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

Apologies: Zamir Khan, David Peters, Murray Scott, Chris N. Yoxall


Matters Arising

• Open day & club supper: the open day was a success with several new members coming down; the club supper in the evening was poorly attended by the cricketers, which was disappointing.
• Clubhouse keys: Matthew Stevenson said that he had asked Chris Blamey to provide three new key sets for the junior managers.
• TVCL Captains Meeting: Zamir Khan was unable to attend this meeting and we have duly been fined £20.
• Fixture booklets: the booklets have now arrived and are very good; Zamir Khan will collect the sponsorship monies as soon as possible.
• Overseas players: we will probably not have any overseas players this year due to visa problems.


Cricket

• Availability: this has been a little patchy in the early weeks of the season; we have not yet fielded a Sunday 1st XI, but the three other teams have played all their matches, weather permitting.
• Results: the Saturday 1st XI has started very well, winning three and drawing one of its four matches so far; the Saturday 2nd XI has not fared so well, losing both its matches so far with weakened teams; the Sunday 2nd XI has had a good start with two wins and two defeats from four matches.
• Teas: the teas are of a very high quality and have been well received by everyone.
• Bar: the bar has been open during and after matches, and those who used to man it have been greatly enjoying not having to do so this season!
• Juniors: in the absence of Phil Noot, there was no report; however, it is understood that one of the teams, the Under 13s, is struggling because a manager has not been found amongst the parents, as had been hoped.


Finance

• Match fees: these are all up to date apart from the first Saturday 1st XI match at home to Ashford and the Sunday 2nd XI match skippered by Neal Collins. However, there seems to be a worrying trend of players owing money from one week to the next, which makes life hard for the captains.
• TVCL balls and handbooks: this bill has been paid.
• Annual subscriptions: Matthew Stevenson reiterated that there would be a surcharge for anyone who failed to pay their annual subscriptions by 1st June, and that priority in selection will be given to those players who have paid their subscriptions after this date.


Fund Raising

• Euro 2004 Quiz: Saqib Ahmed said that this would be launched this week.
• Summer barbecues: Matthew Stevenson asked Saqib Ahmed to organise some dates for these events as soon as possible.


Ground

• Square: Matthew Stevenson said that so far it had played as well as we could have hoped; David Banner will purchase 25 bags of topsoil @ £4 each, seed @ £100 and some white liner (so far, he has bought some but not all of these items); he will also speak to Gerrards Cross Golf Club re wormkiller, the cost is expected to be circa £200.
• Outfield: Matthew Stevenson said that the outfield looked reasonably good although not as good as last year, for example, there are clumps of cut grass left lying around; but he added that we have to understand that we now have an external contractor cutting the grass and he is not paid to do the extra work which David Banner has done in recent seasons. David Banner also said that there were “leather jackets” on the outfield, and a chemical @ circa £100 was needed to get rid of them.
• Roller: David Banner and Shabir Ahmed took the roller apart and repaired it last week, a monumental three day task. Matthew Stevenson thanked them for their efforts and invited them to go out for dinner at the club’s expense as a token of our gratitude. David Banner said that we may still need to purchase a replacement roller or engine in the not too distant future.
• Mowers: these have now been repaired and a bill of £250 has been received and paid.
• Boundary rope: David Banner asked the captain of the last match played over the weekend (usually but not always Sunday) to make sure that the boundary rope is brought in and put away, to make life easier for Paul Gethin when he cuts the outfield.
• Bar deliveries: David Banner said that there were problems with bar deliveries being left in the garage, because it made it difficult for Paul Gethin to get the lawn mower out; Matthew Stevenson said that he would raise this matter with the CPSA board.
• End of season work: Matthew Stevenson asked David Banner to make some plans for the autumn re what machinery is required and how best to use work party labour.
• Non turf wicket: Dan Webb raised the possibility of putting down a non turf strip on the edge of the square; Matthew Stevenson said that we had considered this in the past, but there were as many cons as pros and the most likely venue for a non turf pitch would be a 3rd XI ground if we can secure one.


Fixtures

• Midweek: Dan Webb said that he was leaving the midweek fixtures open at the moment and would assess demand over the next few weeks.
• Indian touring team: Saqib Ahmed said that Bashir Ahmed wanted to hire the ground for the Indian touring matches again this summer; Matthew Stevenson said that he needed to finalise the dates as soon as possible, bearing in mind that there are several external events in the diary this summer, and also said that we would want the money in advance this time.
• President’s Day: Dan Webb said that he had still not been able to finalise a date with Sam Machin.
• “Power” Cricket Day: Dan Webb said that he was organising this event, an internal six-a-side competition, for Saturday, 11th September; the possibility of an Indian barbecue in the evening was discussed; Matthew Stevenson asked Dan Webb to liaise with the hockey committee because he thought that they were staging their own open day events over this weekend.


Any Other Business

• Next meeting: Wednesday, 14th July, 8.00pm in the clubhouse.