North Midlands Ladies Bowling League 2024
| Chaiman | Secretary | Treasurer | |
| Gina Newby | Kate Williams | Pat Moore | |
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Welcome to the North Midlands Ladies Bowling League
Important Dates:
Thu 23rd Jan 2025
North Midlands Ladies AGM 23rd Jan 7.30pm venue TBC. Any Notice motions will be published on 16th January.
A reminder a new secretary is required.
Latest information:
Tue 14th Jan 2025
2024 AGM Notices of Motion
1 - Proposed by Griff
To place cards in preferred order rather than shuffle
Rationale - In line with Thursday League and prevent confusion
2 - Proposed by Kate Williams current Secretary
To allow male participants into teams - Option 1 - maximum of two Option 2 - Fully Mixed league
Rationale - Team and player numbers are consistently declining, this will help to sustain the future of the Monday league and prevent it becomming just a one division league and potetnially save it from complete closure
3 - Proposed by Kate Williams current Secretary
If men are allowed to take part, suggest that team numbers rise back to 8 from 7.
Rationale - With additional players this strengthens the formation and allows the original set up of 8 players to be returned to, protecting current female players and encouraging more players on the green, creating a more competitive sturcture and allows for future reductions if required.
4 - Honoraium/Committee Structure
Combine secretary and competitions secretarial post for current secretary's honorarium or reduce secretary honorarium by 50% and recruit to competition secretary post.
Rationale - Current secretary honorarium is based on match fixtures/monitoring, 2 comps running and presentation organisation. The new secretary should also be responsible for creating and running two competitions per year as a minimum and organisaing the annual presentation with the Nuneaton Ladies. The league has held a vacant competition secretary post for 11 years, this could be created as a new post in which case secrtary honoraium should be halved. The workload now required by match secretaries is far reduced from the times before MB Bowls implementation. This will help protect the funds within the leagues balance sheet and allow for investment in competitions and presentations. Further competitions should also help to promote and develop the sport for the benefit of members new and old.
Mon 13th Jan 2025
North Midlands Ladies AGM 23rd Jan 7.30pm venue @ Griff & Coton. Any Notice motions will be published on 16th January.
A reminder a new secretary is required.
Tickets on sale for the presentaction on 11th October. Please get nimbers to me by 20th September and cash to follow. £15pp at Newdigate club. 6.30pm start. Food, fun and a fab live band. Please also collect £2's to put in the big cash draw and half goes to our chosen charity which is age concern and we are purchasing "winter warm packs" for the elderly.
Thu 12th SepSummer bash was an amazing success with Sarah Gambke and Matt Gibbon winning with the last wood on the last end. 86 entries in which was higher before some last minute clashes. Here is the youtube link to a great day....
https://youtu.be/ySzRcCkH5n8?si=pMb-V99lPqkz_Co6
Thu 27th JunSummer Bash 2024 entries are being finalised - we have a large number of entries already and will be cloiosing entries off on 5th July. Contact Kate Williams if you wish to enter.
Wed 3rd Apr
Division 2 Update - unfortunately 2 teams have withdrawn from the league with very late notice. This has resulted in Division 2 dropping to 6 teams for this season. This will change next year as the leagues will be evened out before fixtures are created.
Thu 1st Feb2024 FIXTURES ARE LIVE!
Great news Attleborough C have stayed in the league.
Bank holidays are avoided and this should help both Divisions with any rearranging required. Division 2 starts later due to having 8 teams compared to 9 in Division 1 who have a Bye as it is an odd number.
Please ensure you send changes to players and captains details by email to k8williams23@gmail.com by end of Feb.
Sun 14th JanNorth midlands ladies bowls… there are 4 notices of motion to vote on at our AGM on the 23rd January.
Please consult with your teams so delegates make an informed vote.
1. To make the start time 7pm.
F. Scheduling
Postponing Matches
3.
a. All matches must be played on or before the date in the handbook. The exceptions being if the green is unplayable or through exceptional circumstances with full agreement from the League Management Committee. In the event of postponement or adjournment, notice of such must be sent by the team responsible for calling off the match to the Match Secretary. Infringement of this beyond three days will result in a fine of £5.00.
b. If postponement of all or any part of a match is necessary due to green being unplayable, teams must agree and must complete the fixture within 28 days of the original date.
c. Any Match cancelled during the last four weeks of the season must be played within seven days of the end of the season.
4.
a. Should fixtures not be played as scheduled within the handbook then the NON-OFFENDING Team must send in a match sheet to the Match Secretary explaining why the match has not been completed.
b. The non-offending Team will then be awarded appropriate points by The League Committee and their players given scores of 21-11 at home and 21-15 away.
c. A re-occurrence in the same season may result in a Team being expelled from the League.
4 - Number of players to go from 7 to 6