Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00p.m. on Wednesday 3 November 2021 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 were received from T Munt 

 

The Minutes: of the meeting of 6 October 2021 were agreed 

 

Matters Arising: Some of the rule numbers are incorrect with reference to fines. 

The Field Shield Rules are now online. 

The Chairman has investigated and dealt with the cannabis smell. 

Wendover now have white lines marking out their pitch, they have incurred a fine of   

           £ 10 for not replying to the secretary within 7 days, causing her to write to them  

           again.  Rule  6(l) 

 

Correspondence: 

Stoke Mandeville’s home ground is stated as Walton Court on Full Time, it is in fact  

Weston Turville. 

Aylesbury Hornets have changed their home venue, however it is not suitable as  

there are no changing facilities or toilets available. 

 

Treasurer’s Report: 

 

Outstanding fines: 

Aylesbury Raiders, Ludgershall, Rivets, St Johns, St Leonards, Stoke Mandeville,                   

Tetsworth, Wingrave 

 

Registration Secretary’s Report: 

Transfers 

 

Quintino Martino from Berryfields to Aylesbury Vikings  

Damian Connor from Aylesbury Vale Dynamos to St Johns  

Richard Morrison from Great Missenden to Wendover  

 

Please be aware that team sheets on full time have to be there by 6 p.m. on  

Monday, any add-ons by Wednesday at 6.00 p.m. 

 

If you have a reserve team and they were not originally on Full Time please update  

your teamsheet on full time, the facility to do it is there now. 

 

There are queries regarding Wendover registrations, this is being followed up by the 

Chairman. 

 

Joe Oxley played for Aylesbury Vikings on the 23rd October, against Great Missenden, and on the 30th against Wendover, before his transfer from Tring Corries had been finalised. 

As both fixtures were lost there is NO points deduction, however the fine is £50 per match. Rule 18m 

 

Fixtures Secretary’s Report 

 Cup draws as follows 

 

SHEFFIELD JACKMAN 1/4 FINALS 

Ludgershall/WingravevAylesbury Raiders/Stone 

OvingvAylesbury Vale/Aylesbury Hornets 

Elmhurst/AVD SportsvSt Leonards/AFC Berryfields 

Thame/Stoke MandevillevFC Bierton/Haddenham Utd 

THOMAS FIELD SHIELD 1/4 FINALS 

Prestwood/Aylesbury Vikings vWendover 

Rivets/Aylesbury RaidersvLey Hill/Elmhurst 

AVD Sports/Long MarstonvGt Missenden/Thame/Tetsworth 

Hale Leys/Stoke MandevillevF C Aristocrat/AWFC 

Free Weeks 

13-11-21  Tetsworth, Tetsworth Reserves 

20-11-21 FC Bierton, Great Missenden 

27-11-21 FC Aristocrat 

   

Failure to play  

02-10-21 – AFC Berryfields Vs Thame B. Game awarded to Thame B (Cup game)   RULE 20 (E) (i)  £50 

  

Missing Results  

16th October – Ludgershall no result ever received          RULE 21 B – £10 

16th October – Rivets Sports – late result after 6pm         RULE 21 B £10 

  

Late / Missing Team Sheets  

09th Oct.  If not received after 21 days £50 fine rule 21 A  

• Wendover Firsts - Teamsheet still not received -  fined £50 rule 21A failure to respond to email from fixtures secretary within 7 days fine £10 rule 6(l) 
• Ludgerhall Utd - Teamsheet received  after 21 days fined £50 rule 21A 
• Stoke Mandeville Firsts –  Teamsheet received after 21 days fined £50 rule 21A 
• Prestwood Res –  Teamsheet received  after 21 days fined £50 rule 21A 

• Stoke Mandeville Reserves - Teamsheet received after 21 days fined £50 rule 21A 

16th Oct  

• AVD Sports  (Not by Monday)  Rule 21 A £10 
• Wendover Reserves (Not by Monday) £10 
• Wendover Firsts (Not by Monday)   £10 

