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Annual General Meeting 2011 Minutes
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Bert Vandermark, President |
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Rizwan Siddiqui, Chairman |
Sky |
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Tim Castle, Secretary |
Old Fallopians |
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Nigel Richards, Treasurer |
Victoria Lounge |
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Peter Hollman, Fixtures Secretary |
Pacific |
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Saj Rehman, Committee |
Caledonian Conquerors |
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Dan Williams |
Best Nationals |
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Gary Horsman |
Chats Palace |
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Layton Worghs |
Contenders |
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Abby Molvi |
East 8 |
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Ansar Syed |
East 8 |
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Mohit Gupta |
East London Community |
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Syed Habib |
East London Community |
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Ashley Quayle |
Island Community |
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Firoz Husain |
Junoon |
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Ash Molvi |
Junoon |
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Jason Lord |
London Fields |
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Steve Fernbank |
London Fields |
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Graham Hall |
Martians |
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Brian Hennesey |
Martians |
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John Kavener |
Martians |
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Zaved Salehin |
New Boys |
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James Eaton |
Old Ranwellians |
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Aroon Korgaonkar |
Pacific |
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Robin Slade |
The Pumas |
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John Mortimer |
Regents |
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Jake Salmon |
Regents |
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Alan Hick |
Rose & Crown |
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Sean Feeney |
Rose & Crown |
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Dave Monaghan |
Rose & Crown |
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John Mortimer |
Rose & Crown |
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Simon Hore |
Stoke Newington |
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Duncan Holden |
Stoke Newington |
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Richard Greenleaf |
Stoke Newington |
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Tom Tanner |
Stoke Newington |
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Richard Higginbottom |
Thomson Reuters |
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Laurence Kiddle |
Thomson Reuters |
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Rob Waugh |
Tower Cavaliers |
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Richard Worthington |
Victoria Lounge |
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John Challinor |
Victoria Park Juniors |
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Bobby Hillman |
Wrong'uns |
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Allan Young |
Wrong'uns |
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Colin Michael |
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Alan Flook |
Guest speaker |
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Rita Vandermark |
1 – Guest speaker
Alan Flook gave a short presentation on umpiring followed by questions
Key points
- Captains are responsible for the discipline of their team in keeping the “spirit of the game”
- Noted the league had no definition of a wide, suggested we put something about wides in the rules
- Players umpiring should try at least to be consistent
- Captains should get together at start of game to agree about issues such as what constitutes a leg side wide
- No balls, note that it is the inside edge of the line that counts
- On beamers, make sure you agree where sternum is (to comply with league height of delivery rule)
- Umpires have to judge whether beamer delivery would have been above sternum of player standing up and at crease, even if batsman is crouching or has advanced down wicket
- Runouts of non-striker by bowler: Non-striker is safe to advance out of his crease once the bowler has entered his delivery stride, defined by the oint when his back foot comes down. After that point any attempt by bowler to run out non-striker is invalid, and will be declared dead ball by umpire.
- Bowlers can give a friendly warning to the non-striker about leaving crease too early, but this is not a requirement and is not in the rules.
- High deliveries: it is the bowling end umpire who calls whether the deliveries are a no ball. The square leg umpire can indicate to the bowling umpire if he thinks the delivery was too high but the responsibility for the decision is with the bowling end umpire.
- Umpires changing mind about a decision – as long as the batsman has not left the field you are required to announce your change of mind.
- If a batsman walks or is dismissed and the fielding side wants to recall him, the fielding captain has to ask the umpire for permission first – as the batsman may have been dismissed for a reason the fielding side is unaware of. The fielding side alon has no right to recall a batsman.
- If a batsman has left the field of play it is too late to recall him
- Late arrivals on the fielding side – the law says you are barred from bowling for the same period of time as you were late. So if you arrive 15 minutes late, you have to wait a further 15 minutes till you can bowl. And similarly if you have to leave the field for any period of time.
- Dangerous conditions, eg poor light. Rules have changed. Used to be the umpires asked the batsmen if they wanted to play on. Now it is up to the umpires alone whether it is safe to play.
