bcf end-of-season meeting - part 1 - 23-oct-2016

BCF End of Season Meeting 2016Part 1

Ganesh RamasubramanianOn Behalf of League

Committee

Agenda Review of the 2016 Season Proposal for 2017 Season Colored Kit Ramadan in 2017 League Organization Milestones Miscellaneous points Q&A

REVIEW OF THE 2016 SEASON

Review of the 2016 Season

• Umpiring Course 20 participants Participation #9 clubs, 70% cleared

• BCF season start 16-Apr-2016

• Balls Wintech Super Test (T20) Wintech Super Test (League) Used by Deutsche from 2014

Ramasubramanian, Ganesh (Nokia - BE)

The Clubs would like to see the balls from different vendors in the End Of Season Meeting (Awards Ceremony)

Review of the 2016 SeasonAICC Liege Optimists

Hasselt


Many Clubs complained that this wintech ball is too heavy and hence the bats were broken.


League Chairman will bring the different vendor balls (that he has) and then the Clubs can choose.

Review of the 2016 Season• Fixture Reschedules

Rain affected games• # T20: 1, League: 1• # T20 QF’s => Semis and Final

Games couldn’t be rescheduled• # 3 T20s

Forfeits

Pending• Division 2: Brugge Vs Afghan CC

T20: # 0 League: # 5

MCCB: 2Gent CC-2: 3


Suggestion of T20 Semi-Finals and Final to be rotated to each Club ground was suggested. LC will consider this after discussion. This will also make the club to equip themselves with proper facilities

Review of the 2016 Season• Umpires

Clubs Participation (still needs to be validated)

Non-compliance by the Clubs• 30 EUR penalty fine (Approved by BCF EC. In the rules it was

60 EUR) Umpired games : 66.49% (123 out of 185 games)

• None: 33.51% (62 out of total)• Single umpire: 26.49% (49 out of total)• In 2015, it was 83% (153 out of 184 games)

Indoor and Sixers tournament aren’t counted LC declined choice/Demand of specific umpires by Clubs Poor treatment of Umpires on the field by the clubs

Liege: 59 Hasselt: 1 AICC: 0 Brugge: 0

Antwerp: 19 Exiles: 3 Afghan: 0 MCCB: 0

Ostend: 26 12 Stars: 14 PCCB: 3

Gent: 12 Optimists: 4 Eagles: 5

RBCC: 18 Arcadians: 9 Greens: 6

ICCB: 4 KUCC: 10 Crescent: 0


Hassan: AIPL must also be included.. Why is it not included in this ?


Dennis: For BCF Sixers tournament for Scotty the umpiring cost given was only 30 EUR. It is unfair. Ganesh will take it up to the BCF office.

Review of the 2016 Season• Star Players

Based on CricHQ Statistics

• LC cases – 16 cases Forfeits – 5 Pending

• 2 cases with LC• 3 out of 5 with Disciplinary panel

• All forms online New player registration Player Transfer Incident report Resultsheet submission

• CricHQ App – Mandatory in Division 1


All of these cases including the LC and DP must be closed before the End of Season Meeting.

Review of the 2016 Season

• Start Times All Divisions at 12:00 In case of junior games in the morning the

corresponding league games was started at 12:30/13:00 hrs.

• Duckworth Lewis Method for rain affected matches• Junior program/initiatives

Division 1 and Division 2 must have junior program. Automatic Relegation to lower division when not

followed. Clubs who haven’t fulfilled yet:

• Ostend CC, Gent CC, Exiles CC & Arcadians CC Deadline: 31-Dec-2016


Clarified that for Teams who are getting promoted to Divsion 2 will have to show their Junior Program in the following year.


The Clubs who do not meet the criteria will be relegated one division (

PROPOSAL FOR 2017 SEASON

Proposal for 2017 Season

• Duckworth Lewis Method will be applied for all divisions (for rain affected matches) T20 and League

• Season April 2nd week till October 2nd week Any fixtures outside this period will not be considered

• BCF Players code of conduct

Proposal for 2017 Season• CricHQ App

All BCF organized matches is advised to be scored by the Home Team in the CricHQ App. • For Division 1, it is mandatory to use the CricHQ

App.• Player validation• Statistics (inc fielding) are readily available

immediately. • No need for LC to chase up upload of scorecard.

• Junior program/initiatives Division 1 and Division 2 must have junior program. Automatic Relegation to lower division when not

followed.

Proposal for 2017 Season• Points

Abandoned due to rain• Points will be shared => 22.5 each• (Review) Clubs do not want to give 2.5 bonus points !!!

In case of no agreement (and the game couldn't be played by both), then "No points" will be given (0 points).

In case of a problem (that LC finds it out) with one of the team, the other team gets walkover (win: 20 + 2.5 bonus = 22.5 points). The team which is found guilty gets 0 points.

No fixtures CAN be played after the 2nd weekend of OCT (season end).


