Present: Saqib Ahmed, Mike Burge, Martin Cartledge, Simon Gooch, Tony Hewston,
Zamir Khan, Matthew Stevenson, Dan Webb

Apologies: David Banner, Murray Scott


Matters Arising From Previous Minutes

• TVL ground and pitch markings: these have now been published in the 2003 handbooks, we came 44th out of 49 on the square, which is disappointing, but 12th out of 49 on the outfield, which is a fairer reflection of the outstanding work put in by our groundsmen.
• TVL AGM report: the revised league rules have also been published in the 2003 handbooks.
• Sir Ali memorabilia for the club web page: there has been no progress on this.
• Open day: this was a qualified success only, as the event was not properly publicised in the Buckinghamshire Advertiser.
• Spring Ball: the event itself was a great success, but cricket participation was slightly disappointing and the cricket awards for the 2002 season were not presented on the evening itself.
• Scoreboard: this has been successfully relocated to the corner of the ground, at ten o’clock from the clubhouse.


Cricket Report

• Overseas players: Adnan Khan has still not been able to get his visa from the British Embassy in Pakistan. There has been no further progress on an overseas player for the 1st XI.
• Teas: Sharon Douglas is doing the teas on Saturdays, Dan Webb’s girlfriend is doing them for the Sunday 2nd XI matches, and the Sunday 1st XI will implement a rota.
• President’s Day: Matthew Stevenson said that he had had some preliminary discussions with Sam Machin about this year’s event.
• Availability: this has been patchy, but better than this time last year; the Saturday 2nd XI and Sunday 1st XI have had the most difficulties.
• Match reports: we have had a steady start to the season, with a win and two defeats for the 1st XI and a win, a draw and a defeat for the 2nd XI.
• Newsletters: Matthew Stevenson and Neil Turner are working on an improved newsletter for the 2003 season.


Treasurer’s Report

• Current balance: in his absence, Murray Scott let it be known that the current balance is circa £300, taking into consideration the payment of the TVL balls and handbooks bill, and the match fees for the first two weeks of the season.
• CPSA Spring Ball: Mike Burge said that he still had some outstanding monies to collect.
• ECB raffle: Matthew Stevenson said that he would organise this event again this summer. Martin L. White has very kindly donated a bat, signed by Warwickshire C.C.C., as an additional prize.


Social Report

• Beer festival: Mike Burge said that the next social event in the calendar is a beer festival on Saturday, 24th May.


Ground Report

• Covers: the CPSA board has not approved the capital expenditure for the covers, so it was agreed that we will have to make do with the slightly damaged tarpaulin cover for another season.
• Square and outfield: the square has been slow and damp so far, but this is hardly surprising given the recent weather and ongoing lack of covers. The outfield is in immaculate condition.
 

Any Other Business

• New vice presidents: the committee will nominate Mark Pearce, John Tamplin and Ken Hewston to the CPSA board as new vice presidents.
• CPSA board proposals: Matthew Stevenson communicated two proposals to the cricket committee, the first to increase annual subscriptions to pay for a full time bar steward, and the second to change the make up of the board itself.
• Next meeting: this will take place on Wednesday, 4th June, 8.00pm, in the clubhouse.