- Noted that in the league captains generally agree before a game that any delivery down the leg side is a wide. But not if a batsman backs away so much that the ball passes between him and the leg stump.
2 – Apologies
Steve Hill,
Island
Will Isaac, London Fields
Philip Barrass, Peter Frisby, Old Fallopians
Tim George, Bengal Tigers
Zia Hussain, Dynamite Ducks
Will Isaac, London Fields
James Harper, Tufnell Parkians
Lem English, Hackney Downs
3 – Last year’s minutes were approved
Jason Lord (London Fields) noted the minutes did not include clarification on runouts when bails have come off spring stumps, that the stumps must be lifted in the air and hit with the ball to effect a runout.
4 – Reports
Chairman
Rizwan Siddiqui spoke about discipline while playing, noted that a team had been suspended for this season because of discipline issues and called on captains to be aware of their responsibilities in this area.
The new league structure introduced last year had worked well
Experiments with coloured balls had improved visibility and the league would play with pink balls this season
The league continued to thrive with many more teams asking to join than we had space for
Redevelopment was proceeding at Victoria Park and the committee would monitor the plans
Inquiries had been made about new pitches at Hackney Marshes in case a temporary move from the park was required
Missing league and cup trophies had been recovered and would now remain in the keeping of the president. They would only appear for presentation at the relevant match and at the AGM. Smaller trophies would be given to winning teams to keep.
Secretary
Tim Castle asked all teams present to identify themselves.
He announced the league was splitting the role of secretary into an administrative role and a resulting/website position.
He would stand down as secretary but carry on for the coming year as results secretary and maintain the website, www.vpccl.co.uk.
Asked all teams to submit their results promptly via the website.
Noted that it is the winning captain’s responsibility to submit results.
Treasurer’s report
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1 Mar 2010 - 28 February 2011 |
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INCOME |
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
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Cash at Bank B/F |
2,709.51 |
1,499.46 |
1,193.49 |
135.49 |
752.74 |
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League fees |
8,505.00 |
7,050.00 |
6,300.00 |
6,600.00 |
4,890.00 |
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Fines / Fees arrears |
202.00 |
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230.00 |
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Cup Fees |
168.00 |
72.00 |
96.00 |
325.00 |
278.00 |
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Missed Matches |
105.00 |
35.00 |
153.00 |
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- |
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Joining Fees |
150.00 |
175.00 |
100.00 |
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- |
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Sale of balls |
44.00 |
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6.00 |
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11,883.51 |
8,831.46 |
7,842.49 |
7,290.49 |
5,926.74 |
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EXPENDITURE |
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
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Pitches |
5,821.20 |
5,142.85 |
5,509.35 |
5,016.00 |
4,794.25 |
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Balls |
990.00 |
594.00 |
792.00 |
990.00 |
972.00 |
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Website Charges |
25.00 |
40.00 |
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33.50 |
25.00 |
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Refunds - forfeited games |
40.00 |
60.00 |
20.00 |
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Trophies |
37.50 |
45.10 |
21.68 |
51.50 |
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Fixtures website fees |
225.00 |
240.00 |
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Sundries (postage etc) |
- |
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6.00 |
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Balance at Bank c/f |
4,744.81 |
2,709.51 |
1,499.46 |
1,193.49 |
135.49 |
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11,883.51 |
8,831.46 |
7,842.49 |
7,290.49 |
5,926.74 |
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Notes |
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to check |
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Above figures do not include subs already received for 2011 seaon. |
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Positive Points |
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Subs payments - VERY GOOD performance |
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Apart from one exception - as good as last year which was magnificent. |
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Again - Teams generally paid on time before start of season! |
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Issues in 2010-11 |
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1 Debtors 6 Teams owe total of £205 - not all will return this season. |
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2.Creditors - 10 teams are due a total of £205 |
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3. 10 (approx) matches cancelled |
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4. We are due some credits for rained off pitches from LB Tower Hamlets |
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5. 2011 Website Hosting and Domain Name Fees £34.20 and |
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"Fixtures updating" £250 to be deducted from Old Fallopians 2010 fees. |
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6. Amounts due for trophies and engraving (£95.) |
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Fixtures Secretary
Peter Hollman said the number of non-league teams could be increased if some games were played on Fridays. This was agreed.