Greens (Saurabh): Argued that we shouldn't give bonus 2.5 points

Proposal for 2017 Season

• All Forms submission will be online only. New Player Registration (2 days prior to the fixture) Transfer of Player (before 31st Mar) BCF Result sheet (before Monday that follows fixture

date) Incident Reports

• Player• Club• Umpire

Expense Claims (New)• Umpire Travel• BCF Expense reimbursement

Online Fixture Reschedule (New – Feedback)• 2 week prior


The members would like to get the confirmation of their online form submission. Check in Google Forms+


Dennis suggestion: Online Fixture Reschedule is needed.

Proposal for 2017 Season• Players in BCF T20 and League

A player when he plays for BCF T20/League can only play here.

The Player can live anywhere. Whenever he wants to leave the BCF T20/League for

the season MUST get a "No Objection Certificate" from BCF League Chairman.

From that moment onward the player cannot come back and play again in the same season.

Players when they breach this will be given suspension along with the Clubs concerned in addition to forfeit

The Neighboring federations (KNCB, Deutsche and France) will be informed of BCF position.


Comment from Fahim: A Belgium resident must be allowed to play in KNCB and also in Belgium. Most of the Club members rejected this and support the LC proposal

Proposal for 2017 Season• Players in any other Tournaments

Indoor tournament, SCM, BCF Sixers, BCF Kings Cup etc.,

BCF takes care of the Balls, Umpires and Disciplinary actions.

No restriction on the player location Players from different club or country can join and

form a team. Registration of such a team (including the players)

must be communicated well before the competition in clear official email communication to LC.


Everyone agreed for this proposal. Only for BCF T20/League alone players cannot shift the Clubs.

Proposal for 2017 Season• Awards for Star Players

Star Players are identified based on CricHQ statistics These Star Players will not receive Best Batsman, Best

Bowler or MVP when playing for the lower division. Reason:

• Star Players play more games• Unfair for Players who play only in the lower division

COLORED KIT

Colored kit for 2016• Colored kits

Some clubs have shown interest to play with colored kits for T20 Games. Problems foreseen:• Every club has to invest in new kits (min. 40 EUR per kit)

– T-shirt, Trouser, Pullover and Cap– Pads, Gloves, Helmet– Sight screens (white to black)

• Pullover color must also be in the same color• Clubs can’t afford for helmets, pads and gloves.• New player joining the club during the season !!!• Black sight screens

– Assemble for each game. (Clubs having fixed painted wall ?)• White Balls• In case a club can’t afford a colored kit then

Club will not be allowed to participate ?• Any Player with different colored kit will not be allowed to

participate in the game.• Voting will happen in the part 2 of the EOS Meeting


More Clubs are interested to have for T20. They see that to start of we should allow players to play with white pads & white gloves. Trousers, Shirts and Pull-Over needs to be of the same color. For sight screens Clubs already argue that most of the Clubs aren't having. Why LC bothering ?


Voting will happen in the next EOS meeting and then 2/3 majority will make the T20 with colored clothes.


Gent CC(Baber Butt)'s idea of directly starting in T20 & League is rejected by all. First, the white/pink ball will not last for more than 25 overs...

RAMADAN IN 2017

Ramadan in 2017• Ramadan

27th of May till 25th of June Complete 5 weekends

• SCM takes 3 weekends• Proposal

BCF will not stall for 5 weekends the games Instead T20 games will be scheduled during this period One game only for Teams who follow Ramadan. LC must be notified clearly well before the Fixtures

Meeting


Clubs have shown interest to play T20 during Ramadan and LC recommendation of fixtures meeting to change the dates if the Club still can't play during Ramadan is welcomed.

LEAGUE ORGANIZATION

League Structure

• 4 divisions Division 1 till Division 3

• 6 teams (Home & Away) Division 4

• > 8 teams - Playing each other only once• Top 4 after Round Robin will play Semi-Final and Final• Final winner will be crowned as Champions of Division

4. The finalists will get promoted to the Division 3. More Matches

• 10 for each in D1, D2 and D3• At least 7 and max 9 in D4

Home & Away - Minimizes Ground Rental problems

MILESTONES

MilestonesNew Club Registration Before 1st Jan

Withdrawal from T20 & League (e-mail) Before 1st Jan

Change Division Before 1st Jan

Home ground intimation and availability details to LC

Before 1st Jan

Participation in SCM by the Clubs Before 1st Jan

Transfer of players (online form) Before 31st Mar

AGM March, 2017

Rules update and communication Before 31st Mar

Pre-season Meeting (umpires & captains) 3rd Apr (Sun)

Season start 15th Apr (Sat)

Senior Citizen Memorial (SCM) Tournament

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MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous• Clubs participation to increase umpires• Umpires course

Encouraged for all the Team Captains• Recognize new umpires in the field• Serious sanctions against players abusing umpires• State of grounds

Grass level Stumps with proper bails Inner and outer circles Boundary flags

• Junior Initiatives• Ladies Cricket development

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