QCPL
Minutes
October 16, 2018
Captains/Co-captains attending:
Jim Kelly, (Deerhead),
Cori Donaldson, Mike Cullinane (Cercle 1) Rick Campbell, Ray Paquin (Davignon 4)
Paul Cere (Davignon 3), George
Tsoutsas, Bob Tanner (Eastside),
George Carter, (My Friends), Lenny
Pappas Jr. (Pres)
Sue Novak (Secretary),
Location: Davignon club Meeting called to order: 6:30 PM
Absent: Juan Arce, Mike Manning (British), John Laliberte, Jeff Yule (Davignon 2), Amanda Laverriere, Ricky
Miller (Cercle 3), Eric Bourgeois
(V-Pres), Tom LeBlanc (Treasurer),
Guest: Andre Brisson, Sue
Kelly
New Business:
1. Meeting Respect - Lenny pointed out
that at the last meeting we had a lot of side conversations, complaining, and
talking over each other. He reminded
everyone that we should be showing respect for everyone’s opinion and listen to
what is being discussed. We should also
be listening to the active discucssion on the floor
so that we do not have to answer the same questions repeatedly.
2. Treasurer’s report – We started the
season with $1348.15, have earned $.06 in interest, and collected $990 in team/player
fees, for a total of $2338.21.
3. Fees – Player fee and team fees due
and collected. Collected tonight $1440.
4. Pay outs – tabled until next meeting. Sue will bring the past three year’s payout
totals to refresh our memories and assist in making new recommendations for
payouts.
5. Incomplete match – The current rule
states:
CURFEW
a.
No
game shall begin after the club’s curfew.
If a match currently in progress cannot be completed during the allowed
time due to a club’s curfew the game shall be played until the next spot shot.
The match will be suspended at this point.
b.
The
opposing captains shall establish a date to complete the game(s) prior to the
next Friday night’s play. If the game(s)
are not completed because the captains cannot agree to a make-up date, the
league’s officers shall set the date that the game(s) is to be played. The team that does not comply with the
make-up date shall forfeit. The same
players shall participate and follow the same order of play at the same site at
which the suspension of play occurred and the suspended game will resume with a
spot shot.
To be added to the
rule for scoring clarification:
c. If the suspended match cannot be played at the agreed upon time
due to players from the suspended match failing to show, the final score will
be scored as 6--(pockets made) for the
team that does show. If both teams have
players from the suspended match fail to show, the match will be scored as the
pockets made for both teams.
As a reminder if
a match needs to be suspended, just send Sue a text message so that she is
aware of the suspended match and can post a comment accordingly.
Old Business:
1. Prize fund inconsistency - In an effort
to begin to create tournament prize fund consistency, Sue pointed out that there
is a rule in the by-laws which states that the club hosting the tournament will
pay a fee to the QCPL, $300 for singles and $500 for doubles. She suggested that we enforce this rule but
have the fee paid to the tournament prize fund, not the league. After a brief
discussion it was voted that we re-instate the rule and apply this fee to the
prize fund. This fee will be considered
the hosting clubs donation to the prize fund.
a. Andre stated that he will go back to
the Eastside’s board for approval. Bob
Tanner or George Tsoutsas will let Sue know the Eastside’s decision on whether
they still want to host the doubles tournament.
b. Cori stated the Cercle had no problem
with this and will still host the singles.
It was pointed
out that a lot of the inconsistency in the prize money comes from the fact that
some clubs get more sponsors than others, run more raffles than others, and
also pay Sue for her services directly while others include it in the
tournament expenses.
The following is
the comparison of tournament payouts for the past 5 years.
Year |
Singles |
|||||||
|
Total Purse |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
# entries |
Places paid |
Location |
2014 |
$2,750 |
$1,225 |
$610 |
$ 370 |
$245 |
70 |
8 |
Alpine |
2015 |
$3,303 |
$1,182 |
$886 |
$ 590 |
$295 |
94 |
12 |
Workmens |
2016 |
$5,315 |
$2,483 |
$1,241 |
$ 745 |
$497 |
74 |
12 |
Davignon |
2017 |
$3,410 |
$1,225 |
$920 |
$ 610 |
$305 |
82 |
12 |
Eastside |
2018 |
$3,120 |
$1,270 |
$830 |
$ 550 |
$275 |
75 |
12 |
Deerhead |
Year |
Doubles |
|||||||
|
Total purse |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
# teams |
Places paid |
Location |
2014 |
$4,270 |
$2,250 |
$1,000 |
$600 |
$220 |
49 |
8 |
Eastside |
2015 |
$5,900 |
$2,600 |
$1,500 |
$1,000 |
$500 |
52 |
8 |
Cercle |
2016 |
$4,390 |
$1,480 |
$1,100 |
$740 |
$370 |
53 |
12 |
Deerhead |
2017 |
$8,070 |
$3,000 |
$1,800 |
$1,200 |
$680 |
55 |
16 |
Cercle |
2018 |
$6,760 |
$3,230 |
$1,620 |
$870 |
$640 |
50 |
8 |
Davignon |
Cori pointed out
that the Cercle had an incentive for their board during the doubles in 2017 to
get sponsors and gave a prize to the board member that got the most
sponsors. They also let sponsors know
that the minimum donation to get their business/name on the shirt was $100 but
if they gave more they would have a larger letter presence on the shirts.
Since there is
such an inconsistency, it was recommended a committee be created from the QCPL
to assist the clubs in running the tournament.
We will set up the committee from the league and determine what their
responsibilities will be at the next meeting.
2. Location of singles and doubles –
Cercle – singles - confirmed, Eastside – doubles – will let us know based on
the fact that we will again enforce the rule that hosting club pay a fee for
the tournament.
3. Handicap changes - The following players were brought up for
consideration
Increased – Dave Bolton (ES) – 5, Michael
Hughes (BA) - 5
Decreased - Hillary Piper
(D4) - 3, Andre Brisson (ES) – 3, Craig
Reardon (MF) - 3, Joe Pinard (ES) – 3
No change - LaRonn Massey (BA)
– 4, Ken Bohtelho (BA) - 4, Scott Drew (BA) - 4, Marc
Lacroix (C1) – 4, Jack Lover (D4) - 4, Jim Carr (ES)
- 4, Al Fox (MF) - 4, Ryan Boisvert (C1) – 5; Bonnie Massey (BA) – 4, Cori Donaldson (C1) – 6, Gary Gramatikas (DH) – 6, Dave Wiggin (D3) – 6, Frank Roach (C1) – 5, Christos Kalantzis (D4) – 4, Pete Vallieres
(MF) – 4, Andy Denoncourt (D2) – 7, Dan McCloskey
(D3) – 3, Bryan Dumas (MF) – 3.
Placed on watch list – Dennis
Denbow (ES) – 4, Mike
Cormier (DH) – 5.
Tristen Defrancesco
(BA) – 4, Bob Lafavci (BA) – 4 Scott
Drew (BA) – 4
Contact Sue if you think a player needs to go
on the watch list and we will discuss them at the next meeting.
4. Next meeting will be on November 13,
2018 at 6:30 PM, at the Davignon Club.
Meeting adjourned
at 7:30 pm.
Respectfully,
Sue Novak