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markgower1971 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:46:38 CDT

Rule Changes for 2008 Season

Related Document: Local and Ground Rules 2007

Remove Tied games
League Standings
Adjust outfield line
Neutral Umpires for Division 1
Games Stopped Before Completion

Remove Tied games (Rule 5.2)

5.2 of the 2007 local and ground rules states: “As opposed to the ISF rules regarding tied games (rule 5, section 3b), tied games after seven complete innings are allowed to stand as regulation (completed) games.”
ISF Rule 5, section 3b: “A game that is tied at the end of seven innings shall be continued by playing additional innings, or until one side has scored more runs than the other at the end of a complete inning, or until the team second at bat has scored more runs in their half of the inning before the third out is made”

Modification: Adopt ISF rule on tied games.

Clarification: If the game is tied at the last completed innings and is stopped for light, rain, lighting etc. rule 5.4 of the local rules is applied.

League Standings

New Rule: Points System

3 points awarded for a win
1 point for a loss
0 points for a forfeit

Modification to 5.6: In the event of a game in forfeit the team forfeiting will score no points or runs the other team will score 3 points and 15 runs

New Rule: In the event that two teams share are tied in the league standings, the overall run difference will be considered, in the event that the teams are still tied the head to head run difference will be considered. #

Clarification: If still tied at the end of the season then a playoff will be scheduled to decide the result. If a playoff cannot be arranged then the result will be decided on a coin toss.

Adjust outfield line (Rule 2)

Modification: Where the 160 foot "CO-ED LINE" is marked on pitches all designated outfielders must remain behind the 160' line until the ball is hit.

Penalty: If an outfielder crosses the arch prior to the ball being hit and also fields the ball inside the arch, a delayed dead ball shall be signalled. The offense shall have the option of taking the result of the play or awarding the batter first base and all base runners will advance. This applies to all batters (male and female).

Neutral Umpires for Division 1

Modification: Division 1 matches are required to have neutral umpires who do not participate in game play. It will be the Home teams responsibility to engage an umpire from qualifying league members or other individuals. A qualifying umpire will have either BASU qualification or other recognised umpiring qualification or have attended the leagues internal umpiring course.

Penalty: Teams not supplying neutral umpires when it is their responsibility forfeit the game.

Clarification: Division 2 matches and inter-divisional matches do not require a neutral umpire but are strongly recommended to do so.

Games stopped before completion (Rule 5.4)

Modification: Captains must liaise for games stopped by poor light or dangerous conditions and agree a date within 4 weeks of the posponement. If necessary the OSA Committee will liaise with the captains over finding a mutually agreeable date/time. Where necessary the OSA Committee has the power to specify a date for the game.

Home

markgower1971 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:15:58 CDT

This is the home page of the Oxford Softball Committee wiki.

News and work of the committee fills the pages on this site. Please check the outstanding actions (is there anything you're expected to do?) and you can also look at the minutes of meetings, important documents, and the announcements to captains.

Please email Norm to get an account to be able to edit these pages (it's easy!). We would like as many of the Committee, captains and contacts to be able to edit and contribute as possible.

Announcements

Important documents

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:48:08 CST

We will add a list of important documents and links to where they exist (probably on the league web site) ASAP. These documents will include:

local ground rules
the constitution
maybe the captains pack

Document and link	Date updated	Comment
2006 Constitution	May 06	Prior to amendments (see below)
draft 07 Constitution	4 Sept 06	Some approved amendments, but some unapproved that need making.
2007 Constitution	14 Aug 07	As above, but formally ratified at 2007 AGM.

Archived actions and notes

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:32:52 CST

Please just paste in the old actions and notes into this page so that we've got a record. Thanks!

Get a way of sending news to players

BSUK

Norm has put an 'issue' on the BSUK site to see if they will let us spam our players with announcements. Issue went on 24/08/06.

Still no reply, so I emailed Geof Ellingham and Tim Stride (guessed at their email addresses) on 11/09/06 to remind them and to explain the question a bit more.
Got this reply from Geof on 11/09:

You can use the site to mail them all - use the bsukGROUPS feature and
select "Oxford League Members" from the drop-down.

However, the email will appear to have come from your email address - so
it's not a one-way system.

I'd never seen that before - I emailed with 2 further questions: (Email sent on 11/09/06 at 17:22)

1. Does the individuals' settings for privacy etc. affect the success of the mailing? i.e. in the 'Personal Options' can people (deliberately or accidentally) choose not to receive such emails?
Answer:

Yes, the privacy settings do affect things - but the vast majority of people accept the default settings, so emails from "my league" are allowed. However, you're right in thinking that anyone who has deselected this from their drop-downs would not receive the email
2. I see some recipients, such as "Oxford League Committee" and "Oxford League Moderators" in the drop-down list. How are you informed about these (because we've got a new committee now)?
Answer:

This is something set by the committee (if they wish to use it). You can see how it works by using your Oddsox access. Under Manage Teams, select "Forums". Then in the Members column, click "Committee". The people selected in this screen are the people who would be mailed if you selected OddSox Committee from the bsukGROUPS screen.
[Geof was mixing up my Oddsox committee membership with the Oxford League. But I imagine that the principle is the same.]

2007-12-06 Exec meeting

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:22:14 CST

Meeting at Cumnor Cricket Club, Thursday 6 December 2007

Present: Roger, Stella, Mark (took notes), Lat

1. Apologies
Nicki

2. Wrap up for 2007 Season
AGM was held on 30th Aug 07
Have £1160.28 surplus for the season
Constitutional amendments were all accepted
Outstanding action to find a rep to liaise with Rover
AGM Minutes Accepted

3. Last seasons Minutes – Actions arising for 2008

Review of 175ft line – experiment with 150ft or 175ft line during grapefruits
Take to next captains meeting - proposal ASA/ISF ruling
ACTION: Mark to write up proposal

Points system for league position
Revisit during next meeting
ACTION: Mark to write up proposal

Oxford Tournament
Agreed in principle that we should have one this season aim for 8-10 teams (probably) invite only
ACTION: Stella check BSUK calendar
ACTION: Roger to look at Oxford Kings field

Independent umpires – plan for 2008
Should we offer payment for umpiring
Experienced players usually umpire, if they are required to umpire matches then this causes problems for the teams they play on
Buddy system for new umpires to gain experience
Look into costs of providing a basic uniform for umpires - Bib?
Neutral umpires should be enforced in Div 1
We can apply for up to £250 to fund training from BSUK
Internal Training course - via some of the more experienced players - Chris/Andy...
ACTIONS: Stella formulate plan of what our position will be to take to the next captains meeting

Development – Oxford City Council
There is some possibility of grant funding via the city council to help development of the sport - Stella has the details to be added to this minute.
ACTION: Stella to provide details

Outcome of running Sophos Mini League
Would be good to find out feed back from the mini league which ran at the end of last season - Jamie has now left Sophos, but Karim is still there.
ACTION: Stella to get feedback

5 Financial
Jen needs to hand over to Lat
Stella to be signatory on account
ACTION: Lat to arrange the above

6. AOB
Reps at Leagues Head Forum
No one could attend the meeting in November
BSUK AGM 15th Manchester - two to attend
Stella will go if travel reimbursed - VOTE: all agreed
ACTION: Need to select another delegate

Courses to Run
Umpiring similar in format to previous years
ACTION: Stella apply for funding

Euro Championships in Southampton
Holds a slow-pitch tournament at the same time - need to investigate

Single Sex - No mens team in 2007
ACTION: Stella to organise the mens team this year!

