AGENDA FOR MEETING HELD ON 25th April 2012
Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:31pm, all teams were represented.
Minutes of meeting held on the 28-03-2012
Proposed: Craigie Bar (A) Seconded: Red Goth (B)
Fines: Weavers missed March and February monthly meetings £20.00
Financial report: Craig gave a statement on the current amount in the association’s funds.
Proposed: Alpha Bar Seconded: Red Goth (A)
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc. Bobby gave the reps an update of all the current Fife and Scottish news.
Any other business:
The draw for the Singles was made.
The tender’s for Semi Finals night were opened, there were only two tenders and as the Alpha Bar had the highest tender the Venue was awarded to them.
Discussion on what occurred at the Craigie Bar on Friday night during the board final of the Triples competition.
The Chairman has asked K.O’Hagan to appear in front of the Committee to give his account of what happened on that night.
After hearing from all the party’s involved in the incident that were present at the meeting and from the statement that members had made to the committee in writing, and the point raised by Kevin O’Hagan about him only having the old version of the Constitution that was handed out before the EGM in October so the rules covering the triples was not included on it. Kevin stated that he and Stuart had apologised to each other at the match on Friday night and he also gone up to the Craigie on the Saturday morning and Apologised to the owner and bar staff for his behaviour the night before and he also apologised to the members present for his actions on the night stating that Stuart had been winding up that night and due to the drink he had just lost it and went after him.
The Secretary Stated that the Constitution had been updated to include all the rules that the Secretary found on a pre-2003 copy of the Constitution after the October EGM and apologised to the members for not handing it out as he had only put the copy on the website in October and not passed it out at the November meeting.
The Chairman also stated that he was wrong to have suspended Kevin before he was due to appear at the meeting as there was no rule in the constitution to cover this, but he stated he and the secretary would be putting a letter in at next year’s AGM and that a rule would be put into the constitution to make sure that anyone who assaults another person at any lochgelly sanctioned event would get no warnings when they appear before the committee they would be suspended from Lochgelly and District Darts Association from the date of the assault for the remainder of the season at the next monthly meeting.
After Consideration of these matters the Committee and the Reps decided to give Kevin O’Hagan a severe reprimand and a one match ban, which he had already served and Stuart McGaulley a severe reprimand for their behaviour on the night and that if there was any reoccurrence of the behaviour this season they would be suspended for the rest of the season.
Bobby Closed the meeting at 9:12 pm.
AGENDA FOR MEETING HELD ON 28th March 2012
Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:34pm, 14 teams were represented.
The Alpha Bar and Weavers were absent. This is the Alpha’s first missed meeting so no fine is incurred.
As this is Weavers second missed meeting they have been fined, see fines section for amount. As weavers have also now missed two consecutive meeting, they must attend the next meeting or they can be expelled from the league, under rule 1-17 of the constitution Teams failing to be represented at three consecutive league meeting will be expelled from the association.Unless such absence can be justified to the satisfaction of the league committee.
Minutes of meeting held on the 15-02-2012
Proposed: Craigie Bar (A) Seconded: West End Bar
Fines: Weavers missed monthly meeting £10.00
Financial report: Craig gave a report on the currenet condition of the association’s funds.
Proposed: Cleikum Inn Seconded: Auld Shank
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc. Bobby gave the reps an update of all the current Fife and Scottish news.
Any other business: The draw for the first round of the Doubles was made.
A lot of the member of the association would like to pay their respects with a minutes silence or applause at all league games this Friday to mark the passing of Jocky Wilson, the Committee would like to encourage the teams to do it before the first singles match starts as a mark of respect for the wee man. We will leave it up to the Captains of the teams at each venue to decide how they wish to pay their respects.
The committee would like to Congratulate C.Feeley and B.Donnelly on their international Call ups.
Bobby, closed the meeting at 8:55 pm.
AGENDA FOR MEETING HELD ON 15th February 2012
Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:40pm, all teams were represented except weavers
Minutes of meeting held on the 25-01-2012
Proposed: Auld Shank Seconded: West End Bar
Fines: Weavers failure to attend the February meeting already missed the one they are allowed so £10.00 fine.
Financial report: Craig gave a report on the current state of the association’s funds.
Proposed: Craigie Bar A Seconded: Cleikum Inn
Fife & S.D.A. business: The Fife rep gave a report on the Fife, and Scottish news.
