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28/01/2010 - Meeting of the Malaga Provincial Committee - Santa Maria Bowls Club |
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Tony Winterton, Chairman, (TW) Derek Hilton; Benalmadena (DJH) New Chairman Ken Talbot; Lauro (KT) Clive Thomas; Mijas (CT) Geoff Wright, Los Amigos (GW) Ken McBride, Benavista (KM) Tony Farmer, Benavista (TF) Murray Johns, Superbowl (MJ) Clive Montaut, Benalmadena, (CM) Derek Shemmings, Miraflores, (DS) Charles Ottaway, Belplaya, (CO) Jackie Wright, Treasurer, (JW) Diane Chambers, Secretary, (DC) TW opened the meeting at 10.05am and handed members copies of the Federation magazine and the accounts to Dec 31st 2009. 1) Minutes of the meeting 20th November 09 and matters arising As there were no matters arising the minutes were approved
a) Kings Cup
b) Malaga Cup c) Xmas Hamper Both of these tournaments had been successful.
3) Consider and approve Delegation’s Receipts and Payments for 2009 TW explained the figures and answered questions from the Committee. He confirmed that funds from the old account would now be transferred to the new account in the Treasurer’s and Secretary’s names at Solbank, Miramar, Fuengirola. He also stated that the accounts had not been audited and asked for a volunteer.
4) Annual Return to World Bowls
5) & 6) Establishment and Remit of LAWN BOWLS SPAIN and further development of Federation TW stated that the present setup ie. Federation was National level and covered several disciplines, but also provided our funding. However the new proposal of Lawn Bowls Spain would cover only our sport with a small proposed affiliation fee of perhaps 1€ per member of which 40c would still have to be paid to World Bowls and the remainder to cover administration costs. If this was acceptable, in six months, elections could be held to elect Officers/Committees at both Regional and National levels, although the Federation would still be used for funding. This would bring all bowling clubs under one umbrella TW pointed out that, in the prestigious National Federation magazine that was distributed around the table; Lawn Bowls was the second most popular sport in Spain which showed the scope of the FEB and FAB and there had been a Gala dinner in Madrid to honour National Champions of all Bowling sports and several flat green bowlers were amongst the guests. He also clarified the misconception of funding of the National Spanish team by the Federation, members of the squad paid their own expenses and the Federation paid the green fees to the owners of the clubs involved and player’s lunches and water at the matches. There followed a lengthy discussion by the Committee on this new proposal and CM asked for a detailed report on the concept, which TW agreed to furnish. TF questioned the fact that Torrevieja was being chosen too often to hold matches and felt that Malaga should have a fair crack of the whip. TW replied that Torrevieja had more federated members than Malaga as some of the clubs had abolished the corporate fee. CM stated that he felt that the Federation did not give enough back to which TW replied that the Federation dealt with Government Departments and negotiations could be extremely slow, but there was nothing he could do about this as they were always one year in arrears. 6) Appointment of Mr. D.J. Hilton as FAB Provincial Delegate DJH accepted the post and stated that although he had not the knowledge of TW he hoped that with the support of the Committee during the coming months the Federation would move forward. TW assured him that he would help him through the first year at all the meetings both National and Provincial. 8) Programme 2010 a) 19/22nd March Malaga v National Squad @ Almeria Arrangements for this were in progress and invitations to bowlers had been sent out. TF stated that it conflicted with dates in the bowling calendar and MJ replied that, although it was inconvenient, bowlers were prepared to travel after they had completed their commitments in Malaga. DC explained that Malaga had only been given two sets of dates, neither of which was ideal and DJH had endeavored to do the best he could with the resources. TF suggested changing the times and completing the League Cup Final on 18th March, in the morning, leaving the squad free to travel in the afternoon and this would take a great deal of pressure from the players. DJH and DC applauded TF’s offer and thanked him. TW confirmed that the Federation would pay all green fees and player’s lunches and water consumed during the games at the Mojacar venue, Indalo BC. b) Spanish Nationals- qualifying club Championships 20th Jan-11th Feb to be completed by 31st July All players had to be federated and the method of finding each club’s champions was discussed in length by the Committee, but as each club’s Federated membership differed it was left to the individual club to decide its Champions in each discipline. MJ asked for clarification at the next National Executive Meeting on 15th February whether last year’s winners could defend their title(s). c) Andalucian Championships 8/22nd May 2010 TW proposed to bring the dates forward and confirmed that Huelva (Portugal) and Almeria would attend. The Committee agreed and decided on 1st/ 10th May after the Winter Championships although MJ stated that he would