Baddesley Mine Midweek Bowling League 2024

Chairperson Secretary Treasurer
 Helen Pratt  Heather Thomas Richard Athersmith

 

 helen.pratt4@ntlworld.com

 

heatherthom61@gmail.com  richardathersmith@yahoo.com  
 

President - Chris Payne

christopherpayne1968@gmail.com 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  Matches in April start at 6pm - last 2 weeks in August and all of September start at 6pm

 

 


Tue 23rd Apr 5 results from 5 Matches
Wed 24th Apr 4 results from 4 Matches
Mon Apr 29th 2 Cup Games

 

 

 

Important Dates:

 

Latest information:

 

Mon 22nd Apr

 

Meeting is tonight - 22nd April 2024 @ Birch Coppice Club 7.30pm.  Please remember singles and doubles entries/money and your league registration payments.

 

 

Wed 27th Mar

 

Unfortunately Baddesley B have had to withdraw from the league.  This is now reflected in the fixtures, if you haven't got a game on any particular week,  this is where your game with them would have been played.

 

 

Thu 7th Mar

 

UPDATE - I am pleased to announce that we now have a new President and Treasurer.  Thank you to Chris Payne (President) and Richard Athersmith (Treasurer).

 

There will be no food this season from Tamworth Eagles or Spital, this may change for Spital later in the season, we are all wishing Sue a speedy recovery! 

 

 

 

 

Wed 6th Mar

 

Your cup draws are now available - please note, if you click on the dropdown menu, the dates are incorrect, this is due to the website carrying over from last season, ignore those dates, I have set the matches to be the correct dates as per the fixtures.

To access your cup draw, select COMPETITION RESULTS on the menu to the left.

ALL cup dates are available on the menu to the left - COMPETITION DATES 2024.

 

Your next meeting will be MONDAY 22nd APRIL, 7.30PM @ Birch Coppice Club (concert room).  Please bring singles and doubles entries along with entry fees.

 

SUNDAY 5th MAY - Eagles 4's competition 10:30am start.  Food and refreshments available, trophy and prize money for the winners.  Enter by 21st April - £12 per team.  If interested or to register a team, please message or email Chris Payne:  christopherpayne1968@gmail.com or 07957 699278

 

 

 

 

Mon 5th Feb

 

Date of next meeting:  Tuesday 5th March 2024 @ Birch Coppice 7:30pm

 

 

 

Fri 26th Jan

 

Fixtures have gone 'live'

 

Here are your cup dates:

 

COMPETITION

DATE

ROUND

Charity Shield

Mon 29/04/2024

Preliminary

Charity Shield

Mon 13/05/2024

First

Charity Shield

Wed 29/05/2024

Semi Final

Charity Shield

Fri 14/06/2024

Final

 

 

 

R Evans Cup

Mon 08/04/2024

Preliminary

R Evans Cup

Wed 17/04/2024

First

R Evans Cup

Thurs 09/05/2024

Quarter final

R Evans Cup

Wed 29/05/2024

Semi Final

R Evans Cup

Fri 14/06/2024

Final

 

 

 

League Cup Div 1

Mon 20/05/2024

Preliminary

League Cup Div 1

Mon 03/06/2024

First

League Cup Div 1

Thurs 27/06/2024

Semi Final

League Cup Div 1

Fri 26/07/2024

Final

 

 

 

League Cup Div 2

Mon 20/05/2024

Preliminary

League Cup Div 2

Mon 03/06/2024

First

League Cup Div 2

Thurs 27/06/2024

Semi Final

League Cup Div 2

Fri 26/07/2024

Final

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singles FIRST NIGHT

Wed 31/07/2024

FIRST NIGHT

Singles SECOND NIGHT IF NEEDED

Thurs 01/08/2024

SECOND NIGHT IF NEEDED

Singles

Fri 23/08/2024

Final

 

 

 

Doubles FIRST NIGHT

Wed 19/06/2024

FIRST NIGHT

Doubles SECOND NIGHT IF NEEDED

Thurs 20/06/2024

SECOND NIGHT IF NEEDED

Doubles

Sun 01/09/2024

Final

 

 

 

 

Sat 13th Jan

 

AGM will take place 25th January due to me having to do parents evening,  sorry for any inconvenience. 

 

Wed 3rd Jan

 

 

Happy New Year to you all - we hope that 2024 is a good one for all of you!

 

The AGM will take place on 23rd January 2024 @ BirchCoppice Club - 7.30pm.

 

You will have 1 VOTE PER CLUB on the following proposals: 

 

1.  The league not to start until the 3rd Tuesday in April

2.  League cup finals to be played on Friday nights

3.  The singles and doubles prelims to pe played on Fridays (this has since been rescinded due to the oversight that a second night be needed if required)

4.  Doubles to be played earlier in the season

5.  Baddesley Bowls Club would like to enter a 3rd team.

6.  Entry fee for singles and doubles to increase to £3.00 per person to increase prize money

7.  Every registered player to pay £1

8.  All players to have played at least 1 game to enable entry into the singles and doubles competitions

9.  If a green is used for a competition final, other than Tamworth Castle for the R Evans final, that green not to be entered into the draw the following season

 

See you at the meeting!

 

 

Thu 7th Dec 2023

 

Pre AGM  will be held on Tuesday 12th December 2023 at Birch Coppice Club 7.30pm.

 

 

 

Wed 7th Dec 2022

 

Proposals for changes for the 2023 season put forward at the PreAGM are as follows:

1     That each team should only be allowed to register a maximum of 12 players (Graham Perry Glascote)

2     Continuous play to be played at all matches (Graham Perry Glascote)

3     That the 6 foot rule should be abandoned (Keith Robinson Tamworth Eagles)

4     Away teams to be given 15 minutes roll up but finish 10 minutes prior to the start time of the game (Andy Clancy Wilnecote)

5     All greens should be given a fair share of holding cup games (Dave Orton Dordon)

6     No neutral games for cup games, that if drawn at your home green, should be able to be played on that green (Terry Guild Grendon)

7     That the fixtures should reflect that the last game of the season to be played as a home game fixture if the green has floodlights (Norman Kester Atherstone Grove)

8     All cup games will be played on a Wednesday apart from the league division cup finals which would be played over 2 nights (Officers)

9     Playing an illegal player in any games, including cup games, will incur a £10 fine per player (Officers)

10     All complaints/issues/disputes will only be dealt with at league meetings.  Any complaint/issue/dispute to be put in writing (letter or email) to the committee at least 7 days prior to the league meeting (Gross Misconduct will be dealt with immediately (Officers)

11     Any bowler who qualifies for the quarter, semi or final rounds of the league singles or doubles competitions, who turn up to play but then leave prior to the end of the last game played (unless in emergency circumstances), the green captain to provide the names of those bowlers to the committee and those bowlers will not be eligible to enter the following season (Officers)

12     Any team requesting that a player plays on the 1st half and that player is still there at the end of the match, that team will be deducted one point, this will be the responsibility of the opposing captain to inform the committee (Officers)

13     Once a meeting is closed, no issues to be brought to the officers at the end of the meeting, these issues will have to wait until the next league meeting as AOB is included in all meetings and the meeting will have been closed (Officers)

14  Score cards must be checked and marked on the card every 4 ends with dead ends identified (Officers)

 

Date for the AGM - Tuesday 31st January 2023 @ Birch Coppice 7.30pm

 

The Management Committee would like to wish all bowlers a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

 

Tue 22nd Nov 2022

 

The PreAGM will now be held on Tuesday 6th December 2022 @ 7.30pm Birch Coppice.

 

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.