Any other business:
The draw for the first round of the Triples, Fours and Fives was made.
Clarification that the Semi finals day would be going to the team who had the highest bid handed in at the April Monthly meeting and that no team would be allowed to change their bid once it was handed in to the committee, the venue must have two boards.
Bobby closed the meeting at 8:35 pm
AGENDA FOR MEETING TO BE HELD ON 25th January 2012
Roll Call: Mike opened the meeting at 7:30 pm, all teams were represented at the meeting.
Minutes of meeting held on the 14/12/11
Proposed: Auld Shank Seconded: Brt (B)
Fines: Weavers £15.00 late team sheet Weavers V Shardy’s A on the 6/1/12 (Paid)
Financial Report: Craig gave a report on the current condition of the leagues funds
Proposed: Craigie Bar (A) Seconded: Cleikum Inn
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc.
The Scottish Mixed Doubles qualifier report, there was disappointment from the Fife Committee in the lack of support for the event with only five pairs entering the competition! Between the shortfall in numbers and the error with the entry fee’s being taken at a lower rate for this and the mixed triples qualifiers, Fife have taken a hit in the pocket recently and Cliff indicated that action may be taken with regards to withdrawing these play-offs from the calendar should numbers not drastically increase for the near future.
The Christmas Cup, Gary Swan’s select beat Alan Small’s team in the final. The singles competition was won by Colin Hepplewhite who beat Colin Miller in the final.
The Fife versus Highland Results were as follows; The women’s B continued their good run by winning 3-1, the men’s B won 4-2, the A team’s saw repeats of the last match with the women drawing 3-3 and the men losing 4-8.
The next match will be an away fixture against Tay Valley and the date has been confirmed as the 29th of January, which is a SUNDAY. Cliff indicated that letters will be out shortly following his return from the Lakeside World Championships.
Dates and forthcoming events were issued;
Fife Open (5th-6th May), Scottish Singles Fife qualifier (12th May), Kennoway Open (13th May), Scottish Mixed Doubles Finals (21st Jan), SDA Meeting (22nd Jan), Scottish Open (17th – 19th Feb), Six Nations Cup 24th – 26th Feb), Youth Grand Prix event (25th Feb), Berwick weekend (16th – 18th Mar), Scottish Singles Finals (19th May).
Any other business:
All remaining player’s registration sheets and signing fees to be handed in at this meeting. All Sheets were handed in on the night
Any teams that have failed to hand in there competition entry sheets by the end of this meeting will not be included in the competition draws.
Report from the Red Goth B and Alpha Bar Reps concerning M.Pajak who was barred from the Red Goth on Friday 13/1/12 for Fighting in the premises. The Reps from the Alpha Bar and Red Goth gave accounts of what happened and agreed to take no further, so the committee decided to follow their decision.
The George McCormack charity event will take place in the Brt on 11th February 12:30 pm for 1:00 pm start. There is a £2.00 entry fee.
Mike thanked all the reps for attending and returning all their registration sheets and competition entry sheets and then closed the meeting at 7:58 pm.
NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2012
Wednesday 14th December 2011
Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:39 pm all teams were present.
Minutes of meeting held on the 23-11-2011
Proposed: Brt (A) Seconded: Red Goth (B)
Fines: Cleikum Inn £15.00 late team sheet Cleikum Inn V Auld Shank on the 9/12/11 (Paid)
Financial report: Craig gave a report on the current state of the league's funds
Proposed: Craigie Bar (A) Seconded: Cleikum In
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc.
The Fife Youth Academy is up and running and there has been a total of thirteen players registered with the Academy, although not all have been turning up every week. The Academy has now began a league table so everyone is playing in a round robin format we would also urge member associations to push the Academy at their own league meetings to try and get numbers up.
The Mixed Triples qualifiers were Gordon Donnelly select (Gordon, Brenda Hunter and Ian Cochrane) and Steph Gilmour select (Steph, Colin McClements and Ryan Thomson).
The Fife youth singles tournament held on the same day was won by Brendyn Donnelly who beat Jordan Forbes 3-1 in the final to claim his third title in as many years in this competition.
The Scottish Mixed Triples winners were Jenni Tully, Craig Baxter and Benny Keenan.