All Stars - will be run again
Birmingham 08 - Gold A level
Silver B-upper C
ACTION: Mark to check details

Winter Ball
Start: 3rd Sunday in Jan - 20th Jan, then every second week. Field/weather watcher
ACTION: Stella to email out to captains with dates

Next Season
30th March clocks go back
League 2nd week of May 13th
Grapefruits April 29th & 6th May @ Oatlands conditions permitting
Need to contact Rover end of Feb
ACTION: Roger to contact Rover

7. Next Meeting - Tue 4th March Cumnor
ACTION: Mark to arrange

Captains Meeting
1st April @ rover
ACTION: Mark to arrange

2006-07 Season

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:20:49 CST

Under this page all the pages relating to the 2006-07 Season will be hosted - click the links below or use the Navigation window to the left.

Meeting minutes 2006-07

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:20:19 CST

See the 'sub pages' in the Navigation list to your left.

Captains Messages 06/07

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:19:49 CST

This page will contain a copy of everything sent to captains, at least from the Secretary (currently Norm).

See the list below for messages (where it says "Browse Subpages").

Meeting minutes 2007-08

markgower1971 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:50:18 CST

See the 'sub pages' in the Navigation list to your left.

Minutes

2007-12-06 Exec meeting

AGM 2007

Norm — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:57:11 CST

14 August 2007, Rover Sports and Social Club. There were 36 people present.

Apologies were received from Roger Farrell (Vice Chair), Nicky Green (Div 2 rep) and Lesley Malloch.

1. Minutes of the previous AGM (Secretary)
The meeting was held on August 30th 2006 at the Rover Club and run by Roger Farrell. Please see the minutes of the 2006 AGM.
The minutes were accepted without amendment.

2. Exec. Committee Report (Chairman)
Stella summed up the year which was thought to have been a success overall. Those present thanked Stella for her sterling work as chair. We had welcomed a new team to the league and may even grow for a subsequent year.

3. Budget for 2007 (outgoing Treasurer)
Jen thanked all of the team captains/treasurers for paying so promptly. This had made it much easier for her to run the finances. We had paid BSF on time and therefore had incurred no penalty payments. Rover had been paid - all square. We had a final balance of £1,160.28. Those present thanked Jen for her hard work.

4. Constitutional Amendments (outgoing Secretary)
Norm presented the minor changes that had been agreed at the 2006 AGM. These were accepted and the constitution is now at the Important Documents section of this site

5. Elections (Mark Gower as returning officer)
All officers stood down. Chris Dore thanked the 2007 Exec.
Stella Bradshaw (re)stood unapposed for the post of Chair.
Roger Farrell (re)stood unapposed for the post of Vice Chair.
Nicky Green (re)stood unapposed for the post of Div 2 Rep
There were vacancies of Secretary (formerly Mark Norman) and Treasurer (formerly Jen Edis).
Mark Gower stood unapposed as Secretary.
Lat Lea stood unapposed as Treasurer.
All of the above were considered elected in the posts for which they stood.

6. AOB
a) League announcements
There were no major league announcements.

b) End of Season Dinner
Stella announced that Cumnor Cricket Club had proved too expensive. We decided to have a barbecue at Rover the next Tuesday (21 August). There would be free food. We will present the awards then.

c) Stats Reminder- Mark
The deadline had been the day before.

d) Presentation of Trophies and Awards
Arranged for the following week.

e) Indoor Softball- Roger

Indoor softball was to commence on 11 September, at Oxford Community School, Glanville Road.

f) Liaison with Rover
We really need to get ourselves known at Rover, especially during the off season. We would really like to have a volunteer to try to get us represented on Rover committee meetings. We did not find any volunteers at the AGM.

g) Chris Dore mentioned his Oxford Softball Top Trumps. Please send Chris your team and/or individual photos.

AGM 2007 - Agenda

Norm — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:08:00 CDT

Agenda for 2007 AGM

1. Minutes of the previous AGM (Secretary)
The meeting was held on August 30th 2006 at the Rover Club and run by Roger Farrell. Please see the minutes of the 2006 AGM.

2. Exec. Committee Report (Chairman)
To include a review of the 2007 season and finances.

3. Budget for 2007 (outgoing Treasurer)

4. Constitutional Amendments (outgoing Secretary)

5. Elections (Mark Gower as returning officer)
All officers stand down
Elect the Executive Officers of the Association:
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer.
One Rep from each Division 1 and 2 (or Div 2 only if the vice-Chair comes from Div 1 and vice versa).

6. AOB
a) League announcements
b) End of Season Dinner- Stella
c) Stats Reminder- Mark
d) Presentation of Trophies and Awards
e) Indoor Softball- Roger

2007-07-03 Full Captains Meeting

Norm — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:07:06 CDT

Meeting at Rover Sports and Social Club at 9pm after the games on 3 July 2007

Present: Mark Norman (League Secretary, Oddsox - took notes), Barbara Young (Open Day Co-ordinator, Devils), Chris Dore (both Devils); Jamie Parish (Angels), Jen Edis (Treasurer, Angels), Simon Taylor (Spirits), Andy Meigs (Harriers), John Sullivan (Oddsox), Lat Lea (Tigers), Stewart Morin (Heat), Stella Bradshaw (Chair, Harriers)

Apologies: Roger Farrell (Vice Chair), Nicky Green (Div 2 rep.), Greensox rep.s

Review of the use of the 175 foot line
We discussed this (and the rule that all outfield players should be behind the line until contact is made by bat on ball) and decided that the rule is generally good. However, 175 ft is quite deep. Maybe 150 ft could be better for next year. Maybe we should experiment with 150 and 175 alternatives during the grapefruits next year.
Adifferent points system
This had been proposed by Mark Gower. The principle behind it was that teams who have played and lost should be at an advantage compared with teams who had failed to raise a team and forfeited. The proposal was 3 points for a win, (2 for a tie, if we continue to have ties next year), 1 for a loss, 0 for a forfeit. All present (although we did not vote) seemed to like the idea in principle.
An alternative idea would be for teams who forfeit twice are given another loss/forfeit. Action Andy Meigs to put forward some text that covers this alternative. Either way, most present thought that we should seriously consider this during the winter.
Dates and difficulties for the Oxford Tournament (5 Aug or 2 Sept).
We quickly agreed that the 5 August was too soon to get organised. And there were real problems (with model airoplane flyers) at Rover even on 2 September.

Upper Heyford was suggested. Action Stella to find out about Upper Heyford.

Some organisers were needed (probably not members of the committee, but the work would be supported by the committee). Action Norm to email around and appeal for volunteer organisers and to give a deadline for this.
End of season do
We discussed alternative dates, but decided to try to stick with Fri 31 August, as advertised. Ideas: The Living Room, Pizza Express at Golden Cross, Jericho Cafe, Ocean and Collins, OUP Sports Ground, University Club, Laines Barn, a boat. Again Action Norm to email around and appeal for volunteer organisers
AGM - 14th August
Nominations are due on/before 1st August. Mark Gower is happy to be returning officer. The current Executive should let people know who is stepping down.
Starting time of games
The rule is: if a team causes a game to start after 7pm, then that team forfeits the game. We had an idea to sound an air horn at 7pm.
Financials
The first set of league fees was very good - everyone paid. Rover (club) fees. Teams need to put 10 or 12 names and pay Rover as outlined in the Captains Packs.

