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Record of Meeting
Date: 20/9/08
Time: 4.30pm
Venue: Brantwood
Present: Nigel Fyffe, Alan Whiteside, Brian Campbell, Lawrence Wasson, Glenn McIlhenny, David McConnell, Robert Duddy, Stephen McMurray, Raymond Dalzell
1. Apologies
David McMullen
2. Minutes of last meeting
The committee passed the minutes as an accurate account of the meeting.
Action points reviewed and outstanding actions moved to next agenda
3. Reports
Manager – Lawrence concentrated on recent poor performances by the team in recent weeks. He stated that in his opinion the poor standards were caused by poor turn outs at training sessions, and highlighted that this would need to improve in order to improve team performances. He did however comment on an improved performance on Sat 20/9/08.
The issue of training prompted a discussion; Glenn stated that he had received several reports from players who were unhappy with the training methods; Lawrence responded that he felt the training sessions were adequate for the needs of the team.
Secretary – Alan reported on all upcoming fixtures; he also re-stated that due to work commitments he would be unable to attend the next league meeting, and that Soupy would attend in his place.
Treasurer – Robert reported that dues had been collected for the previous three weeks. He stated that he had no details with him but would provide a spreadsheet for the next meeting which would provide full details of payments, etc.
Fundraiser – Nigel reported that he was continuing to contact local businesses with letters but as yet has had no response, and he would consider backing off from this approach for now. He stated that he met with representatives from the national lottery and the sports council for advice regarding grant applications, and that a volunteer grant would be available to apply for in the New Year. He also reported that he would be entering the club in the Texaco sport’s bursary competition. For info on the night at the races and Casino night see below.
Night at Races Update
Nigel stated that the night at the races was organized for Friday and the following points were discussed;
Sponsorship was the main issue to get completed in time for the event. Commitments for race sponsorship so far are as follows
- Robert Duddy, 2 races
- Brian Campbell, 1 race
- Joe Ritchie, 1 race
David Mc Mullen stated that he would try and get race sponsorship; from work (AP 1, DAVID)
Nigel said he would contact Marty Smith for sponsorship (AP 2, NIGEL)
Brian will follow up on Eddy McCourt’s idea of asking The Annex bar(AP 3 Brian)
Nigel stayed that if need be he would sponsor a race
D McConnell would email a players list to Nigel so that he could make a list for Danny Devlin (AP 4, D McConnell)
Stevie stated that he would take on the role of book keeper with Nigel if Norman could not make it
Nigel stated that he would purchase bottles of wine for race winners (AP 5, NIGEL)
5. Christmas Event/Casino Night
Nigel explained that in his opinion the casino night was a good idea but that it was not feasible to run one so soon after the Night at the races. It was agreed that the idea of staging the event as part of the end of season event would be discussed at a later meeting.
In the meantime the committee passed the idea of running a poker night in Dec which Nigel will organize (AP 6, NIGEL)
6. Discipline Info/ Financial info for players
It was agreed that all players would receive a breakdown of club finances together with a copy of the updated club constitution for their own records. Nigel is to provide copies of the Constitution while Robe3rt will provide copies of the financial report (AP 7, NIGEL&ROBERT)
7. Equipment
After some discussion it was agreed that the following equipment was required and would be purchased as follows;
Whistles - purchased by Stevie (AP 8, STEVIE)
Balls – purchased by Robert (AP 9, Robert)
Water Bottles – Staffy (AP 10, Staffy)
Black socks x 15 pairs – Stevie (AP 11, Stevie)
2 x first aid kits – Stevie& Lawrence (AP 12, Stevie, Lawrence)
8. AOB
Several points were raised;
The washing of kits was agreed to be the responsibility of D McConnell and Stevie after discussion.
The committee agreed to reduce the amount of dues for under 18’s to £2.
Lawrence stated that he is looking into the possibility of a new pitch located close to Star of the Sea school. He stated that Nigel Dodds was making enquiries about the site, and that Steven Walker from the Park’s dept would be contacting Lawrence with feedback in the future.
