Minutes of Kent Bar Billiards Association

Held at the Towns Club Sittingbourne, on Thursday 4^th July 2002.

Those present; Garry Speller (Vice Chairman), Peter Mercer (Treasurer), Chris Saville (Secretary),  Janie Macoy (TW), Di Welburn (My) & Ann Keen (D&D). Jackie Pecham (My), Jerry Peckham (My) & Tony Earl (My) joined at 2030hrs.

The Vice Chairman opened the meeting at 20:15hrs.

Apologies; Steve Kendall (Md), Dave Howarth (D&D) & Gill Saville (D&D).

Minutes of Previous Meeting; The Secretary apologised for not circulating the minutes of the January meeting. The Secretary read the minutes of the meeting held at the Towns Club on January 17^th 2002. The secretary informed the meeting that the 28^th March meeting had been cancelled and dispensations for the ‘B’ interleague agreed by email.

Matters Arising; Janie Macoy complained that she had not known about entries for the KBBA knock outs day. The Secretary said that both she, the TW Secretary and TW Assistant Secretary and the Maidstone Secretary had all received emails re the entries, so this was not a KBBA problem. Di Welburn asked whether anything had been done to organise a D&D verses Medway playoff for the ladies Interleague. Secretary replied that nothing had been done. It was agreed that both leagues would talk to their lady players with a view to organising an evening in September. The Secretary reported that the Certificates for KBBA representation had been presented. Janie Macoy said that she had not had hers, the Secretary said that he would look for it. A letter of thanks to go to Steve Purkiss for producing such excellent certificates.

Secretary’s Report;  The Secretary informed the meeting of the resignation of the Chairman, Steve Purkiss. Garry Speller asked if this had been accepted, the Secretary informed the meeting that the Chairman’s decision was irreversible. The rest of the Medway reps joined at this point. The Secretary had no other business that would not be covered in other parts of the agenda.

Treasurer’s Report; The Treasurer reported that there was £89.82 in the current account and £149.72 in the deposit account, cheques to the value of approx £250 had yet to be banked. The Treasurer reported that it was not worth keeping two separate accounts for the little interest involved. Tony Earl asked about an internet account, the treasurer replied that these were for personal use only. Jackie Peckham asked about the state of the accounts. Peter Mercer replied that he had not had time to finalise them, he had been too busy, but that now he had left work, he hoped to bring them up to date. Peter Mercer added that he would be resigning as he could not devote the time needed to the post. Much discussion followed on the need for an up to date handover. The Chairman asked Peter to get an accurate as possible up to date figure to hand over to the new Treasurer as soon as possible, definitely before the AGM.

KBBA Competitions; The Secretary said that he was obliged by the constitution to introduce the Inter Area 5 a side at this time of year. After discussion Jackie Peckham proposed and Di Welburn seconded that KBBA abandon it for this year, this was carried unanimously. The Secretary gave the ‘B’ interleague trophy to Medway and the labels and badges for the extra medals presented at the knockouts day to Medway players.

AEBBA Business;

