OOASC Full Committee meeting 16th October 2023 – Minutes

Minutes of the Full Committee Meeting held on Monday 16th October 2023
at 7.30 pm in the Les Williamson Room at Old Owen’s Sports Ground.

In attendance:     I.Breeze(IB), A.Hunter(AH), H.Nemko(HN), T.Lane(TL), K.Rowswell(KR)

1. Apologies: E.Clark, J.Clark, L.Clark, Rob Hattrell, Richard Hattrell, M.Oakley(MO),
                         V.Tanner, D.Webb 

2. JLC update (John, Ed & Lynn Clark)

• Due to the absence of all JLC personnel no updates could be given.

3. Matters arising from previous minutes 21st August 2023

• The MCR tills have been replaced together with new screens and a new agreement is in place.
• JLC have commenced the rental payments that were proposed.

4. Finance (Richard Hattrell)
   

• Richard advised in his absence, that as at 30th September 2023 there was £86.7k in the HSBC bank account, £11.1k in the Barclays account, £10.6k in the Owenians Alumni account and a surplus of £6.7k.

• The outstanding monies owing for Cricket pitch hire is £1,070 by Sri Lankan Cavaliers.
• Richard is awaiting details for the Football pitch hire rentals and will raise the invoices when received.

5. The Ground (TL/IB)
   

       5.1 Ground

• Autumn renovations have not been done. Cricket renovations have been completed but were late.

• The next Football Foundation grant (£18k) is due in October 2023. There is a need to find out what work to the Ground is required to receive the grant (TL & IB to contact and liaise with Andy Ward).

• TL reported that there is a problem with the Cesspit. The Mains supply is burnt out and an electrician is due to come in and fix hopefully by the end of this week.        

       5.2 Padel Tennis Project

• Progress is good and the Padel Courts are nearly finished. Scheduled to have an ‘Open Day’ on Sunday 5^th November 2023. Flyers are due to be sent out next week by Padel Tennis Uk. 

• The Padel Courts will be free for use by the School once a week between 2-4 pm. 

• AH will be seeking Padel Tennis members to enrol as Association members.
   

6. OOASC Sports Clubs

       6.1    OOFC Football Section (IB)

• IB reported that Owens 1^st , 2^nd & 3^rd teams are doing well in the Herts League on Saturdays and player availability is good. Owens 4^th XI are also doing well in the SAL on Saturdays.

• Thanks to Ed Clark & Paul Kennedy for getting things ready for Football in the space of a week after the Cricket season finished. 

      6.2    OOCC Cricket Section (TL) 

• The 1^st XI achieved their objective of staying up in the Premiership. The 2^nd XI finished mid-table in Division 5A and the 3^rd XI won Division 11C with the aid of 2 juniors playing in the team for every match. 

• There will be an Owens 4^th XI playing next year on Saturdays in a Friendly League. 

• There will be an increase of 10% for all Clubs hiring pitches next season. 

• TL liaised with Jackie Campbell from the School with regard to a mobile Cricket Net Cage that is available (Purchase price to be agreed). Dismantling and transport from the School and Ground will be required. 

       6.3    Affiliated Clubs (MO)

• Due to the absence of MO there was no update available.

7. OOASC Membership (Alan Hunter)    

• AH to try and make contact with the Lapsed members.

8. Old Owens Website (Alan Hunter)

• The website is running smoothly and is updated as and when necessary. Visitors and visits have increased since the August statistics.

• The statistics for the website as at 15/10/2023 are as follows:
  Last 7 days there were 328 visitors with 973 visits
  Last 30 days there were 1,319 visitors with 4,830 visits
  Last 90 days there were 3,831 visitors with 14,577 visits
  Last 365 days there were 24,422 visitors with 97,955 visits

9. ZOO Club (Alan Hunter)

• The balance in the account as at 16/10/2023 is £875.35 (which includes £55 owing to the Harold Moore Luncheon Account).

             A draw was made at the meeting by HN.
             The winner of the £50 1st prize is Jim Everton (Ball no. 15).

10. AOB

       10.1 None          

11. Date of next meeting

• Next meeting is scheduled for Monday 11^th December 2023, 7.30 pm at the Ground. 

Meeting ended at 20.30 pm.

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