Bakewell Mannerians RUFC Ltd. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Monday 14th May 2012 at The Medway Centre, Bakewell
Present: The attendance list indicated that 26 people attended (10 constitute a Quorum).
1. Apologies for absence: Steve Coates, Rod Bell, Dave Henderson, Martin Pearce, Dan Driscoll
2. Approval of Minutes of previous Annual General Meeting, 9th May 2011 These had previously been posted on the Club Notice Board, were unanimously agreed and signed by the Chairman.
3. Chairman’s Report On the playing side the first team had a good season finishing fifth in the league but only 4 points behind second place Belgrave. 12 games were won and three drawn. We scored more points, 635 (443 against), than everyone except runaway league winners Newark. Great credit to captain Will Moroney, coach Mark Burnett and manager Joe Oldfield. Sorry to be losing Mark - his coaching has moved the club forward and wish him well in his new teaching role. Thanks also to physio Ginny North and fitness guru Tom Oldfield.
The seconds played 16 games, winning 6, points for 445 against 565. That is five more games played than last season. Many thanks to manager Barry Pearson and able stand in manager and captain Jimmy O’Neill.
Well done the minis and juniors on another fine season - will let James give details later. Really enjoyed prize giving day 8 days ago at Calver – did the heart good to see young and old having such a good time. James standing down after 9 years would like to thank him for all work he has done – without him the minis/juniors would not exist. Best of luck to James with U17s next season.
Off the field thanks to Jimmy O’Neill again for arranging dinner dance and camel racing. The president is hoping to hold the wine tasting at Over Haddon in July – it has not been forgotten!
Thank you to all the officers of the club who serve on committees. Bella has confirmed she is the most efficient Secretary in the universe. Dave Henderson has had a difficult year as treasurer with
1 work commitments and RBS causing him grief in equal measure but these difficulties have been resolved and we will hear from him next. Special mention and thanks to Tony Staley for his fund raising particularly with regard to match and ball sponsorship.
A big thank you to head groundsman Paul Webster and his team of Dave, Pete and Will Brocklehurst for their work over the year. Particular thanks to Gammy and his very impressive tackle for making life so much easier.
We all wish Webby full recovery from the injury he sustained during the last match of the season. The club is behind him 100% in bringing the guilty party to justice.
We will talk about the future of the club later - developments at Lady Manners may in due course give us the facilities we need to move forward. In the meantime we must improve training facilities. We need to attract new blood to strengthen our player base and we cannot do that with the present infrastructure.
Having said that well done everyone – we are playing great rugby, having a good time and we run a vibrant club – let’s move it forward.
4. Treasurer’s Report 1. The Treasurer was unable to attend the meeting. The figures will be produced as soon as possible and presented at an Extraordinary Meeting which will be arranged in due course.
5. Junior and Minis Co-ordinator’s Report BAKEWELL MANNERIANS RFC JUNIOR PRIZE GIVING End of 9th Season, and am handing in the reins of Junior Co- ordinator. Can’t oversee Junior Section and coach. Next year’s U17s have really exciting time in NLD league 1 where we’re are going to have to work our socks off to compete. Thank you to Val Stevenson for taking on, and leading on Club Seal of Approval, and to Bruce Dawson who will be Junior Fixtures Secretary and Club Coaching Co-ordinator for next season. However, we do need someone to oversee the Junior Section and rep on Club Committee; Can’t be a coach.
SPONSORS
Thank you to our sponsors this season: Carlton technologies for U16s, and next season
2 Brendeck next season U16s. Samuel Staniforth Ltd for sponsoring todays prizes.
A FEW HIGHLIGHTS
U12s Runners Up at Ilkeston Festival, and entertaining Colwyn Bay and good club to have a link with. Raising over £1000 on their sponsored cycle U9s qualifying for NLD Cup. U14s/13s for giving Kesteven a real run for their money in the Shield with only 13 men. U15s for having a bigger squad at the end of the season U16s winning NLD Shield 7s Lady Manners winning the County Cup at every age group and Bakewell having players in every team Matty Hopkins for being selected for NLD. Follows a list of Bakewell Players who have been there. Tom Littler, Tom Farenden, Joe Purseglove, Chris Barlow, Fraser Hope, Natty Lunt. Essential we provide these players with a competitive team to play in. Makes club strong and makes all our players better.
