Strathmore Cricket Club Annual General Meeting 2015/16
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STRATHMORE CRICKET CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SEASON 2016/17 1 May 2017 1 | P a g e Agenda 1. Minutes from previous meeting (see attached) 2. Season reports • President • Treasurer 3. Season 2017/18 Executive Committee nominations 4. Season 2017/18 General Committee nominations 5. General Business 2 | P a g e Meeting Minutes Meeting: Strathmore Cricket Club Annual General Meeting 2015/16 Date: 16 May 2016 Attendees: Lee Evans (Chair), Trevor Doody, Steve Papastergiou, Peter Wenlock, John Pantland, Steve Houlden, Yvonne Dodd, Danny McConville, Steve Knight, Lou Marini, Steve Jones, Graham Matson, Ross Higgins, Peter Gourlay, Tim Elliot, Frank Merzel, John Bassi, Allison Dodd, Peter Hinton, Bernie Borg, Jamie Haste, Lucas Kennedy, Andrew Steel, Dave Hosking, John Patton. Apologies: Adam Clark, Steve Mullen, Denis James, Ian Anderson, Darren Novacek 1. Minutes from previous meeting • The minutes from the 2014/15 Annual General Meeting were tabled by the Chair. • Minutes accepted by Peter Gourlay and seconded by Steven Knight without change. 2. Season reports President’s Report (Trevor Doody) • Trevor noted the mixed onfield senior results for the season – 1st XI finished 8th, 2nd XI were North-West premiers, 3rd XI finished 5th and 4th XI in their first season as a turf team finished 3rd. A key positive was the large number of younger senior players (16-20yrs) who played on turf this season. This can only hold the club in a strong position for future years. • Junior teams had good seasons with one team U12(3) winning a premiership and several others playing finals. • A key positive for the season was the 86 people who volunteered to support the club in some form. Trevor thanked all for their assistance who, along with sponsors, make it possible to run the club successfully. • Trevor discussed the ongoing capital works at the club: - new changerooms at the club are scheduled to be ready for use next cricket season. - the Moonee Valley Council will replace the fence around Lebanon Reserve to improve safety and prevent balls rolling under. Work expected to commence in July 2016. - the Club was successful in receiving a grant from the State Government and Cricket Victoria to assist with the installation of second pitch at Strathnaver Reserve. Further liaison with the Council is necessary to have the pitch installed for next season. - The Council is currently consulting with the Club and Strathmore Soccer Club about improved car parking facilities at Strathnaver. Additional parking is expected to assist as more teams play at Strathnaver. • Trevor updated members on progress of the VTCA’s restructuring of the competition 3 | P a g e following the decision of southern clubs to leave the association. The major decision point is how many teams will be in Senior Division – 8,10 or 12. Strathmore’s preference is for 8 teams as it allows everyone to play each twice in a season (a one-day and a two-day game). • Trevor advised that Club captain Scott Sanders will not be returning to the Club next season. A search for Club coach/captain is ongoing. • One of the key challenges and aspirations for next season is to establish the Club’s first female team. The hope is to build on the success of SFC female team. AGM report contains more information on these and other matters. Treasurer’s Report (Steve Papastergiou) • The Club officially posted a profit of $3280 this season. • Bar income was up $21000 on 2014/15. • There was a gross profit from trading of $7500. This is in stark contrast to the gross loss from trading suffered last season of $10000. • Fundraising – revenue up $3500 or 21% on 2014-15. This increase can be largely attributed to the chocolate drive the club ran this season. • Operating expenses were down $2200 from $186000 to $164000. This was achieved mainly through lower function expenses and a 25% decrease in incentive payments. The decrease in part occurred because of the complete wash out of Round 9. • However, the club’s other income streams overall were down ($-29000). There are a couple of concerns. Namely, the decrease of Function Ticket Sales (-$10600) and Sponsorship (-16100). • Sponsorship, in particular, was hard hit by a couple of large sponsors no longer contributing financially to the club to the same level. This will be a significant challenge to rectify for next season. 3. 2015/16 Executive Positions • President: Trevor Doody nominated by Peter Gourlay, seconded by Danny McConville. Trevor elected unopposed. • Vice President / Junior Coorindator: Danny McConville nominated by Peter Gourlay, second by Steve Papastergiou. Danny elected unopposed. • Secretary: Frank Merzel nominated by Trevor Doody, seconded by Lou Marini. Frank elected unopposed. • Treasurer: Steve Papastergiou nominated by Danny McConville, seconded by Ross Higgins. Steve elected unopposed. 