Executive Club Minutes - July 2009
Norcross Cricket Club
Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 15th July 2009
Welcome
In the absence of the chairman, Keith welcomed the following to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance.
Keith Butterfield, Andy Lester, Gary Hedges, Ian Davies, Jason Dyer.
Apologies
Bob Veitch, Phil Dawson, Paul Blackburn, Rick Peat, Ric Blampied, Steve Hill
Minutes of the previous meeting
These had been circulated to members soon after the meeting and were accepted as an accurate record.
Action points
The following action points were discussed
AP 1/06 Ian Davies to have issued relevant CRB forms to identified individuals and arranged for their clearance by an authorised party before the next meeting scheduled for 15th July.
Ongoing - Ian had invited Trevor Wilde to the meeting that day but Trevor did not show.
Ian will contact Trevor again.
AP 2/06 Chairman to get Rick Blampied’s decision at the coming weekend and either appoint him, or liaise with committee members over an appointment.
Closed – Rick to continue as 2nd Xi captain
AP 3/06 Richard Peat to liaise with Jamie Fullalove over the club website
Ongoing – RP had emailed JF re club website. No progress
AP 4/06 Andy Lester to be asked to open discussions with Cardinal Allen (YMCA) about indoor nets for the coming winter
Closed – Andy has made initial contact with YMCA who will write to confirm dates and time.
AP 5/06 members present to give Richard Peat views on an inducement and reward scheme for the remainder of this season and for 2010.
Ongoing – this has been discussed via email but it was felt further discussion required.
Secretary’s report
In the absence of the Secretary there was nothing to report. It was mentioned that a friendly game 20/20 style has been arranged versus a team of Indians working at DWP on 30th July. A team has been sought for this and it was suggested this team is picked next Tuesday (21st).
Treasurer’s report
In the absence of the Treasurer no financial report was available. Bob had reported to Andy that the books were currently with the auditor for a mid term check. Details of the casino night would be mentioned later though Keith said that a cheque for £65 re casino night tickets hadn’t as yet been presented.
League report
There has been no league meeting since the last committee meeting and there was nothing therefore to report. Ian said the 5 year plan had been submitted to the league in conjunction with the request for financial assistance with the sightscreen. It’s hoped the league will be supportive.
HASSRA /CSSC
Nothing to report.
Grounds
Kit – no purchases had been made as yet.
Andy reported he had made a formal written complaint to the Grounds Chair regarding the state of the outfield and the net area. Conversations with Mick and Ron had led to an improvement in the respective areas but there were still room for improvement.
Ian said he had spoken with Trillium re the lock on the main door of the pavilion. They reported the job as done but Ian had gone back to them asking why they hadn’t made good the door itself. Ian will monitor the situation.
Ian said he had discussed the offer of help on the ground from a gentleman (ex-policeman who has just completed a groundsman’s course at Myerscough College) who had offered his services free of charge with HASSRA. There were some insurances issues to look into from HASSRA but the meeting agreed it would be beneficial to all
Captain’s reports
Ian reported a good win on Saturday which certainly raised the spirits both personally and team wise. A discussion followed regarding the last couple of weeks and Keith thanked Ian for his openness. Keith said that he had noticed the morale of the team had been down but hopefully we can move on and stay up.
In the absence of the 2nd XI captain Andy reported the team were on a bit of a roll and recent wins were against teams higher than us in the league. Performances were being shared around the team but special mention to Kieran McGann who had starred with bat and ball at Grimsargh.
Gary said the 3rd Xi now had 5 games left to preserve 1st division status though it hasn’t been helped by playing “strong” sides filled with 1st team players. It was hoped that we could strength the batting in the next few games to help out the promising talent we have.
Fundraising
The event had been held on 4th July and financially had been a success, subject to people paying up for their auction prizes. There were some outstanding amounts to account for (see Treasurer’s report) but it’s hoped to be around £1400 profit – a great success given the financial climate. Keith asked to record thanks to Andy Hill, Beth Rosamond, Bob Veitch, and Andy Lester for their hard work on the night etc, plus Gordon Chubb for providing the auction items and Alan Hill for his donation on the night. Rick Peat had said in an email that he would have liked to have seen more club members there though it was agreed by the end of the night there was a reasonable turnout.
Looking ahead it was agreed we should try to look at a family event to include juniors and families and Bob had circulated a suggestion on a 6 a side theme which will be discussed at a future meeting.
AOB
Incentive scheme - discuss at a future meeting see AP 05/06.
Thanks to Gary for fixing the rope winders.
Gary has also supplied tarpaulin sheets which could be used to cover wickets in an emergency and also the bowlers run ups. He has also supplied white sheets which could be used to cover the scaffolding at the dyke end of the ground.
AP 01/07 – tarpaulin covers for ground and scaffolding – use to be discussed
Rick Peat had raised a couple of points for discussion/clarification:
- Buddy system for juniors into senior cricket – a good idea which the 2nd team do informally anyway but something that could be looked at and make it more formal
- Wickets at end of square (practice nights) these seem to have not been maintained since the start of the season and we have been using old wickets instead. Also could the covers be left off on practice nights – subject to the weather
- Is there any plans for work on the square in the close season to encourage more bounce and therefore enable us to develop better players
AP 02/07 – Phil to investigate end wicket preparation for practice
AP 03/07 – Ian to discuss with Groundsman regarding square
The next meeting takes place
on Wednesday 26th August at 7.45pm in the Social Club
ALL WELCOME