9. Date of next meeting
Date of next meeting agreed as Saturday 18th OCT at 4.30pm
Minutes recorded by Nigel Fyffe
League Insurance
The key points in relation to this insurance, which will affect your Club, are as follows:
Name of Policyholder: The Northern Amateur Football League and its Member Clubs.
Date of cover: 1st August 2008 to 31st July 2009
Type of cover:
1. Legal Liability Policy covering football activities and claims arising from such due to negligence of the
insured.
Cover includes: Public Liability, Professional Indemnity, Directors and Officers Liability, "Player to Player"
Liability.
Limit of Indemnity: £5,000,000
2. Personal Accident Policy
Cover includes: Death £5,000
Capital Benefits £50,000 (eg., Total disablement, Loss of sight, loss of limb/s)
Fracture - £200/leg as one off payment
- £100/arm as one off payment
Hospital benefit £30 per day [limit £750]
Emergency dental work £500
* Personal Accident cover not subject to a claim for negligence.
ver extension: Extended to cover training
Extended to cover close season friendlies
Extended to cover friendlies during the season
Extended to cover a Northern Amateur Football
League Club having a team in another League.
Cost: £3 per registered player which will be levied by the League through registration forms.
Records: It is recommended good practice that Clubs keep records of all incidents involving their own Club and their opponents and the date and nature of the incident as claims may be made up to three years after the incident.
Loss of Earnings: Loss of earnings is not covered by this policy .
Process for lodging claims under the policy :
[ 1 ] The club forwards the claim or details of any circumstances likely to give rise to a claim to the
League Assistant Secretary, Mr R J Taylor, 17 Knockhill Park Belfast BT5 9HX
who will record it for League purposes only before passing it to the broker.
[ 2 ] The League will forward the claim to their broker Oval & James.
[ 3 ] The broker deals with the Insurance Company who will deliberate on the claim and liaise with
the club involved.
Rooftop Restructuring Meeting 31/5/08
(1) Apologies
(2) Formal Election of Rooftop Committee for 08/09 season including summery of roles
.Chairperson
.Treasurer
.Secretary
.Fundraising/Welfare officer
.Club Captain
.Players Representative
.Committee members (2-4 members)
MAIN MEETING ENDS
(3) Review of Club representatives' roles (elected committee only)
(4) Provisional Agenda for first committee meeting
(5) Date of next meeting
Record of meeting
Date: 31/6/08
Time: 4.30pm
Venue: Brantwood
Present: Nigel Fyffe,Raymond Dalzell,Alan Whiteside,Brian Campbell,Lawrence Wasson,David McMullen,Glenn Mcilhenny,Steve Preston,Johnathan Murphy,Geoff Beggs,David McConnell.
(1) Apologies
Robert Duddy,Stevie McMurray,Roy McMaster.
(2) Formal election of Rooftop committee for 08/09 season including summery of roles
Chairman
Proposed-Ray Dalzell
proposed by Nigel Fyffe
seconded by Lawrence Wasson
Raymond Dalzell elected Chairman for 08/09 season
Lawrence Wasson suggested that a vice chairman might be a useful addition After discussion this was agreed in principle though no decision was made as to who would take on the role.Therfore this topic will be placed on the agenda for the next meeting-AP1,Nigel
Treasurer
proposed Robert Duddy
proposed by Brian Campbell
seconded by Geoff Beggs
Robert Duddy elected treasurer for 08/09 season
secretary
proposed Alan Whiteside
proposed by Alan Whiteside
seconded by David Mcmullen
Alan Whiteside elected Secretery for 08/09 season
Fundraising/Welfare officer
proposed Nigel Fyffe
proposed by Brian Campbell
seconded by Glenn Mcilhenny
Nigel Fyffe elected Fundraising/Welfare officer for 08/09 season
Club Captain
proposed David Mcmullen
proposed by Ray Dalzell
seconded by Geoff Beggs
David Mcmullen elected club captain for 08/09 season
Players representative
proposed Glenn mcilhenny
proposed by Johnathan Murphy
seconded by Geoff Beggs
Glenn Mcilhenny elected players representative for 08/09 season
Committee members
Nigel raised for discussion the question around managers taking up seats on the committee:this was discussed and a majority felt that is reasonable for both managers to take seats on the committee but they would withdraw from discussions relating to the managers post in the future.
