Present: Matthew Stevenson, Simon Gooch, David Peters, Andrew Amor, Zamir Khan, Saqib Ahmed, Satish     Sharma, Rahul Punj

Apologies: Tony Hewston, Murray Scott, Phil Noot, David Banner

Matters Arising From Previous Minutes

·         There has been no further progress on the 2001 subscription debtors: John Cooper, Richard Heath and Matthew Woods.

·         Mudo Ahmed, Rahul Punj and Asif Ahmed still owe £20 each for club shirts.

·         Saqib Ahmed has paid over the outstanding match fee, from the Sunday 1st XI match against Chipperfield.

·         The outstanding £100 from the merger with Sir Ali has still not been paid into the club bank account, because there is a problem with authorised signatures; it was agreed that the former Sir Ali players would settle this matter privately, in order to remove it from the matters arising.

·         Matthew Stevenson said that the rugby events had been a qualified success; there has been a positive feedback from the hockey section, but support from the cricketers has been disappointing.  Saqib Ahmed and Rahul Punj volunteered to help out at the remaining two events, and Satish Sharma said he would be available for the last one.

·         Matthew Stevenson said that he had volunteered the cricketers to run the bar for the hockey section at their annual dinner on Saturday, 13th April.  Matthew Stevenson, David Banner and Andrew Amor have so far volunteered for this job.

·         Matthew Stevenson said that, unfortunately, the colts managers’ coaching courses were cancelled at the last minute, by the organisers.

·         Saqib Ahmed said that he had located the missing Sunday 1st XI scorebook at Sidley, and is making arrangements to retrieve it.

·         Matthew Stevenson said that three ground work parties have been arranged, for the Sunday mornings before the indoor net sessions, which are on 17th and 24th March, and 7th April.

·         Matthew Stevenson added that the dates of the indoor nets have been widely advertised, in the newsletter, on the web page and by email reminders.

·         There has been no further progress on the advertising boards idea, this is now an action point for the CPSA board.

·         Saqib Ahmed said that his brother, Asif, had purchased twelve cricket balls in Pakistan @ £3 each.

Treasurer’s Report

·         In Murray Scott’s absence, there was nothing to report.

Ground Report

·         David Banner is looking into the possibility of buying an electronic scoreboard.  It would cost up to £3,000 to purchase and install.  David Banner has offered to pay for this, with the club paying him back at an indefinite time in the future.

·         There has been no further progress re employing a groundsman for the coming season, but David Banner has been discussing this matter with various interested parties, and is planning to make a proposal to the CPSA board in the near future.

Cricket Report

·         Matthew Stevenson said that he had written a spring newsletter, and had sent it out to all club members, either by email or post.

·         There was a long discussion about the opening day event on Saturday, 20th April.  It was agreed that the disco should be cancelled, because it could result in us losing money on the event, which we cannot afford at the moment.  The cricket will probably be a six-a-side competition, but this is dependent on numbers.  There will be tea and biscuits in mid afternoon, followed by a cold buffet and the presentation of the annual awards in the evening.  It was agreed that everyone would chase up cricket members and encourage them to commit to the event; Matthew Stevenson will maintain a spreadsheet so that we can get a good idea of numbers before the event.  It is important that the buffet and awards part of the evening goes ahead, even if the weather and ground conditions do not permit any cricket to be played.

·         Simon Gooch has been working on the recruitment poster.  He said that he needs to add a directions map, before getting the posters printed.  The posters then need to be distributed to local notice boards, such as the library, community centre and leisure centre.

·         Saqib Ahmed agreed to take on the job of press secretary for the 2002 season.

·         Matthew Stevenson reiterated that we need a cricket representative on the CPSA social committee.  However, nobody has so far felt able to volunteer for this position.

·         There was a discussion about cricket teas.  It was agreed that we need to do them ourselves this season, in order to maximise income from match fees.  This is an extra burden on the team captains, which is unfortunate.  Hopefully, we may be in a position to employ an outside contractor in the 2003 season.

·         Matthew Stevenson said that we needed a rota for the teas, bar duty and helping out with the colts; he said that he would create an appropriate spreadsheet and publish it on the club web page.

Fixtures Report

·         Matthew Stevenson said that David Banner had almost finished the fixture booklets.

Any Other Business

·         Wednesday, 10th April was pencilled in as the provisional date for the next meeting.