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THE EXETER SPORTS CLUBS DARTS LEAGUE  
Minutes of 2009-10 Annual General Meeting    
The annual general meeting of the Exeter Sports Clubs Darts League was held at Gladstones Club on Wednesday 29th July 2009 at 8 p.m.
  
1.   Apologies & Roll Call Roll Call: Rose Parkhouse (Secretary/Treasurer), Derek Jenkins (Registration Secretary), Jan Bridgeman (Vice Chair), Iain Sweeney (President).L. Parkhouse, Mickey Finn, George Sterry, Scott Foggin, Roger Yeats (Committee members). Apologies: T. Grabham (Chair), Jo Vanstone, and Phil Reed.                                                                                                                                            Team representatives present were: P.Godbeer, West A; T. Thorne, Jubilee; B. Sandford, South; M. Melton; H. Evans, Gladstones.
                                                                    
2.  Minutes of the last A.G.M. These were read and accepted. Proposed, I. Sweeny; seconded, P. Godbeer.

3. Matters arising from minutes.   None.

4. Presidents Address: First of all I would like to welcome you all here tonight. I don’t like blowing my own trumpet but I got the main two sponsors for our website for a two-year agreement, this will be the start of their second year. I would like to thank our Chairman, Tony Grabham, for keeping the website updated every week and his reports as web editor. Now to our secretary/treasurer, once again what a season she has had keeping Laurie on his toes getting the trophies, sorting out the programme with Cheryl and a very good job done. Also the running of the Secretary’s Cup in between. There is more work behind the scenes than players know. Derek kept regular updates on the website even if it didn’t get into the Express & Echo. Thanks to all the committee members for turning out at meetings over the year.

5. Chairman’s Address: Welcome everyone. Traditionally the Chairman’s address has been to thank everyone for their effort over the season and then sit down. I will continue that tradition… well nearly. I thank everyone who has contributed to the smooth running of the league, the committee meetings have all been very constructive and we’ve not been afraid to change a few things. (Charlie Knight for example). May I thank all who made the finals night such a great success – too many to thank individually. Just over a year ago I was tasked with setting up a web site and achieved the target with exeterdarts.co.uk which is now regularly visited by over 50 people a day, as we have around 200 players active in the league that’s not bad for the first year. Derek and I have tried to keep it up to date, we’ve had some cock-ups, but I guess they were only to be expected. The league has enjoyed a successful season, financially, it was organised well, we all had a say in how it was run and the level of darts was fantastic. Thanks to everyone for making that possible.

6. Registration Secretary’s Report. On the whole the season was yet again very successful, although there does appear to be an increase in the number of occasions where teams have had to play short but on only one occasion of a team not honouring the fixture. My thanks must go to all the team captains for their prompt return of result cards and their efforts in making all players names legible. The implementation of our website has been a great success and has enabled players to get a current view of all results and tables. I pass on my thanks to Willeys Club for hosting one of the most enjoyable Finals Nights we have had for a few years and congratulations to all players and teams who received trophies. As a foot note may I take this chance to thank Laurie and Rose for their ongoing help and support and Tony for his web editor proof readings. I look forward to next season and hope that the league will continue to prosper and move forward in any way which is good for you, the players.

7. Treasurer’s Report The treasurer’s report took the form of a balance sheet.

8. Secretary’s Report: Thanks to all the committee members for selling football cards at competitions, this is very important to keep the funds going. All registration forms to be back to me on or before the deadline or teams will be omitted from the league. There were a few glitches last season but on the whole I thought the league and competitions ran smoothly. Thanks to Jo for the rolling draw and selling draw tickets on Finals Night. Thanks to Laurie, as usual, for all his hard work in keeping the league running and to all advertisers for the website and programme, hope to keep this going for next season.

9. Honorariums Registration Secretary, £250.00; Secretary/Treasurer, £400.00. Proposed M. Finn, seconded, S. Foggin.

10. Election of Officers & Committee:
President, Iain Sweeny; Chairman, Tony Grabham; Vice-Chairman, Jan Bridgeman; Secretary/Treasurer, Rose Parkhouse; Registration Secretary,   Derek Jenkins.
Committee: Laurie Parkhouse, George Sterry, Roger Yeats, Mickey Finn, Scott Foggin, Phil Reed, Jo Vanstone.

11. Amendments to the Rules:  Increase in registration fees to £55 for teams of up to 12. £5 per extra player. Proposed by G. Sterry and seconded by R. Yeats. Voted 6 for, 3 against. Carried.

12. Any other business Among topics discussed were that Finals Night will be held at G.W.R. West, Cowick Street. Mary Melton complained about the beer quality at Willeys on Finals Night, S. Foggin agreed. Concerns were discussed regarding CKT being played at Christmas. S Foggin raised the issue of the provision of food at the Cup and Plate Final. He felt that if venues wanted to provide food then the league should not have to pay for it and the revenue from football cards should go to the league. The meeting felt that venues for cup and plate semi finals should be planned carefully.

There being no other business the Vice Chairman closed the A.G.M. at 9.05 pm.