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Minutes of the Sixty-fourth Annual General Meeting of Reed CC, 18th February 2021

Minutes of the Sixty-fourth Annual General Meeting of Reed Cricket Club held virtually on Thursday 18th February 2021 starting at 2000hrs. 1. Opening address and to confirm the present incumbent, Andrew Emms, as Club President and Chairman of the AGM. According to the Club Constitution there being no alternative nomination received in the requisite time, ANDREW EMMS remained Club President. Andrew was pleased to be able to welcome members to this (so far) unique, virtual AGM. He was hopeful for a full season in 2021. A few basic “house rules” regarding virtual meeting protocol and how to pose questions were provided thanks to Julien Fynn who was “hosting” the meeting. 2. Attendance & Apologies. Present at Virtual Meeting: Andrew Emms, (Club President, Chairman of the AGM), Peter Baker, (Minute Taker), Marcus Baker, Matt Bowles, Lloyd Bowman, Jaime Boyd, Mitchell Cooper, Jonathan Fynn, Julien Fynn, Nadine Fynn, Edward Garrott, Paul Garrott, Matt Giblin, Sam Greaves, Tom Greaves, Hannah Heslam, James Heslam, William Heslam, Rhodri Hughes, Chris Jackson, Rob Lankester, Bill Mansfield, Peter McMeekin, Scott Nash, Steve Nash, Chloe Robertson, Cilla Robertson, Michael Robertson, Richard Robertson, Bethan Smith, Graham Smith, Stuart Smith, Jack Tidey, Ed Wharton, Richard Wharton, Peter Wholley and Rob Willoughby, (37 attendees). Participating in Ballot: For record purposes, the following 42 Members submitted votes in the 2021 AGM process: Chris Baker, Marcus Baker, Peter Baker, Adrian Baxter, Roger Bowcock, Matt Bowles, Lloyd Bowman, Jaime Boyd, Julie Collins, Mitchell Cooper, Dennis Easley, Phil Frenay, Edward Garrott, Paul Garrott, Matt Giblin, Sam Greaves, Tom Greaves, Neil Haslam, Richard Haydon, John Heslam, Chris Jackson, Simon Jackson, Richard Johnson, Rob Lankester, Marcus Martin, Rupert Martin, Greg McKinnell, Peter McMeekin, Steve Nash, Chloe Robertson, Cilla Robertson, Richard Robertson, Bethan [...]

By |2021-11-28T09:58:55+00:00October 25th, 2021|Categories: 2020, 2020 AGM, 2021, 2021 AGM, AGM, Historic Documents, News|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Minutes of the Sixty-fourth Annual General Meeting of Reed CC, 18th February 2021
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Agenda for the Sixty-fourth Annual General Meeting of Reed Cricket Club to be held virtually on Thursday 18th February 2021 starting at 2000hrs.

Agenda for the Sixty-fourth Annual General Meeting of Reed Cricket Club to be held virtually on Thursday 18th February 2021 starting at 2000hrs. 1. Opening address and to confirm the present incumbent, Andrew Emms, as Club President and Chairman of the AGM. No alternative nominations for the position of President have been received within the time allowed. Consequently, Andrew Emms remains as President. 2. Attendance & Apologies. For record purposes, Members submitting votes in the 2021 AGM process will be counted as being present at the meeting. This is in addition to anyone who does not vote but logs-in to the remote Meeting. 3. To announce the results of the balloting process for the following: a. Minutes. Approval of Minutes of the RCC AGM held on 28th November 2019. b. Matters arising. c. To receive the Honorary Secretary’s Report. d. To receive the Annual Accounts – Main, Bar & 100 Club Statements. e. To consider amendments to the Club Constitution. Only members over the age of 16 may vote. A majority of two-thirds of members present at the meeting in favour for changes is required. f. To consider and ratify or amend rates of Subscriptions & Match Fees. Only members over the age of 16 may vote. g. To elect Vice-Presidents, Officers and Auditors for the coming year. ➢ Rules: All those voting must be either fully paid-up Members, Vice-Presidents or Life Members of the Club. ➢ Votes cast by anyone else not listed as having Subscribed or Donated to the Club during 2020 will not be counted. ➢ Playing Members over the age of 16 may vote on the election of all the officers. ➢ Playing Members under the age of 16 may not [...]

