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FITZROY DONCASTER CRICKET CLUB INC. OFFICE BEARERS CHAIRMAN Mr R G Kelly DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mr M Smith TREASURER Mr F Cahill ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Mr M Turner BOARD MEMBERS Mr T Considine, Mr D Motschall Cricket Victoria Delegates: Messrs. M. Smith, T Considine CHAIRMAN’S REPORT It is with pleasure that I present my fifth and last annual report as Chairman of the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club. I trust I can leave you with a positive feeling. From the outset I wish to place on public record my heartfelt thanks to my Board for their support to me particularly, through my illness. My thanks are also extended to those supporters who also helped when needed. This season has been most successful from an administrative perspective. The year saw all sporting clubs in the City of Manningham have their rentals reduced significantly and receive reimbursements of overpaid rents. A new lease was also executed which makes both parties more accountable throughout tenure. I wish to thank Council for its support and particularly for the close working relationship we have with Zac Anver. Our appreciation also goes to Jeff Young and George Costa, whom along with David Blakley oversaw the re couching program, that left most people shaking heads at the vast improvement of the playing surface of the main oval. David is hopeful that by Christmas the oval will be completely couched. We hope that one day the bottom oval will be the same. This drought has made it very clear that as a society and as a club we must ensure that potable water is not used on our ovals in the future. Our board has approached Council and the Minister for Water Hon. Tim Holding to consider the provision of recycled water that would offer not only a benefit to our ground but a further six sporting arenas within the municipality I am proud of the close working relationship we have with the football club and wish President Paul Valkenburg every success for the season. Junior Development has generally been successful over the past five years and for that I thank the work of Geoff Bowyer and his many helpers. That said, with Geoff’s’ departure, we realised that with so many young players leaving as well we needed to review our program. This has been done and we are proud to announce that Phil Lovell will be our new Development coach. He has a sound base of juniors to work with, and we all look forward to a continued supply of young talent to our seniors. I wish to thank Denis Sims for his work over the past few years. We wish him every success at his new club Templestowe. Our club is indebted to our sponsors who have again shown confidence in our product, this is most rewarding. To Paul Thompson and his friendly staff at the Doncaster East Community Bank we again thank you for another excellent year of support. We trust that the Bank continues to see our relationship as a tangible partnership working for the benefit for sport and business We have enjoyed a new partnership with the Manningham Club. We look forward to building this relationship and that mutual benefits result and get better with experience. As the popularity of the Twenty 20 game expands we trust the Manningham brand will become more and more prominent. To David Dickson and Rinnai we thank you for your continued support. It is always good to see your staff at the Twenty 20 games as it us with an opportunity to reciprocate goodwill. New coach Andrew Walton deserves congratulations on his first year at the Club, particularly bearing in mind our performance in finishing fifth in the Club Championship. Andrew’s attention to 1 detail was to be admired and with a chance to recruit well we can hope for further improvement next season To the players who shared captaincy in the First X1, Lloyd Mash, Peter Dickson and Ben Waterman, I say well done. To Lloyd, thank you for your support over the years. To Peter who took over when Lloyd stood down, we trust an injury free year next year will be of major benefit to you and the club in general. Ben Waterman capably filled the void as required. Thanks also to the Captains of all the other teams for a job well done. FDCC extend best wishes to Brad Knowles on being selected for the WA side. In a season that ultimately offered not much more than personal satisfaction at FDCC his promotion was a fitting result. A welcomed is always available at our club. A warm thank you to the “Dads on the Hill” for your work around the club, be it a Twenty 20 night, scoring or helping in the Clubrooms. To Graeme and Ilva absolute cornerstones in the fabric of our club, thanks for your contribution- even Graeme’s heart attack did not deter their enthusiasm. I extend my gratitude to all