League Meeting (AGM) - 16th June 2025
- Jon Ponting
- Jun 16
- 4 min read
To All Captains, Secretaries and Landlords
The Annual General Meeting of the above League will be held at The Football Club, Malmesbury on Monday 16th June 2024 commencing at 8pm.
It would be appreciated if all teams were represented.
Tracey Rose
Secretary
Agenda
1) Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2024 (below)
2) Matters Arising
3) Chairman’s Report
4) Vice Chairman’s Report
5) Fixture Secretary’s Report
6) Secretary’s Report
7) Treasurer’s Report
8) League Website – Report by Jon Ponting
9) Election of Officers:
a) Chairman
b) Vice Chairman
c) Secretary
d) Fixture Secretary
e) Treasurer
10) Season 2025/2026 – Fixture Secretary
a) Review of new teams wishing to join the League
b) Format of the League
11) Review of ANother Rule
12) Any Other Business:
a) Assistance with organising EoS Competitions.
b) Chris Brace, who was Secretary and Treasurer for a number of years (now retired), is doing a skydive to raise money for Parkinson’s UK. Chris was diagnosed nearly two years ago with Parkinson’s, and so the charity is very close to his heart and important to him. Funds are being raised through JustGiving (Christopher Brace is fundraising for Parkinson’s UK). Any money donated would be greatly appreciated.
NOTE
Payment of Registration Fees must be paid either before or at the meeting.
Minutes of A.G.M held on Tuesday 18 th June 2024 at The Town Hall, Malmesbury, at
8.00pm.
Present
Mr. P. Hatherall (Chairman)
Mr. C. Brace (Treasurer)
Mrs. T Rose (Secretary)
Mr. P Exton (Fixture Secretary/Vice Chairman)
The minutes of the A.G.M / E.A.G.M held on Monday 19 th June 2023 were passed as correct
by the members and duly signed by the Chairman. The only matters arising had been dealt
with at the E.A.G.M.
Chairman’s Report
The Chairman thanked everyone for their support over the years, saying it had been a
privilege to hold this position and he was sad to be retiring. He added that it was 1972 when
he first started playing skittles, and there had been 7 divisions and 20 alleys! He
congratulated all of this seasons winners, and noted life memberships to Chris Brace and
Phil Exton for their continued support as officers of the League. He also said thanks to the
Secretary, John Ponting, Jennie Arrocha & Richard Greenhill for their invaluable support.
Vice Chairman’s Report
The Vice Chairman thanked his fellow officers and Richard Greenhill, adding that Paul would
be greatly missed.
Fixture Secretary’s Report
The Fixture Secretary reported that some glitches to the website had reappeared, he has
worked tirelessly to sort this and is hoping for a bespoke programme for next season.
Secretary’s Report
The Secretary thanked her fellow officers, and all involved with the running of the league.
Treasurer’s Report
The financial statement for the year was circulated with the agenda, and the Treasurer said
that the HSBC account was now closed and all funds transferred to the Lloyds account. The
income, expenditure and honorariums were also explained.
League Website
Jon Ponting sent an apology, but reported by email that he had covered the annual visitor
numbers etc at the EAGM. Following discussions at that meeting, the M/F column had been
removed from all publicly-accessible website pages.
He did ask if any captains knew of anyone who could offer support in making the website
more accessible for phones but had not received any leads yet.
Election of Officers
Chairperson - Amanda Brooks & Jamie Thompson kindly volunteered to co-share this
position, which was proposed, seconded, and accepted by the Members.
Treasurer – We need a volunteer for this position as soon as possible due to ill health, with
the authority to appoint one at any time.
The other officers were voted in en-bloc.
Season 2024/2025
Two teams have left the League and one new team, The Wangers, have wished to join the
League, this was duly accepted by the Members.
The League now consists of 49 teams, which means the 4 th division will have one more team
than the other 3 and will start two weeks earlier.
Rule Amendments
- 2b to read £5 signing-on fee
- 4a to read a maximum of 9 players
- 2d, 6c, 14e and 14h: He/She replaced by They
New Rule(s)
Cancelled games: It was voted on that NO games would be cancelled unless in extremely
extenuating circumstances. If a team cancels outside of this, then they will lose all 10 points
for that game, and the home Captain should inform the Landlord immediately.
If a team has less than 9 players, the Captain must inform the opposing Captain before the
start of the game and can then choose up to 2 players to play again as "AN Other". "AN
Other" score will count towards the total points in that game only, and will not be counted in
the averages, 50’s etc.
Any Other Business:
(1) End of Season Trophies – this will remain as in prior years.
(2) Meetings – The number of meetings will be looked into to see if they are all
necessary.
(3) Draws for cup games – with the new rule(s) added above, this should eliminate the
late results and therefore the late draws.
(4) A presentation was made to the outgoing Chairman from the Members.
There being no other business, the Chairman closed the meeting at 9.10 pm.
