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Friday 18 January 2019, 5.30pm, Room H6, Great Minster House, London. |
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Attendees |
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Paul Gaught (temporary Chair), Jason Marchant (secretary),
Barry Gigg, Richard Abigail, Vijay Anand, Michael Duggan, Mark Williams, Dan Forman, James Hewlett, Gary S Plahe. |
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Apologies |
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Jack Lovell, Lawrie Morgan, Chris Mountain, John Bishop, Konrad Chodzko-Zajko,
Mike Kamellard, Mike Taylor, Simon Gundry, Will Walker, Harish Kumar, Matthew Conway, Neil Priest, Rick Smith,
Chris Thompson, Adam Spencer, Merv Aranha. |
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Minutes of the last meeting |
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These were agreed. |
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Matters arising |
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There were no matters arising. |
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Chairman's Report |
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Chairman, Matthew Conway, was unable to attend.
In his absence Paul Gaught gave the Chairman's report; it follows. |
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Firstly a message from the real Chairman. "Hope the
AGM goes well tonight, just be debonair, witty and profound - ideally all at the same time - and
it'll be just as if I was there all along". It appears being Chairman has already given him
delusions of grandeur. |
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2018 was a cracking Superstars year with 22 new Superstars joining us -
some of those even seemed to want to play again. The tour, although a bit of a rush job, was a great effort from
Gary, Dan and Matthew to get us games - the results were fitting given the opponents had overseas pros while we
had overweight woes. Next year's tour, predominately organised by myself with help from Matthew chatting up
cricketers on the long train home, promises to be a great one with our trip to the Isle of Wight, at the moment
24 players are signed up in the largest tour party I'm aware of. [Ed - we believe this to be true] |
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Last summer was almost as hot as some of the Jason's moves on the
tour dancefloor, with only two games lost to rain (both in May) and we cancelled no games due to a lack of
players. Sometimes this was a tight call but we somehow managed to get 10 or 11 people to matches - that's mainly
thanks to the match managers who took on their role with gusto. This enhanced an already packed fixture list -
well done to Vijay for doing the hardest job within the club (in my opinion) despite his globe-trotting existence
in 2018. 2019 Fixtures are already appearing on the website with 22 regular fixtures already pencilled in
alongside the 4 tour matches. |
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It's rare to tell people you're actually proud to be a Superstar
but once a year at the Charity 6s we can be. Dan's amazing organisation and 'chugging' skills raised £1,090
for the Royal Marsden and everyone involved can pat themselves on the back (in some cases probably causing
an injury doing so). |
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Congratulations to the winners and "winners" at the end of season
bash. Thanks to Adam for the stats, which were again a triumph. It was great to see so many Superstars and fans
there and the comradery that is clearly there in the squad. Thanks to Barry for sorting all the trophies
and certificates (as well as all the other stuff stuff Barry does). |
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Many thanks to Jason for organising and secretarying the AGM
and Richard for ensuring Barry doesn't launder club funds. |
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The club is in a good place with good numbers and some really
good people involved. I hope this continues in 2019, a historic year for Superstars as we tour off this island
for the first time and our skipper hits another landmark. Here's to another great year. |
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Treasurer's Report |
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The accounts had been audited. The Treasurer went through the
details of income and expenditure and the forthcoming SPARTA bid. All players were reminded that if they
were in DfT or DCLG then they should join Sparta at a cost of £2 a month. The price for nets had
not increased this year and remained at £540 and the cost of hiring pitches at South Wimbledon was
yet to be confirmed but it was assumed that the price was to remain the same. Cricket balls was still a
major kit expenditure. The bid that would be presented to SPARTA was £272. Chelsea Cobblers did not
pay us at one game this year and Superstars had to take on the burden of the full expenditure for that
particular match. The accounts and bid were agreed. |
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Election of Officers |
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No nominations had been received. The following appointments
were agreed unanimously along with the addition of George Warren to the committee. Elected officers are as follows:- |
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| Chairman | Matthew Conway | |
| Secretary | Jason Marchant | |
| Treasurer | Barry Gigg | |
| Fixture Secretary | Vijay Anand | |
| Committee Members |
Mike Taylor, Chris Mountain, Mark Williams, Paul Gaught, Michael Duggan,
Gary Plahe, Adam Spencer, Simon Gundry, Ian Moxon, Vijay Anand, Steve Meyler,
Richard Smith, Dan Forman, Mike Kamellard, Will Walker, Mark Anderson,
James Hewlett, Harish Kumar, George Warren. | |
| Captain | Barry Gigg | |
| Vice Captain | As and when required | |
| Auditor | Richard Abigail | |
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Motions |
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No motions were received. |
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Arrangements for 2019 Season |
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There were already 22 confirmed fixtures for 2019.
Vijay was planning a similar amount of fixtures as last year. This year would see the earliest fixture
that the club had played 21st April v Mandarins. Orange balls were a must for the early season fixtures. |
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The first overseas tour had been booked, in the Isle of Wight, with four fixtures
over 3rd - 6th May. A charity sixes tournament had been arranged for 6th July. Two opponents were considered for dropping
from the fixture list, Chelsea Cobblers and Dehaviland. Beamers were discussed as they were nice but slaughtered our
team despite us fielding a good team, Plastix were considered to be added to the fixture list. |
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Fixtures were being added to the
Superstars website on a regular basis so that all players could keep abreast of developments. |
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Any Other Business |
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Dan was planning to arrange the 2020 tour
which would be in North Pembrokeshire. This would be in the late May Bank Holiday rather than the usual
early May date. |
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Posters needed to highlight the nets when they were put up in the near future in Departments.
Recruitment posters needed to be added to Intranet sites and staff notice boards. PG would investigate publishing them in DCLG and
Home Office buildings. JM would arrange for them in DfT. |
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Action: Jason Marchant and PG to arrange poster campaign. |
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Barry would be sending details of the nets around shorty. The nets begin in March. |
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Action: Barry Gigg to email details of nets to all club members. |
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Options for new club kit were presented to the AGM by GP and MW. There were two options.
The options were discussed, MW and GP were asked to email all club members about their preference. Everyone thanked
MW and GP for their work on this matter. |
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Action: Mark Williams and Gary Plahe to email all club members
regarding club kit options. |
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There being no other business the meeting closed at 7.08pm |
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Jason Marchant, Secretary. |
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