Medway Messenger Youth
League
Secretary:-
Mrs C.A. Carey,
4 Masefield Drive,
Cliffe Woods,
Rochester,
Kent
ME3 8JW
christinecarey@tiscali.co.uk
Phone Nº
01634 221601
Minutes of Committee Meeting held at Lordswood Leisure Centre on
Wednesday, 4th September 2013 at 7.30 p.m.
1.
COMMITTEE:
PRESENT: Vic Smith (Vice-Chairman), Christine Carey, Ray Kerr, Denise Gadsdon,
Jim Carey, Margaret Agate, Stephen McManus, Russ Flood and Keith McCourt (KCFA
D2 Representative).
Sue Sandmann, Maria Hooker and Ian Ballard joined the meeting during item 3
APOLOGIES: Bev Rickwood, Kim Gordon
ABSENT: Tim Hunt, Sam Tucker, Mark Sandmann
2.
MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING: (held on 7th August 2013)
These were agreed to be a true and accurate record and were signed by the ViceChairman.
Matters arising from the minutes. Correspondence relating to League Referees Officer
Proposal and Funding Agreement. A meeting took place on 22/08/13 to clarify all targets
within the agreement. The paperwork was handed to Nick Dunn for the KFA to sign on
behalf of the League.
3.
CORRESPONDENCE:
K.C.F.A. Ltd. League statements of player suspensions dated 21/08/13, 28/08/13 and
4/09/13
A number of players are suspended by the KCFA from the start of the season. It is
important to remember to check eligibility of players if they are new to your team or if
you are unsure as the suspension will have been notified to the player, League and
previous club.
F.A. age groups. Advice that age groups within the various mini soccer formats will
again be reviewed within the SCOR for 2014-15 season.
F.A. Funding for Leagues criteria for 2013-14 season. The League is eligible to apply
this season to a maximum of £1,200 towards computer equipment etc.. Ian will establish
needs and prioritise.
Oak Athletic record concern at the placement of their U/10 team
Rainham Eagles record concern at the placement of their U/10 & U/11 teams.
Amendments to Handbook
Page 24 FA SCOR 11D line 2 should read U7, U8 and U9 Mini Soccer.
Page 37 Hempstead Valley e-mail address is now ashleyfinch65@gmail.com
Amendments to Fixture Booklet
Page 2 No. 5 U/7 Red New Road phone number should be 01795 660716
Page 2 No.5 U/7 White New Road Giants phone number should be 01795 660716
Page 5 No. 4 Bredhurst Juniors U/8 White phone number is now 01634 260140
Page 10. No. 1 Oak Athletic Under 9 Blue Div. Home venue changed to Woodstock Park,
Broad Oak Road, Sittingbourne ME9 8AG
Page 11 No.5 Thamesview Youth Rangers U/9 Green phone number is now 01634
323896
Page 11 No. 4 Bredhurst Juniors U/9 Green phone number is now 01634 407160
Page 12 No. 7 Woodcoombe Youth U/10 D1 – phone number should be 01795 871537
Page 13 No. 3 Bredhurst Juniors phone number changed to 01634 828608
Page 14 No. 7 Woodcoombe Youth Athletic U/10 D3 – phone number should be 01795
871537
Page 14 No. 10 New Road Giants U/10 D3 phone number should be 01795 660716
Page 15 No.7 Pegasus 81 Flyers U/11 D1 k.o. is 13.30 and colours should read
yellow/green
Page 15 No.4 Rainham Eagles Utd k.o. is now 10.30
Page 15. No. 5 Oak Athletic Under 11 Div One. Kick Off time is now 12.00 noon
Page 16 No. 7 Wigmore Youth U/11 D2 venue is Ryetop Recreation Ground,
Bettescoombe Road, Rainham ME8 9AP k.o. 10.30
Page 16 No. 8 Pegasus 81 Colts U/11 D2 colour should read yellow/green
Page 17 No. 7 Wigmore Youth Wanderers U/11 D3 venue is Garrison Ground 9v9 pitch
Gillingham ME7 5EJ k.o. is 10.30
Page 17 No. 10 Meopham Colts U/11 D3 venue is now Judsons Park, Wrotham Road,
Meopham DA13 0JE k.o. is now 11.00
Page 18 No. 4 Bredhurst Juniors U/12 D1 venue will now be Upchurch Cricket Club,
Holywell Lane, Upchurch ME9 7HN k.o. will now be 13.00
Page 21 No.7 Meopham Colts U/13 D2 venue is now St Georges School, Meadow Lane,
Gravesend DA117LS k.o. is now 11.00
Page 22 No. 2 Rainham Eagles Utd U/14 D1 venue is now ESABS Field, Cornwallis
Ave, Gillingham ME7 2DH
Page 22 No.8 Meopham Colts U/14 D1 venue is now St Georges School, Meadow Lane,
Gravesend DA117LS k.o. is now 11.00
Page 23 No. 8 Rainham Kenilworth U/14 D2 phone number should be 01634 405504
Page 24 No.5 Cuxton 91 U/14 D3 k.o. is now 14.00
Page 25 No. 7 Istead Utd Colts U/15 D1 k.o. is now 14.00
Page 25. No. 6 Oak Athletic Under 15 Div One. Kick off time – 14.00
Page 27. No. 5 Oak Athletic Under 16 Div One. Kick Off time – 14.00
Page 27 No. 12 Istead Utd Colts U/16 D1 k.o. is now 10.30
Page 27 No.10 Rainham Kenilworth U/16 D1 phone number should read 01634 316601
and colours red/black
Page 28 No. 5 New Ash Green U/16 D2 k.o. is now 13.30
Page 30 No. 6 Oak Athletic U/18 D2 k.o. time is now 14.00
Back of booklet Hempstead Valley e-mail address is now ashleyfinch65@gmail.com
4.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:
Not applicable
5.
