Meeting called to order 3pm by Pres. Chris Mant.
Presidents Report : Outgoing Pres. Chris Mant reviewed a successful year both on & off the field thanking the serving Exec. and acknowledging the support of all members of the Nobs RFC throughout the year. Jobwise Chris may be moving West and therefore declined to stand for reelection.
V/P Report : Craig Morley revieved our year and Old Boys rugby in general noting the occasional problems that arose in lack of numbers for away games. New teams are on the horizon and a full slate of games can be expected for the coming year. Thanked Chris Mant for his leadership and standing up for the Old Boys rugby scene, especially in dealings with the often less than cooperative and dictatorial ORU. We wish Chris all the best in the West.
Treasurer’s Report : Rolf Thomas (back from his vacation at Trillium Health Centre) reviewed our financial dealings for 2012 , which ran at a small defecit. Copies of the 2012 Financial Statements were circulated and the overall finances of the Club remain healthy. Rolf answered several questions from the floor and acceptance of the report was then proposed by Pablo Malacara and seconded by John Guilfoyle and passed by the membership present.
Fixtures: Peter Allen reviewed Nobs 18 games for 2012, plus 2 soccer games, and the proposed Fixture and Event list for 2013. Some of our Away games suffered from lack of numbers and for 2013 a better effort will be made to ensure full teams for away fixtures.
Thanks to support from the Referees Socy. ( John Woolley Jnr. in particular). Touch also had support and generally good numbers throughout the year. New teams setting up in
No reports were submitted by other members of the outgoing Exec.
Election of Officers : Dave Heald presided over the Election and the 2013 Proposed Executive was uncontested and voted in as follows by the attending members :
President : John Noble
V/P Craig Morley
Secy. Jack Morrison
Treas. Rolf Thomas
Fixtures Peter Allen
Members at Large: ( Proposed by Craig Morley, 2nd. By Pablo Malacara that the number of M a Ls be increased from 3 to 4. Membership present passed the proposal)
Dave Tait
Jason Leek
Kevin Bloska
Gary Hesmer
Past Pres: Mike Jeffries
Any other Business :
1) Barry Goldberg, Pres. Of Centaurs outlined an upcoming 40th Anniv. Tour to
2) Jason Leek noted that with influx of younger players into “Old Boys” some of our older members not able to compete as well and proposed that this year one 20 min. game period be for over 55 or 60 aged players only. Discussion ensued and this will be introduced this year on an experimental basis. Other games for the Old Old Boys will be considered.
3) Tim Ellis addressed the away game commitment concerns proposing prior game communication to determine numbers and arrange car pooling to ensure that we will have a team. This needs to be done well prior to the date so that we can give advanced notice to the opposition. Suggest a team manager/coordinator be in place well in advance of each away game to ensure numbers or ample cancellation notice if required.
4) Chuck Schandl reminded us that June 1st weekend again is the Franconia New Hampshire tournament. Great weekend.
5) Nick Parks proposed a motion for a vote of thanks to the outgoing Exec for a job well done and an excellent year of activity on the the NOBS 30 th anniversary. Seconded by Dave Heald and passed unanimously.
Meeting closed by Chris Mant at 4.45 pm
Jack Morrison, Secy.
