Senior Winter Nets

Ten weeks of indoor nets have been booked on Monday nights from 8pm until 9pm at St. Thomas Moore School for senior players.

The first session is on Monday 19 January and the final session is on Monday 30 March.  There will be no nets during February half term (Monday 16 February).

There are two lanes at the school and we may be the first users of this brand new facility.  Attendees are asked to arrive promptly to help set up the nets.

The cost of the nets will be £300 (£30 per session) so the charge will be £3 per person per session (to be paid on the night without fail to guarantee a bat!!).  Ideally, we need around a dozen senior members to attend regularly to raise the funds to pay for the invoice by February half term.

Please can all members log onto the forum and let Nick know how regularly you can attend to allow time for cancelling if there is no interest.

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Minutes of 2008 Buxton Cricket Club AGM:

1/12/08

1.1.            Apologies were received from Messrs Frohwein, Hawley, Smith L, Betts, Eyre.

1.2              Approval of 2007 AGM Minutes          Proposed: N. Smith     Seconded:  Will Annison

2.1       Chairman’s Report      The club had made good progress in many areas but consistent playing success remained elusive. The new league had been enjoyable. Generally the 1st XI’s bowling was good, but the batting was inconsistent. The 2nd XI was also inconsistent but there were some good individual scores. The most encouraging aspect of the club was the progress made by the juniors. All sides won games and the highlight was the Under 17’s reaching the Compstall Cup final. The Chairman thanked the managers, coaches and parents for their efforts. The hard work of Phil Slater and his team in fund raising was also bearing fruit. We now have a new artificial wicket, ready for the 2009 season and a new boundary fence is ready to be installed. It was also encouraging that we ran more social activities including an excellent family fun day and end of season presentation evening. Some progress had been made in achieving Clubmark.

2.2              Treasurer’s Report    Turnover was up and the current balance of £7,817.  Takings from the bar had been ok even with such poor weather. There were 59 members of 200 club, a number that year on year the treasurer hopes to increase.

2.3              Junior Co-ordinator’s Report     Phil Bentley reported on a successful year with all the age groups winning matches. He thanked the managers and parents of age groups for coaching and other assistance. He also thanked Nick Smith for preparing wickets. The highlight had been the U17’s reaching the Compstall Cup final.  It was encouraging that a number of helpers were attending ECB coaching courses during the winter.

2.4              Clubmark Report    Bob Marsden reminded the meeting that ECB Clubmark is cricket’s accreditation scheme in partnership with Sport England. It is a benchmark for high quality community club cricket and the care of juniors. The four themes are: 1. Club Management 2. Duty of Care and Safeguarding Children  3. The Cricket Programme. 4. Sports Equity and Ethics. Some of the outcomes of achieving Clubmark are:

-Engaging the whole club membership (including parents) to support high quality development of junior cricket.

-A well managed cricket club off the pitch, which translates to organised well organised activity on the pitch.

-Eligibility for key funding programmes including ECB’s interest free loans and grant aid opportunities.

-Achieving and maintaining high standards of junior development.

-A culture change within clubs embedding the standards within Clubmark in the every day running of the club.

We are making progress in fulfilling the criteria and Bob asked for the continued support of the club members and parents in working towards this vital accreditation. Tracey Griffin has agreed to be Assistant Club Welfare Officer.

2.5       Grounds Report    Nick Smith reported that the end of season work had been done. The square needed to be sprayed to deal with the worms. The new boundary boards had been delivered. A pre-season work party would install them.

2.6       Fund Raising Report    Phil Slater reported good progress. He also reported on a meeting with Tim Heep from the University of Derby. The university had several courses which involved students offering 200 hours of community involvement either in coaching or in event management. The university were keen to set up an arrangement which would beneficial for the club and the university. Phil would arrange a meeting with Tim Heep and members of the management committee to explore further what was involved. There would then need to be a written agreement between the two parties. The end of season presentation and the family fun day had both gone very well. The programme had required a lot of work but the sales had been disappointing. It was agreed to raise subs by £5 and this would include receiving a programme.  

3.1       Changes to constitution.   The Chairman reported that changes had to be made to the constitution so that we had an open membership and not a closed membership. There was also a change to how and when nominations for club positions can be made. Both changes were passed. Proposed Will Annison Second Nick Smith.

4.         Election of Officers   The following were elected.     

Chairman: Tim Budd, Proposed: Will Annison, Second: Bob Marsden

Secretary: Bob Marsden, Proposed: Will Annison, Second: Nick Smith

Treasurer: Nick Smith, Proposed: Will Annison, Second: Bob Marsden

1st XI Captain: Iain Betts, Proposed: Mark Hill, Second: Nick Smith

1st XI  V-Capt: Mark Hill, Proposed: Iain Betts, Second: Nick Smith

2nd XI Captain: Will Annison, Proposed: Phil Slater, Second: Phil Bentley

2nd XI V-Capt: Phil Bentley, Proposed  Will Annison, Second: Bob Marsden

Fund Raising Co-ordinator: Phil Slater, Proposed: Tim Budd, Second: Bob Marsden

Juniors Co-ordinator: Phil Bentley, Proposed: Tim Budd, Second: Bob Marsden

Will Annison reported that it was essential that there was a cricket rep on the Management Committee who attended regularly. Phil Slater agreed to do it.  Nick Smith agreed to continue as League Rep.

5.1       Junior Coaches and Managers  Discussion took place as to who was available to manage and coach juniors. Phil Bentley would continue to assess and progress the situation.

5.2              Sunday 3rd XI     It was agreed that there was a great need for a Sunday 3rd XI.. It was suggested that about six games to be organised, a mixture of home and away. Dave Belfield to be captain.

