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Walsden Cricket and Bowling Club

Who column – JG – John Green (Chair), CB – Chris Barker (Sec,) JaG - Janet Gilford (Treasurer) PD – Paul Dawson,

MD - Matthew Dawson, SHB – Scott Heywood Bell, AS - Alan Stuttard, MH - Mark Howley,

CG - Colin Greenwood, , RS - Russell Sutcliffe,JS – Jamie Shackleton, NB – Nick Barker,

NG – Nicola Gale, JoH – Joanna Hooson, JH – John Horsford, JDL – David Lord.

Our Club Purpose: What are we trying to achieve?
Challenges	Objectives	Actions	Who	When - (1/3/5 years)	Cost
Social e.g. referring to club players, members, volunteers, community and committee	Increase membership of the club	Promote the Club through the local press, schools and community organisations and the Club website and social media. Convert junior members into family members and make them welcome. Improve the reputation of the Club through changing the standards of behaviour of our senior teams. To move to a position where all subscriptions are paid by standing order	PD and SHB – Partially achieved, family membership introduced in 2018	5
	Recruit and retain playing members to maintain our success on the field Ensure excellent performance continues in our first season in the reformed and expanded Lancashire League	Continuation of our coaching and development programme and links to local schools. Retain existing players Attract new players to the club and continue with fast track coaching of young players	MD- 6 new quailed coaches in 2017 All Halfway through the seson we are top of the league and in th semi final o the Lancashire League, Our second team are second I the league and through to the final of the Trafford Cup	5	Additional £,000 required for year 5
	Maintain and expand the diversity of volunteers	Proactive recruitment of players and women and younger members	JG and all Committee members –Women’s team established and playing competitive cricket. 2 under 9 teams
	To continue coaching and development of junior cricket	Keep the schools development going beyond year 4. Appoint Team Managers to all junior teams and ensure they are CRB checked.	MD and Junior Committee. Achieved and ongoing, junior coaching switched to Fridays and very popular. Junior committee strengthened with new member and volunteers. Contract with schools in abeyance for two years pending funding and the recruitment of a new cohort.	4
	To maintain and develop communication	Develop a quarterly electronic newsletter. Refresh the member database to include email addresses etc.	SHB – Superseded by use of social media. PD- To be done in context of GDPR. Privacy Policy approved and published.
Environmental e.g. referring to club facilities and capital expenditure	Ensure the new club facilities (Nets and changing rooms) are well maintained	Draw up a maintenance and cleaning schedule and a rota for players responsibilities	JG/MH/AF/TD Could be better
	Provide an electric scoreboard Provide disabled toilet facilities and a viewing area with disabled access	Resubmit grant bid to SITA Trust Secure grant assistance	CG – Grant from Calderdale Community Association, new scoreboard in operation and linked into Play-cricket site CG – Grant application rejected. Facility to be re-sited and then new application submitted.	20168	£5,000
	Ensure the post of groundsman is filled before each season	Review payment and secure services of present groundsman at the end of the season.	JG – Done
	Draw up a maintenance schedule to ensure the excellent presentation in time for the Wood Cup Final in August	Work to be completed pre-season at NatWest Cricket Force weekends. Identify requirements for holding the Wood Cup Final and implement them in good time	Committee – Completed very successfully
	Review servicing and repair of the heating and hot water system	Arrange for qualified contractor to carry out the works prior to winter.	CG/MH - Completed		£1,000
Economic e.g. referring to club finances, revenue, costs and contingency	To ensure the management committee think like a business and embrace basic business principles and fundamentals when considering and progressing all development areas on the club’s agenda	Provide the management committee with accurate financial information for the efficient management, control and running of the club To set budgets for the club’s main areas of spend To ensure the club’s main source of income i.e. over the bar, yield maximum profits and the bar operating expenses are proportionate to the income generated. Periodic external stocktakes to monitor bar performance	JaG/CB – Reported regularly to fortnightly committee meetings JG/CB/JaG MH – Small surplus generated on 2016 accounts, Turnover in 2017 is best ever. 2018 continues to be a successful year financially
	Investigate specific areas where savings can be made to reduce our operating costs	Review of all energy suppliers, winter opening hours and all operating costs for bar, ground and players. To set aside money each year in a contingency fund to cover maintenance, replacement of ground equipment/machinery, unforseen expenditure etc	JaG/CB/JG – Revised bar prices and new brewery deal. All expenditure continues to be available for these items.
	To retain our main sponsor for the club in 2015 and maximise funding from advertising boards	Recruit new sponsors to advertise on the ground	SHB/CG Income from Sponsor boards maximised. Match sponsors sought JG/PD and all committee members – New Sponsor MM Physio, plus other sponsors for T20 shirts
	To come up with new creative fund-raising methods that are cost effective	Review membership of 100 Club and to make the scheme more appealing Look at other fund-raising initiatives to add to or replace existing club schemes Beer Festival? More Players Efforts	RS – New gaming machine, Watto’s Lottery and raffles at events. Two successful beer festivals held in 2018 and 2017 JG AS
	To maximise attendance at club social and fund-raising events	Club needs to work harder at promoting itself as a venue for social functions	All – New chairs and redecoration have maximised bookings and increased bar revenue. New tables added in 2018. Grant secured to refurbish and upgrade kitchen. Now complete. Use of Bowling pavilion as local library under investigation with Calderdale MBC.
	To access greater resources from within the club’s local community (people, skills, time, advice, expertise, materials, products, funding)	Make best use of member’s skills knowledge and attributes. Have a mixture of people with key skills on the management committee and development groups.	All – 4 new committee members, 2 women and 2 players.

Do your objectives all contribute to your club’s purpose?

An equal balance of activity and resource must be put into the social, environmental and economic elements of any cricket club in order to improve its sustainability