Management Committee inaction challenged

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The Veterans League Management Committee cancelled their monthly meeting scheduled for November due to 'insufficient business' to justify meeting.

This is despite the League still not having a number of posts filled for the 2022 bowling season with no President, no Vice-President, no Competition Secretary and 6 of the 8 positions on the Committee being vacant. They are also supposed to be introducing a new blueprint for the future of the League as indicated at the Half-Year Meeting but it has all gone quiet on that front. In addition, factor in the disquiet of member clubs about the handling of the cheating claims against one of their clubs then it would seem that there is sufficient business to fill an hour of their time although they think otherwise. Maybe that tells us a bit more about this Management Comiittee.

On that last matter a number of clubs have voiced their concerns about the behavior of one of their own clubs both verbally and in writing. This is what some clubs have committed to writing on this episode.

This begs the question as to whether the management committee is up to the job and I would challenge any member of that committee to come on this forum and defend what they have done (or more likely not done) and the reasons why. I might be in for a long wait but I rather hope not.

I feel the committee has failed the rest of the clubs in the league. Is this a precedent for future rule-breakers?

... and this is what they think about the club involved ...

Clubs who do not pay their subs on time are fined, but a club who has blatantly cheated and broken the rules gets away with no penalty.

I feel Paddock have got off lightly.

Let's be honest, they were attempting to cheat the system

These are just some of the comments received from league bowlers when the original posting went online. See the original posting here and then scroll to the foot of that posting to see more bowler's comments.