Minutes of meeting held on 3rd Nov 22
At NHS Club with 26 members & guests in attendance.
The chairman welcomed all to the meeting, welcoming a new young member and two ladies -Charlotte & Sophie (NRCFA).
Apols were received from Mssrs Casterton; Askew; Messias; Elliott ?; Milburn; Kay; Smith; Coote; McEvoy; Gordon.
Dinner was fixed for 19th May 23, Marriott Hotel.
The Chairman had two tickets available for Rugby match next day, willing to accept offers for them.
Safeguarding; IH gave a report highlighting the need to make reports concise and accurate.
Conor Ledgeway related a problem arising pre-match regarding a player with a plaster cast on. Various views were given. All was settled pre match (player ending injured and had to leave the FoP.)
G Bradbury brought up the views on Pre match pitch inspections. This due to the problem arising of two EFL matches where the cross bar too high and pitch markings not correct.
Dean Kiely ex YCFC goalkeeper was hosting an evening at Carlton Hotel Pub, Acomb on 26th Nov.
The evening’s guest Billy Webb (Howards’ Dad) then gave a very entertaining evening reciting experiences between myself and my son. He stated he was a member of the RA for 56 years. He related incidents; good; bad; serious; comical. This developed into a very entertaining evening with a different view on refereeing. After three last incidents he finished and the chairman gave a vote of thanks.
Next meeting has been put back a week to Dec 8th, which will be a buffet and quiz.
The meeting closed at 9.55
