CHESHIRE GIRLS LEAGUE
MANAGEMENT/LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY 5 February 2013
AT MOSS FARM, NORTHWICH, 8.00 PM
MINUTES
1) Members Present, Bradwell Belles, Chester & District Girls, Crewe & Nantwich
Girls, Crosfields Juniors, Davenham JFC, Egerton FC, Ellesmere Port Girls, Frodsham Juniors, Halton Girls, Lymm Rovers, Macclesfield Junior Tigers, Macclesfield Town Ladies, Northwich Vickies, Queensgate FC, Sandbach Utd, Stockport County, Vulcan Juniors, Winsford Diamonds.
2) Apologies for absence: T Malone
Members Not Present: Frodsham Juniors FC
3) Cheshire FA information: (presented by Stephanie Knott)
a) FA Community Awards which are recognition for work done in grassroots
football. We need to get nominations in as soon as possible. For: FA young
volunteer, volunteer within a club, FA Coach, FA Charter Standard Community
Club, League of the Year. Nominations can be done on the FA website. All clubs
are encouraged to put forward deserving individuals.
b) Reminder that All Club Secretaries should complete the annual health check. The deadline is the end of February. This will then provide assistance for affiliation. Try to do it on line. Dawn Georgeson is the person to contact for for assistance. She will talk you through the procedure over the telephone.
c) Following a meeting with the Ladies’ Superleague club, Liverpool Ladies FC, they are prepared to send two players to attend your training sessions to help with coaching and to do a question and answer session. (preferably on a Thursday night). Contact Steph for more details.
d) Prior to the Superleague matches which take place at the Stobart Stadium in Widnes, they are organising an U10s and U12s tournament that will run nacross the season. The winners will get to be the mascot at the Liverpool v Everton match at the stadium. There may even be live TV coverage. Let Steph know if your club is interested in taking part.
e) Dan Ryder is leaving the FA. The position is vacant. Debbie Kendall has already left the FA. You can follow Cheshire FA on twitter and they also have a Facebook page.
4) Minutes of the previous meeting - Held 27 November 2012 - Proposed by
Macclesfield Town, Seconded by Lymm Rovers.
5) Matters Arising – The U8s sessions will probably now take place in March and April.
Dates to be decided with Debbie Kendall.
6) Correspondence: Contact from the chair of the inter-League chair to arrange the
competition hopefully starting in March. Information about (7v7) summer tournament at
Bispham, Blackpool on June 1 (http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/bjff)
7) Treasurer’s Report: Money in account at 1 February 2013- £1696.79p. The first half of
the season’s pitch fee invoices and minimum number of player registration invoices will
be sent out by the end of February. We now need to look at purchasing trophies.
8) Registrations’ Secretary’s Report: There are 716 players registered with the League.
U10s:110 U12s:202 U14s:204 U16s:201
The deadline for transferring players has now passed but registration of new players does
not close until 31 March.
Discussion of reinstating the U18s League occurred. Both Bradwell and Crosfield
expressed interest in playing in that next season. Clubs who will not have sufficient
players for next season should group together to form one team. For the next meeting
could all clubs provide numbers of players they are likely to maintain in each age group.
9) League Fixtures’ Secretary’s Report: Please check the website regularly for fixture
changes. When current competitions have finished, the League will look at arranging a
knock out cup for U10s, U12s. U14s and U16s still have to complete fixtures as well as
compete in the County Cup. Again the league will look at what can be arranged for them.
10) Secretary’s report including referees:
a) 9 v 9 goals - The advice issued at the last meeting is still not being adhered to. Yet again the retaining barrels being removed and going missing. Children helping to carry the goals instead of adults. Thisa is not acceptable and guidelines will be issued.
b) Respect Barriers Again, these are not being returned in the bags. Please get your coaches to put everything back in the bags.
c) Kick off times - Please do not ask a referee to delay the kick off time. If you have the minimum number of players, you must start the game on time. If a referee finds that kick off is delayed, the time played can be reduced by them and will be reported to the League.
d) Respect Meeting for all team coaches - Dates have now been given. It will now
take place on April 9. Time to be agreed and it will be at Cheshire FA Headquarters. Every team coach from all age groups should attend. Please make sure everyone is aware.
e) Pitch Consultation with Cheshire FA and Brio Leisure – To enable us to play more 9v9 football next season and to avoid restricting the number of 11v11 U14s and U16s teams, there is the possibility of the U16s games being moved to Knight’s Grange at Winsford which is also run by Brio leisure. This will be considered in the closed season when we have confirmation of team numbers.
11) League Welfare Officer’s Report - Nothing to report.
12) AOB: The clubs were asked to consider how they wanted the trophies to distributed.
It was agreed that clubs were happy to distribute the individual trophies themselves but would like a formal presentation of the Main trophy. This will be considered further when we get closer to the end of the season.
13) Date of Next Meeting Tuesday 26 March 2013 Please remember to return any cups outstanding at this meeting. If not there will be a £50 fine
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