Action Jen: to produce a table of team names detailing what is owed in terms of league fees.
Independent umpires
We really need 2 or 3 people from teams who are qualified to umpire. If this is done by each team on a bye night, each team would need 4 possible umpires (possibly more, given sickness/unavailability). This is likely to be stretching things a little. Maybe if we have 2 new teams next year, we would have 2 teams on a bye at any one time: this could help. Let's make a big effort to make this happen next year.

Maybe we should run an in-house course?

What should the penalty be for not supplying umpires? A points system (that contributes to teams' final placings at the end of the season) similar to that used in Bristol? Or bonus points for teams that do provide umpires?
Oxford development softball
Stella has a contact with Oxford City Counclil and the Regional Development Organiser for Thames Valley. Primary schools: Girls -> fastpitch. Boys -> Baseball. We should try to offer help as a league. Coaching course for teachers? Stella is meeting with John Boyd (national development officer) and someone from Oxford City Council on 12 July. Stella may ask for help from us to go to schools as coaches or umpires. We could also lend gear occasionally.
Sophos mini league
Jamie has been involved in organising this that will take place on Thursdays at the end of August (hopefully on days that are not needed for rain outs).

The full committee was happy to support this. Also, we should encourage people to get experience umpiring and helping out with the Sophos mini league could be the perfect opportunity.

2007 local and ground rules (working copy)

Norm — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:59:51 CDT

These are the 2007 local and ground rules agreed by the captains and finalised on Friday 27 April 2007.

OSA League Rules: 2007 Season
Updated by Mark Norman 27/04/07 version 5

All ISF 2006-2009 rules will be followed for the entire duration of the 2007 season, with the exceptions/modifications/clarifications detailed below.

1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Coaches
Clarification: Most teams are adjudged to have player-coaches, which are generally referred to as "captains".

1.2 Line Up Cards
Clarification: Teams are required to provide line-up cards to the opposition if requested to do so. Teams are also required to present their score book during a game when requested by the opposition, umpire or OSA official.

1.3 League Structure
If there are eight teams in the league then there will be one division and all teams play each other twice. If there are nine teams, there will be two divisions and all teams will play each other twice. If ten teams exist, there will be two divisions, teams play other teams in the same division twice and teams from the other division once.

1.4 Promotion and relegation within divisions
Clarification: To promote a competitive league structure teams that finish bottom of division one are automatically relegated and the team that wins divsion two will be promoted.
Modification: As the league grows new teams joining the league will start in the lower division
Modification for the 2007 season: we will have five teams in divsion one and four teams in division two.

1.5 Officially sanctioned scratch teams
With the permission of the full OSA committee, the league may support a 'scratch team' in the lower division. This means that no roster will be required. 'Scratch teams' may provide a good learning environment for beginners. Any spare player from any team or club may play for the 'scratch team' as many times as he or she wishes. Scheduled games involving the 'scratch team' will automatically be scored as a 7-0 win to the opposition, providing a game has taken place. A win will not be awarded to teams that forfeit games against the scratch team for reasons of not turning up, or turning up with too few players. Personal statistics are not to be collected for individuals playing for or against the 'scratch team'.

2. PITCHES
Clarification: Local Field Rules for the pitches at Rover Social Club are detailed under point 13.

Clarification: The home team are required to provide and lay out: bases, pitching strip and home plate prior to the game. Teams not owning such equipment must make arrangements to borrow field equipment for the game.

Modification: Where the 175 foot "CO-ED LINE" is marked on pitches all designated outfielders must remain behind the 175' line until the ball is hit. Penalty: If an outfielder crosses the arch prior to the ball being hit and also fields the ball inside the arch, a delayed dead ball shall be signalled. The offense shall have the option of taking the result of the play or awarding the batter first base and all base runners will advance. This applies to all batters (male and female).

3. EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY
3.1 Bats
Clarification: Bats must all comply with the latest BSF guidelines, which follow the ASA standards.

3.2 Shoes
Clarification: No metal studs, cleats or spikes are allowed. In addition, the umpire, at their discretion, may ban footwear on safety grounds. Football boots with steel tips on the studs are not allowed.

3.3 Protective Equipment
Modification: Catchers must wear proprietary face masks for all game play and warm up when a batter is at the plate. The catcher may remove the mask during the course of play after the ball has been batted.

Clarification: Batting helmets are optional for players over 16, but compulsory for players under 16. Usage is to be encouraged for all other players.

3.4 Uniforms
Matching shirts are to be encouraged, but are not required. No other uniform rules are to be enforced other than those relating to safety which are at the discretion of the umpire.

4 COACHES, PLAYERS AND SUBSTITUTES
4.1 Number of Players
Modification: Teams are permitted to play with fewer than 10 players, to a minimum of 7. They may choose where these "holes" appear in their field and batting line-up (although they cannot exceed: 2 men in the outfield, 2 men in the in-field or a male pitcher/catcher, and must bat alternately man-woman as far as possible).
Modification: An automatic out will be enforced for every person missing from the batting line-up of 10 to a maximum of 2. Teams of 7 will therefore have two players of the same sex batting consecutively.
Clarification: The "EP" (extra player) is an option included in League play, and is detailed in the ISF rules.
Modification: If the league has designated an official 'scratch team', automatic outs are not applicable in games involving this team.

4.2 Team Rosters
For weeks 1 and 2 teams must submit a copy of their line-ups to the opposition and as the Exec committee, indicating any borrowed or new players. Rostering on the BSUK website is not required.

Before games in Week 3 commence, teams must have rostered all players (with the exception of “new players”) on the BSUK website.

"New Players" are defined as people not having played in the Oxfordshire League in the previous season. These players are allowed a grace period of two League games before rostering requirements apply.

Clarification: For the purpose of League games, players may be rostered to only one OSA League team at any time. This does not exclude players from joining other teams for tournament purposes outside of games organised by the OSA.

Modification: Teams may borrow one man and/or one woman rostered to other BSUK affiliated teams OR teams may borrow two ladies- however at least one of these ladies must be from a Division Two team.

Clarification: A player may change teams (and hence rosters) once per season, but not during the first or last three weeks of the season.

Modification: Teams from the same club may “swap” up to two players between teams for any match. But no more than two Div.1 players may be present in any Div.2 team at any time. Div.1 players are restricted to two appearances for the Div.2 team in the season. Personal stats will not be accepted for award purposes unless playing a Div.1 team and they may only play as pitcher, catcher, CR or RF position. There are no restrictions on Div.2 players playing up.
This is limited to 1 male and 1 female or two females in addition to the other borrowing rules.

Modification: If the league has designated an official 'scratch team', the rules regarding borrowing, swapping and rostering are irrelevant for that team.

4.3 Team Composition
Modification: Teams may field women as men, but not visa-versa.

Modification: Teams may field a non-playing catcher of either sex (who does not appear in the batting line-up).
Modification: The batting team will field a non-playing catcher if requested to do so by a fielding team with less than 10 players able to take to the field.

Modification: Illegal re-entry of a player will result in the ejection of the player only (and not both player and coach/captain).

5 THE GAME
5.1 Start Time
Modification: Unless by prior agreement between captains, League games will start at 19:00 irrespective of the number of players present from either team. If a team is unable to field the require minimum of 7 legal players by 19:00, then the game is forfeited and a friendly played instead. The Executive Committee may rule, for games at the start or end of the season, the legal start time should be 18:45. Notice should be given to all captains of this time change.

