Toad in the Hole AGM - AGENDA

LEWES & DISTRICT TOAD IN THE HOLE A.G.M.

To be held at The Snowdrop Inn, Lewes

Monday 3rd Sept 2012.

AGENDA.

1. Officers Reports – Chairman (John W)
Main Events & Competitions (Paul H & Mike H)
Treasurer (Sally R)
Fixtures Sec. (Dave R)

2. Election of Officers - Any nominations from the floor?
The present Officers are willing to continue.

3. The following proposals have been put forward for discussion.

1st Proposal. Addition to Rules – was 1 person 1 vote last year. To be added to
the rules.

2nd Proposal. The Committee are planning to publicise & communicate via the
Toads Blog Page. Proposal is to co-opt Roger Marshall onto Committee as
Communications Officer. Roger to explain how publicity & communication would
benefit Toad League.

3rd Proposal. Funds- Sally suggesting raising of league subs to £20 per team.

4th Proposal. Scoring System. Adoption of the scoring system used in league
last year. (Bonus points - 2 for Away Win & 1 for Home Win)..

Four remaining proposals were received by the committee from the floor.

5th Proposal. That each division award an end of season shield/cup to the ‘pub’
who offers the best food during the season.
Each team to have a single vote with a restriction that teams cannot vote for
their own establishment.
Proposer. Mark H. (Trevor Arms).

6th Proposal. Re Finals Night. Exclude anyone playing in cup finals from the draw.
Also to make it more of an open evening competition and perhaps encourage
more to attend, ballot all entrants then draw names to pair together. This would

make for a more "interesting" competition. Last year was very poorly attended
so something has to change.
Proposer Annette W. (ASBO’s)

7th Proposal. How about a system that -
1. Penalises teams failing to give proper notice by deducting penalty points
(I would suggest 7)
2. Expunges all results of any team guilty of no-shows who also fail to play
all their games by the last Monday of the season.

No team can ever claim 7-0, and final league positions would be a true reflection
of matches actually played between the teams.
Proposer. Andy B. (Laughing Fish B)

8th Proposal. PROPOSED RULE CHANGE – specific details to be discussed
AIM:
To, as closely as possible, have a system where positions are decided on merit
and not on points awarded for games that were never played. Therefore… to
punish teams for poorly excused late cancellations, without giving a big bonus to
the other team involved and thereby punish all the other teams in the division
who weren’t involved in the game.
CURRENT SITUATION:
This year we have at least one situation where a team lost out on promotion by
a narrow margin because another team was awarded points for not playing a
game against a third team. After a year of playing games it seems only fair for
positions to be decided on how teams have played during the year. Any points
awarded for not playing a game punish all the other teams in the division and
make the end of season point totals slightly meaningless. Equally Teams who
want to play a game but are prevented by the actions of the opposing team
mustn’t lose out.
SUGGESTION A:
For a first late cancellation (time frame to be discussed) a 5 point deduction.
The game must be replayed.
Any team who make a second late cancellation are withdrawn from that seasons
statistics and all their results are expunged.
SUGGESTION B:
For a first late cancellation (time frame to be discussed) a 5 point deduction.
The game must be replayed.
For a second late cancellation (time frame to be discussed) a 10 point penalty.
The Game must be replayed.
Any team who make a third late cancellation are withdrawn from that seasons
statistics and all their results are expunged.

Both these suggestions would mean punishing teams for cancelling… Seriously
punishing teams for regularly cancelling… and league tables at the end of the
season that were fair to all Teams.

NB: All punishments should be subject to appeal to the committee, as clearly
there are situations where a late cancellation is totally understandable and
shouldn’t be punished at all.
Proposer Ben W (DCC)

4. Any other business.

5. Close of A.G.M. by Chairman.