held at Ambleside Social Club
Chairlady Kay Ford opened meeting.
Chairlady read minutes from last meeting (2 June 2015).
Proposed by Wendy Brookes. Seconded by Lynn Remmer. Agreed.
Chairlady read a letter from Tricia Smith thanking everyone for the flowers, kind messages and support following the death of her husband Trevor. She hopes to return to darts in the near future and trusted the league would understand her absence from the AGM. She would like to retain her position as League Secretary.
Chairlady read a letter from Sandra Matthews apologising for her absence whilst away on holiday. She is happy to remain on the committee.
A vote was taken as to whether Tricia and Sandra could remain in their roles for the forthcoming season. This was agreed unanimously.
There being no nominations and no resignations, no vote was required and the current committee will continue into the new season.
The Treasurer’s report was presented to all attendees. Treasurer Jane Schroder asked for any queries. No questions were raised and everyone agreed Jane had once again done a grand job.
Chairlady welcomed President Mel Nichols, who formally declared the season 2014/15 closed.
President declared the 2015/16 season open.
The committee is as follows:
League Secretary Tricia Smith Vice Secretary to be chosen from cmte
Chairlady Kay Ford Vice Chairlady Maggie Frost
Treasurer Jane Schroder Vice Treasurer to be chosen from cmte
Committee members Sandra Matthews (Wanderers) Doreen Adams (WBL)
Teresa Schwendener (Windermere) Chris Stock (SCC)
Wendy Brooks (Flying Pockets) Tracey Golding (SCC)
Carol Burrell (WBL)
Registration forms
These were distributed and they must be returned to Tricia Smith by 21 August at the very latest (3 weeks from now). The registration fee remains £2 per player.
Joanna Pires (LCC) noted that a team member had been omitted from their registration form. Jane apologised for the error and confirmed that all forms can be annotated to amend names and addresses.
Rules for New Season
- Chairperson Kay Ford proposed that the Lowest Aggregate award should be discontinued as players find it embarrassing to win.
- Unanimous vote in favour. This award will no longer feature.
- Jane Schroder (Angels) proposed that in the Singles competition both players remain at the board to chalk/check (as in a league match).
- Unanimous vote in favour. This rule to be written into the Singles competition.
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A discussion ensued, and the following comments were made:
Emma Hawkes (Drifters) noted that players must have patience because not all chalkers/checkers are quick.
Mel Nichols said good chalkers/checkers are essential in competitions such as the Singles otherwise it could affect the game. She added that all captains have a responsibility to ensure their players could chalk/check to an acceptable standard and suggested practising out of season to help.
Lynn Remmer (Red Arrows) confirmed her team are practising out of season but added some are nervous of chalking/checking during a match.
Chairperson Kay restated the proposal: all players to chalk/check regardless of their result. Alternatively it is their responsibility to find a substitute to chalk/check on their behalf.
- Chairperson Kay wished to clarify the format played in the mixed competitions. The following was agreed and confirmed:
- All ladies competitions are best of 3 legs, with just semi-finals and finals being best of 5 legs.
- Both the Mr & Mrs and the Mixed Pairs competitions are best of 3 legs at 501, with the semi-finals and finals being best of 5 legs at 501.
- Lynn Remmer (Red Arrows) raised the issue of having a Reserve available during league/cup matches. She confirmed that she had read the rules/constitution but there is currently no mention of a Reserve being acceptable but she knows that in previous years this has been allowed.
Both the Chair and the President agreed that if a Reserve is declared at the time of the draw and written down, then it would be acceptable to make a substitution.
Chair Kay reiterated that reserves must be identified at the time of the draw.
Jane Schroder suggested adding “Reserve” to the score cards to assist with this. Attendees agreed this was a good idea and Jane will implement this change for the new season.
Chair’s other business
Kay confirmed that the new season is the SDLADL’s 30th 🙂
Maggie Frost (WBL) thanked Jane, Gill, Kay, Tricia and Sandra for all their efforts during the 2014-15 season which everyone agreed with.
Wendy Brooks (Flying Pockets) said what a great evening the Presentation night had been.
Lynn Remmer said it had only been slightly marred by Angels hogging the karaoke! 😉
Next meeting Tuesday 1 September 2015, 8pm at Ambleside ready for start of league on Monday 7 September.
Monies required at next meeting: £10 per team – registration fee
£2 per individual player – registration fee
£2 per team – League meeting fee.
Treasurer Jane Schroder asked if each team could give her an envelope with their team name on the front, the envelope to contain a list of monies and the money itself. This will make her job much easier.
Information packs will be given out to all teams at that meeting.
Website will be updated before then to show the first fixtures; if you don’t have web access then ring Trish.
First committee meeting Tuesday 25 August, 8pm at Ambleside.
Meeting closed 8.37pm.
Minutes taken by Tracey Golding