• Prestwood Res (not by Monday)   £10 
• Ludgershall (10 days late)  RULE 21 A £30 

23rd Oct   

• Rivets Reserves. Received 2 weeks late rule 21A £30 
• Aylesbury Raiders  Received 2 weeks late rule 21A £30 

• Wendover Res. Still not received  (£30 currently)  

 

30th Oct  

• Wendover Res  (Still not received)  £30 currently) 
• Aylesbury Raiders (Not by Monday) £10 

• RIvets Sport Res (Not by Monday) £10 
• Aylesbury Vale  Not by Monday) £10 

   

Ley Hill Vets only play Away games so agreed to pay the Pitch Fees Vs Ayles Vikings in Marsworth and Elmhurst in the FIeld Shield  

 

The Marsworth, Oving and Field Shield Cups are still not automated. 

 

Referees Secretary’s Report: 

Kevin is still desperately short of referees. If no referee is available for your game  

you will need to arrange for someone to ref the game. 

You can re-arrange the time of your match if the opposition are agreeable, to make  

It easier to get a referee.  However, you must liaise with Kevin Saw first. 

There are still spaces available  in the CLUB ASSISTANTS Training evening on   

Nov 15 in Milton Keynes. 

 

Incorrect Teamsheets 

2 October 

Aylesbury Vikings res – late teamsheet,(2.20) no assistant fined £10 rule 20A, £5    

rule 23C 

Elmhurst – NO GK colour on team sheet fined £5 rule 21A 

St Leonards – incorrect club name, no shirt no.s on team sheet, not signed fined 

£5 rule 21A each offence 

 

9 October 

Bierton – no GK colours on team sheet fined £5 rule 21A 

Rivets Res. Late team sheet (14.28) fined £10 rule 20A 

Ludgershall Res. No first aider on team sheet fined £10 rule 25 

 

          16 October  

Thame B – no signature on team sheet fined £5 rule 21A 

St Leonards – wrong date (16.9.21) fined £5 rule 21A 

Aylesbury Vikings – no assistant named. Fined £5 rule 23C 

 

23 October 

Ludgershall Res. – no assistant named, no 1st aider named, late referee  

           confirmation fined £5 rule 23C, £10 rule 25, £5 rule 21A 

Prestwood late referee confirmation fined £5 rule 21A 

Aylesbury Vikings – no assistant named fined £5 rule 23C 

Wendover Res. Late confirmation to ref. fined £5 rule 21A 

Wingrave Devel. Late confirmation to ref. fined £5 rule 21A 

Aylesbury Hornets – team name incorrect on sheet fined £5 rule 21A 

St Leonards – wrong date on team sheet (23.9) fined £5 rule 21A 

 

30 October 

St Leonards – wrong team name on team sheet fined £5 rule 21A 

 

Press/Results Secretary’s Report: 

There are lots of pictures going on to social media, thanks for all the teams who are  

sending in information 

 

 

Any Other Business 

The committee have been notified of the death of Dave McCardle, who was a local football stalwart.  Our sympathies go to his family. 

 Kick Off times have changed since the switch to winter time – 2.00 p.m. for league games, 1.30 for cup games 

One Minute silence to be observed on 13 November 

 

The meeting closed at 8.50 p.m.  The next meeting was arranged for 1 December 2021 

Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00p.m. on Wednesday 6 October 2021 at The Tennis Club, Aylesbury

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

Apologies were received from K Dunnings, T Munt

The Minutes: of the meeting of 1 September 2021 were agreed

Matters Arising: There is one version of the rules online, but the Thomas Field Shield needs to be added.

Three of the four cups say the away team pays the referee, but the Thomas Field Shield still has the teams paying 50/50 to the referee. This will be a proposed rule change for next season

The Cup Final dates have been agreed but there is a large increase in costs for the hire of the venue.

