Minutes of the Beaumaris Bowling Club Annual General Meeting held at the Bulkeley Arms Hotel on Friday 29 th November 2019 commencing at 7.30pm.

Present.

President Mr Robin Davies

Chairman Mr Mike Ormond

Secretary Mr David Mathias

Treasurer Mr Barry Harris

Life Members – Robin Davies – Derek Stanley – Mike Ormond.

Members – Barry Ward – Dave Baxter – Andrew Stanley – Adam Harris – Ken Thomas – Keith Bailey – Tim Williams– Martin Davidson – Trevor Ashenden – Alan Caughter – Geraint Owen – Daniel Owen – Peter Evison – Brian Begley..

Agenda.

1 Welcome by Chair and Opening Remarks.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Annual General Meeting and pointed how pleasing it was for him personally to have been a member of a club where the members integrated so well with each-other both competitively and socially. He went on to thank David Mathias for the dedicated work he did for the Club both as Secretary and as, in all but name, the Treasurer. He went on to thank the Captains of the various teams and also to thank the Greenkeeper Leighton Jones for the wonderful playing surface he had provided during the last season.

Finally he confirmed that Dave Edwards was leaving the Club and was standing down as the Deputy Chairman. He thanked him for his contribution to the Club, not only as playing member, but also for the repair and servicing of the old bowling green mower he had done on numerous occasions, with no cost to the Club.

2 Apologies for Absence

The Secretary confirmed that the following had given their apologies for absence. Namely: - D T Evans – Dave Edwards – John and Ann Banks – Ken Parry (Life Member) – W T Roberts (Life Member) – Mrs Sheila Graham –Arfon Jones – Gwyn Thomas – Stuart Thomas – Mrs Olga Evison.

3 Obituaries.

The Chairman confirmed that over the last year Mr Cyril Haynes and Mrs Brown (Museum of Childhood) had passed away. He also mentioned that two long standing fellow bowlers and friends of many in the Club, Mr Trevor Lewis and Mr Dick Thomas, had passed away. As per expected practice the members stood for a minutes silence in

their respect.

4 Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on the 6 th December 2018.

The Chairman confirmed that the aforementioned Minutes had for some time been displayed on the Beaumaris Bowling Club Web-site and as such requested that they were proposed and seconded as a true and correct record.

Derek Stanley proposed and Mike Ormond seconded which was agreed unanimously by the members present.

5 Matters arising from the Minutes

5.1 – The Secretary requested an update from Mr Trevor Ashenden, in his capacity of Beaumaris Town Council Clerk, for an update on the new pavilion for Happy Valley which was discussed at a full Council Meeting earlier in the week. Mr Ashenden confirmed that the project was still ongoing but as yet no final decision had been made on the project.

There were no further matters arising from the Minutes.

6 Hon Secretary Report.

The Secretary confirmed that his report for on the 2019 season, had for some weeks been displayed on the Beaumaris Bowling Club website and as such he did not intend to read it out. He encouraged all members to read it at their leisure.

He did however extend his special thanks to Tim Williams for the work he had done in promoting the Club via the Beaumaris Bowling Club Facebook page and via the Beaumaris Bowling Club website. He also extended his great appreciation to Leighton Jones for the work he had done on the bowling green during the season especially after the Beaumaris Town Council had erected a rabbit proof fence around it in March 2019.

He extended his congratulations to all Club members for being selected for the Welsh Men’s, Junior and Veterans squads and to the players who were selected to play for the Gwynedd Veterans and Mon Menai teams. He made special mention of Geraint Booth who was crowned the Gwyn Morris Welsh Men’s Merit Champion for 2019 at the

Benllech Bowling Club in June, under his tenure of being the Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association President. He also extended his personal congratulations to junior player Daniel Owen on winning the 2019 Anglesey and Bangor and District under 18 Cup at the Llanfair P.G Club and on qualifying for the last eight of the North Wales Presidents Day Finals at the Sunny Rhyl Bowling Club.

Finally he made mention of Life Member and long term friend, Ken Parry, who was not in the best of health and encouraged as many people as possible to visit him at his home – 30 Maes Hyfryd, as he was now virtually house bound.

The Chairman again thanked the Secretary for all his hard work and encouraged all present to read his full report on the Beaumaris Bowling Club website.

