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WILDEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CRICKET LEAGUE COMMITTEEMINUTES OF MEETING WITH DISCIPLINARY HEARING 13TH JULY 2010 DISCIPLINARY HEARING IMRAN RIAZ OF WOLLESCOTE CHARGE: KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY PLAYED A SUSPENDED PLAYER NAMELY TOFIQ ANWAR HEARING COMMITTEE MH (CHAIR) JF, DS, with NH as secretary. Imran openly admitted fielding T. Anwar but stated that he was unaware of the suspension and the player failed to inform him of this. When pointed out that the suspension and the full ruling appeared on the website and that such matters were discussed at the general meetings, Imran apologised, stating he was not fully conversant with electronic mailing and had failed to attend meetings as required. The committee decided to accept the apology, accept that he had been straight forward, frank and honest and to take on board that he was unaware of the suspension. The league would deduct Wollescote 12 points, suspended for one month. Should the outstanding fine be paid at any point during this interval the matter would be considered closed and the suspension would be lifted. If this was not the case, the points deduction would become active and the suspension continue until such times as the outstanding fine be cleared. The committee are to follow up the case of MOHAMMED ZUBAIR BHATTI. APOLOGIES HB and KA PRESENT MH, DS, JF, NH, AW FINANCES were reported as sound. Funds would be available for two AB trophy presentations for the ten ten and both winning clubs would receive a financial reward. PROBLEMS were few and far between. Most issued had been resolved. SUNDAY LEAGUE was discussed and it is the considered opinion of the committee that this programme would cease in its present form. Alternative ideas are being considered. TEN TEN as mentioned, two competitions, one for the more powerful teams and one for the less powerful teams. 4 teams in each mini league would play a round robin fixture with the top two of each playing for the trophy. Format to be confirmed with H.Burley before finalising. Transfer Request received from Waterfront. The Committee considered all the evidence including input from both clubs. After referring to rule 14 in the handbook they believe the circumstances are NOT exceptional; this transfer will NOT be permitted. RULES will be completed for the September meeting with the new disciplinary rules added over the winter. MINUTES OF MEETING MAY 2010 APOLOGIES JULIAN PRESENT AW, HB, KA, DS, MH, NH AW REPORTED ON HIS COUNTY MEETING. There was a lengthy discuss re new disciplinary action LEVELS. MARK IS TO INTERPRET THESE IN THE ABSENCE OF Julian. The committee are to stress that these rules adapted for this league are to be IMPOSED for season 2011. The registration of players was also discussed. It was decided that the full implementation of rules 17 & 18 AS FROM 08/06/2010 would give us the information required. Failure by the clubs to successfully complete these cards would result in a fine. From2011 all teams/clubs must record the name of their qualified welfare officer. ALL SUCH MATTERS ARE REQUIRED OF OUR LEAGUE BY OFFICIALDOM TO DEMONSTATE THAT WE ARE SINCERE REGARDING OUR DUTY OF CARE. It should be noted that all other leagues have increased their payments to umpires!!! Cookley failed to re-arrange their match with Lye, points to Lye Card errors are the main concern. AW to liaise with the paper re coverage ( or lack of it) SUSPENDED PLAYERS FROM 2010. Toriq Anwar and Zubair Bhatti (lye Town 2009) have as yet failed to clear their fine imposed by the WIECL and therefore remain suspended. NH to inform WCB. 2009 TEN TEN WAS WON BY STAGBOROUGH WITH IAN OSBOURNEMAN OF THE MATCH. Thanks were extended to HB PRESENTATION EVENING TO FOLLOW LAST YEAR’S SUCCESSFUL PATTERN. HB TO FIND A CELEBRITY NEW SOFTWARE PURCHASED TO ALLOW CHAIRMAN TO DIRECTLY UPDATE WEBSITE FINANCES ARE HEALTHY THE FUTURE OF SUNDAYS WILL BE DECIDED BY THE CLUBS THEMSELVES. THE COMMITTEE EXISTS TO SIMPLY INTERPRET THEIR WISHES.
