OXFORDSHIRE CRICKET
ASSOCIATION
Nick Treweeke (Chairman) (NT)
Minutes of Executive Meeting – Monday 7th November 2016 at 7.30 pm
Venue: Kidlington Cricket Club – Stratfield Brake Sports Club – Kidlington
Present:
Brian Standish (Chairman) (BS), Colin Olliffe (Gen’ Secretary) (CO), Peter Baring (PB), Paul
Duester (PD), Colin Mercer (CM), Simon Morse (SM), Ivan Mulford (IM), Steve Oliver (SO),
Chris Probert (CP), David Quinn (DQ), Peter Whitlock (PW) , and Nick Wilks (NW)
Apologies:
Ian Royle and Sam Willett had offered their apologies for not being able to attend the
meeting.
Peter Baring and Steve Oliver offered their apologies for not being able to attend the AGM.
2. Minutes of Meeting 11th October 2016
The minutes having been read were then approved and signed by the Chairman.
3. Matters arising from the above minutes:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Life Vice President Proposal NT …see under (1) below:
OCA Clubs Forum report …see under (2) below:
Young Player(s) of the Year update …see under (3) below:
Player Liaison role…see under (4) below
Update from the ‘Rules sub-committee’ …see under (5) below
1. Life Vice President Proposal NT:
CO had proposed that Nick Treweeke should be made a Life Vice President in view of his
long service to the OCA as a member of the Executive and President of the Association. This
was agreed and would be put to the vote at the November AGM. (Action CO)
With regards to the gift, it had been suggested that NT might attend the dinner when the
presentation would be made, but CO felt that this would probably not be acceptable to NT, but
would contact him and make the invitation. (Action CO)
2. OCA Clubs Forum report:
This had taken place on the 13th October and was attended by 18 member clubs. Went very
well and good interactive discussions on proposed merger, rules, nominated players, forum
matters. The feeling was that it was valuable to clubs and that they should be kept informed
as various things progress. Thanks was expressed to PD for chairing the Forum. (Action
Committee)
3. Young Player(s) of the year update:
As agreed at the previous meeting, BS and CO were working on these and would be making
the final decision before the dinner, taking into consideration the names that had been
proposed by clubs. (Action BS/CO)
4. Player Liaison role:
The OCA President (David Burns) had been spoken to on this matter and had agreed to take
over this role and clubs will be made aware of this at the AGM. (Action co/DB)
5. Update from the ‘rules sub-committee’:
On behalf of the ‘rules sub-committee’, PW advised that he had drawn up a document on the
various proposed rule changes, which he went through with the committee. This document
would be produced for the AGM and PW will forward details to CO and these would be added
to the clubs envelope and be added to the website. PW will present the ‘rule changes’ to the
clubs at the AGM. (Action PW/CO)
4. Correspondence:
CO had received a call from Steve Hyatt of West Witney CC, advising that his club and Hailey
were both struggling for players, and asked if the Executive would consider the two clubs
amalgamating for 2017. The feelings of the committee was that it would be better to have one
club than lose two, so CO will advise Steve Hyatt that this can go ahead and to advise the
club name and the new officials. It was agreed that one fee would be returned and CO will
ask who this should go to or if they wanted a 50-50 split. DQ will amend the fixtures
accordingly. (Action CO)
5. T reasurer’s report:
SO advised the committee that the bank balance was £16,56l and that he had received
payments for the dinner from Chadlington Sports Club and Radley.
All the trophies had finally been returned and Steve advised that next season, any trophies
being returned more than a week late would receive fines, as this year has been a nightmare
to get clubs to return them.
There were queries on fines for Kidlington and Hanney which SO was looking into. (Action
SO)
PW had agreed to assist SO with the final accounts and had arranged for an independent
auditor to check the accounts for 2016. These will be available with SO report for the AGM.
(Action PW/SO)
6. Disciplinary:
IR away on holiday, but nothing to report.
2
7. Fixtures:
DQ was currently working on the 2017 fixtures and these will be emailed to CO, with copies of
the relevant fixture list being added to the clubs envelope for the AGM. (Action DQ/CO)
8. Umpires:
The ‘umpire’s forms’ for 2017 will soon need to be sent to the club contacts and DQ will send
through a copy of this to CO for circulation. (Action DQ/CO)
9. Cups:
DQ confirmed the finals numbers of teams entered for the 2017 cup competitions as follows:
Airey Cup x 18, Telegraph Cup x 16, Steve Dixon Cup x 10 and the Osberton Radiators x 14
10. Registrations
PW had nothing to report.
11. Grounds and Facilities: (Including Ground standards)
The concern and issue with the Middleton Cheney ground had been sorted.
12. Website and Results:
Nothing to report.
13. Update on the 2016 Presentation Dinner:
CO advised that everything was in place for the above, and that final numbers had reached
168, including the speaker and four invited guests. SO to arrange to bring the trophies to the
Kassam on the morning of the dinner and both CO and NW would be there to set-up. (Action
SO/CO/NW)
14. Agenda and details for the November AGM:
The previous year agenda was amended to cover the AGM on the 24th November which the
President, David Burns would chair, this agenda will be added to the website and clubs
advised to download this with the proposed rule changes. (Action DB/CO)
The following documents will be available for the clubs envelopes: List of 2017 divisions,
Proposed Ground standards document, Fixture list(s) Copy of 2016 accounts and the reports
from the Chairman and Treasurer. (Action CO)
The President will be asked to commence the meeting with reference to those connected to
the OCA who had died during the year. (Action DB)
15. Diary dates:
List being updated monthly….
Reports:
16. Player Liaison Officer:
Nothing to report, and this report will no longer be added to the agenda, as players will be
advised to contact the President direct.
3
17. Forum and Social Media:
CM continues to monitor and was pleased that things were going along nicely.
18. Media:
Nothing to report.
19. Any Other Business:
1. There had been some discussion on the Forum regarding ‘standard ball’, in view of
the news that Gordon Clack of Hawthorn Sports Agencies was ‘retiring’ after many
years supplying balls to over 45% of the OCA clubs. It has always been the stance of
the Executive that they would not consider a standard ball whilst Gordon Clack was in
business, and in view of the proposed merger, this matter would be ‘on hold’ for the
time being.
2. The Chairman advised that he would like to hold a ‘get to know you’ evening with
both the OCA and Cherwell Committees, as discussions will need to start early in the
New Year and suggested the 12th January at Kidlington, subject to availability. BS has
been proposed as Chairman of the Cherwell, following the resignation of Clive Ricks,
and this was being voted on at the Cherwell AGM in the near future.
20. Date of next meeting(s):
OCA Annual General Meeting on Thursday 24th November 2016
Meeting of the OCA Executive on Monday 9th January 2017 **
Combined meeting of the OCA/Cherwell Committee on Thursday 12th January 2017 **
To be held at Kidlington C.C. (By kind permission) All meetings at 7.30 pm
** Venues to be confirmed….
Meeting closed 9.50 pm
Minutes completed and circulated: 04.01.2017
4