The 135th Annual General Meeting of the Somerset FA took place on Thursday 13th August, here is a brief summary of the decisions made at the meeting:

1. Election of Officers

President
The only nomination received was for Francis Hillier, the incumbent, and he was duly re-elected to serve as President for the 23rd year

Chairman
Peter Hockley, stepped down as Chairman of the Association after seven years in post. His successor is Phil Chaplin, the deputy chairman, who becomes only the 7th person to assume the office in the 135 years of the association

Deputy Chairman
With the current Deputy Chairman becoming Chair, there was a vacancy in this role; David Braithwaite was elected as the new deputy.

2. Rule Proposals

In all there were seven proposed changes to the rules to be voted on, all of them related to county cup competitions, the result of those votes were as follows:

RESOLUTION 1 

For: Men’s Senior Cup, Women’s Senior Cup, Men’s Junior Cup, Women’s Junior Cup, Intermediate Cup & Sunday Challenge Cup
Proposal: A club may enter more than one team in the competition pursuant with other entry criteria.

PASSED

RESOLUTION 2

Proposal: Formation of a new County Cup (amalgamating the Premier and Senior Cup)

REJECTED

RESOLUTION 3

For: All Competitions (Excluding Premier Cup)
Proposal: Rule 10 (d) Grounds; Add to the existing text: Postponed matches up to 72 hours prior to kick off, the match must be transferred to the opponents ground or their chosen ground if available

REJECTED

RESOLUTION 4

For: Women’s Senior and Women’s Junior Cups 
Proposal: Rule 10 Grounds: No reserved or rescheduled cup games for the period before Christmas to after the first week in January (e.g. 21 December 2020 to 9 January 2021)

PASSED

RESOLUTION 5

Proposal: Formation of a new County Cup to incorporate all the Reserve sides that cannot play county cup football due to playing to close a standard to their first teams. 

REJECTED

Note: The passing of resolution 1 above had the same effect as this proposal

RESOLUTION 6

For: Definition of Senior and Junior Competitions
Proposal: The standard in which the Bristol & District Senior Division is classed at present to be reviewed. 

REJECTED

3. Council Elections

There are two divisional seats in the county, North and South divisions. For the South division with only one nomination there was no need for an election, although this did mean a new councillor, Alan Slade. In the North division there were two nominations, and an election was required; the results were as follows:

BRIAN ROSE - 4 Votes

MARTIN COLES - 7 Votes

Therefore, Martin Coles was elected to the council to represent the North division.