Following his report (below) and discussion, several teams said they were in favour of having potential fixture dates circulated in advance of publication so they could say if there were any dates they wanted to avoid. They said once fixtures were published no changes should be possible. As a result, for the 2012 season, the deadline for submitting any dates that clubs wish to avoid will be Feb 1, 2012.
Report:
Last year the league structure continued in the same vein that it has since 2004 whereby teams play in conferences in the 1st phase & those final places therein determine which divisions clubs enter for the remainder of the season.
In 2010 the big change was to accede to the perceived demand to have more competitive games & so the conferences were reduced to 3 teams with each set of conference winners entering into a 1st division, runners up into a 2nd & last place into a third.
Suddenly the conferences had far more at stake for those early season matches & yet they all went to seeding. The new teams were scattered across the mid range conferences & were therefore far harder to predict. The same format will therefore be applied to 2011.
Last year there were 27 teams & after the 1st round of 2 conference matches, the teams moved into 3 divisions with each team playing 8 league games. Aside from some on field problems caused by the extra competitive nature, I did not hear from any side who felt that they were in the wrong division.
As new teams come in to replace existing ones, I do not foresee a better fairer way of formatting until such stability can be reached & I’m sure we all suspect is unlikely to ever occur.
In the event that the 2 games played by the 3 teams are all won 1 lost 1, then run rate will continue to be used as introduced in 2010.
As a consequence the need to keep an accurate record of the scores is more important than ever & while I can understand that some teams do not place great emphasis on this, it now impinges on all the other teams so Captains must take the responsibility.
On a side issue, I am very disappointed indeed that not a single side submitted their end of season averages & I do not have the will to go through the stats of every match. Consequently, there are no awards for batter & bowler of the season.
Please can the Captains address this for 2011 & submit the scores of the best batter & best bowler as soon after their final match as is possible.
Remember these off field duties as well as your on field & everyone will enjoy the benefit of a smooth running fixture programme.
Vote of thanks
Gary Horsman proposed a vote of thanks for the president Bert Vandermark and for the committee
5 – Presentation of trophies
League
champions: East London Community
Division Two: Rose & Crown
Division Three: Tower Hamlets College (not present)
Cup: Contenders
6 – Election of new teams
East 8, New Boys, The Pumas and Thomson Reuters were all elected.
Candidate side Hackney Downs were not present
7 – Team names
The following name changes were noted:
Chats Palace
become Homerton CC
Tufnell Parkians become Mad Maroccas
8 – Motions
Passed:
“A team that defaults on their matches three times in a season will be suspended immediately from the league.”
9 – Any other business
Bert Vandermark reported that the nets at the park were due to be repaired by the start of the season
Whites, in response to query, confirmed that rules require players to wear white clothing and captains can insist that bowlers wearing dark clothes change into whites
Meeting reminded that teams should exchange players’ names at the start of the game to help accurate keeping of scores
Gary Horsman asked if a group could consider how to keep the league accessible to players of lower ability and to older and younger players, in keeping with its founding principles as a community league
10 – Election of officers
Tim Castle (Old
Fallopians) stood down as secretary and stood as results secretary
Saj Rehman (Caledonian Conquerors) stood as secretary
Steve Hill and Mark Laurie retired from being committee members
Firoz Hussain (Junoon) and Iqbal Miah (East London CCC) stood as committee
members.
The remaining officers stood again
The following were confirmed as the officers of the committee:
Chairman -
Rizwan Siddique (Sky)
Secretary – Saj Rehman (Caledonian Conquerors)
Treasurer – Nigel Richards (Victoria Lounge)
Fixtures Secretary – Peter Hollman (Pacific)
Results Secretary & website – Tim Castle (Old Fallopians)
Committee members: Bobby Hillman (Wrong’uns), Firoz Hussain (Junoon) and Iqbal
Miah (East London CCC)
The meeting ended at 8:15 pm
Philip Barrass (Old Fallopians) arrived 8:27 pm