Correspondence:

Wendover have been asked to change their blue marked lines to white, to make them easier to see, they have not yet replied.

There was a complaint about the behavior of some spectators at a recent game, this has been dealt with.

A report has been received of a strong smell of cannabis coming from one of the changing rooms after a game, which is of particular concern as the area is also used by children. The Safeguarding Officer will investigate.

Ayletico have withdrawn from the league, insufficient players.

Registration Secretary’s Report:

Transfers

Matthew Logan from Aylesbury Vikings to Rivets

James Arman from Aylesbury Hornets to St Johns

Craig Toppings from Rivets to Stoke Mandeville

Jack Steptoe from AW to AFC Berryfields

Papa Ansah from Aylesbury Hornets to Wingrave

Theo Walker from Aylesbury Hornets to Wingrave

Reminder regarding player registrations

You can sign 3 players on the day except cup games, registrations from match day need to be with me by Monday, a scanned copy is acceptable before the paper copy. Your team sheet needs to be on Full time by Wednesday even if have players missing any players not showing on full time you must inform me. Whilst the WGS seems ok now there are still a few issues with players going across to full time.

When signing players on the day please tell the opposition and they need to sign the back of the registration form.

All players need to be registered 7 days prior to the game, no mid week signings.

A player isn’t registered unless I have received a paper copy/scanned and showing on WGS.

Any issues with registering players on WGS contact B&B and copy me in on your email.

Fixtures Secretary’s Report

Fixtures are up to date and scheduled until 30th October and are all on full time and the website

November Fixtures to be added once B&B second round draw is made soon

All Cup games bar the Presidents League Cup are on the website and will be manually emailed to Clubs and the process for teamsheets and results will be explained to those affected – this is due to a lack of full time access for the league for Sheffield Jackman, TFS. Marsworth and Oving competitions

Presidents Cup 02-10-21

AWFC vs Ayletico – Home Win awarded, Ayletico withdrawn from competition

Postponed Games

11 Sept Elmhurst v Tetsworth – Covid

18 Sept Gt Missenden Vs Tetsworth – Covid

(The fixture secretary then left the room because of a conflict of interest)

25 Sept Aylesbury Vikings Vs Prestwood – Aylesbury Vikings called off match – awarded to Prestwood. Ayles Vikings Fined £50 rule 20A, £200 rule 23B – 50% suspended until the end of the 21/22 season

Abandoned Games to be re-arranged

A.Vale Vs Stoke Mandeville Res – Broken leg of Ayles Vale Player at 55 min

Rivets Vs Tetsworth Res – Pitch flooded at HT

Will teams please inform the League Secretary if your game is abandoned, as she needs to pass this information on to Berks and Bucks

Free Week requests.

4th September- Long Marston FC

2nd October- Prestwood First & Res FC

16th October – Haddenham Utd FC, Great Missenden FC

23rd St John’s FC , Stone Utd FC

30th A.Vikings Res FC, Ludgershall Res FC

Late/missing team sheets each team fined £10 rule 20A

11th September – Prestwood First and Res, Stoke Mandeville Res

18th September – Ludgershall 1st, Wendover Res, Haddenham Utd, Long Marston, Aylesbury Vikings

25th September – Rivets 1st, Haddenham Utd, Tetsworth Res, Ludgershall, Long Marston, Oving

2nd October – Long Marston, Haddenham Utd One: Rivets, Tetsworth Res, Haddenham

Referees Secretary’s Report:

Green copies of team sheets need to be sent to Kevin. He has recruited two more referees since the last meeting, but we are still desperately short of referees.

