Minutes of the 1996 AGM of the PRL Cricket Club

The meeting was held at 1pm on Thursday 15th February at PRL in room D13. In the absence of the President (Bernie Wright), the meeting was chaired by John Cowie (Captain).

Present

Shirley Akehurst, Malcolm Christmas, Dave Cooper, John Cowie, Paul Gough, Martin Mee, David Walker, Andy Yule.

Apologies

Jeff Chapman, Jeff Harris, David Krause, David Parker, Bernie Wright.

Minutes of the 1995 AGM

Andy Yule gave a brief summary of the key points of the minutes of the previous year's AGM. The minutes were accepted.

Matters Arising

None.

Officers' Reports

Captain

John Cowie reported that 1995 had been an enjoyable, if not totally successful, season. He suggested that he felt that he had been the victim of rather too many run out decisions. It was suggested that this made a change as in previous seasons he had been "unlucky" with LBW decisions!

Secretary

Andy Yule gave a brief resume of the 1996 season. Of the 16 matches we played, we won 3, lost 12 and had 1 match abandoned due to a dangerous pitch. The batting performances were topped by Paul Gough who totalled 218 runs at an average of over 27 and Jon Gowers who managed to average over 40 in his 7 innings. Neil Jones topped a set of bowling figures that were less than flattering to most players!

Three new full time employees have expressed an interest in playing for the PRL team since the end of last season (Mark Addison, Dale Heron, and Martin Mee).

The Secretary reported that he had already arranged most of the 1996 fixtures, covering all Wednesdays from 1st May to 28th August. Games against Wellcome (too far away & the site is being moved), Smith Kline Beecham (half the team have been relocated to the USA) and Bank of America (we didn't like them much) have been dropped in favour of an additional fixture against Rentokill, and a home and away fixture with Crawley Falcons (who have been pressing for a fixture for a couple of years). It was noted with regret that Sunday fixtures have been dropped this season as they proved to be too much trouble last season (the opposition let us down on all three occasions!).

Treasurer

David Yule reported that in 1995 we made a small profit (c. £30) largely because we made no major equipment purchases and, as has become the norm in recent years, the club's funds were boosted by a contribution from the Horley Baptist Church.

It was proposed that we should keep match fees the same for the 1996 season (£1 per match, plus 50p for food at home matches).

Team Secretary

David Walker reported that 1995 had been successful in that we had turned out 11 players for nearly all the matches.

As a result of some suggestions at last year's AGM, he had made an attempt to get team sheets out much earlier this year and it was generally agreed that this had been a significant improvement.

Election of Officers

It was agreed that Bernie Wright should remain in the largely honorary role of President.

In line with the general policy of two year terms of office, John Cowie stood down as Captain. The meeting thanked him for his efforts which had ensured plenty of enjoyment.

John Cowie proposed (seconded by Andy Yule) that the current Vice-Captain, Paul Gough should take over as Captain and he was duly elected unopposed.

David Yule proposed (seconded by Paul Gough) Andy Yule as Vice-Captain and he was duly elected unopposed.

Andy Yule proposed (seconded by Paul Gough) David Yule as Secretary/Fixture Secretary and he was duly elected unopposed.

David Walker had previously indicated that he was happy to remain as Team Secretary (at least in preference to being elected to a more onerous post!) and so Andy Yule proposed (seconded by John Cowie) that he remain Team Secretary and he was duly elected unopposed.

The meeting expressed a general desire for Rob Davies to be elected to the post of Treasurer, but in his absence it was agreed that the new Captain should be authorised to discuss the matter with him. Martin Mee volunteered to fill the role if Rob turns down the post. Rob has subsequently been approached and has agreed to fill the post.

Any Other Business

The state of the mat was discussed at some length. It was agreed that we should try and discourage the use of spiked shoes on the mat, although this would probably be difficult to enforce. All the same it was agreed that visiting teams should be made aware of our desire to minimise wear of the mat.

Andy Yule said he would make enquires regarding minor repairs to the mat around the ``bowlers' footmarks''.

It was agreed that David Yule and Martin Mee would represent the Cricket club at the Sports and Social Club AGM.

The meeting thanked Dave Cooper for looking after the pitch and Shirley Akehurst for doing the majority of the scoring.

The meeting closed at 1:50pm.

Andy Yule (yuleat@prl.research.philips.com)

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