5.2 Tied games
As opposed to the ISF rules regarding tied games (rule 5, section 3b), tied games after seven complete innings are allowed to stand as regulation (completed) games.

5.3 Offensive/Defensive Choice
Clarification: The home team (as defined by the fixtures list) have the option to bat 1st or 2nd.

5.4 Games Stopped Before Completion
Modification: If a game is stopped due to poor light, dangerous conditions, lightning or accident on the field which prevents the game from continuing on that diamond, then the game will be frozen unless it can be considered a regulation (completed) game (see ISF rule 5, section 3, and the clarification here, below). It will be restarted at the end of the season if it allows, from exactly where it stopped. Teams may field different players for the reconvened innings, but players participating in both the original and reconvened innings must appear in the same place in the batting order.

Clarification: A game can be considered to be 'regulation' (completed) if the team second at bat is leading in the bottom of the fifth inning or if five innings have been completed. Where a game has to be abandoned within the sixth or seventh innings, the score will be rolled back to the last complete inning, unless the team second at bat is ahead in runs. (Example: Team A bats first and is ahead in runs after 5 complete innings. If the game is called in the top of the 6th, then Team A wins. However, if Team B takes the lead in the bottom of the 6th inning and the game is called, Team B wins.)

Modification: If it is decided by either captain that playing conditions have become too dangerous to continue, then play will stop until both captains are happy to resume. If it is apparent that this will mean no further play that evening, then either the game is called as a regulation (completed) game or the game is 'frozen' (as outlined above).

Modification: At the first sign of lightning, the umpire shall stop the game and all players must take shelter inside a building if available. If after 15 minutes there is no further lightning, then the game can resume. If after 30 minutes there is still lightning, the game should be frozen and re-played, if possible, according to the guidelines above (unless a regulation - completed - game can be called).

Modification: Should there be any disagreement between the two captains regarding any decisions or desires regarding suspension of play, 'calling' a game, or freezing a game, a neutral umpire or member of the exec committee should be sought and his or her ruling taken. If the matter cannot be resolved immediately, a protest should be lodged the situation should be decided by the full committee, as outlined in section 11.

Modification: On the postponement of a game through poor light or dangerous conditions, a trailing team (behind on runs) may elect to default, and therefore not require the game to be reconvened.

Modification: Time slots will be allowed in the League schedule for games which need to be reconvened. The OSA Committee will propose a date for games rescheduled because of rain. Captains must liaise for games stopped by poor light or dangerous conditions. If necessary the OSA Committee will liaise with the captains over finding a mutually agreeable date/time. Where necessary the OSA Committee has the power to specify a date for the game.

5.5 Procedures and conflicts regarding continuing 'frozen' games
If it proves impossible, due to time constraints across the season, to continue a frozen game, both captains may agree to allow the score to stand and for the result to count as a 'regulation game'. If one team is able to continue a frozen game on a date that has been officially timetabled for play, and the other team cannot, the game is forfeited by the latter team. The losing team is able to appeal this decision to the Committee, if it claims that there were exceptional circumstances. If both teams fail to resume the game by their own collective inactivity, the Committee may rule that the score at the time of freezing the game may stand, or the Committee may rule that the game is void, or should be scored as a 5-5 tie, depending on evidence of genuine attempts to arrange a date/time for the continuation of the game.

5.6 Forfeited Games
Modification: A forfeited game will be scored as 15-0.

Modification: See special rules (below) regarding games involving an officially designated 'scratch team'.

5.7 Mercy Rules
Modification: There is no mercy rule for same division games.

Modification: In inter-divisional games, the mercy rules is as follows: No plays will be started and the innings ended, after the 10th run is scored in inter-divisional games. However, the play that scores the 10th run will be allowed to conclude (giving a notional maximum of 13 runs per innings).

5.5 Infield-Fly Rule
The infield fly rule is to be used in league play.

5.6 Pitchers
Modification: Pitchers may elect to pitch from behind the pitching strip for reasons of safety. They must still pitch a legal pitch from within the diamond from a location that the umpire judges to be reasonable.

10 UMPIRES
10.1 Umpires
Modification: Umpires will be provided by the offensive team and will be either members of that team, volunteering members of other League teams or other neutral individuals. Teams should endeavour to field individuals who are on the list of accredited umpires held by the Exec Committee.

10.2 Uniform
Modification: Umpires are not required to wear a particular uniform, but must not wear a catching glove.

10.3 Base Umpires
Modification: No base umpires are required. However, if the offensive team use first and/or third base coaches, the plate umpire may choose to consult with these individuals regarding decisions where s/he was unsighted or unconfident of the result of a play.

10.4 Changing Umpires
Modification: Umpires may be changed during the course of the game.

10.5 Questioning Decisions
Modification: The interpretation or enforcing of rules may be questioned by the captain or vice-captain of either team.
Clarification: Judgement calls by the umpire (e.g. ball/strikes, force outs etc. etc.) may not be questioned.

11 PROTESTS
11.1 Poor Light and Unfit Field
Clarification: Protests relating to poor light or fitness of the field are dealt with elsewhere.

11.2 Games Played Under Protest
The exact nature of the protest must be made clear to the opposing captain at the time, and where possible the Chairman (or other Executive Committee member) consulted to clarify any rulings. If the issue cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties, the game is then played under protest. The nature of the protest must then be communicated to an elected committee member verbally on the same evening (and in writing within 5 days if requested by the Executive Committee).

11.3 Result of Protest
Result of Protest and any arising decisions/penalties will be determined by the full OSA Committee. The committee will take into consideration existing ISF guidelines.

12 SCORING
12.1 Official Scorer
There is no official scorer, and both teams shall keep scorebooks. Teams should endeavour to check that their scorebooks tally at the end of each half innings. Disagreements should be immediately resolved by the captains.

12.2 Recording Statistics
No fielding statistics are required but a best male and female fielder nomination is. The following batting statistics are to be recorded for each batter: AB, base reached on hit, walks, runs, home runs, fielder’s choice. Recording of additional statistics is encouraged, but not required.

13 Local Field Rules
13.1 Line Markings
Clarification: Where line markings are present, they are to be enforced. If lines are not marked, the umpire must make decisions based on his/her judgement.

League games will play ASA rules applying to the infield/outfield (CO-ED) line where this is marked (see section 2 for details).

All Diamonds: All diamonds are 275’+ apart hence any hit which, in the opinion of the umpire, lands in the infield of another diamond is a HR.

Diamond 4 (Far Right side)-These are: HR if a ball is hit without bouncing into the uneven long grass in LF, currently 275’ away. Base reached plus 1 when the ball rolls into the uncut grass. HR if the ball goes under the fence. No one may field a ball in the long grass, any ball caught in the long grass is a HR.

14 PROCEDURES FOR RAIN OFF POSTPONEMENTS
Procedures for stopping play during the game has been included elsewhere, this section deals with procedures for terminating play prior to the game starting time.

The OSA shall appoint a weatherman, and a deputy weatherman who are committee members. If a significant amount of rain is forecast, then the weatherman will liaise with team captains throughout the day. Based on forecast information, and taking into account the views of the team captains, the weatherman will decide if play is to be cancelled. All players should assume that play is to proceed unless they hear otherwise.

