Minutes 7th June

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF MARSH GIBBON CRICKET CLUB COMMITTEE HELD ON June 12th 2007

Present:  D Jeacock, A Jones, P West, C Needham, B Leonard, S Leonard, G Jones, R Cross
1. Apologies for Absence
Apologies were received from Dave Watkins
2. Minutes of Previous Meeting held on 12th April2007
These were accepted as a true record.

Matters Arising

Presentation Dinner

The Committee was joined by the group of ladies organising the dinner and there was a discussion about details and timings. The following points were agreed

  • Tickets would be £20 for adults and £10 for juniors
  • The Village hall had been booked as the venue
  • There would be a buffet style main course with dessert and cheese served to the tables. This was costed at £6 a head
  • The buffet would open at 7.30pm with guests asked to arrive from 7.00pm
  • There would be a ‘DIY’ bar run by the organising ladies
  • Numbers expected were about 80 but an attendance of 100 was manageable
  • It would end at 12.00 midnight
  • The hall would be decorated appropriately, perhaps with a cricketing theme
  • Publicity for the event should begin immediately
  • Free tickets would be issued to umpires, honorary members and major benefactors

Treasurer’s Report

DJ made his report. The following points were noted

  • Payment was still awaited from several sponsors of the race night. Committee members undertook to retrieve this as soon as possible. Action: AJ
  • Race night profit was expected to be in the region of £1,700
  • The only significant outgoings now were competition fees. Other incomings would push up to a working balance of about £3,000.
  • The Hine Trust had contributed £150 in support. A letter of thanks had been sent.

Race Night

The event had been OK (Chairman – “more than OK!”)  but it was felt generally more forward planning would benefit it greatly in the future. This could be part of the organisation and publication of an Event Calendar.

Umpiring

There was interest as to whether there had been any feedback from Bob Summers. It was felt that a proactive approach was needed to ensure that umpires’ views were sought. The question of payments to Ron and BT was raised and PW undertook to round up these umpiring issues.  Action: PW

Sports Club Meeting

There was a discussion about the meeting and the following points were noted

  • Rent is an issue. A 25% increase was being proposed but there was no monthly usage formula and a gross disparity between the contributions of the cricket club and the football club. DJ would track the rent profile over recent years.  Action: DJ
  • The Club was proposing to fund all maintenance and upkeep of the pavilion through rent.
  • The Club was preparing a schedule of works to be put to the two clubs.
  • There had been considerable discussion in the Parish Council about the landfill grants available as funds to redevelop the sporting areas and facilities in the village. After considerable discussion it was agreed that there was need to draft a proposal from the Cricket Club that positions the clubs needs and aspirations. The proposal should reflect the two options of whether the additional field under discussion would be available, and alternatively, if not. The actions therefore should be
    • An exchange of emails on ideas
    • A meeting on 12 July to decide a club wish list
    • A joint meeting with the football club to pool the two clubs’ aspirations
    • A joint presentation to the PC

Action: All

There was a discussion about more immediate actions that were required in terms of maintenance and housekeeping. These were noted as

  • Security improvements to the front of the pavilion. Internal and external bars were being considered which was acceptable, although shutters would have been preferred.
  • A skip should be hired to aid a clear out of the attic and the whole premises. This included obsolete kit, which, unless the Sunday side required it, would be binned.
  • The proposal was that the cost could be split three ways between the three clubs.

Club Golf Day

This idea would be abandoned for the moment.

10/10 Tournament

Letters had been sent to Fringford, Brill and Great Horwood. Verbal conformations had been received but formal responses were required. Action: RC

Branded Kit

CN had a list and would be placing an order on Saturday 9 June. Action: CN

Sunday Team

The principles behind this side was that it was principally for Veterans and for those who wanted a game but could not currently get in the 2nd XI. If the team was for any reason short, there were younger mid week players who would be glad of a game. In general there was an excess of players seeking match experience so getting sides up should not be a problem. There were also many teams seeking Sunday action so fixtures should be relatively easy to organise.

PW agreed that he would make the running on this and contacts should be supplied to him. To get the ball rolling he would set up a game between two Marsh sides on 24 June.  Action: PW

Any Other Business

The following points were noted

Players Participation

  • There was a need to ensure that bar was staffed for at least 90 minutes by members of the MG team after Saturday games. BL and Marcelle have the floats.
  • There was need to allocate roles e.g. for boundary marking from members of the playing sides.
    These two points were symptomatic of a wider need to get players involved in more ways in the practical aspects of running of the sides
  • Grant Cross was running Under 7’s quick cricket on a Sunday morning. AJ was processing a request to Lords Taverners for equipment. Action: AJ
  • Bullingdon Prison would be paying a mid week game on the artificial pitch on a Tuesday or a Thursday in the next 4 weeks
  • GJ’s mother in law had organised a flower display for the Club at the MG Flower Festival in the church. It was agreed that a donation of £25 should be made with £15 to GJ’s MIL to help with the cost of the flowers and £10 to David Hiscock to support the church’s charity work.
  • AJ had take a photo of the display and would send it to PW for posting on the website. Action: AJ/PW
  • BL flagged up that the football team were running 4 sides this coming season and he predicted a dangerous deterioration in the outfield. Two sides would be playing on the pitch in the same day. There was complete agreement with BL that this as a pressing concern to which a solution needed to be found in the near future

The date of the next scheduled meeting could be found on the website Action: PW

Add Your Comment

You must be logged into post a comment.