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Attending
Chair – Phil James
Minute taker – Trevor Holder
Tom Parsons,
Ian Green, George James, David Partridge
Apologies
Andy Williams, Merv Jacques, Andy Downdes, Jean Tippett
1)
DP expressed it was
poor showing of committee members. TH asked if newly appointed
committee members new their roles and secretary to emphasize their
attendance is required.
2)
PJ brought up good
news of proposed new sponsorship by Mira. Simon Masding has
contacted PJ with a package which was welcomed and approved by the
committee. PJ to take this on board with Simon. Simon will be
working to get more sponsors (advertising boards) one company
already confirmed.
See Simon’s letter at the foot of these minutes.
3)
Ground report. DP
reported the line of conifers closest to the top left has been cut
and remaining stumps will be removed. The line adjacent to nets will
need professional removal.
DP said that he would coordinate all
ground matters and would involve Andy Williams.
4)
Gangs have been
repaired by TP. Square mower needs repair and TP will get this done
asap. TP reported roller has had a metal plate welded on and we can
now put more water in the tank, the roller has been under weight for
awhile due to a leak..
5)
PJ has been contacted
by Harlequins Cricket Club expressing they were not happy with the
club. (They have now disbanded) PJ expressed in his reply they did
not keep us fully informed and we did look into helping them unlike
other local clubs who wanted nothing to do with them. They
complained with never made contact after our AGM, this was not true.
Andy Hieron tried a couple of times but no response.
Several comments were made regarding the fact how our club could
support a team with not enough players to raise a team in 2017. It
was presumed they had players who would enhance our club with extra
players for both our 1st and 2nds. PJ did offer the
opportunity to attend our indoor nets.
6)
Chance to Shine and
coaching. IG will have meetings with headmasters from Birdlip and
Miserden Schools. Coaches will be going into schools for 6 weeks
after Easter. Brad Jacques will assist IG in Birdlip School. GCB
will provide a coach to go into Miserden School. Those pupils that
were keen will then migrate to the club for 3 after school sessions.
Last year pupils will have sessions as well.
IG brought up All Stars Cricket for 5-8 years. This will be the way
forward for all clubs. The scheme is up and running this year but IG
had to decline for 2017 and nobody come forward to assist him. This
is run by an Activator and secretary, no coaching awards needed. IG
said we must look forward to 2018 to get this in place. TH said it
would be good if we can get parents involved. A lot of coaches have
come from parents and they have moved up through the age groups with
their child.
Qualified coach Rob Watson from Cirencester will still be involved
as he was last year. Brad Jacques mentioned
a friend who could help. This needs chasing up.
Experienced coaches that need
paying will be paid in line with the GCB, £15 per hour plus £40 over
the season to cover travelling.
IG put forward it was his last
year in his current role and we need someone to take on position. If
we don’t continue to build on the good work he has done the youth
section of the club will struggle. IG suggested we would have to
rely on someone like Charlton Kings in future years to take on their
overflow. Not the best scenario.
7)
Renovation of 1st bay practice net. IG has spent a lot of time
getting quotes but frustrated in support from the club in moving
this forward.
Only response to IG was emails from DP and discussion with TH.
The preferred quote is from Notts Sports for a new carpet plus shock
pad to give a more realistic bounce. A single lane, replacing both
batting and bowling strip with a mat similar to what we have now, is
£2723 plus VAT. The shock pad at the batting end, this is an extra
£919 plus VAT. Fitting £500
Both IG and TH expressed this would aid coaching sessions. It was
universal agreed any new surface should only be used during official
practice sessions and closed off all other times.
The funding would be the next step. TH has spoken to the Landfill
Trust and they have support this type project before with a grant of
75% of the total cost. The club could only fulfil the Trusts
requirements for this type of project. All agreed to push on with
this route of funding and TH would start the application procedure
and the delay in getting the grant would not be an issue.
8)
TP said
he and Phil Dickinson could take on the task of running electricity
to the net area.
All was in favour.
9)
Bar
report. TH has met up with
MJ and discussed aspects of running the bar this season. MJ has
arranged a meeting for him and TH to see brewery rep.
With the proposed tie up of Mira this season MJ should be informed
of what activities are likely happen.
10)
PJ wants fixture card
to contain date of 2017 AGM (Oct 29th) club dinner and
social events.
11)
Club dinner and
social events. PJ to contact Jean Tippett
and TH to ask George Smith to help as he showed interest in helping
out.
12)
AOB
Umpires course GJ to look at.
DP to approach Cheltenham College to see if
any players available.
League has brought in conjunction with play-cricket a facility to
use an app to score instead of a score book. The benefit of this
method is the scores can be uploaded onto play-cricket after the
game. TH to get prices for 2 tablets.
