STOCKTON SUNDAY LEAGUE
Durham County F.A Charter Standard League
Secretary: Ken Clark 28 Leicester Road Norton Stockton TS20 2RB Tel: (01642) 658298

GENERAL MEETING 18 NOVEMBER 2009
At
THE ELM TREE SOCIAL CLUB


NOTES FOR NOVEMBER MEETING

Secretaries Report & Correspondence


Correspondence:

Latest suspension list’s from Durham County Football Association & North Riding County Football Association.

Letter Hartlepool United – re cup finals (more in Secretaries Report)


Secretaries Report – Matters Arising

As for new registration forms I asked that you fill in the bottom part of the registration apart from the date, registration number and the signature sections, teams have been penalised under the Good Conduct for this.

Man of the Match nominations teams are still not submitting correctly, again where this has happened the team lose a vote for their player and incur penalty points on the Good Conduct as well. Teams are still nominating wrongly, on the Match Sheet that you submit should be your team’s man of the match as nominated by your opponents.

Old Match Sheets are being used can I ask that you only use the ones that have the man of the match section on the back of the sheet. I have included some Match Sheet in your envelope tonight, if you require any more then see me at the end of the meeting.


Secretaries Report

Jes Lambert – new email address for league correspondence
Jes.lambert@stocktonsundayleague.org.uk

Cup Finals – These have been finalised for next season, they will all take place at Billingham Town – see letter from Hartlepool United.

Funding Meeting – Reminder that meeting is next Wednesday 25 November starting at 7-00pm in Stockton Football Club Bishopton Road West (next to Sixth Form College).

December 20th – I have been advised (Jes Lambert) that Middlesbrough play Newcastle on this date with a 1 o’clock kick off and the game is on TV, Teams would still have time to play and get back in time to watch fixture if so required. Any Team requiring a postponement for this date please let me know by this Sunday (22 November) so I can re-organise fixtures and re-issue for that date at the Funding Meeting, no postponement for this date will be accepted after Sunday.

There will be no fixtures on 27 December 2009 and the 3 January 2010, fixtures will resume on the 10 January 2010 these will be sent out in the post. That is except for any Team that gets through to the next round of the Durham Sunday Cup as that is scheduled for the 3 January 2010.

A number of Teams are falling foul of paying fines to the County F.A are getting themselves suspended, any Team that is suspended because of this and is unable to play will be charged with an unplayed game by the League. Teams need to sort out fines etc with the County F.A straight away do not wait until the due date, if you have a problem paying then you should contact the County F.A and make arrangement with them.

It was reported by a referee last Sunday that spectator’s were seen drinking on the touchline at Tilery, Teams have been warned if reported to the County F.A they would face a substantial fine. If people are drinking on your sideline then you need to have a word with these people and get them to move away were possible (I know it is not always easy) but you must at least make an effort.

Three Teams failed to ring in their results this weekend gone, fines are in your envelope, it is important that ALL results are rang in on time.

Teams are still putting the incorrect man of the match on the back of the Match Sheet, the Teams that have done this since the last meeting are Elm Tree, Londonderry Arms and Stockton Traders. This means that your players have missed out a nomination for two and three weeks, please on your match sheet include your own man of the match. Also once again I am seeing Match Sheets that are signed by a Team before being handed to your opponents as these are crossed out and re-signed when handed in.

I have also received a couple of complaints from Teams regarding Teams who submit Match Return via internet that they are not handing over a Match Sheet because they do it on line, this is not the case you still need to exchange Match Sheets and submit (at meeting’s if done on-line correctly completed).

Abuse of referee’s is on the increase, since the last meeting two players have been suspended until case dealt with by County F.A for abusing referees, this will not be tolerated. Teams are reminded that they are Charter Standard and are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct for Players. Can I advise that you remind your players of this and also the Code of Conduct for Managers and Coaches as two teams have been disciplined this season for manager’s abusing referee’s.

As you may be aware the League Website has been updated and a number of people have emailed me saying they cannot get on, if you are still having problems please see me at end of meeting. Minutes of meetings are now posted here in the Members Area, I will also have the Secretaries Report from this meeting added there as well.

Transfer Forms these are not being filled in correctly as Teams are signing the wrong way round, the Transfer form says I desire the transfer of this part requires the signature of the team that the playing is transferring to and the second part I accept the transfer of is for the signature of the team the player is leaving. Can you make sure these are completed correctly in future otherwise the transfer will be rejected and the team will have to suffer the consequences.

The F.A are proposing to introduce a large number of rule changes for next season some of these are just a change in wording but others will need our rules changing. There are a couple that I do not agree with and intend to bring this up with Durham County Football Association.



HANDBOOK CHANGES

Division Two:

Port Clarence – Change of telephone numbers: Home 01642 290477 & Mobile 07952 930660

Sun Inn Athletic – change of mobile number 07938 846979.

