A competition is to be held at Hopwood Unionist Club on Saturday 26th June for Junior Bowlers starting at 10.30am.

The two finalists will play their final at the senior event on the following day Sunday 27th June at around 16:00

Although Sunday 27th is the day of our League singles at Milnrow MP, anyone wishing to enter the Hopwood event should be ok for getting there for the final on the Sunday.

To enter send names to Peter Burt on 0780 355 8143 Entry fee: £1

Hopwood are hoping to make this an annual event with prizes or prize money for the juniors.

Meeting At Thistleyfield BC, Rochdale

Present
Chairman - Tom Belfield
Secretary/Treasurer – Tim Rothwell
Fixtures – Jim Barton

Bullough Moor - Mick. Riordan
Kirkholt – Steve Morris/Barry Sharples
Queens Park – Rodney Fowler
Royton – Keith Gledhill
Thistleyfield – Jeff Wilcock
Wardle – Andy. Howarth
Ladies – Joyce. Jones

In Attendance: No additional attendees.

Apologies: There were apologies from: Alkrington – Jim Hynes & Milnrow MP – Barclay Warrington

Minutes of Previous Meeting: The Minutes of the previous meeting held on 19th March 2010 were accepted as a correct record.

Matters Arising: There were no matters arising from the Minutes.

Rules 2010 :
The revised rules for 2010 were received by the Clubs.
Following discussion it was also agreed that the start time could be brought forward to 6.30pm if agreed between the teams and that if required matches could be re-scheduled for Friday evening or Saturday morning to accommodate teams.

Teams for 2010: Teams for 2010 season were confirmed as:
A Division
Alkrington ‘A’
Bullough Moor ‘A’
Queen’s Park ‘A’
Royton Park
Thistleyfield
Wardle

B Division
Alkrington ‘B’
Bullough Moor ‘B’
Queen’s Park ‘B’
Milnrow Memorial Park
Kirkholt ‘A’
Kirkholt ‘B’

Fixtures will be available next week. Start 7th/8th May Ends 9th/10th July.

Competitions 2010: League competition club entry forms were circulated to clubs.

Queen’s Park requested that their Pairs KO would need to be on 11th July NOT 18th, therefore closing date will be 4th July.

British Parks Junior Merit – 1st August 2010 at Hare Hill Park.
As Rochdale have been allocated 8 places, the clubs agreed to nominate1 player from each club to play in the Merits.

Observer Junior:
The Secretary advised the clubs that the Rochdale Observer Men’s competition was now going ahead with a new sponsor (Hughes Gas Wisely). The finals night is scheduled for Friday 23rd July and therefore the junior event final can be played on that evening.

Following discussion the cubs agreed to hold the Junior Observer event on Sunday 20th June at Thistleyfield BC, with the event being played down to the semi-finals. Club entry forms to be circulated nearer the time.

Federation Matches: First match will be at Heavy Woollens at a single two green venue in Heckmondwike on Sunday 2nd May 2010.
Coach will leave Rochdale Town Hall at 9.00am

The team will have new shirts for this season and the clubs agreed that players should be asked for a deposit of £5 for their shirt. This will give the League a fund to replace shirts as required instead of needing to seek grants for major replacement when we run out due to shirts not being returned. Including the embroidery the cost of a shirt is around £8.

The deposit will be returned when the shirt is handed back, or the shirt can be exchanged for a larger size, or retained for the following year. Deposit will be forfeited if the shirt is not returned at all.

The Secretary expressed some concern over the lack of progress on naming a Youth Team and unless we are able to confirm a team we will have to withdraw from the youth Section.

Grant application: The Secretary reported that no response has yet been received on the grant application to the Community Foundation for bowls and team shirts.

Next Meeting: No further meetings were required until the end of the league season.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.00 pm.

Date of next meeting

7.00 pm on Friday 30th July 2010 at Thistleyfield BC.