Darwen Pool Association

Please find below minutes of the 2011 Annual General Meeting from 12th December 20:30 Start.

Review of 2010/11

Martin West presented report detailing the achievements of the league since the last AGM including

• Review winners of the competitions.
• the progress of the Mens & Ladies Interleague teams.
• Darwen players representation within Lancashire.
• Recognition of Jamie Ridsdale’s top ranking in the Interleague competition this year, along with Cath Slaters and Trish Fogarty current status in the Ladies.
• An explanation of the reasoning behind the Media Village league was also included.
• Announcement of Allan Harle’s (Chairman) and Matt Bishop’s (Secretary) resignation due to family and work commitments.

Layne Walkden was introduced to the meeting after taking over the treasurers job since last AGM. Layne proceded to detail the income and expenditure of the league association. He then further went on to explain the Income and Expenditure of the Interleague teams and how the team are self sufficient in terms of finances.

Committee Formation

As described earlier, Allan Harle has stepped down and proposals where asked for a replacement Chairman. Martin West has been elected as Chairman.

As a result the Vice Chairman position will become available and proposals where made. Craig Rustidge has been elected by the meeting.

Layne Walkden was approved to continue his role as Treasurer.

The Secretary position has also become available and proposals where made. Graham Battersby has been elected by the meeting.

Existing committee members re-elected where Jimmy Bolan, Paul Otley, Maxine Goulding, Trish Fogarty.

Additional committee members elected where Julie Buck, Jordan Battersby, Rob Rice.

Any Other Business

Scotch Doubles – A proposal was made for the introduction of Scotch Doubles, as opposed to the current doubles format. An explanation was made of the format of scotch doubles i.e. Players take alternative shots as opposed to alternative visits. The proposal was rejected by the meeting.

Punch B request to return to the A League – Punch B have asked that, if a position presents itself, can they be re-admitted to the A League. The proposal was accepted by the meeting.

Behavior – The meeting was informed that a number of incidents over the previous year involving Verbal, Physical Racial and Sexist behaviour. They was also informed that rules will be strictly adhered to.

“60 Seconds” Rule – A proposal was made for the introduction of the “60 Second” rule, The proposal has been been maked for review at next AGM to allow for all captains to review over the coming year and give a full opinion next time.

Meeting Closed 21:30

Team Registration for next season are still open by delivering the sheet, along with your registration fee in the form of a cheque made payable to “Darwen Pool Assoc.”, to Punch Hotel, Chapels byMon 19th December 2011.  The season will commence following the conclusion of the Knockout Tournaments around February 2012. Click here for 2012 League Registration sheets.

In addition, Singles and Doubles registration is also still available by also following the above procedure. The Singles competitions is priced at £2.00, with the Doubles competition priced at £3.00 per Team. Click here for 2011 Knockouts Registration Sheet

We are inviting premises to enter a team (or teams) in the forthcoming season of the Darwen Pool League. All games are played on Monday nights commencing at 8pm. Registration is open to all public houses and clubs in the BB3 area which covers Darwen andLower Darwen.

Last season we had two very successful leagues with a total of 19 teams playing home and away, our points system keeps the league close.  This keeps the interest in the league to a maximum and also allows for the development of new players

We also had a team knockout competition, with Mens singles, Ladies Singles and doubles knockout competitions being held during the closed season. A  tri-cast competition alternates with doubles competition to be played every 2 seasons.

Winning the DPA “A League”, or the singles knockout competitions, entitles the winners to an entry in the ‘Champion of Champions’ trophy, a national competition to find the best local league team and player. A prize find of around £15,000 is available for this.

Last year was our third playing the World Rules, as defined by the English Pool Association, and this change allowed us to affiliate to the Lancashire County Pool Association. 2010 saw the return of Darwen to the Men’s Interleague competition, in 2011 we are also entered the Ladies Interleague competition.