proposed Lawrence Wasson Geoff Beggs
proposed by Brian Campbell
seconded by Johnathan Murphy
Lawrence Wasson and Geoff Beggs elected committee members for 08/09 season
proposed Stevie McMurray,Brian Campbell.David McConnell
proposed by Ray Dalzell
seconded by Nigel Fyffe
Stevie McMurray,David McConnell,&Brian Campbell elected committee members for 08/09 season
(3) Review of Club representatives roles (elected committee only)
A copy of roles/responsibilities was made available for all committee members providing an outline of what each position entails it was made clear that members can and will support each other in each of their positions but as no agreement was reached regarding specific roles this will be added to the agenda for the next meeting.
(4) Provisional agenda for first committee meeting
The subject of the agenda for the first meeting prompted a discussion which branched of in several directions discussing matters around finances and the need for a clear transparent structure training facilities fundraising possibilities and club fees etc Nigel asked all members what they would like on the agenda for the next meeting and to contact him up to one week prior to the date of the next meeting it was agreed that a major priority at this stage was to deal with all matters relating to the financial future of the club and that this would form a major part of the next meeting
(5) Date of next meeting
Saturday June 28th Brantwood
Minutes taking by Nigel Fyffe.
Rooftop Committee Meeting 28/06/08
AGENDA
(1) Apologies
(2) Minutes of meeting
(3) 2nd Team manager situation
. Managers resignation
. Procedures for appointing new staff
(4) Players rep position
(5) Club finance issues
. current financial situation
. financial structure
. roles and responsibilities in implementing new structure
(6) Revised committee (relating to points2&3)
(7) AOB & items for next agenda
(8) Date of next meeting
close
Record of Meeting
Date: 28/6/08
Time: 3.00pm
Venue: Brantwood
Present: Nigel Fyffe, Raymond Dalzell, Alan Whiteside, Brian Campbell, Lawrence Wasson, David McMullen, Glenn McIlhenny, David McConnell.
1. Apologies
Robert Duddy
2. Minutes of last meeting
The committee passed the minutes as an accurate account of the meeting.
3. Second team manager situation
Manager’s resignation
Procedures for appointing new staff
It was announced to the committee that Geoff Beggs had officially resigned from the post of second team manager. The circumstances surrounding his departure were discussed at length with few conclusions reached other than an agreement to push on with finding a replacement. The committee agreed that Lawrence should go ahead and appoint a new manager ASAP; questions were asked regarding the role of Stafford Ward and Lawrence made it clear that his role would be as an assistant, including bringing in some new young players for the coming season.
Lawrence also explained that he had held discussions with a number of other possible candidates
Lee Graham had been approached but had turned the job down for personal reasons
Robert Duddy offered to take up the position if no suitable candidate could be found in the near future.
The committee as a whole welcomed the idea of Robert taking on the job but left the decision with Lawrence, as he wanted to explore other possibilities before making a decision.
AP 1; Lawrence to appoint second team manager and report back
4. Players’ Representative
After receiving news of his playing ban effective from the start of next season, Glenn had raised questions over his suitability to continue in the post of players’ representative. After a brief discussion on the subject, the committee made it clear that they would like Glenn to continue for the foreseeable future, and Glenn agreed.
5. Financial Situation
The overall situation was discussed and in particular the collection of players’ dues was a major talking point. The need for a consistent system was acknowledged by all, and after looking at several options the following was agreed;
David McConnell has accepted the role of collecting and recording the dues from all players, with support on match days from the club’s senior players. He will keep weekly records, which will be monitored on a monthly basis to keep track of those who are continually not paying.
David will give a report at each committee meeting detailing monthly progress.
Alan will provide David with all the relevant player information as and when players are registered - AP 2 Alan
The club will provide the necessary admin resources for David to carry out this task.