Incorrect Teamsheets

4 September

Ludgershall Sub – Ben Morgan – no shirt no. listed Fine £5 rule 19

Wingrave Sub – Rob Fenn – no shirt no. listed Fine £5 rule 19

Stoke Mandeville Res. Wrong date 4-8—21. Fined £5 rule 21A

Haddenham – no club assistant fined £5 rule 23C

St Leonards – no Club name, assistant, signature or name fined £5 rule 23C & £5 rule 21C

Prestwood – no 1st Aider – fined £10 rule 25

11 September

Tetsworth – no assistant’s flag fined £5 rule 21A

Prestwood – no date on team sheet, no 1st aider, no ref. mark Fined £5 rule 21 & £10 rule 25

Berryfields – late team sheet fined £10 rule 20A

Ayletico – no referee’s mark fined £5 rule 23C

Aylesbury Raiders – no confirmation with the referee – went to wrong venue fined £5 rule 21aA

Long Marston – team sheet not signed or named fined £5 rule 21C

St Leonards – No referees mark fined £5 rule 23H

Aylesbury Vikings – no assistant named fined £5 rule 23C

18 September

St.Johns – no club assistant, first aider, name or signature fined £5 Rule 23H & £10 rule 25

Ludgershall – late team sheet fined £10 rule 20A

Prestwood Reserves – late confirmation fined £5 rule 21a

Aylesbury Raiders – no date fined £5 rule 21A

St Leonards – no referee mark, no assistant fined £5 rule 23H & £5 rule 23C

Aylesbury Vikings – no assistant named. Fined £5 rule 23H

25 September

Ludgershall – no referee mark fined £5 rule 21A

FC Aristocrat – wrong copy to referee. Fined £5 rule 21A

Wingrave – no named assistant, 1st aider, signature or name. Fined £5 rule 21A, £10 rule 25

Press/Results Secretary’s Report:

Most teams are sending in scorers and results as above late teamsheets if clubs are not able to update their full time team-sheet or website/ social media pages before Sunday please send your scorers to Marc

Thanks to Stone Utd, Tetsworth, St John’s, Elmhurst and AFC Berryfields who have provided some great match action photos and videos

Any Other Business

Simeon Bowman and David James of Stoke Mandeville FC are to be congratulated for their care of the Aylesbury Vale player who broke his leg, while they waited for the ambulance to arrive.

Presidents Cup Quarter Final Draw

AVD Sports Vs Wingrave

AWFC Vs Haddenham / A.Vale

St Leonard’s /Long Marston Vs Tetsworth / Stone Utd

G.Missenden Vs Hale Leys / Prestwood

 

The meeting closed at 9.10 p.m. The next meeting was arranged for 3 November 2021

Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at  

7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 1 September 2021 at The Tennis Club, Aylesbury 

 

Present: P Rice,   K Dunnings, Mrs M Harrison, A Skeggs, R Small, Mrs M Stevens.                              

Apologies:   M Griffin, T Munt, N Sabatini, K Saw, M Thoday. 

 

The Minutes: of the meeting of 4 August were agreed 

 

Matters Arising:  

The newest version of the rules are on-line. 

The “Idiot’s Guide”has been sent out to all clubs. 

 

Correspondence: 

  The Lipscombe Family would like to present an award “The Richard Lipscombe Memorial Award” which will be given annually to the club that has the highest Sportsmanship points. 

The FA have sent out guidance notes for the forthcoming season: 

   1. On field adaptions for playing football are no longer required.
2. No limits of how many people can meet.
3. One metre plus rule removed.
4. The definition of close contact remains the same, however the rules on self-isolation will be changing from 16 August.
5. Face coverings no longer required by law, but recommended in crowded indoor settings and may be mandated by some clubs or facility providers.
6. Changing rooms can be used, however participants should use their own judgement and minimise use where possible to avoid close contact in a crowded area for a prolonged time. 
7. No capacity limits for spectators but good practice is encouraged.
8. Hospitality is permitted without restrictions.
9. NHS Test and Trace QR codes not required by law but encouraged.
10. Free NHS lateral flow testing is available to clubs and we encourage clubs to take this up.
11. No domestic travel restrictions. Participants should continue to follow Government advice on international travel for any fixtures/ tournaments. 

