Merton FC Golf Day

Friday, June 11, 2010 at 8:00am.

Event: Merton FC Golf Day
What: Sporting Event
Start Time: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 8:00am
End Time: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 6:00pm
Where: Mitcham Golf Club 

Please contact Mark Chappell if interested.

Clubhouse

Hope you all agree the new bar and decorations look fantastic, all we have to do now is pay the bill!

Thanks to Craig Bull for sponsoring the new heaters in the bar.

We still need sponsors for the carpet tiles.

Remember this is our Centenary year hopefully with lots of visitors lets make our clubhouse nice.

Please contact Peter Kemp or Terry Baker for more info

PLEASE DO NOT CLEAN YOUR BOOTS IN THE SHOWER
This causes the showers to flood into the changing rooms. The club will be providing scrubbing brushes & buckets for use outside the changing rooms
 
PLEASE DO NOT EAT FOOD IN THE MAIN BAR
Please use the tables provided in the main hall

Parking by Pavilion

Can we ensure that NOBODY parks next to the pavilion unless they are delivering heavy goods to the clubhouse. 
 
If the gate is open when you arrive, anyone with keys can they please lock it shut or advise anyone who may have keys.

Policies

Merton Football Club Selection Policy

Southern Amateur League rule 8(I)(i) states that “in all matches in which it competes, each Club shall play its strongest team in its 1st XI, its second strongest team in its 2nd XI and so on” and rule 8(I)(iii) states that “clubs are expected to hold regular selection meetings or a comparable electronic selection programme to select sides of relative sectional strength”.
It is these rules, as well as the aim that teams are selected on merit and that all players are members of Merton Football Club and should be available for selection for any team that informs the selection policy of Merton Football Club.
Selection of squads
Aim – all squads to be selected on the basis of SAL rule 8(I)(i), with availability confirmed and e-mailed to fixtures secretary by 5pm on each Tuesday where matches are due to be played on a proceeding Saturday.

Process
• Each Saturday at the game, all managers / captains to check availability of each of the players present for the proceeding weekend’s fixture.
• By Sunday evening, 1st XI squad to be selected and sent to fixtures secretary
• By Monday evening, 2nd XI and 3rd XI squads to be selected and sent to fixtures secretary
• By Tuesday 5pm, 4th XI, 5th XI and 6th XI squads to be selected and sent to fixtures secretary

In co-ordinating the squad selection process, team managers are expected to communicate to the manager of the team beneath them - the players they have selected, those not selected and those unavailable.
Movement of players between squads
Initial squad selection - If a player was originally named in a squad for a match and is selected in a lower squad for the subsequent weekend, he will be guaranteed to start.  In the event of a player being selected in a higher squad than the one he was named in for the previous weekend, there can be no automatic expectation that the player will start.
After initial squad selection – a late call up to a higher team for a player that was due to start for a lower team will guarantee a start for that player in the higher team (unless it is mutually agreed that he will be sub) and where the call up of a sub from a lower team occurs there is no expectation that the player must start for the higher team. After a late call up, the minimum a player can expect for the subsequent weekend is to be retained in the squad he was originally named in (from the weekend before) and will start if the original intention was to start him.
Players returning from periods of unavailability
To promote the aim that players will be selected on merit, any players return from availability will not be guaranteed selection in the squad they were last selected for and they will be entered into the pool of players available for selection.
Communications
Managers can choose whatever methods they deem necessary to communicate with other managers but they should be mindful that communications should be restricted to only those that need to know. This is to protect the work life balance of all those who volunteer their time to help run Merton Football Club.
Where players are selected in a different squad from the week before, each manager should carefully consider how they communicate this change to the affected player and explain reasons for the decision.
A selection meeting will take place each month to review the effectiveness of the selection policy.

Merchandise

Merton FC Clothing

New supply of Polo shirts 
Short £10 
Long sleeve £12
Kids various ages £10
Club Ties £8
Beenies

We will obtain training tops and training shirts (White) to order.

Please Contact Max Herbert on max.herbert@btinternet.com if you are interested in Merton FC merchandise. 

Travel Alerts

Courtesy of the SAL Website, please be advised of the following sporting events that will cause major travel and transport disruption during the forthcoming 2009/10 season.

Sat 27 February 2010 England v Ireland  Rugby  Twickenham

Sat 20 March 2010  Head of the River   Rowing Mortlake to Putney

Sat 3 April 2010  Oxford v Cambridge  Rowing Putney to Chiswick

Notwithstanding the aforementioned, ongoing long term road works are taking place between junctions 16 and 18 of the M25 (M40 to Maple Cross).

Please can all Club Managers and Skippers ensure their players are made fully aware of these dates and that where necessary additional time is allowed for when travelling.

For details of disruption to public transport, please visit the Transport for London website.

Please contact David Laughton