MINUTES OF THE CAMBRIDGE 5-A-SIDE LEAGUE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY 22nd MAY 2008

AT THE CAMBRIDGE JOINT SERVICES CLUB, BARNWELL DRIVE,
BARNWELL ROAD, CAMBRIDGE

 

 

The Chairman opened the meeting at 8.10 pm and welcomed those present to the A.G.M.

 

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:

 

 

Financial Statement

 

Income and Expenditure Account:

 

31st May 2008

31st May 2007

 

£

£

£

£

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”:                   Chosen Men

 

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 9:30pm.

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