Secretary's Corner

[davejones]

I echo everybody's comments about you Dave. You are No.1 in bar billiards and our world is a sadder place without you at the helm. The good work you have done is immeasurable. Happy retirement you deserve it.

[barbelman]

Sorry to hear this Dave and I wish you had been afforded the distinction of being able to retire in good spirits rather than in disappointment. 
We're all guilty in your case but anyone who "puts the hours in" in bar billiards can only be assured of personal pride because thanks from anyone is a very rare thing and the longer you do it, the less the praise becomes...

Enjoy the rest.

Tony

[bobhall]

I for 1 dave hope you still attend tournaments and you do a fantastic job and have my full respect sadly in barbilliards there are alot of lazy people that dont help wont help and have never helped and sadly this is why the game is dying. Enjoy a nice deserved rest

I would have entered the over 50's but not old enough and i would have entered the under 30's but im too old .

[gandalf the untidy]

Really sad that you have taken this action Dave, you have taken this personally which is understandable, but i don't see the numbers in the AEBBA over 50's are anything unusual at the moment, the Sussex mixed doubles, captains and over 50's currently have 2, 3 and 1 entrants respectively which when you consider how many could be available is a sad indictment of BB in Sussex, but its a reflection of the number of comps that are available to enter in one season and most of us have other commitments that limit which comps we enter and its the "smaller" events that generally suffer.

I hope that you reconsider your course of action at least till the AEBBA AGM where hopefully a solution can be found, hopefully there will be plenty of offers to ensure the AEBBA continues to the benefit of ALL and not at the expense of a few.. or One!

Best regards and utmost respect Colin

[David.G]

Hi All

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and your support, not just on this thread , but also at yesterday's tournament

Your support has been very positive and respectful, thank you all

I had a discussion with Peter Sainsbury yesterday, He reminded me that my duties as a secretary also included the setting up and running of the AEBBA tournaments

I have already said the I would remain as secretary until the end of 2018, so this will mean I shall continue to set up and run the AEBBA tournaments

I will not however set up the tables on my own, as I did yesterday, this will have to change next year

[Martin Pellett]

Dave,

Very sorry to here about your decision but I fully understand it, one man should not have done as much as you have on your own. As usual it is always left to a few dedicated people to keeps this game going.

Could you or someone from the AEBBA please contact me so that we can see what we can sort out about the tables for our comp on the 18th November.

Thanks from all at the RDBBL for all your hard work.

Martin

[Chris]

Dear Martin

There is no one available to deliver the tables from the AEBBA for this re-arranged event from earlier in the year.

If you want the tables you will need to arrange collection and return by using Surrey players doing it. This is all we can offer at present.

I was though informed that this may not go ahead as an event ??

We will of course reduce costs slightly re Diesel used for this.

Please let me know what you wish to do.

Many thanks
Chris

[Martin Pellett]

Chris

We have a meeting tomorrow to decide what we are going to do, we where never not going ahead with our Blind Pairs Comp and have a full 48 players expecting to play on the 18th.

Will let you know what we decide to do after the meeting.

Martin

[Martin Pellett]

We have decided to use tables from our own venues for this event, your offer for reducing the price slightly for diesel costs was not even considered as we would have needed to hire a van, plus pay for someone to collect and then return the tables.

We have already booked tables for next year with Dave Alder and are very concerned that you will not be able to honour these commitments, please could you let us know asap what the AEBBA is going to do about the situation with the delivery and hire cost of the tables, our next competition weekend is mid January and we need to know if you will be able to provide the tables for this event and future events.

Martin Pellett
Chairman RDBBL

[Chris]

Dear Martin

Thanks for letting me know.
Can I just point out though that van hire would not have been necessary. It would have been a case of collecting the van, offloading it and then returning it back loaded. The van is insured for anyone over 25 to drive.

Re the future...

As Dave has said, he will be running the AEBBA events next year, so I assume the van will probably remain with him. I may be wrong here but will be talking too him this weekend. It does mean that the National Tables will remain as the National Tables which I for one am very pleased about.

If it could, for at least one year remain with Dave, then it would lend itself to each organiser of non-AEBBA events collecting the van from Reading and returning it to Reading. The receipt for any fuel put in being paid back to the organising county. Tables remaining at the same cost as now?

It could be that the van passes from event to event, County to County. This though would mean that each county would need an identified secure place to store the van on until the next event and for some may mean a greater distance to travel in getting it?

It could be that someone out there is willing to take on the non-AEBBA events and deliver during the year?

Having said the above, my greatest fear is for the tables, which if not loaded correctly will get damaged and we have had all but two/three recovered last year. This could though be overcome by some training from Dave possibly?

Hopefully after this weekend at Jersey there may come some more concrete answers, the AEBBA Committee is working on finding a solution, this solution may though, given the possibilities above, require greater commitment from County Organisers to sort their own collection/return of the tables. This would though share the load and take the burden off of it being one persons time.

So no answers yet Martin to your question and no guarantees of delivery.

It does appear to me that the AEBBA Committee will have to make an announcement by the day after the AGM. Just my personal opinion here.

Chris