The ADL Committee would like to add the advice that water bottles should not be shared and PPE for first aiders should be used

       

Next meeting we will discuss the outstanding fines for the AGM, Preseason meeting & registrations 

  

Registration Secretary’s Report 

        The registration form has been amended, but there is information missing from the bottom,             

         which needs to be adjusted. i.e. other clubs registered with and last season’s clubs. 

         All clubs are now registered but there have been many issues with WGS.  All teams that  

         have a paper copy of a player to Marcie 7 days before their game can play that player, but she      

         needs to be informed that it has not been possible to put the player on WGS. 

         If a player has been suspended they need to contact Berks and Bucks, not Marcie, as B & B 

         deal with it. 

         Due to issues with WGS emergency registrations on match day (paper copies) must be with  

         Marcie  by 6.30 p.m. on the following Monday so she can confirm she has received them, so  

         teams can then insert their team sheet by 6.30 p.m. on the Wednesday.  Failure to ensure this           process will result in the appropriate fines rule 11a/c 

 

Marc will check the team sheets on Wednesday, 6.30 p.m. 

 

Fixtures Secretary’s Report            
              All September Fixtures are on Full time and the Website 

 

All clubs should receive Fixture Reminders on Sunday morning not Monday evening now via full time. Clubs should check their contact details are correct, if they aren’t receiving them please update WGS or contact The B&B 

Contact details are all on the website www.adl-football.co.uk as a back up 

 

Clubs will get their result SMS text during the game as long as they’ve updated WGS correctly. Please email Marc on Saturday if this doesn’t occur. (If so to avoid a fine clubs can text him the result and he will manually input it to Full time)  

 

All Clubs should check they can log into FA Fulltime to complete their team sheets 

Can ALL clubs record their goal scorers and the minutes their goals were scored when they complete this.  

County Cup fixtures will be out soon for the B&B and the first games are scheduled 9th October  

Those Clubs using a Council Pitch if they can email their proposed pitch for games as full time can be updated to this is Fairford Leys, Edinburgh Playing fields, Bedgrove.  

Cup draws have been made and published, Cup semi final and final dates have been requested. 

 

Referees Secretary’s Report 

          The green referees copies of match day reports will be checked by Kevin. 

 

 

All county cup fixtures officials should now be appointed by league referees’ secretaries, up to the q/f stage. 

All County Cup postponements will now take place 14 days later, as opposed to the previous 7. 

A full entry list is to be sent to League Secretaries by the B&B FA 

ALL abandoned fixtures to be sent to the B&B FA by the League Secretary stating why, for any up-dates to be made. 

Whilst Kevin is away on Saturday 18/25 September to October 2nd, Kevin Dunnings will be fielding any referees’ issues. 

There are only 17 referees listed, most of whom are NOT available every week, which is insufficient for every fixture prior to Christmas. As previously stated, teams may well have to source their own referees this season. 

Only 3 of the 14 names submitted to the B&B FA followed through for the referee’s course commencing on Wednesday 1st September, and one of these is only 15 years of age, too young to undertake adult football. 

 

Press/Results Secretary’s Report 

Please can Secretaries ask their Managers & Players to follow the Facebook and Twitter Pages  

Clubs can text or WhatsApp or Facebook Message their results and scorers on match days.  

Clubs are reminded to send match action photos or a team pic of their squad and a match report before 6pm Sunday. 

Rules, Club contacts, Refs details are all on the website, all contacts should check they are correct.  

 

Any Other Business 

We are not currently represented on the Berks and Bucks Board 

Elmhurst are the only club who have not got their match balls. 

 

The meeting closed at 8.40 p.m. 

The next meeting was arranged for 6 October 2021. 

Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 4 August 2021 at The Tennis Club & via Zoom

 

Present: K Dunnings, M Griffin, T Munt, K Saw, A Skeggs, R Small, M Thoday,

Via Zoom Mrs M Stevens,

 

Apologies: Mrs M Harrison, P Rice, N Sabatini

 

The Minutes: of the meeting of 13July 2021 did not contain details of the league formation, the purchase of footballs or possible free Cup entries.

 

Matters Arising: Teams have now been informed of the divisional set-up. Footballs have been purchased and it was decided there would be no free cup entries.

 

Correspondence:

We have had a query about the suitability of a blue kit that a team want to purchase. It has been suggested that if they have a sample that they bring the shirt to the August 9th meeting. Photographs do not show the true colour of a shirt.

Clubs have all been informed of their Cup entries, and have been given the chance to amend these.

The details of the ADL AGM and Thomas Field Shield, together with accounts, have been sent to County, who have queried the rules as they do not include mandatory changes made by the FA to the Standard Code of Rules. We need to update the rules to include the changes and return them to Berks and Bucks.

New guidance on heading the ball has been sent to all clubs via the FA.

A question was asked about the release of fixtures. This will be done approximately three weeks before the start of the season, and fixtures will be released on a monthly basis.

AFC Lions have withdrawn from the league

Oving Reserves have withdrawn from the league, they would like their existing team to be dropped to division 2.

 

Treasurers Report

 

Outstanding Fines – Aylesbury Hornets £20 to increase to £40 if not paid by 6 August

Deposits have been refunded to Dinamo Chequers and Quainton balance now £5,000

Aylesbury Vikings have yet to pay their entrance fee and deposit, due 7 days after the AGM

 

Registration Secretary’s Report

Teams need to have 14 players (28 if you have a reserve squad) registered by 8th August.

There seems to be an issue with registering players. The problem of needing a photograph has been hopefully resolved, date updated to 2025, but there are still issues that County seem unable to help with.

The new team sheet books will be given out at the 9th August meeting, the old books will no longer be in use.

 

 

 

Fixtures Secretary’s Report

The updated Cup fixtures will be sent to the Committee after this meeting. There are now 9 teams in the Premier Division, we will enquire whether any teams from the first division want the opportunity to play in the Prem.

 

Referees Secretary’s Report

There are now 18 referees signed for the coming season, which is still not enough and it will be challenging to find referees for every match.

There is a referees training course taking place on 1 and 5 September and ADFL will reimburse the course fees for any candidate who takes a refereeing course, after they have done a season’s appointments for the league. For those interested, please contact Jonathan Wood jonathan.wood@berks-bucksfa.com

Kevin is arranging a pre-season referees meeting to be held on 2 September at the Tennis Club, starting at 7.30 p.m. The award for last season’s highest club marked referee will be made at the meeting.

Berks and Bucks are interviewing for a new Referees Development Officer

 

Press/Results Secretary’s Report

There have been advertisements from other leagues for friendly games before the start of the season.

Marc will update the “idiots guide” to the league, to help teams get less fines.

 

Any Other Business

ADFL would like to express their thanks to Michael Anthony for their continued sponsorship of the league. It has been difficult over the last 18 months to promote them because of the disruption to football. Some ideas for future promotion were discussed.

There will be three copies of each team sheet in the booklets. When the referees copy is sent to Kevin he will act upon any problems straight away.

A lot of teams are not filling in the sheets fully/correctly which needs to be addressed.

 

The meeting closed at 8.15 p.m.

The next meeting was arranged for 1 September 2021.

Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 13 July 2021 At The Tennis Club & via Zoom

Present: P Rice, K Dunnings, M Griffin, T Munt, , K Saw, R Small, M Thoday,

Via Zoom N Sabatini, A Skeggs, Mrs M Stevens,

Apologies: Mrs M Harrison

There was a minute’s silence at the beginning of the meeting in honour of Richard Lipscombe.

The Minutes: of the meeting of 2 June 2021 were agreed

Matters Arising: there were none

Correspondence:

Since our last meeting Richard Lipscombe has passed away. His funeral was be Watermead Crematurium , 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday 21 July, followed by a wake at Rivets Sports and Social Club.

