25th September, 2024
We had our season kick off Managers meeting and it was great to see so many of the age group Managers represented.
The Chairman, Mark Ward was able to give an update on our discussions with the Pitch Improvement programme and the purchase of the new goals in the last season. The new store is working well and the goals and other items taking pressure off the garage and allowing goals to be kept always made up.
We have 44 youth teams registered for the new season with a growing number of teams particularly in the Girls section which is fantastic news. Mark reminded the Managers of our Club Handbook which contains lots of useful information.
Ian Turner our Youth Secretary talked through our match day guidelines and the importance of registering players in advance of the new season recognising there had been several issues encountered with the Whole Game System (WGS).
Rags Soussou, Evergreen Welfare Officer, spoke of the additional team of Claire & Mick and the activities and visibility that will be seen in the coming season
Sean Moore, Evergreen Tournament Director, spoke of the pre-season Tournament just held and the money raised for the Youth fund and the high level plan for next season sharing some of the feedback.
Mark continues, and shared his delight with the renewal of our 3 Star FA Charter Standard Community club status again which is the highest accolade we can obtain from the FA and very much reflective of how the football club is governed, our club values and the facilities we are able to provide the local community.
Gordon Wallis (Vice Chairman) confirmed he had not concluded the allocation of slots for the 3G facility and again we have been seen huge demand and practically all slots have now been taken and all Evergreen teams. Membership is now due and can be paid into two instalments and all teams had now been contacted.