Rodley Cricket Club

For some time I have been putting together a development plan for the club on how we should progress over the next 5 years. In simple terms it’s a look at where we are now, what we have (and don’t have), what could go wrong. The plan then looks at where we should aim to be in five years time and how we could get there.

To lift from the document itself:
This document is the first draft of a five year development strategic plan, the first the club has ever produced and intends to provide in the first instance, a discussion document to allow the club’s members to agree its future direction. The document will be distributed in its current form to the existing management committee for comment, edits, additions, etc. (Sent 12/1/2012 and slightly amended since). Once satisfied, the revised plan will be submitted to the members at a EGM planned for February 2012 for approval. The document will then form the backbone of its intended ClubMark application as well as providing a steer for the club. Once signed off this document will be reviewed regularly and the appended Development Plan closely monitored.

So, in essence, this gives you the opportunity to feed into the how you want the club to progress. There may well be glaring omissions, or you may simply disagree with the direction I’m proposing. Either way, read it, comment, ignore, whatever. The document is long and wordy, but the important bits are on pages 6 and 7. I will be proposing an Extraordinary General Meeting for later this month or early March, where the document will be agreed, altered or thrown out, as well as resolving some vacant role(s) within the club. The document can be found below. You will need to be a member of the website to view the file, but then you should be anyway!!

This has been an incredibly sad time for the club and this last week brought it all to a conclusion. Perhaps now is the time to start looking forward and I can think of no more fitting tribute to Mark then ensuring long term survival and success for the club.