OOASC Full Committee meeting 3rd October 2022 – Minutes
Minutes of the Full Committee Meeting held on Monday 3rd October 2022 at 7.30pm
in the Les Williamson Room at Old Owen’s Sports Ground.
In attendance: A.Abugo(AA), Richard Hattrell(RH), Robert Hattrell(RobH), A.Hunter(AH), P.Kennedy(PK), T.Lane(TL), K.Rowswell(KR), V.Tanner(VT), John & Lynn Clark(JLC),
(The meeting commenced with the introduction of our new Committee member Ayo Abugo to other Committee members present).
(TL was proposed & seconded to Chair the meeting with AH taking the minutes).
- Apologies: I.Breeze(IB), Ed Clark, H.Nemko, D.Webb, A.Welsford(AWel)
- JLC Presentation (John//Lynn Clark)
- JLC presented the Bar and Food Trading figures. Sales in June, July and August were good but sales in September not so good (A planned Jazz night function was cancelled due to a lack of musicians available). There were a few bookings but not as many as before. Future confirmed bookings are an Elvis night (14th October), Cricket Club Dinner (3rd December) and a Quiz night (23rd December). A Firework night is planned for November (date to be confirmed). JLC pointed out that 2 Old Owens football teams are no longer playing which has affected sales. Darts and Cribbage in the Clubhouse has started up again and the Football World Cup is imminent, so JLC are hopeful that bookings for matches will be made.
- JLC stated that there are several overhanging trees in the Car Park that need to be addressed (PK to liaise with Ed Clark on how to manage the situation).
- Matters arising from previous minutes 27th June 2022
- Not discussed
- Finance (Richard Hattrell)
- RH presented figures for Profit and Loss and the Balance Sheet. As at 30th September 2022 there is £83k in the Bank Current account and £10.8k in the Owenians Alumni account and a surplus of £7.1k.
- All Football rental invoices for season 22/23 have gone out. Finchley C.C. and the Sri Lankan C.C. that rented the ground in the cricket season just finished have outstanding payments.
- RH advised that mandate details on the Barclays account has to be changed for signatories, logging in etc (i.e. Alan Davison and Stan Gould). TL will contact Barclays Bank.
- The Ground (Tim Lane)
- The Ground has transited from Cricket to Football well. No matches were lost to the weather at Cricket, so rental of pitches was good. The Football Club helped with work that was needed for the start of the season. Pitches are good, green and grassy although pitch 4 has some weeds on it which will require some work. Boreholes and irrigation process is also being looked at (TL to talk to IB).
- We are still awaiting the outcome of the application made by Jon Robinson from the Football Club for a grant from the Pitch Maintenance Fund of £18.5k in each of the first 2 years.
- OOASC Sports Clubs
6.1 OOFC Football Section (Paul Kennedy)
- PK reported that the 1st weekend of the season was cancelled due to the Queen’s death. Owens now have 3 teams only in the SAL as the 4th XI have disbanded but are hopeful that they can be back next season. However, some of the players from the 4th team will play for Owens Vets this season on a Sunday. The 1st XI won their Cup game last Saturday.
6.2 OOCC Cricket Section (RobH)
- 1st & 2nd XI teams were both promoted as champions of the Herts Saracens League and the 3rd team finished 4th. Towards the end of the season the 3rd XI had some new influx of players which hopefully bodes well for next season. The junior section is thriving with some of the juniors playing for the 3rd XI during the season.
- There is a possibility that having teas might return next season.
6.3 Affiliated Clubs (Phil Riley)
- Nothing to report in Phil’s absence (PK to contact Phil).
- OOASC Membership (Alan Hunter)
- AH presented an analysis of members’ subscriptions from the 1st August 2021 to 31st July 2022. There was a slight increase in membership from the previous membership year.
No. £
Associate Members (Cash) 10 220
Associate Members (Bank) 19 364
Full Members (Bank) 127 1,918
Old Owens Football Club 102 2,046
Old Owens Cricket Club 37 770
Total (Paying Members) 295 5,318
Honorary Members 18 0
Life Members 199 0
Total (Non Paying Members) 217 0
TOTAL MEMBERS 512 5,318
Lapsed (Totals) 9 148
- Old Owens Website (Alan Hunter)
- The website is running smoothly with regular traffic and is updated as and when necessary.
- AH provided the statistics for the website as at 03/10/2022 as follows:
Last 7 days there were 543 visitors with 1,988 visits
Last 30 days there were 2,432 visitors with 8,506 visits
Last 365 days there were 24,408 visitors with 98,332 visits
- ZOO Club (Alan Hunter)
- The balance in the account as at 03/10/2022 is £902.85 (with £50 still owing to Dave Greenshields -November 2021 draw).
- The winner of the £50 prize draw is Edward Fosbrook (Ball No. 3).
- AH to look at increasing the ZOO Club membership
- AOB
10.1 Clubhouse Refurbishment
TL stated that refurbishment of the inside of the Clubhouse needs to be looked at with regard to the flooring,
walls, decorations etc and is open to any suggestions or ideas. AA said she would be interested in helping with
the project in hand and will liaise with TL and AWel to discuss.
- Date of next meeting
- Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 7th December 2022, 7.30 pm at the Ground.
Meeting ended at 20.55 pm.
