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Chalfont St. Peter Cricket Club: Minutes, 15th September, 2004
Present: Matthew Stevenson (chairman), Saqib Ahmed (part time), David
Banner (part time), Mike Burge (part time), Zamir Khan (part time), Phil
Noot, David Peters, Rahul Punj (part time), Dan Webb, Chris N. Yoxall (part
time)
Apologies: Murray Scott
Matters Arising
Power Cricket Day: Matthew Stevenson said that this had been a very
enjoyable day, although it was relatively poorly attended; he thanked Dan
Webb for his efforts, and hoped that we would have another event next
season, ideally in early or mid season, rather than at the end.
Fixture booklets: Zamir Khan has paid in the remaining £700 on the fixture
booklets.
Cricket balls: Zamir Khan said that the cricket balls, which he has
ordered from Pakistan, have not yet arrived but are expected in the near
future.
Ground
End of season work: David Banner said that the end of season work was
almost complete: the square has been scarified and all that is left is to
put the topsoil on; he estimated the cost of materials as £700.
Levelling the ends: David Banner said that we could level the ends i.e.
try to remove the bowl effect at a cost of circa £150; Paul Gethin, who cuts
the outfield, would be prepared to do this job.
Outfield mower: David Banner reported that the cylinders needed replacing
and estimated the cost at £500; Matthew Stevenson asked David Banner to get
a formal quotation and to then forward it to Chris Blamey, CPSA Ground
Director.
Ground Rep: David Banner resigned from the committee with immediate
effect, saying that he was fed up with being taken for granted by the
club. Matthew Stevenson said that he was very disappointed that he felt this
way, but thanked him for his efforts on the clubs behalf over many years.
David Banner then left the meeting.
Snag list: Matthew Stevenson said that the following items need doing, in
no particular order of importance:
o Remove some overhanging branches, most especially the one which is now
blocking the electronic scoreboard;
o Repair the one broken/faulty panel on the electronic scoreboard;
o Replace a few broken pickets on the fence;
o Repair the shower in the home dressing room, which is hard to turn off;
o Try to get rid of the unpleasant smell from the home dressing room;
o Paint the walls in both dressing rooms and the corridor;
Practice facility: there was another long discussion on how to improve our
practice facilities; Dan Webb said that the ECB had some flex pitches to
give away; Matthew Stevenson asked him to make some enquiries and report
back to the next meeting.
Availability & Results
Results: the Saturday 1st XI finished 7th out of 10 in Division 2B of the
TVCL, which should be good enough to avoid relegation; the Saturday 2nd XI
finished 9th out of 10 in Division 4B, which means that they will almost
certainly be relegated. The Sunday 1st XI finished the season with a run of
defeats as availability tailed off; the Sunday 2nd XI had a good season
without repeating the remarkable run of victories, which they had in 2003.
TVCL administration: the 1st XI has continued to incur fines, for
frustrating things like not sending in the result sheet on time. Matthew
Stevenson said that he thought it likely that we will now face disciplinary
action from the TVCL. David Peters suggested that assigning the
administration to one of the 1st XI players, rather than the captain, who
already has so much on his plate, may resolve this problem next season.
Juniors: Phil Noot said that Keith Neave and one or two of the other
parents of the juniors might be interested in going on an ECB coaching
course; Matthew Stevenson asked him to make some enquiries and report back
to the next meeting.
Fixtures
Sunday 1st XI fixtures 2005: Zamir Khan reiterated that he thought that we
should have more early season fixtures next season; Matthew Stevenson said
that this was fine, but expressed some reservations about whether we would
have good enough availability.
Other fixtures: Matthew Stevenson said that he would like to see two
inter-club events next season, an Over 40s v. Under 40s match and the Power
Cricket Day.
Finance
Match fees: Matthew Stevenson said that, as far as he was aware, the match
fees were all up to date with the exception of the Sunday 2nd XI; Dan Webb
said that he would arrange for the outstanding monies (£212) to be sent to
Murray Scott as soon as possible.
Expenses: Phil Noot said that he had incurred circa £30 of expenses during
the season.
Current balance: bearing in mind all the above, Matthew Stevenson
estimated the current balance to be circa £1500.
Annual subscriptions: Matthew Stevenson said that the debts for Salman
Khan and Sohail Ijaz should be written off as they would appear to have left
the club; if they become available again next season, then they will be
asked to pay up for this season (2004) and the next one (2005) before they
are selected to play. The other debtors are Shazi Chughtai (part), Neal
Collins, Jonathan Lindsay (part), Dean Page and Malcolm Upton; Matthew
Stevenson said that he would chase up Shazi Chughtai and Dean Page; Dan Webb
will chase up the others.
Fund Raising
There are no fund raising events currently planned.
Social Report
End of season dinner: Matthew Stevenson said that he had finalised the
date for this event - Friday, 22nd October, 7.30pm in the clubhouse, and had
agreed a menu and cost with Taylormade; Mike Burge said that he would now
take over the promotion of this event. The Annual Awards will be presented
to the winners from the last three seasons as, for one reason or another,
they were not presented in 2002 and 2003. The 2004 awards were agreed, but
will not be published until the October minutes, in order to maintain an
element of surprise for the Annual Dinner.
CPSA Board Report
Spring Ball monies: David Peters reported that there are still four
cricket debtors from this event. Matthew Stevenson said that he would
continue to chase Shazi Chughtai. There is some doubt about who should be
accountable for the other three tickets, which are officially allocated to
Raf Mughal, Shabir Ahmed and Rahul Punj. Matthew Stevenson acknowledged that
this was an awkward situation, as it is not clear whose responsibility the
debt is, but he asked Zamir Khan and Rahul Punj to try to resolve this by
the next meeting.
Any Other Business
Next meeting: Wednesday, 13th October, 8.00pm in the clubhouse.
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