2025 Annual-report

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 2025 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 62 5.13.2 a Member of the General Committee resigning at the Annual General Meeting having had their term of office extended for only up to one year under 5.6; Amendment 5 Rule 5.18: This amendment proposed the removal of the reference to two calendar years to make the wording more user-friendly for members. The current wording read as follows: 5.18 Qualifications for the General Committee: 5.18.1 No person shall be elected to the General Committee as an Elected member unless such person shall have been a member of the club and entitled to vote for a period of not less than two calendar years on 31 October prior to the Annual General Meeting at which the result of the election is to be announced.This rule does not apply to Nominated members who need only to be a member at the time their nomination takes effect (i.e. at the time of the Annual General Meeting). The General Committee proposed the new wording to be as shown below.This did not change the length of the current eligibility requirement. 5.18.1 No person shall be elected to the General Committee as an Elected member unless such person shall have been a member of the club and entitled to vote for a continuous period of not less than two years on 31 October prior to the Annual General Meeting at which the result of the election is to be announced. This rule does not apply to Nominated members who need only to be a member at the time their nomination takes effect (i.e. at the time of the Annual General Meeting). The Chair informed the meeting that all five amendments had been passed and thanked the members for their support. 9. TO CONFIRM THE THREE MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE The Chief Executive announced members elected to serve on the General Committee. As in previous years, she said, there were two routes by which to join the General Committee.Three positions were available this year via the elected route and there were ten candidates. The Chief Executive read out the number of votes cast for each candidate in alphabetical order: Andrew Afford – 635 Usman Afzaal – 405 Steve Battlemuch – 116 Nick Evans – 425 Jess Maguire – 91 Stuart Matthews – 173 Sarah Parkinson – 298 Richard Reed – 41 Sue Storey – 515 Graeme Swann - 595 The Chief Executive said that she could therefore confirm that Andy Afford, Graeme Swann and Sue Storey were elected to the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. 10. TO CONFIRM ONE NOMINATED MEMBER OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE The Chief Executive said that the Nominations Panel had met several times and had interviewed every candidate, whether they were standing for election or going through the nominations route. It was clear that each of those putting themselves forward for selection had a wealth of significant knowledge, skills and experience. One position was available this year via the nominations route. The following selection was the unanimous recommendation of the Nominations Panel: the appointment of Catherine Hammond as the nominated member of the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. 11. TO APPOINT A PRESIDENT FOR 2025 The Chair commended Mr Chris Broad for his work as President over the last two years. On the recommendation of the General Committee the Chair proposed Mr RichardTennant as President for the coming year. Mr Tennant was a life-long member, a Vice-President and Chair until 2021. The proposal was put to the vote and unanimously approved by members, and the Chair asked Mr Tennant to say a few words. Mr Tennant said that it was an honour and a privilege to be voted in as the club’s President. He had been a member of Nottinghamshire for sixty years, and his father had been a member of the General Committee. Mr Tennant said that his own cricketing credentials were not up to those of the previous President but, luckily, walking out to the middle with a bat was not part of his new role as President. 12.TO APPOINT AUDITORS TO THE CLUB FOR 2025 The Chair invited Paul Ellis to propose the Auditors for 2025. Mr Ellis proposed PKF Smith Cooper as the auditors for 2025. This was seconded by Fraser Montgomery and unanimously approved by the members. 13. ANY OTHER BUSINESS The Chair asked whether members had any other items of business. Mr Bill Russell asked if the money that the club would receive from the sale of the ECB’s 49% share of Trent Rockets might assist with the redevelopment of Lady Bay. Mr Hunt said that investment in training and playing facilities was exactly the sort of project that the ECB and the club expected to benefit from the sale of stakes in The Hundred teams. At 8.30pm the Chair closed the meeting.