WCF Management Committee Meeting 14th May 2009, National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Present:
David Openshaw – WCF President
Charles Jones
Rhys Thomas
Keith Aiton
Brian Storey - Secretary-General
Consulted by email:
Carole Jackson
Amir Ramsis
Andrew Hope - Treasurer
Max Murray
WCF World Team Championship
Following the vote not to proceed with this competition under the auspices of an integrated competition with the MacRobertson Shield via a specific WCF Committee, the matter was considered further.
There was no doubt that there was universal support for such a competition and with that in mind the President made the following proposal:
“The WCF is proposing to expand the World Team Championship in 2010. We propose that the CA be asked to host the entire expanded event. So this would comprise of The MacRobertson Shield (The existing World Team Championship) and further events open to non Macrobertson Shield Countries.
- The MacRobertson Shield will run and organised by the ACA, CA, CNZ, USCA. The winner of this event will be the World Team Champions. This event is already agreed to be held August 2010 in England.
- An event /events for those member countries whose players are not eligible for the MacRobertson Shield. This would probably be in two sections a stronger event for teams of four and one for teams of two. This event to be held if possible during the final week of the MacRobertson Shield and run by the WCF and the CA.
The WCF will hold detailed discussions with both the CA and with the member countries involved in the non Macrobertson Shield part of the event. This will help to determine the exact details of the format, and length of the event, venues to be used etc. We would also consult all member countries to establish how best to integrate the events.”
This was unanimously supported.
Keith Aiton raised a question that he felt that Wales would want to play in an expanded event.
A supplementary meeting was held one hour later. For clarification it was unanimously agreed that while the team of “Great Britain” continues to be a team that play in the MacRobertson Shield, no country being a constituent member of that team (England, Scotland, Wales, Jersey and Isle of Man) would be allowed to compete in tiers 2 to “n”.
Next Meeting Saturday 16th May 2009.