Halstead Cricket Club - Constitution

Club Constitution
Halstead CC – Constitution & Rules

Halstead Cricket Club

Constitution & Rules

1 Name

The name of the club shall be HALSTEAD CRICKET CLUB and shall consist of Honorary, Non-Playing and Playing Members. The pavilion shall be the Club House.

2 Aims & Objectives
(a)The object of the Club shall be the promotion and development of the game of Cricket in the Halstead area and the playing of cricket matches and provision of opportunities for recreation, social intercourse and refreshment for the benefits of its members in furtherance of such object.
(b)To ensure that all club members abide by the ECB Code of Conduct and Recreational Code of Conduct which incorporates the Spirit of Cricket, and by the Laws of Cricket.
(c)To ensure a duty of care to all club members by adopting and implementing the ECB Safe Hands Policy, ECB Safe Hands Management System, Welfare of Young People in Cricket Policy, ECB Cricket Equity Policy and any future versions of the policies.
(d)The Club shall adopt and implement the ECB Anti-Discrimination Code of Conduct and any future versions of this policy.
(e)The Club shall adopt and implement the Essex Cricket in the Community Policies and any future versions of this policy.
3 Officers

The officers of the club shall consist of the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Club Captain, Welfare Officer and Head Coach.

All Officers shall retire at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) but shall be eligible for re-election along with five General Committee Members.

The Club President shall be ex-officio. An election shall be held only when a vacancy exists.

4 Management
(a)The affairs of the club including the purchase for the Club and supply to the members of intoxicating liquor shall be under the management of the Management Committee consisting of the six Officers of the Club and five General Committee Members. The Management Committee shall meet once a month and five members will constitute a quorum.
(b)The Committee may co-opt and form Sub-Committees as required. Any such committee shall cease at the AGM following its formation.
(c)Any matters of the Club relating to its holdings and management of its assets will be dealt with by three Trustees appointed by the Management Committee. Current Trustees are Stuart Berger, Trevor Alan Cooper and David Gascoyne Rawlinson.
5 Membership
(a)Any person wishing to join the club must be proposed and seconded by existing members to whom they are personally known.
6 Subscriptions
Playing Member: £125
Aged 16–19 / Full-time Education: £75
Junior (single): £75
Junior (double): £140
Junior (triple): £195
Vice President (min): £25 / £35 couple

All Players will pay a Match Fee determined by the Committee.

Members must pay subscriptions by 31st May. Stage payments are available by application to the Treasurer.

7 Life Membership

Life Membership is honorary and shall be an honour bestowed upon those Members who are deemed to have given outstanding service to the club. New Life Members shall be proposed and seconded by two members of the club and notified in writing to the Secretary a minimum of six weeks before the advertised date of the AGM for the Committee's approval to put before the AGM. They will be elected by a simple majority vote of those present.

8 Temporary Members

May be admitted to the Club Premises in addition to Members at the discretion of the committee:

(a)Persons who on the day of their admission to the Club premises have played or have been selected to play or have acted as reserve players, umpires, scorers or other officials in any cricket match organised or sponsored by the Club or held at the Club at the invitation of the Management Committee on the Club's grounds.
(b)On the day when the Club has a home cricket match, persons who are members of any other Cricket Club with which the Club customarily plays cricket matches.
(c)Visitors to the Club as spectators for events noted in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(d)Intoxicating liquor shall not be purchased by, or for, any individual under the age of 18 years.

Subject to any conditions which may from time to time be imposed by the Licensing Justices, any such persons as are referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) may purchase from the Club intoxicating liquor for consumption by themselves on the premises during the permitted hours in accordance with the provisions of Section 49(i) of the Licensing Act 1964.

The Club may on not more than twelve occasions per year supply intoxicating liquor to persons other than Club members at pre-arranged functions, provided that any profit made is used for the benefit of the Club.

9 Expulsion

The expulsion of a member shall be determined at a Full Management Committee Meeting called for that purpose and such a member shall have a right of appeal.

The Management Committee also reserves the right to ban any individual from the Club premises should they be found to have been in breach of anti-social or violent behaviour whilst on said premises.

10 Opening & Closing of the Club & Permitted Hours

The opening hours of the Club House are from 10am until 11pm each day, subject to the right of the Committee to keep the Club House closed on any particular day or part of days if considered in the proper interests of the Club.

The permitted hours for the sale of intoxicating liquor under the Licensing Act 1964 shall be:

Mon–Sat: 11:00 – 23:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 22:30
Good Friday & Christmas Day: Closed
11 Annual General Meeting

An AGM for the election of Officers and Committee and passing of Accounts shall be held each year during the month of November.

12 Extraordinary Meeting

The Secretary shall call an EGM upon receipt of a requisition signed by at least ten Members.

The Secretary shall give seven days notice for Committee Meetings, the AGM and any EGM.

13 Colours

The Club Colours shall be Green, Yellow and Blue.

Green
Yellow
Blue
14 Alteration to Rules

No alteration to rules shall be made except at the AGM or an EGM called for that purpose.

15 Members and Rules

All members are subject to the rules and will receive a copy.

16 Application of Assets on Dissolution

In the event of dissolution, assets shall be applied for:

  • The purposes of a Community Amateur Sports Club
  • The purposes of the England and Wales Cricket Board for use in youth cricket in Essex
  • A registered charity