Chawton Athletic Football Club enter a new dawn today, as the Club is brought back from the brink of closure following the sad collapse of the Farnham and District Sunday League. The new Management Committee would like to thank Matt I and George van Petrie for all their hard work to date, as both have stepped down from the running of the Club. It is hoped that all they have done so far will not have been in vain.
Current players,
Marc Taylor-Penfold and
Carl Waterfield, will be taking over where Matt and George have so excellently left off. The Club is aiming to enter the
Aldershot and District Sunday League and plans to do so are hurriedly being put into place. Details as and when they happen will be on here soon!
Marc is the new Club Secretary and Carl is the Club Treasurer and plans are afoot to appoint a new Club Chairman. Again, details of that will follow when appropriate.
Training will continue for the foreseeable future at Anstey Playing Fields on Thursdays, starting at 19:00. Every player, whether new or current are encouraged to attend!
Indeed, it would be advantageous to attend this Thursday, the 26th August, so the new management can update all players with the most recent goings-on!!
Matt I had already put into motion plans to make the Club more official, and joining the Aldershot League means this would be even more important. With this in mind, the following will hopefully be put into place:
1) The Club should actively seek either further backing from existing sponsors, or obtain an additional sponsor or sponsors.
2) The formation of a Management Committee to oversee decisions that affect the club and to spread the burden. This will be a minimum of the three main members, and a possible maximum of five people - therefore players will be encouraged to join the Committee to have a say in how the Club will be run, going forward.
3) The creation of a rota of tasks that are required to be carried out on match days. In the past it is often the same people who help out. Hopefully all players can help in whichever way they can and make this club a team!
4) The introduction of visible and fair fines system, details to be decided by the Management Committee. All monies raised will go towards the running of the Club - allowing it run more smoothly and maybe have some trophies come the season-end.
5) The drawing up of a Chawton Athletic Club Rules, as the Club is expected to have a set. In this will also be details of the fines system, as well as the usual signing on and match fees. These fees are not expected to change from those already mentioned: £25 signing on, £5 match fee with £3 for subs on/off.
6) The designing of a Club Badge! This is currently in its draft stage...
Finally, I am looking into the possibility of having a more detailed website. It is now possible to add separate pages to the blog, such as Squad Members etc - although it is hoped more detailed playing stats can be recorded too, so your friendly Blogmaster will continue to look into it!
