1 - PRESENT
Tom Potter; Marc Shipley; Kevin Forster; Lynda Potter; John Kilner; Mandy Forster
2 - APOLOGIES
Chris Ellison; Geoff Sargon
3 - MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
- Accepted as a true record
4 - MATTERS ARISING
- To be covered in Agenda
5 - TREASURER
Deposit Account - £20,200
Current Account - £18, 819
VAT is due BUT as first installment on new nets has been paid (£19,000) we will get VAT back on that.
£590 from function room bookings and £1,300 from yoga and Dare to be fit.
6 - BAR
Business has started to pick up but energy bills remain high.
Cost of living wage rises has kicked in and beer prices have increased. We are covering the cost of the rises rather than making a profit.
The pool table continues to make money, £1 ,070 in first ¼ of the year. Anthony Brown has sourced and put up a pool scoreboard at the end of the bar for use in matches.
As bar gets busier we need more staff. We also need to move towards contracts so staff know what is expected for bar and cleaning roles. Our cleaner is not turning up for some cleaning duties leaving other staff to fill in at the last minute.
LWC to be asked if they can provide desperately needed new tills ( maybe iPad type screen). They could also manage the card machines. Compare prices from other providers IF they also provide tills.
Guinness draught is too pricey. Need a solution from LWC?
Mick Martin to paint the function room in the near future.
7 - CRICKET
The weather caused the friendlies to be cancelled last weekend with little hope of any being played next weekend. The season has officially been put back a week to 27th April.
The field needs a new drain down the drive side.
A ladies cricket festival will take place on 16/6.
All-stars starts in July.
Planning permission has been requested for the site of the new nets by the scorebox. Hope to hear by end of April.
We will try to increase the number of parking places.
8 - SQUASH
1st team are promoted to Premier League as runners up. 2nd and 3rd teams were 7th out of 9 and 4th team 9th out of 10. They weren’t relegated but face a play off v Newbiggin. Boldon will put out its strongest team for the match Next Week.
Club championships start on 08/04 with finals on Sunday 21st April. (23 entries)
Improvement suggestions include
Lighting down the drive (solar, antique type lamp posts.
Brickwork around the sides of the courts, workmen to come and have a look.
Quote needed for new ceiling tiles and new lighting.
Gas pipe brackets for heaters to be fixed.
More defibrillator training to be organised.
England Squash membership info to be sent out to all members.
Rubbish to be cleared from kitchen (LP to action)
9 - MEMBERSHIPS
- Direct debits for cricket and social memberships started on 1st April.
10 - AOB
Ceiling tiles were broken in the function room. No more ball games to be played after room is decorate.
LP/TP to investigate a new cooker to hopefully be in place for new squash season.
Meeting closed at 9.25pm.
Date of next meeting - Monday 13th May at 8pm.
