OOASC Full Committee meeting 15th April 2024 – Minutes
Minutes of the Full Committee Meeting held on Monday 15th April 2024
at 7.30 pm in the Main Hall at Old Owen’s Sports Ground.
In attendance: I.Breeze(IB), Ed Clark(EC), Richard Hattrell (RH), A.Hunter(AH), P.Kennedy (PK), T.Lane(TL),
K.Rowswell(KR), A.Ward(AW)
- Apologies: John Clark(JC), Rob Hattrell, H.Nemko, M.Oakley(MO), K.Rowswell, V.Tanner,
D.Webb - JLC update (Ed Clark)
- EC reported that Bar and Food takings in March were very good due to the various functions held i.e. Darts Tournament, Poker Nights and 40 & 50’s birthdays). The Club is open 7 days a week and Padel Tennis is helping and hopefully bookings will increase when the weather warms up. Halil the Chef has been unwell so JC has been doing cooking duties in the kitchen for the past 3 weeks.
- EC will advise on the functions coming up.
- TL stated that teas will be required for Umpires and Scorers during the forthcoming Cricket Season.
- Matters arising from previous minutes 5th February 2024
- None
- Finance (TL)
- Richard reported that the finances are in a healthy position and as at 31st March 2024 there was a surplus of £35.6k. There is currently£109.8k in the HSBC account, £11.2k in the Barclays account, £10.6 in the Owenians Alumni account and the bond is valued at £194k.
- Football pitch hire outstanding payments are as follows:
Northaw £3,696
Elizabeth Allen £1,549
Enfield Youth £150 - TL pointed out that monies will be needed for an Air Condition Unit (£3.1k + VAT) and for Ground materials.
- The Ground (AW/TL/IB)
5.1 Pitches Condition (TL/AW)
- Old Owens F.C and some of the other football clubs that pay rental have complained about the standard and quality of the pitches at the Ground during this season. The Football Club highlighted that pitch drainage has been particularly bad. AW is convinced that the condition of the pitches have been affected by worm casts and the first priority would be to get rid of the worms (circa 4K) and then proceed with other works required to improve pitch conditions. AW will produce a report of the tasks required for the pitches at the Ground. The Football Foundation which has given us grants has produced guidelines for Ground works that can be followed. There is also the possibility that we might be able to getting funding for drainage works and machinery (This will be investigated).
- At the meeting the Committee agreed that it would look at investing monies that might be required for work on the pitches.
5.2 Pitches Extension (IB)
- Old Owens F.C 1st XI will be promoted to the Herts League Premier Division for next season and as a result Pitch 1 needs to be extended from the current measurement of 100 yards by 68 yards to a minimum of 110 yards by 70 yards. A representative from the Herts League will be invited by the Football Club to come and have a look and advise what is required to be done to Pitch 1 (The changes required should hopefully not affect the Cricket outfield).
5.3 Padel Tennis Project (TL)
- Padel Tennis is doing Ok despite the weather but the Lease has not been signed as yet.
6. OOASC Sports Clubs
6.1 OOFC Football Section (PK/IB)
- PK reported that in the Herts Senior County League, Owens 1st XI is currently top of Division 1 and will be promoted to the Premier Division. The 2nd XI has won Division 2 and will be promoted to Division 1. The 3rd XI is currently 2nd in Division 5 and will be playing against Elizabeth Allen in the Greg Cup Final at Hitchin. The 4th XI is 4th in their Division in the SAL.
- PK stated that there will be a discussion with PBU as to whether their U18 side who finish this season would like to come and maybe form an Old Owens 5th XI team.
- PK stated that Football at the Ground will end on Saturday 20th April 2024 and the Football Dinner will be Friday 17th May 2024 at the Ground.
6.2 OOCC Cricket Section (TL)
- Winter Nets for the Junior and Senior sections ends on the 16th Junior nets outdoor will commence on Monday 22nd April at the Ground.
- The Tour to St. Lucia (as part of the Cricket Club 100th anniversary in 2024) that commenced on the 17th February for 8 days was a success and was thoroughly enjoyed by the 34 individuals that toured. Two 40 over matches (1 won & 1 lost) and a 30 over match (won) were played.
- There will be a working party organized for the Ground when the goals are taken down on the 27th April.
- There is a ‘Family Day’ starting at 10.00 am plus an Inter Club Game at 1.00 pm on Saturday May 4th. The 1st XI is playing Hoddesdon XI at 1.15 pm at Hertford C.C. (T20 competition with Hemel Hempstead, Hertford & Hoddesdon). The Herts League season starts on Saturday 11th May.
- Fixtures organized for the Cricket Week in July 2024 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary are as follows:
Reepham C. (Sunday 7th July)
Nomad C.C. (Tuesday 9th July)
The School (Wednesday 10th July)
MCC (Thursday 11th July)
6.3 Affiliated Clubs (MO)
- No report from PBU as MO was absent from the meeting.
7. OOASC Membership (AH)
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OOASC Membership Subscriptions Payments 1st August 2023 to 15th April 2024 |
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No. |
Payments (£) |
Lapsed |
Amount |
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Associate Members (Cash) |
4 |
£88.00 |
0 |
£0.00 |
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Associate Members (Bank) |
17 |
£323.00 |
0 |
£0.00 |
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|
Full Members (Bank) |
110 |
£1,737.50 |
7 |
£94.50 |
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Old Owens F.C. |
85 |
£1,870.00 |
0 |
£0.00 |
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TOTAL PAYING MEMBERS |
216 |
£4,018.50 |
7 |
94.50 |
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Note: Old Owens C.C. members will pay their subscriptions when due during the Cricket season.
- Old Owens Website (AH)
- The website is running smoothly and updated as and when necessary. The statistics for the website as at 15/04/2024 which are up on the statistics for the 05/02/2024 are as follows:
Last 7 days there were 947 visitors with 1,957 visits
Last 30 days there were 2,951 visitors with 6,425 visits
Last 90 days there were 6,181 visitors with 16,402 visits
Last 365 days there were 19,365 visitors with 64,716 visits - An outstanding annual invoice for £201.60 issued by Web UK Media Ltd in November 2023 for the hosting of our website has been paid.
9. ZOO Club (AH)
- The balance in the account as at 15/04/2024 is £969.35 (which includes £55 owing to the Harold Moore Luncheon Account).
A draw was made at the meeting by AW.
The winner is:
Richard Hattrell £50 (Ball 7)
- AOB
10.1 An AGM meeting is required to be scheduled.
- Date of next meeting
- Next meeting is scheduled for Monday 10th June 2024, 7.30 pm at the Ground.
Meeting ended at 21.15 pm.