VICE-CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:
I wish everyone an enjoyable and successful season it presents new formats and
challenges so as said before please be patient and supportive things are new to us both
also remember the minutes are our communication with you so please ensure all
information contained therein is past on as required.
Please do not assume things if in doubt please check minutes, handbook or ask also make
sure you have a players completed registration before playing him/her- finally would like
to thank the committee for their time and effort I know they burnt the midnight oils in
getting all in place and ready for the season.
Would all secretaries please remind managers of the guidance for marking referees
(pages 129-130 of the KFA handbook.)
Please remember a mark of 60 or lower requires a report within 7 days of the fixture and
should be sent, in the first instance, to the age group registration secretary.
ie; 60 and below - The referee demonstrated shortcomings in the accuracy of
decision making and control which affected the game.
Vic Smith
6.
SECRETARY’S REPORT:
E-mail: Please ensure that the subject line of your message reflects the subject of the email. Due to the large volume of messages I am currently receiving I cannot continue to
deal with messages that require me to identify the age group/division and in some cases
the club. It is particularly frustrating when clubs do not identify the team properly when
they have more than one in an age group. Already, I have to remind you that your club
contact with the League is the club secretary.
I would like to thank all these club secretaries who, like all the various League
secretaries have been working like mad to ensure the administration is all in place for the
start of the season on 8th September. I’m sure there are few people that appreciate the
workload unless they have done the jobs and believe that it is as if by magic that
everything is in place for each new season. I always maintain that on the first morning of
the season the phones should stop ringing and then we have done a good job.
I hope everyone involved with the MMYL, especially the players, have an enjoyable
season.
If you foresee any problems with Medway Council pitch sharing please let me know a
minimum of 7 days beforehand.
I am very disappointed in the number of corrections/amendments notified to me at late
notice. I actually wrote to clubs prompting updates close to the print deadline. Please
ensure that you make the necessary amendments to your booklets. The onus is on the
club to deal with any problems arising from incorrect information supplied to me prior to
the issue of the booklets.
Chris
7.
AGE GROUP SECRETARIES
ALL AGE GROUPS - REMINDERS
Age group secretaries will not process the following unless they are endorsed/signed by
the club secretary:Requests for postponements
Transfers
De-registrations
Non Played Fixture Forms
Before the start of the season managers should check they have a registration card for
every player. Do not field any player unless you have a registration card or have
confirmation from the age group secretary that the player is eligible (Rule 8S). All
registrations should now have an s.a.e. enclosed (Rule 8R). Registration secretaries will
accept registrations until 9 p.m. Saturday, 7th September 2012 for eligibility on Sunday,
8th September but after that all registrations must be received by the appropriate
registration secretary by Tuesday 9 p.m. prior to a fixture (Rule 8B).
RESULT CARDS/ MATCH CARDS – send to registration secretaries NOT fixture
secretaries
Cards must be received by the age group registration secretary by Wednesday following
the fixture. Please refer to Rule 11 for instructions regarding completion of the cards.
Under 7, U/8 & U/13 Registration Secretary
Nothing to report
Maria
Under 9 & U/11 Registration Secretary
Nothing to report
Bev
Under 10 Secretary
I would like to wish all teams Good Luck for the forthcoming season Remember to abide by
all club /league and FA rules and hopefully the season will be trouble free and enjoyable for
all.
Postponement requests:
Fairview Rangers v Strood Utd U/10 D1 on 3rd November agreed – to be notified to
KFA
Black Lion Youth U/10 D3 Rule 10N Committee decision request for postponements
29/09/13 and 06/10/13 was not agreed.
