Colliers Wood Little League Football

Minutes of the Meeting held 9th June 2003 at 7.30pm at the Colliers Wood Community Centre

Present: Tom Walsh (chair), Wendy Walsh, Keith Allen, Joe Bettell, Ben Walsh, Kevin Godding, Trevor DaCosta, Mark Greaves, Peter Jordan, Peter Dauncey, Sam Tuohy, Hezz Sooklal

1 Apologies: From the Community Centre for locking the upstairs hall !

2 Minutes of Inaugural Meeting: Accepted

3 Team Managers: Not sure how many teams we will end up with, but agreed that managers could initially run both a junior (7 & 8 year olds) and a senior (9 & 10 year olds) team if necessary.

Team A: Mark Greaves + Partner; Team B: Trevor DaCosta + Partner

Team C: Joe Bettell + Hezz Sooklal Team D: Peter Jordan

Team E: Ben Walsh ?? Team F: Paul & Sharon ?? Team G: Kevin Taylor ??

Colours for team kits were discussed briefly. Plain Red and Plain Blue should be avoided as may "disappear".

4 Secretary's Report & Correspondence: There are now 94 children on the register. The numbers of children signing in each week have been as follows:

* These were Bank Holiday or School Holiday weekends

2 sets of goalposts have been ordered. Invoice passed to Keith Allen (Treasurer CWRA). Delivery of bags for posts may not be for a couple of weeks.

Correspondence received: Minutes of National Executive meetings 10/4/2003 and 10/5/2003. Annual Report and Accounts for year to 30/4/2003. Agenda for National AGM 26/6/2003. Special offer for Sock purchases.

5 Treasurer's Report: Account to be opened with Halifax in Tooting Broadway. CWRA to itemise how first half of Scarman grant was spent and apply for second half.

6 Trials and Team Selection: Agreed to run over 3 consecutive Saturdays (Jun28, Jul05, Jul12). To be publicised in CWRA Newsletter and on preceding Saturdays (Jun14 & Jun21). Also posters/flyers?

Will need different coloured cards for juniors and seniors, allocate each child unique number to be safety-pinned to bib. On trials days, no more than 2 games to run at any one time.

7 Date of Next Meeting: Monday 7th July 7.30pm at Colliers Wood Community Centre. Progress report on trials and opportunity for fine-tuning ahead of third Saturday.

8 Any Other Business:

A number of the children appear to be over age. TW to find out where nearest PBFL is so we can offer an alternative.

We need First Aid Kit. (Chase Kevin Taylor?)

Any progress on getting sole use of the the ground, and keys for toilets/storage? (Keith Spears to chase.)

Dog mess is a problem. (Highlight this in the CWRA Newsletter and encourage use of the bins provided.)

Shin pads should be worn, and football boots are preferable to trainers. (Consider bulk purchase of shin pads for resale, and promote a boot exchange scheme?)

Considerable interest in LLF coaching course. (PD to advise when next available.)

Should we charge a deposit for kits? After some discussion, the answer was "no".