Dates and forthcoming Events;
Scottish Mixed Doubles Fife qualifier (10th Dec) entry fee for the doubles would be £8 per pair, Christmas Cup (Wednesday 28th Dec). Scottish Mixed Doubles Finals (21st Jan ’12), SDA Meeting (2nd Jan), Scottish Open (17th – 19th Feb), Six Nations Cup 24th – 26th Feb).
Inter Counties Results. In the recent match against East Stirling in Falkirk the results were as follows; Women’s B won 4-0, Men’s B lost 2-4, Women’s A drew 3-3, Men’s A lost 4-8.
Any other business:
All competition entry sheets to be handed in at the January Meeting. (Singles, Doubles, Triples, Fours and Fives). Sheets handed in after the January meeting will not be entered into the competitions.
The Super League Singles will take place on Thursday 5th April 2012
Request from J.Smith to change teams, he wishes to move from the Cleikum Inn to the Craigie Bar B. (Allowed by the committee as no objections from the teams)
Request from D.Currie to change teams, he wishes to move from the Auld Shank to the Craigie Bar B. (allowed by the committee as no objections from the teams)
Request from D.Simpson to change teams, he wishes to move from the West End Bar to Shardy’s (B). (allowed by the committee as no objections from the teams)
Request from K.Jones to change teams, he wishes to move from the Shardy’s (B) to Shardy’s (A). (allowed by the committee as no objections from the teams)
This is the last request to move teams that will be allowed this year as the deadline for moving expires at the end of this meeting.
A letter will be put in by the Secretary and the Chairman at next year’s AGM concerning making a rule to cover the movement of players as at moment the movement of players from one team to another before the end of the December meeting has only been allowed over the last three years at the committee’s discretion usually because only one or two players a year wished to move. As the amount of players that have moved teams this year has trebled it would be better to get a rule with a stop date included to cover this or to stop the movement of player’s altogether.
All teams are reminded that their players signing on fees are due at the January meeting
All teams that are interested in putting in a tender for Semi Finals night should remember to bring it with them in a sealed envelope to the April monthly meeting, the highest tender will win the venue for Semi Finals night.
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE DRAW 2011 |
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Prize |
Ticket No |
Name |
Address |
|
1st |
£ 100.00 |
001422 |
A.Mathieson |
39 Kirkland Gardens Ballingry |
2nd |
£ 50.00 |
011536 |
J.Salmond |
128 Lumpinnans Road Locchgelly |
3rd |
Bottle of Vodka |
001942 |
M.Wilson |
C/O Brt |
4th |
Bottle of Vodka |
011711 |
P.Lister |
104 South Street Lochgelly |
5th |
Bottle of Vodka |
007626 |
J P C |
C/O Red Goth Darts Team |
6th |
Bottle of Vodka |
007570 |
A.Watson |
C/O Red Goth Darts Team |
7th |
Bottle of Vodka |
007542 |
Caitlyn |
C/O Red Goth Darts Team |
8th |
Bottle of Vodka |
001873 |
Colin Nicol |
Perth C/O Brt |
9th |
Bottle of Grouse |
007095 |
Sumo |
C/O Golf Tavern Burntisland |
10th |
Bottle of Vodka |
000269 |
T.Stevenson |
72 Myrtle Cresent Kirkcaldy |
11th |
Bottle of Bicardi |
002292 |
I.Crisp |
Balgreggie Farm Cardenden |
12th |
Btl Stiffys Jaffa Cake |
009226 |
Shardy’s Dart Team |
C/O Shardy’s |
13th |
Case of Magners |
005401 |
D.Simpson |
C/O Eddy’s Bar |
14th |
Btl Black Tower |
011986 |
Jamie Connolly |
15 The Braes Lochgelly |
15th |
Case of Carling |
008852 |
Red Goth Team |
C/O Red Goth Darts Team |
16th |
Btl Martini |
008438 |
H.Ratcliffe |
12 Martin Crescent Ballingry |
17th |
Btl Sours |
002140 |
Jamie Dick |
36 Carden Castle Park |
18th |
Btl Wine |
000375 |
Sam Naylor |
56 Pratt Street Kirkcaldy |
19th |
Bottle Martini |
001080 |
T.Blake |
C/O T.Drummond Auld Shank |
20th |
Bottle Wine |
001990 |
Laura Nicol |
Perth C/O Brt |
21st |
Set Of Darts |
008003 |
Mary Bow |
116 Moss Side Road Cowdenbeath |
22nd |
Set Of Darts |
002271 |
Linda Crisp |
Balgreggie Farm Cardenden |
23rd |
Diary |
009789 |
A.McShane |
C/O Shardy’s |
Bobby closed the meeting at 8:52 pm
The committee would like to wish all members of the association a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year
NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY 25TH JANUARY 2012
Wednesday 24th November 2011
AGENDA FOR OCTOBER MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 23rd November 2011
Roll Call: Bobby opened the Meeting at 7:31 pm, 15 teams were represented, Weavers were absent. As this is their first missed meeting of the season there will be no fine.
