NEATH GUARDIAN CRICKET LEAGUE
Sponsors: Neath Guardian Newspaper
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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the “Neath Guardian” Cricket League held at Baglan C.C. on Wednesday 26th October 2005.
Present: David Llewellyn (Chairman/Treasurer), S.P. Jones (Secretary), Dave Williams (Publicity) together with representatives from Llandarcy, Briton Ferry Town, Cimla, Port Talbot Town, Ynystawe, Baglan, and Neath College.
The Chairman welcomed everyone and thanked Baglan C.C. for hosting the meeting this year.
1. Apologies for absence
Apologies were received from Clydach C.C.
2. Minutes of the last AGM
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Port Talbot Town C.C. on Wednesday February 16th 2005 (previously circulated) were confirmed and signed.
3. Matters Arising
There were no matters arising
4. Chairman’s Report
The Chairman commented that the 2005 season was another bad one weather wise with Thursday evenings getting more than their fair share of rain.
He congratulated Port Talbot Town C.C. on achieving the double and presented the Horace Lucas Trophy to Ian Rees. He also congratulated Cimla C.C. on reaching the Editors Cup Final for the second year running, thanked Neath College for hosting this years event and reminded everyone that next seasons hosts were Baglan C.C.
Port Talbot Town also had a clean sweep of the individual awards with Kelvin Bartle being the best batsman, Ian Rees the best bowler and Dean Morris the most promising youngster. He was disappointed that there was a poor return of averages from clubs and stressed the importance of sending them in.
He was grateful for the continued support of the Neath Guardian who have been with us from the beginning. He stressed the need to supply the Guardian with good reports on matches and asked all Clubs to ensure that they ring through their results immediately after the match and to provide details on players scoring more than 20 runs or taking more than 2 wickets. The Publicity Officer requested that Christian names be given.
Finally he thanked the Secretary and Publicity officer for their work throughout the season and also the Clubs for ensuring the League runs smoothly.
5. Treasurers Report
The Treasurer reported a balance in hand of £529.86. The Treasurer endeavours to maintain enough in the account to see us through a full season in the event we were unable to gain sponsorship. His view on the accounts was that we have a healthy balance and he saw no need to amend the subscriptions for Season 2006.
He reminded all Clubs to pay their subscriptions on time, as there were still a few Clubs who required chasing throughout the season.
The meeting thanked the Treasurer for his report.
6. Election of Officers
No nominations had been received prior to the meeting so the Officers were re-elected from the floor of the meeting.
7. Representative Matches
A
representative match was played against Royal Ascot C.C. and whilst proving to
be difficult to organise it went well and it was agreed to proceed with two
representative matches in 2006
8. Applications for Membership
Applications had been received from Skewen C.C., Briton Ferry Steel C.C, Ynysygerwn C.C and Pontardawe C.C.
It was agreed to admit all these clubs to membership and to form two divisions of six clubs. The top six clubs in the 2005 season would form Division One with the bottom two clubs forming Division Two with the four new members. Promotion/Relegation would be on the one up/down basis. Medals would be awarded to the winners of each division only.
It was further agreed that a £25 joining fee be introduced.
At this point representatives from the new member Clubs joined the meeting to be told of this decision.
9. Editors Cup Draw
First Round to be played on 18th May 2006
Ynysygerwn v Cimla
Ynystawe v Port Talbot Town
Briton Ferry Town v Pontardawe
Llandarcy v Briton Ferry Steel
Second Round to be played on 15th June 2006
(A) Baglan v Skewen
(B) Llandarcy/Briton Ferry Steel v Briton Ferry Town/Pontardawe
(C) Ynystawe/Port Talbot Town v Clydach
(D) Ynysygerwn/Cimla v Neath College
Semi-Finals to be played on 13th July 2006
(A) v (B)
(C) v (D)
The final will be held at Baglan C.C. on Sunday 13th August 2006
10. Any Other Business
It was agreed to send the new member clubs a copy of the rules as soon as possible.
Neath College requested that they have first call on players.
It was requested that clubs have a match day contact who will know if a match has been cancelled due to inclement weather.
There being no further business, the Chairman closed the meeting with a reminder that next years AGM would be hosted by Clydach C.C.