MINUTES OF APRIL 2010 MEETING APOLOGIES FROM HOWARD JULIAN, ROB, KEITH, NIC PRESENT, MARK, TONY, DAVE THIS MEETING CLASHED WITH AN UMPIRES MEETING, HENCE THE APOLOGIES. AN INFORMAL MEETING ENSUED. RE-JIGGED SUNDAY LEAGUE CONFIRMED. ALL TEAMS NOW HAPPY WITH FIXTURES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY E-MAIL. STILL NEED TO BE POSTED ON WEB SITE. ONE PROBLEM REMAINS WITH BEWDLEY V MOAT FARM CUP GAME ON 11TH JULY. NO GROUND AVAILABLE. TEAMS TO AGREE SOLUTION. TONY WILL ATTEND MEETING OF LOCAL LEAGES HOSTED BY WCB. HANDBOOKS WILL BE EXCHANGED AND TONY TO DISCUSS DISCIPLINARY RULES WITH WORCESTER COUNTY LEAGUE. MARK HAD PRINTED OFF MODEL DISCIPLINARY CODE FROM ECB WEBSITE. NO REFERENCE TO LEVELS ONE AND TWO USED BY WCL. DETAILS OF 2009 10X10 FINAL AGREED. (STAG V LYE AT STOURPORT ON APRIL 21ST) HOWARD TO BE CONTACTED FOR CONFIRMATION. INVOICE FOR HANDBOOK AND RESULT CARD PRINTING PASSED TO DAVE. MARK TO UPDATE WEB SITE FOR START OF SEASON, INCLUDING NEW CONTACT DATA, AND TO PURCHASE WEB EDITING SOFTWARE TO ENABLE HIM TO EDIT SITE FROM HOME. NO MAJOR PROBLEMS REPORTED AT THE MOMENT. Minutes of the League General Meeting held January 2010 Present: MH, DS, KA, AW. AGM 2009 AND PRESENTATION EVENING WITH MATT MASON OF W.C.C.C. THERE WERE NO APOLOGIES, LYE REP TO BE LATE( in fact did not appear) MISSING CLUBS: BHARAT, LYE, WATERFRONT LYE TOWN, PEDMORE and WOLLESCOTE CONSIDERED TO HAVE RESIGNED CLUBS WERE REMINDED TO SIGN IN (reflecting the data above), COLLECTED THEIR FOLDERS which contained the minutes, agenda, financial report, drinks tokens, registration data, welfare officer details, rule changes & certificates. CLUBS WERE REMINDED TO PAY THEIR FEES ETC TO THE TREASURER or OFFER A SUITABLE EXCUSE. THE MINUTES AND ACCOUNTS WERE PASSED WITHOUT DISSENT The chairman offered his report highlighting high and low points of the season, touching on the difficult weather conditions resulting delayed finals, the various competitions with the possibility of losing the 20 20 Sunday competition, disciplinary cases pointing out the developing cooperation between leagues in upholding bans, he reflected upon the setup for the coming season. The meeting was informed that Howard Burley had offered to act as the League’s welfare officer, that Rob Davies would be joining the disciplinary committee, that representatives would be required to hold full registration particulars of their players which could be accessed by the committee if desired, that umpire association would be encouraged to limit excessive travelling and place umpires according to match needs. They were also informed that the awards reflected the data provided by the clubs. THE COMMITTEE WAS RETURNED UNOPPOSED WITH NO ADDITIONS. The committee were praised for their hard work on behalf of the league RULE CHANGES by way of a simple voting process see attached sheet 14a unanimous 38b unanimous 40 just 1 against carried, this will affect the wording of rules 46,47,48 51b unanimous 57 defeated 7 voted for and 8 against(after a recount) 63b just 1 against carried 67 unanimous 72 to be clarified with the umpires Disciplinary procedures accepted this was to happen and would be included in the handbook. NEW TEAMS THREE CROWNS(wednesday), awaiting confirmation from Bharat and Stourbridge Social. PRESENTATION The Chairman welcomed our guest Matt Mason and conducted an entertaining interview followed by a question and answer session with members. The presentations followed. A very successful evening concluded informally. Minutes of the League General Meeting held December 9th 2009 APOLOGIES FROM MARK HALL. PRESENT JULIAN, HOWARD, ROB, KEITH, DAVE, NIC, DAVE BULLERS , TONY AND INVITED ROBERT COOMBES. PRIOR TO THE DISCIPLINARY HEARING THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS WERE MADE.
