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14/12/2011 - Meeting of the Malaga Provincial Committee - Santa Maria Bowls Club |
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FAB MEETING 14TH DECEMBER 2011 11am @ SANTA MARIA BC
Present:- John Carr (JC) Provincial Delegate Jackie Wright (JW) Treasurer & representative for Los Amigos Diane Chambers (DC) Secretary Murray Johns (MJ) Competition Coordinator Malaga Cup and Xmas Hamper Terry Morgan (TM) Lauro Bowls Barry Pemberton (BP) Benavista Mike Stapleton (MS) Benalmadena Brian Judge (BJ) Superbowl Arthur Lees (AL) Santa Maria Dorothy Pilmore (DP) Miraflores Pam Coles (PC) Mijas Derek Hilton (DJH) Retired Provincial Delegate There was no representation from La Posada or Belplaya bowls clubs
Before the meeting opened, DJH informed the reps of the sad news that former Santa Maria member, Freda Parker had passed away and he introduced Arthur Lees as the new Federation representative for Santa Maria. JC opened the meeting at 11.05am and welcomed the representatives. He asked for proposers and seconders for the minutes of the meeting of 16th September 2011 which had been distributed. PC proposed and JW seconded the minutes as a true copy of the meeting. JC thanked JW for her help in organising the prizes for the Federated Xmas Hamper and Malaga Cup Competitions.
1) TREASURER’S REPORT JW told the meeting that she had received 750€ funding and had been informed that another 900€ was forthcoming and would be paid into the Federation account by 28th December. She had issued the outstanding cheque to Superbowl but it had not been cashed. BJ replied that it had been banked and they were awaiting clearance. JW stated that fees were coming in from members for 2012 and she pressed the representatives on the committee to send them to her by 31st December. MJ queried whether there were sufficient funds for 2012 and JW said that these had been promised and JC added that he had presented a budget for 2012 but added that the calendar is determined by the Owner’s Committee and that the Federation is classed as a single club and accordingly allocated one major tournament per season. JC pointed out that this situation severely limits the sponsorship funds available from the Federation. JC asked BJ on Superbowl’s feelings towards the Federation and BJ responded that the club was not happy about the moving of the rinks competition to Santa Maria and that the outstanding debt had been a secondary consideration. They were also not happy about the owner’s committee’s discrimination against them if they held Federation tournaments. As a corporate club it cost approximately 700€ to Federate and they were losing out in rotation of events within the Owner’s calendar which cost the club nothing. JC thanked him for his input.
2) OVER 50’S SHOW JC informed the meeting that this successful event had been born from an idea put to him by Sheila Graveling. The Federation had not provided a ‘normal’ stand as did the other participants but a short mat had been supplied by Greengauge who had not issued a bill and the organiser of the show had initially charged a lower fee than first stated and then agreed to wave the fee. The clubs’ contributions had covered most of the other expenses. Most of the clubs in Malaga Province had provided helpers who came in bowling ‘whites’ over the two days therefore standing out from other commerce. It was by far the most successful stand with queues forming to participate in trying out the sport on the short mat. There were prizes for the best bowlers and refreshments provided from a case of wine donated by the owner of Bena Vista B.C. Vouchers for a free lesson and a complimentary drink, with a list of all bowls clubs where it could be redeemed were given to all who came to the stall. The Federation did not promote any particular club as their aim was to support the sport, the choice would be made by the individual who could pick their local club from the list provided on the rear of the voucher and each club had provided A5 flyers advertising their facilities, which were displayed on a table for the public to collect. JC stated that he was going to suggest to the organiser of the show the idea of having another further down the coast and several locations were proposed by members of the Committee from La Cala to Torremolinos. The Committee also positively discussed the idea of taking a short mat to schools in the near future to promote the sport to Spanish youngsters.
3) MALAGA CUP MJ informed the Committee that although entries had been down slightly due to lack of support from Superbowl, the standard of bowling had been very high and the competition tough. The weather had been excellent but he was disappointed in the support from Santa Maria members in providing markers. AL replied that members resented the green from being taken over as they were unable to bowl on their club days but Santa Maria B.C. had been discussing an ‘arrangement’ with Mijas B.C.to alleviate this in future games. JC asked PC why there had been no support from Mijas in the Malaga Cup and Xmas Hamper and was informed that there were no Federated members at Mijas. JC thanked MJ for his hard work and the successful organisation of the competition.
4) DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO NEW ELEGIBILITY AMENDMENT ALLOWING MIXED CLUB PARTICIPATION JC had thought it a good idea with the stipulated conditions to give Federated members who were in a minority in some clubs the opportunity to play in more Federated events, however a complaint had been made after an open contravention of the rule governing the approval of the club committee. After a long discussion, several proposals were made to improve this new amendment. Finally, the majority agreed to adopt the original amendment without change. JC suggested that the clubs clarify the purpose of the amendment to their members and try to avoid any abuses in future. DJH informed the committee that a mixed club participation proposal had been approved at National level and led the way to sending Provincial teams representing Malaga to the National Championships. JC requested that DJH send him copies of the proposal and any supporting minutes.
5) XMAS HAMPER MJ stated that 14 teams had taken part in the tried and trusted format of the past five years and the weather again had been excellent.JC again thanked MJ for running a successful tournament.
6) DRESS CODE AT FEDERATED EVENTS MJ informed that it was clearly printed on the posters that club colours or whites were to be worn and it was up to the team to decide but they all had to wear the same and this included the ladies choice of shorts, skirts or trousers, all had to wear the same. In the case of the new amendment when a member of one club played under the banner of the new club, then they wore the new club colours or white but all the team had to wear the same. JC spoke on the issue of Malaga Squad shirts and said he wanted to make it clear that these could ONLY be worn when representing the Malaga Squad. . 7) FUTURE SYSTEM FOR VENUE SELECTION FOR FEDERATED EVENTS JC showed a list of criteria to the committee and asked which they thought the most important issues. He listened to the comments of the representatives and agreed to take them on board when choosing next year’s venues. MJ stated that he had been told that Mijas and Bena Vista did not want Federated events as they lost revenue and JC said he would check whether this still applied before making future decisions.
8) MALAGA SQUAD The next match against the Spanish team would be held 19th/20th February 2012. JC apologised for not dealing with this issue before due to his workload. He had, as the new delegate trying to build bridges, upset both Santa Maria and Benalmadena Bowls clubs in his primary choice of Miraflores as the venue and he apologised as he had thought he was mending past upsets. He had informed Miraflores that he had changed his decision but had not yet decided on the final venue. Therefore the issue of accommodation and first venue dates could not be decided at this meeting. He had requested for the player/support lists to be brought to the meeting but asked the representatives to hold on to them so that more names could be added. He also informed the committee that bowlers who were not Federated could enter their names but, if selected, they would have to Federate to play. DC asked who would be selecting the players and would there be a selection committee? JC replied that there would be a selection committee. He also stated that he would like JW and DC to participate in the administration of the squad. The criteria for selection would take into consideration position in the ranking system, results from training sessions and team cohesion personality; this met the Committee’s approval.
9) FAB AGM JC stated that this was long overdue and suggested January 2012 and asked for suggestions and ideas and also a suitable venue. Because this meeting was over-running he asked members to email suggestions to him for consideration. 10) AOB BP asked how the 25€ paid to the Federation was used and JC replied that part went to the government and part to the Junta. JC stated that in no way did the membership fees cover all the grants received from the Federation.
JC added that if approved, the budget would include funds for Umpiring and coaching. DP told the Committee that she always told non federated members that the cost of the membership was less than 50c per week or one good night out with a meal and a bottle of wine.
At this point BJ made his apologies and left the meeting for a prior engagement. MJ asked JC to clarify the criteria needed in playing for Spain, NIE and residencia as they had stricter residency rules than other countries. He also asked whether the Federation could intervene in the severe lifetime ban imposed on John Sullivan, and the charges for coaching and umpiring courses to Federation members. TM stated that the last course he attended charged 30€ to federated members and 40€ to non members and MJ thought that this was unfair and that federated members should not be charged as they had already paid their Federation fees.. ’ JC asked MJ to email the requests to him so he could study them in more detail. MS asked when the dates for the Nationals would be known. DC said they were usually in the Costa del Sol handbook but MJ stated that sometimes they were entered incorrectly but he would obtain clarification from Alicante.
The next meeting was
set provisionally for Thursday 26th January
2012, 10.30am at Mijas Bowls Club, subject to confirmation from PC
and JC closed the meeting at 2pm, thanking everybody for coming. |
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