MINUTES OF THE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON
AT THE
The Chairman opened the meeting at
1)
APOLOGIES
Apologies were received from Terry Briggs
(Treasurer), Alma Five and RedGate Software.
Eagles, Italcamb, Melchester Athletic, Orient Old
Boys and Legends were not represented.
Matthew Harney was present to represent a new
team.
2)
MINUTES
The minutes of the 2007 A.G.M. were taken as
read.
3)
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
The Chairman had recently read the minutes of last
years meeting, and felt he could repeat all the things said at that
time:
4)
SECRETARY’S REPORT
The Secretary
thanked everyone for turning up, and thanked to those who organise their teams
throughout the season. He also commented that the league belongs to all, and any
decisions made will be agreed by all.
He asked that those
present ensure they have signed the attendance sheet or their team will be fined
£25.
There had been 19
occasions when there had been no-shows, 2 more than last year. In 13 occasions
the team had contacted the league beforehand. The more notice given allows more
chance of getting a guest team to play, although sometimes it is not possible to
get a guest team even if a few days notice is
possible.
Slow Starters had
dropped out midway through the season, Munroe Sports towards the end. Since then
COSL, Marconi and Spartak Picturehouse have also decided not to continue, so the
league has lost 5 teams already.
Last year the
Secretary asked for a deposit of £25 from each team to try to get the teams
sorted for the start of the season, however it didn’t really help and it had
been difficult to get a full complement of 24
teams.
This year he
suggested that the league be reduced to 18 teams in 2 divisions of 9 teams, each
team playing the others in their division 3 times. This would mean 24 league
games instead of 22, and each team would play every other week rather than the
current average of every 3 weeks, sometimes with up to 6 weeks between matches.
Later in the meeting he would ask for a vote on this proposal.
The first games next
season are on Thursday 18th September, and if the proposal was
accepted the games would be completed by 16th April, which would
probably minimise the occasions when 11-a-side players had evening games.
He asked that if
there were any dates when a team know they will not be able to get a team to let
him know as once the fixtures are done it is very hard to change them,
especially when playing every other week..
If a team was having
problems getting enough players he suggested they have a look at www.sportmatch.org which is a
website set up by Richard Dexter to match sports players with matches taking
place in the local area.
On refereeing he
felt there were the same old problems as mentioned by the Chairman. He suggested
that teams invest in reversible shirts which have a dark colour one side, and a
lighter colour on the other side if they do not have a second colour strip. The
league had considered buying some coloured bibs, however the logistics of
getting the bibs to whoever was refereeing meant it was not feasible, or each
referee would have to keep 2 sets of different coloured
bibs.
5)
DISCIPLINARY SECRETARY’S REPORT
Terry Wilby reported that there had been very few
disciplinary problems, just a handful of blue cards and no red cards that he was
aware of. There had been one game that was still being investigated, at this
time the league are waiting for comments from a team before the committee make a
decision.
6)
TREASURERS REPORT
Terry Wilby had received the accounts from Terry
Briggs, and commented that there were no surprises to him. The balance carried
forward of £509.92 was slightly lower than the previous years £538.98. The full
accounts would be in the AGM minutes, and are detailed
below:
Income and Expenditure
Account:
|
|
| ||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
Balance brought forward |
|
538.98 |
|
557.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME |
|
|
|
|
League subscriptions |
5040.00 |
|
4380.25 |
|
Guest Teams |
30.00 |
|
97.50 |
|
League Fines |
110.00 |
|
356.50 |
|
Interest on deposit account |
2.32 |
|
1.49 |
|
Total |
|
5182.32 |
|
4835.74 |
|
|
5721.30 |
|
5392.99 |
|
|
|
|
|
EXPENDITURE |
|
|
|
|
KK Sports Centre |
3340.20 |
|
3223.50 |
|
Expenses (Ref, Secretary, Treasure,
Disciplinary) |
1020.00 |
|
995.00 |
|
Trophies/engraving |
339.98 |
|
244.51 |
|
Miscellaneous (Footballs, Cambs FA, AGM etc.)
|
511.20 |
|
391.00 |
|
|
|
5211.38 |
|
4854.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance carried forward
|
|
509.92 |
|
538.98 |
Bank reconciliation:
|
£ |
£ |
Balance as per Current Account |
1070.99 |
|
To pay in |
0.00 |
|
Less outstanding cheques |
719.18 |
|
|
|
351.81 |
Balance as per deposit account |
|
158.11 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
509.92 |
Fees for the coming season were set at £230 per team,
which included £10 + VAT for Cambs.
FA Affiliation.
Any fines outstanding from the past season would show
in the following seasons accounts.
9)
RULES OF THE LEAGUE
The order of business was changed to allow discussion
of the proposal to reduce the number of
teams.
It was commented that there might be more teams
relegated from Division 1, or less promoted from Division 2 to make the numbers
even. Representatives of BackoftheNet and Chosen Men commented that they may
prefer to play in Division 2!
Another comment was that some 11-a-side teams have
training on Thursday evenings but it should not be a problem as playing 5-a-side
was often harder than the training.
A decision would have to be taken when all 18 places
were taken, if other teams in Division 1 do not get in quick enough there may
not be a problem.
New teams would start in Division 2 as
usual.
Those present voted in favour of the
proposal.
7)
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Chairman noted that the current Committee had
been in place for many years and it was about time others took over as he did
not want to be considered one of the old fogies who were there year after year.
He felt that the hardest job was that of Secretary,
and if it was not for Terry Wilby doing all the things that have to be done,
such as sorting out the block bookings with KKSC, doing the fixtures and getting
in teams there would not be a league.
Terry commented that he would like to hand over
during the course of the year, and that in a years time he did not expect to be
the one in the position of Secretary.
There were no offers to take any of the
positions.
Chair:
Graham Pettit.
Secretary:
Terry Wilby.
Treasurer:
Terry Briggs.
Disciplinary Secretary:
Terry Briggs.
Committee Members:
Dick Darler.
8)
PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES
Medals were awarded to the
following:
Division 1 Winners:
Trumpington Tornadoes
Division 1 Runners up:
Honeybadgers
Division 2 Winners:
Real DIY
Division 2 Runners up:
Ricardo Rangers
League Cup Winners:
DeLuca Cuccina
League Cup Runners up:
Symbionics
League Cup “Plate”:
Club of the Season:
Honeybadgers and Netherhills United
The Club of the Season was decided by ruling out any
team for the following reasons:
10) ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other
business.
The Chairman closed the meeting at
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