Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 12^th February 2008 at the Arts Centre, Bolton School

Present at the meeting were Jon Twist, Roger Milne, Martin Wadsworth, Dave Lee, Richard Morris and Neil Thomasson

The meeting opened at 6.20pm.

1.        Apologies were received from Harry Lane, Dave Hughes, Jim Lever, Mark Worsley and Chris Neasham.

2.        The minutes of the January meeting were read, accepted and duly signed, with one amendment being that Dave Lee had been present at the meeting.

3.        Matters arising -

-          Ryan Hardwidge had agreed to pay £20 per month until his full £131 has been paid. His first £20.00 has been paid to Chris. It had been agreed that he could play as long as the payments continued monthly.

4.        Playing –

-          1^st XI mid-table

-          2^nd XI mid table

-          A team mid-table

-          B Team mid-table

5.        Officers' Business -

a)      Chairman – no report

b)      Secretary –

-          LAL Regional meeting had been uneventful. Discipline table showed us pleasingly mid-table.

-          Wes Wright had received a sending-off for abusive language to an official. Also a misconduct charge for continuing to swear at the referee after the sending off. He planned to accept the charges but send a letter appealing for leniency.

-          Kieran Walsh had received a 7 day ban for 5 cautions.

-          Craig Jolley and Rob Taylor had been selected to play for the LAL side against the Lancs & Cheshire team on 27^th Feb at Chorley FC

c)        Finance –

-           Accounts not finalised – would be ready for March meeting.

-           £1035.07 current a/c (with nearly £500 to come out), £585.74 in reserve a/c

-           Could do with some money from captains (Roger to chase). Can Roger transfer some money from the war chest? Need some for the dinner.

-           Roger reported that there was £2559 in the 300 Club and £3900 in the Patrons a/c. He had just paid out £700 for the 1^st & A Team kits (2^nd & B Team kits had been donated). Cheque for £250 due from Travelfirst and just the £600 300 Club Easter draw to come out.

-           Richard reported that the sponsorship money that had to come in would cover the dinner monies needed.

d)      Grounds –

-           Dave had investigated the grant that was available to us. £ for £ up to £10,000 for changing rooms/floodlights (not the pitch). To be remembered.

-           Pitches ok, tractor ok, gang mower still not working.

-           Fox had been stuck in nets behind goals. Resident had cut the netting, so Dave had replaced it with the old one.

-           Peter had reported that residents had asked about whether TV crews were coming up – nobody knew anything about this.

e)       Social –

-           Dinner was to be held in Cloisters at Bolton Holiday Inn. Rooms holds 220. Paul Harrison £550 (ex-football league referee) and Mike King £750 to be the speakers. Menu costing £19.00 (2007 £18.50) – soup, chicken, chocolate dessert

f)         Website – nothing to report

7.         The next meeting of the committee will be on Monday 17^th March at 8.00pm at the Howcroft Inn.

8.         Any Other Business – Jon to contact Chris to ask who was running Ramblers.

The meeting was closed at 8.15pm