the trophies back next year. He congratulated Nuneaton on winning the
first Champion of Champions by one point against Bury in the final. The event
being held at Marine Gardens, Fleetwood. The Chairman
was pleased to announce that Rigby Taylors, Hotters and Dennis Mowers will be
sponsoring the Federation again next year. However there are other events,
which still require sponsors. Finally he said we could all look forward to
the 2008 season with confidence. League Co-ordinator: He started by
asking that we take one of the Notices of Motion out of order, which the
meeting then did. This was a vote to move the League Fixtures from the third
to the fourth Sunday in the month. After a discussion this Motion was carried
by 15 votes to 6. He went on to
give dates for the events he had managed to do so far, details of all events
will be available on the website very soon. He thanked everyone who had been
prompt with their results and also reiterated that results could be sent by
post or email. He went on to read a report by Tony Wightman regarding the
Junior/Youth Championships. The details of all these were also available on
the website. Tony thanked everyone concerned who had contributed to make it
an enjoyable season. The meeting wished to put on record a vote of thanks to
Tony for all the hard work that he had done over the past seven years for the
Youth and Junior sections. The League
Co-ordinator went on to give an up-to-date report on Child Protection, saying
he had attended several meetings and now has the C.R.B. forms that people
need to complete if they have any dealing on a regular basis with children. Finance: The Balance
Sheet was presented to the meeting and the Financial Officer said that the
Affiliations were up due to the increase in the number of Affiliates. Most of
the League fees and Merit entries were up but the greatest problem on the
Income side was that Sponsorship was down. On Expenditure prize money,
Insurance and Green Hire showed the largest increases and we finished the
year with a small loss for the first time in our existence. The balance was
proposed as a true record by Harry Crompton (Bolton), seconded Dave Clarke
(Doncaster) and was unanimously accepted. Press: The Press
Officer wished to thanked all the people that had helped with reports and
photographs. We get regular monthly reports in The Bowlers World and he
thanked Brian Hampson, Editor, for this, although we are restricted to only
1,000 words during the busy months of the year. We still struggle to get
reports in the daily press. Brian asked
for everyone to continue to send him match reports and photographs, which
help to get reports in Bowlers world etc. The Chairman
commented that he had received a price for coloured photographs in the middle
of next year’s Handbook. Notices of Motion: Proposal from
Hebden Royd re Affiliates who do not play in the National League, only paying
50% fees - defeated 4 votes to 15. Proposed by
Fylde re disabled bowlers receiving help from where so ever needed. Passed
unanimously. Also from
Fylde re bowls buggies being allowed in all games with some part of footplate
being on the mat when delivering jack or bowl. – Passed unanimously. Proposed by
Middleton re change of League structure from 6 divisions of 5 teams to 5
divisions of 6 teams. Defeated 15 votes to 4. Proposed Bury
– League championship fees increased by £10 and returned in expenses to
Champion of Champions qualifiers – defeated - no second. Proposed Bury
– current maximum 2 home green players be scrapped. – defeated no second. Practice
time proposals: 1 – All match
day practice times be abolished – proposed Doncaster, second Rossendale 2- Change 15
minutes practice to 20 minutes – Proposed Middleton, second Bury 3- 15 minutes
practice visiting teams commence to start time – Proposed Bury, no second. Vote taken
between proposals 1 & 2 – proposal 1 was then put forward to a vote off
between that proposal and the existing rule with the latter winning by 13
votes to 12. Election of Officers. President
Phil Brown & President Designate Pat Hull– re elected for 2nd year. Chairman Bill
Booth, Vice Chairman David Kay, Financial Officer Bill Booth, League
Co-ordinator David Kay, Administrator June Booth and Press Officer Brian
Holgate were all re-elected ‘en bloc’. Youth &
Junior Officer – Ken Howarth (Furness) Board
Members: Peter Wilson
(South Lakes) Tim Rothwell
(Rochdale) Steve
Thompson (Furness) |
The Federation of Crown Green
Bowls 2008