Minutes of meeting held on the 26-10-2011
Proposed: BRT (A) Seconded: Auld SHANK
Fines: None
Financial report: Craig gave a statement on the current state of the Associations funds.
Proposed: Craigie Bar (A) Seconded: West End Bar
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc. Bobby will give a report on the latest Fife and Scottish news.
Any other business:
Due to the amount of signed players the league has this year (222) the competitions, (singles, doubles, triples fours and fives) will have far too many members/selects attending each venue and will take too much time to complete as they are currently assigned.
So under constitution rule 1-14, (The committee reserves the right to change competition format/amend fixtures/dates etc. where they see fit, without assigning a reason for doing so).
The committee has decided to double the amount of venues for each of the competitions, to eight for the Singles and Doubles and four for the Triples Fours and Fives. All the above competitions will be played down to one qualifier at each venue.
This will also mean that all the clubs/pubs will now be able to take at least some of the competition venues
In order for this to take place we have decided to move the super-league singles to a Thursday the night the super-league is normally played on. Moving the super-league singles to a Thursday will free up a Friday were we can accommodate the adding of Semi Finals night back into the fixture calendar where the Singles and Doubles will be played from eight down to four and the Triples, Fours and Fives will be played down from four down to two.
The only venue's that can hold the super-league venue are the current team’s home venues, the Red Goth and the Brt. As the Red Goth held the competition last year the Brt will have the venue this year. The date for the venue will be made available to the league once a date can be found were it does not conflict with a super league night.
The secretary has attached a couple of copies of the updated fixture sheet for you to take with you.
Could all teams remember to bring their Christmas raffle tickets and their donations for the prizes to the December 14th meeting.
Semi Finals Night will be open to sealed tenders from only Pubs/ Clubs with a team participating in the League. All teams that are interested in putting in a tender should bring it with them in a sealed envelope to the April monthly meeting, the highest tender will win the venue for Semi Finals night.
Bobby closed the Meeting at 8:00 pm
Wednesday 26th October 2011
AGENDA FOR OCTOBER MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 5th October 2011
Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:32pm, all teams were represented.
Minutes of meeting held on 28th September 2011, and EGM held on the 5th October 2011
Proposed: Craigie Bar A Seconded: Brt
Fines: None
Financial report: Craig gave a statement on the condition of the associations Finances.
Proposed: Red Goth B Seconded: Cleikum Inn
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc. Bobby will passed on information from the fife meeting.
Any other business:
Request from F.Hamilton to change teams, he wishes to move from the Brt B to the Brt A. Allowed.
Request from J.Flynn to change teams, he wishes to move from the Red Goth A to the Red Goth B. Allowed.
There have been a lot of complaints about the finishing times at the Venues for the first round of the Knockout Cup.
It appears that a couple of the venue’s finished after 12:00 am, the secretary would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the late finishes if I had known that the matches were going to take so long I would have asked for two boards at each venue, but as I thought the matches were only one leg per game I did not think the matches would go beyond 11:00 pm, as league matches which are the best of 3 legs even if they play all three legs in a match usually finish about 10:30 pm.
It looks like we will just have to chalk this up to experience and make sure that all venue’s for the first round of the KO cup, Consolation Cup, shield, singles, doubles, triples, fours and fives are played at venue’s with at least 2 boards, at the moment with the amount of signed players we have the following amount of player/ teams could be at each venue.