Division Three:

Georgia Browns – Change of Secretary
Michael Gilbey 3 Lilac Road Stockton on Tees TS19 0JQ – Mobile 07982 610831


New Referee:

Christopher Scott 7 Byron Close Billingham TS23 3TW (H) 01642 894401 & Mobile 07718 586164

STOCKTON SUNDAY LEAGUE
Durham County F.A Charter Standard League
Secretary: Ken Clark 28 Leicester Road Norton Stockton on Tees TS20 2RB Tel: (01642) 658298

MINUTES OF MEETING 21 October 2009
Held at Elm Tree Social Club

Present : D Overton (Acting Chairman), G Hewitson, A Close, P Livingstone,
H Oliver, D Bradley & J Lambert (Acting Secretary)

Apologies : P Mack, S Kirwan, Jean Johnson, J K Johnson & K D Clark (Secretary)

The President took the Chair with the Chairman and Vice Chairman both unavailable he opened the meeting at 19-32. He then handed over to the Assistant Secretary who read the minutes of the last meeting (16 September 09) and the members present agreed them and the President signed them as a true record.

Matters arising:- Man of the match – Registrations – Funding (See Secretaries Report)
Secretaries Report & Correspondence

Correspondence:

Latest suspension list’s from Durham County Football Association & North Riding County Football Association.
Letter DFA re Inter Sunday League Tournament

Secretaries Report – Matters Arising

Once again before I start the League Secretaries report I have to say that a number of teams are still not listening to instructions and notices given out at the monthly meetings this will be borne out in the Secretaries Report.

Teams are still submitting registration incorrectly, no stamped addressed envelope, information missing.

As for new forms I asked that you fill in the bottom part of the registration apart from the date, registration number and the signature sections, teams have been penalised under the Good Conduct for this.

Man of the Match nominations teams are still not submitting correctly, again where this has happened the team lose a vote for their player and incur penalty points on the Good Conduct as well. Teams are still nominating wrongly, on the Match Sheet that you submit should be your team’s man of the match as nominated by your opponents.

When I was away I asked that match sheets and registrations be submitted to League Secretary as normal. Any registrations and transfers submitted for that Sunday will not be processed until I return on the Saturday; therefore if you submit a registration or transfer then you need to check with League Secretary to make sure player is signed and eligible to play on the Sunday. Please ring after 2 p.m on mobile number or check the website after 3 p.m when any registrations should be up loaded by then. One team sent the Match Sheet to Jes and only one team rang to check on a registration submitted.

Following on from last month’s minutes when we discussed Funding, can I advise that a workshop has been arranged for Wednesday 25 November 2009 (a week after the League meeting) as part of the Charter Standard programme? This will be held at Stockton Town Football Club (next to Sixth Form College) just down the road.


Secretaries Report

Evening Gazette: We are limited in the space we are allocated for reports in the Gazette however all reports are posted on the website in full when received. Reports are now being sent to the Northern Echo and these appear on a Saturday in the Local Heroes supplement however full reports appear on the League website.

With the impending Postal strike due to start this week then you need to make alternative arrangements if you currently post your Match Sheets. These still need to arrive within the correct timescale and is more important if they contain registrations. This is maybe a good time to think about doing these on-line (it really is simple and takes less then five minutes). As for registrations for those on email I will send back the registration by email, for other’s you need to ring up to check if registration completed. In both cases you will still need to include a stamped addressed envelope so the counterfoil can be returned as you still need to retain this.

Old Match Sheets are being used can I ask that you only use the ones that have the man of the match section on the back of the sheet.

Registration Forms – can I ask that you also use the new forms which contains the Respect notice and throw any others away, if you require any forms then please see about at the end of the meeting, transfer forms are also available. Whilst on about transfers can I point out that these are not being filled in correctly Teams are signing the wrong way round, to date I have accepted these but they will be returned if not correct in future.

Fixtures 8 November amendment due to Durham Sunday Cup Billingham The Kings v Lord Nelson fixture is reversed to Tilery using middle pitch as Hardwick Social Club are at home in the Durham Sunday Cup. The Merlin is also at home to the Sun Inn, Billingham Telstar is also at home, teams need to sort out who plays on which pitch. Rosegale N & S.A & George & Dragon (Yarm) are both away whilst Billingham Cons are also at home.

It was suggested that minutes of meeting’s are posted on the website along with the Secretaries Report, this will be looked at by League Secretary.


Handbook Changes -

Division Three:

Wolviston Wellington F.C
Change of Secretary: James Smith 14 Gainsborough Road Billingham TS23 3JA
07815 850597

Dubliners F.C – Change of Ground
Mandale Linear Park Redcar Road Thornaby

Referee Jimmy Mansell – New phone no 01642 363965


TEAM OF THE MONTH - August / September 2009
Stockton West End (Division Three) had 3 League wins, 2 cup wins plus 1 defeat in Durham Sunday Cup – no penalty points in the two months. Match ball presented by Alan Close.




CUP DRAWS – Ian Gorman Memorial Trophy Round Three and Stephen Wells Memorial Trophy Round Two has been completed and in the envelope tonight along with details of the John Jackson & Bill Moss Memorial Trophies.



REFEREES – Jes gave out some changes.

Harry Oliver (Vice President and Stockton Referee’s representative) spoke about having visited another league in the County and they pointed out how lucky we are with referees. It needs the co-operation of all teams to make sure that we retain our referee’s.


ROLL CALL –Three Team missing



ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Teams reminded about funding workshop on 25 November at Stockton Town Football Club.

There being no further business the President reminded members that the next meeting is on the 18 November 2009 the President then thanked all for attending and he closed the meeting at
19-56.












Signed: ............................................................... Date: 18 November 2009