Hythe Cricket & Squash Club
The Grove • Hythe • CT21 6AX
Tel: 01303 267 458
Good afternoon
To keep you updated please find attached the AGM minutes. If you have any questions or comments please call or email me.
Take care
Philip
07813939169
I have provided a brief summary and highlights below:
The main highlight was the Crowdfund effort with members and the community raising over £30,000, remarkable – a great club effort led by the inspirational Rachel Gainsford, who we cannot thank enough.
Priorities in the months ahead are reviewing the Club’s vision and objectives, reviewing our current structure, and agreeing on the best format for the Club now and in the future.
(We are currently unincorporated, and if there is an accident and someone wants to claim damages, they could claim against the Trustees, Committee or Members).
The consideration is a change to an Incorporated Club, becoming a legal entity with limited liability. Our members will own it, and they vote in the Directors to run the Club.
We are taking legal advice and will present to the members in a General Meeting once we get back to some normality, any proposal of change is a decision that rests with the members.
Big thank you to Tobie Davies – who continues to our most valuable asset, on behalf of the members a massive thank you to her.
Cricket - Saturday and Sunday cricket was successful in the fact we did not cancel any fixtures through lack of players only through bad weather. There were two great club days one at the start one at the end of the season with great attendance and support from the whole club. It appears that the Saturday side is about to lose three long term members of the club for their own personal reasons (Chris Slee, Tim Pichowski and Stefan Pichowski) Nigel Pichowski has done a great job on Sundays having 23 different players over the season with potential to make some of those players permanent and winning week in week out with juniors playing every game. It's clear to see that there is potential for the future on a youth level and could introduce them into Saturday and Sunday sides in the near future. Thanks to Rachel Gainsford, Martin Cobb, Dave Potter and many more for their support over the season.
The cricket section knows that cricket membership has been poor, and it's something we are going to address in the coming months before the season starts. Matt Cobb is recruiting and will promote youngsters.
Squash & Racketball - Despite the chaos during the year, when play was possible, court usage was greatly increased and it was increasingly difficult to get a court during the evenings and at weekends. Membership has shown a significant increase and is now at the highest level it has been for some years with 132 Full Members, 15 Off-Peak, 8 Multisports and 25 Juniors. This trend has prompted the founding of a Club Development group that has been looking at club expansion including the building of 2 extra squash courts. We would particularly like to thank Tom and Lydia Locke for their efforts in attracting new members during the summer. Lydia particularly has almost single-handedly created a much-needed ladies section which was thriving before the latest lockdown.
The courts are in good shape and the new booking system was aided by the fitting of LED lighting, redecoration, new carpets and a new water fountain
The junior section has been rejuvenated by our new coach Baz Hodson and when able, there were 5 x groups of juniors receiving coaching at the weekend and plans for midweek after school squash. This has also resulted in the growth of junior members to 25 which is probably the highest it has ever been. To aid this, the club has offered free (unbooked) courts to juniors which have provided a great opportunity for practice.
Football - Grovellers played a few games with all payments completed despite no changing/shower facilities. We have enough Grovellers to put out 2 teams. The league side that regularly comes to the bar on a Sunday might join our structure. More discussion on this to follow. Football is very healthy. The ground is being well looked after.
Membership - All renewals have been postponed until the club gets back to normal. All subs paid in 2021 will be valued for the 12 months post reinstatement.
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