• AEBBA Singles; Di Welburn reported Nigel Senior of Sussex had played Phil Hawkins of Berkshire in the final. The Secretary reported that Nigel Senior had won. Di Welburn had not qualified from her group, but had won two of her four matches.
• KBBA Open representative selection; The Secretary reported that he had received positive replies from himself, Garry Speller, John Fullager and Ian Wright. Negative replies had been received from Paul Sainsbury, Les Green and Mick Nichol. The Secretary had only just got the requested contact numbers for Tunbridge Wells and so had not been able to contact all the TW players. Terry Heasman was eligible to fill the 5^th automatic slot. Mike Callanan (10^th in rankings) was prepared to act as reserve for the side. Medway put forward Kevin Clark, Kirk Driver and Mark Brewster for consideration. Tunbridge Wells submitted Doug Phillips and Peter Sainsbury, Mick Heasman was high in the rankings, but not currently playing. Dover and Deal put forward Tim Hayes. Medway asked about Mark Brewster and problems at the England match. The Secretary reported that he had been approached by the AEBBA Chairman, Team Captain and President regarding Mark being intoxicated when playing the last vital leg. He, the KBBA Secretary, (the KBBA rep on the AEBBA selection panel) reported that he had informed the panel at the selection meeting that, as it was a straight choice between Mark and Kevin Clark for the last place in the team, that Kevin should definitely be picked. The selection panel had gone against his advice and thus only had themselves to blame. The AEBBA Chairman had proposed to write a letter of complaint to KBBA but in the light of the KBBA sec’s reply, there was no point. Medway decided to withdraw Mark Brewster in light of this. Medway asked why they had not been informed officially of this, The Secretary replied that no official complaint had been written so he had not taken it further. He believed that the situation was that Mark would never be picked for the national side again and would make inquiries of the AEBBA Secretary. The wild card places were then discussed and the following ranking agreed, Kevin Clarke (for his AEBBA performances and National Pairs title), Tim Hayes (for his inter county record last year), Peter Sainsbury (for his league record and enthusiasm for open competitions), Kirk Driver and Doug Phillips.
• KBBA Ladies Representation; The Secretary report that, despite several attempts, he had received no reply from Jan Taylor. Jill O’Brien had declined. Positive replies had been received from Di Welburn and Jackie Peckham. It was agreed at this point that the KBBA Ladies rankings were still the best guide despite there not being a ladies Interleague this year. For the wild card places D&D submitted Ann Keen, Medway submitted Jean Baker, TW submitted Janie Macoy. It was agreed that Lin Harcourt and Marina Morrison of Maidstone should be considered. The ranking agreed was Ann Keen, Janie Macoy, Marina Morrison, Jean Baker and Lin Harcourt. Medway would be contacted if further players were needed. Di Welburn would look at the possibility of a second team as soon as the forest team was finalised.
• Captaincy; Chris Saville agreed to continue as Open captain. Di Welburn did not wish to continue as Ladies captain, Ann Keen was appointed in her place.
• National Pub Team Competition; There being only one entry, The Alma, they would represent Kent at the Pub Team finals.

SCBBA; The association appears to be defunct. Janie Macoy informed the meeting of the current SCBBA officers. It was agreed that the Secretary should write to the Chairman, with copies to the other County Secetaries, requesting that the association be wound up and the assets divided.

Kent Bar Billiards AGM:

• Date & Venue; Thursday September 19^th at the Towns club, Sittingbourne, commencing 20:00hrs.
• Officers; Garry Speller volunteered to continue as Chair, Di Welburn volunteered to be Treasurer, Chris Saville said that he had no wish to continue as secretary after the AGM, but there was no obvious replacement. The running of the association was discussed for ways to simplify the Secretary’s task, though Chris said that, in fairness, there was not that much to do nowadays, but he was involved in running too many assocoations. It was agreed that the following basic format be adopted;

v     Interleagues,  the Secretary would request tenders for holding these to be submitted for the AGM. ‘A’ and Ladies (hopefully) to be played in February and the ‘B’ and knockouts day in April. The Secretary to ascertain suitable weekends for tables from Bar Billiards Ltd. The Interleagues will be allocated at the AGM.

v     Meetings, A draw meeting would be held in January and all competitions fully drawn and allocated at that meeting. If players failed to complete rounds by the specified dates then the rules cater for them to be disqualified.

v     An admin meeting to be held  June/July to review the year and make recommendations for the AGM.

v     All relevant information would be placed on the KBBA Yahoo site and the nominated email contacts notified. (Extra contact needed from Maidstone).

v     The Secretary would update the leagues at regular intervals via email, regarding day to day business.

v     Extra meetings would be held if necessary, either at the Towns Club or via the KBBA chat room.

·        Voting;  It was agreed that the voting remain as present at 3 per league for meetings and 5 per league at the AGM.

·        Proposals; There were no proposals to be submitted by the committee to the AGM. Though it was felt that the AGM should consider writing to AEBBA regarding their decision not to supply runners up trophies at AEBBA competitions for economic reasons.

·        Any Other Business;

v     Di Welburn said that the KBBA ladies Singles Final needed to be allocated. The Chantry, (Canterbury) and the Bell (TW) were considered. The Chantry won the ballot. The match is to be played on or before 12^th September. The Secretary said that he would attend and officiate.

v     Di Welburn announced that there would be a Ladies Pairs at Redhill on July 21^st. The Secretary was not aware of this and would try and get info.

v     Di Welburn informed the meeting that Jerry Peckham would assume the vacant Medway rep position.

·        Date And Venue of The Next Meeting; The AGM would be the next meeting, Meeting was closed by the Chairman at 2204hrs.