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Bradford DCA Meetings 2008 |
BDCA
Meeting - Thursday 28th August 2008 (Latvian Club) Apologies:
Andy Wainwright. Dave Barlow, Chris Watson Congress Dave
Welch has been confirmed as Arbiter and accommodation booked at
Norwood House for £30 per night on 12 and 13 Sept. Gareth
Ellis has agreed to provide a bookstall for the congress and is aware that we don’t
need equipment. Venue.
Cannot pay the deposit as treasurer isn’t present. Food.
Donna spoke with Jackie at the Latvian club to agree she will man
the coffee and biscuits in the morning. Jackie will provide Pie
&Peas and sandwiches from around 12pm on Sat and Sun. Entry
forms have been issued to the mail list of previous
entrants. Adverts have gone out to ECF, BCM and various other mailing
lists. Ihor took a number of entry forms to the British Championship
in The
entry form is on the BDCA website as well as the Lord
Mayor. Donna has arranged to get the Lord Mayor
to attend opening the congress on Sat morning in full dress. Chaz
will look into getting press coverage. Calendar
/ Flyer. Donna has worked on producing a calendar
and flyer which can be issued at the congress and possibly the pre-season
meeting. It was thought this would be a good addition to the tournament
and relatively cost effective. Pre-season Meeting
Treasurer
Hand Over This
may need to be finalised at the congress It
was agreed at the last meeting that Dave Barlow was to take over
as the new treasurer. Signatories
for the accounts need to be: Any two from… Ihor
Lewyk – President Chris
Watson – Chairman Dave
Barlow – Treasurer Dennis
Breen – Secretary Trophies Trophies
have been engraved and new trophies purchased. Total cost this year
£207.50. Ihor paid by credit card and will need re-imbursing
but it can wait until the Bradford Congress. We are still chasing
some trophies but hope to have these back soon. AOB It
was recommended that minutes are produced a week before the next
meeting with an agenda to be placed on the website. We still hope
that all clubs can send a representative if not the secretary to
each meeting. Last
Thursday of every month at the Latvian Club. Trophy
Ceremony / Presentation Provisionally
booked for Friday 5 June at the Latvian Club. Leaflets will be out
before Christmas and discounts for payments made before the event. |
BDCA Meeting - Thursday, 31st July 2008 (Latvian Club) Opening: The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee was called to order at 8.10pm on 31st July in Latvian Club by Chris Watson. Present: Chairman: Chris Watson, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Breen, Academy Director: Charles Wood, President: Ihor Lewyk Competition Controller: Winston Williams, BDCA Congress: Stuart Swire, Events Coordinator: Donna Southgate Apologies: Treasurer: Andy Wainwright A. Approval of AgendaThere was an agenda submitted and approved by all present. B. Approval of MinutesThe minutes of the previous meeting have been issued and are available on the BDCA website they where signed and approved by Dennis. C. Open Issues
D. New Business
E. Agenda for Next Meeting
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 10.10 by Chris. The next committee meeting will be at 8.00pm on 31st August at the Latvian Club, Clifton Villas. Minutes submitted by: Chris Watson |
BDCA Meeting - Thursday, 24th April 2008 (Latvian Club) Opening: The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee
was called to order at 8.00pm by Chris Watson. Attendees: Chairman: Chris Watson, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Breen, Academy Dir: Charles Wood, President: Ihor Lewyk. Apologies: Stuart Swire A. Approval of Agenda - There was an agenda submitted and approved
by all present. B. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the previous meeting have
been issued and are available on the BDCA website they where signed
and approved by Dennis. C. Open Issues The meeting opened with a discussion on the
state of the committee and poor attendance over the last four months.
Again only four members turned up and Chris informed the meeting
that a letter had gone out to all secretaries and club captains.
There has been no response but Chris had spoken to a few people
whom expressed an interest when he attended the individual competition
on Tuesday night, so we await the AGM and see who comes forward. AGM, preparations were discussed and an agenda
put forward which will be on the web-site shortly. Chris had again spoken to Stuart Swire to
obtain update on Congress. Stuart and Chris to update on application
forms at AGM. Ihor to check with Andrew (treasurer) deposit
has been paid. Also arrange with venue catering arrangements. As the Treasurer was not present no update
on BDCA accounts was possible. D. New Business Dennis
informed finals of Hepolite trophy and plate are arranged for the
Polish Club venue on Tuesday 29th April 2008: Trophy Final: South Bradford v Polish; Plate Final: Charles informed the meeting the next Academy
tournament will be on 11th May at the Latvian Club with over
70 entrants expected. Also, that the Chess for Schools initiative
had presented 10 sets to Tong School Bradford by the PM Gerry Sutcliffe,
this will be in the T&A. Ihor has agreed to contact ChessMaze re sponsorship
for the Congress and Handbook as we no longer need to rely
on there chess sets at Congress due to the Academy's equipment. Ihor and Charles informed the meeting the
success of the Academy and the new Division 4 teams for the next
season. Charles will update all at the AGM. A discussion on the recipient of the BDCA
Carey Award followed with proposals but forward. The winner
will be announced at the Presentation night on Friday 23rd May at
the Latvian Club. E. Agenda for Next Meeting Introduction
of the new committee, BDCA Handbook, Bradford Chess Congress,
Update on Accounts by Treasurer Adjournment:
Meeting was adjourned at 10.10 by Chris.
