DARLINGTON
Building Society
North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier Cricket League
Minutes of Management Meeting held at the Springboard Centre, Stokesley
on Wednesday 25th March 2015.
PRESENT – President C.W.West, A.B Bainbridge, T Briddock, S.Donlan, N. Hutchinson,
M.Kirkbright, C. Nicholls, G. Smith, Treasurer D.Stanwix and General Secretary D.Watchman.
APOLOGIES for ABSENCE – D. Austin, M Christon, Stewart Clarke and Steve Clarke.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes of the meeting held on 25th February 2015 were signed as a correct record.
MATTERS ARISING
The Evening with Yorkshire CCC, held on Monday 2nd March, had been a success with very
positive feedback being received. Consideration would be given to holding similar events in the
future.
The president reported that he had written to Mark Arthur and Dickie Bird to thank them for their
involvement in the evening, and a small present of the alcoholic medicinal variety had been
purchased for Mr Bird as a token of appreciation. He also reported that Liam Plunkett had been
formally inducted into the Hall of Fame during the evening.
Darlington Building Society had also taken a major part, organising You Tube video interviews
with the three guests which will be used by them for marketing purposes during the next six
months.
A vote of thanks to Guisborough for their hosting of the evening was proposed to be recorded in the
minutes.
FIXTURES SECRETARY –
Hornby Cup
As there was the possibility of a three way tie in the groups stages of this competition it was agreed
that the final placings in such an instant would be determined by net run rate.
The following changes to fixtures had been agreed since the last minutes were circulated:Division Three
Thornaby v Yarm from Sunday 12th July to Sunday 19th July.
Sunday Division Two
Blackhall v Yarm from Sunday 26th July. New date to be agreed.
U19 T/20 COMPETITION 2015
It was reported that eleven entries had been received for this year’s NYSD competition including
Stockton. Teams were divided into two groups on a regional basis with each team playing the other
teams in their group once. The winners of the competition would be decided by a play-off between
the two group winners. The two groups will be as follows:
NORTH: Blackhall, Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Sedgefield, Stockton and Middlesbrough
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SOUTH: Great Ayton, Marske, Saltburn, Stokesley and Marton.
Having obtained opinions from competing clubs, it was decided that two umpires from the league
panel would be appointed to each match.
As all clubs had now provided their preferred night for playing home matches work could begin on
preparing a fixture list. This should be available by the end of April.
RESULTS SECRETARY
2015 Administration Guide
It was reported that the updated 2015 Administration Guidance document was almost ready to be
issued to clubs.
You Tube Administration Tutorials
It was also reported that a You Tube NYSD video channel service would be available shortly via
the league website. This would initially be used to provide short tutorials on the various
administration processes that clubs have to carry out pre-season and would provide a helpful back
up to the paper administration guide.
NB – since the date of this meeting the tutorials have gone ‘live’
Junior Leagues Over Age Allowance
The results secretary reported that there had been a modest submission of requests for players to be
sanctioned in this category to date.
Resolved: This to be covered at the pre-season meeting of clubs with a reminder issued to
those clubs yet to take action at the meeting.
ACTION POINT: Any club who has not yet submitted their list to the results secretary for
consideration should do so immediately as the confirmation of qualifying players has to be
sent out before the start of the season. If a club do not submit a list for consideration it will be
assumed they do not have any players whom they wish to be considered.
TREASURERS REPORTA balance of £23,097.10 was reported. The current contingent liability was £3381 against this
balance.
The Treasurer was requested to invoice TAG in the sum of £125 for their colour advert in the
handbook.
A grant of £120 had been made to TACO being 50% of the 1A fees for NYSD umpires enrolled on
the recent course.
UMPIRES COORDINATOR
Who’s The Umpire
It was reported that four Premier Division and four Division 1 captains had not yet registered on
WTU.
ACTION POINT: It is crucial that all clubs complete this process immediately. As a
reminder:
Secretaries of ALL clubs need to be registered on WTU.