other ladies and gents for their help in either washing up or helping to serve afternoon tea. To Glenda Mash and my wife Margaret, Thursday nights will never be the same. I know the players have enjoyed the concept of meals on a Thursday night. I wish to finally thank Maurie, for untiring efforts. His support has been appreciated, particularly when I have been unwell. Maurie is the engine room of our Club and need to ensure he receives more support in the years ahead. His work with major sponsors has been first class, we wish he and Gabrielle safe travelling on what will be a well earned holiday. Let history judge me for my time at our club, but I know that it has been an absolute privilege to serve and I treasure the memories. One trusts that my health can recover well enough to continue, where required. For now, the time has arrived to be there for Margaret and my family, the greatest supporters to my FDCC endeavours. Ron Kelly Chairman 2 ADMINISTRATION MANAGER'S REPORT There are many memorable moments from the 2008-09 season deserving of recognition . The appointment of Head coach Andrew Walton injected enthusiasm and vision to the club that again made us a force to be recognised within the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. He was ably supported by Dennis Sims and Geoff Bowyer who contributed many hours of their time to find and ensure we have quality players who have the potential and ability to progress to the next level of cricket and who will contribute to the Club for many season s into the future. Golden Lions Coterie celebrated their 25 years of support to the Club and players. Commencing with only thirteen members in the 1983-84 season, the Coterie has raised and contributed to the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club an amount in excess of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This has been a fantastic effort by a great group of people. Thank you all for your efforts over the years and with the assistance of some new members and players may we see the Coterie continue to succeed for the next 25 years. Our major sponsorship with the Doncaster East Community Bank continued this season with the addition of the bank logo being displayed on the Club polo shirt. The Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club is fortunate and proud to have such a partnership with the Doncaster East Community Bank. We thank you for your support as we do our other major sponsors, The Manningham, Austbrokers Countrywide, Rinnai, FleetPartners and Nicks Wine Merchants. There are two gentlemen who over the years who have taken a great interest in our Club and who have assisted us in many ways. Both unfortunately lost their seats in the November Council elections. They are Mr Bill Larkin and Mr Ron Kitchingman and we thank you both for your past support. In October 2008, the Manningham City Council completed its review in the cost of pavilion and ground hire charges. It provides a significant change in the cost of pavilion leases and a stream-lining and more equitable approach to ground hire. As a result of the revised pricing arrangement we received a refund from council of some rental backdated to April 2006. For the past 7 seasons there has been an average of 12 outstanding performances per season by our players. This season however there were a total of 27 outstanding performances. I congratulate you all on these magnificent individual achievements. I also congratulate all other trophy winners and those players who made personal milestones in Premier Cricket this season. To those who represented this state at various levels, the State of WA and those selected in the Premier Cricket Team of the Season, well done you deserved it. Congratulations and we wish you greater success next season. The most deserving recognition is for our volunteers who perform the many tasks required around the Club. Thank you all for your support and your valuable time. Maurie Turner Administration Manager 3 FITZROY DONCASTER CRICKET CLUB INC. PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 th APRIL, 2009 Income 2009 2008 $ $ Income Bar and Canteen Net Income 7,600 5,787 Schramm’s Hire 3,007 2,432 4,000 23,177 Golden Lions 10,000 10,000 Interest Received 5,257 5,537 Donations 33 253 Sponsorship 22,190 20,550 Members Subscriptions 11,978 10,670 Sale of Clothing 8,404 5,004 Raffles 667 2,499 96,313 62,732 Cricket Victoria Income General Grants 35,449 33,761 CUB Grant 4,000 4,000 Coaching Grant 4,000 U17 Australian Championship Game Allowance 1,300 Junior Development 2,500 2,500 Country Game Allowance 2,230 1,835 Country Week Allowance 910 Internet Grant 500 500 Finals Allowance 1,175 1,361 Prize Money 3,000 Administration Grant 15,000 14,700 64,764 63,957 Total Income 161,077 126,689 4 FITZROY DONCASTER CRICKET CLUB INC.