7 Hon. Treasurer Report

The Secretary on behalf of the official Treasurer presented the balance sheet as of the 31 st October 2019.

Current Account - £1588.29 in credit.

However since then two payments had been made - £230.00 to Leighton Jones and £29.00 – Thank you gifts to Kim and Dave at the Happy Valley Pavilion. The Club had also received Prize Money of £200.00 From the Super League.

Therefore the correct balance as of the date of the meeting was:

Current Account - £1529.18 in credit.

He went on to thank all the people involved in collecting the Saturday Raffle Money (£412.00), and also explained that as the Bowling Club no longer had a mains electric meter, that there would no longer be an annual charge of around £120.00, the Club would have been obliged to pay.

Finally he again extended his personal thanks to Lotti Summers of Lotti Summers Ltd – Accountants, for auditing the accounts free of charge.

8 Approval of Balance Sheet.

Alan Caughter proposed and Geraint Owen seconded that the Balance of Accounts for 2019, as of the 31 st October 2019, be accepted. This was agreed unanimously by all present.


The Chairman again thanked the Secretary for the work he did as the acting Treasurer.

9 Approval of Subscriptions for 2020.

The Treasurer proposed that the subscriptions for 2020 remained as they were in 2019. Namely:

Full and Social Member - £35.00

Junior and Country Member £20.00.

This was proposed by Derek Stanley and seconded Ken Thomas and agreed unanimously by all present.

10 Reports from Team Captains 2019 season.

As full reports of the performances of all the (8) eight teams playing in the various leagues was listed in the Secretary Report and on the Bowling Club website, the Captains present gave some additional information for the benefit of those present.

11 Election of Officers / Saturday and Super League Captains 2020.

The following were proposed and seconded, the elected on bloc:

President – Robin Davies

Chairman – Mike Ormond

Secretary – Dave Mathias

Treasurer – Barry Harris

With the resignation of Dave Edwards as Deputy Chairman, Alan Caughter was proposed and seconded to be duly elected as the new Deputy Chairman.

Coast League A Team – Barry Harris was duly elected

Coast League B Team – Trevor Ashenden was duly elected

Super League – Adam Harris was duly elected.

It was agreed that all the three captains elected their own Deputy Captain.

12 Reports from AGM’s of member associations and leagues.

The Secretary confirmed the following:

Welsh CGBA – Annual General Meeting – not being held until February 2020

Gwynedd CGBA Annual General Meeting – not being held until 4 th January 2020.

Gwynedd Senior Citizens Annual General Meeting. – This was held in October 2019, resulting in which Mrs Margaret Heard resigned as Hon. Secretary, with Mr Terry Smith and Mr David Mathias being elected as the new Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Also three new teams had been accepted – Menai Bridge – Bangor and Benllech B, which would probably result in the Beaumaris B Team not being relegated to Division 2, but again remaining in Division 1 in 2020.

Super League Annual General Meeting – This had been held on the 26 th November 2019 resulting in the Beaumaris Bowling team being awarded £200.00 for finishing the 2019 in third position. It was also confirmed that Gresford Bowling Club had resigned from the league and that the Craig y Don Bowling Club had joined the league for the

2020 season.


Anglesey and Bangor and District Annual General Meeting – The Secretary confirmed that this was due to be held until mid – January 2020 and there were a number of Notice of Motions to vote on in relation to the Monday Night League and the Doubles Cup Competition. After some discussion it was agreed by all that the Club representatives at the meeting vote on the Notice of Motions as they felt fit.

13 Notice of Motions from Management / Members.

The Secretary confirmed that no Notice of Motions had been submitted by the Management or the Members.

14 Any Other Business.

14.1 – Tim Williams reported that he had spoken with the Head of the Beaumaris Primary School to see if any children would be interested in coming to the bowling green in April 2020 for coaching sessions. Alan Caughter confirmed that he would speak with the Dragon Sports co-ordinator at the Anglesey County Council to see what

support they could offer in relation to the coaching of the children.

14.2 – The Secretary confirmed that he had received a cheque for £35.00 from Alan Caughter in lieu of his Club

Subscription for the 2020 season.

As there were no other matters to discuss the Chairman thanked everyone for attending, wished them all a Very Happy Christmas – Prosperous New Year and closed the meeting at 8.50pm.

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