Thanks for your comments Editor!  We have finished our league quite successfully.  We had 140 players and played basketball Saturdays and Sundays, and the cost was subsidised by the League.  We raised funds to pay for the players' registrations (£12 each player), referees' and table officials' fees and court hire. 

We have our AGM next month, when we will present the awards.  All the committee will resign and those who want to stand for election must be voted adn aproved by the participants (each team 1 vote).  The Treasure will present the accounts, explaining where the money comes from and how we spent it.  Referees and table officials were appointed from a pool of qualified officials; referees are human and make mistakes, but it's difficult to keep a professional pool of referees if you only have 4/5 to choose from.  We had 15, and those who were late, were unfit or simply poorly trained were given appropriate advice and support by our Technical Secretary. 

There were Filipino players and referees, who had their registration subsidised.  There were other nationalities (South Americans, Eastern Europeans, British, etc.).  However, we are a basketball league open to everybody. 

We have secured some funding to send coaches to a course (sponsored by the Women's Sport Foundation), and members of the committee/coaches, to a Child Protection course. 

More info on www.freewebs.com/londonbasketball/