1.                    NAME

 

The club shall be known as “The Brewood Cricket Club”.

 

2.                    OBJECTS

 

The objects of the club are the provision of facilities and amenities for the purpose of playing and promoting cricket and the provision and maintenance of Club premises at Deansfield, Four Ashes Road, Brewood in the County of Stafford.  The colours of the Club shall be blue and silver.

 

The Club shall be affiliated to the national governing body for cricket

 

The Club shall endorse the England and Wales Cricket Board’s “Safe Hands” Cricket’s Policy for safeguarding children.  The Club commits itself to ensuring that equity is incorporated into all aspects of the Club and acknowledges and adopts the ECB Cricket Equity Policy.

 

3.                    OFFICERS

The Officers of the Club shall be the President, Trustees, Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, other Secretaries and Club Captain.

 

The Executive Committee of the Club shall consist of the President, Trustees, Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, Club Captain and the elected Chairman of any Sub-Committees formed by the General Management Committee.

 

The General Management Committee shall consist of the President, Trustees, Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, other Secretaries of the Sub-Committees  and Club Captain together with a Junior Section Coordinator, a Club Welfare Officer, Club Development Officer and (a) Club Manager(s), exclusive of ex officio Members.  This Committee shall meet in January, March, May, June, July, September and November to receive reports from sub-committees, examine the Accounts and be responsible for strategic planning, revision and approval of matters determined by the sub-committees and arrange the affairs of the Club. Trustees and Life Members shall automatically become ex officio members of the General Management Committee.

 

4.                                            ELECTION OF CAPTAINS

 

The Club Captain and First Team Captain shall be appointed by the General Management Committee.  Other Captains and Vice Captains shall be elected at a subsequent Players meeting but such election shall not take effect unless and until confirmed at the next following AGM.

5.                                            THE FINANCIAL YEAR

 

The Financial Year of the Club will end on the 31^st December in each year and the Accounts of the Club must be balanced to that day and be approved at the next following Annual General Meeting by a vote of two thirds of the Members present.  The Annual General Meeting shall be held in February.
6.                                            MEMBERSHIP

 

Membership of the club shall be open to anyone interested in the sport of cricket on application regardless of sex, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs.  However, limitation of membership according to available facilities is allowable on a non discriminatory basis.

 

Application for membership of the club shall be by completion of a membership application form and by payment of the relevant subscription/joining fees as determined at the Annual General Meeting of the club.

 

No person shall be eligible to take part in the business of the club or eligible for selection for any club team unless the appropriate subscription has been paid by the specified date or membership has been agreed by the General Management Committee.

 

The General Management Committee may refuse membership, or remove it, only for good cause such as                                          conduct or character likely to bring the club or cricket into disrepute.  Appeal against refusal or removal                                              may be made to the Executive Committee in accordance with Rules 17 and 18.

All members shall be subject to these rules and by joining the club will be deemed to accept these rules and any Codes of Conduct that the club has adopted.

 

No persons shall be admitted to membership and thereafter entitled to the privileges of membership (without voting rights) without an interval of at least 48 hours between application and admission.

 

Membership categories shall be,

Adult Playing Membership (Full Member)

Family Membership – non playing parents and playing children under 16 (Full member)

Junior Playing (Under 18) Membership (Full Member); parents/guardians/carers automatic Social members

Trustees (Full Member)

Vice Presidents (Full Member)

Honorary Life Membership (Full Member)

Patron non-playing Membership (Full Member)

Social Membership

Millennium Club membership and Premier Club membership

 

Only members of not less than 16 years of age holding Full Membership are allowed to vote at General Meetings or any other meeting where a vote is necessary.

 

A list of members in each category shall be maintained by the Secretary.

 

The names of all Members whose current subscription shall not have been paid on or before the 1^st day of May and who neglects to comply with a written request for payment within 14 days after the same shall have been sent to them, shall be posted on the Notice Board of the Club and such Members shall cease to be Members on the expiration of such 14 days unless a reason satisfactory to the Executive Committee shall be given for the delay.

 

All Members’ spouses or partners are automatically included in the subscription and shall be entitled to any of the privileges of the Club as social members.

 

7.                                            COMMITTEE QUORUM

A quorum of the Executive and General management Committee shall consist of not less than 5 and 7 Members respectively.

8.                                            DISSOLUTION 

If at any general meeting a resolution for the dissolution of the Club is passed by a majority of the members present and at a special general meeting held not less than six weeks later (of which not less than four weeks’ written notice has been given to each member) and at which not less than one-half of the members are present that resolution is confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of two-thirds of the members voting on it, the committee must immediately, or at such future date as is specified in the resolution, proceed to realise the property of the Club and after the discharge of all liabilities shall appropriate the net assets remaining for the purposes of the further development of youth sport and cricket and shall dispose of the net assets to:-

(i)                    another Club having similar sports purposes which is a registered charity or a registered Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) and/or

(ii)                  the sport’s governing body for use by them for related community sports.

 

9.                                                                    CHARGES

The Executive Committee shall reserve to itself the right to charge admission to the Club’s ground for particular matches or all matches.

10.                                                                 MODIFICATION OF RULES

No alteration or addition to these Rules may be made except by a resolution carried by a majority of at least two thirds of the Members present at a General Meeting, notice of which contained particulars of the proposed alteration or addition.

11.                                        PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

(a) A general Meeting must be called at any time by the Honorary Secretary upon 7 days notice at the request of not less than 5 Committee Members or 20 Club Full Members.