Competition Venues Teams or Selects Members Present Boards
Present Per Venue Per Venue Per Venue
Knock Out Cup 4 4 teams 48+ 2
Consolation Cup 2 6 teams 72+ 2
R.Donnelly Shield 2 8 teams 96+ 2
Singles 4 54 2
Doubles 4 27 doubles 54 2
Triples 2 26 selects 100+ 2
Fours 2 21 selects 100+ 2
Fives 2 16 selects 100+ 2
The above results for the triples fours and fives are for all teams using the maximum number of players per team that is allowed e.g. 4, 5 and 7 so there could be more teams in these events. The Team events, cups and shield have been calculated with teams having an average of 12 players at each venue. There are 214 signed players at the moment so this may vary.
The reason were going to ask which venues were able to setup two boards in their premises at the last meeting is that most if not all of the venues for the above competitions will need two boards at each venue.
The following venues have two boards, Alpha Bar, Auld Shank, Brt, Craigie Bar, Eddy’s Bar, Golf Tavern, Red Goth, Shardy’s and Weavers
The Cleikum Inn and the West End Bar only have one Board so will not be able to hold the above competitions so we will make any venue changes for the above competitions that are necessary.
Draw for the Knockout Cup Semi Finals
1) Auld Shank 2) BRT (A) 3) Craigie Bar (A) 4) Golf Tavern (B)
Brt A V Craigie Bar A
Golf Tavern B V Auld Shank
To be played in the Cleikum Inn on the 4-11-11
Draw for the Consolation Cup
Each venue must have two boards.
(1) Alpha Bar (2) Brt (B) (3) Cleikum Inn (4) Craigie Bar (B) (5) Eddy’s Bar, (6) Golf Tavern (A) (7) Red Goth (A) (8) Red Goth (B)
(9) Shardy’s (A) (10) Shardy’s (B) (11) West End Bar (12) Weavers
Venue 1: Alpha Bar Venue 2: Eddy’s Bar
1: Alpha Bar 1: Eddy’s Bar
2: Golf Tavern A 2: Shardy’s A
3: Weavers 3: Cleikum Inn
4: Craigie Bar B 4: Red Goth A
5: West End Bar 5: Brt B
6: Shardy’s B 6: Red Goth B
To be played on the 4-11-11
Draw for the First round of the Rab Donnelly Memorial Shield
(1) Alpha Bar (2) Auld Shank (3) Brt (A) (4) Brt (B)
(5) Cleikum Inn (6) Craigie Bar (A) (7) Craigie Bar (B) (8) Eddy’s Bar,
(9) Golf Tavern (A) (10) Red Goth (A) (11) Red Goth (B) (12) Shardy’s (A)
(13) Shardy’s (B) (14) West End Bar (15) Golf Tavern (B) (16) Weavers
Each venue must have two boards
Venue 1: Craigie Bar Venue 2: Brt
1: Craigie Bar A 1: Brt B
2: Red Goth B 2: West End Bar
3: Shardy’s B 3: Eddy’s Bar
4: Weavers 4: Craigie Bar B
5: Red Goth A 5: Cleikum Inn
6: Golf Tavern A 6: Auld Shank
7: Alpha Bar 7: Shardy’s A
8: Brt A 8: Golf Tavern B
To be played on the 25-11-11
Bobby closed the meeting at 7:59 pm
NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY 23rd November 2011
AGENDA FOR E.G.M. WEDNESDAY 5th October 2011
- Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:30pm, Number of members present: 30
- Decision on the venue for Finals Day. The options are as follows;
- Lochgelly Town Hall - Alison Duncan of the BRT will pay for the hire of the premises for the day as well as the kitchen and bar so the League doesn't have to pay.
- The Windsor Hotel in Kirkcaldy offers the League £350. All beverage prices will be charged at pub prices and they will put on a function on after the darts.
- Lochore Institute offers the league free use of their premises, incl. kitchen facilities and offers the League £100.
This is not an open vote only the representatives from each league team can vote on this matter, If it is tied after the vote the chairman will have the casting vote and his decision will be final.
Votes: Lochgelly Town Hall 6 votes, Windsor Hotel 5 votes, Lochore Institute 3 votes
Shardy’s (B) abstained from voting and Weavers were not present.
Finals Day will be held in Lochgelly Town Hall on Saturday 23rd June 2012.
- Proposal by a Majority of the team representatives at the September monthly meeting to remove the payment of the highest score money to the Association.
