Southend & District Ladies Amateur Dart League

Annual General Meeting 24 July 2013 held at Westcliff British Legion

Chairlady opened meeting.

Amblers had not arrived so chair phoned their captain Amanda Atkin; she thought the meeting was next week and the whole team were in Clacton on holiday. The league members agreed that another person should represent Amblers rather than lose the team from the league. Amanda was asked if Sandra Matthews could be their representative and she was more than happy with this. She was made aware that Sandra would be making decisions and voting on their behalf. All teams voted that Amblers could remain in the league despite being absent.

Secretary read minutes from last meeting (5 June 2013).
Proposed by Wendy Brooks. Seconded by Carol Burrell. Agreed.

Chairlady read a letter from Vice President Kathy McKenna. Kathy was pleased to be asked to be Vice President again but is unable to continue due to other commitments. She gave her best wishes and will follow the progress of the league with interest.

No new teams attended the meeting.

Chairlady welcomed President Mel Nichols, who formally declared the season 2012/13 closed.

Gill Cooper was proposed and voted in as Vice President and Mel Nichols welcomed her to the position. Gill thanked the league for the honour.

Following the resignation of Gladys Pope there were two vacancies on the committee, and since there were only two nominations, no vote was necessary.

President declared the 2013/14 season open; the committee is as follows:

League Secretary Tricia Smith Vice Secretary to be chosen from committee

Chairlady Kay Ford Vice Chairlady Maggie Frost

Treasurer Jane Schroder Vice Treasurer Hazel Boxall

Committee members Sandra Matthews (Wanderers) Doreen Adams (WBL)
Teresa Schwendener (Windermere) Chris Stock (SCC)
Wendy Brooks (Flying Pockets) Tracey Golding (SCC)
Carol Burrell (WBL)

Presentation Night

This was agreed to have been a success. There were a few criticisms over seating but hopefully they were resolved on the night. Tricia asked for any complaints or suggestions to be put in writing so they can be properly dealt with.

Photos from the night are on the website. Thanks to Gill for doing a great job with this.

Proposals for New Season

Chairlady proposed that cup match draws should be made at 8pm.

Initially this proposal was for individual cups e.g. captains, singles, etc and that team cup draws would remain at 8.15pm. After discussion it was decided to include all team events at 8pm as well to avoid confusion, however for team events it would be at the captains’ discretion whether to wait until 8.15pm.

11 voted in favour. Motion carried.

Grace Ford Cup

Formerly the Hammond Cup, this is played at the end of the season for teams who have not won a cup. Chairlady wished to clarify who qualifies to play for this cup.

It is for those teams who have not won a winners or runners-up cup including the Chris Bailey Memorial (601) and the league itself. The Draws cup does not count; the winners of the Draws cup are eligible to compete for the Grace Ford.

Registration forms

All received by Jane Schroder.

Next meeting Wednesday 4 September 2013, 8pm at WBL ready for start of league on Monday 9 September.

Monies required at next meeting: £10 per team - registration fee
£2 per individual player – registration fee
£2 per team - League meeting fee.

Packs will be given out to all teams at that meeting.
Website will be updated to show the first fixtures; if you don’t have web access then ring Trish.

First committee meeting Tuesday 6 August, 7.30pm at WBL.

Meeting closed 8.35pm.

Minutes taken by Sandra Matthews