SALTAIRE CRICKET CLUB MINUTES OF

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF 04/04/2009.

Present: Ed Duguid (Chair), Simon Hicks(Vice-Chair), Geoff Porter (Sec), Jeff Driver, Beverley Porter, Emily Porter, Mick Brannan (Manor Coating Systems), Mick Robinson, Marcus Robinson, Lee Robinson, Julien Young, Tom Slater, Wendy McQuillan, David Smith, Rashid Iqbal, Billy Ricketts, Adam Butt, Joe Hicks, David Thornton, Javid Umarji, Ijaz Khan and Usman Munir.

Apologies:Jack Sanderson, Toni Robinson, Kim Robinson, Caroline Thornton, Rob Worsnop, Pat McKelvey, Tim Wontner-Smith & Robert Rhodes.

The meeting was held in the Half-Moon commencing at 11-30 am

Ed Duguid presided at the meeting as President Jack Sandersonwas unable to attend.

Best Wishes were also sent to Jacqui Young who had been profoundly ill since September 2008.

Deaths of Members in past year.

None reported.

Presidents Address

None formally given although Jack sent his best wishes and congratulations to the club.

Minutes of 2008 AGM – were read and accepted. Proposed Simon Hicks and Seconded Mick Robinson.

Matters Arising

None not on the agenda.

Chairman’s Report

Ed Duguid started by thanking everyone who helped the club this year. He thought it important to record the club’s performance in all competitions in 2008 (Results taken from the web-site)

Team / Played / Won / Drawn / Lost
1st X1 / 23 / 7 / 1 / 15
2nd X1 / 18 / 12 / 0 / 6
Under 17s / 11 / 10 / 0 / 1
Under 15s / 11 / 4 / 0 / 7
Under 13s / 11 / 5 / 0 / 6

The Under 17s were our most successful side. The weather so bad that 23 matches were either abandoned or did not start. If it had not been for this the Under17s would have easily won their League.

1st Team -‘The blooming of our youth policy’ as we brought in: Tom Slater, Nadeem Mohammed, Tuseif Arshad, Awais Ijaz, as regulars with Benny Arshad and Tom Forster guesting.

2nd Team - Captained by Rob Worsnop the Team contained 7 or 8 youngsters below the age of 19. Tom Forster was congratulated for winning the Bradford League best fielding prize for second teams.

U17s – contained many promising youngsters with 4 players selected for the Bradford League Joe Lumb side, 5 have been nominated for 2009.Special mention to Govinder Bargota who won the Bradford Junior Cricket League bowling prize and our Harry Bilney trophy.

U15s – also have lots of promise and are aiming for more success in 2009.

U13s many good players are moving up to the Under 515s next season

Ed conveyed his thanks to all the Team Managers, Coaches, Captains and Umpires for their contribution to this success:

1st X1 – the ‘dynamic duo’ Simon Hicks and Ijaz Khan

2nd X1 – Robert Worsnop, Tom Forster & Mick Robinson

U17s – Rakesh Bargota

U15s – Rakesh Bargota and Wendy McQuillan

U13s – Geoff Porter and Mick Robinson

U12s – Paul Connelley

U11s – Bernard McLoughlin and Stuart Horrell

U9s - Julien Young

Umpires: Gareth Welch, Ashley Free & Simon Hicks and also new this year Rash Iqbal.

He also thanked all the players for their efforts during the season.

Groundwork

Over the past 2 years £40,000 has been invested on the square from monies from the ECB; £9,000 on a new outfield mower and also money for new covers from Bradford Council.

Ed conveyed his thanks to Billy Ricketts, who is ‘a brilliant groundsman’. He also thanked Julien Young for his help. Jeff Driver and John Martin had both volunteered their help for 2009.

Scorebox – Ed thanked Pat McKelvey and Ken Robson for helping to solve the problem with the Scorebox.

Club Committee members and Executive Committee Members were all thanked for their hard work for ensuring that the club is well run.

Catering – Julien Young was thanked for doing such a good job as catering manager and for making such a good profit for the club. The work of Simon & Ijaz for keeping the cafe going in winter was also praised as were volunteers including: Diane Hicks, Beverley Porter, Kim Robinson, Jo Morgan and everyone else that gave their time.

Ed observed that the club seems to have a wealth of helpers.

Music in the Park–were a success in 2008, unfortunately due to the refurbishment of the Park there will be no concerts in the Park in 2009.

Quad-e-azam Team – Ed also thanked Ijaz for helping to put on these matches which boosted sales on Sundays in the cafe.

Matchday Programme – regarded as the best in the Bradford League thanks to the excellent articles written by Reg Nelson and to Geoff Porter for helping to produce it. Sponsors and Advertisers were also thanked as were Simon for helping to obtain advertisers.

