MINUTES
OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Of the
The
Sir John Bayley Club, Haygate Road, Wellington
Thursday 16th July 2015
PRESENT: Rob Withington,
Alan Turner, Andy Kendrick, Steve Weatherall, Noel Hitch, Dave Dudley, Mike
Healy, Alan Davies, Les Sterling, Leigh France, Shaun Harris, Ken Davies, Ben
Godding, Ryan Dudley, John Rawlins, Ian Eldridge, John Fallows, Dave France
(Bayley), Frank Williams, John Darrock, Andy Shaw, Chris Griffiths, Shaun
Cross, Phil Davies, Connor Hitch, Tony Morgan, Iain Atkinson, Chris Morgan
Adams, Brian Aberdeen, Kelvin McLeod, Geoff French, Chris Morris, Rob Wright,
Willie Brown, Terry Askew, Gurd Singh, Stuart Taylor, Craig Davies, Wayne
Weeks, Dan Morris, Steve Fletcher, Ian Duffy, Pete Nolan.
APOLOGIES:
Angus Way.
1.
Meeting called to order at 7.38 pm.
Chairman welcomed
members to the AGM and thanked them for their attendance.
2.
Formal adoption of minutes.
Minutes accepted as
a true record. Proposed – Mr Ken Davies
Seconded
– Mr Mike Healy
3. Officers
Reports.
a)
Chairman’s Report
Chairman Mr Rob Withington thanked Mr Pete Nolan, Mr Barry Roden and Mr
Tony Morgan for sponsoring the league last season as well as the serving
officers and committee members. He also
commented that once again the league had been played to a high standard
including a century break and congratulated Mr John Fallows on his 93 break in
competition.
b)
Secretary’s Report
Secretary Mr Alan Turner thanked the other committee members,
especially Mr Angus Way for stepping into the competition secretary role, and
all those that had attended monthly meetings during the season. He commented that once again there was a poor
turn out at the annual presentation evening and that perhaps this is something
we should look at in future meetings.
c)
Competition Secretary’s Report
Competition Secretary Mr Angus Way was unable to attend and his report
was read out on his behalf in which he said that unfortunately he was unable to
continue in the role due to work commitments.
He made a special thanks to the committee, Mr Steve Weatherall and Mr
Noel Hitch for helping out with the competition draws and to the referees
especially Mr Willie Brown and Mr Frank Williams.
Although the season had run fairly smoothly he did point out that the
miss rule had once again caused some arguments which was unacceptable and that
the dress code in semi finals and finals had become a little lax. He asked that going forward matches were
played in a fair manner and that the dress code was adhered to out of respect
for opponents.
d)
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer
Mr Andy Kendrick also thanked the league sponsors for their generosity. He said that he felt it was time for the
league to go to a two division format which would make the season longer and
increase the prize fund.
He
pointed out that, to his knowledge, for the first time in league history we had
been able to pay out virtually the same amount of money that had been collected
in weekly cue fees and that this was thanks to the hard work put in by serving
committees over the years.
Accounts
presented and formally adopted by members.
President VACANT
Chairman Mr
Rob Withington
Secretary Mr Alan Turner
Competition Secretary Mr Noel Hitch
Treasurer Mr Andy Kendrick
Mr
Pete Clarke had retired as committee member and was replaced by Mr John
Rawlins.
Committee
Members Mr Dave Dudley, Mr
Mike Healy
Mr
Roland Hassall, Mr John Rawlins.
a) Mr Phil Davies had proposed that only the top 3 or 4 teams in each
division receive a cash prize:
Top 3 only = 6 votes
Top 4 only = 0 votes
Retain existing rule = 29 votes
PROPOSAL
NOT CARRIED
b)
Mr John Rawlins proposed to increase cue fees to £2 per
player per week.
PROPOSAL CARRIED (18-14)
c)
Mr Noel Hitch proposed to introduce a new over 55’s
competition.
PROPOSAL CARRIED (30-0)
6. Meeting Closed
Chairman Mr Rob Withington thanked members and
closed the meeting at 8.20 pm.