CRICKET BOARD PREMIER LEAGUE

Minutes of the 2015 Annual General Meeting

Held at Trent Bridge on Thursday 26th November 2015 starting at 7.00 pm

Present at the Meeting (including the club or body represented):

Michael Aplin (NPL Management Committee), James Brice (Ordsall Bridon CC), Stephen Brown ( Hosiery Mills CC), Martin Cassidy ( CC), Anne Cusworth (NPL Management Committee), Melvin Eatherington (Premier League Umpires), Geoff Griffiths (NPL Management Committee and Kimberley ICC), Andy Hunt (Caythorpe CC), Gareth Jones (Ordsall Bridon CC), Nick Langford (Cuckney), Richard Martin (NPL Management Committee), Rob Naylor (Kimberley ICC), Tony Palfreman (Nottinghamshire Cricket Board), Andy Pick (Nottinghamshire CCC), David Richards (NPL Management Committee), Derek Smallwood (Mansfield Hosiery Mills CC), Ian Smith (NPL Management Committee), Ben Storey (Plumtree CC), Ian Torr (Radcliffe-on-Trent CC), David Wagstaff (Hucknall CC), Andy Walters (Clifton Village CC), Dominic Williamson (West Indian Cavaliers CC).

1 Roll Call of Member Clubs

All 2016 member clubs were confirmed as being present at the meeting with the exception of Welbeck CC.

2 Apologies for absence

Apologies were received from Will Butler (Cuckney CC), Nick Rook (Kimberley ICC) and Mike Smedley (NPL Management Committee).

3 Presentation of the Umpires Fair Play Award

Melvin Eatherington announced that the award for the 2015 season would be shared between the Nottinghamshire CCC Academy and Kimberley ICC and presented the trophy and salvers donated by the Nottinghamshire Umpires Association.

4 Minutes of the 2014 Annual General Meeting

The minutes of the 2014 AGM were presented and after a proposal by Ordsall Bridon CC, seconded by Kimberley ICC, they were accepted unanimously by the meeting as being a fair and accurate record of the meeting.

5 Acting Chairman’s Report

Michael Aplin welcomed everyone to the meeting and congratulated Kimberley ICC on winning the championship, Twenty20 and jointly the Fair Play Award; he also commiserated with Attenborough and Farnsfield on being relegated and wished them all the best for the coming season.

He also thanked both the League Management Committee and member clubs for their support during his period as acting chair.

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He advised that he saw a number of challenges ahead for the new Management Committee the most important being the issues of discipline and developing the playing conditions of the League by getting closer to and listening to the players.

He also urged member clubs to come forward with proposals for how the League could invest some of its cash holdings for the benefit of the League and the game – he outlined the support that the League had already committed for umpire training and PQS pitch assessments. Any clubs with proposals should please make these know to the new Management Committee.

Finally, he wished the new chair good luck in his time in post and that he was happy to stand as Vice Chair and Grounds Secretary for 2016.

6 Secretary’s Report

Ian Smith started by thanking Michael Aplin for stepping in to the role of Acting Chairman for 2015 and how much this effort was appreciated by the committee and member clubs.

He also thanked the clubs for their support with the administration of the league – the fact that there had only been one fine or points deduction caused by administrative issues was an improvement on previous years.

He echoed the Acting Chairman’s remarks about the disciplinary issues in the League in 2015 and urged all clubs to reiterate the need for good discipline with their players for 2016.

He advised that he would not be standing at League Secretary for 2016 so that he could devote further time to his role as Secretary of the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board but that he had very much enjoyed his time as League Secretary and would continue to support the new Management Committee in any way they felt fit.

7 Treasurer’s Report & Accounts including Details of the 2016 Student Bursary

Geoff Griffiths thanked Andrew Whittaker for his time and effort in scrutinising the accounts for the League – the process is now complete for the 2015 accounts which are presented to the meeting.

The accounts show that we have a surplus of £23,675.58 including the Trevor Wilson Legacy of £3,092. During the year, the League made a surplus of £4,827.87.

Receipts were above expectations by £750 from higher than expected ECB funding and, unusually, contributions to League Disciplinary appeals.

Expenditure increased with the additional costs being the payments for the handbooks for both 2014 and 2015, a donation to East Bridgford CC, two bursary payments and Total Cricket Scorer payments all of which were slightly offset by reduced ball purchases.

He recommended that the club registration fee remain at £50 per team per season and confirmed that details on the 2016 Student Bursary Scheme would be confirmed after the first Management Committee meeting in January.

Geoff asked for the registration fee to be accepted and the 2015 accounts be accepted by the meeting; this was proposed by Nottinghamshire CCC, seconded by Ordsall Bridon CC and accepted unanimously by the member clubs.

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8 League Rule Changes

Ian Smith led the meeting through the rule change proposals that had been distributed to the clubs and discussed at the Captains’ & Chairmen’s meeting in Farnsfield in August.

The following table summarises the votes on each individual element:

Vote Element Proposer Seconder Vote 9 in favour, 2 abstentions – 1 Rule 3.4 Youth Cricket Kimberley Plumtree rule change carried. 11 in favour – 2 Rule 4.1 Registration Ordsall Bridon Caythorpe rule change carried Rule change rejected. The There was no Management 3 Rule 4.2 Category of Players proposer for this Committee will change review and re- submit to clubs. 10 in favour, 1 4 Rule 6.2.3 Match Officials Ordsall Bridon Kimberley abstention - rule change carried 11 in favour – 5 Rule 6.2.4 Players Clifton Village Caythorpe rule change carried 10 in favour, 1 Mansfield 6 Rule 6.5.3 – Points Deduction Hucknall abstention - rule Hosiery Mills change carried 11 in favour – Rule 7.3 – Assessment of 7 Kimberley Ordsall Bridon rule change Umpires & Pitches carried This rule change was suspended as the papers were erroneously omitted from the 8 Rule 8 – Discipline pack distributed to clubs. The Management Committee will review and re- submit to clubs. 11 in favour – Nottinghamshire 9 Rule 9.0 Cup Competition Caythorpe rule change CCC carried

9 Election of Officers

The only nomination for an officer of the league was from Caythorpe for Andy Hunt as chair; this was seconded by Ordsall Bridon with all 11 clubs voting favour.

These existing officers were proposed for continuing membership en bloc by Ordsall Bridon, seconded by Caythorpe, with all 11 clubs voting in favour:

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Vice Chair & Grounds Secretary – Mike Aplin Treasurer – Geoff Griffiths League Registrar & Press Officer – Paul Chapman Scrutineer – Andrew Whittaker

The positions of Secretary, Development Officer and Competitions Manager will be filled by the Management Committee at their first meeting.

In line with League Rules, the following bodies will nominate one member for inclusion on the Management Committee:

The Bassetlaw & District Cricket League The Nottinghamshire Cricket Board NCB Senior Cricket NPL Scorers The South Nottinghamshire Cricket League

10 Under 19 Twenty20 Competition

Ian Smith asked all member clubs to consider joining the NatWest Under 19 Club Twenty20 competition for 2016 as this will be in line with the aims and objectives of the league. Any clubs who had not already expressed an interest were urged to contact Josh Scully in the Community & Development Team – [email protected]

11 Player Feedback

Michael Aplin advised that the new committee will be keen to involve players in the decision making regarding playing conditions and the development of the league and all clubs were asked to consider which players might wish to be involved. A meeting will be called in the New Year.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 7.52 pm.

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