Leicester & District Pool League – AGM 2026 Minutes
Leicester & District Pool League – AGM 2026
23rd June 2026, 7pm, New Parks Club
Committee in attendance
Steve Vann (Chair)
Rikesh Kotecha (Secretary)
Asit Jansari (Treasurer)
Matthew Leeming
Toby Vernon
James Mitchell
James Punch
Kam Mistry
Gary Walker
Also in attendance
Trevor Bagley (Rileys)
Apologies from
Rhys Bifulco
Mike Gregson
Dene Jordan
Sunny Patel
Arron Mistry
Welcome
Committee and guests welcomed and introduced.
Chairman’s Report
Steve outlined the purpose of the league and the founding principles that have always been worked to.
Another good year for the league, 170 teams last winter being a new record for the league and believed to be the largest league seen in the UK.
Steve announced his plans to resign. The resignation as Chairman will be immediate, but Steve will continue to support the committee through the Summer League and Winter Recruitment Drive. Steve will formally leave the committee when the Winter League commences.
Steve put on record that he would be fully supportive of Matt taking over the Chairmanship based on the work he has done as Vice Chairman over the last year.
Treasurer’s Report
Asit shared the summarised financial statement.
The committee discussed the potential increase in cost of the website / app (RackEmApp) for the coming year. The committee were all unhappy with the increase. Committee members were tasked with looking at alternative options available on the market.
Asit announced his plans to resign. The resignation as Treasurer will be immediate, but Asit will continue to support the committee through the Summer League and Winter Recruitment Drive. Asit will formally leave the committee when the Winter League commences.
It was noted that both Asit and Steve need to be removed from the bank mandate and that the 3 people elected to the roles of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer should be the named signatories.
Asit put on record that he would be fully supportive of Toby taking over the Treasurer’s role based on the work he has done as Vice Treasurer over the last year.
Senior Committee Election
Following the announcement of Steve and Asit resigning, the people present discussed the best approach for forming a new committee. It was decided that a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer should be elected at the meeting and then allowed to structure the committee as they think most efficient whilst in role.
Matt was proposed and seconded as Chairman, no other nominations were received. All members present cast a vote – with unanimous support in favour of Matt. (Vote 8 to 0)
Toby was proposed and seconded as Treasurer, no other nominations were received. All members present cast a vote – with unanimous support in favour of Toby. (Vote 8 to 0)
Rikesh was proposed and seconded as Secretary, no other nominations were received. All members present cast a vote – with unanimous support in favour of Rikesh. (Vote 8 to 0)
Rikesh, Toby & Matt to be added to the bank mandate at the first opportunity / Asit & Steve removed.
Committee Election
All committee members present wished to remain on the committee for the coming year.
Trevor Bagley who was present as a captain, was proposed and seconded as a new member of the committee.
The committee members not present on the evening will all be individually consulted by Matt to determine who wishes to continue and clarify roles and responsibilities.
Preferred League Ruleset
The current setup was discussed.
Risks were discussed – perceived risks if we made a change and also risks if we do not.
James presented the statistics that we have (Summer entries and vote from prior Winter entry form). Divisions 1 & 2 had a strong majority in favour of International Rules (result was the same whether considering all 6 divisions as a bulk, Divisions 1 and 2 as separate groups of 3, or each division individually) – strong desire for change ~80%
Divisions 3 down all show a desire to stay with LDPL rules (generally around a ~60/40 split).
After much deliberation, a vote was cast to decide between 4 options. A unanimous decision was reached (Vote 8 to 0) in favour of migrating divisions 1 and 2 to the International Ruleset.
Further conversation took place around International match format. It was agreed to keep the 14 frame format (4s, 4s, 4s, 2d)… but that further analysis of finish times should happen to determine if there is scope for additional frames.
The plan at this point will be to hold Summer 2027 entirely in International format… and then seek feedback to establish if we should push International Rules further down the hierarchy (be that another division or to convert the whole league).
Close
Steve thanked the committee and captains for their attendance an input. The meeting closed around 8:45pm.
