Chairmans Report 2017/18
Chairman’s Report
Introduction
This year we shall be holding the AGM on the evening of 19/10 from 8.00 pm. We are also holding an EGM on the same night to ask for a change to the rules of the club; the EGM will be at 7.55 pm. In time honoured fashion, beer will be half price from 7.30 so please come along, have your say and support the bar.
It’s been the busiest year I can recall in my 30 years’ membership at the club and it’s been a pleasure to have been involved with the Committee and all the other volunteers who have put so much effort in. We also need to thank Alan Thatcher for his time as Chair and his efforts to promote the game over many years at the club. It’s good to see him back playing racquetball. My personal thanks go out to all the members of the Committee this year, those that are happy to stand for re -election, those who won’t be, including Richard Coward (after 3 very hectic years) and those who resigned during the year, including Dom O’ Connell and Martin Ball.
A special thank you to our main sponsors is also overdue: Dan Smith at DWL Windows, Jon Rowlan at SADS IT and Clive Franklin at CAF Ceramics. We will be promoting our sponsors more widely next year through our expanding rota of events and through our efforts (with our Head Coach, Steve Franks) to reach out to the wider community. There are sponsorship opportunities available should any member wish to promote local businesses. One of our projects next year will be to devote space on our web page to sponsors. If you are interested, please have a chat with any member of the Committee.
We come to the year end with around 260 members in all categories, critically including a big increase in juniors, thanks to the efforts of Jason, Claire and Steve Franks. I know the extra courts taken by the juniors has meant a little readjustment from some members utilising favourite court times. Thanks to those concerned for their forbearance, especially those who gave their views regarding Friday afternoon courts and the consequential changes to club night. As usual we have lost some younger club members to university or job changes and that underlines the importance of bringing youngsters into the game.
Treasury
Simon will be distributing the treasury report as at year end, 31/3/18. He will also be happy to take any questions on the evening of the AGM. I’m very pleased to say we have a healthy bank balance today which has meant we have been able to reinvest in the club. The Committee believes we have facilities to rival any in Kent and are determined to keep the club in great condition.
Maintenance
I have been struck by just how much work is needed to keep the club in first class condition. This year (to name but a few) we have:
• Rehung the doors on the courts after the mishaps last year
• Replaced the thermostats with something that actually works
• Repaired the heaters on courts 2, 3 and 4
• Repaired the leaking roof above court 2
• Repaired the floor on court 3
• Maintained the plaster on all the courts
• Given the kitchen and barbeque a spring clean
• Brought up to scratch the safety requirements in the kitchen from an electrical and gas standpoint (with some work still underway under the Chris’ guidance).
We will be shortly sanding the floors on all courts but first we need to get scaffolding on the courts to change the banners on the walls and tidy up the lights. Tim and Paul Adam Snr between them have also looked after the myriad maintenance tasks that seem to arise every day. He and Paul are investigating the leak that seems to persist in the ladies’ changing rooms. Please do let Tim know if anything needs attending to.
Bar and Social
Russ has had a very busy year. He and Nicky have done great things, building on last year’s refurbishment. The change to Carlsberg now looks like an inspired choice and has been a significant factor in our improved balance sheet position. Just to remind us, Russ has put on:
• A Christmas party
• A horse racing night raising money for the Heart of Kent Hospice
• 3 quiz nights (with our Quizmaster General, Dave Ealham)
• A number of music nights with bands and our resident troubadour, Dougal
• A night to remember following the club championships
• An open mic evening featuring the vocal and instrumental talents of Rich Stanley and Fraser Burns
• 4 private party bookings
• Half price lager and BBQ nights during the world cup
Don’t forget we have the 2018 Christmas party to look forward to in December.
Club Captain
Jason has been every bit as busy as Russ. This year he and the team captains have:
• Managed 3 teams in the winter (Priory div 2 6th & div 6 2nd, 1 Outer Kent div 3 2nd)
• Managed 2 teams in the summer (1 priory div 2 7th, 1 Outer Kent div 3 2nd)
Thanks to team managers Ryan Avison, Callum McDougall and Alistair Hill for running them.
