Bowls Southland; Invercargill Sub Centre 20 July 2021 at Georgetown

Present: Bluff; Max Walker, Georgetown; Helen Ischia, Invercargill; Glenice Paisley for part of the meeting, Northend; Fraser Purdue, Otatara; Robin Shanks, Te Rangi; Earl Doidge, Brent Webster and Derek Saltern for part of the meeting, Tokonui; Lindsay Jennings, Waihopai; Stewart Stratford, Waikiwi; Jim Stevenson, Woodlands; Anne McFarlane. Apologies: Anthony Knowler delegate for Northend Tokonui/Waikiwi

Previous minutes: April 13th approved as correct Te Rangi/Northend

Finance: as per AGM $1538.35. No transactions since then

General: Secretary/Treasurer, as no nominations were received prior to the meeting, Max Walker nominated Anne McFarlane. Seconded by Fraser Purdue. Meeting approved nomination

Vice President not filled

Premier/Gold division Interclub composition discussed

• Revamp to give elite bowlers better access to interclub

• ? charging an entry fee eg $100/team – not supported

• Play Saturday or Thursday evening • Run as a tournament over 5 or so rounds prior to Christmas

• Retain teams of 6 • Call for entries and take it from there

• Question why points are not available towards Southland Club of the year. The playing field is not even for interclub to be included in the accumulation of points

Silver, Bronze, Tuesday and Wednesday no change discussed and to remain as per last season

Points for delegates to bring club recommendations to next meeting;

Premier/Gold Thursday or Saturday; teams of 6 - fours and pairs followed by 2 x triples

Silver Saturday; teams of 6- fours and pairs followed by 2 x triples

Bronze Saturday Teams of 8 –4 x pairs followed by 2 x fours

Preference for Home and away games v all division on one green as per the past season

All team managers and selectors are requested to meet with the match committee and the recorder immediately prior to interclub commencement. Date etc to be confirmed.

Bank signatures to be changed at SBS, President, Secretary and Helen Ischia to be signatories, any two of the three to action transactions M Walker/E Doidge

Subscription invoices to be forwarded to clubs this month.

Match committee to meet Wednesday 21st at Bowls Southland to review club tournament dates for inclusion in this season’s handbook

Next meeting August 10th at Georgetown Bowling Club