Minutes of the League General Meeting held September 2009 There were
no apologies
Present
refer to the signing in sheet plus A Wrench, H Burley, K Amer, Nic Harvey. 14. Umpires are to be encouraged to up hold the dress code.
Minutes of the League General Meeting held on 11th August 2009 All committee members present Coombswood account: treasurer to obtain an invoice prior to payment. Rotary Print have been paid. Disciplinary Rules: Julian to cast an eye over WCB and our current rules re any changes. July minutes to be created around the disciplinary hearing for website. Final results and Man of the Match were confirmed. AW to send full details of ALL awards to NH. FINALS WITHOUT COMMITTEE REP: The committee are volunteers giving of their time and do attempt to cover all finals but errors may occur. New ball to be supplied for Stone and Bayton. The committee of Stone are invited to join the committee to ease the burden placed upon this group of volunteers. Stone will be invited to offer their criticism face to face with members of the committee. RESULT CARDS: a completed example is to be sent to all clubs in the hope it will assist all team reps to offer a “proper job” of completing an avoiding the wrath of Wrench and FINES. FINES: a rule change it is proposed relating to fines i.e. Fines are to be paid at the league’s general meetings. Early season fines paid at the June meeting. Any fines up to this point not paid will be doubled and paid at the September meeting plus fines incurred between the two meetings. Any fines unpaid at the September meeting will be doubled and paid at the AGM. Failure will mean these clubs are reported to WCB etc. ALL REGISTRATION FEES are to be paid on or before the AGM. LETTER to Ray COOK Stourport re cancellation and tea money. LETTER to WOLLESCOTE re outstanding monies and the consequences. LETTER Stourport payment for ground use. £35. RULE Change: if cup matches are not played due to weather, and not rearranged within the allotted time scale the Executive shall conduct the lottery to see which team progresses. The outstanding Invitation Cup match shall be held on 20th August at Stourport CC. 2010 Season: Wednesday 3 leagues of 8. . .first teams to register. Sunday one league of 8. George CC has folded; fixtures to be completed by Bharat CC. League fees to remain the same 2010. Sponsorship has been secured. Letter of thanks. Presentation evening...free drinks..HB to provide the guest. Additional trophies to come from stock. HB to provide individual trophies for 10x10 as last year, excepting umpires. League insurance cover OK. Umpires for finals to be agreed by the committee; not done in 2009. A new Friday night 10 x10 to be explored as a social game. Nic Harvey, League Secretary, 10/07/09 Minutes of the League General Meeting held on 10th July 2009 The July meeting was dominated by the disciplinary hearing as detailed below. WILDEN INDUSTRIAL CRICKET LEAGUE 10TH JULY OFFICIATING HOWARD BURLEY DAVID STUBLEY NIC HARVEY CHARGE: BRINGING THE LEAGUE INTO DISREPUTE The charge relates to offensive language and failure to complete a fixture. The disciplinary committee thanks all parties who attended for their time and commitment to a just outcome. After weighing all the evidence it was agreed that the team in question, Lye Town A, were guilty. The committee recognised that there was conflicting evidence and noted Lye Town A’s letter of apology and their full cooperation during the hearing. Players TOFIQ ANWAR and MOHAMMED ZUBAIR BHATTI are to be suspended for a period of four weeks from 15th July 2009 and fined £40 each. The team Lye Town A is to be suspended for a period of two weeks from 15th July 2009 and fined £50. The remainder of the Lye Town A team members are to be suspended for two weeks as from 15th July 2009. The Lye Town A team and players have the right of appeal in accordance with league rules. A copy of this ruling will be forwarded to W.C.B. The following list of recommendations was forwarded to the umpires for their comments:-Each game should be assessed on its merits. Wherever possible, two umpires should be attached to games of higher profile. Appropriate umpires should be given appropriate games using the talents we have available. The history of the clubs should be taken into consideration i.e. between clubs and between umpires and clubs. Nic Harvey, League Secretary, 10/07/09 PLEASE NOTE PLAYERS BANNED FROM THIS LEAGUE ARE AUTOMATICALLY BANNED FROM ALL CRICKET NATION WIDE. Minutes of the League General Meeting held on 9th June 2009 Present: Alveley, Areley