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Cheltenham League Notice Board
It is the purpose of this Newsletter to communicate items of interest to Clubs and, in particular, their Secretaries, that were not necessarily discussed at the monthly Management Committee meetings. If anyone has anything that they would like to include on this newsletter, which will be circulated to all clubs and which will also be posted on the Leagues Web site, they are advised to contact the League's General Secretary by the Monday that immediately precedes the monthly Management Committee meeting, at the latest Apologies that the Newsletter is a little late this time around but the General Secretary has spent most of the last 3 weeks away on holiday and this necessitated the rescheduling of the August meeting to September 7th. 1) Fines The numbers of clubs who have failed to pay League Invoices within the
stipulated time has, recently, reached almost epidemic proportions and
this is wholly unacceptable. Each invoice that is sent out by the League's
Treasurer has a date written upon it by which payment must be received.
Ideally, these invoices would be paid by return post, thus making everyone's
lives easier, but in the absence of this utopia, everyone must make it
a priority to pay by the due date at the very latest. These dates are
usually very generous - 14 days in most cases - and the extra work that
is caused by a failure to pay on time makes it inevitable that any club
that fails to meet the dates set will be fined. They will also face the
prospect of being suspended from the League and having any games that
were scheduled for the period that elapses before the suspension is raised,
postponed with a probable loss of points 2. Car Parking at Winchcombe Town Winchcombe Town have asked us to point out to all clubs that there is a no parking policy in force in Mill Lane, which is the road that leads to their ground. 3 Registration Clubs are reminded that they should check with Terry Onions before contemplating
signing anyone who's name appeared on the CDP2 form. Numerous of the names
have now been removed from the CDP2 list and up to date information is
only available from Terry. Players reported as having paid the debts that were reported on the CDP2 form are as follows Player DOB Bridgeman, Andrew 02.01.71 4 Clubs Meeting 28th September 2005 The next Clubs meeting will be held at the Victory Club on Wednesday,
28th September, 2005, starting at 7.15 pm. Attendance at this meeting
is not obligatory but clubs are advised to send a representative if at
all possible, for a number of reasons. Firstly, the meeting provides a
forum at which issues can be discussed and possible resolutions to any
problems can be identified. Secondly, it acts as an information exchange,
at which reports are made by the League's Officers and help and guidance
is offered with regard to matters concerning League affairs. Thirdly,
each club's allocation of Result Cards and hand books will be available
for collection on the night. 5 Referee Availability All clubs are reminded of the changes that were made to rules 10(B) and
13(J) at the last AGM, with regard to the provision of stand in officials
should no referee be officially appointed to a game, or should the officially
appointed referee fail to turn up. In such instances, the home side is
now obligated to provide a suitable alternative to referee the match.
The identity of this individual should be communicated to the Away side
as soon as possible and without delay. Should the home side fail to provide
a suitable alternative and this failure consequently results in the postponement
of the match, the home side will be liable to be charged with breaking
a fixture in accordance with rule 10(f). Should the Away side fail to
agree with the alternative referee provided by the home team, they are
obliged to inform the League immediately, in writing, of the basis of
their disagreement. This will then be considered by the League Management
Committee the next time it meets and should the Committee decide that
the away side's disagreement is unreasonable, the away team will be charged
with breaking a fixture under the provisions of rule 10(f). The consequence
of having a charge proven under rule 10(f) is the deduction of three points
and a fine of at least £15 and this minimum penalty will be increased
by a point and £5 for each subsequent transgression. This means
that the second time your side is found to have broken a fixture, it will
be fined 4 points and £20, and so on. 6 Referees Cards All Clubs are reminded that the new system with regard to Referees Cards
is now operational. Each Club was provided with two sets of Referees cards
at the AGM. The Club Referees cards are for use when an officially appointed
referee is not present and the home side has provided a suitable alternative.
This card should be signed by the captains of both sides before the game,
to indicate their agreement to the substitute official, and then completed
after the match and signed by the stand in referee. It should then be
sent, along with a copy of both the home teams and the away teams teamsheets,
to Les Fisher within 5 days of the match. 7 Shipton Oliffe Reserves Will all clubs, but particularly those in Division Four, please take note that Shipton Oliffe Reserves have been withdrawn from the League. This means every fixture that involved this sides, whether in the League or the Charities Cup, has been cancelled and the teams who were due to play them will have a blank date on those scheduled dates. 8 Referees Course We have been asked to point out that the next course for Referees will be held at the Victory Club, starting on November 22nd. For further details, please contact Steve Oakey on 01242 527770. 9 Gloucestershire Grassroots Sport Magazine We have also been asked to point out that the first edition of the new Gloucestershire GrassRoots Sport Magazine will be available from September 16th. This magazine offers extensive coverage of the Cheltenham League but the continuation of this level of coverage will depend, in the future, on the number of magazines that are actually sold to clubs in membership with the Cheltenham League. We are lead to believe, by the publishers, that all clubs have had details of how to subscribe to this publication but anyone who wants additional, or replacement, copies of these details can obtain them, by application, from the League's General Secretary 10 Club Details Kings secretary will be away from 17/09 to 26/09. Steve Hall on 01242
260598 or 07818 014667 will be the contact during this time NB: KICK OFF TIME OF MIDWEEK GAMES FOR WEEK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 12TH
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