Mkt Drayton Bowling League 2022

Minutes of MANAGEMENT MEETING

WEDNESDAY 3^rd MARCH 2021

1. Eddy opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Not much has happened since the last meeting due to lockdown, but we would discuss Boris announcements later in the agenda.
2. Apologies received from Wendy Icke.
3. Minutes of last meeting November 25^th 2020. One matter arising from these minutes: suggestion that a £10 levy be put on all cubs instead of having to bring a prize to the presentation evening should have been raised at the AGM but had inadvertently been left off. All agreed that this was the way forward and Brian (Treasurer) would add this to clubs invoices.
4. Correspondence: Only item was the request from SCGBA that CONS Club named their safeguarding officer. Chris had spoken to Phil Scott and to Brian Allen and emailed them to let them know of the Cons Club circumstances. Chris & Graham also reported that they had contacted everyone to let them know they had taken over the league secretarial duties.
   Angela Heath also reported that everything was set up with HMRC regarding any honorarium paid and asked that Chris contact Jamie & Wendy for the necessary details.
5. COVID Update and 2021 Playing season: Chris & Graham shared a draft timeline for the meeting to consider which contained the government roadmap & the options we had for starting the league. Following discussions, it was agreed that the timeline proposed was the most workable option with revised structured leagues starting on 2^nd July/5^th July. It was also suggested that the preliminary rounds of the doubles could start a week earlier during the last week in June. We would arrange to share this information with the clubs at an Executive Committee meeting on 31^st March. In the meantime, Chris & Graham would produce a proposal for consideration on how the leagues would work this season as a one-off and circulate to the Management committee for comment before the next Exec Meeting.
6. Club team registration for 2021: see timeline.
7. Club contacts / Web site update: Club contacts need to be updated on the SCGBA portal by all club secretaries. A form will be created and sent to the clubs following the Exec Meeting at end of March. Clubs will also be reminded at the meeting to review and update their players list on SCGBA site. £2 is charged for each registered player whether they bowl or not, so it is in the clubs best interests to ensure their clubs data is up to date and delete anyone who no longer bowls. Will Hare was thanked for his work on the website – it hadn’t gone unnoticed.
8. Treasurers Report: Brian reported that other than gifts for Wendy on her retirement as secretary no other spending had happened. Will Hare confirmed that the money paid for the zoom licence was for 1 year subscription.
9. SCGBA Report: Mandy Hare reported that leagues should remind all clubs that the DBS checks were upto date, that club officer details had been registered on the portal and Club Insurance details updated. She also reported that funding was still available for clubs in the form of a grant from Sports England. MDBL were also asked to consider whether they wanted to run a ‘best kept green’ competition as some sponsorship was available. There was also ‘coaching packages’ available for clubs should they want to go down this route. Formal minutes of the SCGBA meeting are still awaited.
10.  Competitions draw: this would be done via zoom. Eddy offered to help with sorting out neutral greens should this be necessary – although it might be for this season only that the first drawn team would become the home team (FA cup style).
11.  AOB: Chris & Graham shared the analysis they had done on the position of clubs/teams/age profiles at the end of the 2019 season and the risks that they feel may emerge after the pandemic. This will also be shared with the Whitchurch League at some point as it also included their data.

Meeting concluded at 9.15pm