Archived League News 2017

End of season meeting

The end of season meeting will be held on Tuesday 24th October at Bridgnorth Bowling Club, start 7.30pm.

Clubs are reminded that failure to send a representative will result in a fine for non attendance.

AGENDA

1. INTRODUCTION AND APOLOGIES.

2. MINUTES OF LAST COMMITTEE MEETING (Available for download here)

3. MATTERS ARISING.

4. CHAIRMANS REPORT

5. COUNTY REPORT.

6. REVIEW OF 2017 SEASON

7. LEAGUE FORMAT FOR 2018

8. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

9. PRESIDENT'S REMARKS TO CLOSE THE MEETING

Pre-Season Meeting

The pre-season meeting was held on Tuesday 21st March at Bridgnorth Bowling Club.

It was agreed that instead of a traditional League Presentation after the season had finished, a Finals Day would be organised where the two knockout cup finals would be played followed by a prize presentation.

Following the meeting, the draw for the knockout cups was made - handicaps and dates to be confirmed later in the season. Draw details:

Division 1

Round 1

MCC v Wenlock

Horsehay A v Highley A

Bridgnorth A v Stockton

Round 2

Islanders B v Bridgnorth A or Stockton

Islanders A v Broseley

Highley B v Horsehay B

Division 2

Round 1

Bylet A v Squirrel

Mortimer v Albrighton

Round 2

Chelmarsh B v Bridgnorth B

Chelmarsh A v Bylet B

Horsehay C v Worfield

New League President John Palmer was presented with his chain of office by league Vice President Frank Booth.

Pictured below are the League Officers:

Ron Adams (Vice President), Lesley Burnside (Secretary), John Palmer (President/Vice Chairman), Frank Booth (Vice President), Jeanette Bennett (Treasurer) and Mark Bennett (Chairman).

AGM Summary

The 2017 Annual General Meeting was held at Bridgnorth Bowling Club on Tuesday 14th February.

Propositions

Two from Bridgnorth were discussed and accepted:

1. Clubs not attending league management meetings will be fined £10. This is per club, not individual team.

2. Two shot handicaps for home bowlers in league competitions will only apply in early rounds. They will not apply for semi-finals and finals.

League Structure

A letter of resignation from Cleobury A in Division 1 was accepted with regret. All other teams from last year are expected to continue. A request to join the league was received from Albrighton Bowling Club and this was accepted. They will play in Division 2. This means that as last year, there will be 11 teams in Division 1 and 10 in Division 2. As follows:

Division 1

Islanders A

Highley

Horsehay A

Madeley A

Islanders B

Broseley

Stockton

Horsehay B

Bridgnorth A

Highley B

Much Wenlock

Division 2

Bylet A

Worfield

Horsehay C

Chelmarsh A

Bridgnorth B

Mortimer

Squirrel

Bylet B

Chelmarsh B

Albrighton

Election of Officers

Chairman/Fixture Coordinator Mark Bennett (Stockton)

President/Vice Chairman John Palmer (Bylet)

Secretary Lesley Burnside (Mortimer)

Treasurer Jeanette Bennett (Stockon)

SCGBA Representative Tony Roche (Madeley)

Vice Presidents Ron Adams, Mark Bennett, Frank Booth, Tony Roche, Lol Russon, Doug Westwood, Cyril Bright, Nigel Booth

The Mike Beckett results system will be opened up for clubs to register/de-register players on 1st March.

Information for the AGM

The agenda for the AGM can be downloaded from here and the minutes of the 2016 AGM from here (both PDF format).

2017 AGM

Just to let you know, we have had to move the AGM from Monday 13th Feb 2017 to Tuesday 14th Feb.2017

Sorry for any inconvenience. All other details remain the same.

And on behalf of the committee we'd like to wish you all a Very Happy New Year.

Regards

Lesley Burnside

Secretary