Present and apologies:

Present: Terry, Dom, Diamond, Benny QB, Duncan, Robbie, Alex, Dave Day, Trev, EO, Biffo, Del.

Absent: Chiefy (he’s working), Hatrick who is being a wetty, Robor sent his apologies, Tim Greaves didn’t send his apologies.

Are we agenda neutral?

Welcome to the 36th AGM of the mighty greys cricket club!

Voting in chairman.

• Terry is nommed and seconded. Terry wins!
• Jerry is nommed and seconded.
• Biffo is nommed and seconded.

Fixture list 2024.

We’ll do fixtures that aren’t tour first, then come back to tour…

• Upper Beeding
• Horley
• Warninglid
• Twineham
• Hartfield
• Goldstone Caners – we vote yes
• Bodle st
• Southwater
• BH Crescent
• WG Gracefully
• Jevington – Jevvers
• Wellington…and Jerry arrives!! and then Ricky arrives!! we’ll come back to this fixture later…we vote to play them!
• Streat
• Findon
• Southwick Wanderers
• Steyning Rebels replaced with Coulsdon if available
• Headliners
• Hailsham
• Mayfield
• Cutter’s choice
• Littlehampton
• Alex will pursue something after this if possible!

Tour:

• Friday: Sidbury – yes of course
• Sunday fixture: Kentisbeare is an option – we all vote to go for that!!!
• Tale Millers on the Friday: we vote 5 (not play) to 4 (play)

And thanks soooo much to Alex for doing such an amazing job as always!

NETS

• Dom says we are in discussion with the Zambucca tigers to hire out all 3 nets.
• Nets will start soon on Tuesdays 9-10

Captain’s report.

• Damp quid to start..no win until Bodle St in June!!
• Tour was amazing
• Lost 11, won 9 – first time Benny has a negative
• welcome to new players Adam – who also was great at bringing in new players, Tim Laing – who took more catches than played games, and Guy!.
• overall this has been easier to get players
• lots of occasionals who seem to be transitioning into more regulars which is great!
• thanks to Robbie for taking over the treasurer role and a special thanks to Hatrick for all his efforts
• thanks again to Robbie for his impeccable stats as always!
• and thanks Alex as always for an amazing fixture sectretary
• and thanks to the secretaries for posting match reports
• standout games – Sidbury and Southwater,
• well done to Diamond for his amazing effort throughout
• Bumbo for scoring most runs in a season apart from Del
• Double for being exceptional for with bat and ball
• final thought – an amazing season overall! no real bust-ups, hooray!
• DFWTMGs

Vice captain’s report

it’s normally about nets and we’ve already covered this.

• off the top of my head – a very good season
• …it was really nice

Treasurer’s report.

• not a lot to say
• I think I know how much came in
• we now have £382 – we have made a profit of £132 but we will need to subtract engraving and AGM.
• we then discuss whether to put match fees up to £12-£15…Dan also gives a Precis about a possible membership system
• we talk about “peak tea” but it seems very clear that teas are pretty much no longer
• we vote to keep the match fees at £10

Secretary’s report.

• 93,948 career hits 
• 1932 visitors in 2023
• 4703 views in 2023
• Best hits of all time: 

• 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 
• should we have some training on scoring and umpiring? 
• thanks to Robbie – our stats are awesome!!!! 
• what to do when occasional writes PSM – jerry says we need a system for this – perhaps those who let’s aim for came second?
• include Robbie’s blurb into match report/post
• Del’s been doing this for 15 years

T20 report.

• great success this year…
• played 5 won 2 – good win over Portslade

T20 sussex slam 2024.

• possibly have a separate T20 AGM
• Dan will take a proposal to Rob

We then have a break for 15 minutes come back at 9.45pm

Voting in committee members.

Captain

• Ben is nommed and seconded – unanimous!

VC

• Dom is nommed and seconded – unanimous

T20 captain

• Dan nommed and seconded – unanimous

T20 VC

• Dunc nomed and seconded – unanimous

Fixtures Secretary

• Alex is nommed and seconded – unanimous
• Dave is nommed and seconded

Secretary

• Dan is nominated and seconded – 4 votes
• Ian is nominated and seconded, but he w ants to know what the internet is…- 4 vots
• Dunc is nominated and seconded – 5 votes and he wins

Treasurer

• Robbie is nommed and seconded – uninimous

Stato

• Robbie is nommed and seconded – uninimous

Any other business, now known as ‘premium bondage’…

• EO did a straw poll about adding comments to the website, Duncan agrees to look at ways to add ways to interact with the website, show likes, and add comments
• Dan proposes:
  • T20 player of the year
  • we have a separate T20 AGM
  • T20 subs
  • we request that the moral compost of the team is maintained
  • we all agree too this
• we reiterate that the highest ranking in PSM list need to write match report if an occasional wins PSM, or EO will do it

SHORT BREAK (pizza?)

Awards for this year….

Stato’s report

Bowling award.

• Diamond Dan 33 wickets. Best 5-7 at Southwater!

Batting award.

• 693 runs!!!

Brokeback mountain award.

Highest partnership of the year Ashton and DD, 158 for 6th wicket – and a record!!

Norfolk Enchants (catching).

• Ben/DelTim

Match report of the year

• at this point Guy walks in to a raucous applaus!
• Pinstickers guide is superb! He suggests that Guy reads it out with his public schoolboy accent
• noms are:
  • Bodle street – Dom wins with 8 votes!
  • Ian’s collapse into decrepitude -Coulsdon
  • Rick’s falling flat on his face in the – Twineham

Party Seven Moment of the year.

• Alex’s catch at Uppottery – 4 votes (including a self-vote!)- 6 votes in the playoff – he wins!!!
• EO’s banana incident – 0 votes
• EO’s all run 5 incident – 4 votes – 3 votes in the playoff
• Del’s catch at sidbury – 2 vote
• Rick for falling over in the mud – 2 voters

tough group!

Mighty Greysman of the year.

• Tel nominates Del for his work on secretary – 7 votes – Del wins!
• Dave noms Biff – great company, really ejoyed planning cricket with you this year – 2 votes
• Duncan noms Dave Day – every time I turn up I see DD bowling like a legend and scoring loads of runs and has made a massive contribution to winning games – 0 notes
• Dom noms EO – to be playing cricket to such a standard and he’s handsome as fuck and for all the hilarious things he does on and off the pitch! – 5 votes
• Del noms Dom for being so amazingly good this year!!! – 1 vote
• Ricky noms Terry for being a great chairman.

Greys fantasy league outcome.

• T20 player of the year – Dan Cope!!! amazing batting
• 1973 points win with Dom
• Dan wins the innaugural fantasy league!!!

We thank Ben for hosing us again – it is so awesome, and let’s not leave a pile of shite here for him co clear up!

Calm transition into party mode…..