Agenda

1. Welcome and apologies
2. Minutes of the last meeting (click to download pdf version)
3. Treasurer’s Report and presentation of Financial Statements
4. Secretary’s Report
5. Chairman’s Report
6. Election of Officers
   1. Chairman
   2. Secretary
   3. Treasurer
7. Election of Auditor
8. Amendments to Club Constitution
9. Membership fees
10. Team designations and playing order
11. Any other business

Alan
Secretary

1. Apologies
2. Club Roll Call
3. Minutes of the OGM 8th September 2009
4. Matters arising
5. Issue of -
   1. Handbooks
   2. Scorecards
   3. Scorebooks
   4. Balls
6. Fixture Secretary’s Report
7. Amendments to Handbook
8. Individual Membership
9. Correspondence
10. Any other business

Colin Fyles holding the Bertrand Travis Cup after beating Paul Lunan in the club championships

With no time to play the last match on Sunday, Colin Fyles and Paul Lunan had to play the final of the club championship competition on Thursday evening.

On a very warm evening, each player needed only 15 minutes warm up before squaring up to each other. After a very cagey start from both players (the first set lasted almost 7 minutes and finally went to Colin 11-9), Colin found his backhand flick/smash to be the most effective way to win points and Paul had no answer as Colin raced ahead to take the next two sets 11-5, 11-7.

The win was a true reflection of Colin’s form throughout the competition and confirms his number 1 rank in the club.

His name has now been added to this illustrious list of previous winners:

1960 - 61 - D Gunson
1961 - 62 - D A Ashby
1962 - 63 - P G Longhurst
1963 - 64 - D A Ashby
1964 - 65 - D A Ashby
1965 - 66 - D A Ashby
1966 - 67 - J Watts
1967 - 68 - J Watts
1968 - 69 - D A Ashby
1969 - 70 - D A Ashby
1970 - 71 - P R Beatham
1971 - 72 - P R Beatham
1972 - 73 - P R Beatham
1973 - 74 - F W S Smith
1974 - 75 - J M Davidson
1975 - 76 - W J Evans
1976 - 77 - M D Cray
1977 - 78 - N A Cray
1978 - 79 - J M Cray
1979 - 80 - L Linforth
1980 - 81 - J M Cray
1981 - 82 - M R Pearson
1982 - 83 - M R Pearson
1983 - 84 - S Baker
1984 - 85 - M Fletcher
1985 - 86 - A Clark
1986 - 87 - J D Killip
1988 - 89 - C Ford
1989 - 90 - J Quirk
1990 - 91 - A Clark
2009 - 10 - C Fyles

Pat Boylett, winner of the Handicap Plate, with Oliver Cox, the other finalist.

Those who were unsuccessful in the main event could then enter the Handicap Plate competition. Seven people entered for this, and handicaps, which had been decided before the main event started, were applied at the start of each game. Each match consisted of the best of 5 games, each game being played until one person reached 11 points.

The eventual winner was Pat Boylett.

Competitions

Assuming 20 players will enter, we would organise matches along the following lines:

Main competition

• Group round: four groups of 5 players, each playing the other 4 players once
• Top 2 from each group go forward into the main Cup knock-out competition
• Round 1: winner of Group A plays runner-up of Group B, etc.
• Semi-Finals involving winners of Round 1
• Final
• Winner of the final receives the club trophy to keep for 12 months
• Individual memento trophies for winner and runner-up

Plate competition

• the remaining 12 people (or so) from the main competition go into a handicap “Plate” competition
• Four groups of 3, each playing the other 2 players once
• Semi-Finals involving winners of each group goes on to a semi-final knock-out round
• Final
• Winner of the final receives a club handicap plate to keep for 12 months
• Individual memento trophies for winner and runner-up

All players are guaranteed at least 5 matches, and the finalists of both the cup and plate events will have played 8 matches.

There will be an entry fee of £5 per player, with water and squash included!
Tea and coffee available for a small charge.

Other events

If enough parents and family members come, we may have some other activities, such as a “beat the goalie” competition (any volunteers to be the goalie?), badminton or basketball shoot-out, but we need to know how many people will be there.

Formby TTC F before winning the 3rd Division

Formby TTC F pulled off a remarkable victory against division leaders Southport D to take the 3rd division championship by 1 point. Needing to win 8-2 at Southport, the visitors quickly went into a 5-0 lead, though Andy Hickey got one back for the home team to restore some hope. After a break for some quality refreshments, Formby extended their lead to 7-1 with fine wins by Matthew Cranny over Alan Nolan, and Tom Miller over Tom Banton.

With just the doubles to play, and Southport needing to win both, the scene was set for a thrilling finish. Both teams had reversed their doubles order, and Tom Taylor and Andy Hickey easily saw off father and son duo Gareth and Tom Miller to make the score 7-2.

That left Alan Nolan and Tom Banton to try to save the day against Matthew Cranny and Robert Barker. This was always going to be a long shot, as Alan and Tom had lost all their singles and Matthew and Robert had won all theirs. However, the home pair got off to a good start, edging the first set by 11-9, but the Formby lads evened it up winning 11-3. The 3rd set narrowly went to Matthew and Robert, 11-9, and they managed to hang on to win the 4th by the same score. Result: 11-9, 3-11, 9-11, 9-11, and a well deserved championship win for two rapidly improving lads.

So congratulations to Formby, and a sincere thank you to them (and their army of supporters) for a match played in a most friendly spirit. We wish you all the best in the 2nd Division!

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League tables as of 22nd March 2010

Div 1 Results as of 22nd March 2010

Div 2 Results as of 22nd March 2010

Div 3 Results as of 22nd March 2010

Matches to be played in the week beginning 8th March 2010. Home captains to contact opposite numbers regarding match night.

You can download an Entry Form in either Adobe PDF (closed10.pdf) or Microsoft Word (closed10.doc) format. If you are interested in entering, please print a copy of the entry form, complete it and send it together with your entry fee(s) to Roger Neal as indicated on the form. Please put your initials in the box for each event you wish to enter, as in the example attached (closed10 example.jpg).

If you want to enter the doubles and have a partner, please indicate their name; if you want to enter the doubles, but don’t have a partner, put a question mark (“?”) in the box.

I would encourage you all to have a go. The odds are that you won’t win a trophy (though two of our club did reach the finals night last year), but you’ll get to play different people than usual, and you’ll get to see some good players in action.

By the way, if anyone has a suitable raffle prize they wish to donate, please let me know.

Alan Nolan

Southport College has been closed since Tuesday, and although it is scheduled to open again on Monday 11th January, the car parks will not reopen, and further fixtures will be affected next week.

Players should contact their team captains to confirm whether matches will go ahead as planned.