Topic: Ten things you would change about your club? (Read 14427 times)

six and out · « **Reply #30 on:** November 07, 2013, 02:16:56 PM »

this is a really interesting thread and like others have said a lot of similiar things coming up.

here's mine -

1. new outdoor nets - we had to take down ours at the end of the season because of H & S!!
2. better availibility and committment from players - especially on Sundays
3. more focus on game situations in practice - rather than just trying to smash every ball out the nets as far as possible etc...
4. other people at the club to do more rather than leave it all up to the committee to do everything
5. a much better structured and larger colts section
6. the club to be run more as a cricket club rather than sports club - we have football, darts etc...
7. the outfield to be a cricket outfield and not a kids football pitch in the winter
8. more sponsorship in general at the club
9. a perminant groundsman - this is an absolute pipe dream though!!
10. to go a season where we don't have the roller, mower etc... breakdown - lol!!

Red Ink Cricket · « **Reply #31 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:05:32 PM »

Sorry to hijack your thread nick but i thought id just add a question on here as its kinda related to it rather than opening a new thread. if you want to move it be my guest.

so most of the replies revolve a little around improved facilities, new nets etc. this all costs. how do clubs go about raising funds? what events do you hold each year or would you plan to hold to get these facilities? I know grants are obviously an option but im talking the club generating funds themselves through events or sponsorship.

Vitas Cricket · « **Reply #32 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:12:12 PM »

My old club, before we formed Ketton Lions CC this winter, used to hold an annual fireworks display for the village.

Buy in a few kegs of real ale, barbecue, jacket potatoes/beans etc, raffle, stalls for the kids, facepainting etc etc. All manned and run by members of the club, with myself and Robin buying in circa �600 of fireworks and digging two pits on the opposite side of the ground to the crowd and the bonfire.

We filled the pits with sand and while one of us is removing the old firework, then placing and lighting a new firework in pit 1, the firework in pit 2 is going off. This way we managed to keep things continuous, if not exactly health and safety approved. Much better than your typical garden display where there is a long delay between each firework. At times it was a bit like being in the trenches!

This meant many villagers were sufficiently entertained to return year after year rather than going to the big, professionally organised display in peterborough. We charged an entrance fee, with a family ticket discount, as well ad obviously making money from the bar, raffle, food, etc.

Red Ink Cricket · « **Reply #33 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:22:03 PM »

Quote from: Vitas Cricket on November 08, 2013, 04:12:12 PM

My old club, before we formed Ketton Lions CC this winter, used to hold an annual fireworks display for the village.

Buy in a few kegs of real ale, barbecue, jacket potatoes/beans etc, raffle, stalls for the kids, facepainting etc etc. All manned and run by members of the club, with myself and Robin buying in circa �600 of fireworks and digging two pits on the opposite side of the ground to the crowd and the bonfire.

We filled the pits with sand and while one of us is removing the old firework, then placing and lighting a new firework in pit 1, the firework in pit 2 is going off. This way we managed to keep things continuous, if not exactly health and safety approved. Much better than your typical garden display where there is a long delay between each firework. At times it was a bit like being in the trenches!

This meant many villagers were sufficiently entertained to return year after year rather than going to the big, professionally organised display in peterborough. We charged an entrance fee, with a family ticket discount, as well ad obviously making money from the bar, raffle, food, etc.

it is something we talked about for next year and something which would hopefully work, particualrly as there was been a lot of house built near the ground so plenty of families etc who would hopefully come down. any ideas for this year?

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:32:22 PM »

Quote from: Red Ink Cricket on November 08, 2013, 04:05:32 PM

Sorry to hijack your thread nick but i thought id just add a question on here as its kinda related to it rather than opening a new thread. if you want to move it be my guest.

so most of the replies revolve a little around improved facilities, new nets etc. this all costs. how do clubs go about raising funds? what events do you hold each year or would you plan to hold to get these facilities? I know grants are obviously an option but im talking the club generating funds themselves through events or sponsorship.

Realistically I'd say most clubs get their funds from:

Youth subscriptions
Bar
Backing from rich members in money/equipment

I'd imagine things like fireworks, 100 clubs, fantasy cricket leagues, skittles, 6's tournaments all raise money but not in the quantities that the above do for 'normal' clubs.

Vitas Cricket · « **Reply #35 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:33:19 PM »

Myself and Robin are available as freelance pyrotechnics

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:39:33 PM »

Quote from: Vitas Cricket on November 08, 2013, 04:33:19 PM

Myself and Robin are available as freelance pyrotechnics

A club backed by a retailer should become one of the biggest around

jwebber86 · « **Reply #37 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:15:49 PM »

we hold a quiz night in january as we use the local pub and they are quiet it raises a few hundred quid and gives us something to do. we also have a annual horse race night which raises a minimum of �500 usually �650+. as we dont have our own bar it can be quit difficult to raise funds but we do have two new sponsors for next year which will bring in �1500.

we are a very small club so this money makes a huge difference to us.

jwebber86 · « **Reply #38 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:20:05 PM »

Quote from: Vitas Cricket on November 08, 2013, 04:12:12 PM

My old club, before we formed Ketton Lions CC this winter, used to hold an annual fireworks display for the village.

