The Federation of Crown Green
Bowls
MINUTES OF THE A.G.M.
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Present: Mr A Swindlehurst, Mr H
Milner, Mr P Hodgkinson, Mr J Cunningham, Mr K Penny, Mr M G Demain, Mrs J
Farnworth, Mr D Clarke, Mrs M Clarke, Mr D Bretherton, Mr K Robinson, Mr J
Hynes, Mr A Mather, Mr P Brown, Mr G Pilkington, Mr H Broadbent, Mr T Ingledew, Mr G
Cookson, Mr A Jackson, Mr T Hodgetts, Mr C Marshall, Mr H Crompton, Mr B
Holgate, Mr K Howarth, Miss P Hull, Mr A Eddie, Mr D Kay, Mr W Booth, Mrs J Booth Apologies: Mr S Thompson, Mrs J
Hill, Mr P Atherden, Mrs P Charlton, Mr G Jackson, Mrs C Ellis. The chairman opened the meeting by greeting
everyone. A minute’s silence was then held. Minutes of last year’s
AGM: The minutes of the last
meeting were read and passed proposed Mr D Clarke, seconded Mr K Penny. Matters arising: Mr A Eddie had suggested
that the match between the Federation and the Civil Service should be spread
around more and will be played in Yorkshire as well as the midlands and the
north. The 60+ pairs
competition were sponsored by Mr D Clarke and family. Chairman’s report: Things have gone very
well in the Federation and he wished to thank the various officers who had
attended and run the various events. He mentioned that the Federation had
been formed in October in Oldham 2000 and the coming year will be the 10th
anniversary. It had started with 16 Associations and had almost doubled at
the present day, with many thanks to everyone. League coordinator: It had been a good year
again with everyone sending in their results to him. There were however one or two cases where he was receiving
only one set of results for a match instead of results for both home and away
from both teams. Warrington have confirmed that they cannot fulfil any
fixtures and the fixtures have been done for next year excluding them and Mon
Menai who have paid no fees nor fulfilled any fixtures. Events for 2010 are: 18 April –Ladies Merit at Harehill Park, Rochdale. 25 April – National
League 1st round. 23rd May – National
league 2nd round 27th June – National
league 3rd round 2nd July – Federation v Civil Service. Grange Bowling Club, Warrington. Please let David Kay
know names of any player wishing to play. 27th July – National
league 4th round. 1st August –
Junior/Youth Merit @ Rowlee Park Blackburn. 13th August – 60+ Merit
at Owley wood. 22nd August – National
league 5th round. 3rd September – Pairs
comp at Fox Lane 5th September – 60+
Supreme Championship, East Lancs Cricket & Bowling Club 12th September – Team
K.O. in the same format as at Bolton, to be held at Leeds but starting earlier
to finish earlier. Saturday 18th September
– Individual Merit at Fleetwood Bowling Club Sunday 19th September –
Champion of Champions at Fleetwood. Mr Clarke stated that
his family would again sponsor the 60+ pairs. Mr Kay advised that he
has not counter-signed enough CRVs in the past year so he advised people to
contact their County Associations but if they were still having problems then
they should ring the B.C.G.B.A.
C.P.O. The new CRV forms would not be available until April. Press: He thanked everyone for sending him reports he could include in the 1,000 words he is allowed in his Federation piece in Bowlers World. He thanked Brian Hampson for allowing him such a large piece. He informed the meeting
that a new magazine entitled Crown Green Bowler was due to come out, the
first issue being expected in December. Could we please let him
have reports and photographs early in each month as he has very little time
in which to write his articles and get them to press on time. Could everyone
please use full first names, not just initials. Another
point he wished to make was that at our events could it be ensured that
someone knew who to approach regarding the whereabouts of jacks, valuable
time was lost trying to locate them when we need them for the event. Juniors / Youths: We had another good
season. Although fixtures were produced Associations did not always arrive
with enough players. He arranged for Associations to play every one else,
first with three players per team then with four in a team but no player
playing twice. Mr Howarth brought with him forms for Representatives to take
then return if their Association is interested in playing in the Junior/Youth
league. He moved a vote of thanks to the officers of the Federation for the work they put into the organisation. Balance sheet: The Financial Director
took the meeting through the balance sheet explaining where items were down
on 2008 i.e. Merits. Unfortunately all our Merits were down in entries. The
60+ Merit had been lowered from 64 entries down to its original 32. The year
book sales had been down because this year we did not have any coloured
photographs in the centre pages. He explained to the meeting that it was now a rule of the B.C.G.B.A. that organisations like ours had to pay insurance for all its members, in our case Affiliates, even though they had already paid for their own Public Liability insurance. He pointed out that in
2008 although a cheque had been sent it had never been received and this
accounted for the anomaly. In fact had this cheque been received we would not
have had an underspend in 2008 but an overspend (loss). As sponsorship was
down in 2009 we have done very well to finish with an underspend (profit). The balance was accepted
by the meeting, proposed Mr M Demain, seconded Mr H Crompton. Sponsorship: Mr D Kay informed the
meeting that he knew a company in Ormskirk similar to Rigby Taylor who had
given us £250 last season. He hoped they would again sponsor us to £250 next
year. Hotters have not pulled out completely but again they will give
vouchers, not money. Although we are still waiting to hear from Dennis Mowers
we must remember companies have been going through a bad time. To try to offset the loss in sponsorship Mr Kay, Mr Booth and Mr P Moon have been contacting companies with the intention of getting them to take tiles on our website. This used our website doubly, not only to advertise the Federation but as sponsorship if companies took tiles, which would link to their own websites. It was important therefore that our Associations used these links as often as possible to help us keep the companies involved with the Federation. Notices of Motion: The notice from
Doncaster re no practice at matches was defeated by 12 votes to 9. The notice re rule L where one team cannot fulfil one half of a fixture i.e. either home or away, was accepted. A letter from Doncaster
dealing with a complaint during the Ladies Merit had been dealt with at the
Board Meeting agreeing that the complaint had been dealt with on the day.
However the point also raised re. Referees on each green at events was agreed
by the meeting that due to the shortage of referees this was not always
possible. Election of officers: Mr D Kay did not wish to continue as vice chairman and Miss P Hull proposed Mr K Penny for this position, seconded Mr H Crompton, all agreed. The rest of the officers were voted unanimously en bloc to continue. The only member of the Board to resign was Mr P Wilson and Mrs J Hill was elected as Board Member. The chairman closed the
meeting and after a short break the presentation of prizes took place. |
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