Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00p.m. on Wednesday 3 August 2022 at The Tennis Club, Aylesbury

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Present: P Rice, K Dunnings. M Griffin, Mrs M Harrison, N Sabatini, K Saw, A Skeggs, R Small, Mrs M Stevens, M Thoday.

 

Apologies there were none

 

The Minutes: of the meeting of 6 July 2022 were agreed

 

Matters Arising:

Aylesbury Town Council – Peter will speak to everyone at the SGM about the pitches.

Teams can enter a maximum of 4 Cups, including the County Cup if they want to enter that.

A letter will be sent to all clubs in the next few weeks concerning the Thomas Field Shield final on Good Friday.

If any team is not affiliated to either the BBFA or the league they need to contact Tony be-fore the EGM.

 

Correspondence:

F C Aristocrats have a new Fixtures Secretary Ryan Lee. Ryan.lee.2016@gmail.com.

Rarestone United have withdrawn from this coming season.

Tring Athletic FC Zebras hope to be voted in to the league at the EGM to replace them in the premiership.

Any team with Under 18 yr old players need to have DBS checks for managers/coaches and first aiders.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

Outstanding Fines

Prestwood- 30.00

Aylesbury Hornets did not attend the AGM £50 fine Rule 6H

 

Registration Secretary’s Report:

There are currently four teams registered, there needs to be at least 14 players per team registered on WGS by midnight Sunday August 7.

 

Fixtures Secretary’s Report

We need to know who is in each Cup and do the draws – Margaret will contact the teams.

The Cup Draws will be made on 12 August, but replies need to be with Margaret by the 10th.

League Fixtures should be released by Sunday 14 August.

Wendover have requested first and second teams to have a free weekend on 3 September.

 

Referees Secretary’s Report:

There are currently 24 referees signed, more are needed.

Dark coloured kits are not allowed, the GK shirt, first and reserve shirts should be brought to the EGM to be checked. This will avoid problems later in the season.

The referees meeting will be on 25 August, where there will be a presentation to last sea- son’s best rookie referee and the highest marked referee according to clubs.

 

Press/Results Secretary’s Report:

The website has had information added, and there are a lot of followers on Facebook.

The new website will be up and running Mid-August. Please check your secretary details

are correct on club contacts.

 

Any Other Business.

Jo Lipscome will be asked to present the Fair Play award, and the club linesman award will be made at the EGM as well.

Trophies need to be engraved. Clubs will be asked to bring them to the EGM and we will have them engraved and returned.

Clubs need to inform us if there are any issues with their grounds before the start of the season.

Kevin expressed his disappointment with Berks and Bucks FA. For three seasons we asked them for recognition of Tom Munt, who spent most of his life helping with football, they did nothing, and now it is too late.

It was suggested we change our monthly meetings to the first Monday of each month. We will meet on Wednesday next month, then consider the change.

If you receive an email from John O’Conners (ex-council maintenance firm) about pitches, please ignore it.

 

The meeting closed at 8.40 p.m. The next meeting was arranged for 7 September 2022.