League Constitution 

ADOPTED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING - 28th AUGUST 2024

Bob Nellis Darts and Domino League Constitution

1.   Name

The name of the group shall be The Bob Nellis Darts and Domino League.

2.   Aims

The aims of the Bob Nellis Darts and Domino League will be:

•  To bring together teams from the Doncaster area to promote and compete in recreational darts and dominos league and competitions.

•  To provide mutual support and friendships amongst our members.

3.   Membership

Membership is open to anyone who:

• Is over the age of 10 years and older (under 18s must be always accompanied by a responsible adult and maybe refused entry to a venue that does not allow under 18s in).

• Support the aims of the Bob Nellis Darts and Dominos Group.

Membership will begin as soon as the member (venue) pays the seasonal house fees, which will be at the last meeting of committee members before the AGM.

A list of all venues will be kept by the Chair and Treasurer.

4.   Ceasing to be a member

• Members may resign at any time.

• Any member who has not paid their membership fee prior to the AGM will be contacted by the committee to determine whether that member is deemed to have resigned.

•  Any offensive behaviour, including racist, sexist or inflammatory remarks, will not be permitted.  Anyone behaving in an offensive way or breaking the equal opportunities policy will not be permitted to continue  in the group until a resolution is found or said member resigns (individual players will be dealt with by the management committee).

5.   Equal Opportunities

The Bob Nellis League will not discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexuality, disability, religious, or political belief, martial status .

6.   Officers and Committee

The business of the group will be carried out by a Management Committee elected at the AGM consisting of 5 officers. 2 additional members may be co-opted onto the Management Committee at the discretion of the Delegate Committee.

The delegate committee will consist of 1 delegate from each team to act as spokesperson for that team and have 1 vote on all matters needing to be voted on at All meetings.

The officers’ roles are as follows:

• Chair, who shall chair both general and committee meetings. Draw up any agendas with the secretary and be responsible for membership issues.

• Vice Chair in the event of the Chair being unavailable to take on the role of Chair.

• General League Secretary shall be responsible to record and recall minutes of meetings, draw up an agenda with the chair, general secretarial duties.

• Games Secretary shall be responsible for keeping all results and website up to date.

• The Competition Secretary shall be responsible for drawing up competitions and keeping records of results.

• Treasurer who shall be responsible for maintaining accounts.

In the event of an officer standing down or being voted off during his/her term in office a replacement will be elected at the next general meeting.

Any committee member not attending a meeting without apology for 2 meetings will be contacted by the committee and asked if they want to resign.

A vote of no confidence can be called by any committee member in the event a member of management committees’ roles has not been met. A vote by     ALL delegated committee members present will determine the outcome of a no confidence vote. Any member voted off by a majority of 2/3rds of the attending  membership committee will not be allowed to stand for the management committee for a total of 5 years there after. 

7.   Meetings 

7.1    Annual General Meetings

• An annual General meeting will be called at the end of the current season 

• All AGMs will be held on a Monday night starting at 7.30pm and not exceeding 10pm

• All members will be notified at least 3 weeks prior to the date of the meeting.

• Nominations for the committee may be made to the secretary prior to the meeting or at the meeting.

• The quorum for the AGM will be 15 members of the delegated membership or greater.

•  At the AGM the committee will present a report on the end of seasons outcomes (known as Chairs report)

• A full and audited treasurer’s report will be made available to the management committee up to 7 days prior to the meeting and circulated at the AGM to all members to discuss and vote on whether it is a true record or not.

•  Officers of the Management Committee will be voted on.

• Any proposals for rule changes will be discussed and voted on to come into effect the season after the next one. (This allows teams to act on said changes)

• Failure of Team delegates attending the AGM incurs a fine of £10 to the delegates team.

7.2 General Committee Meeting

• General meetings are open to all members and will be held at least once every three months or more often if necessary

• A quorum of the committee meeting will be 15 members or greater

• In the event that a vote ties, The Chairperson has the casting vote.

•  A special General Meeting can be called at the request of the majority of the members or at least 8 committee members giving a written request to the Chair stating the reason for the request.

• Failure of delegate committee members attending meetings is recorded by the treasure and will incur a fine of £5 per missed meeting.

8.   Finances

An account will be maintained on behalf of the Group at The Nat West Bank.  Four (4) signatories will be nominated by the Management Committee (one    the treasurer) .

The signatories must not be related nor members of the same household.

All payments will be signed by 2 signatories.

• For cheque payments, the signatories will sign the cheque

• For other payments (such as BACS payment, cash withdrawals, cash payments, a requisition note will be signed by 2 signatories and held by the treasurer.

• Records of income and expenditure will be maintained by the Treasurer and a financial statement given at each meeting,

• All monies raised by or on behalf of The Bob Nellis League are only to be used for the purpose of the group.

9.   Amendments to the Constitution

Amendments to the Constitution will only be made after its adoption at the Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting.

Any proposal to amend the constitution must be given to The Secretary in writing. The proposal must then be circulated with notice of the meeting.

Any proposal to amend the Constitution will require a two thirds majority of those present and entitled to vote.