Knutsford Friday Bowling League

Minutes of meeting held Thursday 23rd May at Mere Parish Club

The chairman opened the meeting and welcomed Darren Brookes the new bowls secretary for the Mobberley Victory Hall following the sudden death of Barry Rushton.

  1. Apologies for absence were received from John Leah (Chelford) and John Glover (Equiport) Equiport, Knutsford & Railway were not represented.
  2. Minutes of previous meeting held 24th January were read and accepted. Proposed Molly Sutton (Church Inn) Seconded Brian Holcroft (High Legh)
  3. Matters arising There were no matters arising
  4. Officers Reports. The Treasurer had nothing to report. The secretary confirmed the rule amendments that were passed at the AGM. He informed the meeting that he had spoken to the Knutsford Guardian in an attempt to get regular league tables printed.
  5. Handicaps Proposed handicaps for 2013 were circulated. No amendments were made Delegates were asked to contact the Secretary if any anomalies were found
  6. Individual Competition. 37 members had entered this year's competition being hosted at Warford Park Bowling Club, and the draw took place. The draw will be published on the web site together with estimated starting times.
  7. Team Knockout Round 3. Greens were confirmed as follows - Victory Hall - Cranford 'B' v Cranford 'A'. Railway - Victory Hall 'B' v Victory Hall 'A'. Goostrey - Chelford 'A' v Knutsford 'A'. Chelford - Railway 'A' v Equiport.
  8. Any Other Business. Derek Hurdle (Goostrey) asked for confirmation of the rule regarding maintaining 3 games on the green since he had an instance where three games were in progress and other players were present, but the away captain refused to put on an extra player out of the order of the draw. The secretary confirmed that providing three blocks were maintained this complied with rule 5.5. Derek further suggested that due to this seasons weather conditions where light is fading early that we should extend the early starts to the first and last five matches of the season. The secretary asked Derek to make this as a proposal for next year's AGM

There was no further business and the meeting closed at 8.35pm