-Playing account had a small deficit, although income was higher and payments lower offset by an increase in Capt’s payments. The Junior account was stable with a £2813.15 profit

-Pavilion account made a small profit due to increase in bar sales and decrease in costs.

The audited accounts were duly approved .Hugh was thanked again for his efforts for the last three years.

New Committee for 2019 agreed…

President –Nigel Abbott was re-elected
Club Manager/Secretary – Russ Guyatt re-elected
Welfare Officer – Russ Guyatt re-appointed
Treasurer – Giles Totton was elected
Fixture Secretary – James has stood down and Mike Roberts was elected to the role
League Representative – Dave Price was re-elected
Membership and Social Secretary – James McPhail was duly elected
Bar Manager – Dave Page was duly re-elected
Communications, Sponsorship and Fundraising Secretary – Nigel Abbott re-appointed
Clubhouse Representative – position left vacant until new Pavilion ready
Youth Development – Pam Jarvis re-appointed
CRGT Representative – Mike Roberts was elected
First Team Captain – Jamie Henderson was elected
Second Team Captain – Steve Salmon agreed to continue and was duly elected
Sunday Captain – Mike Roberts was re-elected

All officers were proposed and seconded by members present and elected unopposed
The following non-committee positions were also appointed: Auditor – Barry Hitchens re-appointed. Vice Captains would be agreed closer to the season

Small but important constitutional changes…

Both of the following proposals were adopted unanimously:

-Election of a junior section Parent Rep to the committee.

-Committee allowed to form a smaller sub-group to deal with urgent matters and should include one of Chairman or Secretary and decisions reported back to main committee

Club Managers’ review…. See below

The Clubhouse?

Mike Roberts provided a summary:

-Two contractual matters still to be resolved with EBC before full project sanctioning

-Earliest demolition is Feb with best case project start-up July.

-Latest project schedule will be provided by Trust shortly.

Any questions?

-A job description for the Parent Rep would be drafted and include All Stars parents

-Need to try and recruit internally for a Head Coach and an umpire for league matches

-Question regarding treatment of Café funds deferred to the past Treasurer for clarification

-Confirmed the Club had an alcohol licence during the season

-Question regarding if the club were planning on approaching local funding bodies. This would be kept in mind for when a specific club focused project could be identified.

Everyone was wished a successful and enjoyable season!

The meeting was closed by the Chairman at 21.30 before a meeting with our club sponsors - the Hare and Hounds!

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Club Managers Report 2018

Review of 2018 Season …and looking forward …

It’s been a very challenging year
We’ve had an extraordinary range of issues to deal with over the season, everything from the fire that destroyed the junior equipment store, involvement with decisions over the clubhouse, the disciplinary action and the implications of the Travellers incursion on the Rec - as well as sustaining a full junior programme and two strong pushes for promotion and an active Sunday fixture list.

Financial
It’s very pleasing to see how much we have recovered from our low point this time last year. Thanks to Hugh for managing that and for everyone who has helped in some way.

On the pitch…
It was a real disappointment to see the 1st XI fall at the final hurdle but congratulations to everyone involved with the 2nd XI who sealed promotion by just one point.
The 1st XI suffered heartbreak on the final day, missing out on promotion as they lost by four wickets to Ripley, missing out on promotion by the finest of margins actually tying on points.
The 2nd XI sealed promotion in the most nervous of manners, losing to Teddington Town but earning enough bonus points to ensure we remained in the top two spots in the table. Despite losing by 59 runs, the five bonus points were enough to see us promoted from Div 3.
It was another enjoyable year for the Sunday 1st XI with its emphasis on enjoyment and making sure everyone got a game. We won around half the fixtures and had stand-out performances from two new junior players this year in Lawrence and Harry. Thanks to Mike for his leadership of the side and well done to everyone involved.

Thanks to everyone who has played for all sides. Bearing in mind our situation overall and operating out of temporary accommodation we have performed extremely creditably. A huge thanks to Pam and the bar team who provided the high-quality teas that we’ve all enjoyed!

Playing strength…

Through the season we have had added a number of new players and as mentioned we’ve seen a number of current and past juniors play with great effect over the season. Each week it has been a challenge to turn out three sides, but we achieved that! Our particular thanks to Uncle who has organised our Sri Lanka contingent really well - this group has become a very important part of the club overall.

Juniors

The junior section started the season with the fire in the equipment store, but thanks to great support from a number of local clubs and financial support from the local community we were able to start the season on time and sustain a full programme at all age levels. We now have over 100 juniors in the section and the All Stars programme was also successful this year, attracting over 60 youngsters ages 6-9 to the Rec on a Sunday morning.

Clubhouse

Progress is now being made on the Clubhouse and we are ready to play our part in building the new facility which will be an enhanced pavilion with the large amount of space on the upper floor..We have applied for an extension of the planning permission on the cabins to cover the next 18 months.

Awards
We had an enjoyable end of season dinner and we have a few awards still to give out…!

Longer term view…

So next summer we will see…

• The clubhouse being built for opening in 2020...

• The 2nd XI playing in the second division and building on our junior participation

• The junior section continuing to thrive…but we need someone to help Pam for the longer term...

• We always need new players …and we also need a club umpire...

• The committee will be looking at ways we can improve behaviour on the field...

We’ll soon be talking about nets for next year! Enjoy the winter…!
Russ
Club Manager