Present: David Banner (chairman), David Peters, Matthew Stevenson, Saqib Ahmed,
Rahul Punj

Apologies: Simon Gooch, Murray Scott, Mike Burge, Zamir Khan

Matters Arising From Previous Minutes

• The previous meeting, scheduled for 11th December, was cancelled at the last minute because only Matthew Stevenson and Simon Gooch were able to attend!
• Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College: Matthew Stevenson said that there had been no further progress on their proposal.

Cricket Report

• TVL AGM report: David Banner said that he had attended the meeting and promised to circulate a report by email.
• Overseas players: there was a long discussion on our overseas player options for the 2003 season; various options were discussed but no decision was made.
• Midweek captain: Saqib Ahmed said that he would take on this role in the absence of any other volunteers.

Fixtures Report

• Friendlies: Matthew Stevenson said that he had filled most of the dates for the friendly fixtures.
• Midweek: Matthew Stevenson said that he had arranged one midweek fixture, and hoped to find a couple more in the near future.
• President’s Day: it was agreed that this will take place on Friday, 25th July, 2003.

Treasurer’s Report

• In the absence of Murray Scott, there was nothing to report.

Social Report

• In the absence of Mike Burge, there was nothing to report.

Ground Report

• TVL ground and pitch markings: we have still not received our annual marks from the TVL.
• Sightscreens: Norwich Union have verbally agreed to settle our insurance claim, £899 for each of the two destroyed sightscreens, and £490 to repair the third one. There was a brief discussion about what type of sightscreen we wanted to order, but Peter Banner explained that a “like for like” replacement would simplify matters with the insurance company, so it was agreed to go for wooden ones rather than steel frames. Matthew Stevenson will order the two new ones from 3-D Cricket, and David Banner will speak to Peter Glen about the repairs to the third one.
• Covers: there has been no further progress on this subject.
• Work parties: these have been well attended, and the new picket fence has almost been completed. Further work parties have been arranged for both Saturday and Sunday this weekend, in the hope of getting the picket fence finished.

Any Other Business

• Framed photographs: Matthew Stevenson said that he was getting two team photographs from the 2002 season, one of the Saturday 1st XI and one of the Saturday 2nd XI, framed for display in the clubhouse. The other old photographs have still not been put up for display in the clubhouse, because it has now been decided that they need to be screwed onto the wall for security purposes.
• Next meeting: there will be an interim meeting on Wednesday, 22nd January, 8.00pm in the clubhouse, to discuss our overseas player options. The next full committee meeting will be on Wednesday, 5th February, 8.00pm, in the clubhouse. The AGM will take place two days later, on Friday, 7th February, again 8.00pm in the clubhouse.