2010 also saw players from Darwen making a return to theLancashiremen’s and Under 18’s county teams, and this continued in 2011 on both fronts. We also had trialists for the Lancashire Ladies and are hoping to continue the progress with trials for the Over 50’s

The fee per team for the new season is £45.00.

Registration for next season, along with the 2011 AGM,  to be held at Punch Hotel, Chapels on Mon 12th December 2011. Registration will commence at 8pm. The season will commence following the conclusion of the Knockout Tournaments around February 2012. Click here for 2012 League Registration sheets.

Following the end of the current team season, we will be running 3 knockout competitions for Mens Singles, Ladies Singles & Doubles.

The competitions will commence Monday 9^th January and continue every Monday until completion. You will be required to be available from 8:00pm till 10:30pm on the night.

The Singles competitions is priced at £2.00, with the Doubles competition priced at £3.00 per Team.
Registration will take place at Punch, Chapels on Monday 12^th December 2011 8pm to 10pm

Click here for 2011 Knockouts Registration Sheet

As per DPA Rules – “If a team fails to attend a fixture and defaults to an opposing team twice consecutively or any 3 times in one DPA season, such team shall be deemed as having withdrawn from the league. All record of that team will be expunged from the league score table.” As such the Uncle Jacks playing record as been removed.

ALL RESULTS MUST BE SENT BY TEXT, BY BOTH TEAMS, TO THE FOLLOWING NUMBER
07870 317 733
THIS IS AS WELL AS GETTING THE CARD IN ON TIME!
All results to the Punch Hotel, Chapel By 11pm Thursday after the game. Late cards = NO POINTS. All new signings must put their names on the back of the card and can play that week. Non shift workers must be on hand by 9.30pm. It is the responsibility of the WINNING TEAM Captain or Landlord to ensure the cards go in on time.

We the Darwen Pool Association would like to ask if you as a individual or your company would be interested in becoming involved in some way, large or small with sponsorship of our league, which could be in many different ways

For example you could sponsor:-
• The League as a whole
• One or both of our InterLeague Teams
• One of our Competitions

We believe that this could be a great opportunity for your company.

The advertising benefits would be beneficial as the pool league involves many public houses and clubs in Darwen and the surrounding areas so the advertising would be viewed not just by pool players but many others, as information regarding the DPA would be on their notice boards for people to see. Also the InterLeague teams travel the county providing further opportunities to advertise.

The league also has its own website at www.darwenpool.com and is also on Facebook and Twitter.

If you decide to sponsor for example one of our competitions your company name/logo could be included on any paperwork regarding this competition. You could even, if you wished, attend the presentation evening and present the trophies in person.

I hope you may be interested in sponsoring the pool league in some way, if so please feel free to contact Martin West (ViceChairman@darwenpool.com).

Thank you in anticipation of your interest.

Click here for a PDF of this article – Sponsorship Opportunities

Please find below the draw for the closing rounds of the Harry Gibbons Memorial Trophy.

Division 1

Division 2

ALL RESULTS MUST BE SENT BY TEXT, BY BOTH TEAMS, TO THE FOLLOWING NUMBER
07870 317 733
THIS IS AS WELL AS GETTING THE CARD IN ON TIME!
All results to the Punch Hotel, Chapel By 11pm Thursday after the game. Late cards = NO POINTS. All new signings must put their names on the back of the card and can play that week. Non shift workers must be on hand by 9.30pm. It is the responsibility of the WINNING TEAM Captain or Landlord to ensure the cards go in on time.

Division 1

 Division 2

 
Division 3

ALL RESULTS MUST BE SENT BY TEXT, BY BOTH TEAMS, TO THE FOLLOWING NUMBER

07870 317 733

THIS IS AS WELL AS GETTING THE CARD IN ON TIME!

All results to the Punch Hotel, Chapel By 11pm Thursday after the game. Late cards = NO POINTS. All new signings must put their names on the back of the card and can play that week. Non shift workers must be on hand by 9.30pm. It is the responsibility of the WINNING TEAM Captain or Landlord to ensure the cards go in on time.