By |2021-02-20T12:06:31+00:00February 4th, 2021|Categories: 2020, 2021, AGM, News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Agenda for the Sixty-fourth Annual General Meeting of Reed Cricket Club to be held virtually on Thursday 18th February 2021 starting at 2000hrs.
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Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2020

I am assuming that you won’t want my annual report to be peppered with all those words that we had never needed to use in our cricketing lexicon before, so let’s get them out of the way in the first paragraph – unprecedented, truncated, sanitizer, restricted, lockdown, PPE, running-lane, Covid, furlough, Coronavirus, pandemic, remote, roadmap for return, virtual, self-isolation, facemask, government advice, bubble, social distancing – the list goes on and I’m sure you can add a few of your own. I’ll try not to repeat them! At the AGM in November 2019 Sean Tidey departed the General Committee because he was too old to remain the Under 25 Representative! Rhodri Hughes succeeded him. Rhodri was also elected as the Third Team Captain and Matt Bowles became Vice-Captain of the Second XI. Julien Fynn joined the General Committee (Without Portfolio) and after several decades, Jonathan Fynn decided to cease auditing duties and nominated another of his sons, Alec, to take over from him. The General Committee consists of 24 people and it met in January and March as normal then via Zoom from June onwards. Whilst never getting a full-house, (the best was 21 attending in July), overall average attendance was 76.56% over the year with 5 members having a 100% record. Additionally the Executive Committee met three times. Exigent Club business and all periphery issues affected by the Government’s and ECB’s rules continued to be administered by close contact between Committee members using available electronic wizardry. Good news on the Inspection front - North Herts District Council, (NHDC), assessed us as being low risk relating to the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013. And the annual inspection of our Fire Extinguishers was satisfactory. [...]

By |2021-02-27T18:00:35+00:00January 21st, 2021|Categories: 2020, 2020 AGM, 2020 Season Review, AGM, Season Review|Tags: , |Comments Off on Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2020
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End of Season Reviews, Captains & Colts’ Managers

1st XI REPORT 2020 A lot of positives to take out of a very strange first Premier League season. We managed to get 8 games in and although we only won 1, we pushed most teams hard and made a bit of a name for ourselves in the League that we won’t be push overs. Will Heslam made a sublime 100 whilst chasing 227 over at Welwyn. A game in which ex-Test match player Owais Shah was playing. We ended 7 runs short in one of the games of the season. This ended up being a bit of a habit and probably a lack of experience at the top level cost us a couple of times. However huge positives were to be taken from performances by Jack Tidey in particular. Home grown and proving to be the number 1 bowler in the Premier League at his first time of asking was a huge achievement and I’m sure only a small sign of things to come. Mitchell Cooper also played superbly well averaging well into the 40s showing great maturity with the bat coupled with ball striking on another level. We hope that things get back to some kind of normality for the 2021 season. With plenty of positives to take into the spring my hope is that we can maintain our Premier League status, look to continue to build our squad and play lots of entertaining cricket at the green. In the meanwhile I hope you all stay safe, and that current times will all be a distant memory soon. Fingers crossed I’ll share a cold one with you all during the summer. Go well! Tom Greaves, Club Captain, RCC. ************************************************** 2nd XI REPORT 2020 [...]

By |2021-02-27T18:02:46+00:00January 21st, 2021|Categories: 2020, 2020 Season Review, Season Review|Tags: , , |Comments Off on End of Season Reviews, Captains & Colts’ Managers
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On-Line Scoring and Stage 1 Umpires’ Courses

MESSAGE PUBLISHED ON BEHALF OF THE HERTS LEAGUE AND ECB. ======================================================== Because of the restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will not be any face-to-face Umpire courses this winter. However the ECB Association of Cricket Officials (ACO) has produced an on-line version of the Stage 1 course that is free of charge. Type this into your browser- https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/653e1af6-1124-4486-b253-f9057d700f8e During February and March the Herts ACO will be running the on-line version of the Stage 2 course for those who wish to become full, qualified members of the ACO in order to umpire in Divisions 3A to 6B. For further details please contact Tim Caldicott, the Education Officer for the Herts ACO at tim.caldicott@autodesignuk.com On-line Scorer courses continue to be available. To register for the ‘Basic scoring’ course type this into your browser- https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/501245fd-e917-45e8-827e-f14d10a1d0cb

By |2021-02-20T12:11:38+00:00December 1st, 2020|Categories: 2020, 2021, News, Training Course|Tags: , |Comments Off on On-Line Scoring and Stage 1 Umpires’ Courses
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Our 100 Club Lottery

To Members and Friends of Reed Cricket Club, This is Reed CC’s very own monthly lottery. The Club is grateful to existing members for their continued support but if you aren’t already participating, for £5 per month, you have the chance of winning prize money of £80, £40 or £20 in every draw. 29 lucky Members shared winnings totalling £1,680 in 2020. Could you be a winner in 2021? The more members we have, the more funds we can raise. If there were more participants we might even increase the prize money and still make a profit! Currently, there are vacancies so please consider supporting the Cricket Club by joining. You do not need to be a member of the Cricket Club to play in the lottery. To join, please contact either: Bethan Smith by phone on 01763 260446 or 07880 702064 or by email bethan.smith1957@icloud.com OR Peter Baker on phone 01379 644660 or 07379 331962 or by email petergbaker54@gmail.com The results of each draw are posted on the RCC website under the “Members Area” heading. Thank you, PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club.

