Mid Season Meeting
Date
: 1st June 2005Attendance : E Azzarello, S Cusherci, G Fitzjames, A Goodwin, S Kirk, G Zordan.
Apologies : Nil.
The meeting was chaired by Greg Fitzjames and opened at 6:35pm.
President's report
Greg Fitzjames thanked everybody for turning up � and noted the turn up of team Captains for the meeting was very poor.
Greg apoligised for missing the recent East/West Challenge night due to previous committents but advised the evening appeared to be a success and thanked the secretary for organising the evening.
He also thanked Jimac Trophies for donating the silverwear and Coogee RSL for hosting the event.
Secretary's report
Steve Kirk advised the comp is running very smoothly with no problems.
Treasurer's report
Glen Zordan advised at the present time we have $172 in the ESSL account.
Team Payments
Bronte, Maroubra Seals A, Maroubra Seals B, Mascot A and Mascot B all paid $90 team fees
This leaves Clovelly, Coogee Randwick A, Coogee Randwick B, Malabar and Yarra Bay outstanding
Grand Final Discussion
Sam Cusherci put forward Mascot RSL as a venue for the 2005 Grand Final.
No other nominations were received from any other clubs.
Mascot RSL were awarded the 2005 Grand Final which is to be held Saturday August 13th at 4pm.
Tickets for the presentation dinner will be $20 single $30 mixed double.
Sam Cusherci and Mascot RSL were thanked for their interest in holding the event.
Steve Kirk will liase with Sam Cusherci and Mascot RSL to assist in organizing the evening.
Champion of Champions
Steve Kirk advised he had spoken to Mick Anderson of Coogee Randwick RSL requesting the Coogee Randwick snooker room be reserved for the Champion of Champions day on 18th June from 10am. Mick Anderson had indicated that this shouldn't be a problem.
Unfortunately Mick Anderson was not at the meeting so this could not be confirmed.
However planning for the event to be held 10am 18th June at Coogee Randwick is proceeding.
Steve Kirk advised posters and nomination sheets will be sent out to Team Captain's shortly.
The cut off date of nominations will be 14th June when the sheets will be collected by Steve Kirk.
Steve Kirk advised he had received correspondence from Alex Render of Coogee Randwick requesting that the final be amended from best of 3 frames to best of 5 frames - This was agreed too.
The event will once again be seeded and the cost of entry will be $5 per player.
Glen Zordan mentioned for the sake of transparency would it be possible for the draw to be made by two people rather than just the secretary as it was last year? It was decided Alan Goodwin and Steve Kirk will perform the draw together after the nomination sheets have been returned 14th June.
General Business
# Steve Kirk advised that if the interest was high a bus could be organised for supporters to attend the 2nd leg of the East/West challenge at Bexley. Anyone interested in going by bus should contact Steve Kirk
The date for the 2nd leg is yet to be decided.
# Due to recent unruly behaviour by a repeat offender, players and representatives of the Jock McLean Shield are requested not to misbehave during tournament play and at official functions, or possible suspension may occur.
# Glen Zordan said he was very disappointed in the attendance for the meeting and it appears the same old people are doing all the organising. He was particularly dismayed about the same teams once again not attending the meeting and was generally very dispondent about the whole thing.
Glen was advised unfortunately you can't force people to attend but there was general agreement that the apathy being shown by other people/players is pretty poor.
# Due to poor attendance it was decided there will no more meetings in 2005.
Meeting closed 7.25pm