Teams are expected to play games in the designated rain-out sessions. If it proves impossible, due to time constraints across the season, to play a rained-off game, both captains must agree that the game is to be tied 5-5. If one team is able or willing play a rain-out game on one of the designated rain-out sessions, and the other team is not, the game is forfeited by the latter team. Similarly, if one team is ready to play and with 7 or more players (with at least 3 of both sexes) and the other team is not, the latter team forfeits the game. If both teams fail to replay the game by their own collective inactivity, the Committee may rule that one team forfeits the game, the game is void, or should be scored as a 5-5 tie, depending on evidence of genuine attempts to arrange a date/time for the rain out game.

15 TEAM COMMITMENTS
15.1 Statistics
Each team in the League must provide statistics as determined by the committee. Penalty for not complying may result in statistics not being included in determining end of season awards for teams and individuals.

The following stats are the minimum required to be included in the relevant awards.
AB, Hits, HR, FC and male and female best fielders for each game from each team.

For clarification

AB: is the amount of times a player goes to bat and does not walk.
Hits: is the amount of times the batter hit the ball and got to a base without getting out or forcing someone else to be out.
HR: is the amount of times a player makes it all the way round to home plate in one play.
FC: is fielder’s choice. The amount of times a player hits the ball but gets one of their team mates out on a forced play. This is regardless if the batter makes it to base without being out.

15.2 Proposing best fielders (field MVPs)
Captains or teams must vote for the best male and female fielder from each team at the end of every game. This, combined with batting stats, will determine the league's MVPs. Any team who fails to appoint (a) best fielder(s) for the opposition will have their stats for that week refused by the stats officer.

15.3 Return of trophies
Division/League winning trophies may not be kept by the winning team permanently. The winning team must return its trophy by the last competitive game of the season (not including rainouts). If a team fails to return the trophy, then none of that team's players will be considered for awards that year. If the trophy has been lost completely and last year's winners discover this and pay for its replacement before the last competitive game of the season, then this penalty (no awards for that team's players) will not apply.

Information and Frequently Asked Questions

Information

1. Recommendation from BSF- Head Injuries
The BSF strongly recommends that all players who sustain head injuries, no matter how trivial they might seem, are taken to Accident and Emergency for examination.

2. All head injuries and any other serious injuries should be reported using the Accident Report Form to be found in the captains pack or downloaded from the BSUK web site.

Frequently Asked Questions

Fielding Restrictions
A full team of 10 must have 2 men & 2 women in the outfield, 2 men & 2 women for bases+short-stop, leaving 1 man & 1 woman for pitcher/catcher.
Women can play as men, men cannot play as women.

Fair / Foul / Dead Ball
Definition of a fair hit
Outfield hit: A ball passing 1st/3rd base in the air must make its first bounce in fair territory
Bouncing hit: A ball that bounces in the infield must pass in fair territory, or stop in fair territory. (N.B. This does not necessarily mean that the ball must take its first bounce in fair territory! It may bounce foul, and then roll back into fair before stopping or passing 1st/3rd).

1st base (white portion), 3rd base and the home plate are part of fair territory.

Umpires should "call" foul balls, but not make calls for fair balls.

A batted fly ball may be caught in foul territory, and the play remains live.
A batted fly ball caught in dead ball territory is charged as a foul, and is not a catch.

A thrown/carried ball passing into foul territory is still live.
A thrown/carried ball passing into dead ball territory is dead. Runners are awarded the base they were advancing to (at the time of the throw), and one more.

Pitching
The pitcher should only pitch once the batter is ready (this usually means in the batters box, in their stance and looking at the pitcher).

The pitcher must keep one foot on the pitching strip from start to release (otherwise the pitch is illegal and charged as a ball).

Illegal pitches (including balls arcing over 12 feet or under 6 feet) should be called by the umpire as soon as possible i.e. before the ball reaches the batter. The umpire may also call a pitch illegal is it is considered to be too fast (although this is rare). Balls and strikes are called after the ball has passed the batter.

Any pitch hitting home plate is a ball.

Catcher
The catcher is required to wear a face mask, but may discard this during the course of play. When discarding the face mask after a hit, catchers are reminded that umpires usually make their way into the infield to the catcher’s left-hand side!

Batting
The batter must start with both feet within or on the lines of the batting box

The batter may not deliberately bunt or chop (hit the ball with no swing or hit the ball straight into the ground) - if they do, they are out.
A pitch bouncing before reaching the plate is called a ball even if the batter swings (unless the swing is before the bounce).
When hitting the ball, if the batter has a foot completely outside of the box (or touching home plate), they are out. A foot is allowed to be partially outside of the box.
If a batted ball is caught behind by the catcher, it is only an out if the ball has travelled above the batters head height from the bat (otherwise it is a “foul tip” and counts as a strike).

Women walk to 1st, Men walk to 2nd.
If there are two outs and a man is walked, the next batter (a woman) has the choice of batting or taking an automatic walk.

Batters throwing the bat behind them in a dangerous manner will be warned or called out by the umpire.
Home plate is in fair territory
If a batted ball hits home plate, the ball is still considered alive and he hit is FAIR, unless the ball rolls or bounces into foul territory without first being picked up by a fielder. For example if the ball hits home plate and rolls forward, it is fair. If it hits and remains on home plate it is still fair: the catcher can pick up the ball and play it.

Infield Fly
We now play this rule in full. It is a rule to stop the fielding team gaining an advantage by faking a dropped catch (e.g. drop a simple catch to then make a double play).

Under relevant situations, the umpire calls the batter out before the ball is caught and the play is still live. The runners may advance, after the ball has been touched by a fielder or hit the ground, like any other catch or near catch situation.
From the ISF rules.
Sec. 56. INFIELD FLY.
An Infield Fly is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive or an attempted bunt) that can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort when first and second, or first, second, and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher, and any outfielder that positions himself in the infield on the play shall be considered infielders for the purpose of this rule.

NOTE: When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an infield fly, the umpire shall immediately declare, "INFIELD FLY, IF FAIR-THE BATTER IS OUT," for the benefit of the runners. The ball is alive and runners may advance at the risk of the ball being caught, or retouch and advance after the ball is touched, the same as on any fly ball. If the hit becomes a foul ball, it is treated the same as any foul. If a declared infield fly is allowed to fall untouched to the ground, and bounces foul before passing first or third base, it is a foul ball. If a declared infield fly falls untouched to the ground outside the baseline, and bounces fair before passing first or third base, it is an infield fly.”

Some may find the last sentence confusing. However, please read the "Fair / Foul / Dead Ball" FAQ. A struck ball that lands foul before reaching 1st or 3rd bases, but which then bounces in to the infield before passing those bases is FAIR."

Base Running
Runners may not leave their base until the ball it hit. If they do so it is an automatic out.

Runners may risk advancing after a catch if they touch their original base after the catch is made. If they leave before the catch, then the play is a forced play to the original base.

The base runner is not allowed to deviate more than 1 metre either side of a reasonable running line to avoid a tag.

If a fielder unreasonably gets in the way of a base runner (i.e. they are not holding the ball), the ball remains live (unless the obstructed runner is out). On conclusion of the play, the umpire makes any corrections to outs/base runners locations that he considers would represent the situation if the obstruction had not occurred.

If a batter gets in the way of a fielder (Interference), the batter is out.

If a runner is hit by a batted ball (when a fielder excluding the pitcher has not had the chance to make a play) they are out unless they are touching a base.