By |2021-02-20T12:12:36+00:00November 25th, 2020|Categories: 2020, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Our 100 Club Lottery
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Life Membership for John Heslam

John Heslam was made a Life Member of the Cricket Club at the General Committee Meeting last week. This acknowledged JQH’s massive contribution dating back to 1980. John spent 36 years on the Committee; 25 as Club Chairman. He became Club Captain in 1985 when Reed was building a competitive side that recorded numerous promotions and cup triumphs during his tenure. Latterly, he also skippered the Second XI when several Colts, whose teams he also successfully managed, were first introduced to playing “Open-Age” Cricket matches. Many of those youngsters now form the backbone of the current Senior XIs. Off the field, John was instrumental in planning the construction of extensions on our super pavilion and under his leadership and as Fundraising Officer he secured thousands of pounds in sponsorship and grants from various sources. He also procured everything from carpet tiles to fire doors, and from safes to lorry loads of concrete and building materials for those extensions, ensuring all tasks were completed on time and on-budget. This short summary of his association with the Club does not scratch the surface of JQH’s commitment to RCC and his significant influence on its history. Life Membership is in recognition of those forty years’ of service. Thank you John. Peter G. Baker. Honorary Secretary, Reed CC November 2020.

By |2021-02-20T12:13:33+00:00November 12th, 2020|Categories: 2020, News, Uncategorized|Tags: |Comments Off on Life Membership for John Heslam
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AGM – an explanatory note

To Members of Reed Cricket Club, The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Reed CC usually takes place during November of each year. Because of the restrictions relating to Covid-19 affecting the number of people allowed to gather together, the Club's General Committee took the decision to postpone the AGM for three months in the hope that the restrictions would be relaxed by then, thus permitting a proper meeting to be held in the Howard Marshall Pavilion. The date chosen is Thursday 18th February 2021. Alas, with the reintroduction of a further short period of "lockdown" the indications are that our AGM might have to be conducted virtually after all. Safety is paramount so if that is the case, we shall inform you how we intend running the meeting which, in all likelihood, would probably require setting deadlines for proposals, elections and constitutional rule changes to be submitted in the weeks before 18th February. Whilst we hope that we will be able to meet as usual, the Committee is looking at ways that balloting, etc., can be administered remotely. I shall let you know what we have decided nearer the time. I know some Club Members do not receive emails or have access to the internet. Whilst I shall attempt to update them myself, please may I trust that their family members convey the above message to them. Thank you. Meanwhile, I wish you and your families well. Stay safe and healthy and I look forward to seeing you either in person or virtually in the near future. PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club.

By |2021-02-20T12:14:18+00:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: 2020, 2021, AGM, News|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on AGM – an explanatory note
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Raise donations for Reed CC using easyfundraising

To Members, Friends and Supporters of Reed Cricket Club, Recent months have possibly brought more of us into the world of on-line shopping so may I please remind you that by creating an account for easyfundraising, then searching for retailers and making purchases through them, you will raise funds for Reed Cricket Club. Maybe you are a regular user anyway, possibly you already have an easyfundraising account but have forgotten to use it, or perhaps you weren’t aware of it and have never created an account. Please copy this into your browser. https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/reedcc/?invite=2LO12H&referral-campaign=s2s Or click on the easyfundraising logo on the homepage of this website and log-in or create an account. As we approach the lead into the Christmas period, (and who knows what sort of potential lockdown or restricted movement may be on the horizon), this is an ideal time to use this easyfundraising scheme to continue raising funds for the Club. If you are looking for general or specific shopping, supermarkets, DIY, insurance, breakdown cover, energy providers, holiday companies, hotels, rail & travel, etc., please start clicking! Remember, you pay nothing extra on your purchases and you will see that there are thousands of retailers out there just willing to make free donations. Happy shopping! PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club.

By |2021-02-20T12:15:28+00:00October 23rd, 2020|Categories: 2020, News, Social|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Raise donations for Reed CC using easyfundraising
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Cricket Coach Education Courses 2020-21

Please see message from Hertfordshire Cricket Limited, (HCL), seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) in Foundation Coaching Courses this coming winter. PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club. =================================================================================== Dear Hertfordshire Club, HCL are currently in the process of finalising courses for the start of next year leading up to the 2021 cricket season. With this is mind, there will hopefully be a large numbers interested in these courses so please share the EOI form with relevant personnel at your club. When the courses are finalised then we can send the details to those that have completed a EOI directly to sign up. EOI form here: Foundation I Coach Award Expression of Interest https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/190fbrGsO102cP9 For more information on Coach education then please see here: http://www.hertscricket.org/page/education/coach-ed-courses-2020-21/ecb-foundation-l-coach-award-17307/ (N.B. THESE ARE NOT LINKS, YOU WILL HAVE TO COPY & PASTE INTO YOUR BROWSER.)

By |2020-10-21T08:05:05+01:00October 21st, 2020|Categories: 2020, Adult Training, News, Training Course|Tags: |Comments Off on Cricket Coach Education Courses 2020-21
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