All umpire appointments will be automatically e-mailed to ALL club secretaries.
Any new officials need to be registered asap.
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Captain’s reports are compulsory for all Premier and Division One league matches.
Clubs should ensure that all new captains are registered by visiting www.whostheumpire.com
Clubs have been previously advised, but they should note that the ‘Friday’ bulk emails used in 2014 to
advise of any changes to the weekend appointments have been discontinued.
2015 Umpires Panel
There were 69 umpires on the league list for the 2015 season, 2 less than in 2014. Ian Lumb and
Dave Watson had retired.
Resolved: General Secretary to write to both umpires thanking them for their contribution
over many years.
CORRESPONDENCE
None
PLAYER REGISTRATIONS
Amateur Transfers Sanctioned
Faisal Hussain
Murton
to
Muhammad Arslan Riaz
Norton
to
Chris Veazey
Marton
to
Mohammed Nazir
Loftus
to
Paul Freary
Blaydon
to
Michael Stewart
Trimdon
to
Chandimanthu Rodrigo
Cobham Avorians to
Darryn Bancroft
Newton Aycliffe
to
Reece Wood
Middlesbrough
to
Christopher Freeman
Castle Eden
to
Adam Beaumont
Thornaby
to
Matthew Smith
New Rover
to
Billingham
Billingham
Redcar
Wolviston
Darlington
Hartlepool
Seaton Carew
Barnard Castle
Blackhall
Blackhall
Normanby Hall
Stokesley
Overseas Amateurs (Category 3) Sanctioned
Jack Craig
Stokesley
Approved in principle on details provided but as the registration form was largely unreadable
then a new form, signed by the player, should be deposited with the league secretary before
the individual plays.
Chandimanthu Rodrigo
Seaton Carew
Approved in principle on details provided but as no fee was deposited with the registration
the individual should not play until such time as the appropriate fee has been paid.
Jacob Dinger
Bishop Auckland
Approved in principle subject to a signed and amended form being received before the
individual plays.
Josh Mason
Barnard Castle
Jaedyn Bartosh – Short
Normanby Hall
Ullrich Boshoff
Marske
Overseas Amateur Transfer Sanctioned
Ullrich Boshoff
Pershore
to
Marske
Professional Transfers Sanctioned
John Watson
Saltburn
Hasantha Fernando
Sudbury
Hartlepool
Marton
to
to
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Sachithra Serasinghe
Haverigg
to
Normanby Hall
Professional Registrations Sanctioned
England Qualified (Category 1)
Muhammed Zahid
Redcar
Jonathan Rickard
Hartlepool
Overseas (Category 3)
Fazal Subhan
Hasanthe Fernando
Shanuka Dissanayaka
Sachithra Serasinghe
Redcar
Marton
Hartlepool
Normanby Hall
Application for Amateur Reinstatement Sanctioned
John Watson
Hartlepool
Paid Employee Registrations Sanctioned
Mitchell Brown
Redcar
Robert Munro
Redcar
Callum Brown
Redcar
Dan Conway
Guisborough
(Part Time Bar Person)
(Part Time Bar Person)
(Part Time Bar Person)
(Coach)
Paid Employee Registration Deferred
Ullrich Boshoff
Marske
(Part Time Bar Person)
Deferred pending sight and approval of work contract
Amateur (EQ) Registrations
Dominic Hindmarsh
Nathan Parry
James Knowlson
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe
ACTION POINTS ON REGISTRATIONS:
All clubs should note that the following categories of player need ANNUAL registration –
Professionals
Special registration (overseas exempt category 3E)
Overseas amateurs (category 3)
Paid employees
County contracted
CHAIRMENS MEETING
The meeting had been held at Darlington CC on Thursday 19th March 2015 with 28 attendees. A
very positive night with useful insight from those attending. Details of the issues discussed, and the
views of the meeting, had been circulated to all clubs with a news item posted on the league website
by the president.
