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Meeting Minutes24th April 2008

Opening:        

The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee was called to order at 8.00pm on 24th April in Latvian Club by Chris Watson.

Present:                                                           Apologies

Chairman:                     Chris Watson                        Stuart Swire (Ill)

Hon. Secretary:            Dennis Breen

Academy Dir.:              Charles Wood

President:                     Ihor Lewyk

A.            Approval of Agenda

            There was an agenda submitted and approved by all present.

B.            Approval of Minutes

            The minutes of the previous meeting have been issued and are available on             the BDCA website they where signed and approved by Dennis.

C.        Open Issues

            1             The meeting opened with a discussion on the state of the committee                     and poor attendance over the last four months. Again only four                                   members turned up and Chris informed the meeting that a letter had                      gone out to all secretaries and club captains. There has been no                                response but Chris had spoken to a few people whom expressed an                            interest when he attended the individual competition on Tuesday night,             so we await the AGM and see who comes forward.

            2            AGM, preparations were discussed and an agenda put forward which               will be on the web-site shortly.

            3             Chris had again spoken to Stuart Swire to obtain update on Congress;                Stuart and Chris to update on application forms at AGM. Ihor to check                with Andrew (treasurer) deposit has been paid. Also arrange with                              venue catering arrangements.

            4            As the treasurer was not present no update on BDCA accounts.

D.        New Business

            1             Dennis informed finals of Hepolite trophy and plate are arranged for                  the Polish Club venue on Tuesday 29th April

                                    Trophy:            South Bradford v Polish

                                    Plate:                Bradford Int. v Ilkley B

            2             Charles informed the meeting the next Academy tournament will be                    on 11th May at the Latvian Club with over 70 entrants expected. Also                         that the Chess for Schools initiative had presented 10 sets to Tong                              School Bradford by the PM Gerry Sutcliffe, this will be in the T&A.

            3            Ihor has agreed to contact Chessmaze re sponsorship for the Congress                and Handbook as we no longer need to rely on there chess sets at                                 Congress due to the Academy's equipment.

            4            Ihor and Charles informed the meeting the success of the Academy and               the new Division 4 teams for the next season. Charles will update all at                  the AGM.

            5            A discussion on the recipient of the BDCA Carey Award followed                                   with proposals but forward. The winner will be announced at the                                presentation night on Friday 23rd May at the Latvian Club.

E.            Agenda for Next Meeting

            1             Introduction of the new committee

            2            BDCA Handbook

            3            Bradford Chess Congress

            4            Update on Accounts by Treasurer

Adjournment:             

            Meeting was adjourned at 10.10 by Chris. The next committee meeting will be             at 8.00pm on 31st July at the Latvian Club, Clifton Villas.

Minutes submitted by:            Chris Watson

Approved by:                          

Bradford & District Chess Association

Meeting Minutes

27th March 2008

Opening:        

The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee was called to order at 8.00pm on 27th March in Polish Club by Chris Watson.

Present:          

Chairman:                     Chris Watson

Hon. Secretary:            Dennis Breen

Academy Dir.:              Charles Wood

A.            Approval of Agenda

            There was an agenda submitted and approved by all present.

B.            Approval of Minutes

            The minutes of the previous meeting have been issued and are available on             the BDCA website they where signed and approved by Dennis still waiting on December and January meeting minutes. Outstanding a report from Ihor re point 5 of last meeting.

C.        Open Issues

            1             The meeting opened with a discussion on the state of the committee                     and poor attendance over the last three months. Again only three                                 members turned up and Chris informed the meeting that an email had                      gone out to all E-group members. Also the previous minutes of the                           meeting was on the website over the last two weeks with the date and                       time of this meeting. Chris had agreed to write a letter to all club                              secretaries and club captains outlining the present position. But had                   been detoured from doing this by other members of the committee,                    whom still did not turn up for this meeting. So will now action in the                    next week. It was also agreed to invite past members of the committee                     to the next to see if there situations had changed and they might                         reconsider joining the committee

            2            Dennis raised his concern that this year's invoices for clubs and teams                         had not been received; as the treasurer was not present we could not                 inform him if this was the case. Also some concern by all present at the                    meeting regarding signatures required for BDCA cheques and this                                     needs to be addresses             urgently as Andrew has expressed that he will               no longer be treasurer and Ihor relinquishing some of his                                           responsibilities

            3             Chris rang Stuart Swire while at the meeting to obtain update on                                Congress; Stuart agreed to carry on with his role at this year's congress                       and will email Chris with the current version of the application forms.               Chris also expressed that if no other person comes forward at the AGM               he would take on the Congress Directors role for this year.

