The Bedfordshire Squash Rackets Association

Founded 1975

Minuets of Annual General Meeting held on 6^th June 2005

 At Silsoe College Bar at 8.00 p.m.

List of Attendees

Steve Barnett (Chairman)                               Pete Davies (Treasurer)

Bill Chambers (League Secretary)                    Brian Sear (Webmaster)               

Jenny Tranfield            David Denyer             David Gibson

Bob Pinder                   Steve Barlow             Steve Lumley

Steve Davies                Garry Milner              Steve Iles

Stephen Mullens            Paul Moloney                       Gene Adam

Pete Hilliard                  Alan Osborn

List of Apologies

Jennifer Barker (Secretary) David Owen            Paramjit Deol

1      Minuets of last AGM

The meeting was opened at 8.35 pm with a copy of the previous year’s minuets.

2      Matters Arising

There were no matters arising.

3      Chairman’s Report

Chairman Steve started by thanking the various committee members for their hard work during the season and continued with various observations, a copy of his written report is attached.

4      Secretary’s Report

Jennifer had sent a letter in her absence reporting that she had attended various England Squash meeting and would continue to do so and report back to the Chairman.

It is anticipated that Jennifer will be moving home out of the area during the next season and we would need to actively recruit a replacement.

5      Treasurer’s Report

Peter presented a written balance sheet, a copy is attached and then went on to make several comments regarding both income and expenditure.

The main points being that two clubs had not paid their England Squash Affiliation Fees and therefore we had not received our 12.5% rebate. The offenders being The Bunyan Centre and Houghton Regis Leisure Centre.

Five clubs have yet to pay their League registration fees of £55.00. It was agreed that all debts would be chased.

6    County Teams Report

Seven Davies, the County Champion, presented a written report, copy on our website and copy attached, but made comment on certain points.

7      Development

Steve Barlow (copy of his report is on our website) stated that the junior development had only continued at Bedford and David Lloyd, which Jenny Tranfield endorsed. After positive debate it was agreed that funds could be available to give priority to this essential element of our association and a specific meeting was arranged for 20^th June at Silsoe College Bar commencing at 8.30 pm. To which Steve Amos from England Squash would be invited.

8      Tournaments

Comment was made on holding the County Closed competition in January at the mid season league break and although the courts played cold it was generally thought to be a success with twenty eight entries and deemed an improvement.

The Plate final saw Scot Adam beat Dean Pike and the Championship final saw Steven Davies beat Steve Barlow. No other tournaments were held.

9      League Secretary’s Report

Bill Chambers presented a written report with expansive comment and questions on the future format of the leagues. Various and numerous proposals were put forward from “No Match Food” to “The promotion and relegation issues” the successful propositions are covered in A.O.B.

It was agreed that letters would be sent to all possible venues where league matches could be held to encourage more teams to enter the competition for the coming season.

10      Presentation of League Trophies

Presentations made by Steve Barnett were;

Saturday League

                        Runners Up                 Dunstable Robins

                        Champions       Club Squash Four

Division Two

                        Promoted Teams were Mowsbury and Open University

Division One

                        Runners Up                 Dunstable One

                        Champions       David Lloyd One

11      Election of Officers

No other candidates had come forward and therefore the current committee were re-elected on block.

12  Any Other Business

a)      Saturday league format to remain providing there are sufficient teams.

b)   Division One to be the larger of the two leagues in the event of an uneven       number of team entries with matches played on Monday evenings.

c)   The promotion and relegation between the divisions to be based on automatic       promotion for the top team and automatic relegation for the bottom team.

      A play off to take place between the second from bottom team and the second       from top team with the winning team securing the higher league entry.

d)   Play off team members must have played at least twice for the team during the       current half season.

e)   Teams are limited to a maximum squad of twelve players.

Close of Meeting

The Chairman brought the meeting to a close at 10.40 pm.

In Secretary’s absence the minuets were recorded by Bill Chambers.

Signed by The Chairman