Buckinghamshire Short Mat Bowling Association
Buckinghamshire Short Mat Bowling Association
Minutes of the Committee Meeting
Held on Monday 23rd October 2023
Attendance
Chairman-
Secretary/Treasurer – Peter Coker
Competitions Secretary – Bob Hine
Members – Chris Millard, Clive Cook, Terry Wagstaff, Alan Egleton
1) Apologies for Absence
None
2) Approval of minutes of the meeting held on 21st August
The minutes were approved and signed by the Chairman
3) Matters Arising
There were no matters arising
4) Communication to Club Membership
Bob reported that Chinnor had some response from the club monthly report in the parish magazine. Terry reported no response from his local area with this method and Alan had no response from an open day.
5) Developing Membership and Player Participation
No action
6) Club Insurance
Bob will be reviewing in the next two months.
7) General Competitions
Bob reported that the long v short mat competition had been cancelled due to the poor response and would be reviewed in March.
The singles competition in September was well supported although Hertfordshire may not be represented in the coming months as they enter ESMBA competitions. They also said they had been ‘got at’ (unspecified how) by the ESMBA for playing against none registered players.
The next competition will at Handy Cross on 19th November.
8) Bucks Open Competitions
Bob would be looking at an open singles competition next summer following the success of the competition in September but may be limited by only having eight mats.
9) Bucks AGM
No action.
10) ESMBA
Malcolm sent our reply to the ESMBA but had not received a reply to the questions raised which, it was felt, showed a lack of respect.
11) Any Other Business
It was agreed Malcolm would continue to purchase chalk (white) for resale at cost to clubs.
12) Date of next meeting
Monday 18th December at 14.30 by Zoom.
The meeting closed at 15.00