Many events were held, including:
• Mote Graded - January
• Kent overs 35’s – March
• Exhibition match with Richie Fallows & Ben Coleman – April
• Club Championships – finals June
Winners
Men - Ben Goodayle
Plate – Alistair Hill
Racketball – Adrian Humphries
Racketball Plate – Richard Coward
Ladies – Alice Hill
Racketball Ladies – Judith Sloan
• PSA/Graded – August (Winners Diego Gobbi r/up Brad Masters Ladies Winner Gina Kennedy R/up Alice Green)
• Racketlon – September
A Grade winner – Marcus Robson
B Grade Winner – Simon Muir
C Grade Winner – Keith Bailey
• CAF Ceramic Doubles – September 29
Many thanks to our sponsors and to Navine for running the Barn Door challenge to enable these events to take place and to Ben Ford and Joe Magor for their help in promoting several of the tournaments.
Jason plans to continue next year as he has this year. I’m sure everyone agrees The Mote only enhances its standing by these efforts.
Juniors
Claire and her parental colleagues ran 4 junior teams this year and many thanks to those parents for the invaluable help.
Steve Franks joined the club as head coach in February running the junior section with Ben Goodayle & Alice Hill including after school and Saturday sessions, bringing in 6 schools to take part in the after- school sessions. This has seen the junior membership grow to 65.
Several Juniors have now gained their level 1 coaching qualifications – Tom Goodayle, Harry Morgan, Maddy Hill & Alex Pollington.
We have several juniors that have represented Kent this year.
The Mid Kent Junior league runs over 9 Saturdays throughout the year, providing an opportunity for juniors from clubs in the Maidstone area to compete against each other and to gain match experience. Food & court proceeds from this event go to the club and circa £1200 goes to Kent Junior Squash. Thank you to Richard Coward who has sponsored this event for the last 2 years by providing prizes to the box winners.
Junior Closed – June
Winner – Tom Goodayle
Plater Winner – Harrison Seal
Junior Open – July
This saw juniors coming to the club from all over the south east and the club was full all day bringing many positive comments from those that have never visited the Mote before.
Several of the older juniors have now entered the club boxes and play for the adult teams and with the increase in junior numbers we hope to see these numbers grow over the next year.
I and the Committee will be happy to take questions on this report or any other matters. Please do come armed with suggestions to make the club better next year: Richard and Tim will record them for the first meeting of the new Committee.
Steve Hazzard
September 2018
News & Events
- Children In Need - Friday 15th Nov
- Mote SC Christmas Party - Saturday 21st Dec
- Court Maintenance - Thursday 14th & Friday 15th Nov
- Squash Leagues Ending December 15th.
- Committee Meeting Minutes - 21st October 2019
- EGM / AGM Minutes - 27th Sep
- Memberships - 2 days to go ....
- 4 days to go for Membership renewals
- 9 days to go ... MEMBERSHIPS DUE!
- Quiz night - Saturday 26th October
- World Squash Day - Saturday 12th October
- Keeping our club secure
- Membership Subscriptions for 2019/20
- Budgie & The Smugglers .....
- Chairman's and Treasurer's reports for AGM (this Friday from 7:45pm)
- Committee Meeting Minutes - 9th Sep'19
- New Squash Leagues Ending November 3rd. 2019
- World Squash Day - Saturday 12th October
- Winter Team Squash
- Rackethon - Saturday 28th September
- Club Championships on Friday 6th Sep - Main Doubles and Racketball Plate Finals
- Notice of Annual General Meeting 2019 - Friday 27th September
- Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting 2019 - Friday 27th September
- Mote Squash Club playing cricket ....?! Sunday 1st Sep
- Committee Meeting Minutes - Monday 29th July'19
- Team match - Tuesday 27th August vs Beckenham
- Club Night
- Court Heating
- New Squash Leagues - Session Ending September 22nd.
- Upcoming Events at The Mote SC
- New Squash Leagues Ending August 11th
- UPDATED - MOTE GRADED SCHEDULE & DRAWS (Saturday 22nd June)
- Mote Graded - schedule and draws (Saturday 22nd June)
- UPDATED - PSA Match Schedules (attached)
- Mote vs Hartley 1 - tonight !
- PSA match schedules
- Committee Meeting Minutes - 3rd June 2019
- Saturday 22nd June Party / BBQ
- Last call for Mote Graded & Mote Junior Tournaments
- Club Championships - Ladies Squash Main & Plate Finals
- Upcoming Committee Vacancy - Membership Secretary
- Maintenance Book
- Upcoming Team Matches - happy hour !
- Upcoming PSA Tournament + Adult Graded / Junior Tournaments + Party
- Saturday 1st June - Champions League Final
- New Squash Leagues Ending Sunday June 30th.