Proposer: G.Lambert Seconder: M.Keicher
- Proposal to reduce the highest score money fee to £50.00 per team.
Proposer: G.Donnelly Seconder: C.Abercrombie
All Lochgelly League signed players can take part in this vote. If it is tied after the vote the chairman will have the casting vote and his decision will be final.
Votes: No change 0 Votes. Reduction of payment 7 votes. Removal of payment 18 votes.
The Proposal to remove the highest score money fees was passed.
P.Griggs asked the committee if they wished to make a comment on the removal of the highest score money fee, the committee declined to comment on the outcome as the body of the hall had made their decision and the committee would stand by it.
The committee would like to thank everyone for attending this meeting.
Bobby closed the meeting at 7:42pm.
NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2011
Monday 28th September 2011
September Monthly Meeting Minutes
Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:37 pm, Number of teams represented 16
Minutes of meeting held on 17-08-2011 (Registration Meeting),
Proposed: Eddy’s Bar Seconded: Brt (B)
Fines: None
Financial report: Craig gave a report on the state of the association’s funds.
Proposed: Shardy’s (A) Seconded: Eddy’s Bar
Fife & S.D.A. business: Super league etc.
Bobby gave a report on the News from the Fife and the Scottish darts association.
Any other business:
The Secretary keeps being asked about the changes to the highest score money for league matches.
At the AGM, D.Stein and D.Johnstone proposed that the away teams did not have to pay the highest score to the Home Teams any more. After a vote the amendment was carried by 8 votes to 7. This now means that teams no longer play for the highest score money, and that any money that is collected by teams from there members at league matches is now kept by them. This does not remove the highest score fee that the home teams have to pay to the League which is £75.00 per team this year (15 homes matches at £5.00 per match).
I have also been getting enquiry’s about removing the highest score money fee’s that the teams have to pay to the league. As this payment to the league can only be changed at an AGM, there is nothing that the committee can do about it at present our hand are tied unless the chairman calls an EGM on behalf of all the teams. All the Reps asked the chairman to hold an EGM on Wednesday 5th October so that the members of the association can vote on whether to remove the highest score money fee’s that the teams have to pay to the league
All teams should note that you are only allowed four reserves during a league match not five, six or seven. The only players that will count as reserves are the first names that are written in positions 9, 10, 11 and 12 on the team sheets. If you use any other reserves that are not in the four reserve positions and you win the leg you will be deducted the point for that leg and it will be awarded to the other team.
(rule 2-2, After the singles a team can if desired play up to four other players in the doubles as long as they are included on the team sheet ).
Date for the George McCormack. The secretary proposes either playing it on a Saturday or playing the George McCormack on the 13th April and moving the Super-League singles to a Thursday Night, the night the super-league matches are normally played on. Alison Duncan set the following date for the competition Saturday 29th October at 2.00 pm in the BRT.
As weavers were late coming into the league and don’t have any competition venues, I have replaced the Brt with Weavers in the first round of the doubles on 25 May 2012. The Brt were replaced as they had the venues for the Doubles, Fours, George McCormack.
Discussion on where finals day will be held and confirmed tonight, this will not change the date of Finals day as this is already confirmed.
There are 3 options for venue’s for Finals Day
(i) Lochore Institute offer us free use of their premises, incl. kitchen facilities and offer the League £100
(ii) Lochgelly Town Hall - Alison of the BRT will pay for the hire of the premises for the day as well as the kitchen and bar so the League doesn't have to pay
(iii) The Windsor Hotel in Kirkcaldy offer the League £350 and put a function on after the darts.
It was decided that the decision on where finals day will be held should be put off until the EGM as this would give all reps time to give the relevant information to their players so they could decide where they wanted Finals Day to take place.
Could all team captains make the team sheets more legible as some of the sheets that have been handed in have been hard to decipher.
Draw for the first round of the Knock Out Cup.
Teams in the draw
(1) Alpha Bar (2) Auld Shank (3) Brt (A) (4) Brt (B)
(5) Cleikum Inn (6) Craigie Bar (A) (7) Craigie Bar (B) (8) Eddy’s Bar,
(9) Golf Tavern (A) (10) Red Goth (A) (11) Red Goth (B) (12) Shardy’s (A)
(13) Shardy’s (B) (14) West End Bar (15) Golf Tavern (B) (16) Weavers
All matches will be one leg, the way it is played on finals day. The first four teams out of the hat will be the home venue unless the venue has already been picked then it will go to the next team picked out of the hat for that venue. One board should be enough as there will only be three matches at each venue and each match will stop when one of the teams reaches 7.
