AGM 2010

 

Meeting commenced 20.21 following exhibition match Tom Phipps v Tom Richards

Chairman Rob Ballingall welcomed everyone for attending [around 50 members present]

  1. Apologies:    Antoinette Ferraro

  Michael Ferraro

 

  1. Membership:   Nick Blackburne


    Total membership 333 [2009 - 349]

    Full membership up, Junior membership down

    44 members did not rejoin 2009. 49 this year, at the moment

    Summer invitation was successful – several players joined the Club

 

  1. Club Captain:    Richard Harvey

An amusing light-hearted quiz followed by the results

Chesham Bois most successful season to date

Mens 1st team, Ladies 1st and 2nd teams all won their division

Team of the Year 2010 Mens 1st team

 

  1. Juniors:   John Ormiston


 

 John thanked all the coaching team John Hatch, Mo Khalid, Jenny Brown

10 juniors representing the County with several at regional level

Huw Owen 1st in under 13 boys at County level

Issy Moloney Improved her position from 12th and is now 10th under 15 in England

Amy Jones 1st in under 13 girls at County level and 6th in England under 13

 

Junior of the Year 2010

John Hatch thanked John Ormiston for all his hard working organising the juniors over the year

 

  1. League Organiser

 

League Champion 2010 Dan Colquhoun
2nd Simon Ross

 

Player of the Year 2010 Steve Sieff
2nd Ben Payne
3rd John Taylor 
4th Dan Colquhoun

 

  1. Chairman’s Report

 

  1. Highest court bookings Jason Goode, Rob Ballingall 2nd, Steve Sieff 3rd
  2. Glass back wall – being replaced with 4 panels, insurance covering most of the cost
  3. Finances – Income down 10% even with new members joining throughout the year. Peter Dickinson controlling outgoings well!
  4. Maintenance – Courts 1 and 4 walls and floors were refurbished and the lights have been replaced with more energy efficient tubes. Plan for 2 and 3 to be done to same standard next August
  5. Racketball - fast becoming a popular sport. The Club is looking for a ‘supremo’ to take responsibility for introducing it to the Club. Richard Harvey mentioned that Bucks is planning to introduce a County Racketball league
  6. Ken Goss – Rob reported having a good phone call with Ken who, although quite poorly, continues to walk the dog daily. He enjoys speaking to people about life in general rather than moping on about his health
  7. Phil Cornhill – Phil is stepping down from his position as Competition Organiser. Rob thanked him for all his hard work over the years. Dominic will now combine his present position with Competition organiser
  8. Social Committee Autumn Ball – Tickets are still available for this popular event. It is being held at Beaconsfield Golf Club Saturday 20th November. So far there has been little support from the squash section of out Club. Contact Andrew Madzia for tickets and further information

  9. Election of Committee

Proposed Alison Moloney

Seconded Bruce Northway

 

Chair Robert Ballingall

Club Captain Richard Harvey

Ladies Representative Juliet O’Toole

Bookings Neal Gibbons

Junior Organiser John Ormiston

Web Site Neal Gibbons

Events and Competition Organiser Dominic Thwaites

Membership Secretary Nick Blackburne

League Organiser Kate Ballingall

 

The motion was carried unanimously and thus the Committee is duly elected


 

  1. Any other business


 

Simon Ross, on behalf of all the members, thanked Rob Ballingall for all his hard work over the year.

Meeting closed 21.00

 

Dan - Team of the Year

 

Dan - League Chump Champ

 

Ami - Junior Champ

 

Ben - Player of the year runner up

 

Simon - League Champ runner up

 

Steve - Player of the year

 

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AGM2009009

Thanks to the 50 or more who turned up last Friday for our AGM. Most came to show their thanks and appreciation to Ken Goss for more than 30 years serving the club. Unfortunately Ken was unable to join us but we marked the occasion by naming Court 4 the 'Ken Goss Court' and mounting a plaque.

The new Committee was duly elected and is now:

Chairman                                 Robert Ballingall
Club Captain                            Richard Harvey
Ladies Representative              Juliet O'Toole
Membership Secretary             Nick Blackburn
League Organiser                    Kate Ballingall
Bookings and IT                      Neal Gibbons
Tournament Organiser             Phil Cornhill
Junior Organiser                      John Ormiston
 Events Organiser                     Dominic Thwaites
Secretary                                  Chris Mellor

Other matters of interest:

(1) There are a few tickets left for the world class Exhibition match being held on the Ken Goss Court - Saturday 19th December. Contact Dominic to obtain your tickets  (dominicthwaites@mac.com)

(2) Christmas Team squash starts on 7th December and runs for 6 Mondays with a break for Christmas. Do join us for some friendly but competitive matches for all abilities by signing up on the list or by contacting Dominic.

(3) The new committee is updating the squash section of the Web-site ( www.cbltsc.com) . It already looks much better but there's more to come. Please have a look and let me have any comments/suggestions to keep it fresh, for both existing and prospective new members.

(4) Thanks to Mary Crowshaw who has been working through sacks of lost property and says: "There is a large quantity of adult and junior clothing and shoes in Lost Property.


The most recent Lost Property is in two boxes next to the Tennis Balls box in the main club lounge; older lost property is in 4 black sacks under the tables by the kitchen serving hatch.


If you think you or your family have lost any item please call into the clubhouse very soon and take a look as it is proposed to dispose of all the Lost Property on Monday 30th November 2009. It is suggested that particularly junior clothing should be marked clearly with a name to assist with its return".

(5) Finally, a reminder that the Club AGM is being held at 8pm next Friday, 27th November.

Regards

Rob Ballingall
Chairman

 

 

NOTICE OF 2009 ANNUAL MEETING

The 2009 Annual Meeting of Squash Members will be held at the Club on Friday 13th November at 8.00pm

From  6.30, preceding the meeting we have arranged a play-off between the contenders for Team of the Year. Both the Ladies 1st Team and the Junior 1st Team won their respective Leagues, so do come and see who comes out on top.

Agenda


1. Apologies for absence.
2. Membership Secretary's Report - Robert Ballingall.
3. Captain's Report - Richard Harvey - including Team of the Year.
4. Junior Organiser's Report - John Ormiston - including Junior Player of the Year.
5. League Organiser's Report - Robert - including Player of the Year and League Champion.
6. Chair's Report.
7. Election of Squash Committee for 2009/10.

            
Position Member Years Served on Committee
Chair:                                     Robert Ballingall                   13
Club:                                      Captain Richard Harvey         2
Ladies Representative:            Juliet O'Toole                        2
Bookings & I T :                    Neal Gibbons                         3
Tournament Organiser:           Phil Cornhill                            4
Junior Organiser:                    John Ormiston                       11
Events Organiser:                   Dominic Thwaites                    0
Membership Secretary:          Nick Blackburn                       0    
League Organiser:                  Kate Ballingall                         0
Secretary:                              Chris Mellor                            0

It's good to see my 'Last CHAT' did the business. Look at the new improved line up.

Only two Ballingalls and only one of these is Robert. Thank you all for your excellent response!

8. Any other business...

I hope as many of you as possible will turn out on Friday the 13th, if for no better reason than to allow me to wish
you all a fond farewell.

Finally, you are all invited to join us at the Bar for nibbles. So do come along for what should be an interesting and enjoyable evening.


Ken Goss (Chair) 23rd October 2009