KOOKABURRA MID BUCKS CRICKET LEAGUE - NEWSLETTER
no 61 October, 2003.
It was
disappointing to note that there were four Clubs who were not represented at
the important League meeting held at BroomWade on October 15th.
The
meeting opened with a welcome from the Chairman, Phil Stebbings who gave the
good
news that the President, Dave Newell is out if hospital after a lengthy stay and
progressing at home.
Presentations
were made to Division winners, runners up, and trophies awarded for the best
batting and best bowling performances in each division.
Win/Lose.
Discussion
then turned to Win/Lose, and a proposal was made by Lane End, seconded by Bucks
CC. Ballinger thought that any change should not be made until the 2005 season,
to allow Clubs not wishing to play the new format to find alternative Leagues.
This delay may also allow new Clubs wishing to play win/lose to join the League.Lane
End amended their proposal to allow this. The members present wanted the
figures from the voting forms sent to all Clubs to be made public. They are:
9
Clubs in favour,
5
Clubs to remain the same,
This
was made up of 189 players for, 119 players against, 10 don't mind. But this
was a vote from only 14 Clubs.
Another
four Clubs when questioned then said they wished to remain the same, making a
revised count of 9 clubs for and 9 against. A vote of 189 players for, 335
layers against, 10 don't mind.
However,
there are still 8 Clubs who have not voted and a total of 1310 players signed
on.
Independent Observers
The
Chairman outlined the idea of having independent observers at games, as neutral
Umpires was not popular among the Umpires questioned. This caused a lot of
discussion, and members present asked why, if the League knew of trouble
makers, why they not asked to leave the League? Other members thought that the
Management Committee were over re-acting, as
there had been only two incidents this season. From the feeling of the meeting
it looked as if neutral Umpires, at least in the Premier Division was going to
be a real possibility. It is now up to each individual Club to persuade their
Umpires that they will become neutral umpires, and go to any game as directed
by an Umpires Secretary.
Umpires Course
The Chairman told the meeting that there would
be a short, three session Umpires course, to be taken by Cliff Pocock. It will
be essential for all Umpires to attend this, and we, as a League are very lucky
to have the services of Cliff, who will give his time free to the League. It is
now up to each Club Secretary to pass this information to their Umpires. Dates
to be announced later.
Premier Division Promotion
A proposal was made to make promotion and
relegation to the Premier Division
automatic, and the Chairman explained that the
" invitiation only" had been
introduced to encourage Clubs to improve both
grounds and facilities at a time when the League was losing the better Clubs to
other Leagues.
Management Committee
The meeting was told that there was a need for
more members on the Management
Committee.
Phil Stebbings was also resigning as Chairman, and that post needs to be
filled, and, although already advertised in Newsletters there has been no
response. Tony Greenham, Chesham Bois , and Malcolm Ford, Lane End were both
proposed for the Management Committee.
Web Site
A
question was asked about the Web site, and whether it would be possible to get
the Newsletter on it. Pete Baldwin was congratulated from the floor on the
setting up and running of the Web site, and its contents.
Late Result Submission
A number
of members present came up with ideas for encouraging Clubs to get the results
in on time, most were in favour of offenders losing points. At least it showed
that many Clubs now appreciate how difficult it is to run a League where a few
Clubs continually fail to co-operate. When the agreed time for results is
between 9 and
A
proposal by Haddenham that all Divisions should use two cricket balls could get
no seconder.
The
Chairman thanked the members who had attended, and BroomWade for the use
of their
Sports Club.
The date
of the Annual General Meeting is Wednesday, December 3rd, at BroomWade
Sports
Club, 8.00. Please make a note of this in your diaries now. Attendance is
obligatory,
and any Club who fails to attend will be fined.