- UPDATE: Club Finals Night - Friday 24th May
- Club Finals Night - Friday 24th May
- Club Champs Semis - Saturday 18th May
- Holiday Squash Camps - 29th / 30th May
- Committee Meeting Minutes - 23rd April 2019
- Club Championship matches - Saturday 11th & Saturday 18th May
- Barn Door Challenge - postponed
- Friday 10th May - Barn Door Challenge
- Barn Door Challenge - 10th May 2019
- Essential Electrical Works
- Charity Football Match - Friday 26th April
- New Squash Leagues Starting Today. Ending 19th May.
- Courts freed up for Tuesday 9th April
- Court 4 update
- 11th March Committee Meeting Minutes
- Club Championships - Reminder
- Junior Easter Squash Camps + Fit 4 Squash + Ladies Squash Coaching
- 2019 Club Championships
- Men's Changing Room - Fire Door Exit
- Private Function - Saturday 16th March
- Upcoming Events
- Club Championships - get your entries in!
- New Squash Leagues
- New Squash Leagues Ending April 7th.
- 28th Jan & 5th Feb'19 Committee Minutes
- Court Upgrade Update
- Club Box Leagues - your club needs you .....!
- Court heating
- Reminder - Court Upgrades to start this week
- Race Night - Saturday 16th February
- New Squash Leagues Ending February 17th.
- 17th Dec'18 Committee Meeting Minutes
- Upcoming Court Maintenance & Upgrades - Jan & Feb'19
- Saturday 12th Jan - One Day Graded Tournament at The Mote sponsored by SADS IT
- UPDATED - Change to Court Schedules - Active from 10th January 2019
- UPDATED - Friday 21st December + Festive Period Bar Opening Hours
- Anti-social behaviour
- Change to Court Schedules - Active from Thursday 10th January 2019
- Friday 21st December + Festive Period Bar Opening Hours
- Court Maintenance - Tuesday 11th December
- New Squash Leagues Ending January 6th. 2019.
- Update re administration of minutes / club rules
- Christmas Party - Live Music & Open Mic - Sat 8th December
- 2018/19 Club Membership Subscriptions
- Junior Club Membership
- Christmas Party - Live Music & Open Mic - Sat 8th December
- Revised AGM nominations for Friday 19th October 2018
- New Squash Leagues Ending Nov. 18th. 2018.
- Chairmans Report 2017/18
- Mote Squash Club - Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
- Mote Squash Club - 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 2018/19 Annual Membership Subcriptions - Online Payment
- Diary Reminders
- New Squash Leagues Starting Now. Ending October 7th.
- CAF Ceramics Doubles Open @ The Mote SC Saturday 29th Sep'18
- Rackethon and Music
- Diary Dates
- Junior Summer Camps - Every Wednesday and Friday during School Holidays
- The Mote Squash Club - Graded Tournament - 10th - 11th August 2018
- Tonight - FIFA World Cup Semi Final - England v Croatia
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending Sunday August 26th. 2018.
- Saturday 7th July 2018 - FIFA World Cup Quarter Final - England v Sweden
- The Mote Junior Open - 21st & 22nd July 2018
- **Reminder** - Sunday 24th June - England v Panama & Free Courts
- Mote Squash Club World Cup Event - England v Panama - Sunday 24th June 2018
- Mote Squash 2018 Finals
- New Squash Leagues Ending Sunday July 8th.
- Friday 25th May 2018 - Squash Championships Semi-Finals
- 17th May 2018 - Club Squash Championships Quarter-Finals
- Mote Squash Club - Chairman's Newsletter May 2018
- Saturday 2nd June 2018 - Mote Squash Club Finals Day
- New Racketball Leagues
- Squash Club Championship 2018 - 1st & 3rd May 2018
- Barn Door Challenge - Friday 4th May 2018
- New Squash Leagues - Session Ending Sunday May 27th. 2018.
- Exhibition Match
- 7th April 2018 - Pro Exhibition Match - Richie Fallows v Ben Coleman
- The Mote Squash & Racketball Club Championships 2018
- 7th April 2018 - Pro Exhibition Match - Richie Fallows v Josh Masters
- Club Night - 16th March 2018 - Live Music
- Mote Squash Club - March 2018 Newsletter
- New Squash Leagues. Session Ending April 15th. 2018.
- Mote Squash and Racketball Club Championships 2018
- Mote Squash Club Coach - Steve Franks
- Mote Squash Club - New Beer Launches
- Carlsberg are the New Drinks Supplier For the Club
- Mote Squash Club - January 2018 Newsletter
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending March 4th. 2018.