Mike Ward has resigned from Stoke Mandeville FC.

There are four new teams that applied to join the league: Aylesbury Vikings 1st and Reserves, Hale Leys, St Leonards, and Tring Town Development FC. Tring Town did not attend the AGM and despite the treasurer and secretary contacting them we have not had a reply.

Thame United B have changed their name, it is a merger of their old team and new players.

Dinamo Chequers have withdrawn.

Football team sheet pads will be handed out at the Secretaries meeting on 9 August.

Malcolm Pollard has been asked to be a vice-president of the League, and has accepted.

Lester Fenty and John Turnbull have also agreed to be vice-presidents, following their retirement as referees.

Registration Secretary’s Report

Marcie does not have a fourth sheet of the team sheets. If there is a query about eligibility she looks on Full Time. Teams must put on Full Time the same team as they have on the team sheet. They need to keep their copy in case of a query.

Team managers need to take to games a list of their players with photo i.d.s which can be made available to be checked by a committee member and/or the opposition.

Fixtures Secretary’s Report

All clubs have been send an email asking them to respond if they require a free weekend in

September, or if they need away fixtures in September because of problems with their pitch.

Referees Secretary’s Report

There are currently 8 referees signed for the coming season, Kevin hopes to have 20 by the beginning of the season.

ADFL are willing to pay for anyone who wants to take a refereeing course, as long as they work for the league for a season.

Kevin is arranging a referees meeting to be held at the end of August.

Press/Results Secretary’s Report

If teams are looking for a friendly match, or are offering their pitch for friendlies Marc will post it. Also if you are advertising for players or have training session reminders they can be sent to him via email, whatsapp or direct to the ADL Facebook page.

Any Other Business

There has been some confusion and controversy over the dark kit that some teams have, and the fact that it seems even darker on dull days. Therefore if your opponents or the referee ask you to change your kit for a game because it is too dark, please do so.

The new approved rules are attached to these minutes.

The meeting closed at 9.15 p.m.

The next meeting was arranged for 4th August 2021.

Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00p.m. on Wednesday 6 April 2022 at Aylesbury Tennis Club

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

 Apologies were received from T Munt, Mrs M Harrison

 The Minutes: of the meeting of 2 March 2022 were agreed

Matters Arising:

Four clubs have responded to the survey about Bucks Council football grounds.

There were several queries about fines from last month’s minutes, these have been dealt with.

Berks and Bucks will only accept one League Representative from ADFL.

Ludgershall are still using the old team sheets.

Liz Verrall attended the Reserve Cup on Monday 4 April and presented the awards.

Correspondence:

Aylesbury Raiders have folded, fined £50 rule 11A failure to give notice by 28 February

£50 fine rule 11B failure to fulfill fixtures.

St Johns notified they were folding on 5 March fined £50 rule 11A failure to give notice by 28 February £50 fine rule 11B failure to fulfill fixtures.

We have received a query about the eligibility of a player – this is being investigated.

Prestwood have queried their fines for last month, Margaret will write and inform them of the Committee decisions.

Registration Secretary’s Report:

The registration and transfer window has now closed

 Fixtures Secretary’s Report

West Herts League – our sides have fulfilled all games. The table has been sent to everyone. Quarter Finals will be confirmed soon

