THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 10, 1989.
Billiards Assn. Meeting Scene
MRS. MCKELVIE CHOSEN FOR SOUTH AFRICAN TENNIS TOUR
Mrs. R. D: M'Kelvie, formerly Miss A. E. L. M'Ostrich, has been selected as an
additional member of the British team for South Africa, and will act as chaperon
The other members of the team are D. W. Butler, captain and man- ager; R. A. Shayes, E. J. Filby, Miss J. Saunders, Miss V. E. Scott, and Miss R. Thomas.
R.H.K.G.C. Junior Championship Draw
The following is the draw for the match play stages of the R.H.K.G.C. Junior Championship:—
1st Round.
Yorkshire's Threat Of
THR
Secession
QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCE
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\HREE-QUARTERS of a million billiards players in Yorkshire may break away from the Billiards Association and Control Council, the ruling body of the game, as a result of discussions, ac- companied by unprecedented scenes, during the annual meeting of the Association in London.
Mr. John C. Bisset, chairman, who, it was revealed, had been appointed managing director of the B.A. and C.C. limited company, at a salary of £400 per annum, was subjected to considerable heck-
J. W. Mayhew v. H. N. Williamson. N. K. Littlejohn v. R. M. Henderson.ling from delegates.
J. Forbes v. J. Harrop.
T. J. Price v. C. H. Burton.
L. M. Wylie v. J. L. C. Pearce.
He
The first storm
arose when Mr. Bisset, dealing with a letter received from Mr. W. T. Rain- bow, a Northern delegate, said that the meeting had no con- cern with the finances of the company.
was endeavouring to ex-]
the plain why the finances of Mrs. M'Kelvie is captain of Mid-
C. M. Stark v. W. W. C. Shewan.
company could not be discussed dlesex, who won the women's inter-
E. Faggiano' v. T. F. R. Waters.
at an annual meeting; why the Association. took over the C. D. N. Walker v. J. S. Dunnett. county championship this summer. She was included in the English 1st Round to be played on or before "Billiard Player" (now official ranking list for the first time this January 22. 2nd Round to be played organ of the B.A. and C.C.); and year. Previously she had been rank-on or before February 5. Semi-Final why Mr. George Watson resigned
to be played on or before February 19. his position as organising secre-questions out of order. I came here ed No. 1 in Ireland, where she was Final (36 holes) to be played on or be-
[tary. born.
fore February 26.
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CAME HERE TO SPEAK! Mr. Rainbow-You cannot rule these
to speak, and I'm going to speak. (Cries of "Hear, hear," and "Speak up.")
Mr. W. G. Clifford, another delegate I have been connected with Associa- tion for forty years, and I've never be- fore heard a chairman rule finance out of order.
Mr. Rainbow (to Mr. Bisset)-You are only interested in finance when you want something from us. When we want to investigate questions we are stifled.
Later, on the proposition that the report should be adopted, Mr. Rainbow said: "The appointment of a managing director and the acquisition of the Billiard Player were two of the saddest things ever done by the Association, You have taken six months to get out a balance-sheet, and you hold this meeting in Christmas week.
"I hate to suggest it, but if it had been designed with the idea of getting the smallest possible attendance, it could not have been better chosen. The report says nothing about the appoint- ment of a managing director."
QUESTION OF CONTROL Viscount Castlereagh, who had play- ed for his University at billiards, said that he had had something to do with the control of boxing, which he found had a tendency to get into the hands of promoting interests. "Are we not liable to have this body getting into the hands of the trade in similar way?" he declared.
Mr. Bisset said that he had been chairman for 13 years, and had always endeavoured to act in the best interests added-"As of the Association, and long as I draw breath I shall try to of the give everyone a fair crack whip."
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The report was then passed by eleven votes to one, the Yorkshire representa- tive voting against.
Later Mr. Bissett proceeded to read a letter from the Yorkshire Associa- tion, sent in the form of a resolution, asking for information as to the cir- cumstances of the Association taking over the Billiard Player. A Yorkshire delegate intervened to ask whether it was the intention to put it as a resolu- tion, and Mr. Bissett replied "No."
MR. WATSON'S STATEMENT "If that is your explanation," the Yorkshire spokesman, "I can only repeat that we return to Yorkshire to advise our members to dissociate them- Association selves from the Billiards
und Control Council."
said
. Mr. Bisset then read a verbatim re- port of a Council meeting at which he was appointed managing director at a salary of £400 per annum. Mr. Watson followed by saying that in the five years preceding his appointment as. or- ganising secretary the Association: Jost £015, and that in the first seven months of his appointment they had a profit of £264.
A Delegate--"This is organised op- position to the Council, and Mr. Wat- I move son is addressing the Press. that this meeting terminate."
Mr. Rainbow It will not be much longer before there is a resolution to terminate the B.A. and the C...
Mr. 8. R. Mapplebeck, vico-chairman and founder of the Yorkshire Associa- tion, said to: a reporter after the meet- ing: "Yorkshire are determined to break away from the B.A. and C.C. We shall consider the matter.at a meet- ing next month. We want to get de- mocratic control of billiards in this country.