Changing Offence/Defence, and On Deck Batters
It is appreciated that organising a team and substituting players can take time between innings. However, teams at bat are expected to have the correct batter, on-deck batter and umpire ready in a timely fashion.
Players taking/leaving the field are expected to jog on/off the pitch, and have the correct/legal fielding team ready to play in a similarly timely fashion.

Substituting Players/Batting Line-up
We have now adopted standard ISF rules on substitution, and we are using EPs.

Substitution may take place at any time, as long as the umpire and opposing captain are informed.

There should be a maximum of 5 men and 5 women in the batting order at any one time, and it is only these people who field for that innings
OR
There should be a maximum of 6 men and 6 women in the batting order at any one time, and 5-5 are selected to field each innings.

Any starting player may be withdrawn and re-enter the game once (in the same place in the batting order). The substitute and the starter are therefore mutually exclusive players, and the substitute cannot enter the game a second time (either for the same or different player). The only exception to this is a blood (or other serious) injury.

Changes to the umpire should be clearly announced to both teams.

Mercy Rule
There is no mercy rule for same division games.
The “10 run” mercy rule will be in effect only for games where a division 1 team play a division 2 team.

2007-03-26 Full Captains Meeting

Norm — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:22:48 CDT

The first full captains meeting of 2007 was held at Cumnor Cricket Club on 26 March 2007.

Present
Jamie Parish (Angels), Jen Edis (Committee Treasurer, Angels), Chris Dore (Devils), Philippa Harris (Greensox), Barbara Young (Open Day Co-ordinator, Devils), Andy Meigs (Harriers), Norm (Committee Secretary, Oddsox - took notes), Stella Bradshaw (Committee Chair, Harriers), Theresa Evans (Oddsox), Nicky Green (Committee Players' Rep, Greensox), Dan Nadel, Stuart Morin (both Vodafone), Simon Taylor (Spirits), Roger Farrell (Committee Vice Chair, Devils).
Projected Season
Looked at some possible options, as we were not sure how many teams we would end up with.
Either way Agreed that we would schedule some Thursday games for all teams. We should schedule games for the first Thursday in each month.
If there are 9 teams:
- 2 divisions but
- all teams play all other teams (both divisions) twice
If 8 teams:
- 1 division
- all teams play each other twice (14 games)
There should be three weeks of Grapefruit games starting Tuesday 17thApril to be held at Oatlands Park. Pitch marking will be done on the evening of Tues 1 May and the first competitive games will be on Tues 8th May.
Pitch layout
To be the same as last year. With diamond 1's batter facing the Horspath Road (as last year).
Pitch marking: need volunteers to do this on the evening of Tues 1 May (we mark out the first time and then the groundsman will maintain it. ACTION ROGER to make arrangements with the groundsman.
Rover club fees
The fee for individual membership of the Rover club is £15 per player. £20 per couple/two peoaple with the same addressEach team will be responsible to register and pay. There will be a form in the captain's pack.
ACTION JEN: to chase Rover to get social club invoices out near the beginning of the season.
Open days and team recruitment
Open days
Barbara produced plans and a poster. She will amend the poster slightly to make it obvious that it is a 'mixed' sport.
We need people to buddy up with new players. All teams need to send along players to help out and to look after small groups of new players on the day.
ACTION BARBARA: email the captains to get a named contact from each team to help out on the days.
On the day, we should consider:
- separating men and women to begin with
- do some skills, then have a game
Does anyone have bibs that they can lend for the 'organisers' to wear?

General recruitment
Teams that are short
- Angels - need 2 women
- Greensox - need 4 women
- Oddsox - need 1 woman
- Spirits - need 1 man, 2 women
Agreed that if players come through centrally via the web site or the committee, the committee (usually the Chair) will give out some general information about each team. Therefore the newcomer can choose which team s/he would like to join and can email the captain of that team.
ACTION ALL CAPTAINS: Email Stella with 3 sentences to describe their team for this purpose
Team fees
BSF fees haven't changed much from last year (e.g. C grade teams up by £5). There is a penalty for late payment (and the Oxford league will pass this straight on to offending teams!). Payments must be made on 21st May and 30th June.
Due to increased costs and the need for the Oxford League to build a small reserve, costs for each team will increase by about £50 above last year's costs. The captains agreed this increase.

2007 team fees should therefore be:
£345 (comprised of £145 to BSUK and £200 to Oxford Softball)
- (Vodafone being a new team will pay £305:- comprised of £105 to BSUK and £200 to Oxford Softball)
- (Tigers, being in their third year will pay £320:- comprised of £120 to BSUK and £200 to Oxford Softball)
Local Rule changes
Several rule additions were debated and some additional rules proposed. These rules will be written into the 2007 working rules document (on this wiki site) for all captains to examine. ACTION NORM to add in the new rules as agreed by the committee at the meeting..
Rule changes proposed

Scratch team
Head injuries
Line-up/rosters in early weeks of the season
Game start times (can be 6.45 pm)
Games stopped before completion (lightning added and rain substituted for 'dangerous conditions')

What to do with frozen games or games that went to 5 complete innings

Plate umpires calling on base coaches for clarification
Rain off (failure to play) sanctions
Failure to deliver names of best fielder (field MVP) sanctions
Non return of trophy sanctions

League structure debate
Agreed that we need an explicit rule on team demotion and promotion between the divisions.
Agreed that:
- we would have 2 divisions if we had 9 or more teams
- one division if 8 or fewer teams
When we have 2 divisions:
- the team that finished bottom of division 1 would be relegated, and the team that finishes top of division 2 will be promoted
- this year we would go for a 5+4 split (div1+div2); therefore the Devils will stay in Div 1 and the Oddsox will be promoted.
- as the league grows in numbers of teams, it should probably have a larger division 2, so the next teams to join the league should be added to division 2
Constitution
Unchanged (apart from amendments proposed at the 2006 AGM).
Captains pack
To be collated and organised by Norm again. Ideas for additions:
a BSF accident report form. Also make the inclusion of a scoring tutorial more obvious (it was there last year, but should be listed more clearly).
Rostering

Every team must have all returning players rostered to the OSL or BSUK site before the new season starts (currently planned for the 8thof May).

All new players must be rostered no later than 2 weeks from their first appearance in any league game. Please remember if a players is not rostered on the OSL site no stats can be accredited to them, so best do it either before the game or before submitting stats after the game.

Any team that does not have at least 7 rostered players for each game will forfeit that game. Help is available from the committee to roster your players. A form for both BSUK and Oxford Softball rostering will be included in the captains pack.
Special occasions
End of season dinner
We should have this within about 2 weeks of the end of the season, if possible (given the dates available between tournaments).

League one day tournament
We are still looking for a date for this, but hoping that we can go ahead with something.

Umpiring course
A course has been 'booked' with BASU for Sunday 22 April at Harlequins Rugby Club, Marston Ferry Road. Cost will probably be £5 per individual (teams are encouraged to try to pay for their attendees - to encourage as many as possible people to attend).

Winterball
Last session Sunday 8 April.
Equipment reminder
For a full list of the equipment, see the captains pack or the slides that Stella has sent around to the captains.

2007-03-08 Exec meeting

Norm — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:05:48 CDT

Meeting at The Fishes, North Hinksey, Thursday 8 March 2007

Present: Roger, Stella, Norm (took notes), Nicky

Agenda

Apologies
Jen
Minutes of previous meetings
Matters arising (not addressed below):

Hall of fame idea
Chris Dore is keen to help. We need to come up with some basic criteria (e.g. having left the league 2 years ago, should we keep stats?). We should appoint Chris Dore as chair of a subcommittee that can do this. ACTION ROGER to start this. Sub committee to come back to Exec with a set of criteria (both playing/technical and character/work for the league) and try to come back to us before the captains meeting.

