minuteS of the 2009 annual geneRal meetingMINUTES OF THE <strong>ANNUAL</strong> GENERAL MEETING OF THEPONSONBY DISTRICT RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB, Inc.held at the clubrooms on Wednesday 19th NOVEMBER2009 at 7.40pm.PRESENT: The President Bryan Williams, Life Members: DonJohnston, Craig Partridge, Ces Williams, Lloyd Drake, JohnWard, Max Mains, Keith Nelson, Neil Wolfgram, Alfred Tupu andPhil Adrian (Minute Secretary).APOLOGIES were received from Dr. Peter Harwood, ChrisClews, Dennis Mansfi eld, Bryan Wentworth, Jack Campbell,Bryan Craies, Simon Scott, Grant Hansen, Joe Stanley and RonWensor.OBITUARIES: Phil Adrian spoke about the passing of the club’sPatron, Percy Tetzlaff, All Black, Vice President of the AucklandRugby Union, Past President, Life Member and benefactor toour club.Athol Rickard, also a Past President and Life Member passedaway last December. Athol was for many years the Chairman ofthe Junior Committee and after many years on the ManagementCommittee was elected a Life Member and some time later asPresident.Noel Bowden was President of the Old Boys and SupportersAssociation. He was a teacher by occupation and was postedin different parts of the country. Although he had played all hisrugby in Ponsonby in earlier years, it was, after he was posted toTaranaki that Noel was selected for the All Blacks. He was an allroundsportsman who loved tennis, yachting and badminton.Jack Nuttall known to us as Snow, was a member of the fabulous1948 team and served for many years on the ManagementCommittee. He was 89 at the time of his death.George Coward was remembered by Max Mains as a man ofsmall stature but with a big heart.Fenton Smith passed away on the 2nd November aged 82.Mention was made of the passing of Gary Menzies and JackCoffey.Members stood in silence as a mark of respect.AUCKLAND RUGBY UNIONMr. Ken Baguley started by congratulating Bryan Williams on hiselection as Vice President of the N. Z. Rugby Union.Mr. Baguley spoke at length about the fi nancial problems, bothon national and provincial level.Signifi cant “one-off” earnings, relating to the World Cup, areexpected in 2011.Administration has been diffi cult with the rebuilding of the SouthStand.Average ticketed crowds at the Blues games were down from25,148 to 20,471.He spoke about the change of governance with the Eden ParkTrust Board.Eden Park has become a community asset with new Trusteesand one representative of both rugby and cricket.Decisions had been made regarding the participation of clubsduring the World Cup and he suggested that Ponsonby would bemore than happy with their allocation when the announcementsare made. Eden Park will be hosting 9 matches.Mr. Baguley congratulated the club on its past season andadvised that the club had once again won the Silver Football.He thanked Ces Williams for his work on the Council of Delegatesand Craig Watt and Geoff Buchanan for their efforts on the JuniorRugby Committee.Mr Baguley answered several questions and was thanked by thePresident for his report.MINUTES OF THE 2008 <strong>ANNUAL</strong> GENERAL MEETING:These had been recorded in the annual report and were approvedas a true and correct record. Tom Aitken/John White.There was no business arising from those minutes.<strong>REPORT</strong>S:Before the President commented on his report, John Wardraised a “Point of order.”Saying that the meeting was out of order because it is arequirement by law that an Incorporated Society circulates thereport 14 days prior to the date of the meeting.The President asked if it was the wish of the meeting to postponefor 14 days or wave the requirements and continue. The latterwas accepted.Mr. Peter Thorp added to his report that it had been a greatyear on the fi eld but diffi cult fi nancially. The fi nancial support fromthe Union was vital as well as the revenue from the LegendsLunch. A similar function must be repeated next year.There are exciting years ahead and Ponsonby will capitalise onthem.Mr. Bryan Williams said he was honoured to have been thePresident of the club in the past year.He introduced Siosi Vaili to the members as the incoming coachfor the <strong>2010</strong> season and that Jack Huch would be the technicaladviser.He expressed his thanks to the Junior and Senior Committeesand in particular to Mr. Ian Derbidge, secretary/manager, whichwas received with acclamation.Mr. Phil Adrian asked that members should recruit newmembers for the Old Boys and Supporters Association. Hethanked the many members who had contributed more than therequired subscription of $5.00. Membership is open to anyonesupporting the PDRFC.They would again distribute Christmas boxes to the widows andolder members in the next few weeks.Mr. Mike Lomas spoke briefl y to the Financial Report andexpressed his thanks to the Management and ExecutiveCommittee.Mr. Greg Edmonds asked if the income from teams included thejunior teams. The answer was “no” they were not included.The reduction in hireage of the facilities was due to the newcaterer being on lesser rates.Mr. Grant Penney asked about the cost of storing jerseys andwas told that these could be stored in the newly acquiredcontainer.It was moved Phil Adrian, seconded Greg Edmonds that the4 Ponsonby District Rugby Football Club (Inc.)
Ces Williams congratulates Mike McRoberts for gaining the Most Improved Player award for the Legion teamFinancial Report be adopted. Carried.Ronald Yee was re-elected as Auditor.Mr. Peter Thorp spoke on behalf of the Trustees, saying that thesupport from Mr. Greg Moyle and the newly appointed trusteeAlan White had been substantial.All Trustees were available for re-election and were duly reelected.Phil Adrian/Ces Williams. Carried.ELECTION OF OFFICERSMr. Keith Nelson was nominated for the position of Patron byPeter Thorp and seconded by Bryan Williams. Both spoke atlength about the long service given by Keith to the club. Thenomination was approved by acclamation.Vice Patrons as listed in the report were re-elected.The various Honorary positions listed in the report were declaredre-elected.Life Member The Patron, Mr. Keith Nelson nominated MurrayMenzies as a Life Member. Bryan Williams seconded thisnomination. Both spoke about the long service given by Murray.He had played at least 300 games for Ponsonby during theperiod 1944-1960, played 27 games for Auckland, coachedjuniors and seniors and served as an administrator in the 50’sand 60’s. He is also a Past President and Life Member of theBarbarians Football Club. Carried.Management Committee: The following were elected to theManagement Committee: Kent Olliver, Susan Thomas, CesWilliams, Sandra Ioane, Peter Thorp, Warwick Black, Jack Huch,Bob Banks, Dennis Mansfi eld, Chris Clews and Mark Darin asthe representative of the Junior section.GENERAL BUSINESS:Mr. John Gillies spoke briefl y about the set-up of club rugby forthe coming season.CLOSURE:There being no further business, the President thanked thosepresent for their attendance and declared the meeting closedat 9.07pm.<strong>2010</strong> <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong>5
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