5.3              Ground and Cleaning and Bar teams      Nick Smith needed help on the ground during the week and after the games.  We also had to take cleaning the pavilion more seriously. It was agreed to establish 4 ground teams that would include all playing members and the under 17’s. These ground teams would have one week on in four during which they would help on the ground and clean the pavilion.  Each team would have a captain/leader but these would not be team captains. So far Jim Wilson, Bob Marsden and Mark Hill had volunteered to act as ground team captains/leaders.

5.4              Oxford Tour   Nick Smith was concerned about lack of support for the Oxford tour and he encouraged all playing members to make themselves available.

5.5       Subscriptions rate for 2009      The following rates were agreed. £85 for full playing members (£100 with one junior and £115 with two juniors); £35 for student playing members; £25 for family membership with one junior player and £35 for family membership with two junior members; Social with £10.

Discussion took place about non-payment of subs and whether occasional players should play. If the player was making himself available then he should pay a sub. The committee would use its discretion about whether to ask for a sub from occasional players.  It was agreed to keep juniors practice at £2 per night.

5.6              Winter Nets         Nick Smith was organising winter nets at St Thomas Moore’s new sports hall. . 

6.         Other Business    Phil Slater wanted us to be more proactive in recruiting good players for the club.    

Thursday would continue to be the main training night.

Tea rota …  Judith Wilson was not willing to coordinate but would help. The system works better if players do volunteer their partners, wives, girlfriends, sisters, concubines, cooks, butlers, and maidservants to do a tea during the season.

The meeting closed at a very reasonable hour.

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Minutes of Buxton Cricket Club Management Committee: 24/11/08

1. AGM

Changes were needed in the Constitution to satisfy Clubmark. The Chairman would also provide wording about the desirability of early nominations for club officials. Action: Tim Budd

Agenda for AGM Action:Bob Marsden

The proposed Ground teams are also to do pavilion cleaning. It is proposed to have four ground teams who one week in four will be responsible for helping the groundsman as directed and cleaning the pavilion. Bob Marsden and Jim Wilson volunteered to act as two of the ground team captains. It was agreed that the other two should not be 1st or 2nd team captains. Action: Will Annison and Bob Marsden

2. Finances

The Treasurer would report more fully at the club AGM. Action: Nick Smith

3. Playing Facilities and Pavilion

Artificial Wicket is installed; Picket fence has arrived and will be installed in the spring.

Further discussion took place about the run up and surrounds of the artificial net. It was agreed to get a q uote for the run up. Action: Phil Slater and Tim Budd.

4. Fund Raising

There had been a meeting between the Chairman and Secretary and Mick Glenn of Derbyshire Cricket Board to clarify how to satisfy the criteria for ECB loan application. Action: Tim Budd

Social Committee to be established Action carried over: Phil Slater

Will Annison raised that the main management committee needs a fund raising committee which he encouraged cricket club members to be part of. Action: Will Annison

5. Juniors

The need for more people to get qualified in coaching was raised. Action: Phil Bentley and Bob Marsden

Mike Selby and Stuart Pearson had expressed their availability to help with Juniors. It would be good to have coaches and managers sorted by Christmas. Action:Phil Bentley

Phil Bentley expressed an interest in running an Under 9’s team but was encouraged to consider whether he might be better used in an older age group. Bob Marsden stressed the need to have a good coach with the youngest age groups so that basis techniques could be taught and ingrained in players at the earliest opportunity.

Bob Marsden suggested a registration evening for parents, juniors and coaches prior to the first practice. This could be used for registration and information eg transport, kit issues, expectations, child protection, social events through the summer, parent involvement, etc. He suggested Tuesday April 21st with the first practice on April 28th. Action: Phil Bentley and Bob Marsden

High Peak Cricket Development Group. Three Buxton juniors were attending district nets. There is no district Under 11 team.

6. Clubmark and Community links

University … Phil Slater and Bob Marsden had had contact with the University of Derby through Ahmed. The university was offering MSc’s in sports management and coaching. This included cricket coaching. They needed students to have contact time coaching with young players (200 hours community coaching for example). They also could offer help with fund raising and event management as part of their courses. The link also might be beneficial for the club in terms of use of university facilities. It was agreed to have a meeting between other members of the committee and Tim Heep from the university. Bob Marsden suggested that we would need a clear written agreement about what it would involve from both sides. This would also be useful for Clubmark. Action: Phil Slater to arrange meeting with Tim Heep and invite other committee members.

Clubmark … Bob Marsden reviewed progress on Clubmark. Our ECB loan was dependent on progress on Clubmark. Tracey Griffin had agreed to become Assistance Club Welfare Officer. For information this required attendance at two training courses. Action: Bob Marsden

Clubmark required a club development plan, reviewed regularly by the management commitee. Action: Tim Budd

7. Ground:

Worm problem is being tackled. Repairs will be needed on Atco mower. Action: Nick Smith

8. Playing

Discussion took place about how to encourage under 17’s to play, especially those who did not have cricket playing fathers. The creation of a positive, helpful and enjoyable playing and club environment was stressed.

Sunday 3rd XI was discussed and it was agreed to secure about 6 Sunday fixtures. Action: Will Annison

The date of the next meeting was fixed for Monday Jan 26th at 7.30pm in the Pavilion.

The 2009 League campaign will begin on Saturday 25 April.  The 1stXI kick off their season with an away trip to New Mills while the 2ndXI host Hazel Grove.

On Saturday 23 May and Saturday 8 August both teams will not have game.

For a full set of senior fixtures, please click here.