| 2010 AGM & Presentation
Night. The 2010 AGM &
Presentation Night was held on Thursday, 3rd June 2010, at Byker Union Club.
Present
:- East End Liberal Club, Leeholme SC, Britannia Hotel, Byker PTE,
Washington CC, The Bene, Saltwell SC, St Teresas, East End Nomads, Byker Key
Club, The Wolsy, Blaydon RFC, Gateshead Old Boys, Morpeth Harriers, East End
Wanderers
Apologies :- Old
Shildon SC, Coundon CC
The
Chairman asked if everyone had read the minutes from last years AGM, and if
so, were there any matters arising. There being none,
the acceptance of the
minutes were proposed by Whitley Bay and seconded by East End Nomads and
carried unanimously.
Secretary’s Report
The
Secretary began by saying that the season had been very enjoyable and
relatively smoothly run both on the quiz front and in administration. There
had been two League games not played, one in October when Byker PTE couldn’t
get a team out due to holidays to play at Leeholme and one due to the May 6th
election when three members of Philadelphia CC were on election duty so
couldn’t turn a team out against Saltwell. The Secretary then thanked the
Question Compilers for their work during the year without which there
wouldn’t be a League. He pai special tribute to Geoff Coxon and the St
Teresas team for compiling the Premier League quizzes, not only for their
content but also their presentation which was excellent. He also mentioned
Dave Lowther who compiled all fourteen Division B quizzes this season, an
excellent effort.
The
Secretary then commented on the excellent turnout from teams for Finals
Night which had been the highlight of the season. He again thanked the
compilers, Barry Wilkinson and John Doyle and Chris Bell from the Woking
Quiz League who compiled the KO Cup again. Finally the Secretary thanked the
Committee for their work during the year and especially the Chairman for his
continued enthusiasm and Dave Westerby and Paul Davison for their work on
the website. He said it was amazing to logon to the website on Friday
morning and find the previous nights scores already there.
Chairman’s
Remarks.
The
Chairman endorsed all the Secretary’s comments about the competitiveness of
the League, though he did state that the League winners had won rather
easily, and added his thanks to the question Compilers. He went on to say
how delighted he had been with Finals Night and the turnout of teams and
ruefully added that he wished the same turnout had been prevalent for the
AGM. He thanked the Woking Quiz League for setting the KO Cup quiz and
expressed his delight that a C League team, Coundon CC, had won the event.
He thanked the Committee for their work and told the meeting that they were
busy examining the League Rules with a view to bringing them up to date, a
couple of which would be discussed later in the meeting. He finally reminded
all teams that a raffle would take place after the buffet and that a picture
quiz had been compiled for after the Presentation so asked all teams to stay
behind to compete.
Treasurer’s Report
The
Treasurer asked if everyone had seen the Baslance Sheet and if so were there
any questions. Dave Morrison commented on the small amount of interest being
paid on the account and asked if this had been looked at to change to an
account with a better rate. The Treasurer explained that he has always kept
the account with his local branch and as he knows the staff it makes it
easier to get money out at short notice. It was also felt that it probably
wasn’t worth the effort to change the account for what would probably be a
few more pence of interest. There being no more questions on the Balance
Sheet it was unanimously accepted by the floor.
Web
Masters Report
Paul
Davison said he had a few problems this season sending newsletters out with
the questions as the numbers of quizzes in quick succession made this
awkward. He had therefore been giving the newsletters to question masters
via E-Mail and asking them to take them along to the quiz. He asked if this
was ok and the general consensus was that it was. He thanked everyone for
getting results in promptly which enabled him to update the website with the
results and League Tables quickly however, he did ask that results were
reported accurately and not 50 odd 40 odd which wasn’t really any use. He
went on to say we are looking at potential adverts going on the website but
it would depend on the number of hits we have and he will monitor it.
Finally he asked if anyone had any ideas of content for the website we would
be happy to hear them and also that we now have a Facebook page.
Election
of Officials
All of the
current Officials had indicated that they were happy to carry on and there
being no applications to become an Official from the floor, the Officials
were re-elected unanimously.
