Rules

WIGSTON TOWN CRICKET CLUB RULES (2003)

 

1.     Title

The Club shall be called Wigston Town Cricket Club.

2.     Purpose

The purpose of the Club is to promote the amateur sport of cricket in Wigston and the surrounding boroughs.

3.     Membership

(a) Membership of the Club shall be open to anyone interested in the sport 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.

(b) The Club may have different classes of membership and subscription on a non discriminatory and fair basis. The Club will endeavour to keep subscriptions at levels which will not prevent people joining.

(c) The Club Committee may refuse membership, or remove it, only for good cause such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club or sport into disrepute. Appeal against refusal or removal may be made to the members.

(d) Membership of the Club brings automatic membership to the Meadows Sports Association.

Applications for membership shall be determined by the Management Committee at the next meeting following such an application.

 4.    Property and Funds

(a) The property and funds of the Club cannot be used for the direct or indirect private benefit of its members other than as reasonably allowed by this Rule.

(b) The Club may provide sporting and related social facilities, club sporting equipment, coaching, courses, insurance cover, medical treatment, reasonable away-match expenses, post match refreshments and other ordinary benefits of CASCs.

(c) The Club may also in connection with the sports purposes of the Club:

(i) sell and supply food, drink and related sports clothing and equipment.

(ii) employ members (though not for playing) and remunerate them for providing goods and services, on fair terms set by the Committee without the person concerned being present

(iii) pay for reasonable hospitality for visiting teams and guests

(iv) indemnify the Committee and members acting properly in the course of the running of the Club against any liability incurred in the proper running of the Club (but only to the extent of its assets).

Applications for membership shall be determined by the Management Committee at the next meeting following such an application.

5.     Annual General Meeting (AGM)

An Annual General Meeting shall be held each year at a time determined by the Management Committee, for which members shall be given 21 days notice in writing. The Honorary Secretary shall convene an Extraordinary General Meeting when called upon to do so by the Management Committee.

6.     Officers

Officers shall be elected at each AGM and shall serve until the following AGM. 

7.     Committees

A Team Selection Committee shall be elected at each AGM.

A Management Committee, including: Chairman; Honorary Secretary; Honorary Treasurer and elected members to a total of five persons, shall be elected at each AGM.

8.     Voting

Only the President, Vice-presidents, Life Members and fully paid up members, prior to the start of such meeting, shall be allowed to vote at any AGM.

9.     Accounts

At each AGM a statement of the Club’s financial situation, drawn up by the Honorary Treasurer, shall be audited, and a copy provided for each member.

10.   Subscriptions

The rates of annual and match subscriptions for members shall be determined at each AGM.

For a member joining during the playing period, annual subscriptions shall be 1/5 for each complete month remaining. The playing period to be May, June, July, August and September.

11.   Amendments

No rule shall be altered in any way, other than by a request for an amendment given in writing to the Honorary Secretary within 2 weeks of the next AGM. Such proposals shall then be considered at the AGM of that year.

12.   Trustees

The membership shall be permitted to appoint trustees, from time to time as necessary, to purchase, sell, charge, mortgage, take on, or otherwise deal with freehold or leasehold land or other interests therein for, and on behalf of, the benefit of the members of the Club subject to the membership fully indemnifying the trustees from all costs and expenses properly incurred.

13.     Winding up

(a) The members may vote to wind up the Club if not less than three quarters of those present and voting support that proposal at a properly convened general meeting.

(b) The Committee will then be responsible for the orderly winding up of the Club’s affairs.

(c) After settling all liabilities of the Club, the Committee shall dispose of the net assets remaining to one or more of the following:

(i) to another Club with similar sports purposes which is a charity and/or

(ii) to another Club with similar sports purposes which is a registered CASC and/or

(iii) to the Club’s national governing body for use by them for related community sports.

14.    Other matters

The Management Committee shall have the power to deal with any matters which may arise affecting the Club but are not covered by the rules.

15.   Priority

Where there is any conflict between any of the above Rules, rules 2,3,4 and 13 will take priority. Interpretation of all the Rules must be consistent with the statutory requirements for CASCs (which means Community Amateur Sports Clubs as first provided for by the Finance Act 2002.)

After rule changes adopted at the 102nd AGM, 27.10.05

A Jones– Honorary Secretary