Huddersfield & District Chess Association
Minutes of AGM 2004
Held at Netherton WMC, Thursday, 8 July at 7.45 pm
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President |
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Secretary |
WF Lumley |
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Treasurer |
D Firth |
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Brighouse |
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David Browns |
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Chartist |
AR Tuddenham, D Toulson,
RJ Sutcliffe |
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Huddersfield |
E Priestley, RS Boylan,
N Hepworth, D Firth, |
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Dewsbury |
S Inglis |
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Netherton |
JV Newsome, P Shaw, PH
Jackson, WF Lumley |
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Holme Valley |
K Haigh, R Atkinson |
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Wakefield |
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The President, Mr A Ward,
had submitted apologies. In his absence, the Meeting appointed Mr AR Tuddenham,
to the chair.
1. Apologies President (A Ward), G Peake, R Keeley, AG
Midgley, MK Newsome
2. Minutes 2003 AGM minutes were read and approved
(E Priestly/JV Newsome).
3. Arising
Mr Tuddenham remarked on
the change of day for the FW Rapidplay Tournament from Sunday to Saturday. Some
members expressed their preference to revert to the traditional Sunday. Mr
Newsome however, who has acted as Controller for many years, indicated that he
would not be free for a Sunday date, for another two years. The Meeting
recommended therefore that we continue with a Saturday for the time being.
4. President’s Report
Mr Ward had been obliged
to submit an apology for absence, at short notice. There was no President’s
report.
5. Secretary’s Report
· Mr Lumley thanked all players, secretaries, and
other officials who had helped to make for another (his 27th) enjoyable chess
season. Special thanks to John Newsome for again controlling the Rapidplay
event, and Dave Tooley for looking after the Individual K. O. with assistance
from Edgar Priestley. Special thanks to Paul Jackson for producing the Bill
Lumley Rapidplay fixtures, with some assistance from Peter Shaw. Thanks also on
behalf of the Association, to those Clubs which had kindly hosted these
fixtures-David Browns, Brighouse, Huddersfield and Netherton. We were
particularly indebted to Netherton, who hosted a second set of fixtures when
Chartist had problems with their room. It was unfortunate that Brighouse were
unable to field a team on the ‘finals’ night.
· Congratulations to all winners, and all players who
had participated throughout the year. The Association had welcomed Wakefield, who
had entered the Examiner Handicap Competition for the first time, and had come
very close to winning the Plate.
· Entry forms for next season were available, these
to be returned by the end of July. All Clubs were asked to return their Player
registration details by this date also. Some DOB’s were still missing.
Secretaries were asked to do their best to obtain these as they greatly helped
the Graders avoid name confusion.
· YCA gradings: Our results had been sent to the new
YCA Grader, Mr AJ Griffith of York by the end of June, as requested. These
would be incorporated in the YCA preliminary list, which the Grader expected to
be available by the end of August. Thanks to Geoff Peake who kept a check on
all results and assisted greatly in chasing up outstanding results. The
Secretary did not have a copy of Individual KO results which were to be
included in this submission to YCA. The Grader gave assurances that they would
be included in the published grading list.
· Mr Lumley paid tribute to the outstanding contribution
to the Association of a number of stalwart members – mainly secretaries, who
were responsible for keeping their Club together for a very long time. Many
Clubs owed their continued existence to the efforts of these individuals, all
of whom have been actively supporting their Club for the past 30 years or more!
Brighouse: Brian
Herriott had a long association with ICI CC, before moving on to Brighouse.
Chartist: Roger
Tuddenham was active at Huddersfield New College, before developing Denby Dale
CC, which was subsequently to become Chartist.
David Browns: Alec
Ward has been the catalyst at David Browns, formerly Britannia Works.
Dewsbury: Shane Inglis has done a similar task
at Dewsbury.
Huddersfield: Edgar Priestley’s efforts on behalf
of the Association are immeasurable, going back significantly more than 30
years! Tony Midgley has had the Association interest at heart for over 3
decades, and has served on the Handicap Committee for most of that period.
