MIGHTY GREYS AGM 2022 – live from Ben’s workshop 7:30 start, 11^th November, 2022 

Present: EO, Dave Day, Bif, Dom, Tel, Duncan, Chiefy, QB, Robbie H, Alex, Diamond Dan, Jerry, Del, Trev, Hatrick – 15 in all 

Apologies: Roborbob, David H, Ricky who is having his lung drained, Wiggy.  

We begin 8pm. 

Welcome to the 35^th Mighty Greys AGM!! 

Thanks to Benny for hosting again!! What a star!! 

And thanks to Dave Day for putting on a fabulous Daall!! Thanks Darl! 

Voting in chairman. 

1. Alex noms Tel – Del seconds– Tel wins with 12 votes! 
2. Dunc noms Dave Day – Del seconds 
3. Chiefy noms Trev – nobody seconds 

Fixture list 2023

1. Horley – yes 
2. Upper beeding – yes 
3. Jevington – yes 
4. Warninglid – they may fold :0( – yes 
5. Hartfield – yes 
6. Caners – yes  
7. Bodle St – yes 
8. TOUR: Tale Millers – yes – but 2 don’t want to play Friday – Diamond proposes playing a ‘100’ – we all agree to try but Del thinks 100 matches in a weekend is a bit much.
9. TOUR: Sidbury  – yes 
10. TOUR: Luppitt – yes 
11. BH Crescent – yes 
12. Southwater – yes
13. Coulsdon – Dave was rude to their volunteer – yes
14. TBA – WG Gracefully if possible. 
15. Streat – they want to move backwards – but everyone else wants to move forward….yes
16. Findon – yes 
17. WG Gracefully – asked if we can move it to earlier in the season – possibly put into the TBA earlier? Yes if possible. 
18. Southwick Wanderers – yes 
19. Steyning – yes 
20. Staplefield – yes* (Alex will contact them to just check) 
21. Headliners – yes – now known as the Sri Lankan memorial game – we vote 6-5 in favour of Headliners instead of Forge Wood 
22. Mayfield – yes 
23. Cutter’s choice – yes 
24. Hand in hand – no. Replace with Littlehampton – yes.  
25. No fixture for 24^th Sep – Alex will try to find a fixture – yes (TBA)

We thank Alex for all his effort this year – fantastic effort – especially noting all the emergency fixtures this year – what a star!! 

NETS! 

1. Began last week 
2. Lots of difficulty getting a response in the past 4 months 
3. Thursday 8-9 in Lancing until end of December.  
4. BACCA will prioritise year-long bookings and they will get back to us about a potential booking after Thursday 8-9. We could carry on after xmas for £24 with possibly 2 lanes. ATM we get 2 lines for the price of 1 at Lancing.  
5. We vote to let Dom sort it out. Various options to explore are partnering with Palmers, or keeping Lancing, or moving to BACCA after new year.  
6. We vote to keep cost of nets at £7 

Captain’s report. 

1. Slightly streaky start….record breaking win at Upper Beeding….play all games but one…thanks to Jonny Fixtures for making it all happening and finding last minute opponents….bit of a dodgy  
2. Standout game: complicated game in Surrey 
3. Beat Findon for the first time 
4. Tie at Hailsham, 12 year old cried thanks to Dunc – Richard Partridge award 
5. Low point was Jevington  
6. We used 39 players this year – largest year ever! 28 last year 
7. Albie making debut! 
8. We need another regular player and wicketkeeper next year. Alex’s osteopath has said that he needs to stop doing it. 
9. We will need to prioritise a keeper 
10. Need to be a bit more on it with regard to match reports – not be too harsh on occasionals. We need a backup on this. 
11. Need to ritualise match fee payment.  
12. Standout bowlers this year were the bowlers 
13. Dom more destructive than ever with the bat 
14. Dunc innings at Steyning
15. 13:9 winloss ratio – DFWTMG

VC’s captain: 

1. Duncan’s first catch for the greys! 
2. How amazing it was to play with Dave Day and Diamond 

Treasurer’s report. 

1. BAKEOFF! 
2. When I play every game – match reports get paid. 
3. I have found it very difficult this year.  
4. Tour was virtually impossible to fund. RECEIPTS are needed. 
5. We have £246 in the bank (this figure approximately double if all payments made).   
6. Rick calls Bif ‘Bitch’ by accident
7. Aim to have all match fees paid by the following week. 
8. Chiefy says’ rhetorical question’ but means ‘practical question’. 
9. When we pay: put on the reference the opponent! 

Secretary’s report. 

Website:  

• 88,717 career hits 
• 1912 visitors in 2022 
• 5842 views in 2022 
• Best hits of all time: 

• Best hits of 2022: 

• Need to get on with match report writing – this year was worst ever so far…possibly a system in place?  