Kings, Arley, Bayton, Brintons, Cleobury, Cookley, DGSA, Enville, Gas, George Hotel, Hartlebury, Lye, Lye Town, Moat Farm, OTS/Fire, Quatt, Sportsman, Stagborough, Stone, Stourport, Waterfront, W. Hagley, Wollescote, Wolverley Social, Howard Burley, Keith Amer, Tony Wrench. Apologies: Dave Stubley, Nic Harvey. Teams not present: Pedmore, Spennells, Waterfront, Wollescote. Financial Report: Full report held over until the treasurer (D. Stubley) is present. Teams still owing fees for this year are Enville, Sportsman and Wollescote. Sportsman claim they already paid in cash. Mid Year Report: All news items are now posted promptly on the web site (www.wildencricket.com) and the chairman emphasised the importance that teams regularly review the site. Items relevant to individual teams or groups of teams are sent via email so each team must have a current email address. Very little is sent by post now. All umpire appointments and contact details can be accessed from the web site and attempts are made to keep it up to date, though late changes are inevitable. DGSA have changed their home ground to Wilden. Wollescote B have dropped out of the league leading to more byes in Division B and a re-jigging of the draw for the Junior Cup. Unfortunately this led to a problem for Lye CC who hadn’t realised they were due to play Cookley B. The chairman emphasised the importance of reading emails and attending general meetings. Cookley B went through to the next round. Bayton have moved to the chainwire ground. Some division C fixtures have been altered to accommodate the change. Also, fixtures for 15th July (Div C) were incorrectly printed in the handbook. Please see website for correction. All Div C teams please take note. West Hagley B have been granted an extra week to play their Invitation Cup 1st round match against Pedmore. They are all students and have exams. Entries were sought for both 10x10 (Wed.) and 20x20 (Sun.) competitions, to be played in August. See below for entered teams. The 20x20 rules will be as posted in the May minutes with the addition of a rain rule: min of 8 overs a side to constitute a game. Scorers to keep a note of scores at the end of each over. Winners will be decided on countback at the end of the last completed over. Wickets are not taken into account. If scores are level it is a tie. Matches will commence at 2.30 pm and there will be no teas. Teams still considering entering must notify the committee by the end of June. New scorecards have been printed for the 10x10 competition and were distributed to interested teams. Rain rule will be the same as for the 20x20 cup with 5 overs required to constitute a game. Keith Amer was introduced as the new umpire’s representative on the committee. Howard Burley moves to Welfare Officer. Umpires have been asking for £11.50 each on Wed. for those who travel more than 7 miles. This constitutes £9.00 each plus £5.00 for travel, split between the two and represents an increase from £11.00 each as per handbook. Teams are requested to comply and the committee will clarify the position with the umpires association. Tony reports that results cards are not being filled in correctly and produced a long list of errors with nearly every team guilty of some errors. Please ensure the cards are fully filled out. Some teams are already facing fines for none return of cards and not telephoning results. Tony is happy to accept texted results. Please remember to return cards from cup finals as well. Winning team to take responsibility. Next general meeting is September 8th. Please remember to submit your averages. A form will be placed on the website which you can download and fill in. Proposed rule changes from teams: Sunday league to have no matches scheduled on Bank holiday weekends. Wednesday leagues need to be revised to even them up and avoid byes. Point from the floor: The Sunday cup fixtures, semi finals, have potential clashes of grounds; Tony to address. Teams entered for 10x10 cup: Alveley, Areley Kings, Arley, Brintons, Cookley, Gas, George Hotel, Hartlebury, Lye, OTS/Fire, Spennells, Sportsman, Stagborough, Stone, Stourport, W. Hagley B. Teams entered for the 20x20 cup: Cleobury, DGSA, George Hotel, Hartlebury, Lye Town, Stourport MINUTES - May MeetingAPOLOGIES: JULIAN AND TONY PRESENT MARK, HOWARD, DAVE and NIC FINANCE: CURRENT
