(the one they said couldn’t happen).
Held on the 7th
February 2003 at The Hogshead in Lisle Street, followed by the Chueng Chueng Ku
in Wardour Street and various clubs and bars around Shaftesbury Avenue.
Attending: Keezer, Flat, Skips, Jules, Coach, Dugski,
Hoggers, Disco Dave, Paintery, Futures
Lansley, Tubby Webster and the Hon. Sec..
Apologies received from
Magic Freeman who didn’t want to wait until ten o’clock for his tea.
Resolutions were passed
and officers elected, as follows:
Captain: Mark d’Inverno
re-elected nem con.
Treasurer: Flat Pete
re-elected nem con. (Treasurer’s Report
revealed that we had about 180 quid)
Vice-captain: Flat Pete re-elected.
Kit Monitor: after several
years of discreet and unobtrusive service Richard Maloney decided to stand down
- but he was re-elected anyway.
Match Managers:
April - Simmonds
May - Hargroves
June – Freeman (tbc)
July – Brockis (tbc)
August – Chiari
September – Lyons
Suffolk tour - Maloney
West Country tour –
Douglas
Match Management Czar:
Graham Hogben re-elected.
It was proposed to appoint
a Social Secretary following this year’s shambolic AGM arrangements, but
nothing was decided and so, events-wise, we remain in a rudderless doldrum
situation.
A vote of thanks for the
surpassing excellence of the fixtures was offered to the Hon Sec. Days later, it emerged he had secured us a match
against Southgate Firsts on April 27th.
The ground regularly hosts first-class and ODI matches and it hardly
needs saying that this is not a day for turning up at three o’clock with only
eight players. Decent cricketers with
shirts must be found. Scour your memories and contact books.
Other Matters Arising:
After taking legal advice
is was decided that the Weekenders should provide helmets for the use of
regular players and guests. Two helmets
to be bought – Douglas to investigate.
Julian Lyons was going to
try to scam some decent balls off Gunn and Moore. The Treasurer indicated we could go to £12.50 apiece.
Tim Chiari proposed a tour
of South Africa in February 2004, and undertook to carry out a feasibility
study.
The strategy and
development sub-committee held further discussions at the nearby Lab Bar where
one vice-president was required to remove his woolly hat before being admitted.
Talks continued at the Rouge club in Charing Cross Road, and by 2.30 a.m.
Hogben was modestly raising his credit card to acknowledge the applause for his
first three-figure milestone of 2003.