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Friday 24 January 2020, 5.30pm, Room 2/16a, Great Minster House, London. |
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Attendees |
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Barry Gigg, Richard Abigail,
Jason Marchant, Paul Gaught, Michael Duggan, Mark Williams,
Dan Forman, Matthew Conway, James Hewlett, Chris Underwood.
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Apologies |
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Gary S Plahe, Vijay Anand, Jack Lovell, 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-Bickle, Merv Aranha, Elliot Jeffery, Natalie Daniels. |
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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, gave a stirring speech thanking all the club officials
for all their hard work during the last season, all the players
on their commitment and courage in facing hostile bowling
(as his latest scar proved), the fixture secretary for providing
such a varied line up of opponents and Barry for all his hard work
in doing so many jobs for the club such as arranging the nets
and looking after the club finances |
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He encouraged the club to continue
developing and hopefully winning more games in 2020. He said that last season
included the first overseas tour (Isle of Wight) which had been a huge success,
he thanked all those that made the tour such a triumph. He hoped that the 2020
tour to Pembrokeshire would be as equally successful. |
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He said that the club was in good
shape to face the new decade with a good recruitment campaign underway bringing
in new players, which he hoped would help the club to stay vibrant for many years to come. |
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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 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 at
their upcoming AGM. There was likely to be more kit expenditure this year as the club needed
a club helmet (as the number of head injuries was increasing and the safety of the players was
paramount), also a new set of wicketkeeper's gloves was required. Barry would add these into
the expected expenditure. The treasurer said that each season the club/he was always out of
pocket as pitches and nets had to be paid in advance, at the moment this was not a problem
but the club needed to be aware of this. The accounts and bid were agreed. |
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The treasurer had also
been informed that all treasurers accounts at the Nationwide Building
Society were likely to be closed in 2020. He said that if this was
the case he would be given 90 days' notice to move the clubs
account to another bank. The AGM agreed that he should use his
discretion to move the clubs account to a relevant bank account.
It was suggested that he investigated opening a Santander small
clubs account or maybe a Monzo account.
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Action: Barry Gigg to confirm new bank details with the committee |
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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 Chris Underwood 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-Bickle, Simon Gundry, Ian Moxon, Vijay Anand, Steve Meyler, Richard Smith, Dan Forman,
Mike Kamellard, Will Walker, Mark Anderson, James Hewlett, Harish Kumar, George Warren, Chris Underwood. |
| 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 2020 Season |
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There were already 11 confirmed fixtures for 2020.
Vijay was planning a similar amount of fixtures as last year. It was hoped that as many Superstars'
players could attend a pre-tour game on 3 May at Shoreham Cricket Club. Once again orange balls
were a must for the early season fixtures. |
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This year's tour would take place over the second
May Bank holiday weekend in Pembrokeshire. There were problems finding a Saturday game so it
was suggested that Steve Meyler be contacted to see if he knew of any Welsh sides that could be
available. It was hoped that a charity sixes tournament could once again be arranged in
regents' park. Dan had stepped down as the organiser but Rob was hoping to take over. |
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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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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. Simon and Rick would investigate publishing them in DCLG and Home Office
buildings. JM would arrange for them in DfT. |
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Action: Jason Marchant, Simon and Rick 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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There being no other business the meeting closed at 6.50pm. |
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Jason Marchant, Secretary. |
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