2024 Annual General Meeting

By Kieren Burton
On Sunday 05 January 2025 17:28

Annual General Meeting 2024

Meeting Date: 22nd January 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Ravenfield Arms, Rotherham

Attendees:

  • Daniel Redfern - League Chairman

  • Kieren Burton - League Secretary

Agenda:

  • Opening Remarks and Welcome.

  • Thanks to all captains and their cooperation throughout the previous season.

  • 2024 season fee's brief.

  • 2024 Season start date being 27th february 2024.

  • Change proposals.

Proposals:

  • Alter the existing 6 singles and 3 doubles to 7 singles and 2 doubles - Voted Against.
  • Bank Holidays to be playing days - Voted Against.
  • Change the start time of matches from 20:00 to 19:00 - Voted Against.
  • Breaking off to be as per 'Black Ball Rules" - Voted Against.
  • The overall rules of the league to change and enforce Black Ball Rules - Voted Against.
  • League 1 to have a play off at the end of the season to determine final promotion place. - Voted Against.
  • Ability to register/transfer players upon 75% of fixtures completed - Implemented.
  • Teams found playing an unregistered player to result in forfeit, and opposition receiving a 9-0 win - Implemented.
  • Talking on doubles to only be acceptable once broken off, afterwards only able to point in order to assist - Voted Against.
  • If a ball over the pocket drops in without reason, it is to be placed back where it initially was with no foul - Implemented.

Summaries:

  • During the evening of a match where a dispute takes place, only the players involved and the referee is to come to an agreement. No other player on the night is to be involved.
  • Agreed that 3 teams from the Premier League are to be relegated, and 3 teams from League 1 are to be promoted.
  • Secretary informed delegates of reports regarding certain teams displaying unsportsmanlike behaviour towards opponents, and it being the same teams each time.

Next Meeting: KO Registrations and Fee's to be paid - 12th February 2024

Meeting ended: The meeting ended at 20:45 PM.

The contents of the above are in relation to season starting 27/02/2024 - 06/01/2025.