Election
of Committee
All of the
current Committee had indicated that they were happy to carry on. We did
have one new volunteer who put himself forward to serve on the Committee,
Malcolm Hodgson from East End Wanderers. Malcolm was unanimously accepted
onto the Committee.
League
Structure
The only
proposal relating to the League Structure for 2010-11 was from the Committee
and it was a structure based on this years. There would again be three
Leagues with six teams in the Premier League and the C Division and seven in
the B League. The structure was proposed as :-
Premier
Division: East End Liberal Club, Leeholme SC, Byker PTE,
Britannia Hotel, Washington CC and Saltwell SC.
Division ‘B’: East End Nomads, Old Shildon WMC, Saltwell SC, St Teresas,
Byker Key Club, Philadelphia CC and Gateshead Old Boys,
Division ‘C’: Wolsington Hotel, Blaydon RFC, Morpeth Harriers,
Whitley Bay, Coundon CC and East End Wanderers.
The League
format was accepted unanimously. Byker PTE indicated that they would in
future be known as Byker and East End Wanderers indicated that they would in
future be known as Northern Rock.
Proposals
for Rule Changes/Amendments
Washington CC had proposed a change to
Rule B5. Their proposal was that it should read:-
"Round 4 shall be a written round.
Each correct answer
will score one point. The time duration of the question
shall be decided by the question setter."
After some discussion a vote was taken and
the proposal was lost on a 15-1 vote.
There were
also three new rules or changes to rules proposed by the Committee. These
were to clarify areas where there was either no current rule or the rules
were out of date and needed updating. The first change was:
Section B: 2
- add to the text:
"In certain
questions first names may be required and this shall be specified by the
question-setter. In matters of dispute Rule 10 shall apply".
This was in
response to various complaints that there was currently no rule to cover the
enforcement of First names being given. A discussion took place and it was
felt that generally the current system of leaving things up to the Question
Compiler and Question Master worked OK but it probably is time for an
official rule. Mike Sowerby asked how we would handle a situation where
someone had given a First name as an answer where no first name had been
asked for but that first name was wrong. Barry Howbridge and Barry Wilkinson
said in their opinion if no first name was requested then only the surname
should count, in other words, the incorrect first name could be ignored by
the Question Master. Nobody seemed to disagree and after more discussion
Barry Howbridge suggested a vote on the rule with the added paragraph that
if no Christian name was asked for by the Question Compiler any Christian
names given in the answer could be ignored and not taken into account. This
vote was carried 16-1
The next
change was :-
Section B: 11
–
"In the event
of a team not fulfilling a fixture an automatic two-point fine shall be
imposed, unless exceptional circumstances cause the Committee to decide
otherwise. The offending team's average score shall be determined by the
number of matches played including the fixture, while the non-offending
team's average shall be determined by the number of matches played not
including the fixture".
This again
was in response to complaints that there was no rule to cover non fulfilment
of fixtures. This was generally felt to be a good rule and clarified the
position for teams who did not turn up for a game. It rightly penalised that
team whilst not penalising the non offending team. It was passed by the
meeting.
The Final
proposed rule change was :-
Section C – 4
Handicap League.
"The Handicap
League is a handicap competition based upon league fixtures. Teams carry
forward their handicap at the beginning of each season. A win in a handicap
match decreases the team's handicap by two, whilst a defeat increases it by
two. League placing is decided by average scores. In the case of
promoted/relegated teams, a handicapper appointed by the Committee shall set
the handicap at the beginning of the season".
This was in
response to complaints that there was currently no rule to cover the
Handicap Leagues. Barry Howbridge asked if the decrease and increase in
handicaps after a match would still occur if the game didn’t take place.
Paul Davison advised that this wouldn’t happen and that in such a case both
teams handicap remain the same as it was before the game. Again everyone
seemed happy to adopt this rule and it was passed unanimously.
Any Other
Business
Dave Lowther
raised the question of payment for Question Compliers. He said that in the
past the Committee had left it up to individuals to claim what they thought
was right and although he had never been refused payment, some other people
weren’t comfortable with asking for money. He was advised by the Chairman
and Treasurer that this had been discussed at a recent meeting and the sum
of £5 per quiz had been agreed for all Question Compilers. There being no
further business, the meeting closed and the presentation of trophies
commenced.
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