• Let’s aim for ‘impeccable’ record keeping : 
• record match details (e.g. batting first), outcomes (e.g. who won), catches/names in scorebook 
• aim to give description of PSM in match report AND match outcome 
• we will have some training on scoring and umpiring 
• we need a new scorebook – it’s no good for fall of wicket? 
• thanks to Robbie – our stats are awesome!!!! 
• We will need to use an app for the T20 matches 
• Terry knows how to do the digital, real time, live updates on the playcricket website? Robbie says it’s not worth it. We vote for Tel to go back through the decades. 
• Dan proposes that Trev becomes our influencer. 

Statos report: 

Here are the stats!

1. Highest 8^th wicket partnership – Littlehampton 
2. Career runs: Jerry 600 behind Biff 
3. Career wickets: Ian 379, Rob 376, Dave 369 
4. Who will burst through 400! 
5. Super inspiring! 
6. Greys records: 
   • Ben 3rd in most wickets in season  
   • Highest 8th wicket partnership – Littlehampton

T20 report. 

1. Struggled to recruit, typically 2-3 newbies each game 
2. Good fun, but do we put a team forward?  

T20 sussex slam 2023. 

1. Duncan is having another child in April – amazing!! Everyone cheers for Duncan! 

Voting in committee members. 

1. Captain: 
   • Dave noms Ben, Alex seconds. Ben wins unanimously! 
   • Alex noms Dave, Trev seconds, but he’s not happy to go forward 

2. Vice-captain 
   • Rising bumbo super-giant is nommed, Dunc seconds – DOM wins! 
   • Biff noms chiefy – Del seconds 
   • Biff noms EO – Rick seconds 

3. Fixtures secretary 
   • Alex is nommed and seconded – and Alex wins no contest. 

4. Secretary 
   • Del is nomed and seconded – and Del wins! 

5. Treasurer 
   • Dan noms Hattrick and rob seconds – he wins (I think – but passes it to Rob later)
   • Ben noms Robbie – seconded.
   • Dave noms Biff – seconded – and happy to take 

6. T20 captain 
   • EO noms Diamond Dan – seconded – Dan wins!! 
   • Dave noms Dunc – seconded 
   • Rick noms EO – seconded 
   • Dan noms Trev – seconded but does not accept

7. T20 vice captain 
   • Duncan noms EO – seconded – but not happy to do it 
   • Eon noms Duncan – seconded – Dunc wins!!

8. Stato: 
   • Everyone votes Rob! 

12. Any other business, now known as ‘premium bondage’… 
    • Dan suggests: Hand in Hand as a fixture, but prolly can’t get a venue 
    • Alex: debutants and occasionals ARE not be expected to write match reports. We aim to find a surrogate.  
    • We agree that don’t charge for people who make up numbers.  
    • Tour house: we are booked in again! But still not sure about costs. £1200-1300 region  
    • Dom suggests £5 match fees because no teas. We all agree to keep it as it is (£10 for match fees). If you can’t pay, no problem.  
    • Rob proposes a new whatsapp group for every week. We vote to have a weekly whatsapp group for each match.

SHORT BREAK (Daal – yes!) 

Awards for this year…. 

Bowling award. 

40 wickets to Ben! 

Batting award. 

560 runs to Dom 

Brokeback mountain award. 

Dunc agrees to turn the minibat into a trophy…

Edwards and Brasher 164 vs Steyning rebels – described as ‘thrilling’!  

Second was Day and Burgess – shameless abuse of power…. 

they also win ‘best embrace’ of the evening…

Norfolk Enchants (catching) 

Dom wins again with 13, then he offers his services to coach his team mates for £25/hour

 

Match report of the year 

Another amazing pinstickers guide by EO!

We shortlist: 

• Downfall (Terry – Horley) – 4 votes 
• Twilight zone (EO – Caners) – 6 votes EO wins 
• Beef curtains (Dave Day – Littlehampton) – 5 votes

Party Seven Moment of the year 

• Horley – 1 
• Chipstead – 1
• Streat – 1 
• Findon – 3 
• Steyning – 2 
• Forge Wood -1  
• Mayfield – 4 – Robbie wins for being an old man falling over!!

Mighty Greysman of the year. 

Noms: 

• Dave noms Chiefy: he made the tour very much easier, he was great on tour – 1 
• Rick noms Double Dee; he remembers his first game for 20 years, they were off the scale good – this season he was amazing – it was great to have him back!!!! – 7 HE WINS!! 
• Rob noms Alex: particularly stepped up this year, lots of lost fixtures and he has stepped in  
• Ben noms EO for the PinSticker’s guide, comes to nets, plays midweek plays a lot, drives, nauses 
• Dave noms Del: runs, kindness, tour stuff, secretary 
• Del noms Duncan: T20 captain, comes to nets, plays, scores runs 
• Rick noms Ben: fully established Greys legend

Calm transition into party mode…..