Minutes of meeting on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
at Pudsey St Lawrence 7.30pm

Present: Keith Moss (President), Graham Reid (Chairman), Bob Shackleton (Chief Executive), Steve Raistrick (Secretary), David Young (Treasurer), Babar Butt (Players’ Representative), Mick Illingworth (Club Representative), Glyn Pearson (Umpires’ Representative), Tom Priestley (Umpires Representative)

2 Apologies: Alan Birkinshaw (Media & Marketing), Rodney Heyhoe (Club Representative), Richard Whitehurst (Player Representative).

3 Minutes of meeting held September 11 approved.

4 Matters arising
Manningham Mills: Club responded regarding bowler with a suspect bowling action Secretary instructed to write telling the club that the bowler involved cannot bowl again until his suspect bowling action is rectified

Undercliffe: The secretary to write informing Undercliffe that the board regrets that their report cannot be substantiated.

East Bierley: The secretary to write and thank East Bierley for responding to the query regarding a poor pitch.

Woodlands: No reply yet on the absence of the fielding circle for the Sovereign health Care Priestley Shield semi-final.

Farsley v Esholt teas: No tea interval indicated on report card. Esholt will reply to Farsley to resolve the matter with them.

5 Accounts
Payments approved:-
Shield final teas £260-00
C.e.o. expenses  £415-00
Records secretary expenses and honararia  £530-56
Surridge sports (cup final clothing)  £1,116-94
Solly sports (umpires coats) £900-00
Sauce print management (cup/shield final programmes & umpires cards) £1,157-13
A. Bullock (expenses) £191-00
There was no surplus on the Shield final so there was no share of the gate to the clubs.
Cup final excess share paid out to clubs.
Treasurer stated that he was optimistic of a slight surplus at the end of the year.
Thje charitable donation from the cup final collections to be decided at next meeting.
The chairman thanked the treasurer for all his work.

6 Correspondence
e-ail from Brighouse requesting a 2nd xi match on August 10 due to hockey festival at their ground. The CEO asked if the hockey festival could possibly be changed, Brighouse will ask the sports club, waiting a reply.
E. Mail from Bankfoot who played 5 unregistered juniors. RPeel apologised that they did'nt ask permission, he was'nt present at the time, and nobody at the club realised they had to be registered. Management Board agreed to act in accord with league rules and Bankfoot fined accordingly.

7 White Rose Trophy 2008
No meeting held as yet, agreed that the Bradford League would participate in 2008.

8 Facilities marking
To be discussed in full at next meeting.

9 Conduct at cup final
The Management Board disapprove of the mass importation of alcohol at all league and cup games.
Pre-season 2008 all clubs will be written to requesting them to bring it to the attention of their members that stringent disciplinary action will be taken against any club failing to adhere to this and all clubs are responsible for the behaviour of their members. Mass importation of alcohol also can cause major problems for the host club, due to the new licensing regulations.

10 Any other business
Sponsorship update: M Illingworth gave a sponsorship update, four tickets have been reserved for both JCT 600 and Sovereign Healthcare for the league dinner. JCT 600 providing the players player award. The chairman has written to JCT 600 and sovereign healthcare thanking them for their sponsorship.
Thanks: A Birkinshaw and M Baker thanked for their efforts on the website.
Obituary: It is with sadness that the board report the passing of Richard Taylor (Yorkshire Bank & Baildon).

Date of next meeting - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at Pudsey St.Lawrence at 7.30pm.