The AGM of the Association took place at Cuckney CC on Saturday 1st October 2011 at 2.30pm.

Reports were received from the Honorary Secretary, Appointments Secretary, Treasurer and Assessment Committee.

The following awards were made;

The President presented the Joe Richardson Memorial Trophy to Brian Cartwright; Brian has been umpiring consistently for 49 years in the Mansfield & District Cricket League and for the last 33 years also in the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League. Brian has also been a committee member for 25 years. A well earned and justified award.

A presentation was then made by the President to Arthur Whitehead (Blidworth Colliery Welfare CC) of a 20 year service tie, Arthur had in fact completed 23 years service to the Umpires Association. The Association is always proud to make these awards in recognition of 20 years dedication to local Cricket.

The President presented Steve Sessions with the Howard Walton Memorial Trophy in recognition of his having reached a high mark in the ECB Level 1 examination following the winter’s course and in achieving excellent assessments for his first season as an umpire.

Presentation of ACO Level 1 and Level 1A certificates:

Gerry Graney made the presentation to the Level 1 candidates and Peter McKenzie to the Level 1A candidates.

Successful candidates were;

Level 1; A Wilson, R Swann, I Bagshaw, A Barley, D Brumpton, A Day, M Carlisle, G Johnston, J Severn, M Townsend, P Chambers, M Layton, S Sessions, R Whitehead, G Bullock, S Leach, M Spivey & I Woodall.

Level 1a; D Parnham, P Rice, C Darrington, F Lester, R Morris, B Lenihan, D Flowers, D Whitham, D Blizard, A Wilson, R Kent, G Wright, J Singleton, R Hepworth, & I Stallworthy.

The following were elected unopposed:

President                          MJ Smedley

Chairman                          B Rivington

Secretary/Treasurer            E Devney

Appointments Secretary      JJ Leaning

Committee: Dick Arthur, Mick Bonsall, Martin Cannon, Brian Cartwright, Russell Dodd, Gerry Graney, David Hodgkin, Brian Lenihan, Ian Rich and John Singleton.

OVER’S PER BOWLER – Number of Over’s to be bowled by individual bowler when Over’s are carried forward from 1st Innings to 2nd Innings.

ONLY WHEN A TEAM DECLARES it’s first innings does the number of overs per bowler increase in the second innings, when that team bowls. Refer to table in handbook for increase. It does not increase if the team batting first is bowled out with over’s to be carried forward; it remains at 15 (50 + c/fwd overs) or 13 (46 + c/fwd overs).

None of this affects the number of over’s a young fast bowler may bowl, they remain governed by the limits of the ECB Directive.

Any member wishing to make a nomination for any of the following Officers must make such a nomination in writing to the Secretary signed by a Proposer, Seconder and Candidate to arrive not later than Saturday 24th September 2011:

• President
• Chairman
• Secretary/Treasurer
• Appointments Secretary
• Committee Member

Any member wishing to make a proposition to the meeting

1. to make changes to the Constitution of the Association
2. to put a proposition to the Annual General Meeting of the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League

should make a proposition in writing to the Secretary signed by the Proposer and Seconder to arrive not later than Saturday 24th September 2011.

A copy of the Associations Constitution  and a copy of the Minutes of the 2010 AGM can be found on the Downloads Section of this website.

The AGM Agenda will be published on the website on 25th September 2011.

Trevor’s funeral will take place at Mansfield Crematorium on Monday 15th August 2011 at 10.45 am.

I am sure that many of you will wish to be present.

Ervin

It is with much sorrow that I have to report the sad death of Trevor Mitchell. Trevor’s illness became apparent early in the season and he under took various treatments and operations. I know you will all wish to join with me in passing on our condolences to his family at this sad time. I am also sure that many of you will wish to attend Trevor’s funeral service and when I have those details I will publish them on the website.

The designated CRB administrator  for the Umpires Association, Peter McKenzie, has stood down from the post. Peter has been responsible for maintaining the CRB records of members and ensuring that  when members needed any renewals they were advised promptly. Peter has held this post since the inception of CRB checking and has carried out the task with his usual efficiency, but has found that with his increased involvement in the ECB, ACO and Notts Cricket Board the time available to him to oversee CRB is limited. On behalf of all the members I would like to thank Peter for all his efforts.

The new CRB administrator will be the Associations Secretary, Ervin Devney.

This Trophy is awarded to the best new umpire and is based on the examination result at Level 1 and performance on the cricket field during the first half of the season.

The award this year goes to Steve Sessions.

Steve did extremely well in the exam and has shown the right ability,  effectiveness and attitude on the cricket field. I am sure he has a bright future in Umpiring.

Congratulations.

Due to certain player registration problems being experienced it was agreed at the recent BDUA Management Committee meeting that members be reminded to retain the signed Team card received from the captains prior to the start of the match until at least the AGM of the league in November each year. It would probably be better if one umpire from each match took responsibility for this, I am sure you can arrange that between you.

This is something that should be being done anyway but I have to confess that I didn’t know that so I would guess that some of you didn’t either.

Ervin

The Association now has a number of umpires who have attended courses, passed various examinations, have the necessary experience and the ambition to umpire at a higher standard of cricket. The pool of umpires able to umpire in the Championship Division is therefore increasing. To facilitate this increase in eligible umpires will mean that those of us who have umpired the majority of the time in the Championship will have to accept that there will not be as many games available. The Hon Appointments Secretary will be even handed in his appointments but none of us should feel disappointed if we don’t get as many games in the Championship as in the past.

With the season just 4 weeks old there have been a few areas of concern as follows:

PROVISION OF SCORERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION

Please be aware that all clubs must provide a scorer in the Championship Division. Failure to do so will result in a One Point deduction. Would Umpires please endorse the result sheet if a club FAILS to provide a scorer in the Championship.

PENALTY RUNS

When awarding Penalty Runs these are added to the score of the Team that does NOT commit the offence for which the runs have been awarded. They are not added to one team and deducted from the other (that would be a double penalty). When awarding Penalty Runs please ensure that you inform the Teams and the Scorers by signalling correctly at the time of the offence, NOT at the end of the game. If any of you are in doubt please contact me for clarification.

BALL BOUNCING MORE THAN TWICE

Any ball, legally delivered, bouncing more than twice before passing the popping crease, is to be called and signaled a NO BALL. This law has been in operation now for 2 years!

It must be obvious for most of you reading this that we have been experiencing some difficulties with the interpretation of the Laws. All I can do is ask you all to revise and read the Laws. If you haven’t been to a refresher course lately then it is something that you should consider doing in the winter. It is always interesting and an excuse for a drink and chat after with colleagues we don’t always get to stand with.