ACCOUNT £2295 WITH £600 HONORARIUM OUTSTANDING DEPOSIT ACCOUNT £1822 The season is running smoothly with the exception of Tuesday cup problems. The committee recommends the following action:- first round cup matches to be played on a Wednesday, to start later in the season with the league designating the grounds in order to avoid problems. The league is now affiliated to the Midland Club Conference and committee members have been made members of WVCC for insurance purpose, Honorarium have been paid to umpire Kelly and Bullers for Umpire Appointment duties 10 ten: the list of teams for this year’s competition to be recorded and compiled at the June meeting. There will be a maximum of 16 teams, four round robin leagues of four. Leagues one and two will be compiled from the highest eight teams entering, and leagues three and four from the remainder. Final ground are being sought. Rules are as per last year. The winner of both finals will receive a trophy. 20 twenty will be played on Sundays in August 2nd, 9th, 16, and 23rd(final). 8 teams will contest the trophy split into two round robin leagues of four. League winners will contest the final. RULES: bowlers will be limited to four overs ( designated wicketkeepers may not bowl). Front foot no ball shall be penalised with a one run penalty followed by a free hit with the fielders in their positions for the original ball. The shall be a 20 metre “circle” marked which shall be occupied by 6 fielders(including the wicketkeeper) plus the bowler for the first ten overs. This will be relaxed to just 4 fielders (including the wkeeper) plus the bowler for remaider. A winning team shall receive 4 points. Tied results and abandoned matches shall be awarded two points each. Walkover wins 4 points. There are no bonus points. If teams are equal at the top of the league, the most runs scored in the three games shall determine the winner. West Hagley B team are involved in university examinations and have been given permission to forfeit their matches between 02/06 and 16/06. Sorry but it is too complex to rearrange these fixtures. The Invitation Cup match on 16/06 must be played within 7 days of the original date. Howard is now the Welfare officer and will be attending the necessary course in the autumn. He is currently compiling the required data. A successor, umpire rep, will be made in the near future. BWP is currently available at £60 on Wednesdays. Hartlebury have expressed concern relating to so many consecutive home fixtures. This comes about by other leagues having peculiar fixture patterns which affect some of our teams. Apologies have been received from Nic and Dave re June meeting. Minutes of April 2009 Meeting PRESENT: MARK, TONY, HOWARD, JULIAN, NIC APOLOGIES: DAVE (ill) The treasurer had posted handbooks to Wollescote, Alveley,Enville and Sportsman with those teams bearing the costs. (Alveley have since been in touch). A silver trophy was donated by Ernie Pyke engraved "The Sir Sydney Lea Cup". This to be used for the summer 20/20 competitions to be held 2, 9, 16 and 23rd August. Rules for the competition to be agreed at the MAY meeting. The secretary to issue a letter of thanks. 10/10 COMPETITION : the level of interest to be assessed at the May meeting together with the draw and format. HOWARD BURLEY was confirmed as the LEAGUE'S WELFARE OFFICER. To avoid a conflict of interest HB will relinquish his role as umpires' rep. He will raise the issue of a replacement at the next umpires' meeting. WEBSITE: It was agreed that data should be restricted to names, contact numbers and e-mail addresses. George Hotel still to provide an e-mail address!!! The website has been re-registered. Martin, our excellent current web master, has agreed to complete what he has started, new home page, etc., then hand over to others to continue the day to day updates. A news page will be introduced to inform of relevant information with the issue date. VOTE OF THANKS: Tony received a vote of thanks for all his behind scene efforts to deal with a team dropping out and unavailable venues. All has been dealt with and notified and posted on the website. UMPIRE APPOINTMENTS: were viewed and noted by the committee. INSURANCE: The committee is to secure public liability cover of £10 million. HB and DS to investigate. BAYTON: has notified all parties re ground change. LYE V WOLLESCOTE: venue has been sorted with the league accepting the need to meet charges over and above normal acceptable rate s. MINUTES will appear on the league's website. SECOND TROPHY: A second trophy is to be sought for the 10/10 competition. NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY 12TH MAY agenda to include: finance, insurance, website,10/10 format, umpires' rep, teams for 10/10 and 20/20, new trophy, games so far, aob. End of meeting. |