Newsletter - August - September 2020
Hi everyone , are hope you are keeping safe and well and looking forward to the new season which starts in a couple of weeks. I know a lot of you have been involved in a lot of friendly games over the last few weeks and I do hope you were all on the right end of the results.
The club set up continues to make progress, albeit a little slower than we would like. I can promise you that everyone involved is working as hard as possible to get the show on the road and that they are working for the club, as well as their individual teams.
The under 9’s played in a tournament at Haig Avenue on Sunday 16th August involving a lot of local teams, as well as Teams from Liverpool and Greater Manchester. There were some great performances and results from our teams and overall they enjoyed the experience of playing in the stadium with a large crowd of people watching. You can see some of the photographs on the Web site.
A committee meeting was held on the 4th September and a copy of the minutes taken can be seen below. The minutes will bring you all up to date with progress being made with the Kits, the Bank, the pitches at Ferryside and the financial status of the club.
Southport Athletic JFC Committee meeting 04/09/2020
Present,
Alan McCoombe, Ben Minto, Paul Mullan, Peter Clarke, Craig Stevens, Chris Mooney, Shaun Edwards, Neil Wright, Andy Farquarson, Anthony Church, Andrew Sproat. Matthew Lawson.
Apologies,
Tony Meadows . Martyn Robson
Previous minutes read out and agreed that they were a true statement by Chris Mooney and seconded by Neil Wright.
Financial statement was attached to the agenda and at the time of the meeting the club had £3,747-34p in the bank and £75-00 cash in hand. This includes monies from the Just Giving account originally opened to raise funds for the club. Just Giving account is now closed. Expenses since the last meeting totalled £1077-75p. A complete list of all bank transactions was presented at the meeting for perusal by all in attendance.
Subs which commenced on the 1st August were discussed and at the time of the meeting £495-00 was still owed by various players. Cash totalling £295 was given in at the meeting so, only £200 remained outstanding. Sub payments to be reviewed at the next meeting and course of action to be agreed if fees remain unpaid.
Current Finances. 4th September 2020.
Temporary Bank. £ 3,747.34
Cash in Hand £ 75-00
Current Balance £ 3,822.34 (credit)
Expenditure Since last meeting.
SMBC Pitch 1st Payment of three £ 670.25p (Still unplayable?)
Starzo Sports Kits £ 170-00p (kits for new signings)
Cravern Minor League £ 237-50p
Total Expenditure since last meeting. £ 1,077-75p
SMBC have had some difficulty in cutting grass and marking out the pitches at Ferryside due to the recent wet weather. Paul advised he had visited Ferryside before the meeting and confirmed that the grass had been cut but, still hadn’t been marked out. Paul also advised that SMBC were in negotiations with us to provide storage on the site for goals and equipment. The older teams who are playing games at Devonshire Road requested a net to retrieve balls from the ditch and it was agreed that two nets will be purchased for them.
Paul and Ben attended a Zoom meeting held by the Cravern Minor league on 3/9/20. Both advised that there was nothing to comment on, that will affect our club or our season.
Ben had been in touch over the kits which were due to reach us a couple of weeks ago and still haven’t arrived. An emailed response from the Kit provider advised that there had been delays at customs and the kits should be with us in the next 7 days. It seems likely that the Jackets and managers tops will follow after the kits.
Paul confirmed that the club received a Defibrillator donated by The Southport Community Link Foundation. This will be located at Ferryside once we have some storage. The Defibrillator, which Phoenix had, has still not been returned to us but, we are still hopeful of getting this back. Paul can arrange a training session on the use of the Defibrillator although no time and date was agreed. This would be of benefit to all.
Progress with Phoenix. We still have no real news on what is happening and as yet no equipment of any value has been returned. The Police have, in the last few days, been contacting some of the more established managers and taking statements from them.
Any Other Business.
Alan advised that Maric Trophies now have our logo so anyone purchasing Medals/Trophies from them can have the SAJFC logo attached. Peter Clarke suggested we link this onto our website. This was agreed by all.
Those managers without a current DBS stayed behind after the meeting with Paul and completed applications to the FA.
Some of the teams are struggling with player numbers and it was agreed to Get all Team and manager details onto the website so potential players can make contact direct with the managers. This has been listed on social media and there has been a very positive response.
Ben will order two match balls per team ready for the start of the season. Ben also asked all managers to let him know if they are in need of any equipment, other than goal nets which need to be purchased.
Matthew Lawson discussed the website and advised on how we can get everyone to subscribe to the newsletter. It was generally agreed that all the managers need to keep promoting it on their team Whatsapp, Paul will continue to post it on Spond. It was agreed by all that we will follow Matthew’s advice and that promotion of the website is the way forward.
The meeting was closed at 9-05pm. No time and date was agreed for the next meeting but the general consensus was to meet again in October and going forward every 2-3 months.
The meeting was closed at 9-05pm. All being well the season will be under way when the next Newsletter arrives. With all the pre-season training and friendly games which have been going on I’m sure all teams are keen to start the season and show what they can do. 🤞🤞🤞
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Finally a message to everyone Please support your manager they very busy making sure your team is happy and successful and although it may not seem it, he’s working very hard behind the scenes so I’m sure that he would appreciate a little help here and there. 🏐🏐🏐
Sorry the Newsletter is brief this month but, we’ve been busy getting ready for the new season.