PRE-SEASON MEETING OF CLUBS
Arrangements for the meeting on Wednesday 1st April 2015 at Teesside University had now been
completed. All clubs had been sent details including directions to the university and car parking
arrangements.
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Anniversary hoardings measuring 4ft. x 2ft. would be available for all clubs to collect at the
meeting.
PITCH QUALITY STANDARDS SCHEME – REPORTS AND AWARENESS EVENING
A seminar for the premier clubs who were involved in the PQS scheme, run jointly by the IOG and ECB
Pitch Advisors, would be held at Stokesley CC on Wednesday 8th April at 7.30pm. All clubs had been
advised and asked to supply the details of their attendees by the 31st March.
TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY NYSD FIFTEENS FINALS DAYS
It was reported that Stokesley had confirmed their acceptance of the offer to host the 2015 finals
day.
Resolved: The Fifteens committee to arrange a meeting with the club in the near future to
discuss their plans in more detail and provide advice.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
Rockcliffe Park
Messrs. C. West, M Kirkbright, T. Briddock and D Watchman visited the ground to review facilities
on Saturday 21st March 2015. Although the overall standard of the ground and facilities was
considered satisfactory based on the ground assessment procedures and marking, there were three
areas of concern identified :1. Absence of a fixed scoring facility.
2. Separate area for umpires changing needs upgrading.
3. There was only one shower unit in each dressing room. The meeting felt there should be a
minimum of two.
The first two points had been discussed with the club during the visit and the inspection committee
understood that plans were in hand to upgrade and that these would be completed in time for the
2016 season.
Resolved: Although broadly supportive the committee felt that written assurances were
required about the nature of upgrading work to be done and the timescale for the same. The
general secretary would write to the club seeking this information, which would be requested
to be available to the next committee meeting.
Barton
The club had confirmed that they wished to proceed with their application to join the NYSD
League. They had further advised their intention to create a separate umpires changing facility and
to install showers to both team changing areas by the start of the 2016 season. They had also
advised that their two lane practise facility was now complete.
The club had queried whether they would be allowed to enter just one team in the league, and also
asked for an update on the possible regionalisation of Division 3.
The committee felt that any works improvement programme would require monitoring to ensure it
was carried out, and they also felt they would like some more detail as to the longer term plans for
the improvement of the scoring facilities.
There was some debate and concerns were expressed on the issue of the club entering just one team
in the league. It was pointed out that this had never been allowed in the past.
Resolved: The general secretary to write to the club once more asking for the additional
information and raising the issue of the number of teams the club wished to field.
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ECB PREMIER LEAGUE
2015 PRPF
The proposed targets for 2015 were still under discussion at Lord’s although the president had been
given some prior detail of what was likely to be included. This had sparked a debate with the ECB
over the lateness of the issue of the information, and the proposed timetable attached to some of the
targets. It was understood that a formal announcement would be made on April the 2nd.
Play-Cricket Data Cleanse
It was known that a player communications package would be rolled out for the 2015 season. This
required work to be undertaken to ‘data-cleanse’ some player details on all club websites – this
would be a PRPF target.
ACTION POINT: ALL clubs to check their registered player details to ensure that a fully up
to date e mail address is noted on play-cricket for each.
In addition, the ECB information boxes under the profile menu of the player should be
checked to ascertain whether the ‘yes’ box has been marked – if the ‘yes’ box hasn’t been
marked then the club should attempt to obtain the players permission to mark the ‘yes’ box
as only then would the player receive the comms package. The ECB will be checking on the
success of this process later in the summer.
Get the Game On Campaign
The League Campaign Manager had received the information pack and would make a short
presentation at the pre–season meeting on 1st April 2015.
Computer Scoring
The ECB would be making a big push via PRPF for all Premier Division teams to computer score.
The president reported that the NYSD lagged behind other PL’s in this area, and therefore a
concerted effort was required to prioritise this during the forthcoming season.
