Huddersfield
Billiards & Snooker Association
2009/2010
Season
Minutes
of Meeting held Monday 14th December 2009 at Golcar RBL
The
meeting opened at 7.35pm –
40 present, including 7 committee members.
There were apologies from Malcolm
Sykes of Slaithwaite Con and John Needham.
The
minutes of the November meeting were read, proposed as an accurate
record by Derek Frost of Crosland Moor Con, and seconded by Steve Tattersley of Paddock Con. Matters arising:
·
Tony
Clegg’s son Jonathan and Paul Rayner had both looked
for quotes for insuring our trophies, and it looked as though it would cost
around £500.00 (based on the trophies’ value being £36,000.00). Paul asked whether anyone present worked in
insurance, and Dave Wenzel of Deighton WMC spoke up
and said he’d have a look to see what he could come up with. Paul was to email him with details of the
trophies. A suggestion was made that Cath should write to the clubs to ask whether their
insurance covered trophies kept on the premises.
The bank balances were given as:
Current Account £968.53
Tracker (60 days notice) Account £7777.70
TOTAL £8746.23
Most of the
outstanding debts had now been paid.
Competitions
Secretary:
The
closing date for the current rounds in play for the competitions was 3rd
January. Nothing had arisen regarding Junior matches, so it seemed they’d all been able to play on
home tables. Rod mentioned that several
players still had not contacted him for their opponents’ telephone numbers, and
stressed that it really shouldn’t be left too late to
arrange matches.
League Reporting
Secretary:
There
had been problems with Royal Mail again, due to the busy Christmas post, and
quite a few results had not been received yet.
A
query had been put forward by John Ingleby regarding
Billiards. He’d had a break which
finished on 51, but was told it could only be recorded as 50, which was the
total he needed. We currently have no
rule in place about this. Tony had
checked with 10 other leagues as to what they do, and opinion was very much
divided – 6 would record the actual break (51), 4 only what was needed
(50). It was agreed that this was
something that needed taking to the AGM.
In the meantime, all clubs were to be asked their opinion, and a vote
would then be taken at January’s meeting to decide which position to adopt just
for the remainder of this season (i.e. until the AGM).
In
the Yorkshire League, Derek Townend had written to accept the Presidency. Closing dates had been issued for the Yorkshire competitions, and Paul had passed details to
John to post on the website. He also had
some entry forms for anyone who was interested.
Our Billiards No 1 team was currently unbeaten at the top of the league.
Any Other Business:
·
Peter
mentioned a couple of players who had been using incorrect handicaps – John
took details to deal with accordingly.
·
The
Junior Coaching scheme had now finished, and had been very successful, so would
hopefully be run again next year. Cath was to write
letters to Syngenta, Dennis Rourke
and Dale Oakes to thank them for their help.
·
Paul
suggested that the minutes of each meeting should be posted on the website,
ideally within 10 days of the meeting.
This was agreed to.
·
Paul
also asked whether there were any ideas for someone to present the trophies at
our next Presentation Night, as this is something we need to start thinking
about.
The
meeting closed at 8.10.
