Bowling News
Communication from Joint CEO’s YCCGBA Date 18.1.21
Target Audience Districts, Clubs and Associations within Yorkshire CCGBA
BCGBA Levy
BCGBA have announced that their Levy for 2021 will be as follows:
Clubs that have paid their 2020 levy the 2021 levy will be £ 20 making the total for
2020 and 2021 £ 55.
Clubs that have not paid their 2020 levy will have until 31st January 2021 to pay the
fee for 2020 which is £ 35.
Clubs that have not paid by 31st January 2021 will need to pay in full for 2020 and in
full for 2021 making the cost £70.
A reminder that 2020 fees are still due. £92.50 including the handbooks
Clubs wishing to pay their 2020 fees should send the BCCGBA and YCCGBA
payment to Mark Waite 7 Piperwell Close Heckmondwike WF16 9QF If you wish to
pay by BACS please send to YCCGBA Sort code 09-01-53 account number
47415482 quoting your club name in the reference and e mail Mark on
dmwaite@sky.com to confirm you have paid by BACS
Insurance
To remain a full compliant member of the BCGBA clubs must hold a valid Public
Liability Insurance (The Scheme organised by BCGBA with Endsleigh Insurance
runs from May each year). A full check will be carried out in 2021.
YCCGBA Fees
There are 20 or so clubs that have not paid their fees for 2020 and following a survey
of districts it was agreed that these fees are still due. In line with the BCGBA stance
on fees we will also give clubs an extension until 31st January 2021 to pay to take
advantage of the discount offered for 2021.
If any club who has yet to pay the fees for 2020 is in severe financial difficulty please contact the CEO and this will be discussed by the YCCGBA Council (evidence may be requested)
In the absence of an AGM the Executive cannot change the fees charged but we can
offer a discount and we therefore propose to charge the following fees for 2021 by
offering a discount on the fees previously agreed
Handbooks YCCGBA and BCGBA £ Nil
Clubs YCCGBA Annual Subscription £ 30.00
Associations /Leagues £ 20.00
County Districts £ 25.00
In Summary for Clubs this means that payment for 2021 will be £50.00 in total a
saving of £ 42.50 on the 2020 fees
Associations, Leagues and County districts this is a £5 discount on the 2020 fees
If you wish to make these payments now they can be sent by cheque to D M Waite 7
Piperwell Close Heckmondwike WF16 9QF or if paying be BACS to sort code 09-
01-53 account number 47415482 quoting your club name in the reference and then
e mail Mark on dmwaite@sky.com
Fees are due before 1st April 2021
Note Handbooks issued in March 2020 will also be used for 2021 and an addendum
issued so any changes are required by 10th February 2021.
Changes to
Steven Cochrane CEO YCCGBA Montrose, Ripley Road, Knaresborough HG5 9BY
email stevencochrane@btconnect.com please do not use ycgba_ceo@outlook.com
AGM
The AGM scheduled for 13th February 2021 is suspended until further notice, the
Executive have rolled over everything from 2021 with the officers carrying on for a
further year in their current roles with the exception of Alan Stephenson who wishes
to relinquish his position as Joint Interim CEO.
Honoraria and Expenses
The 2020 AGM agreed a total of £7935 excluding the auditor for Honoraria and
Expenses.
During 2020 the 9 Officers of the Association have undertaken the necessary work to
ensure the Association continued to function efficiently during the year, this resulted
in Officers sharing the workload rather than working as per job description, we
therefore agreed that the Honoraria/expenses paid to these 9 officers for 2020 is
£2400. This is 30% of that agreed at the AGM and shows a saving of over £5500.
Whilst there hasn’t been the normal amount of bowling there have been an equal if
not substantially more in email telephone calls and communications to be dealt with.
Accounts At the time of communicating the BCGBA accounts are not available as yet but expected any time YCCGBA year-end is 31st December and accounts are in preparation for the Auditor, a copy of the accounts will be issued around the original AGM dates, there will be a surplus and whilst we have no desire to make a large surplus we also must ensure we do not make a loss. Unlike many clubs we are unable to benefit from the many grants available. Communication from BCGBA BCGBA issued some communications and we were hoping that the BCGBA accounts would have been produced which would have given clubs and districts more detail to digest the information. The focus for 2021 is Back to Bowling and details have also been sent out on this please refer to the BCGBA website for full details www.bcgba.org.uk 2021 Who knows what 2021 will hold, we have planned for the season to commence as normal but it is looking increasingly unlikely, we are therefore making other plans and will communicate these in due course as lockdown measures are eased. CEO YCCGBA Alan Stephenson has stepped down from his role as joint CEO of YCCGBA and Steven Cochrane will undertake the role for 2021 (contact details as above). The Council would like to thank Alan for all of his time and wise advice in what has proved to be a difficult year and not because of bowling matters. Treasurers New address David Stansfield 18 Hornbeam Grove Northawram Halifax HX3 7WL Keep Safe and I hope the ‘jabs’ come around soon Steve Cochrane CEO YCCGBA