David will receive a lodgement book so that he can lodge funds directly into the club’s bank account - AP 3; Robert & Alan to provide book
David (and anyone else handling club funds to receive receipts from treasurer for their records) – AP 4; Robert
Other financial issues included the need to switch details on the club’s bank account to the current relevant committee members – AP 5; Robert
6. Revised Committee
It was felt that no action was needed at this time
7. AOB
Sponsorship
The need for club sponsorship was discussed at length and the outcomes/steps so far are summarized below;
·
Letters put together by Nigel are and will continue to be sent to local businesses in an attempt to secure additional sponsorship – AP 6; Nigel·
Lawrence will approach Brantwood regarding support for the club – AP 7; Lawrence·
Glenn has sent out around 20 letters already. Nigel will get details of who he has contacted to avoid duplication – AP 8 Nigel·
Anyone with ideas for business contacts to contact Nigel with details – AP 9; All committee membersGeneral Fundraising
A summary of points is as follows
Nigel provided details of 3 grants he has received info on –all need more discussion and ideas before being completed; Nigel will complete whatever sections he can in the meantime – AP 10; Nigel
Lawrence told the committee of a grant he has already applied for. He did not have the details with him and will pass on to Nigel to follow it up – AP 11; Lawrence
David suggested Gift Aid as a means of gaining extra funds; Nigel to look into it further – AP 12; Nigel
Poker Night to be arranged for end of July (26th) – AP 13; Nigel
Night at the races to be arranged for a night TBC in Sept. Nigel to contact Billy and Norman for contacts, etc – AP 14; Nigel
Each committee member to find 1 sponsor each worth £50 for the event – AP 15; All committee members
Training
Training to commence at the Grove Pitches from July 19th
Norman Whiteside facilities to be applied for – AP 16; Alan
Equipment
It was agreed that when the kits were returned that an assessment would be made regarding new equipment for the coming season
Geoff Beggs
After discussion the committee agreed that Geoff should be welcomed back as a player if he wished to take part next season
7. AOB
Date of next meeting agreed as Saturday 26th July at 3.00pm
Minutes recorded by Nigel Fyffe
Rooftop Committee Meeting
Sat 26/7/08, 11.00am
Loughside Recreation Centre
Agenda
Apologies
Minutes of last meeting including review of action points
Reports
Manager
Secretary
Treasurer
Fundraising officer
Night at the races/ Poker Night
Lottery
Player Registration Fees
Washing football kits
AOB
Date of next meeting
Close
Record of Meeting
Date: 26/7/08
Time: 11.00am
Venue: Annex Bar
Present: Nigel Fyffe, Alan Whiteside, Brian Campbell, Lawrence Wasson, David McMullen, Glenn McIlhenny, David McConnell, Robert Duddy, Stephen McMurray
1. Apologies
Raymond Dalzell
2. Minutes of last meeting
The committee passed the minutes as an accurate account of the meeting.
3. Reports
Manager
– Lawrence stated that he was generally happy with how things were progressing in pre season. Friendly matches have been played already with further games planned against Dundonald and 7 Towers planned. He reported that several new players have come in with more to follow.Secretary – Alan provided details of recent spending and provided adequate records for the committee’s attention. He had paid out £370 in the previous month by cheque for various club fees,etc. He also reported that the draw for the C&C cup had been made and is as follows;
Round 1 – Rooftop v Carryduff
Round 2 – Rooftop v Crumlin Rec
Alan also reported that he would be attending the next league meeting on Mon 28/7/08 (AP 1, Alan)
Treasurer – Robert reported that the bank account details would be sorted out this month, with the three names on the account being Alan Whiteside, Robert Duddy and Raymond Dalzell (AP 2, Robert) He stated that he was owed £120 for services provided at the end of season event, but was prepared to sponsor the club for the same amount and provide some footballs as well.
Fundraiser – Nigel reported that he was continuing to contact local businesses with letters to try and attract more sponsorship for the club. He also stated that he was still exploring different avenues for grant funding and would be looking at the most appropriate approach as an ongoing aim. He also stated that the Poker Night was organized – see below.
