Huddersfield & District Chess Association

Minutes of AGM 2005

Held at Lindley Liberal Club, Wednesday 22 June at 7.45 pm

Present

President

A Ward

Secretary

WF Lumley

Treasurer

D Firth

Brighouse

R Bardelang

David Browns

A Ward

Chartist

AR Tuddenham, D Woodhead, RJ Sutcliffe

Huddersfield

E Priestley, AG Midgley, RS Boylan, NR Hepworth, D Firth, E Mellor, M Rojinski, P Czerwinski, I Swift

Dewsbury

 

Netherton

P Shaw, PH Jackson, WF Lumley, AA Gilpin

Holme Valley

GM Peake, L Keely K Haigh, R Atkinson, SV Thompson

Wakefield

 

 

 

1.          Apologies    R Keely, JV Newsome, BJ Herriot, D Tooley

2.          Minutes       2004 AGM minutes were approved (E Priestly/AR Tuddenham).

3.          Arising        Mr Priestley commented on the fact that coverage of match results in the Huddersfield Examiner, had been much better this year, and we were grateful for this support.

4.          President’s Report

Mr Ward looked back on a successful year. Netherton Family Chess Club had again virtually ‘swept the board’, although Holme Valley were to be congratulated in preventing a clean sweep by taking the Bill Lumley Rapidplay Trophy. Mr Ward apologised to the Association for the behaviour of one of his members during the first round of the Individual KO. An unfortunate misunderstanding at the conclusion of the game had resulted in some unsavoury conduct, which caused the incident to be ‘blown out of all proportion’. The President concluded by thanking all players and officials, with a special thanks to the retiring Secretary who was completing a ‘remarkable 28 years in office!’

5.          Secretary’s Report

Mr Lumley thanked all players, secretaries, and other officials who had helped to make his 28th and final year as Association Secretary a success. Congratulations to all winners, and all players who had participated throughout the year. Unfortunately, because of difficulties in finding a suitable date and venue, it had not been possible to schedule the FW Brown 6 round Rapidplay Competition. It was hoped that it would be possible to fit this in before the end of this calendar year. Mr Lumley saved most of his report to a few fond memories of the past 28 years during which he had served the Association as Secretary. Bill recalled vividly the day back in 1978 when Brian Herriot rang his office at the University, inviting him to accept the post of Secretary. Little did he know that more than a quarter of a century would pass before he would empty his filing cabinet. During this time Bill had met many friends through playing and administering Chess in the Huddersfield & District Association. He was delighted and confident that his successor, Geoff Peake, would enjoy his term in office, and that his undoubted expertise and energy would carry the Association forward.

12.          Treasurer’s Report

Mr Firth produced the Accounts for the year ending 31 May 2005.

Treasurer saw no reason to change entry fees. The balance sheet showed a surplus for the year of £18.94, with net assets of £466.56

The Accounts were accepted unanimously, and a vote of thanks to Mr Firth, was proposed by Mr RS Boylan, supported by Mr AG Midgley

13.          Fees for 2005-2006

 

The affiliation fees of £5 per Club and £10 per team (£5 for Bill Lumley Rapidplay) had been unchanged for many years now. Mr Tuddenham spoke eloquently and with good humour questioning the need to maintain these levels of income in view of the fact that we had a reasonable sum of assets in the bank. As usual, this fell on deaf ears. Mr Tuddenham then proposed that the fees remain unchanged for 2005-06. This was seconded by RS Boylan and carried unanimously.

8.          Presentation of Trophies

Watkinson                         Netherton 1

Littlewood                         Huddersfield Knights

Examiner                           Netherton A

Team K.O.                         Netherton C

FW Brown Rapidplay Champion     

Bill Lumley Rapidplay          Holme Valley                    

Individual K.O.

Section 1          P Shaw (Netherton)                                 beat   L Keely (Holme Valley)

Section 2          D Woodhead (Chartist)                          beat    E Mellor ( Huddersfield)

Section 3          P Czerwinski (Huddersfield)                             beat           DT Hill (David Browns)

9.          Election of Officers

The President and Treasurer were re-elected unanimously. (AG Midgley/E Priestley)

Mr Ward proposed and AR Tuddenham seconded the nomination of GM Peake as Secretary. This was carried unanimously.

The President:          A Ward  

Treasurer:               D Firth  

Secretary:               GM Peake

10.          Election of  Handicap/Competition Committee.

 WF Lumley, E Priestley, AG Midgley, PH Jackson, G Peake.

Re-elected en bloc. It was further proposed by SV Thompson, that Mr AR Tuddenham be elected to this Committee. This was seconded by RS Boylan and carried unanimously.

A.O. B

Mr Priestley remarked on the incident at the Individual KO, and the fact that no official controller was present, which might have avoided the problem which arose on that occasion. He had spoken to Mr Peake on this subject, and Geoff had expressed his willingness to act as controller on future individual KO evenings. Mr Peake confirmed this offer, pointing out that he usually attended as an observer anyway. The meeting expressed support for this offer.

Mr Hepworth informed the meeting that his Club Huddersfield, were considering entering a further team in the Examiner with a view to encouraging their juniors. He wondered how Clubs would respond to this. The meeting welcomed this suggestion and wished the Huddersfield Club well in the venture.

Presentation to League Secretary

The President, Alec Ward, thanked Bill Lumley for the service he had given to the Association over the past 28 years. On behalf of the Association and many individual members, Mr Lumley was presented with a gift voucher, and a framed picture by the local ‘Yorkshire Artist’, Ashley Jackson. Mr Lumley expressed his deep gratitude to all those who had been in any way  involved in this wonderful gesture. Such a gift was a particularly inspiring choice, as it would be a constant reminder of the many friends, which he had made over the past 28 years. Mr Lumley commented that people who accept honorary positions invariably do so to a large degree for the satisfaction, which they enjoy from doing a job well. All that is expected in return, is that members appreciate the efforts that have been made on their behalf. Bill concluded by thanking all those present who had demonstrated by their warm and generous acclamation that his efforts over the past 28 years had all been worthwhile! This had been a very warm and emotional moment, and one, which Mr Lumley would never forget.

Tony Midgley brought the meeting to a close by thanking Bill on behalf of all Association members for the contribution, which he had made to chess in Huddersfield over the past 28 years.

 

The Meeting closed at 8.45 pm