Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00p.m. on Wednesday 31 July 2024 at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Ground
(this replaces the August meeting, which would be the day before the SGM)
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Present: P Rice, K Dunnings, Mrs M Harrison, N Sabatini, K Saw, A Skeggs, R Small, Mrs M Stevens, M Thoday.
Apologies were received from. M Griffin, A Morgan,
The Minutes: of the meeting of 7 July 2024 were agreed.
Matters Arising:
Peter will not be available during part of the winter so Kevin Saw will take over as Chair.
Haddenham will only be charged when they are able to play on their pitch, at other times they will hire a Council pitch, which will help alleviate their fixture issues.
Correspondence:
We have heard from Berks and Bucks about the cost and usage of school 3G and grass pitches, but there would be no changing facilities and times would vary. We have informed them that is not of much help to us.
County have asked us to declare areas around football pitches to be smoke-free zones, but we have no way of policing this so it is impractical.
The Secretary and Chair have been invited to meet with Alastair from the B&B FA for an up-date meeting.
Treasurer’s Report:
Outstanding fines
Buckinghamshire Utd. £300
Potten End £310
Registration Secretary’s Report:
Some teams have registered, all have until 8 August to do so.
Managers need to do the Players Well-being Course before they can register.
Fixtures Secretary’s Report
If any team wants a free week in September we are very close to the deadline of 4 weeks’ notice.
The deadline to enter County Cups is Sunday 4 August.
Referees Secretary’s Report:
Registration forms have been sent out
We have some new officials recently qualified, plus some experienced referees that has moved to the area or are picking up the whistle again
Mark will be attending a referee course as ADL representative on 11/08 @AVD
The preseason meeting for referees in August is still to be arranged.
There are some important rule changes that will be briefed to clubs at the SGM,
Any Other Business
There will be pitch inspections of all pitches before the start of the new season.
A considerable amount of time was spent on the final draft of the divisional set-up. It will have been sent to clubs, for approval at the SGM.
The table of Cups each team has entered has been sent out, if any club has not seen it please contact Margaret a.s.a.p, definitely before the draws are made on 9 August,
The agenda for the SGM has been revised and was sent out on 1 August, 7 days before the SGM. The Committee are recommending the removal of two clubs in the league, a two thirds majority is needed for this to happen.
The meeting closed at 8.55 p.m. The next meeting was arranged for 4 September 2024
Marsworth Cup Report
Tring Athletic have been approached about holding next year’s Marsworth Cup Finals there, following problems last season.
It was agreed, with the proviso that teams in the Cup Finals would each supply three stewards to monitor and deal with any unsatisfactory behaviour of the spectators. Prospective teams have been informed of this, and advised to withdraw from the Cup if they are not prepared to supply stewards.
Due to the issues that occurred during the 2024 Reserve Final, both this season’s fixtures will be planned for a Monday evening.