(b) At all General Meetings the Chairman, or in his/her absence a Member selected by the General Management Committee, must take the Chair.

(c) Every Full member present and eligible to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon every motion and in case of an equality of votes the Chairman may have a second or casting vote.

(d) Every Full Member of not less than 16 years of age shall be entitled to vote.

12.                                        BYE-LAWS

The Executive and General Management Committee shall have powers to create Bye-Laws which may be made into Rules at the Annual General Meeting or any General Meeting.

13.                                         AVERAGES

To determine the positions of players as regards the batting and Bowling Averages, the following conditions must be observed:

Batting – A member must have played in not less than 40% of the matches (not necessarily batted)

 

Bowling – A member must have taken not less than 12.5% of the total wickets taken.

14.                                         COMMITTEES

No Committees shall be re selected en bloc but by individual nomination only.

15.                                         GENERAL COMMITTEES
The following Sub-Committees shall be formed and their mandates determined by the General Management committee. Their Chairs shall report to the General Management Committee :

Planning, Finance and Audit

Fund-raising and Events

Publicity and Promotions

Cricket Committee

House and ground

Alternate Users

The General Management Committee shall have powers to form further sub-committees if deemed necessary.

16.                                         GROUND

The captains shall have authority to call upon players for reasonable assistance on the Club’s ground with regard to work on the pitch, in the pavilion, etc. on match days and other days.  Players who shall without good cause fail to conform to this rule shall be reported to the Executive Committee.

17.                                         DISCIPLINE AND APPEALS 
All complaints regarding the behaviour of Members should be submitted in writing to the Honorary Secretary.
The Executive Committee will meet to hear complaints within 14 days of a complaint being lodged.  The Executive Committee has the power to take appropriate disciplinary action including the termination of membership.

The outcome of a disciplinary hearing should be notified in writing to the person who lodged the complaint and the member against whom the complaint was made within 7 days of the hearing.

There will be a right of appeal to the Executive Committee following disciplinary action being announced.  The Executive Committee will consider the appeal within 7 days of the Honorary Secretary receiving the appeal.

18.                                         EXPULSION OF MEMBERS

(a)                  The Executive Committee may expel any Member who offends against the Rules of the Club or whose conduct in the opinion of the Executive Committee renders him/her unfit for membership of the Club.

(b)                  Before any member is expelled the Honorary Secretary must give him/her 7 days written notice to attend a Meeting of the Executive Committee and must inform him/her of the complaints against him/her.
(c)                   No member may be expelled unless:

(i)                    he/she is first given an opportunity of appearing before the Executive Committee and

(ii)                  at least two thirds of the Executive Committee then present vote in favour of his/herexpulsion.

19.                                         DRESS

 

All members taking part in matches must be dressed in recognised attire.

20.                                         CLUB RESERVE FUND

Money from the Club Reserve Fund may not be used unless there is a two-thirds majority vote by the Members at a General Meeting held for that purpose.
21.                                         TRANSPORT
The cost of transport of players shall not be met out of the Club’s funds except at the discretion of the Captain.

 

22.                                         PENALTIES
In the event of any Member declining or refusing to play for a team for which he/she is selected, the Selection Committee may refuse to allow him/her to play for the Club at all that day.

23.                                         CLUB PREMISES
The Club shall be opened and closed at such hours as may from time to time be proposed by the General Management Committee and authorised by its’ Club Premises Certificate.  The permitted hours for the supply of alcohol and other qualifying club activities shall be such as may be set out and authorised by its’ Club Premises Certificate issued by the relevant Licensing Authority pursuant to s.72 Licensing Act 2003.  The Summary of the Certificate shall be displayed at all times on the club notice board.

 

24.                                         VISITING TEAMS

The General Management Committee shall have power to admit to the Club, members of a visiting team and their guests for the sale of intoxicating liquor to them by or on behalf of the Club for consumption on the premises limited to the day only upon which the match or other sporting or social event takes place.

 

25.                                         FINANCE

 

                       (a)                   The General Management Committee shall have power to negotiate loans as                                                           and when required.

(b)                   No purchase above £100 in value shall be made without the consent of the relevant Sub-committee and no purchase in excess of £250 without further reference and consent of the General Management Committee.

26.                                        TRUSTEES

There shall not be more than 4 Trustees of the Club.
The Trustees shall be appointed by the Executive Committee and the property of the Club (other than cash which shall be under the control of the Honorary Treasurer) shall be vested in them to be dealt with by them as the Executive Committee shall from time to time direct by Resolution (of which an entry in the Minute Book shall be conclusive evidence) and they shall be indemnified against risk and expense out of the Club property.

The Trustees shall hold office until death or resignation or until removed from office by a Resolution of the Executive Committee.  Where by reason of any such death, resignation or removal it shall appear necessary to the Executive Committee that a new or additional Trustee or Trustees shall be appointed, the Executive Committee shall by Resolution nominate the person or persons to be appointed the new or additional Trustee or Trustees.  For the purpose of giving effect to such nomination the President is hereby nominated as the person to appoint new or additional Trustees of the Club within the meaning of section 36 of the Trustee Act 1925 and he/she shall by deed duly appoint the person or persons to be nominated by the Executive Committee as the new or additional Trustee or Trustees of the Club and the relevant provisions of the Trustee Act 1925 shall apply to any such appointment.  All costs and expenses necessarily incurred in effecting such appointment shall be paid out of Club property.