TH reported the rescue group who has an emergency radio system
installed at the club has removed their equipment. They have found a
more suitable location at no cost. TH has been in discussion with
Chris Hipkiss and he would like to continue his support to the club
in recognition of our help. It was agreed for an ongoing donation of
£250 a year and continues to pay for the wireless internet facility.
TH has organised for Jo Partridge to liaise with the alarm company
to service the alarm system.
Andrew Hussey has spoken about club polo tops to give club some
identity on match days. GJ to get back to him for next steps.
IG wanted to repeat getting T-shirts for children attending the
Chance to Shine sessions. Andrew Hussey offered to sponsor T-Shirts
for having an advertising board at the ground. PJ noted Simon
Masding to be informed reference any new boards.
No notes on whom to action this with AH.
IG said the hall will not be available for indoor nets on the 19th
March. TH
to post on website and Facebook
DP expressed the need to get email
addresses up to date and also can the entire committee use email
subject heading relevant to the email and not just reply using a
previous unrelated subject heading.
TH asked PJ to get Prakash to confirm the elected committee to TH so
he could update the website with them details. (TH –I will check
email addresses and send out complete list to everyone)
PJ said to use his
highclere@btinternet.com e-mail address.
DP proposed co-opt of other members to the committee to help. Andy
Hieron, Pierre Lombard and Andy Moore would be approached as they
would add value to the committee. PJ
will ask them
Club dinner was brought up and
someone needs to take on the organising.
This needs action
IG asked TH to get Line One to
look at boundary mower we had of them as it was lacking power.
TH to organise return
Simon Masding Letter
to PJ
Hi Phil et al …
Following our recent chat Phil,
I’ve a broad proposal for you re sponsorship etc. I would have come
to the meeting on 28th but alas I’m out in Antigua watching West
Indies v England ODI’s !!
I’ve said I’ll raise c’£2k in
sponsorship … and would like it to work something like this …
At Mira we have a works team that
play in a local company league – nothing heavy – but an excuse for a
drink after work! In the past they’ve played at Cheltenham CC for
£100 / game, but they don’t want to share their ground any more. So
I thought we could play our home games at Birdlip. 6 games I think
(Tue / Wed), clearly can’t clash with BBCC fixtures etc … I reckon
we’d use the previous w/e wicket – might need a cut but we would
need the clubhouse opened up and bar opened etc … Likely be takers
for burgers etc but would need someone to do this as it’s unlikely
I’d be there for more than 2/6 games as I travel quite a lot during
the week etc …
They’re all professional lads and
I’ll personally underwrite any damage / concerns the club may have …
I’d also like to put up 2 or 3
Mira adverts around the perimeter fence (maybe 10‘x 2’)
In return Mira will sponsor to the
tune of £1k
I’ve a couple (one confirmed) of
other local companies lined up who will sponsor £500 in return for
similar sized adverts. I think once its underway I can get more
companies involved next year …
It might be I’d like to try and
run a mini-family day ( 3 x 10 over games ? ) for sponsors to play
in – one Sunday in the summer when the suns out … either way the
idea is to make it a fundraiser for the club and maybe Mira’s
charity of the year etc … but id need help at the ground.
I’ll cover the cost of making the
adverts for new sponsors I bring in etc … and will make sure they’re
in keeping with the surrounds etc!
Of course, any of our usual
sponsors can join in and advertise? I’ll have to make a charge for
some advert production but will get done at cost.
So that’s about it … can you run
it all by the committee – I’ll need your blessing pretty quick if
that’s ok – especially around Mira using the ground …
If you have any questions give me
a shout – I’m out of the country from Wed this week until 17 March
but will be picking up emails …
Cheers Simon
Ground
report for committee meeting 28th March 2017
Boundary & Perimeter
Approximately 20 conifer felled at top left corner (when viewed from
pavilion). 10 stumps reduced and remaining 10 will be reduced by 20th
March.
Other conifers will not be felled before September 2017 but some my
be reduced in width.
Trees adjacent to nets too big to be handled by us – they are too
large.
Boundary timber fence in need of repair – this will be done by end
of March.
Outfield
Cut once and now awaiting repair of gang mowers.
The intention is to cut as low as possible by end of March and then
roll.
Square
Cut once and now awaiting repair of mowers.
Worm killer will be sprayed by 14th
March
Fertiliser will be applied by 20th March
Rolling will commence 12th March subject to weather
conditions.
Rota
of Duties
A rota will be circulated for duties which will be primarily for
cutting grass in the nets area (but not the grass net itself). The
rota will be issued by the end of March and I will expect the
responsibility for ‘persuading’ members to be shared by the
committee.
David
28th February 2017 |
