BLOXWICH CRICKET CLUB CONSTITUTION

1. The Club shall be called “Bloxwich Cricket Club,” hereafter to be referred to as “the Club” and shall be affiliated to the England & Wales Cricket Board Limited (ECB) and the Staffordshire County Board and shall adhere to and follow the Directives, Guidance and other policies of the ECB
2. The Club colours shall be Maroon and Black.
3. The Club is formed to provide coaching and competitive opportunities in the sport of cricket within the local community in an organized, structured and safe environment.
4. The Club shall be non profit making.
5. The Club shall consist of Playing Members, Social Members, Honorary Life Members, and Junior Members. Junior Members are defined as being under the age of Eighteen years on the first day of April of the playing year
6. Membership shall be open to all, irrespective of age, gender, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and preference, physical ability and financial status.
7. The Officers of the Club shall consist of the President, the Chairman, the vice Chairman, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, the Honorary Fixture Secretary, the Club Welfare Officer, the Junior Coordinator, the Publicity Officer, the Club Captain, and a maximum of two general Committee members who are appointed at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee of the Club may nominate additional Officers if deemed necessary.
8. The Management and control of the Club shall be vested to the General Committee consisting of the Officers of the Club stated in clause seven. The Management Committee shall meet no less than every two months. Six members shall constitute a quorum.
9. All club monies shall be banked in an account held in the name of the club. Any cheques drawn against club funds should hold the signature of the Treasurer and either the Chairman or the Secretary. The Treasurer will be responsible for the finances of the club. An audited statement of annual accounts shall be presented by the Treasurer at the Annual General Meting.
10. The Annual General Meeting shall be held prior to the start of each season where all Officers will be elected annually, except the post of President which will be every three years. Notice of not less than twenty one days of the date of the Annual General Meeting will be given to all members by the Secretary
11. Vice Presidents shall be accepted from current and former playing members of the Club and any person so proposed and accepted by the Management Committee. They shall be entitled to the privileges of membership of the Club.
12. Any person wishing to become a member shall be proposed by one member and seconded by another. The Candidate shall be proposed by completing and signing the membership application form which shall be countersigned by the Proposer and the Seconder. The membership application form shall be presented at the next Committee meeting a candidate shall be elected by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Committee present and if desired by any one member of the Committee, this voting shall be by ballot.
13. A register of the names and addresses of all members shall be kept by the Honorary Secretary
14. On the recommendation of the Committee at any Annual General Meeting, a member subject to obtaining a three-quarters majority of those members present and voting may be elected an Honorary Life Member. Honorary Life Members shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership of the Club for the duration of their lives without payment of the annual or any subscription. Life Members have full voting rights on all matters relating to the club. The number of Life Members shall not exceed six at any time
15. The Committee shall have the power to expel or suspend any member who offends against the rules of the Club or whose conduct shall in the opinion of the Committee render him/her unfit for membership of the Club. Before any such member is expelled, the Honorary Secretary shall give him/her notice to attend a meeting of the Committee and such notice shall contain particulars of the complaint made against him/her. No member shall be expelled or suspended without first having had an opportunity of appearing before the Committee and responding to the complaint made against him/her. The decision to expel or suspend must be the unanimous decision of all Committee members present and voting and shall be conducted by ballot.
16. A member shall not introduce more than two visitors at any one time. All visitors shall sign the Visitors Book on each occasion. No person shall be introduced as a visitor to the Club whose conduct or presence shall be considered by the Committee as objectionable or prejudicial to the interest of the Club
17. On such days as organized games of Cricket take place, all visiting teams and their guests shall be entitled to be admitted to the Club premises
18. Annual or any subscription shall be agreed each year at a General Meeting of all members.
19. All playing members’ Annual subscription shall be paid by the first day of June each year. Playing members whose subscriptions have not been paid by the said date shall not be selected for matches until the subscription has been paid.
20. A General Meeting of the Club must be summoned by the Honorary Secretary within twenty one days after he has been served with the notice in writing signed by eight members of the Club requesting to call the General Meeting
21. Notice convening a General Meeting shall be sent by the Honorary Secretary to all members not less than seven days before such meetings and shall specify the matters to be dealt with.
22. A General Meeting of the Club can be called by the Committee of the Club at any time subject to the conditions  of clause twenty one being observed
23. At all General Meetings of the Club twelve members shall form a quorum
24. The Committee shall have the power to borrow money to finance any project which will increase, maintain or enhance the facilities available to members. The amount borrowed must not exceed the annual income of the Club as determined by the last accepted accounts of the Club unless agreed  otherwise at a General Meeting
25. If at any General Meeting, a resolution for the dissolution of the Club shall be passed by a majority of the members present and entitled to vote, and if such resolution shall be confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of two-thirds of the members present and entitled to vote at an Extraordinary General Meeting held not less than one month after that meeting at which not less than one-half of the members entitled to vote shall be present, the Committee shall immediately or at such future date as shall be specified in such resolution proceed to realize the property of the Club, and after the discharge of all liabilities shall allocate the remainder to Bloxwich Stafford Road Sports Club. Upon the completion of this, the Club shall be dissolved
26. The Club is to ensure a duty of care to all members of the Club by adopting and implementing ECB Safe Hands – Welfare of Young People in Cricket Policy and any future versions of the policy.
27. All members will be subject to the regulations of the constitution and by joining the Club, will be deemed to accept these regulations and the Club’s Code of Conduct
28. The Committee shall be the sole authority of the interpretation of these rules and of the regulations made hereunder, and the decision of the Committee upon any question of interpretation or upon any matter affecting the Club and not provided for by these rules or by any regulations made hereunder shall be final and binding.
29. These rules may be added to, repealed or amended by resolution passed at any Annual or Extraordinary General Meeting provided that such resolution is carried by a two-thirds majority.
30. Bloxwich Cricket Club hereby adopts and accepts this constitution as a current operating guide regulating the actions of members.

Signed:   K.Scott (Chairman)                                               Date: 26^th October 2005

Signed:    C.Scott (Secretary)                                               Date: 26^th October 2005