Mkt Drayton Bowling League 2026

North Shropshire Crown Green Bowling Association
Treasurer
Peter Lawrence

peterandbarbaralawrence@btinternet.com

Chairperson
Chris Sayers
casayers@yahoo.com

Secretary
Leah Marshall
Secretarynscgba@outlook.com

AGENDA FOR EXECUTIVE MEETING
Date: Wednesday 12 th March 2025
Venue: Tilstock Bowling Club
Time: 7.30PM
1. Chairpersons Welcome everyone to the meeting.
2. Obituaries: Phil Walley (Audlem), Val Box (Hanmer), Herbert Skitt and Joyce Nixon
(Tilstock)
3. Apologies
Victoria, Hadnall, Malpas Sport, Ifton
4. Minutes of Exec meeting 12 th December 2024 and matters arising

These are accurate and signed off by CS.

5. Secretaries Report – Leah Marshall
a. Please see slide 3 of PowerPoint presentation.
b. Would like to wish everyone a successful and enjoyable season.
Question from the floor: Why are the trophies being collected in at this time
of the year? Answer: It has been a challenge over the years getting trophies
back in a timely fashion to then get the engraving done ready for the
presentation. Therefore, we have asked for them earlier this year.
6. Treasurer’s Report -Peter Lawrance (CS represented on behalf of PL)
a. Accounts: Whitchurch - £11785.79 Market Drayton - £6696.87
Assets - £5055.69
b. As agreed at the AGM we are adding new signatories (Leah Marshall and Sue
Palin) and merging the accounts.
c. Some prize money checks have still not been banked. Please can all clubs
ensure they bank the checks ASAP. We cannot close the account until these
cheques are cashed.
d. We have secured sponsorship this year, CS thanked the sponsors.
e. We have bought new scoreboards which other clubs can use, please contact
Jack Hazeldine if you would like to borrow them.
f. Prize Money- please see slide 5 of PowerPoint presentation for breakdown.
g. Shropshire Star and Presidents will need a minimum number to be played for.
7. Competition Secretaries Report – Jack Hazeldine
a. Listened to feedback and made some changes which were voted at the AGM.
b. JH has emailed all clubs the comp dates, please can all clubs put these up in their
club.
c. Please can clubs ensure captains are familiar with the comp rules. If they are
unsure, please contact Jack before the game not after.

d. Deadline for comp entries is 31 st March. Reminder that all clubs will be
automatically entered into each competition in both leagues. Can clubs double
check the websites for entries and untick the box if they want to opt out.
e. The committee have agreed how many games need to be played for each comp,
please see slide 7 of PowerPoint presentation for breakdown.
f. JH reassured that the comps are well attended and ask clubs to offer up their
greens to hold comps.
Question from the floor: do clubs need to let the Competition Secretary know
if their green is available? Answer: No JH will email club secretaries to find
out green availability as and when is needed.
8. SCGBA Report- Simon Fullard
a. CS congratulated Simon on his newly appointed role as President of SCGBA
b. We have a Shropshire Team in the Club Team Championship: Woore.
c. Junior Trials is on 12 th April at Old Shrewsbury.
d. BCGBA Handbooks will be coming, once they arrive, we will get them to the
clubs.
e. Encourage all clubs to enter ‘Big Bowls Weekend’ Friday 23 rd -26 th May.
f. Please see slide 10 of the PowerPoint presentation for further information.
9. Development Officer Report – Roger Haynes
a. There are around 15-18 clubs without coaches. Please can club secretaries recruit
coaches for their clubs. The Level 1 has funding attached (50% from BCGBA and
30% from Shropshire) The cost of the course is £150 (minus the funding). If you
have any interest, please email Roger Haynes with the details.
b. Please see slide 11 of PowerPoint presentation for more information.
10. Safeguarding Office Report – Sue Palin
a. In Case of Emergency (ICE) – Please encourage all members to complete an ICE
form, which are on the website.
b. A reminder that a copy of DBS certificates need to be sent to Phil Scott.
c. See slide 12 of PowerPoint presentation for more information.
11. League Start Dates/Fixtures
a. The league is now set. (Please see slide 13-15 of the PowerPoint presentation for
further information.
d. Fixtures will be online from 9am Thursday 13 th March.
e. The Whitchurch league is full, and we are managing this by starting a little earlier.
f. CS explained that if more teams want to enter the Whitchurch league next year,
we don’t want to say no, therefore we are giving a heads up that we would need to
either have 16 teams in some divisions meaning the league would start mid-March
and end mid-October, which may not be feasible. The other option is a restructure
of the division. If a restructure took place, it may mean some division winners
may not get promotion. To support this, a motion will be put forward at the end of
the season outlining; teams must inform the leagues of extra/withdrawal of teams
by the AGM. This will give the management team time to do any restructuring if
necessary.
12. AOB
a. Shropshire Champion of Champions will be running this year and the
management team would like to support this. The proposal will be the average

winner in each league would represent the 2 leagues at the Shropshire
champion of champions. The league will pay the £25 entry fee. The
management team needs to confirm who would represent the league, if the
same bowler wins another league.
b. Best green comp – some criticism as Simon was the only one doing the
judging. Would someone else want to do this alongside Simon, to help judge
the greens? JH offered. If anyone is interested in judging, please email the
secretary. The judging should be done earlier in the season in June/July. You
will have to untick the box on the website if you don’t want to enter the best
green comp. There is no cost for this comp.
c. Scoreboards- if anyone would like to borrow these, please contact Jack.
d. Match fees .40p per player per game.
e. Norman Ford will be at Prees on the 6 th April, this comp is invite only. Please
can secretaries forward the email to players and confirm their acceptance
ASAP.
f. Can secretaries please send Jack an email of all their juniors and what division
they are in.
CS closed the meeting, thanking everyone for attendance and wished everyone a