On behalf of all in the committee we would like to wish everyone a welcome return to the club. We hope you are looking forward to the new season as much as we are.
Last April we set out 10 goals which we planned to achieve this year. In short these were:
1. Attract full membership by 30
2. Weekly newsletter
3. Website linked to newsletter
4. Database of all members
5. Clearly defined roles
6. Kitchen to be used by caterer
7. Calendar of events
8. Club dinner
9. Continuously improve TR’s look
10. Integrated coaching structure
Over the summer we have been working, with the help of others within the club, to make inroads on each of these. To date we have achieved the following:
1.New fully functioning website. www.threerockrovershc.com This is now being updated regularly thanks to Stephen Findlater. Should anyone like to help contributing to the website please contact him or Ali at stevie_findlats@yahoo.co.uk or ladies.captain@threerockrovershc.com.
2. Rachel Foley and Stephen are working to link the website into a new newsletter. We hope to have this up and running by the end of the month.
3. We have a database of all members from last year. This will require frequent updating. Should you not be receiving club info please let Colin Huet know so that he can update the database. We will be looking to confirm peoples details during the first few weeks of the season.
4. All unpaid roles (eg fixtures sec, captains, etc.) have been defined and can be viewed on the website. The club administrators role has also been clearly set out and can also be found on the website. We will be meeting with other paid roles in the next few weeks to continue our work on defining who does what.
5. At the July committee meeting we met two caterers and are pleased to announce that Rachel Sterling will be taking over the running of the kitchen. She will commence with teas and coffees at the junior sections on the 8th of September. This will grow to include lunches and sandwiches at weekend games. Supply will obviously depend on demand so please support both the bar and the kitchen following your games. Rachel will be using the kitchen for professional purposes and so access to members will now be restricted.
6. A date and venue for the club dinner has been set. It will be held in the Royal Marine Hotel on the 26th of January. Further detail on this will follow.
7. We are continuing to work on the calander of events so this has yet to be finalised. The pre-season event on the 1st of September will kick everything off. This will be followed closely by the cocktail party on October 13th. The club dinner will be on January 26th and we hope to have an event in the laughter lounge sometime in the New Year also. Should you be keen to hep with an event or have any ideas for events please contact either of us.
8. Over 20 people came to help with the initial clear out of the front car park. Planting of these areas will commence by the end of September. Bruce Johnson has provided us with a list of plants to include. It is also our wish to update the inside of the clubhouse during the season. We would like to paint it, update the furniture if possible and update some of the photographs.
Should you have an interest in helping with any of these items please contact us at either mens.captain@threerockrovershc.com (0863875017) or ladies.captain@threerocrovershc.com (0863762075). We would not have started achieving our goals without the input from club members so far. Any help at all is greatly appreciated.
We are both quite keen to receive feedback from members during the season so feel free to ask us questions on anything we are doing. We are looking forward to seeing you all out and about at various matches and functions throughout the season.
Good luck to all!
Rob Johnson and Ali Keogh