Sue
Under 11, U/12, U/13 and U/14 Fixture Secretary
Please note that I am responsible for fixtures only, requests for postponements and non
played fixtures.
Result cards should be sent to Denise, Maria or Bev as appropriate and not to me. Please
don’t forget that all postponements to be applied for as per Rule 11N
Postponement request received and agreed:
Hempstead Valley U/11D1 v Pegasus 81 Flyers 22/09/13 due to school trip
Fairview Rangers U/11 D1 on 3rd November – to be notified to KFA
Jim
Under 12 & U/14 Registration Secretary
Nothing to report
Denise
Under 15 & U/18 Secretary
I have had the pleasure of meeting a few managers now and would like to wish all teams the
best for the new season and look forward to meeting more managers during the season.
When sending Registrations forms through can you please make sure that if there is more
than one team per age group that you make sure that the full team name is written on it so I
register these to the correct team.
Kim
Under 16 Secretary
No report received
8.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Please refer to Rule 5(I) regarding notice and payment of all fines and charges.
Meopham Colts still have not paid fees
Vice-Chairman advised he issued a charge sheet (number 21 on 8th August) for this
breach of Rules 2B and 5H. The Vice-Chairman has had no reply to this charge.
Decision of the Committee: That if payment is not received by Ian on Friday, 6th
September 2013 by 9 p.m. at the latest the relevant age group fixture secretaries will be
advised that fixtures for this club will be withdrawn and any points from those games will
be awarded to opponents. League secretary to notify club in the morning.
9.
REFEREES SECRETARY’S REPORT:
I can only call the start up this year as being utter chaos, far exceeding anything I have
experienced since I have been doing this job. Changes of venues,changes of kick off times,
problems with referees. The preponderance of 1030 kick offs caused problems from the start
but it now appears that clubs have not done their homework and there are not enough pitches
available at this time, hence many of the changes. Hopefully all is now sorted and we can
get on with playing football.
Many thanks to the Rochester and District league with whom we now have a working
partnership. We have been able to help each other with referees for the first week end so
long may it continue.
Ray
10.
ASSISTANT REFEREES SECRETARY’S REPORT:
I am starting this new season with a few new referees joining us, at least 9, who are going to
be mentored, but then I have at least 2 Club referees who need to be mentored so a busy start
is planned.
During the mentoring process the KCFA state that new referees have to referee 6 matches,
and of which 2 must be mentored, but I have spoken to Nick Dunn over the summer, but I
am going to mentor ALL of the new referees in 3 matches, and the third will be as assistants
and this cost will be met by the League.
Nick has supplied me with all of the names of referees who have attended, and passed
courses, over the summer so hopefully we should have a few more joining us soon.
Good luck to you all for the new season.
Steve Mcmanus
11.
RESULTS SECRETARY’S/WEBMASTER’S REPORT:
A little activity on the website with regards to recruitment this month. Still some aspects to
learn from Graham before I have it all under my belt, but getting there. Eagerly awaiting the
first barrage of emails on Sunday with results, so will know the role a little better in a couple
of weeks time. Just a reminder for Clubs to ensure they submit their results in a timely
manner.
Russ
12.
RESPECT OFFICER’S REPORT:
I am all ready to receive and collate the referees report forms.
Margaret
13.
CUP COMMITTEE
Dates of cup finals are to being agreed with the Garrison Ground and will be notified to
all as soon as possible. Cup rounds have not been scheduled until after the Christmas
break with the exception of the U/10s age group as indicated in the fixture lists.
The cup draws for all age groups will take place on 6th November at Lordswood Leisure
Centre at 7.30 p.m.. In accordance with Rule 25(C) the following clubs are invited to
attend as adjudicators; New Road, Meopham Colts and Rainham Kenilworth
Vice-Chairman and Maria to visit Aford awards next week to select trophies for this
season.
14.
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER’S REPORT:
Nothing to report
15.
LEAGUE WELFARE OFFICER’S REPORT:
Good Luck to all for the season. Reminder to managers they must not use under age
linespersons and as regards to the Respect Campaign start as you mean to go on and
hopefully will be a trouble free season
Mark
16. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Futsal coaching/referees instruction event to be organised. Venue and arrangements to
be confirmed to include Richard McHugh KFA. Aim to hold within first 2 weeks
November. Maria agreed to collate a suitable handout.
Sporting Awards U/7, U/8 and U/9. In view of the change of fixture arrangements for
these age groups the sportsman awards 2013-14 will be awarded to the 3 teams receiving
the highest number of votes in each age group, nominated by other clubs in the whole
age group and across the whole season. This will include any teams encountered in
trophy events etc.
The meeting closed at 9.25 p.m..
The next MMYL Committee meeting will take place on Wednesday, 2nd October 2013 at
7.30p.m.