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2009 Esher Cricket Club (Founded 1863) Annual Report & Accounts 2009 Notice of AGM and 2010 fi xtures Contents Welcome Welcome 01 Welcome to the enhanced Esher President’s Report 02 Chairman’s Report 03 Cricket Club Annual Report. It refl ects Treasurer’s Report 05 Annual Accounts 2009 06 the growing contribution of a large Independent Examiner’s Report 09 number of members, from Young Senior Cricket – Reports and Averages 10 1st XI 10 Cricketers and their parents, 2nd XI 12 Age Group Managers, Team Captains 3rd XI 14 Academy XI report 16 and playing members, as well as a NatWest Cricket Force 18 broader Management Committee that Youth Development 20 Young Cricketers – Reports and Averages 21 are striving to rebuild Esher CC after Social Events for 2010 32 a few turbulent years. It summarises 2010 Fixtures 33 Offi cers of the Club 35 the highs and lows of the 2009 season, Notice of Annual General Meeting 36 and looks forward with enthusiasm to the 2010 season and beyond. Sponsors During 2009 Savills agreed to become the primary corporate sponsor of the Club. The support We hope you enjoy it. of Savills is very much appreciated by all at Esher Cricket Club and we hope the relationship will continue into the future. In addition we would like to thank the following companies for their support in 2009: Trinder Architectural Ltd Titan Sheds Fullers Romida Sports Radley Yeldar Garland Property Planning Group Milbourne Lodge School Elmira Consulting Duncan Pauline Coaching Services Esher Cricket Club 47 New Road, Esher Surrey KT10 9NU www.eshercc.co.uk Telephone: 01372 462814 Cricket at New Road Esher Cricket Club Annual Report and Accounts 2009 0101 Contents Welcome Welcome 01 Welcome to the enhanced Esher President’s Report 02 Chairman’s Report 03 Cricket Club Annual Report. It refl ects Treasurer’s Report 05 Annual Accounts 2009 06 the growing contribution of a large Independent Examiner’s Report 09 number of members, from Young Senior Cricket – Reports and Averages 10 1st XI 10 Cricketers and their parents, 2nd XI 12 Age Group Managers, Team Captains 3rd XI 14 Academy XI report 16 and playing members, as well as a NatWest Cricket Force 18 broader Management Committee that Youth Development 20 Young Cricketers – Reports and Averages 21 are striving to rebuild Esher CC after Social Events for 2010 32 a few turbulent years. It summarises 2010 Fixtures 33 Offi cers of the Club 35 the highs and lows of the 2009 season, Notice of Annual General Meeting 36 and looks forward with enthusiasm to the 2010 season and beyond. Sponsors During 2009 Savills agreed to become the primary corporate sponsor of the Club. The support We hope you enjoy it. of Savills is very much appreciated by all at Esher Cricket Club and we hope the relationship will continue into the future. In addition we would like to thank the following companies for their support in 2009: Trinder Architectural Ltd Titan Sheds Fullers Romida Sports Radley Yeldar Garland Property Planning Group Milbourne Lodge School Elmira Consulting Duncan Pauline Coaching Services Esher Cricket Club 47 New Road, Esher Surrey KT10 9NU www.eshercc.co.uk Telephone: 01372 462814 Cricket at New Road Esher Cricket Club Annual Report and Accounts 2009 0101 President’s Report Chairman’s Report ‘Clubmark status achieved – a platform for success’! ‘Academy X I fi elded for fi rst time in Esher CC history’ a welcoming environment to players and guests cricketers. In the longer term I believe the Club of all ages and sexes and I think real headway will be stronger as a result of our actions and has been made in 2009 with the improvements accordingly we will continue with this policy. to the patio, the addition of several new benches We will be working hard to gain promotion in 2010. (thanks to Kevin Chester’s hard work) and the purchase of new patio furniture (many thanks The future is bright to all who contributed) and the general tidiness One of the highlights, I believe for the fi rst time around the facilities. in the history of Esher CC, was the introduction of an Academy XI in mid-summer. Over seven It was wonderful to see some of the faces of consecutive weekends in July and August Esher’s past back at the bar enjoying the odd the Academy XI played matches on Saturday pint or Pink Gin and I hope that they will afternoons. This provided the ideal opportunity continue to meet up there for many years to for our younger cricketers to experience adult Well... what a year! come to reminisce over past glories and tales Overall I am pleased with the progress the