2026 Annual General Meeting Update
The league AGM was held on Thursday 12th February at Sinclair. League officers would like to express their thanks to the Sinclair club for the use of their premises.
Proposals for rule changes from the officers were:
First line of Competition Rules which states the following: The singles and doubles competitions although free to enter should incur a £2 fee per player to be paid to the host club.
Change to: Individual competitions (Singles, doubles & over 75's) will have an entry fee of £2 payable to the league. The league will pay each host club £30 for the use of their green for the qualifiers and finals. Carried
Charity Shield rule 17 currently reads: All cup competitions including finals that are played on neutral greens both clubs will be required to pay green fees to the host club nominal amount £2 per player minimum.
Change to: For all cup matches apart from the finals that are played on neutral greens both clubs will be required to pay green fees to the host club nominal amount £2 per player minimum. For the finals, the league will pay a £30 green fee to the host club. Carried
Charity Shield rule 20 currently reads: To be eligible to play in the competition after the first round, players must have played at least three league games in the current season.
Change to: To be eligible to play in the competition after the first round, players must have played at least three league games for that or a lower team in the current season, four games for the semi-final and five games for the final. Carried
No rule change proposals were received from member clubs.
Requests to enter new teams in the league were received from Charlton, Albrighton & Bowring and Squirrel stated that they were considering withdrawing the resignation of their third team.
In light of these applications, Fixture secretary Nigel Booth set a deadline of 1st March for clubs to confirm their entries so that officers could devise a suitable league structure.
John Ford stood down as President after two years and former Chairman Brian Williams was elected to succeed him. All the other officers were reelected en bloc.
2026 being the 50th anniversary of the founding of the league, officers will investigate the possibility of running a competition to celebrate the event.
18Feb26