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Chalfont St. Peter Cricket
Club: Minutes, 18th August, 2004
Present: Matthew Stevenson (chairman), David Banner, Phil Noot, David
Peters, Rahul Punj, Satish Sharma
Apologies: Mike Burge, Zamir Khan, Murray Scott, Chris N. Yoxall
Matters Arising
Saturday 1st XI captaincy: matters have been resolved and Zamir Khan will
continue until the end of the season.
Annual awards: Matthew Stevenson said that we would have to write off the
missing trophies after this years annual dinner, and suggested that it
might be a good time to review how many awards we should retain. Rahul Punj
suggested that, in the future, the awards should not be taken away but
rather kept in a safe place at the club, perhaps in a display unit or maybe
on the top shelf behind the bar.
Fixture booklets: the remaining £700 is still outstanding; Zamir Khan has
promised to pay over this money when he returns from his holiday.
Cricket balls: Zamir Khan will purchase some more balls on holiday in
Pakistan.
Euro 2004 Quiz: this was abandoned due to a very poor response and all
monies were returned to those who did enter.
Presidents Day: Matthew Stevenson said that this had been a great
success.
Indian touring match: Matthew Stevenson said that the correct procedures
had not been followed re the match which took place on Thursday, 4th August;
he reminded all committee members that when making external bookings, the
dates need to be checked with three parties:
o the cricket fixture secretary (Dan Webb) and groundsman
o the CPSA social director (Caroline Chipperfield)
o the caterers and bar staff (Taylormade)
Availability & Results
Availability: this has away recently, not helped by injuries to three 1st
XI players. We have though fielded two teams regularly on both Saturday and
Sunday, and also managed to play a Saturday 3rd XI match two weeks ago.
Results: the Saturday 1st XI is placed 6th out of 10 in Division 2B of the
TVCL; the Saturday 2nd XI is placed 8th out of 10 in Division 4B. The Sunday
1st XI has had a run of defeats in the MASL but all the games have been
competitive and enjoyable. The Sunday 2nd XI is playing every week and had a
good win against Dunstable Town III at the weekend.
TVCL administration: the 1st XI has been incurring a number of unnecessary
fines recently, for example, not ringing in the result before 9.00pm and not
sending in the result sheet on time. Matthew Stevenson said that this was a
stupid waste of money and was also worried that the club may face
disciplinary action at the end of the season; he said that he had asked
Zamir Khan to address this matter.
Juniors: Phil Noot said that the juniors had not had the best of seasons,
partly due to the poor weather (full report to follow). He was also worried
that not enough of the older boys were being offered games in the senior XIs;
Matthew Stevenson said that we needed to address this as a matter of urgency
next season. On a more positive note, Phil Noot said that we had fielded
five teams regularly this season (from Under 11 through to Under 15), and
that he has a parent lined up to take on the Under 11s next season. Matthew
Stevenson said that we needed to think about coaching courses for junior
players during the winter.
Fixtures
Sunday 1st XI fixtures 2005: Zamir Khan has asked for more early season
fixtures next season; this will be discussed in more detail at the next
meeting.
Over 40s v. Under 40s: Matthew Stevenson suggested that it might be a nice
idea to add this traditional fixture to the calendar next season.
Power cricket day: this has been arranged for Saturday, 11th September,
but in the absence of Dan Webb no further details were available.
Finance
Match fees: in the absence of Murray Scott, it was not clear whether these
were all up to date. However, given that we have approximately £3500 in the
bank, it would seem that the monies are coming in!
Annual subscriptions: the main debtors at the moment (of those who have
played three or more matches) are Salman Khan, Dean Page, Sohail Ijaz,
Jonathan Lindsay, Malcolm Upton and John Woods.
Fund Raising
ECB raffle: Matthew Stevenson reported that this had generated a profit of
£461; the only disappointing aspect was that only 19 club members sold even
part of their ticket allocations.
Summer barbecues: there is another event planned for Saturday week, 21st
August, but in the absence of Saqib Ahmed, no further details were
available.
Social Report
End of season dinner: in the continued absence of Mike Burge, there has
been no further progress on this event; Matthew Stevenson said that he would
take over responsibility for organising it. It will take place in the
clubhouse, provisionally on Friday, 15th October. The cost will be
approximately £15 per head. Matthew Stevenson asked all the captains to
start drumming up support for the event.
Ground
Square: David Banner said that the square has played poorly in the last
few weeks; this is mainly due to the poor weather and is not the fault of
the groundsman.
Outfield: David Banner reported that there is a problem on the far side of
the ground with dead grass and moss, and unevenness on both sides of the
ground square of the wicket.
Boundary rope: David Banner said that the boundary rope was still not
always being put away properly after matches.
Scarifying machine: David Banner reported that the blades would need
sharpening in the not too distant future and the cost could be as much as
£800. It was agreed that the machine has so far been doing a terrific job
and has become almost invaluable. David Banner said that there was a
possibility of obtaining some second hand replacement blades via the golf
club.
CPSA Board Report
3rd XI ground: David Peters reported that the CPSA Board seemed unaware of
how cricket wanted to proceed on this issue. Matthew Stevenson said that he
was surprised to hear this, as he had sent an email explaining the
committees view that it was not financially viable.
Any Other Business
Bar opening times: Rahul Punj asked for clarification on when the bar
should be open and when not; Matthew Stevenson said that he would ask for
clarification from the CPSA board.
Next meeting: Wednesday, 15th September, 8.00pm in the clubhouse.
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