Holme Valley: Roger
Keeley was instrumental in introducing Holme Valley CC in 1980. So although
Roger has not yet passed the 30 year barrier, he has in fact performed the duty
of holding the Club together for 24 years.
Netherton: John
Newsome’s energy in developing Netherton Family CC, and his efforts on behalf
of the Association have been of gigantic proportions.
In mentioning these long
serving Club officials, my purpose is in no way to forget the admirable efforts
of other current officials – Nigel Hepworth at Huddersfield, Paul Jackson at
Netherton and more recently, Geoff Peake at Holme Valley. The point I am
attempting to make, is that all our affiliated Clubs owe a great deal to a
number of devoted and dedicated members who have ensured the continuity of
their Clubs.
YCA Affiliation: As instructed by the last AGM, I made a number of
enquiries regarding the Association’s request to officially affiliate to YCA.
Unfortunately I received no responses, even though I personally spoke to the
YCA President on 2 occasions.
In conclusion Mr Lumley indicated
that that the coming year would be his 28th year as Association
Secretary, and that he would not be standing for election at the next AGM.
12.
Treasurer’s Report
Mr Firth produced the
Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2004.
This
showed that income was up slightly due to:
13.
New Club and Team
entry from Wakefield
14.
Changes to entry fee
for Bill Lumley Rapidplay
15.
Increase in entry fee
for Individual KO
On the expenditure,
excluding the purchase of new trophy (Rapidplay), the total is about the same
as last year-the increase in trophies and engraving expenses being offset by a
reduction in secretary’s expenses. Treasurer saw no reason to change entry
fees. The balance sheet showed a surplus for the year of £45.58, with net
assets of £447.62.
The
Accounts were accepted unanimously, and a vote of thanks to Mr Firth, was
proposed by Mr Newsome, supported by Mr Priestley and Mr Jackson.
16.
Fees for 2004-2005
Treasurer proposed that these
be unchanged at £5 per Club and £10 per team. R Boylan and E Priestley seconded
this proposal, which was accepted.
8. Presentation of
Trophies
Watkinson Netherton 1
Littlewood Huddersfield Knights
Examiner Holme Valley
Team K.O. Chartist
FW Brown Rapidplay
Champion P Shaw (Netherton) and DM
Denison (Chartist)
Bill Lumley Rapidplay Netherton
Individual K.O.
Section 1 P Shaw (Netherton)
beat DW Jackson (Netherton)
Section 2 NR Hepworth (Huddersfield) beat B Brian (Chartist)
Section 3 M Shah (Huddersfield) beat J Hughes (Huddersfield)
The Senior Officers were
re-elected unanimously. (E Priestly/JV Newsome)
The President: A Ward
Treasurer:
D Firth
Secretary:
WF Lumley
WF Lumley, E Priestley, AG Midgley, PH Jackson, G Peake.
Re-elected en bloc (AR
Tuddenham/R Boylan)
A.O. B
Mr
Priestley informed the Meeting that he had been in touch with the Examiner,
regarding the possibility of having match results published weekly, once again.
Tony Pogson at the Examiner had indicated that he was hopeful that this could
be achieved in some form or other for the next chess season.
Mr
Priestley then updated Members on the progress of the booklet, which he had
produced with the outstanding support of the Huddersfield Secretary, Nigel
Hepworth. The short publication outlined the History of the Huddersfield and
District Chess Association from the early days of 1894 to the present. The acting
Chairman, Mr Tuddenham, applauded Edgar’s achievement in producing this
document, and also the professional support from Nigel Hepworth in putting it
in to print. The Secretary proposed that Mr Hepworth be invited to submit a
statement of expenses for printing etc. which the Association would be pleased
to consider. This was seconded by Mr Newsome and carried unanimously.
Mr
Hepworth raised the matter of BCF Game Fee Scheme, suggesting that we should look
at this again, with a view to giving support in the future. This met with a
lukewarm response! Mr Lumley pointed out that current details of the Scheme,
with costs, were posted on the BCF website.
The
Meeting closed at 9-15 pm
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