1 Attendees

Three Tuns ‘B’ , Montagu ‘A’ , Hartford S & SC ‘A’ + ‘B’ , The Sun ‘B’ ,

Dragoon ‘A’ + ‘B’ , Three Horseshoes , Harrier ‘A’ + ‘B’ , Lord Protector ‘A’ +

‘B’.

2 Non Attendees

Pidley S & SC , The Bell ‘A’ + ‘B’ , Three Tuns ‘A’ , Alconbury S & SC , The Mad Cat , The Green Man , Royal Oak ‘A’ + ‘C’

3 Season Gripes

• It was brought up that people did not like the new World rules especially the deliberate foul rule

• The new World rules are here to stay and people will just have to get used to them. The Majority of leagues around the country are now playing the new rules and it now means we can take part in outer-district competitions. Our League players can now take part in Cambridgeshire County league trials to compete to become a County player if they wish to do so. Trial dates will be made available as soon as I know.

• Result cards not being filled in properly or not receiving them that week. I would like player’s names to be filled in with First Name (or Initial) followed by Surname. This enables me to keep track of how many Win’s a player has had. If not filled in properly then I have to guess who actually won the game so leads to inaccurate results for some players. Most problems occur when there are two players in the team with same name.

• It was agreed that cards would be filled in properly.

• Hartford S & SC complained that it was unfair to be deducted a point for not ringing in a Team K/O Match result.

• I explained that after a Monday night Pool match you need to ring the result in. Failure to do so will incurs a 1-point fine as on the fixture list. This was brought in at a past AGM Meeting due to similar problem. It was decided that in future if the Winning team does not inform me of the Team K/O Match result on the Monday Night then they will forfeit the match.

• It is unfair that a team can end up playing the Team K/O as their home Venue.

• It was acknowledged that it is a problem but there is not much you can do when you have only one week to arrange due to a very tight pool season. The main problem is because at present there are only 3 Venue’s willing and able to hold the presentation (Hartford , Montagu , Lord Protector). It has been a problem in the past and teams have complained but most teams have accepted playing the team at their home venue on Presentation night. Hopefully we can try and add two new Venue’s to the list (Three Horseshoes & Dragoon) for future seasons which I believe have enough room to hold a presentation night. This coming W/L 2001-2002 season however I hope to have it down the Lord Protector as we obviously need two tables for the singles and doubles knockout.

4 New Proposals / Issues for forthcoming Season

We have now affiliated to Cambridgeshire Pool Association (C.P.A). The C.P.A are affiliated to the English Pool Association (E.P.A). This means we are obliged to play the New World rules as the standard. However it is accepted that we do not have to play the time /time-out rule which in no way affects the game. The affiliation to the C.P.A / EPA now means we have the opportunity to enter the Inter-league (Super League), Champion of Champions and take part in County trials to play for the county

Super-league (Inter-league) is played once a month on a Monday and requires at least seven good players. The organisers are going out their way to try and arrange some games on other nights for us so as not to affect our league but some match’s will need to be played on a Monday night. Anyone interested please let me know. If there is a good response then we will have a 1 frame round robin to determine who performs the best to make the team. The team will be determined by the knockout result with sub’s

• If a referee calls the wrong ruling then he should be challenged and corrected where necessary (e.g. calling foul snooker instead of total snooker and vice versa or calling two visits instead of 1

• It was agreed that a referee could be challenged if he makes an obvious wrong decision. However the referee cannot be challenged for difficult non-obvious decisions. Any non reconcilable decision can be resolved by re-rack if both players agree or else call me on my mobile.

• This season I want to change the format from 5 singles , 2 doubles to 9 singles. You still need 5 players (a player may play no more then two games in a night). The first five games must be different players but after that you can play the same player again if you wish until he has played 2 games.

• Some teams were concerned they would not have enough players to accommodate this change as some of their players only wanted to play doubles. It was therefore decided to abandon this change for this forthcoming season and hopefully try and bring it in Summer 2002 season.

• Singles and Doubles will be played over two Venues again due to the Montagu club now having two tables.

• Lord Protector & Montagu club will therefore be the Venue’s for the first sessions of the Singles and Doubles. No team will be allowed to play at their home venue for the first round. The second session for singles will be the Lord Protector and Montagu Club for the Doubles.

• This Season there will only be two divisions unless we get a vast increase of teams. People were complaining that the leagues were two short. Alternatively we could have two divisions but one fixture list where everyone plays everyone

• The Idea to have one fixture list covering both divisions was rejected, as teams do not want to play teams that are not in their division.

• This season I would like players to be picked who they play by drawing the names. This will make the games more interesting as players will not know whom they have to play. In previous seasons it could get very boring as a player would more or less know who he was going to play and would sometimes get the same player every season.

• It was agreed that players would be drawn so as to make the games interesting. Therefore the Home team advantage as now gone.

• This season I was thinking of changing the point system to either one of the following:-

1. You get 1-Point for each frame won. No points for winning the match. Therefore the team who wins the most legs wins the league

2. You get 2-Points for each match won. Therefore the team who wins the most games wins the league

3. Handicap System. Match stops when you reach 4 games. If you win 4-0 (3 Points) , 4-1 (2 Points) , 4-2 (1 Point) , 4-3 (0 Points). The Team with most points wins the league.

4. Keep the Current System

• It was agreed to keep the Current Score System.

5 Way Forward

· It would be good if I could Fax /email everyone the new Fixture lists and results rather then Posting or Travelling. Does everyone have a Fax / Email Number I could have for this purpose. Please let me know by emailing me on tuveyclan@ntlworld.com or text me on 0794 6204541

· A Web page has been set-up by me for the Stanjay Sports League. The URL is http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tuveyclan/sshpool.htm I update the Division tables on it every Monday Night / Tuesday Morning for teams to see where they stand. Any Idea’s on what you want on it then let me Know.