Caldicot & District Pool League

Caldicot & District Pool League (AGM)

Minutes of meeting held at Severn View Club, Caldicot

On Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 8.15pm

 

1.     Committee Members

The meeting were informed that Alun Fuller had stood down as Secretary to the league.

 

Jamie McClean was re-elected as Chairman and Knockout Secretary, and Mark Arthur as Treasurer.

 

Nick Almark and Mark Russell remain as committee members.

 

Mark Arthur was voted in as Secretary, and Tom Annetts, Tracey Arthur, Jamie Davies, Scott Bellingham and Craig Park join the committee.

 

2.     Rule clarification for Lagging

The rule for lagging was clarified. 

·      Players must both lag at the same time

·      The ball must hit the top cushion

·      The ball can’t hit the side cushion or jaws of any pocket

 

Action: Rules to be updated and circulated to teams, updated on the website (Tracey Arthur)

 

3.     Nomination after the break (Change of rule)

The following change was put forward: If a player pots a ball off the break, it remains open table until the next ball is potted.

 

A vote will be taken at the Summer Registration, if voted in the rule will be affected in the Summer 2019 season.

 

Action: Item to be added to the agenda for the Summer Registration meeting (Tracey Arthur)

 

4.     Nomination of pocket for Black Ball

It has been noted that on several occasions, that players have not been asked / or nominated a pocket for the black ball.

 

It was agreed that the referee will ask the player which pocket they are nominating for the black on every shot. 

 

If the referee does not ask, the player does not nominate a pocket, and the black is potted, the game is void, meaning no points are awarded for the game.

 

5.     Points

A suggestion had been put forward for the points system to be changed to 3 points for a win and 1 point for a loss.  The attendees of the meeting were not in favour, the points system will remain as is.

 

6.     Promotion / Relegation

The top 2 teams from the B League will be automatically promoted to the A League, with the bottom 2 teams from the A League being relegated.

 

Teams will not be able to change venues to avoid promotion.  A new team is only formed if it has less than 50% of the same players in the new team, otherwise it will be regarded as a change of venue.

 

7.     Point deductions for postponed games

It was agreed for the Winter 2018-19 season, that no points would be deducted (fines will continue), for postponing a game.  This will be re-assessed at the Summer 2019 Registration.  If a game is to be postponed the Secretary and opposing team needs to be informed by the Friday before the match, otherwise the match will be deemed a no-show and average points will be awarded to the opposing team.

 

Action: Item to be added to agenda for Summer 2019 Registration (Tracey Arthur)

 

8.     Number of players required

It was agreed that the number of players required for a match would be reduced to 6, with 6 players being able to play twice (1 single and 1 double match only).  If you play with 5 players the final two frames will be forfeited.