            4            Dennis to supplied Ihor with the Hepolite draw for the finals and last                         round of the Clough Trophy which is to be played on Tuesday 22nd               April and not 24th as shown in BDCA Handbook, Chris apologizes for               this mistake, to put on the BDCA website.

D.        New Business

            1             Change of venue for next committee meeting back to the Latvian Club                 and invitation to all club secretaries and club captains.

            2             Charles to look at BDCA constitution re-membership and committee             officials.

            3            Dennis, Charles and Chris put submitted changes to the constitution                   and request any further submissions be delivered to the Hons Secretary                         by 15th April 2008.

            4            Dennis brought our attention to a league match between MAPA &                                 Bradford Destroyers and was asked to investigate further on this before             making any decisions.

            5            Charles informed the meeting about an arranged Chess Coaching                                  meeting to be held at Latvian Club on Thursday 3rd April @ 7:30pm.                        This is a joint meeting between Bradford & Leeds chess associations.                 Any local chess coaches that would like to attend please inform                           Charles on 07796 246328

            6            Venue for presentation night will be Latvian Club, Clifton Villas, on                    Friday 23rd May at a cost of £5 each, Pie & Peas, Chilli, pay on the                    night. BDCA to donate £20 for prize giving.

E.            Agenda for Next Meeting

            1             State of the committee members

            2            AGM. Preparations

            3            Bradford Chess Congress

            4            Update on Accounts by Treasurer

Adjournment:             

            Meeting was adjourned at 9.40 by Chris.  The next committee meeting will be             at 8.00pm on 24th April at the Latvian Club, Clifton Villas.

Minutes submitted by:            Chris Watson

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Bradford & District Chess Association

Meeting Minutes

28 February 2008

Opening:        

The monthly meeting of the BDCA committee was called to order at 8.00pm on 28th February in Latvian Club by Chris Watson.

Present:          

 President:                    Ihor Lewyk

Chairman:                     Chris Watson

Hon. Secretary:            Dennis Breen

Academy Dir.:              Charles Wood

A.            Approval of Agenda

            There was no agenda submitted.

B.            Approval of Minutes

            The minutes of the previous meeting have not been issued and still awaiting             Decembers meeting minutes.

C.        Open Issues

            1             The meeting opened with a discussion on the state of the committee                     and poor attendance over the last few months. Chris agreed to write a                      letter to all club secretaries and club captains outlining the present                                     position.

            2            At the December meeting it was approved to change the committee                     meeting to a more standardized format and have the meeting on the last                   Thursday of the month. January's meeting had only two attendants,                    Ihor and Dennis.

            3             Dennis informed the meeting of his new email address,                                               breendennis@yahoo.co.uk, can all club secretaries and captains please               action this in their official handbook.

            4            Dennis supplied Ihor with the Hepolite draw for the semi-finals to put                   on the BDCA website.

            5            Ihor looking at the legalities of our association and congress in relation                         to public liability and CRB checks

            6            Charles expressed his concerns that he would be busy over the next                  year working with the ECF on managing their schools program that he                         would not have time to commit to the committee. Also the next                            Academy Sunday tournament will be on Sunday 23rd March at the                    Latvian Club where it is expected the new Fattorini Cup will be                               presented.

D.        New Business

            1             Change of venue for next committee meeting and invitation to all club                   secretaries and club captains.

            2             Chairman to write to all club secretaries and club captains outlining                        current committee situation and invite to next meeting.

E.            Agenda for Next Meeting

            1             State of the committee members

            2            Call for Emergency AGM.

            3            Bradford Chess Congress

Adjournment:             

            Meeting was adjourned at 9.30 by Chris.  The next committee meeting will be             at 8.00pm on 27th March in Polish Club, Edmund St.

