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Chairman:
Mr Roger Cutler
Secretary: Mr Rob Rendall
10, LAWN ROAD
2, STONELEIGH CLOSE
STAPLEGROVE
STAPLEGROVE
TAUNTON
TAUNTON
TA2 6EH
TA2 6ET
Tel:
01823 279318
Tel: 01823 337167
Honorary President: Mr Norman Stodgell
Staplegrove Youth Football Club Report.
I
am pleased to report that the Club has made good progress over the last season,
which in playing terms has just come to an end. Of course the teams may have
stopped playing and our coaches and managers will welcome the short summer break
before they start training late July/early August and some teams will play in
5/6 a side tournaments during the summer to keep their competitive edge. For the
officials of the Club the season never ends as we are already starting to
prepare for the next season.
This
Friday we are holding our annual presentation evening, which brings the whole of
the club together approx. 180 boys aged 6 to 16, all of the managers, coaches,
assistants and of course many of the parents. Each player will receive a medal
for playing for the club during the season and special awards for each age group
to recognise a particular playing talent, team commitment or recognition from
team-mates. Awards also go managers and officials for work carried out
throughout the season.
The
club is financially sound and we have recently held our AGM and formed our new
committee for the coming 12 months. We hold regular meetings throughout the
year, approx. 8 or 9. Copy of accounts and minutes of AGM may be inspected on
application to the secretary.
This
season after a lot of hard work we have become a F.A. Charter Standard
Development Club, which recognises the fact that we are a well-run club with
qualified coaches. We have a club constitution and club rules, player, coach,
parent, spectator, etc. codes of conduct, an anti-discrimination and equal
opportunity policy, a club complaints procedure, a child protection policy and a
child protection officer. We have volunteer application forms and procedure to
enrol volunteers. We also have a club
development plan.
The
ambitious plans for the club, which include as a priority new changing
facilities to match a club of our size. We have held meetings with the F.A.
Development officer, TDBC Development Officer, we have also met with a
surveyor/architect. The Football Foundation has included our club in their plans
for substantial funding in 2006.
Before
we can obtain any funding we have first to clear several important hurdles. One
major hurdle has of course been cleared in becoming a Charter club. The biggest
one left is currently being discussed with the Property Department of Somerset
County Council who owns the land at Corkscrew Lane. We are currently in
discussion to improve the terms of our lease with them, which has 28 years left
to run but has a clause that they can end the lease once they have issued a
notice period of 12 months. Obviously the FA will not fund any project on this
basis, we are therefore seeking a much longer period of notice or ideally have
it removed completely.
I
am sorry to say that Bryn Evans our Vice Chairman is leaving the club due to
other commitments, Bryn will be greatly missed as he has put many years of
service into the club in a variety of roles.
In
footballing terms all of our teams did well during the season, several teams
finished as runners up, and most teams finished in the top half of their league.
Our under 14’s reached the cup final losing out in a very close game and our
under 16’s reached the semi-finals of the Somerset Youth Shield, losing after
extra time to Radstock Rangers, they defeated many teams from the Bristol area
on their way to the semi. They did manage to win the Taunton area league, just
pipping Spaxton by a single point. The Somerset County Gazette will be printing
a full set of league tables this week.
Our
end of season ‘Grove’ magazine is being printed this week and when available
I will let Geoff Hayes have a copy.
Rob
Rendall
Club
Secretary.
9/5/05