Chalfont St. Peter Cricket Club: Minutes, 18th February, 2004

Present: Matthew Stevenson (chairman), Saqib Ahmed, David Banner, Zamir Khan, David Peters, Rahul Punj, Murray Scott, Dan Webb

Apologies: Phil Noot, Chris N. Yoxall

Matters Arising From Previous Minutes and AGM

• Award trophies: David Peters said that he had recovered three more of the trophies, which leaves three still missing. Matthew Stevenson said that we should put off engraving and presentation until the missing trophies have been recovered.
• Indoor nets: Saqib Ahmed said that he had still not managed to arrange any indoor nets; Brunel University is fully booked, he will try Chalfont Leisure Centre next.
• Missing photograph: the photograph, which was lent to the TVL re the Burnham disciplinary incident, has still not been returned. David Banner said that the person to chase was Trevor Wood, of the Home Counties Premier League; Matthew Stevenson agreed to take this action point.
• AGM: the meeting was well attended and the four new positions of Ground Manager, Fund Raising Manager, Teams Manager and CPSA Board Rep were all filled.

Cricket Report

• Overseas players: Matthew Stevenson said that Buckinghamshire University College had been in touch to say that they were making a second attempt to start their Cricket Diploma course, and possibly had a number of overseas players from Sri Lanka looking for games on a Saturday. Zamir Khan said that he hoped to get two overseas players from India, one for the 1st XI and one for the 2nd XI, with no financial or accommodation commitment to the club. Matthew Stevenson said that Adnan Khan had been in touch re playing for us again in 2004, but he would need free accommodation and this was not available at the moment. It was agreed that Zamir’s option was the best one for the club. Matthew Stevenson will write to Buckinghamshire University College and try to keep that option open as an alternative, and will also send an email to Adnan Khan telling him the current position.
• Juniors: in the absence of Phil Noot, there was no report.

Treasurer’s Report

• Current balance: Murray Scott said that the current balance was £80.
• Bank account: David Peters said that he would arrange for a cricket account to be opened with Barclays; we are currently still using the old NatWest account, which is inconvenient for a number of reasons, including changing the authorised signatures and transferring money to and from the CPSA account.

Fixtures Report

• Progress: Dan Webb said that he had had a couple of cancellations, which had set him back a bit, but the fixture lists were almost complete.
• President’s Day: Dan Webb said that he had not yet agreed a date with the club president, Sam Machin.

Ground Report

David Banner is going abroad for two months and gave the following handover report:

• His father, Peter, will manage all ground affairs during his absence. He will also keep a spare key for the container.
• Thatch: the chemical to remove the thatch has still not been applied but hopefully will be in the near future.
• Square: Shabir Ahmed will take on the role of square groundsman in 2004; a sum of £3500 was agreed.
• Outfield: we have three quotations to cut the outfield: from Chenies Landscapes, from Paul, the assistant groundsman at Gerrards Cross Golf Club, and from Peter, the Taylormade barman. The committee felt that Paul was the best option because he has the professional skills and enthusiasm to do the job well. The quotations include the Wilson Bowden football pitch; the cricket committee would be quite happy if a different contractor was used for the football pitch.
• Roller: the idea of replacing the diesel engine with a petrol one has, temporarily at least, been discarded. Zamir Khan and Shabir Ahmed will fit the “short term solution”, an aluminium tray to catch the leaking oil, within the next week.
• Moles: David Banner will chase up the Gerrards Cross Golf Club groundsman re dealing with the moles problem on the far side of the outfield.
• Sightscreen parts: we have £500 worth of parts, from last year’s insurance claim, to make a third sightscreen. David Banner estimated that we would need a further £150 of parts to make the sightscreen. However, we currently have neither the financial resource nor the available labour to do this, so it was agreed that a work party should be arranged to move them into the back of the container. David banner said that there was some other stuff in the container, such as lighting from the old squash courts and old machinery, which needs to be cleared out and thrown away first to create the space. Rahul Punj took the action to organise an appropriate work party.
• Covers: there has been no further news on when the frames may be delivered.

Fund Raising Report

• Fixture booklets: Zamir Khan reported that these are progressing well. Advertisements will need to be in by the end of February, and a final fixture list will also be needed at this time. Saqib Ahmed said that it would be nice to get some more advertisements from Chalfont St. Peter based businesses.
• Euro 2004 Quiz: Matthew Stevenson brought Nigel Shaw’s template form to the meeting and handed it over to Saqib Ahmed, who will try to produce an electronic form. Matthew Stevenson said that this event will need to be promoted in May.
• ECB Raffle: Matthew Stevenson said that he would order tickets for this event again this year and suggested that it should be promoted in July and August.
• Summer barbecues: Saqib Ahmed said that he would look at the fixture list and choose two or three appropriate dates for these events.

Social Report

• In the absence of Mike Burge, there was no report.

Any Other Business

• Honorary life members proposal: it was agreed that David Peters will propose that Martin Stevens and Eric Stevenson should be made honorary life members of the club at the next CPSA board meeting.
• Next meeting: this will take place on Wednesday, 17th March, 8.00pm, in the clubhouse.