Free week

Oving – 9th April, agreed

No Result

26 March Prestwood (TFS) £20 Fine Rule 21B

Late Result

2nd April. Ludgershall Firsts £10 fine Rule 21B

Late Confirmation of game

26th March Prestwood Res. No reply to 2 emails until Thursday Fine £10 rule 21A

Missing Teamsheets

12March Rivets Res – 7 days late. £10 Fine rule 21A

19 March Aylesbury Raiders Not by Monday £10 Fine rule 21A

Rivets Res Not By Monday £10 Fine rule 21A

St Leonards Not By Monday £10 Fine ule 21A

Prestwood (West Herts Cup) – No Teamsheet £30 so far – rule 21A

26 March Prestwood (TFS) No teamsheet. £30 so far – Rule 21A

Aylesbury Raiders No Teamsheet £30 so far rule 21A

Aylesbury Hornets Not By Monday £10 Fine rule 21A

2nd April Wendover Nothing Yet

Postponed games

March 5 Prestwood Res Vs Wingrave Dev – Game awarded Wingrave Prestwood unable to raise a team – £50 Fine Prestwood Rule 20e

A.Vikings Res Vs St Johns. Refused to switch pitch. Game awarded Vikings. £50 Fine St Johns Rule 20e

March 12th Aylesbury Raiders Vs Haddenham -A Raiders unable to raise a team. Game awarded to Haddenham. £50 fine Ayles Raiders Rule 20e

March 19th Thame B Vs A.Viking Res – Thame unable to raise a team Game awarded to Vikings. £50 Fine Thame B rule 20e

2nd April Tetsworth Res Vs A.Raiders. A Raiders unable to raise a team. Game awarded to Tetsworth Res. £50 Fine Ayles Raiders rule 20e

Tetsworth Vs Hale Leys – following extensive investigation Tetsworth called off fixture, but unfor-tunately within the three hour ruling. Tetsworth fined £50 rule 20e

Hale Leys Vs Elmhurst – (TFS) – Hale Leys played ineligible players. Game to Elmhurst £50 Fine Hale Leys rule 18 o

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Tetsworth Reserves Vs Elmhurst will be played as a double header on 26th April.

Stoke Mandeville wish to KO their games earlier for 2022-23 Season. This was not granted by the Management Committee

Referees Secretary’s Report:

We are desperately short of referees. There are 12-15 local candidates who are willing to take a referee’s course, but there are no courses available locally. If someone qualifies as a referee through ADFL, we will refund their fee for the course if they complete the following year as a referee with ADFL.

5 March Prestwood res failed to confirm with the referee fined £5 rule 21A

Stoke Mandeville res incomplete team sheet – missed all boxes -fined £5 rule 23C

12 March Rivets reserves – no referees mark Fined £5 rule 23H

Aristocrats – no goalkeepers colours fined £5 rule 20C

19 March Ludgershall no first aid kit. Fined £5 rule 25

Rivets Res team name not on team sheet fined £5 rule 23C

26 March Oving no team name on team sheet fined £5 rule 23C

Aylesbury Vikings res. No referee mark fined £5 rule 23H

Aylesbury Raiders No referee mark fined £5 rule 23H

2 April Ludgershall no GK colours on team sheet fined 5 rule 20C

Stoke Mandeville res no referee mark rule 23H fined £5

5 April Wingrave incorrect date on team sheet fined £5 rule 23C

Wingrave Late confirmation with referee fined £10 rule 20C

Aristocrat incorrect date on team sheet fined £5 rule 23C

Press/Results Secretary’s Report:

There are 35 new followers on Social Media from the first three finals

The Programme’s for the finals are o.k., but the named team on the back of the programme must be limited to 16. Other team members who are not playing can be added to the inside of the programme.

We need so get sponsors for next year’s finals.

Any Other Business.

Trophies: clubs are reminded of Rule 13 c trophies to be returned to the League at the AGM for re-presenting at the pre-season meeting.

The proposed rule changes suggested by the sub-committee were put to the committee, Tony will draw them up to be sent out to Berks and Bucks FA, and when confirmed sent to clubs before the AGM.

Bearing in mind the present attitude about Good Friday being a Bank Holiday, it was questioned whether it was still appropriate to hold the Thomas Field Shield Final on that day in future years.

Application forms for 2022/2023 are to be sent out towards the end of April, including to several new teams.

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The meeting closed at 9.10 p.m. The next meeting was arranged for 4 May 2022