4. General Committee Positions The following people were elected to the General Committee: Nominee Nominated by Seconded by Adam Clarke Lee Evans Lou Marini Jason Cuthbertson John Pantland Steve Papastergiou Steve Jones Danny McConville Lou Marini Steve Mullen Trevor Doody Lee Evans 4 | P a g e John Bassi Steve Papastergiou Trevor Doody Denis James Lee Evans Frank Merzel John Pantland Peter Wenlock Ross Higgins Peter Hinton Lee Evans Lou Marini Allison Dodd Trevor Doody John Pantland Graham Matson Trevor Doody Ross Higgins Dave Hosking Danny McConville Lou Marini Lee Evans Steve Papastergiou Trevor Doody Trevor Doody thanked those who had nominated and accepted positions on the Committee and noted the significant contributions of those that are stepping off the Committee, namely Peter Wenlock, Nancy-Lee Merzel and Darren Novacek. Further nominations for the General Committee will be accepted prior to the season at the discretion of the Executive Committee. 5. General Business End of Season Ball • Yvonne Dodd raised a concern about the 1st and 2nd XIs not coming into the clubrooms after a game to have a drink with the opposition and other members. This issue was noted and will be discussed further at Executive and General Committee meetings prior to the season to encourage more player engagement post game. Next Meeting: May 2017 (date TBC) 5 | P a g e PRESIDENT’S REPORT To all Strathmore Cricket Club members, Firstly, I would like to sincerely thank the General Committee and the Executive Committee, for their enormous efforts and support throughout 2016/17. As a club, we are very fortunate to have a large number of wonderful people who continue to keep our club strong. We fielded an incredible 17 teams this season and a Milo In2Cricket Program, which is almost 210 players representing the Strathmore Cricket Club each weekend. So, to all committee members and all other people who volunteered their time this season, a huge thank you from all 210 players, for making it possible. From an Executive Committee perspective, Frank Merzel moved into our club Secretary role and took over like a seasoned veteran. Apart from running all our administration, our player registrations, our scoreboard programming and securing a wonderful cook for all our meals (Rowena), Frank also managed to score for our 2nd XI. An incredible contribution, so thank you Frank. Lee Evans, our previous Secretary, moved into a new role as Head of Strategy, focussing on key infrastructure projects, including our second wicket at Strathnaver. We were also very fortunate to have Life Member Allison Dodd join our Executive Committee as Head of Members, bringing a new focus on player welfare. Daniel McConville had another wonderful year with our juniors, while Lui Marini continued to grow the depth of talent at our club in his Head of Senior Cricket role. A huge thank you must also go to Steve Papastergiou for not only being our Treasurer once again but also running the bar like clock- work. Thanks Stinga. On-field This season the VTCA moved into a new structure, with all the southern clubs leaving the VTCA to join a new Cricket Victoria association. This change also lead to the VTCA Senior division being reduced from 12 teams to 8 teams, enabling a 2 Day game and a 1 Day game to be played between all team. We finished the season in 6th position, which was a fantastic result given we had failed to win a game before Christmas and then stormed home to win 4 of our last 6 games after Christmas. Both our losses were against Yarraville, who went on to win the 2016/17 premiership. John Patton returned to Captain/Coach our club for his 3rd season and although results did not go our way before Christmas, John continued to focus on the positives and introduced several changes to help successfully change the momentum. John has decided to move back to his home town of Adelaide next season, with a new job, a new house and a new partner. On behalf of the whole club, I would like to thank John for his fantastic support and leadership for the past years and wish him all the very best for the years to come. This season, we decided to invest further in our younger senior players by recruiting David Tate as our Senior Development Coach. A selection of 16 players aged 16-21 were identified as being the players most likely to become members of our 1st XI team over the next 10 years. David’s role was to focus individually of each of these players to help them become regular members of our 2nd XI and pushing for a 1st XI spot. All 16 players jumped at this opportunity and by the end of the season, 4 of these players – Chris Williams, Jack Condon, Jack Tate and Tom Stevenson were all playing and contributing within our 1st XI 6 | P a g e team.