Management Committee minutes ..............................................

Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at Gomersal Cricket Club

1 Present: David Sharp (President), Benny Hemming (Secretary), Paul McFarlane (Umpires Secretary), Ron Tindall (Fixtures Secretary), Ken Dunwell (Vice-President), Neville Blamires (Life vice-president) and Alan Birkinshaw (Web Editor).

2 Apologies: Nat Lawrence (Club representative) Ray Bissett (Treasurer), David Clegg (Club Representative)

3 Minutes of previous meeting: These were approved

4 Matters arising:

Meetings with Liversedge and Morley have taken place. Both were positive sessions where the arrangements for the Heavy Woollen and Priestley Cup finals were made.

5 Heavy Woollen Cup draw semi-final draw: This was staged despite the fact that only one Heavy Woollen Cup tie and one Crowther Cup tie had been completed. Te remaining ties were set for July 8 with play on subsequent evenings if required.

Heavy Woollen Cup: Saltaire or Idle v Wickersley or Delph & Dobcross, Undercliffe or Wrenthorpe v Townville (Ties to be played July 22.

Crowther Cup: Skelmanthorpe v Spen Victoria or Shelley, Birstall or Keighley v Woodlands or Mirfield PC.

6 Cup finals

Guests list: It was agreed that each committee member would be given four tickets and the addresses of their official guests should given to the secretary so that invites could be prepared.

Guest of honour: Heavy Woollen Cup: Raymond Illingworth. Crowther Cup: Ken Dunwell.

7 Umpiring Appointments.

A discussion took place on the procedures for appointing umpires and who was involved. It was pointed out that there had been some disquiet from Huddersfield League umpires and the process under which the cup final umpires are chosen a year early was questioned. It was agreed that these should be brought to committee for approval in future before they are notified.

8 Match balls:
The Umpires Appointment Secretary pointed out that some clubs were still not using the right match balls. The Fixture Secretary pointed out that he had received a number of complaints about their quality. It was suggested that clubs should provide proof of problems by submitting balls for examination after use. This could then be raised with Solly Adam.

9 Rule changes: Alan Birkinshaw produced a draft document outlining the changes suggested by the working group. It will be the main topic of discussion at the meeting on July 10.

A number of points raised were to be included in the draft document. These included:

1 That annual subs be raised to £50 to include the cost of 25 handbooks per club.

2 That a new ball be used in all Crowther Cup games.

3 That umpires fees should be increased to £30

Date of next meeting: Tuesday, July 10.

Competition Rules: It was agreed that the problems in the first two rounds had underlined the need for a thorough review of the rule book. David Sharp (President) and Alan Birkinshaw asked to review existing rules and report back to the next Management Meeting on June 12 when the fourth round draws will be made.

Final venues: It was unanimously agreed that Liversedge would stage the Heavy Woollen Cup final and Morley the Crowther Cup final.