Present: Simon Seabrook (chairman), Matthew Stevenson, Simon Gooch, David Peters, David Banner, Peter Glen, Richard Heath, Geoffrey Bullock, Phil Noot, Murray Scott, Jo Peters, Annie Brothwell, Zamir Khan, Satish Sharma, Saqib Ahmed, Asif Ahmed, Rahul Punj, Billy Puri, Anil Puri, James Mallinder, Gavin Mander

Apologies: Ken Mander, Sarah Birger, Vin Hall, Adrian Cornish, Martin White

Matters Arising From Previous Minutes

The minutes of the 1999 AGM were read and accepted.

Chairman’s Report

Simon Seabrook submitted a written report.  The main point that he made was that the club should establish a colts development strategy.

Secretary's Report

Matthew Stevenson submitted a written report.  He said that it had been a reasonable season on the field of play, with the four senior XIs all having reasonable seasons and two colts teams, at Under 11 and 12, playing regularly; however, there had been problems during the summer with the ground, especially the outfield, and there was still too much work falling on too few shoulders.

Treasurer’s Report

David Peters submitted written accounts for the year to 30th September, 1999 (see attached).  These showed that the cricket section made a small loss on the year; however, these figures exclude income such as annual subscriptions and outgoings such as the groundsman’s salary, both of which are shown in the overall club accounts.

Club Captains’ Reports

David Banner reported that the Saturday 1st XI had finished 14th out of 20 in Division 2 of the Thames Valley League, which was a little disappointing.  David Peters reported that the Saturday 2nd XI had had its best season for may years and finished 6th out of 18 in Division 3 of the Thames Valley League.  Simon Gooch reported that the Sunday 1st XI had had a very good season with nine wins and six draws from 18 matches.  In the absence of John Cooper, Peter Glen reported that the Sunday 2nd XI had had a reasonable season which included three victories.

Election of Club Officers for 2000

Chairman:                         Simon Seabrook

Secretary:                         Matthew Stevenson

Treasurer:                          Murray Scott

Fixture Secretary:              Matthew Stevenson

Election of Club Captains for 2000

Saturday 1st XI:                 James Mallinder

Saturday 2nd XI:                David Peters

Sunday 1st XI:                   Simon Gooch

Sunday 2nd XI:                  Richard Heath

Election of Committee Members for 2000

David Banner

Peter Glen

Satish Sharma

Saqib Ahmed

Tony Hewston

Annie Brothwell (ladies’ captain)

Phil Noot (colts development)

Any Other Business

Phil Noot proposed that, at future AGMs, the minutes of the previous meeting should be posted on the notice board two weeks before the meeting, rather than the secretary reading them out; this proposal was accepted by the meeting.