LEWES
AND DISTRICT TOAD IN THE HOLE LEAGUE
MINUTES
OF THE AGM HELD ON MONDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2016
AT
THE ROYAL OAK, LEWES
Representatives
from ASBO, Black Horse, Blacksmiths Arms, British Queen, DCC, Fish A, LWMC,
Lindfield Lobbers, Long Man Toaders, Nellies, Plough, Royal Oak, Royal Toads
and Snowdrop
1. Johnny
Wardle, outgoing Chairman, started the meeting by resigning formally. He was
thanked by the meeting for his efforts over the last 5 years.
1a Apologies were received from members of
the Laughing Fish A team. Also, the Horny Lodgers announced that they could no
longer enter a team or a venue.
2. Minutes of previous meeting had been
available on line and before the meeting. Members had no further comments after
they were reassured that the matter of expulsions had been satisfactorily
concluded.
3. Election
of Officers - Gregor Beedie (Nellies)
was appointed Chairperson, Declan Rowell (Black Horse) was appointed Vice
Chair, Neil Finney (Lindfield Lobbers) was appointed as Toad Development/New
Teams Officer, all unanimously.
Dave Rannie (ASBO) continues as Fixtures Secretary, Sally Rannie (ASBO)
continues as Membership Secretary/Treasurer, Ben Ward (DCC) continues as
Competition Secretary and Tim Coates (Laughing Fish A) continues as Webmaster.
As part of the election of Officers,
members were reminded why the committee might need more bodies. Also, discussion
was held about how the new Development Officer might attract new teams.
4. Fixtures Secretary report Thanked everyone
for the improved promptness of their reporting, but asked everyone to make sure
their team names were on their reply. The Committee would meet on Monday, 19th
September after all entry forms were in, and so the full fixture list will be
out by the following weekend. The first match of the season would be on Monday,
3rd October. When asked about team Cup fixtures, it was explained
that they were picked randomly from a blindly selected week. The answer either
satisfied or further confused the meeting.
5. Treasurer’s report (all figures approx.,
see attached sheet) Said we had £285 at the beginning of the 2115-16 season,
£440 had been received in Subs and £120 in the Xmas party raffle. £104 had been
spent on 2015 AGM drinks, £266 on Xmas party food and drink, £100 on Finals night
food, £125 on Trophy engraving, leaving us with a balance of £305. We also held
£18 in petty cash. Treasurer and Fixtures Secs thanked by members.
6. Competition Sec report.
Said that Singles and Doubles worked much better when randomly drawn on the night
(Bingo Balls) and suggested that we might try a random bounty scheme as prizes
on the night(!). Discussion of the venues suggested that more pubs might feel
that they could host these events – contact Ben Ward.
7. 8s Issues Ben Ward suggested that the Eights competition was unfair on
teams who had an easier table as everyone else scored on theirs but they
couldn’t. After a lot of discussion, it was agreed that teams would be able to
claim home eights once in a season, and this season we would try that it would
be for everyone’s last home match, meaning that the last match of the season,
everyone would be able to score 8s (or not).
8. 4th Toad Rule Ben Ward asked
whether a player who needed 4 for their last throw and who threw 5 was allowed
to try to knock the one on the table off with their last toad. After
discussion, and accepting that it was a very rare situation, the members
narrowly voted -
If a player busts but still has a spare toad, s/he can
throw the last toad to lower their score.
Let us know if the
situation arises and what happens.
9. Any other business Graham (Snowdrop)
asked about teams turning up incomplete. The Rules say that the match should go
ahead with Captains trying to get as many games played as possible. Each team
organises the order of their own players, and missing players are replaced with
players chosen by the opposition, but the results don’t necessarily count in
the match – so teams with 3 players can score for 3 singles and a doubles, but
the 4th singles, 2nd doubles and team are friendlies
unless the home captain agrees otherwise. We’re there to play Toads after all!
Similarly, some teams had not allowed time for visiting
teams to practise with the Match toads. The AGM felt that all teams need time
on the table to be used with the relevant toads
.
Please let the Committee know if any issues relating to
these items of AOB need addressing.
Meeting closed at 21:20 Thanks to the Royal Oak for their
hospitality.
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