Buy in a few kegs of real ale, barbecue, jacket potatoes/beans etc, raffle, stalls for the kids, facepainting etc etc. All manned and run by members of the club, with myself and Robin buying in circa �600 of fireworks and digging two pits on the opposite side of the ground to the crowd and the bonfire.

We filled the pits with sand and while one of us is removing the old firework, then placing and lighting a new firework in pit 1, the firework in pit 2 is going off. This way we managed to keep things continuous, if not exactly health and safety approved. Much better than your typical garden display where there is a long delay between each firework. At times it was a bit like being in the trenches!

This meant many villagers were sufficiently entertained to return year after year rather than going to the big, professionally organised display in peterborough. We charged an entrance fee, with a family ticket discount, as well ad obviously making money from the bar, raffle, food, etc.

in the village where i play there used a fund raising organisation which organised the yearly firework display spent in the region of �3000 on fireworks alone and summer fete, they would basically support any good cause in the village, they would end up raising many thousands a year. anybody that help got a share for the chosen club etc.

it was really useful as it was ongoing and we had a few hundred pound a year donate for 2 days work so was a good swap

TangoWhiskey · « **Reply #39 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:29:01 PM »

Whenever there is a particularly large Euromillions Jackpot on during the summer, me and my teammates will often spend hours during the game saying what we'd spend our countless millions on to improve the club. Infact it is one of my favourite conversations to have on a weekend.

We almost always come up with some ludicrous things to spend our money on, such as a huge inflatable dome which would be erected in the event of rain meaning no more washed out games. Genetically modified dogs that don't produce any saliva and are trained to fetch cricket balls out of the surrounding hedges so we never lose a ball again. Scorers that will record every stat up to and including an F1 style weighing index before and after then start of a game so we can see who worked hardest/sweated the most due to lack of fitness.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #40 on:** November 08, 2013, 11:43:07 PM »

Can I add another one, more than 2 people in the club who are able to apply bat grips would be nice!

TangoWhiskey · « **Reply #41 on:** November 09, 2013, 11:11:53 AM »

Quote from: CameronPye94 on November 08, 2013, 11:43:07 PM

Can I add another one, more than 2 people in the club who are able to apply bat grips would be nice!

It's probably one of the most self explanatory things to do, I reckon its more laziness on the other guys part.

uknsaunders · « **Reply #42 on:** November 09, 2013, 11:23:46 AM »

On the topic of Fundraising, it all goes back to the collective responsibility I mentioned in a previous post.

As a club if you have a shred of ambition you set yourself goals. If you want to buy 10 things to make the club better then that money needs to be raised. If all the members, or at least most of them, put the 12 months of hard graft into fundraising then most clubs will achieve their goals.

They don't. They sit on their (No Swearing Please) or even worse get into the lottery debate (I've done that a few times as well!). Too many people just let things drift rather than be proactive or get involved in others activities.

Imho fundraising has decreased in clubs over the last 20 years. Attitudes have changed,as have the players tasked to carry the club on.

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #43 on:** November 09, 2013, 11:53:50 AM »

Quote from: uknsaunders on November 09, 2013, 11:23:46 AM

On the topic of Fundraising, it all goes back to the collective responsibility I mentioned in a previous post.

As a club if you have a shred of ambition you set yourself goals. If you want to buy 10 things to make the club better then that money needs to be raised. If all the members, or at least most of them, put the 12 months of hard graft into fundraising then most clubs will achieve their goals.

They don't. They sit on their (No Swearing Please) or even worse get into the lottery debate (I've done that a few times as well!). Too many people just let things drift rather than be proactive or get involved in others activities.

Imho fundraising has decreased in clubs over the last 20 years. Attitudes have changed,as have the players tasked to carry the club on.

Can't comment on what cricket or really sport was like 20 years ago BUT, I do remember going to my fathers clubs race night as a youngster and I had the normal kid bets of �3 per race and that's your lot unless you won. However, on the races where you auction off horses ey would frequently 'sell' for 150+ quid each, in fact it was unheard of any sellin for less than 100. Winnings where then higher but it also meant the club made much larger sums in profit. Not only now do you see clubs doing far less fundraising but for the ones I've been to as an adult they are far less well supported, meaning you make less and so it's less 'worth it' .

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #44 on:** November 09, 2013, 12:43:27 PM »

The thing is with the lottery statements is , would you actually spend all your own cash for little to no return or would you set it up as a business to st least earn money back ?

I mean if you pumped 5m in you could easily have two top quality grounds with pavilion in the middle, you could build an indoor centre, 6-8 static nets outdoors (both grounds with covers, scoreboards etc) and you could easily set up a retail shop and bat making/repair workshop..

That at least wouldn't just mean one club got awesome facilities but as a business it would make loads year in year out. I'm actually surprised a retail shop hasn't done something like that as it'd really corner an area of the country with indoor facilities, and outdoor facilities for coaching etc

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