MWSL AGM 03/11/2025

Attendees:

Peter Hall - President/Treasurer
Chris Laird - Secretary/The Warwickshire
Jacob Parsons - Coventry
Richard Evans - Atherstone
Greg Savoury - Nuneaton
Steve Dean - Stonebridge
Dan Lane - Kenilworth
John Breslin - Copswood Grange
Chris Brown - Hearsall
Steve Dean - Stonebridge
Liam Mingo - Copt Heath
Dan Stanley - Forest of Arden
Mitchel Crump - Olton

Apologies:
Steve Hammond - Rugby
Delwyn Groves - Stratford

Agenda:

1. Officials of the League

• Treasurer - Peter Hall
• Secretary - Chris Laird

Vote:
Keep existing format of the league officers. A secretary and a treasurer - Y/N

Keep the same people or ask for volunteers? Yes

Action:
We need to sort out a volunteer to be a signatory on the account. Peter needs to check with the bank regarding requirements for the account.

2. Financial Position

Peter to advise

Team entry fee £185

Balance at last AGM: £1952.80

League Fees: 4 or 5 annual subscriptions missing. 

Action:
Peter to sort out the debtors.

End of year balance is usually £100

Money is otherwise spent on prizes

Prizes

Division 1 £400
Division 2 £300

Player of the Year
Division 1 £50
Division 2 £50

Action:
Agree the entry fee to the league next year.

Vote:
Keep as is

Peter will send invoices to the clubs

3. 2025 Season Comments and Review

Results:

• Division 1 Winners - Coventry
• Division 1 Player of the Year - Richard Bush Coventry
• Division 1 Relegation - Copt Heath and Kenilworth
• Division 1 Reserve League Winners - Coventry
• Division 2 Winners - Forest of Arden
• Division 2 Player of the Year - Daniel Stanley Forest of Arden
• Division 2 Promotion - Forest of Arden and Stonebridge
• Division 2 Reserve League Winners - Forest of Arden 

4. 2026 League Structure, Rules and fixtures

Changes to teams:
Whitefields have applied to enter the league. 

Vote:
Accept Whitefields - Y/N

If N then the structure will require us to make a decision on having more teams in division 1 or 2.

If Y then the previously agreed rules should stand as follows:

League Setup for 2026 If any existing team leaves before the 2026 season without any new teams joining, then a meeting will be held with 1 representitive from each participating club to establish the setup going forward. If 1 extra team joins for the 2026 season, then division 1 will have 7 teams and division 2 will have 7 teams with 3 teams promoted and 2 teams relegated at the end of the 2025 season. If 2 extra teams join for the 2026 season, then 3 teams will be promoted from division 2 to division 1, 2 teams relegated and the new teams would join division 2.

Changes to captains:
Coventry - Jacob Parsons replaces Richard Bush
Rugby - Steve to update us

Action: 
Secretary to update the captain's page with any changes

Fixtures
Historically the league had a rigid structure to the fixtures using a balanced draw and clubs would have to play their fixtures in the order in the draw. This means each team gets a balance of home and away matches throughout the season and teams play other teams in a set order. Last year we relaxed the rules for rearranging matches and the order of fixtures became more random as a result. Should we keep or change the fixture rearranging rules? Should the fixture sheet be followed as closely as possible with limited exceptions or should we allow clubs to change any fixtures to suit them?

Do we start earlier in May to end the season sooner and have less impact on the summer holidays? If there are 7 teams in a division it takes 14 weeks without doubling up fixtures in a single week. We're going to need to play into August whether we go a week or 2 earlier.

World Cup 2026...

Structure for 2026

Division 1

1. Coventry
2. Hearsall
3. Stonebridge
   
4. Stratford
5. Forest of Arden
6. Copswood Grange
   

7. Olton

Division 2

1. Kenilworth
2. The Warwickshire
3. Nuneaton
4. Atherstone
5. Rugby
6. Copt Heath
7. Whitefields

Fixtures 2026

Week 1 to be the 4th May 2026

5. MWL Finals Day 2025

12/04/2026
Stonebridge Golf Club
Shotgun Start
Individual scratch stableford Gross and Nett
Team Gross & Nett
£180 per team - TBC

Prizes (Approximate values)

Individual

1st Gross £200
2nd Gross £125
3rd Gross £75

1st Nett £200
2nd Nett £125
3rd Nett £75

Team

Gross £240
Nett £240

Competition Admin
Chris to work with the shop to prepare the competition

6. MWL Finals Day

History:

2011 Rugby
2012 Stoneleigh
2013 Atherstone
2014 Nuneaton
2015 The Welcombe
2016 Kenilworth
2017 Coventry
2018 Stratford
2019 Warwickshire
2020 Covid
2021 Copt Heath
2022 Hearsall
2023 Coventry
2024 Rugby

Proposal for future:

2025 Stonebridge

Forest of Arden
Olton
Atherstone
Nuneaton
Kenilworth
Stratford
The Warwickshire
Copt Heath
Hearsall
Coventry

7. Any other business