4. Night at Races/Poker Night
The poker had been arranged and was ready to run, so attention turned to the proposals for the Night at the races. The following was agreed
To run the event in Brantwood with their permission
To have it on a Fri night towards the end of Oct.
Robert will contact Billy about helping with sponsorship (AP 3, Rob)
Nigel to organize with Brantwood and Danny Devlin and report back (AP 4 & 5, Nigel)
It was agreed that the traditional contribution to the hospice would resume
5. Lottery
Other possibilities for general fundraising were discussed;
Golden goal competitions on Sat afternoons
Lottery bonus ball
Resuming club lottery
It was agreed after discussion that the club lottery was not a good idea at this time as there are too many difficulties associated with it.
It was decided to run with the lottery bonus ball idea for now and Nigel agreed to organize this for the start of the season (AP 6, Nigel)
6. Player registration fees
This was put forward as an idea to be discussed. After exploring the idea the committee voted against the idea of registration fees at this time but agreed to look at it again before the start of next season. Other points arising from the discussion are as follows;
Robert agreed to produce a detailed financial summary on the yearly costs to keep the club afloat. This will be issued to all club members to keep them informed and explain how dues are set, etc.(AP 7, Robert)
Nigel will adapt current club constitution which will also be issued to players and officials (AP 8, Nigel)
7. Football Kits
The need to find a system for washing the kits weekly was discussed with the following results;
Prices to be checked at Whitewell launderette (AP 9, Lawrence), and Skegoneil (AP 10, Nigel)
Davy McConnell to drop kits off for washing on Mondays, and Robert Duddy agreed to collect them before matches.
8. AOB
Several points were raised;
It was stated that 2 sets of socks and shorts should be purchased by the start of the season.
Footballs will be provided by Robert as part of sponsorship.
Robert to make a list of all equipment required for the next meeting (AP 11, Robert)
9. Date of next meeting
Date of next meeting agreed as Saturday 23rd Aug at 4.00pm
Minutes recorded by Nigel Fyffe
Fixture Calender
Latest News
Congratulations to young Craig Taylor who Got player of the month for November
Training is now at
Seaview Crusaders FC 4G pitch
Monday nights 6-7
And at the Ballysillan Leisure Centre
on Wednesday nights 5.30-6.30
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Division 2B and 3E fixtures/Results
Ballywalter Rec II 2 - 1 Bangor YM II
Civil Service II 1 - 4 Carryduff FC II
Donard Hospital II 4 - 1 Suffolk FC II
Kilroot Rec II 4 - 3 Newtownbreda FC II
Rooftop II 3 - 2 Drumbo II
Wesley II 0 - 0 Immaculata FC II
19th December 2009
Bangor YM 1 - 1 Wesley
Castle Utd 0 - 6 Crumlin Rec
Holywood Rec 4 - 4 Whitehead Eagles
Immaculata FC 7 - 0 Finaghy YM
Kircubbin FC 5 - 5 Kelvin OB
Suffolk FC 5 - 0 PSNI Olympic
Temple Rgrs 2 - 1 Rooftop
Rooftop against Bigotry
Sponsorship/Advertisement Opportunity
Over the past few years I have been developing a site for Rooftop Football Club.
An opportunity now exists to provide potential sponsors with the ability to advertise on the website.
BENEFITS TO THE ADVERTISER:
Permanent advertisement, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
We will be providing revolving button ads on each page throughout the site, and these ads will be randomly displayed. There are currently 10 of these button ad slots available.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
If you would like to provide sponsorship/advertise please contact myself via the email below for further information stating who you are your company and contact details. I will then contact you ASAP.
In return your company logo will be listed and displayed as a site sponsor on the website permanently.
Simply provide us with your Company Logo in the following file format:
GIF Format (width 185 pixels, height 125 pixels approx)
If you are unable to provide us with your Company Logo we can create one for you for a small fee:
Glenn Mcilhenny
Email: rooftopfc@mail.com
Your help would be appreciated
