HASLINGDEN GIRLS FOOTBALL CLUB

March Minutes 2018

Date15thMarch 2018

Time8pm

VenueWhite Lion

Dates Covered

AttendeesStephen Felinski, Steve Leftly, Faith Whitby, Steven Ashworth,Tony Higham, Lee Simpson, Sophie Moss, Adam Brierley, Tim Young, Simon Thomas

ApologiesAnne Fuller, Mark Bewley, Jenny Pollard, Richard Cunningham, Elaine Potts Graeme Pollard, Russ Hall.

Finances

Balance £11,100

Funds In

  • £1,095 subs
  • Team managers to check who is paying subs
  • Dave to confirm that he is getting subs from the ladies team

Fundraising Events

  • Bag pack Tesco May 12th
  • Bag pack Asda December 23rd
  • Applied for Co-Op funding again
  • Tesco application being assessed in the next two weeks
  • Have only received 2 Gift Aid forms back, will add them to the registration pack for next season
  • Russ is looking to find a sponsor for the goalkeepers
  • Steven Ashworth may have sponsors for lades/dev squad
  • Some of the Ladies grant was intended for advertising, how could we use it? Advertising billboard on Bocholt Way £1,500?

Team News

  • Sophie has her level 1 qualification booked
  • Will possibly take a younger team – U8’s?

Soccer School

  • Groups are getting bigger and there is concern that we are close to saturation point
  • Bad weather does cause people to drop out over the winter
  • Possibly look at 2 hour slots and split up differently

Hurricanes

  • Enthusiastic group but varying abilities
  • 11 registered
  • New girls starting from the Saturday school

Tornadoes

  • 22 playing
  • Winter league finished so games will carry on through summer
  • Fixturex being played every week

Hawks

  • Doing well and gelling as a group
  • Won last week’s game
  • Home game coming up
  • All signed up for next season

U11’s

  • Steven A has been taking them for training
  • Paul leaving has left a gap
  • Good skills in the group but they need to be kept occupied

U12’s

  • Lost out to Pendle Forest in the cup
  • Only one league game since last meeting which was against Clitheroe and won
  • 3rd in league but could still finish 2nd as have to play 1st and 2nd above us

U13’s

  • Have been very unlucky and some very close game, still need to get a win
  • Players need to be in established positions

U14’s

  • 2nd in league
  • Will have to play midweek games to catch up as so many cancelled due to the weather

U15’s

  • Need 1 point from next two games to guarantee 2nd
  • Still in the cup
  • Going into open league

Ladies

  • Still struggling with weather
  • New people coming next season
  • Upcoming games against FC Rangers x 2

Goalkeepers

  • Need to think about splitting the groups up as some of the younger girls aren’t physically strong enough to do the same exercises as the older ones
  • Have discussed Russ taking the youngers set and Ian & Simon taking the older set
  • Agree that the keepers train with their teams 1 week in 4 to keep them in touch

AOB

Training

  • From May 7-9 @ Fearns, all teams to train together

All Saints collaboration

  • Diocese have said yes
  • LCC will need to get back to them with financial questions
  • Ready to go to planning, need topographical surveys etc.
  • Separate meeting needs to be arranged to discuss

Friday 6th April

  • Australian Wanderers team playing HGLFC at Fearns from 6.30. U14’s, U15’s & U16’s

Holiday Club

  • 16 registered for Tues/16 for Weds/9 Thurs/6 Fri
  • Certificates, medals & trophies arranged
  • Indoor games sorted in case of bad weather

Presentation Evening

  • Booked for 23rd June
  • Laser Tag & Grip & Go arranged for girls to play
  • Suggestions for food
  • Run our own bar again

Friday night game against an Australian team, supper afterwards