like to see it revert back to its original slot in February. Interest was expressed by Benavista, Superbowl and Mijas and, after a discussion by the Committee it was agreed to award this event to Mijas. CO and CT would research hotel accommodation and relay the information to DC who would contact both Huelva and Almeria. d) Kings Cup This was part of the Summer League, the winner going forward to the National Competition, the venue to be decided and Mijas, Benavista and Superbowl all expressed interest in holding this tournament. TF stated that Benavista might not be able to field a team in 2010 due to lack of Federated members. If this were the case, only Mijas and Superbowl would be competing and a Home and away fixture would be contested to identify Malaga’s representative in the 2010 National Final. Date and venue for this event would be determined by the NEC. e) Spanish Nationals 25th September to 9th October 2010 The venue- Torrevieja, Alicante. Format winners of club championships in Ladies and men’s singles, Open pairs, trips and fours ( all men, all ladies or mixed but all players had to be Federated) DC objected to the format and felt that mixed disciplines might have been fairer. f) Malaga Cup This was awarded to Superbowl, the dates to be agreed. 9) Proposals for Season 2010/11 a) Open 2 woods pairs tournament b) Open triples tournament Both to be funded by the Federation and Federated members would not be restricted to playing with members from their own club. TF thought the calendar too full to cope with more tournaments and CT agreed stating that Mijas had already lost one of its annual tournaments, due to oversubscription, that had run for eighteen years. The Committee discussed the issue at length and as time was getting short, DC proposed leaving any decisions until the next meeting of the Malaga Provincial Committee, after the February 14th meeting of the Lawn Bowls Directorate. 10) Fees for 2010 Corporate 21€ Individual 24€
11) Appointment of Representative to Lawn Bowls Directorate. (ex National Committee) DJH invited MJ to come on board with himself and TW but MJ reconfirmed his reasons for withdrawing from Office in 2009 and said that the problems that he and his wife had encountered which gave rise to his resignation were still present. In view of this, he was unlikely to take up a position on the NEC again, but he appreciated the offer of representing Malaga’s members once more. Post meeting note from DJH; he accepted MJ’s reasons for resigning and withdrew his request. 12 Coaching This had been very successful during last season and CO, one of the new instructors informed the Committee that John Carr was to co-ordinate coaching again. DJH suggested open coaching and instruction days at clubs within this scheme to promote flat green bowls and encourage and instruct new bowlers, using the press to give coverage and asked the Committee to bring suggestions and ideas to the next meeting to encourage people to take up the sport. 13) Umpires and Markers Association. CT asked about a marker’s course at Mijas and MJ confirmed that he and John Carr had conducted several successful Marker’s Workshops within Malaga Province and he would be prepared to assist any club wishing to run such a workshop. 14) Duties of Club Reps
a) Collect license fees b) Control entry sheets for competitions, collect entry fees and advise Competition Committee of entries before date, c) Check that entrants are federated. 15) AOB MJ asked TF from the Owner’s Committee what their intentions were for the Summer League this season. He replied that they had no intention of conflicting with the King’s Cup and the Thursday weekly slot but would once again run a triples League on Tuesdays, again not to interfere with the Federation’s Monday games. The teams were to be submitted at the next owner’s meeting and there could possibly be six teams. MJ suggested to the Committee to consider a League Competition where Federated members from the same or different clubs be allowed to make up teams of four or five players to compete against each other on Thursday mornings or evenings during the summer months as they would need few dates for the King’s Cup knockout. The committee expressed interest and MJ agreed to draft a proposal and pass it on to DJH in the next two weeks He also raised the subject of running on greens but DJH pointed out that this was up to the owners and was outside the jurisdiction of the Federation. DC stated that she felt a need for a Competition Committee/ Secretary with the introduction of new Competitions and the forthcoming Andalucian Championships as there were a lot of issues involved and pointed out that there had been three members of a Competition Committee and herself organizing the event two years ago. After a discussion by the Committee, DJH agreed to refer the appointment to the next meeting and CT agreed to let the Committee know after Mijas Committee meeting on 11th February, if there were any problems with the arrangements for the Andalucian Championships. 16) Date of next Meeting Friday 5th March @ 10am at Mijas Bowls All matters concluded DH thanked members for attending and closed the meeting at 1,30pm.
Post meeting email from Superbowl received by DC, Federation Secretary @ 3.30pm 28.01.10
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