Minutes submitted by:            Chris Watson

Approved by:                          

BDCA – Committee Minutes

Date of Meeting:            3/7/07

Venue:                        Latvian Club, Bradford

Present:           Chris Watson  (Chairman) Ihor Lewyk   (President) Dennis Breen (Secretary) Andrew Wainwright (Treasurer)  Ian Goater  (Press Secretary)   Karim Khan   Trophy Secretary) Charles Wood  (Academy Director) Phil Walker, Andy Walker, Ian Jewsbury, Gary Corcoran

• Dennis Breen welcomed as Secretary following the AGM and contact details taken for committee purposes.
• Treasurer Report – AW reported on the financial state of the association.
• Agreed that AW should have the accounts audited by Derrick Mason at the earliest possible opportunity and definitely before the next meeting.
• Identified that some clubs still owe monies from last season and AW is to chase these clubs.
• Bob Burns Trophy – PW reported that entries were down on last year but the competition is progressing smoothly so far after 3 rounds Peter Shaw of Undercliffe is leading the field.
• GC raised the issue of the venue for the competition – Committee agreed that PW runs the tournament and as Field is convenient for him it is at his discretion where to hold the tournament.
• Bradford Congress entry forms started to be circulated around other congresses.
• IL identified that the YCA had confirmed £50 prize money to the event as part of the Yorkshire Individual Championship.
• IL confirmed that both Nigel Hepworth and Dave Tooley, who are arbiters based in Huddersfield, had offered to help at the event and advised that we take them up on that offer.
• Accomodation for P.Purland needs organising.
• I.L agreed to look into advertising on CEEFAX.
• G.C volunteered to look at alternative advertising methods in the local area.
• DB + P.W agreed to meet separately in the next month to do a full Secretary handover in preparation for next season.
• Chris Watson to arrange for new score cards printing with DB’s address on.
• Andy Walker agreed to print labels for the existing cards with DB’s address details on.
• Charles Wood holding Academy Rapidplay – Sunday 8^th July.
• Chris Watson agreed to give out prizes at the event.
• Charles Wood confirmed Bradford Renaissance and Undercliffe Revolution teams for Div 3 next season based out of the Latvian Club.
• Charles also confirmed that MAPA are also definitely entering a team.
• YMCA and Arc may also be entering teams – to confirm by end of July.
• Charles has done a media recoding for Calendar News which is yet to air.
• Charles has also been on the Pulse Radio and Yorkshire Radio Leeds.
• Press entries have also appeared in the Telegraph & Argus and local community magazines about the Academy.
• Nick Nixon is attending the British Championships at the request of the ECF.
• ECF have ratified and are adopting the certification scheme used by the academy.
• Charles still plans to set up a social enterprise but is waiting to hear on funding from the Bradford Innovation Fund first – Charles will chase the application made to the innovation fund.
• Charles raised the issue of funding to the academy from the BDCA – to be reviewed at the beginning of the season.
• CW identified 31^st July as cut off date for all handbook information.
• Due to new teams entering the 3^rd division Unison are to be promoted – AW to contact Unison and make them aware of this.
• Trophies – AW to pay the engravers + Karim Khan to distribute the trophies which have now been engraved.
• Fatorini trophy donation to the league is in the pipeline.
• Steve Webster Memorial Rapidplay – Latvian Club – Sunday 25^th November.
• Identified that new members to the committee need to be identified as AW and Georges Honore identied at the AGM that the treasurer and competition controller roles will be vacated at the end of the season.

Date of next Meeting:            Thursday 2^nd August, Latvian Club, 8pm

Andrew Wainwright(BDCA Minutes Secretary)

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DCA news

Charles Wood has been busy creating a chess academy for Bradford chess. He has met with youth leaders and schools to tell them of a novel five week training programme to establish players who are good enough to start playing in the league. The rest will go back to school.

The Academy will take place every Monday from 7.00pm until 8.00pm with a guest coaches.

Anybody involved in a young adult organisation ages 12 - 25 should contact Charles for details.

He has even spruced up the chess room at the Latvian Club and wishes to thank the following for making it happen.

Charles W Wood
Renaissance Academy Training Officer
Bradford And District Chess Association
 
Mob: 07796 246328
Email: renegade_hotspur@hotmail.com
Web: www.bradfordchess.org.uk

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The Duke Of Edinburgh Award
 
With Thanks To Our Sponsors:
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With Special Thanks To:
The Rugby League Heritage Centre, The George Hotel, Huddersfield (for Signed Memorabilia from Mike Stevenson)
Bradford City AFC and "Stixs" (for Signed Shirts and Balls)
Bradford Park Avenue Football Club (for Signed Shirts)
Bradford Bulls Rugby League Club (Signed Shirts and Balls)
Ricky Hatton (for Signed Photo with IBF belt)

Any news you want to contribute ?
Email me at ihorlewyk@lineone.net or ihor@bradfordchess.org.uk

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