Minutes of YCBA Management Committee meeting

held at the Holiday Inn, Garforth, on Tuesday 24th February 2009

 

Present: Philip Mason (Chair), Graham Jepson (Vice-Chair), Janet Latham (Secretary), Stuart Davies (Tournament Secretary),

                Judith Biles, Phil Godfrey, Ian Rodger and David Waxman.

 

1.     Apologies for absence    

Lesley Millett (Treasurer)

The Chair reported that Chris Close had resigned as Assistant Secretary as he had moved to South Nottinghamshire.

Thanks were expressed to Chris for the work he had done during his brief spell on the committee.

  

2.     Minutes of the meeting held on 26th September 2008

      These were accepted as a true record.

 

3.     Matters Arising

      There were no matters arising other than those covered in later agenda items.

 

4.     Treasurer’s Report

      A paper had been distributed by the Treasurer which indicated a current balance of £11,120.88.

 

      Pay to Play. The treasurer recommended to the committee that the YCBA should charge 5p on top of the EBU Pay to Play figure.

      The committee agreed  that this proposal should be recommended at the AGM in June.

 

5.     Tournament Secretary’s report

      The Tournament Secretary circulated a report detailing numbers for competition entries as at 24th February, 2009.

      These reflected a slight increase on the previous season’s numbers except for the Margery Cartwright Simultaneous Pairs

      where numbers were lower because of bad weather.

 

Sunday League Match.
A match between Malton C and Leeds C had been abandoned after one stanza because of a power failure at the venue.
It had been agreed that the match be continued at Malton on 8th March.

 

      Bridgemates.  Some problems had been experienced  with bridgemates at two YCBA events but it was hoped that these were now resolved.

 

 6.  Membership Secretary’s Report

     A report was tabled indicating a small decrease in membership over the previous year but stating that the overall membership was still in

      excess of two thousand.

 

 

7.     Matters arising from YCBA Council Meeting 28.11.08

A letter was circulated from David Wilson (Hull) concerning the 1 pm starting time for Sunday League matches. It was agreed that

we should abide by the decision made for next season but by mutual agreement teams could start up to one hour later.

 

It was confirmed that teas would consist of sandwiches and cakes or similar, with clubs having discretion to provide

what they thought appropriate.

 

8.   Proposed Y.C.B.A  Calendar of Events 2009/10

The draft calendar was circulated and venues for YCBA events were determined.

The Yorkshire Congress in 2010 will be on the Bank Holiday weekend (28th/30th May) as the Cairn Hotel was not available

for the following weekend.

 

9.     Update on changes to YCBA Constitution

      The Chair reported that the EBU had supplied a draft constitution for use by all counties and that Ted Bond has customised this

      for Yorkshire. This constitution (which has subsequently been approved by the EBU) will be presented to the YCBA AGM in June.

 

10. Report on Northern Counties League

      Graham Jepson reported that the Saturday dates for this season are:-

            13th June, 11th July, 29th August, 10th October.

 

      The Yorkshire B Team had won its league and will play in the National Final on  5th July.

     

11. Appointment of Selection Committees

Tollemache Cup and President’s Cup:-

Richard Winter, David Waxman and Phil Godfrey.

 

Northern Counties League:-

Janet Latham, Judith Biles, Philip Mason, Ian Rodger and a Sheffield representative.

 

 

12. Conduct Committee – Terms of Reference

      David Waxman felt that the remit of the Conduct Committee should be more clearly defined and that there should be a different

      committee appointed to deal with league issues which did not involve conduct. David agreed to write a suggested remit for

      the Conduct Committee, which will be presented to the Management Committee for approval.

 

 

13.  Car Parking at New Earswick for TDs

      A TD had asked whether it would be possible to provide a car parking space for tournament directors near the entrance to the Folk Hall.

      The Committee felt that the present arrangements were satisfactory.

 

14.  Date and Venue of next Meeting

      Wednesday, 16th September at the Holiday Inn, Garforth at 7.15 pm.

 

15.  Any Other Business

      (i)     The Chair reported that he was giving one of his EBU shares to Lesley Millett as she had expressed a wish to

               attend shareholders’ meetings.

     (ii)     September 2010 will be the occasion of the YCBA’s 75th Anniversary.  The Committee was asked to consider

               ways of celebrating this.

    (iii)     Ian Rodger had had pens engraved for presentation to winners of Yorkshire events. These were shown to the Committee.

    (iv)     It was suggested that Jeff Smith (Lancashire) be invited to play in the Castle Swiss Pairs so that he could help if any

               problems occurred with the bridgemates.  The Committee felt that this was unnecessary.

     (v)     Tollemache Report. Graham Jepson (non-playing captain) said Yorkshire had finished eighth out of 8 in the final.

               There were two bad losses against East Wales (1-19) and Kent (0-20).  Graham felt that team cohesion was not as good

               as in the qualifying round.  However, the fact that Yorkshire had qualified for the final was an improvement on recent years.

 

                                                                            

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