- Maintenance Works - Potential Disruption - Friday 12th January 2018
- Mote Squash Club Race Night - Saturday 17th February 2018
- The Lashings Open 2018 - 13/01/2018
- LASHINGS ONE-DAY GRADED: ENTRIES NOW OPEN
- CHRISTMAS PARTY / RACKETBALL
- THE MOTE SQUASH CLUB DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
- Latest Squash League Sheets
- 2017 Christmas Party and Racketball Championships
- The Mote Squash Club Racketball Championship 2017
- Mote Squash Club - Upcoming Events Winter 2017
- Mote Squash Club - 2017/18 Membership Renewals
- Goodayle Brothers Take Home Doubles Title on Hugely Successful World Squash Day 2017
- Mote Squash Club - Online Account Top-Ups
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending November 26th. 2017.
- JOIN THE FUN ON WORLD SQUASH DAY
- Current Squash Leagues Finishing date
- THE MOTE SQUASH CLUB AGM: CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
- Team squash 2017 - 2018
- Coaching
- AGM hospitality
- Team squash 2017-2018 season
- Membership Form for 2017/18
- 2017 AGM Important Information
- HIRING THE CLUB
- Latest Squash League Sheets
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending October 15th. 2017.
- LOVING OUR NEW LOOK!
- Squash Leagues - Time Extension
- parking due to waterlink investigating leak near front door of club
- New Squash Leagues. Session Ending Sunday August 13th.
- CLUB SECURITY / COURT DAMAGE
- JOSH MASTERS IN KENT OPEN FINAL TODAY
- KENT OPEN PARTY WEEKEND
- Squash Leagues. One week extension.
- Today's squash
- SUNDAY CLUB NIGHT / KENT OPEN PRE-QUALIFYING
- KENT OPEN / SUNDAY CLUB NIGHT / BAR-B-Q
- DAMAGE TO COURT FLOORS
- KENT OPEN COUNTDOWN
- 2017 Club Championship Final
- Barn Door Challenge - Thursday May 25th. - Cancelled
- Revised Leagues for May/June Session
- Barn Door Challenge - Thursday May 25th.
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending June 25th.
- 2017 Club Championships Finals - please come down and support there will be some epic battles!
- Club championships 2017 latest - please support game tonight and Semi Finals from 3.30 this Saturday
- Quarter finals tomorrow please come and support the schedule is now on courts 1 and 2.
- Mote Club Championships 2017
- Barn Door Challenge - Fund Raising for Kent Open
- GROWING WOMEN'S SQUASH AND RACKETBALL: FREE LAUNCH DAY
- CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE
- Saturday afternoons
- Circuit Sessions at the Mote Squash Club
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending May 14th. 2017.
- Quiz Night
- Quiz Night
- Mote Squash Championship 2017
- TRIP TO THE CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC
- THE MOTE SQUASH CLUB: FEBRUARY 2017 NEWSLETTER
- Barn Door Challenge - Fund Raising for Kent Open
- New Squash Leagues. Session Ending Sunday March 19th 2017
- HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending February 5th. 2017.
- LASHINGS ONE-DAY GRADED TOURNAMENT
- RACKETBALL DRAWS FOR SATURDAY
- RACKETBALL LEAGUE
- THE MOTE SQUASH CLUB: TOURNAMENT NEWS
- MONDAY COACHING: CANCELLED
- RACKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND CHRISTMAS PARTY
- FREE TABLE TENNIS AT THE MOTE
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending December 18th. 2016.
- Chairman's Addendum
- WORLD SQUASH DAY CHAMPAGNE DOUBLES
- New Squash Leagues. Session ending November 6th. 2016.
- Mote Squash Club Accounts 31.03.16
- Mote Squash Annual General Meeting 2016-Correction
- Team shirts
- Mote Squash Annual General Meeting 2016
- Quiz Night - October 8th
- TOM FORD TAKES SELECT GAMING KENT OPEN TITLE
- FORD MEETS MAKIN IN KENT OPEN FINAL
- WELSH WIZARDS CAST A SPELL ON THE KENT OPEN
- SELECT GAMING KENT OPEN 2016
- TOMMO SO CLOSE TO GLORY IN KENT OPEN
- League Prizes. Become semi - professional!
- To activate your ESR Membership
- Updated Form
- Adult Membership fees
- Mote Squash Club / new online court booking system