PRIZE GIVING
Tom Farenden, Captain of LMS 1st XV scored winning try in County Cup Final, played for Bakewell since U10s one of our first players. Selected for NLD and Leicester Tigers Academy
COACHES AND TEAM MANAGERS
W have 33 Coaches and Managers in the Junior and mini section and 140 players
U16s James Adams, Rob Jackson, Dave Henderson, Richard
Crampton U15s Chris Hopkins, Rob Bartram U14s/13s Simon Hickman, Matt Smith, Rachel Smith, Haydn
Smith U12s Andy Reader, David Lend, Jerry Young, U11s Ryan Fitzsimons, Linda Mayhew, Nick Stevenson, Adam
Toft U10s Louise Bostock, Bruce Dawson, Jonathan Wright, Phil
Barratt U9s Chris Whawell, Alison Whawell, Adam Vicary
3 U8s Ben Milton, Helen Milton, Dave Thompson, Pete
Hodgkinson U7s Alison Bentley, Helen Richardson, Mark Kinlen
Most Improved Player 2011-12 Player of the Season 2011-12
U16s Dom Jackson U16s Will Adams & Chris Taylor
U15s Ollie Cunningham U15s Seb Cooke
U14/13s Robin Brooks U14/13s Matthew Hopkins
U12s Joseph Coates U12s Alex Sendall
U11s Rufus Brooks U11s Harrison Butterworth
U10s Chris Maltby U10s George Whawell
U9s William Marsh U9s Tom Birch
U8s Ellie Richmond U8s George Penrose
U7s Robbie Milton U7s Hester Marsh
6. Election of Officers for 2010/2011
President* John Pearce Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Chairman* Tim Sargent Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Vice Chairman* Henry Bagshawe Prop. John Young
4 Sec. Jimmy ONeill
Hon. Treasurer* No Appointment
Hon. Secretary* Bella Riley Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Junior & Mini Section Co- No Appointment ordinator*
Fund Raising Officer* Tony Staley Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
1st XV Manager* Joe Oldfield Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
2nd XV Manager* No Appointment
Social Secretary* Jimmy O’Neill Prop. John Young Sec. Henry Bagshawe
School Liaison Officer Max Crampton Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Meetings Secretary No Appointment
Fixtures Secretary Roderick Bell Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
1st XV Captain Will Moroney Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
1st XV Vice Captain Max Crampton Tim Sargent Will Moroney
2nd XV Captain Jimmy O’Neill Prop. John Young Sec. Henry Bagshawe
3rd XV Manager No Appointment
3rd Team Captain No Appointment
Coach No Appointment
Subscriptions & Match No appointment Fees Treasurer
Club Volunteer Val Stevenson, Prop. Jimmy ONeill Coordinator Linda Mayhew
5 Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Match Secretary Team Managers Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Post Match Fundraising No appointment Coordinator
Recruitment Officer No appointment
Safeguarding Officer Helen & Mark Prop. Jimmy ONeill Milton Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Hon Auditor David Thornton Prop. Tim Sargent Sec. Denzil Bowyer
Player Registrar Joe Oldfield Prop. Jimmy ONeill Sec. Henry Bagshawe
Reps to Derbyshire RFU Mick Webster & Prop. Jimmy ONeill Tim Sargent Sec. Henry Bagshawe
* Denotes Executive Committee Member
7. Appointment of Honorary Auditor David Thornton was re-appointed. See Item 6 above.
8. Any other business 1. Lady Manners Partnership Overview: The school intends to sell off the bottom part of the Highfields site for affordable housing. This sale will help to pay for changing facilities, car parking, two level draining rugby pitches and a floodlit Astroturf area that can be used by the local community. In order to afford these facilities the school will need additional funding from sporting bodies such as Sport England. In order to access this type of funding the school must have a community partner. The Peak Planning Board will make the final decision and they would prefer the club to play at the school. Derbyshire County Council will also have to give permission. Currently Bakewell Mannerians are the preferred partner. It was agreed that the committee should draw up a basic partnership agreement with Lady Manners. It was also suggested that the club looks at pursuing other options that do not need to include the sale of the land. The facilities subcommittee will push on this point and be more proactive in
6 the hope of organising an open discussion/forum with the school. 2. St Anselms are also looking at building a floodlit Astroturf and they hope to submit a planning application during the summer. We would recommend that members of the club write in support of this application. 3. Club Accreditation and the future: Please refer to the attached presentation entitled ‘Bakewell Mannerians – The Future’ delivered by Val Stevenson. The club will need to complete the various roles suggested to complete the new structure of the club (please refer to the last slide in the presentation). A timescale for meetings of each subgroup will be drafted for the next stage. It is important to realise that the club already carries out most of these jobs/roles, it is now simply a case of evidencing it. A 2 year plan including targets will be produced allowing us to achieve accreditation. A huge thank you from everyone to Val Stevenson for leading the Seal of Approval.
9. Date of next Executive Committee meeting Monday 11th June 2013 at 19.30hrs at The Medway Centre
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