Fundraising

Ed thanked Robin Hill for his efforts since his time at the club and who was stepping down as Commercial Manager.

We had held Table-top sales every month at the Victoria Hall for which Jeff Driver and Simon Hicks were both thanked. We have placed an advert for a new fundraiser to bring in new income streams. Also mentioned in dispatches for their fundraising efforts were: Ijaz, Geoff, Beverley, Julien and Billy. The table-tops were also improved by having live music and a cash draw with thousands of leaflets delivered locally to advertise the sales.

We held a bag-pack at ASDA in January 2009 when £498 wasraised and again everyone who took part was thanked.

A Quiz Night held in February 2009 at the Caroline Street Club was great fun and also raised £79. Thanks to Simon and Ijaz for organising the event.

The Junior and Senior Presentation Night was successful and also raised £82 for club funds and was sponsored by Pace micro-electronics and Manningham Housing Association.

120 people attended our The Sporting Dinner held in March 2009 with Gladstone Small and Ernie Coe speaking where we also made over £1000.

Ed then talked about the other events and activities we held:

School Festivals –we only run one this year due to the refurbishment of the Park, for Primary Schools on 8thJune. Particular thanks were given to Ijaz Khan, Simon Hicks, Julien and Tim Wontner-Smith for their help for the 2008 Festivals.

Bradford West Cricket Development group – we are well represented which comprises of 25 cricket clubs with Ed as its chair.

Printing & Design – Pat McKelvey was thanked for his work as were Mr & Mrs Harper for their offer of help in 2009.

Club Web-site – Geoff was thanked as the administrator and every involved for keeping the site up to date with results and scorecards.

Photography – Rakesh Bargota’s skills were also praised particularly for his team photographs

Our main sponsor Manor Coating Systems and their Director of Operations Mick Brannan were thanked for their financial support and also for providing paint for our Cricketforce Event.

Our many ball and match sponsors were also thanked for supporting the club.

Roberts Park Refurbishment

Ed then outlined the plan for the refurbishment of the Park which had commenced in February 2009. The Paths around the ground will be re-laid and tarmaced in time for the start of the 2009 season.

The Half-Moon cafe will be handed over to the contractors, Casey Construction at the end of the season when it will be gutted and knocked into one. There will toilets installed. From April 2010 the Council want the cafe to be open on a daily basis. Over the coming few months the Committee will have to look into the best way of doing this either running the cafe ourselves or as a franchise.

This season will be difficult due to the disruption but this will be worthwhile as by April 2010 the Park and all the buildings will be fully restored. There will be plenty of new benches and a picnic area on the embankment adjacent to the cricket field.

Lots of other clubs envy the number of volunteers we have in the club about 50-60 different people but we could do so much more with additional volunteers. On the playing side the future of a club like ours is the youth and it is good to see this policy paying off.

A vote of thanks was given to Ed for his exceptional work.

Proposed Geoff Porter Seconded Simon Hicks

Financial Report

A report by Robert Rhodes, the club auditor and a copy of the club accounts prepared by Club Treasurer Caroline Thornton were distributed and read out. Once again the club has got through financially by the support of our sponsors and generosity of individuals.

The accounts will be filled with the minutes.

Ed Duguid stated that ‘the club has cut its cloth according to its income and will continue to do so’.

Financial Report was accepted. Proposed: Simon Hicks, Seconded: Billy Ricketts

A vote of thanks was also given to Caroline Thornton and Robert Rhodes.

Election of Officers

Last year’s officers and Committee were unanimously re-elected on block Proposed Billy Ricketts Seconded Mick Brannan:

Chairman: Ed Duguid

Simon Hick’s (Vice-Chair),

Geoff Porter (Secretary),

Caroline Thornton (Treasurer) and

Reg Nelson (Bradford League representative).

Committee:

Ijaz Khan and Rob Worsnop are ex-officio members as is Commercial manager (Robin Hill)

Plus:

Robert Rhodes

Julien Young

Billy Ricketts

Mick Robinson

Jeff Driver

Election of Trustees:

No election until 2010 as all elected in 2008 for 5 years.

Motions

None received

A.O.B
  1. First Team playing Beverley Town away on Saturday 10th April.
  2. Easter Monday First Team playing an Under 17 side
  3. 20-20 League commences in May with 4 consecutive home matches.
  4. Offer from the author Tony Barker to give us a talk on his new book ‘Cricket’s Wartime Sanctuary’ about the Bradford League in the 2 World Wars including Saltaire’s very important role.

The Meeting closed at approximately 12-39 pm. Everyone was thanked for their attendance.

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