Venue 1: Golf Tavern Venue 2: Brt Venue 3: Eddy’s Bar Venue 4: Shardy’s
1: Golf Tavern (A) 1: Brt (A) 1: Eddy’s Bar 1: Shardy’s (B)
2: Alpha Bar 2: Shardy’s (A) 2: Craigie Bar (A) 2: Golf Tavern (B)
3: Auld Shank 3: Red Goth (B) 3: Weavers 3: Red Goth (A)
4: Craigie Bar (B) 4: West End Bar 4: Cleikum Inn 4: Brt (B)
Bobby closed the meeting at 20:25 pm
Monday 22nd August 2011
Registration Meeting Minutes
Bobby opened the meeting at 19:40 pm
All teams in the league will play each other twice.
It was decided that as there would now be 16 teams in the league, and as this would extent the number of league match weeks to 30, the league would have to start on the 6th September to help accommodate the extra league matches. This would also mean that Finals Day could continue to take place on Saturday 23rd June.
This would mean that the G.McCormack would have to be played on another date and as it is the league only open event it might attract more players by moving it to a Saturday as most league’s round here play on a Friday.
It would also mean that the first round of the cup would have to be played at four venues with four teams at each venue and the shield will be played at 2 venue's with all the matches consisting of one leg as they are played on Finals Day, the Semi Finals of the Cup would still be the best of three legs for each match
The losing teams from the first round of the knockout cup will contest for a place in the final of the consolation cup which will be played in two venues as normal on the night of the semi finals of the knockout cup .
The following teams will be included in the draws for the Cup and the shield at the next meeting.
(1) Alpha Bar (2) Auld Shank (3) Brt (A) (4) Brt (B)
(5) Cleikum Inn (6) Craigie Bar (A) (7) Craigie Bar (B) (8) Eddy’s Bar,
(9) Golf Tavern (A) (10) Red Goth (A) (11) Red Goth (B) (12) Shardy’s (A)
(13) Shardy’s (B) (14) West End Bar (15) Golf Tavern (B) (16) The Weavers
It was decided to change the date of the next league meeting from the 5th of October to the 28th September.
Bobby closed the meeting at 20:25 pm
Next Meeting Wednesday 28th September
Thursday 4th August 2011
AGENDA FOR A.G.M. WEDNESDAY 3rd August 2011
1 Roll Call: Bobby opened the meeting at 7:30pm, 22 members were present at the meeting.
Requests from new teams wishing to join LDDA: The following teams asked to join the Association, the West End Bar and the Golf Tavern, Burntisland. As there were no objection’s the committee welcomed them to the association.
Styx informed the league that they were moving their team to the Alpha Bar in Kirkcaldy.
2 Financial Report 2010-11: Tam gave a roundup of last year’s finances and their present position. Thank’s for all the work you have done for the association as treasurer over the last 37 years Tam and we wish you a happy retirement.
Proposed: G.Donnelly Seconded: D.Johnstone
3 Round up of previous season: The Committee would like to thank Ian Bruce and the Eddy’s Bar staff and all the volunteers from the league for their contribution on Finals Day and to thank all the teams, Reps and players for their support during the 2010-11 Season, we would also like to congratulate the Craigie Bar (A) and the Auld Shank on their League A and B wins. And we would like to congratulate the dart players who took the finals day stage for the quality of darts on the day and to P.Reilly for his first win of the associations Singles competition.
4 Fife & S.D.A. business:
5 Venue for monthly meetings. Shardy’s
Venue/s for Super League: will be discussed further at the registration meeting.
6 Fees & Fines for forthcoming season 2011-12 (all in bold were changed last year)
(A) Affiliation fee to league (no change)
(B) K.O.Cup entry (no change)
(C) K.O.Shield entry (no change)
(D) Players signing on fee (last year £8.00 per player)
P.Griggs and G.Donnelly proposed changing the players signing fee to £10.00 this was amended to £10 + a free program for all signed players who attend Finals Day. After a vote the amendment was carried by 12 votes to 6
(E) Fan Cards (no change)
(F) Highest score
D.Stein and D.Johnstone proposed that the away teams did not have to pay the highest score to the Home Teams any more. After a vote the amendment was carried by 8 votes to 7. This does not remove the highest score fee that the teams have to pay to the League.
