Superstars Cricket Club

Time and place.

Thursday 18 January 2024, 5.00pm at Great Minister House (and available remotely)

Attendees.

Barry Gigg, Matthew Conway, George Warren, Jason Marchant, James Hewlett, Richard Abigail, Steve Meyler, Michael Duggan, Chris Mountain, Konrad Chodzko-Zajko, Dan Forman, Sam Farnham, Nikhil Gidwani

Apologies.

Paul Gaught-Allen, Vijay Anand, John Bishop, John Bishop, Mike Kamellard, Mike Taylor, Simon Gundry, Will Walker, Harish Kumar, Rick Smith, Chris Thompson, Adam Spencer-Bickle, Merv Aranha, Gary S Plahe, Ian Moxon.

Minutes of the last meeting.

Minutes of the last meeting were agreed without change.

Matters Arising.

There were no matters arising.

Chairman's Report.

Chairman, Matthew Conway, was pleased to report that the club had won the SPARTA Sport and Wellbeing Day 6 a side tournament. It was the highlight of a season in which the club struggled to win games, but all the games were very close. He said that despite this it was a thoroughly enjoyable season spending time and having fun in the company of the team.

He reported that he was sad that Barry Gigg was retiring from his many club roles including playing. He said that Barry had devoted so much time and given so much to the club since it’s formation. The club had devoted a full webpage to Barry on the club’s website. He presented Barry with the ball that he scored his 10,000th run for the club.

Treasurer's Report.

The accounts had been audited. The Treasurer went through the details of income and expenditure and the forthcoming SPARTA bid. All players were reminded that if they were in DfT or DCLG then they should join Sparta at a cost of £2 a month or a one-off payment of £24 to the club for the year.

Barry presented the accounts and said that the club had started the year with £130 in the bank and finished the year with £335. This increase was mainly because the club had played less games this year and the SPARTA grant had been based on the clubs’ previous years playing roster. Also there had been no costs for nets or the website this year though these would resume next year.

Barry said that the final figure for the SPARTA grant was likely to be around £600 this year. The accounts and bid were agreed.

The matter of a club bank accounts was briefly discussed. George, Steve, and Matthew agreed to finding a solution for the club bank account problem between them. Jason advised them to ensure they had multiple signatories to any new account as other clubs had encountered problems due to only having one or two signatories.

Action: George, Steve, and Matthew to follow up bank account.

Election of Officers.

No nominations had been received. The following appointments were agreed unanimously. Elected officers are as follows:


	Honorary Life President	Barry Gigg (see motions)
	Chair	Matthew Conway
	Secretary	Jason Marchant (Chris Mountain starting next AGM)
	Treasurer	George Warren
	Club Captain	Paul Gaught
	Fixture Secretary	Chris Mountain (Steve Meyler for 2025)
	Committee Members	Mark Williams, Paul Gaught-Allen, Michael Duggan, Gary Plahe, Adam Spencer-Bickle, Vijay Anand, Steve Meyler, Dan Forman, George Warren, Sam Farnham, Jason Marchant, Konrad Chodzko-Zajko, Barry Gigg, Chris Mountain.
	Vice-captain	As and when required
	Auditor	Richard Abigail

Motions.

A motion was submitted that Barry Gigg be given the title of Honorary Life President. This was passed.

A motion was submitted that Barry Gigg should be granted a Superstars Testimonial. This game should be for the charity/charities of Barry and Mary’s choosing and organised by the club (not him) – the game should be similar in style to previous “celebratory” matches. This was passed.

Action: Barry Gigg Testimonial match to be arranged.

Arrangements for 2024 Season.

Chris Mountain would like to step down as fixture secretary, Steve Meyler agreed to take over as long as Chris gave some initial help. This was agreed. Chris reported that next year was a 19-week cricket season. The aim was for a midweek game every week of which a few would be 40 over matches. There would also be 3 or 4 weekend games. As of the date of this meeting 9 midweek and 2 weekend games had already been sorted for 2024. A few opponents were suggested to add to the fixture list.

There was a possibility of arranging a tour in 2024. George was taking this forward. Matthew would follow this up post meeting with George.

Action: Matthew to follow up with George.

Michael gave un update on nets. There were nets available in Battersea at a place called New Era Training. They cost £50 per an hour. He was planning to book some for late January early February. Outdoor nets were available later in the year at Archbishops Park. Jason advised the meeting that CSSC ran Wednesday net sessions in Southall that may be an additional solution.

Any Other Business.

Matthew suggested creating a Superstars Committee WhatsApp group to ensure that the committee was more active during the year. This was agreed.

Chris asked when new club kit would be purchased, what we would be purchasing and who would be doing the purchasing. Matthew said that the committee would discuss this before putting the SPARTA bid forward. Jason said that if Superstars needed to store kit at Chiswick, he may be able to arrange for storage space in the CSSC container.

Recruitment of new players. Some new players had seen the club posters in GMH and 2MS but new solutions were needed to improve recruitment including the use of the departmental Intranets.

Steve said that he was creating an SQL database that may be useful for the club stats. He would discuss this with Paul and Konrad.

There being no other business the meeting closed at 6.26pm.

Jason Marchant.