Umpire Course
Definitely some Sundays available at the Harlequins Rugby club. Stella has to put some dates forward to BASU very soon (and will be before May). ACTION ROGER - liaise with Rugby Club. ACTION STELLA - to
put the dates from Roger to Cedric McLendon at BASU.

League Heads forum - Stella did send our apologies at the time.

Finances Signatories. No progress. Need to add (at least) Stella and Norm. However, it will be useful keeping some old names on for convenience. ACTION JEN.

Finances - unexpected invoice from Rover Jen sent some details even though she couldn't make the meeting. At the meeting, we counted up the weeks that we played: 15 weeks (commencing 16 May - late due to seeding and rain). We paid: £800 @ £50 per week (so we paid for all the weeks we paid, plus £50 for the first rain out week).

The unexpected invoice from Rover was for the end of August and into September. This is wrong. We have paid in full - no doubt. ACTION JEN to speak to Rodney Smithson to clear this up. (Jen has emailed but
with no reply).

Development Grant - been applied for £250 but nothing heard as yet. (£200 towards umpiring and and £50 towards coaching of women and possibly juniors). Sent off by Stella on 13 February 2007.
Moving from the Rover club?
A discussion was needed as we are continually being overlooked by them and they have not been very helpful in planning our season (not giving us clear dates). The arrangement for the possible start of our season (after the football posts are taken down and the re-seeding done) have been difficult too.
We're paying well but getting a poor service (wrong invoices, unclear slots in the calendar, poor assistance/co-ordination in field marking etc. etc.). ACTION for later in the season to look at other options. We should look into moving to Cherwell School and Oxford Harlequins club. Maybe we will move
next year.
News from BSF AGM in February
Stella and Norm went. Stella represented the league and Norm ended up representing the Angels (in case they need to send a team to the nationals this year).
There is a report written by the BSF on the BSUK web site (see that page for details of discussions etc. including the new fee structure for teams).
BSF fees have increased by £5. Agreed that we should look into adding up to £50 to each team's fee (over the absolute costs) to build up reserves, pay for some of the end of season party, teams defaulting, unexpected costs etc. ACTION JEN to detail and make proposal.
Start dates and League divisional structure for 2007
Start of season issue:
Regarding the daylight, we could start on 1 May. However, the football posts are probably coming down that week, so this may be a problem. If the first league game is 8th May, we have 17 weeks to 28th August.

Norm and Stella presented ideas for league structure based on 9 or 10 teams. However, it seems that there could be an issue that we could be down to 8.

If 8 teams: the Exec recommends that we have a situation where everyone plays each other twice in 2 divisions (14 weeks + rainouts).

If 9 teams: the Exec recommends that we play everyone in our own division twice, but also have twice the interdivisionals (so each team plays every other team twice). This adds up to 16 games over 17 weeks
(meaning that we finish on 28 August).

If we play until 28 August, then we will need to change the rule so that games in the last 2 weeks must start by 6.45. Rainouts will have to be played on Thursdays in August.

Either way, Oddsox must go up and Devils should go down.

If we manage to get another team in Div 2 (making 10 teams in total), then Devils should stay up and Oddsox are promoted.
Rule changes proposed
The deadline for suggested rule changes had been given as 8 March (the day of the meeting). We had had only submissions from Chris Dore and Norm.

Chris Dore's proposed changes/clarifications:
Should metal baseball cleats be allowed? Exec. recommends NO as we should try to keep with the ISF rule book.
Should we extend further the benefits of swapping players between club teams? Exec recommends NO (these rules have been debated a lot in the past).
What if an opposing team forgets or doesn't nominate MVPs in a timely fashion? The Exec recommends that It is the team captain's responsibility to obtain the MVP for their own team from the opposition captain. There should be no option to appoint your own MVP. The team who fails to appoint (an) MVP(s) for the opposition will have their stats for that week refused by the stats officer.
Clarification on calling on base coaches for 'close call' umpiring decisions or when the plate umpire was unsighted.
ACTION - put reminder in the captains pack that the base coaches can be consulted by the umpire on close calls or something that the plate umpire could not see.

Special rules for a lower division Scratch Team - Norm has consulted with the Windsor League and the Exec agreed to propose these rules to the captains. The wording of the rule was thought to be OK, but we decided to add that when playing against or for the Scratch Team, statistics do not count for the end of season total.

New Lightning Rule Norm had proposed some wording. This was put in to be in line with the BSF recommendations to leagues (voted on at the BSF AGM).

All draft rules are at the draft rules page on this wiki.

Head injury rule Anyone with a head injury, however minor must go to A&E (again coming from the BSF AGM). ACTION STELLA to add this into the rules on the wiki.

Returning the trophy. Last year's winning team must return the trophy by the last competitive game of the season (not including rainouts). If a team doesn't return the trophy, then none of that team's players will be considered for awards that year.
Captains pack
Norm agrees to do it again. ACTION NORM - have a demo for the full committee meeting on the 28th March.
We need volunteers
Organising cup day/tournament
We don't know the free Sundays yet (being messed around by Rover). ACTION ROGER to phone Pete Patten and to try to re-visit Rover. ACTION STELLA to pick 3 dates out to put to Rover.

Stella needs help with female Single Sex team
There's a BSUK single sex tournament in May. ACTION STELLA to send an email out to try to get another organiser. Maybe one for a C team if we can get two teams entered.
Thinking of running some women only practices too.

Pitch marking at Rover
When? Anytime after 1 May (last football matches are the 28/29 April. We need to do the marking in the week of 1 May. Try to get 10 volunteers. Each team sends 1 person. Proposed date: Tuesday 1 May. ACTION STELLA to email the teams to ask for this. ACTION NORM to buy pegs and wire to assist with the marking out.

To be Weathermen
ACTION NORM to ask Jem again and one of the Angels.

Web master or publicity writer
We need an information officer - at least someone to look after producing text for the web site, but we probably also need someone who can (occasionally) look after the technical side. ACTION NORM to ask around for candidates.
Marketing assistance/planning to recruit new members
Dates for open days
Open days/grapefruits on Sun 22nd, Tues 24th April, Sun 29th, maybe Tues 1 May. Suggest that we get volunteers to run the different days. Allocate 2 people per open day.

Mechanism for assigning to teams or to 'scratch team'
Stella has had 3 people contact her so far. ACTION STELLA to ask teams to tell her if they are short of players. Stella will allocate people alternately to teams, objectively.

14 First Captains meeting of 2007

Norm — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:17:54 CST

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Date: From:

IMPORTANT: First softball date for your diary

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:19:11 +0000

Norm

(This list of 'captains' may not be completely correct. However, I think that it covers every team. If you're not a captain or team representative, please can you forward it to someone who is!)

Dear Captains

The 2007 Softball Full Committee meeting (aka Captains meeting) will be held at Cumnor Cricket Club at 7.30 on Monday 26th of March. Teams are invited to send two representatives and we will be discussing (and agreeing!) arrangements for the 2007 season. This may include rule changes. Sandwiches will be provided and the bar will be open. Feel free to bring cakes! I will email out later with some directions.

If you have any suggestions for local rule additions or changes, please let Stella and/or me know before the 8th March.