(G) Annual draw tickets (no change)
(H) Fine for missing monthly meetings (no change)
(I) Late team sheets (no change)
(J) Penalty for playing unsigned player/s (no change)
(K) Failure of team/s to fulfil fixture/s (changed)
(L) Penalty for playing debt suspended player/s (no change)
Proposed changes in format: (Letter 3, section 1) and letter 4
The proposal for one league by C.Abercrombie in letter 3 section 1; part 1 was passed and the proposal in letter 4 to change the chances of a league playoff happening was passed. All the rest of the proposals put forward in letter 3 to change the Cup, Shield, Singles and Doubles were rejected.
Proposed changes in rules: None
Election of Office Bearers for forthcoming season 2011-12
Chairman B.Adamson
Secretary W.Ford
Treasurer C.Abercrombie
Vice Chairman M.Garrett
Fife Rep B.Adamson
Any other business:
The G.McCormack will take place in the Brt on Friday 9th September at 7:30 pm
The first league fixture will be on Friday 16th September.
The registration meeting will be on Wednesday 17th august, all teams wishing to take part must have a representative attend this meeting or they will not be included in the league draw.
Discussions about Letters 1, 2 and (letter 3, section 2)
The committee told Alison and Craig that they will get all the information they need about the case for Lochgelly Town Hall holding Finals Day and bring it with them to the registration meeting. (Thanks go to B.Harper for picking the information up).
The proposal by B.Adamson to bestow the position of Honorary Treasurer upon Tam Faulds for his service to the association over the past 37 was passed by all the members in the hall.
Letter 1
Hi Wullie Alison here, I want the committee and members to discuss future venues for finals day. The reason I’m sending this on Finals Day is that I will not be at the AGM in August so i don't want the league to think I’m downing Eddies by requesting this.
The facts are that no pub is big enough to host finals day, there is too many teams, if everybody turns up there is no way that we can all get in. My suggestion would be to book the town hall in lochgelly, well in advance, then either tender for pubs within the league to supply the bar and kitchen facilities, or make a draw of each pub who wants the outside bar/kitchen, and first out would get bar/kitchen 2012, second out would get it 2013, this would obviously continue on a rolling basis with all pubs getting the chance. This would give every pub the opportunity to make some money. You might say the cost of the hall would cause a deficit in league fees but the extra league dues would more than cover this. It is worth discussing this and possibly asking members for their input. I'll leave it with you but i would appreciate you putting my views to the AGM attendees.
Alison Duncan
Letter 2
I wish to put a proposal to the members that we bestow the position of Honorary Treasurer upon Tam Faulds for all the work he has put into the Association during his time with us. Not only in his position as Treasurer but also for all the work he put’s in behind the scenes for the Association with the stage etc.
Robert Adamson
Letter 3
PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE DART LEAGUE
Please find below a few of my thoughts that I would like to be brought up at the next meeting on the 3rd August AGM.
Section 1
- I would like to make it one league instead of two leagues to play just home and away.
- To make the cup and shield one leg and have two venues with one winner out of each venue to contest the final on final’s day. To give all teams a better opportunity to win.
- To play the doubles and singles down to a final on Final’s Day. Make the singles the best of 7 or 9 and the doubles the best of 5.
Section 2
I would like the committee to take charge of organising the final’s day, to pick a venue which would be suitable to seat approximately 200, i.e. Lochgelly Town Hall, Lochore Institute, Dundonald Institute and give publicans the chance to operate the outside bar. If more than one publican is interested it could be put on a Rota system
Yours sincerely
CRAIG ABERCROMBIE
Letter 4
I would like to propose that the following changes be made so that a league play-off at the end of the season is not inevitable if two or more teams end up on the same points.
This could be achieved by leaving the point scoring as it is but use a count back system where the team with the most wins, followed by most legs , followed by the +/- legs total is used until a winner is decided . If after this there is still no out right winner after this then there would be a play off.
Yours sincerely
Wullie Ford