It had been confirmed with the press office that scorecards could be e mailed to them on a Saturday
evening, thus removing the necessity to ring the scorecard in. In addition the ability to upload the
scorecard direct to play-cricket means there are very positive additional benefits to scoring on-line.
Neil Hutchinson would head a small scorers help group which would include Kevin Moore and Bev
Spencer who would be available to assist clubs/scorers with queries and concerns. Details of these
initiatives would be issued to clubs separately before the start of the season.
Resolved: It was agreed that Premier Division teams who score on line during the 2015 season
should be rewarded, and that the annual accreditation payment received in July, which is
distributed under the discretion of the LMC, would be used to incentivise clubs as follows:
Clubs who computer/live score during 2015 would receive £750. Clubs who do not
computer/live score during 2015 would receive £250.
YORKSHIRE PREMIER LEAGUES MANAGEMENT BOARD
The president confirmed this was now up and running and the NYSD had two seats. He had asked
for volunteers to fill the second slot on the Board as it was important that the League had
representation at all meetings. Steve Clarke had offered his services.
Resolved: The president and Mr S Clarke to be the two NYSD Board members.
DURHAM CRICKET BOARD
Durham Recreational Cricket Forum
The AGM will be on Monday 30th March 2015 and the president will attend.
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LEAGUE CRICKET CONFERENCE
The AGM had been held at Middleton on the 14th March. Mr West had been re-elected for a third
term of office as chairman of Conference.
The quarterly legal update contained some important topics for clubs and had already been
distributed to them.
LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET
NYSD Select XI v Yorkshire CCC First Team at Marton, May 6th
Yorkshire had requested that several Yorkshire players be included in the NYSD team and this had
been agreed subject to details being provided well before the date of the game.
There would be an after match reception attended by all the players, with a Q&A session conducted
by BBC Leeds’ Dave Callaghan. Attendance at the reception would be limited to 100 with Marton
requiring details of the League and sponsors numbers for planning purposes. The League would
cover the cost of the reception food.
A ‘top gun’ competition would be run in two parts in conjunction with the match. The first part
would consist of a heat of the Yorkshire Top Gun event (only players from Yorkshire clubs can
enter that), whilst the second part would consist of an NYSD ‘top gun’ competition seeking the
fastest bowler in the league.
All clubs would be supplied with posters for both the game and top gun initiatives at the pre-season
meeting.
ACTION POINTS: All clubs are requested to display both posters in their clubhouse well
before the event, and they are also requested to place details on their websites.
Wilkinson Cup
The 1st round match against the Darlington District League had been arranged for 31st May at
Darlington CC, 2pm start.
Team Management - Under 21’s
It was reported that Matthew Thomas had offered to take on the role of U21 manager advertised in
the last minutes.
Resolved: Matthew Thomas confirmed as team manager with Andrew Weighell to assist on
match days.
Team Captain
Mr Nicholls had advised that Andrew Weighell would captain the senior league side in the 2015
season.
2015 HANDBOOK
The handbook artwork had been something of a nightmare this year, with no fewer than seven proof
reads having to be undertaken under significant deadline pressure and this had put one or two
individuals under considerable strain. The printers had received the final draft a fortnight before the
pre-season meeting and assurances had been received that the books would be available in time.
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS
League Photographer
It was reported that the photographer, who had done an excellent job in the 2014 season, had been
approached to continue into the 2015 season. He had subsequently provided a verbal quote which
indicated a moderate increase in rates and this was put to the committee.
Resolved: The quote was broadly acceptable subject to a small adjustment to the terms which
would be put to the photographer.
Sunday Sun Cricketer of the Year awards
It was reported that J. Marsay of Great Ayton CC had won the Sunday Sun junior cricketer of the
year award for 2014.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 15th April 2015 at the Springboard Centre, 7.30pm.
Dates for the summer meetings (all at the Springboard Centre) will be as follows:
20th May
17th June
22nd July
26th August
9th September (Rules Review)
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