We will do our best to circulate as much as possible (e.g. calendar etc.) before the meeting on the 26th.

Thanks

Norm
(League Secretary)

P.S Andy can you forward this to the captain of the Vodafone team please.

13 Rules changes (appeal for) 2007

Norm — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:15:20 CST

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Date: From:

Rules Changes/Updates

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:07:41 -0000

Stella Bradshaw

Dear Captains

If any captains or members of your teams have any constructive changes to the rules or any new ones you would like to see introduced or updates for the 2007 season, please could you send them to me by the end of February please.

I have attached a copy of last years rules.

Thank you

Regards

Stella

P.S Andy can you forward this to the captain of the Vodafone team please.

12 BSF AGM reminder for Nationals teams

Norm — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:12:12 CST

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Date: From: To: CC:

FW: BSF AGM - Saturday 17th February - London

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:12:52 -0000

Stella Bradshaw

Pete Patten , andymeigs, james.parish

Hi all,

Please read the regulations for attendance to the AGM below, if you want
to compete in the 2007 nationals.
I will be attending as league representative. However I could ask that
I also represent harriers and Angels if none of you wish to attend. As
vice-captain of the harriers last year and a tournament angel this may
be OK.
Let me know what you think?

Thanks

Stella
-----Original Message-----
From: d warren
Sent: 16 January 2007 16:03
To: Stella Bradshaw
Subject: FW: BSF AGM - Saturday 17th February - London

>From: "Lesley"
>Subject: BSF AGM - Saturday 17th February - London
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:55:29 -0000
>
>Hiya
>
>You are getting this e-mail reminder of the upcoming BSF AGM, because
>you competed in the 2006 Co-ed Nationals OR are a League Main Contact -
>please forward to anyone who SHOULD be attending or is interested -
>Thanks
>
>To remain eligible to compete in the 2007 Nationals, you MUST send a
>representative to the BSF AGM, or ask for dispensation - please see
>below the current regulations :
>
>The following two motions, the first passed at the British Softball
>Federation AGM in 2003 and the second in 2005, are in effect for this
>AGM:
>
> LEAGUE REPRESENTATION AT AGMs:
>
> Every league (unless specific exceptions are made on application to
the
>BSF Executive) is required to send a representative to the BSF AGM in
>order for that league to be eligible to send teams to the next national
>championships in any format. Regional Heads (eg, the LSF Director or
>Regional Representatives on the BSF Executive) cannot replace league
>representatives for this purpose.
>
>
>
>TEAM REPRESENTATION AT AGMs:
>
>
>
>* A-grade teams must have a representative at the AGM each year
>if they wish to take part in National Championships that year.
>
>* B-grade and C-grade teams must have a representative at the
>AGM in the year following an appearance in National Championships if
>they wish to compete in the Nationals following that AGM.
>
>* APPEALS: Teams can apply for dispensation not to fulfil
these
>requirements up to 10 days before an AGM, and can appeal the
application
>of these rulings until up to 28 days after the AGM. Appeals to be made
>in writing to Tony La Fave (BSF President).
>
>
>
>
>
>Also advertised on the BSUK website is the deadline (for the AGM pack)
>for Motions & Nominations (although I'm sure the BSF Exec will welcome
>Nominations for Officers with open arms any time, day or night !!!) -
>Please forward this to your players, and if you have ever thought that
>you could add or change or do things better or differently - this is
>YOUR opportunity to put your name forward - and make a difference !!!
>
>
>
>Your softball community NEEDS you !!!
>
>
>
>January 19 Deadline for Motions and Nominations for the BSF AGM
>
>The deadline for motions to be submitted to the BSF AGM, and for
>nominations for positions on the BSF Executive, is midnight on Friday,
>January 19.
>
>The BSF Executive will meet on January 28 to consider motions to go
>forward to the AGM and draw up a final list of candidates for Executive
>positions, and these will be included in AGM Packs that will be sent to
>members on Monday, January 29.
>
>The BSF AGM will take place on Saturday, February 17 at the Franklin
>Wilkins Building, King's College, near Waterloo Station in London. Full
>directions will be included in the AGM Packs.
>
>All motions and nominations must be sent by the deadline to BSF
>Executive Secretary Bob Fromer on: bob.fromer@baseballsoftballuk.com.
>
>Motions should be accompanied by a brief rationale explaining their
>purpose and nominations (or self-nominations) for people who would be
>new to the Executive should be accompanied by a brief statement on
their
>suitability to fill the position for which they are being nominated.
>
>According to the BSF Constitution, written nominations, whether by
>Executive Officers re-standing or by persons who, if elected, would be
>new Officers, can be made for one Executive Office only plus for the
>position of General Officer. Again according to the Constitution, the
>total number of General Officers that can be elected is two.
>
>A number of positions on the Executive will be vacant going into 2007
>because, as part of the restructuring of BSUK into a Development
Agency,
>BSUK staff members will no longer be able to serve as elected Officers
>on the BSF Executive.
>
>The following Officers who served in 2006 are re-standing in 2007:
>
>President: Tony La Fave
>Tournaments Officers: Liz Graham & Lesley Morisetti
>Fastpitch Officer: Ross Smith
>Marketing & Sponsorship Officer: Chris Brown
>Technical Officer & BASU Liaison: Mike Jennings (if nominated by BASU)
>General Officer: Roger Grooms
>General Officer: Gary Hoxby (Gary was co-opted as Treasurer in 2006 but
>is restanding as a General Officer)
>
>A nomination has been received for the following position:
>
>National Teams Officer: Maurice Baker
>
>No nominations have yet been received for the following positions (some
>positions are based on Constitutional changes to the list of BSF
>Officers passed at the 2006 AGM and taking effect in 2007):
>
>Executive Secretary*
>Administrative Officer
>Treasurer*
>Slowpitch Officer (formerly National Development Officer)
>Coaching Officer
>Youth & Schools Officer
>Press & PR Officer (now separated from Marketing & Sponsorship)
>
>* The Constitution requires these positions to be filled.
>
>Thanks for your time & apologies if you get this several times
>
>Lesley
>
>www.bsf-nationals.com
>
>

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11 BSF AGM invitation

Norm — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:08:19 CST

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Date: From:

BSF AGM

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:22:10 -0000

Stella Bradshaw

Hi,

Just to let you know if anyone is interested in attending, the BSF AGM is next Saturday 17th February in London. See attachment for details. Myself and Norm will be there representing the league and a representative from the Angels who played in the Nationals last year alos.

Regards

Stella

10 Winterball (06/07)

Norm — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:52:27 CST

Over the winter Norm sent lots of messages to captains regarding Winterball (scratch games at the top of South Park in Oxford) and indoor softball.

These were sent out every couple of weeks.

An example follows:

*** CAPTAINS *PLEASE* PASS THIS ON TO YOUR TEAMS ***

(Apologies, if you're *not* a captain - I've just tried to spam as many people as we can so that messages get through).

Dear all,

Just a reminder that we're doing Winterball again this Sunday. And we're still doing indoor softball on Tuesday evenings - come to both if you can!!

Winterball dates are every other Sunday morning at 10.30. Please come along and/or tell all your team-mates about it. Top of South Park (the Warneford Lane end - see map below).

Dates: 11 Feb, 25 Feb, 11 March, 25 March.

Click on this url to see a map to both South Park and indoor softball (Tuesdays at 7pm!):
http://tinyurl.com/tkupx

Cheers,
Norm

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