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News from the AGM held June 18th 2007: Ray Elsdon announced his retirement from the Committee after many years' service. Peter Saunders elected as Chairman and Colin Clements as Vice Chairman. John Gard elected as Treasurer, other Officers re-elected. New rule covering Dissolution of the League passed (see Rules page). Continuing our special promotion, any bona-fide new team entered for the coming season will not have to pay any registration fees. Personal insurance now obtained through Perkins Slade, covering players during any matches. The Premiums may be added to the Team Fees. Bluehouse will not have their venue available for the first month due to refurbishment. The future of the Shell Club is in doubt owing to a possible sell-off. Chairman’s Report 2006/2007 First of all I would like to thank all the committee for all their efforts this season. Without their backing and work rate, I think I personally would have struggled in my first year as Chairman. As you all know, we lost a dear friend and out Vice Chairmen David Jacobs in December 2006 and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. The Championships was one of the most successful with more entries than I can remember for many years. This was down to the efforts of Colin Clements, Linda Murray and Vince Gurney, and special thanks go out to Jane Johnson who ran the event all weekend without a hitch. This Year's Presentation was again a great success with over 140 people turning up to enter teams in the quiz. The evening was enjoyed by all and the comments I received in the feedback were very rewarding. Finally I would like to thank all the players who play in the Basildon League and vote for us to run the League on your behalf. We are always looking for new ideas to improve our sport so if anyone has any suggestions please let someone on the Committee know. Also if anyone would like to join the Committee please do not be afraid to come forward as you will be most welcome. Once again thank you for all your support. Peter Saunders (Chairperson). Registrar's Report Although we lost teams from Billericay and Invicta, additional entries from RESSC, Legra and Shell meant that we had too many teams to fit into the existing setup. It was decided to increase the number of teams in Division Three to 10, which involved increasing the number of games played by them compared to the other divisions. By extending their season and fitting games into Cup weeks this was accomplished, however problems would occur with clashes where teams needed to alternate with their sides in other divisions. Thanks are given to the Clubs who assisted with rearranged fixtures etc. and helped the League to run smoothly. SETTS had problems with their venue towards the end of the season but managed to fit in most of their games. The very strong team from Legra, captained by Jamie Willson, had no problems in securing the Premier title, with Apollo finishing in second place. Billericay, captained by Dave Kirston, had a very successful season, being undefeated in securing the Division One title and also winning the Divisional Cup. Pat White’s Bluehouse B were runners up in both the Division and the Divisional Cup. The Division Two title was only decided in the final game of the season between the winners and runners-up, with Basildon Hospital A triumphing over Wickford CC A to take the Championship. Shell C, captained by John Handscombe, were clear winners in Division Three. They won 22 out of 24 games and finished 30 points clear of RESSC C, who gave a creditable performance to achieve the runners-up spot. The youngsters of BDSC enabled them to win two matches during the season and take them off the bottom spot for the first time, ahead of newcomers Shell E. Once again I would ask for assistance with reports and information for the Web site, which would help me very considerably with maintaining it. In addition, any feedback or suggestions for improvements would be very helpful. Also I would ask any Captains who send in reports via the Website to send in the match result card as well! This makes it much easier to compile the tables and averages. Again next season we hope to continue with the no fees for new teams scheme. Team registration forms are available for collection during the course of this evening and should be returned by July 20th. Players will be registered using the ETTA registration form, which will be sent out with the letters for the Secretaries’ meeting in August. Alan Wood (Hon. Registrar). 8. Election of Officers:
President:
Peter Saunders
Vice Presidents: D. Baker, J. Gard Chairman: Peter Saunders Secretary: Vince Gurney
Treasurer: John Gard
Registrar: Alan Wood
Auditor: T. Jasper.
The Southend / Basildon closed tournament held on the 29th September 2007 This new event, held at short notice, attracted 22 players from the two leagues. There were 3 events, Open, Drawn Doubles and Handicap Knockout. Results (1) Open, organized into groups of four and one of five. The top two players progressed via a knockout round into a round robin final. 1st Pete Saunders, 2nd Glen Johnson, 3rd Nigel Lamb. The bottom two were entered for a plate. Winner Chris Crooks, Runner-up Malcolm Henstock. (2) Drawn Doubles, comprising three groups of three, 1 pair bye. Winners Glen Johnson, Andy Nunn, Runners-up Vince Gurney & Colin Clements. (3) Handicap Knockout. Winner Linda Murray, Runner-up Stuart Gibbs. Thanks were given to the members of both leagues, the Chairmen Pete Saunders and Ken Field, and the Organizers Vince Gurney and Jayne Johnson. Hall hire fee £189.00, Entry fees £110. A loss of £79 shared between the two leagues. Medals were awarded from the recycled bins. Overall a very successful enjoyable day, hopefully an increased entry in following seasons will be obtained now that the event is established. E-mail from Stan Dyson (15/1/08) I was playing a match at Kingswood last night when John Gard
said you would be interested in seeing my 1967 Basildon League Handbook - the
last time Thanks for your note. Please feel free to use any of the info
I attached to your internet Archive pages. Looking on the positive side,
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