Present: president D. Hurdwell, chairman F Warburton, secretary R Kavanagh, treasurer G Tonge and delegates from all teams.
The chairman opened the meeting at 7.30 and welcomed all delegates.
Apologies:
Mr W Marshall and Mr Alan Mooney of Chorlton BC.
Minutes of previous meeting:
The secretary read the minutes of the 2016 pre-season meeting which were accepted by the delegates. There were no matters arising.
Secretary’s report:
Longsight CC had resigned since last season. That left the league in an awkward position with too many teams for one division but not really enough for two. The league would be run on the same lines as last year: two divisions, with a fives competition in each and a single knock-out cup.
S Manchester RBL were finally changing their name to Beech House BC.
The relevant clubs had been issued with invoices from Greater Manchester County. If clubs wanted to arrange their public liability insurance through Endsleigh, this now had to be done online, with a unique reference for each club. These numbers had been issued to the relevant clubs. However the necessary web site was reported to be not ready, and clubs were advised to wait for further information.
The BCGBA had tried again to introduce a £1 per player levy and were again defeated. However they did succeed in increasing the club levy from £15 to £20 (with a further rise to £25 next year).
Treasurer’s report:
The treasurer reported that all clubs had paid their flat fees. Otherwise there was little activity at this time of year.
The Chairman closed the meeting at 7.50 pm