The next committee meeting will be at 8.00pm on 31st July 2008 at
the Latvian Club, Clifton Villas. Minutes submitted by: Chris Watson. |
BDCA Meeting - Thursday, 27th March 2008 (Polish Club) Opening: The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee
was called to order at 8.00pm by Chris Watson. Attendees: Chairman: Chris Watson, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Breen, Academy Dir: Charles Wood A. Approval of Agenda - There was an agenda submitted and approved
by all present. B. Approval of Minutes The Minutes of the previous meeting issued
and available on BDCA website and signed and approved by Dennis.
Still awaiting on December and January meeting minutes. Outstanding
a report from Ihor re point 5 of last meeting. C. Open Issues The meeting opened with a discussion on the
state of the committee and poor attendance over the last three months.
Again only three members turned up and Chris informed the meeting
that an email had gone out to all E-group members. Also the previous
minutes of the meeting was on the website over the last two weeks
with the date and time of this meeting. Chris had agreed to write
a letter to all club secretaries and club captains outlining the
present position but had been detoured from doing this by other
members of the committee, whom still did not turn up for this meeting.
So will now action in the next week. It was also agreed to invite
past members of the committee to the next to see if there situations
had changed and they might reconsider joining the committee. Dennis raised his concern that this year's
invoices for clubs and teams had not been received; as the Treasurer
was not present we could not inform him if this was the case. Also
some concern by all present at the meeting regarding signatures
required for BDCA cheques and this needs to be addressed urgently
as Andrew has expressed that he will no longer be treasurer and
Ihor relinquishing some of his responsibilities. Chris rang Stuart Swire while at the meeting
to obtain update on Congress; Stuart agreed to carry on with his
role at this year's congress and will email Chris with the current
version of the application forms. Chris also expressed that if no
other person comes forward at the AGM he would take on the Congress
Directors role for this year. Dennis supplied Ihor with Hepolite draw for
finals and last round of Clough Trophy which is to be played on
Tuesday 22nd April and not 24th as shown in BDCA Handbook, Chris
apologizes for this mistake, to put on the BDCA website. D. New Business Change
of venue to the Latvian Club for the next meeting with invitation
to all club secretaries and club captains. Charles to look at BDCA constitution re-membership
and committee officials. Dennis, Charles and Chris put submitted changes
to the constitution and request any further submissions be delivered
to the Hons Secretary by 15th April 2008. Dennis brought our attention to a league
match between MAPA & Bradford Destroyers and was asked to investigate
further on this before making any decisions. Charles informed the meeting about an arranged
Chess Coaching meeting to be held at Latvian Club on Thursday 3rd
April @ 7:30pm. This is a joint meeting between Bradford & Leeds
chess associations. Any local chess coaches that would like to attend
please inform Charles on 07796 246328 Venue for presentation night will be Latvian
Club, Clifton Villas, on Friday 23rd May at a cost of £5 each,
Pie & Peas, Chilli, pay on the night. BDCA to donate £20
for prize giving. E. Agenda for Next Meeting State
of the committee members, AGM. Preparations, Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 9.40 by Chris.
The next committee meeting will be at 8.00pm on 24th April at the
Latvian Club, Clifton Villas. Minutes submitted by: Chris Watson. |
BDCA Meeting - Thursday, 28th February 2008 (Latvian Club) Opening: The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee
was called to order at 8.00pm by Chris Watson. Attendees: Chairman: Chris Watson, Hon. Secretary: Dennis Breen, Academy Dir: Charles Wood, President: Ihor Lewyk. A. Approval of Agenda - There was an agenda submitted and approved
by all present. B. Approval of Minutes - Minutes of the previous meeting not issued
- still awaiting Decembers minutes. C. Open Issues The meeting opened with a discussion on the
state of the committee and poor attendance over the last few months.
Chris agreed to write a letter to all club secretaries and club
captains outlining the present position. At the December meeting it was approved to
change the committee meeting to a more standardized format and have
the meeting on the last Thursday of the month. January's meeting
had only two attendants, Ihor and Dennis. Dennis informed the meeting of his new email
address, breendennis@yahoo.co.uk, can all club secretaries and captains
please action this in their official handbook. Dennis supplied Ihor with the Hepolite draw
for the semi-finals to put on the BDCA website. Ihor looking at the legalities of our association
and congress in relation to public liability and CRB checks Charles expressed his concerns that he would
be busy over the next year working with the ECF on managing their
schools program that he would not have time to commit to the committee.
Also the next Academy Sunday tournament will be on Sunday 23rd March
at the Latvian Club where it is expected the new Fattorini Cup will
be presented. D. New Business Change
of venue for next committee meeting and invitation to all club secretaries
and club captains. Chairman to write to all club secretaries
and club captains outlining current committee situation and invite
to next meeting. E. Agenda for Next Meeting State
of the committee members, Call for Emergency AGM, Bradford Chess Congress Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 9.30 by Chris.
The next committee meeting will be at 8.00pm on 27th March in Polish
Club, Minutes submitted by: Chris Watson. |