cricket and learn from the ‘older’ members of the There has been so much to commend and, whilst from the dressing room, many of which appear Club made during 2009. The return to trading team. The benefi ts were immediately obvious this does not necessarily extend to the overall to have been sprinkled with ‘artistic licence’ profi tability is to be welcomed and appropriate from the success enjoyed in the league teams performances of the senior teams on the fi eld, over time! Vince Chandler’s ‘Friends of Esher’ reward for the hard work of many, but there by these young players later in the season. there is much good work to build on. The hard lunches have also been a high point this year remains a lot of work to sustain the long-term work of the Club’s new management team, under and I would urge Members who have not yet viability of the cricket club and restore its status The youth section has continued to thrive under the energetic and passionate leadership of John attended to look out for next year’s schedule as a leading Surrey club. the guidance of Neil Miller. We now have in Woollhead, has created a platform from which and join in the fun. excess of 330 young cricketers under the age the Club can move forward in so many ways. The award of full Clubmark status is a signifi cant of 18 registered to play cricket at Esher. Many In particular, the award of full Clubmark status President’s Day step in that regeneration, enabling us to access of our Young Cricketers have represented Surrey enables Esher CC to continue its development An occasion that I am determined to restore as grants and external funding that we could not at County or District level which is a testament with full Surrey CC and ECB backing. Particular a permanent fi xture – saw a gathering of some of have applied for without it. Esher is one of only to the quality of coaching offered by Duncan thanks to Helen Winder and John Woollhead the best players that Esher CC has seen in recent circa 1,450 clubs in the UK to have been awarded Pauline and the team of coaches. One of the for managing the process, the paperwork and times, watched by some of the ‘greats’ of the full Clubmark status. most pleasing aspects is to see the Young ensuring compliance across all aspects of the previous generation, against some of the stars of Cricketers representing the Esher adult teams Club’s operations and policies. I can assure all the future. The inclement weather conditions in We have improved the fi nancial controls within in the league on a Saturday afternoon. members of the Club, playing and non-playing, the morning did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Club and instigated a number of fundraising young and older, that the best interests of Esher those who were there and we managed to eek out initiatives which have proved successful. A huge The AGM will be held on Monday 15th March CC are always at heart, and that there is an a twenty20 game, much to the relief of the ageing “thank you” to all who contributed. 2010 at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse. You are all more undoubted determination to provide stability cast. Duncan’s team provided a magnifi cent than welcome to attend and I will be running and, in time, success on and off the fi eld. spread and, as is ‘the norm’ on such occasions, We have enhanced the atmosphere around an open question and answer session at the the bar remained busy throughout proceedings. the Club so that it becomes more welcoming conclusion of the formal business. The notice On behalf of the Club I would like members to Next year’s fi xture will be on Sunday 20th June to our members and guests. In particular I am of meeting can be found on page 36 of this report. join me in thanking the previous, long-standing, – please come along to enjoy the day. delighted that our neighbours have become Chairman, John McDermott and Treasurer, Max more involved often coming down for a beer or I would like to thank everyone who contributed Seager for their years of devotion and hard work. Finally, I would like to thank our Club Sponsors, two on a Saturday afternoon. We also organised to our success this year. There are far too many Both have been supporters of Esher CC for many Savills, for their continued support and would a number of social events during the season to mention individually but I would like to single years and have given so much of their own valuable ask Club members to consider using their culminating with an end of season Ball in out the Captains of the adult teams, members of time to ensure the smooth running of the Club.