Minutes of meeting 13hFebruary 2018 held at Farmers Arms, Brompton-on-Swale

Present / David Williams – Chair (2Dales)
Neil Rooney, Tom Yuill – Catterick Garrison
Daz Rhodes, Kevin Smith – Catterick Village
Chas Luchford – 2Dales
Geoff Cox, Stuart Hall – Spennithorne
Mark Wilson – Bedale
Shane Close, Aaron Davis – Leyburn
Nick Prince – Hawes
Apologies / Jason Thompson – Vice Chair
Pete Fishburn – Treasurer
Michelle Martin (Catterick Garrison)
Vaughan Lonsdale (Thirsk)
Andy Clay, Stephanie Turnbull – NRCFA
Kris Jackson (Richmond Town)
Ben Dalton (Spennithorne)
Previous Minutes / The minutes of the meeting held 9thJanuary 2018 were approved.
Matters Arising not on Agenda /
  • David passed on thanks to Bedale for the U8 festival held recently.
  • There will be a meeting on 28/2/18 for the U11 coaches to discuss and finalise phase 3 of the season
  • David mentioned that 2Dales numbers were increasing at U11. Nick mentioned that there may be some players available from Hawes.
  • Harrogate & District League have a Special Meeting 15 March and have invited our attendance. Jason has agreed to attend.

NRCFA/FA matters & courses /
  • Grow the Game funding available to clubs from the FA. It was mentioned that when you read into this it seems like it is for new girls and disability teams. Please pass this onto people within your clubs for anybody interested.
  • Steph had contacted David and said she was hopeful for attending the next meeting. She apologized for not being at meetings recently.

Courses /
  • David had arranged a meeting for next week with Andy Clay where he will pass on a mid season review. Feel free to raise things via email with David to pass on.
  • Steph had emailed dates of courses to David. This included some CPD courses being held in York and Middlesbrough.
  • David is taking up the referee issue with Andy.

Futsal Grant & Equipment Distribution /
  • David had got some of the stock received from the futsal grant. He had passed on the bibs to Michelle so they could be used to avoid kit clashes.
  • Mark will follow up getting the goalposts and putting them into storage until the league need to use them.
  • David will pass futsal balls to each club. Flat markers are available. Though not needed for Futsal, Mark thought they could be very useful for U8 tournaments.

Treasurers Report /
  • It was reported that there was £4000 in the bank account
  • Pete is to arrange payment of referees fees to David and medal costs to Jason.
  • John Rutherford had confirmed that Richmond Town will pay the fine imposed on them by the league. He had also said he would like to meet with David to discuss working together more
  • Pete will update David in a few days with up to date records etc.

Season Review To Date & Phase 3 /
  • U7/U8
  • It was agreed to hold an event after futsal for this age group. Neil offered for Catterick Garrison to host this and would finalise a date.
  • Hawes would like to host an U8 event later in the year
  • It was mentioned that Graham Quinn (Leeds Utd scout) had expressed interest in an U8 event being hosted at Thorp Arch. It was agreed that this was worth following up on.
  • U9/10
  • Fixture list needs generating for phase 3
  • Clubs to get their cup matches played as soon as possible that have been postponed lately due to weather.
  • U11
  • As mentioned earlier in the minutes, a meeting is being held to finalise phase 3.
  • Cup dates need to be made for the next rounds. Daz suggested that Vaughan select these when phase 3 fixtures were generated.
  • Catterick Village had submitted a bid to host the league cup finals day which would include an U8 festival as last year. David thanked them for this and invited all clubs to bid to host this and the one day cups. Hosts for these events to be decided at the next meeting.
  • David had informed North Riding that 2 of the trophies belonging to the league were missing. Trophies were discussed and it was agreed that clubs are to look after and be responsible for the care and return of trophies. Neil suggested a trophy amnesty and Mark offered to compile a register that would indicate winners of each trophy.

Futsal /
  • Positive feedback had been received for futsal
  • U8’s futsal for the weekend of Sat 17/2 was still having the fixtures format being done.
  • It was stated that Catterick Village had used a player in the U8 team and then in the U7/8 team. Kevin said this had been done as the team was short on the day and it saved the team from withdrawing from that days fixtures.
  • Sunday 4/3 was to be an U7/8 competition. Players in the U8 only teams will not be permitted to play on this day.
  • Futsal costs were projected to be £1792 (School £1132, Medals £240, Refs £420). There were 37 teams entered in total (U7/8 x 10, U8 x 8, U10 x 11, U11 x 8).
  • It was agreed that futsal be charges be reduced to £30 per team entered.
  • A full review of futsal is to be done for the next season. There must be a futsal co-ordinator (person or club) if this is to run again next season.

Appointments /
  • Minutes Secretary required for future meetings. This will speed up the meetings as David doesn’t then have to take notes whilst running the meeting.

Recruitment of new teams /
  • U11 teams were encouraged to get friendlies played where possible whilst phase 3 was being finalised.
  • Bedale U11 would like friendly matches if these are playable on Saturdays.

AOB /
  • There was no other business

Next Meeting / To be held on Tuesday 13thMarch2018 at 19:30 at Farmers Arms, Brompton-on-Swale.