BBQ and Membership Day

Saturday 22^nd August

1pm – 7.30pm

Join us down at Merton FC on Saturday 22^nd August for our first BBQ of the season and annual Membership Day!

There will be a BBQ all afternoon from 3pm and the bar will be open from 2pm….

There will also be 2 x games against Old Rutlishians and we aim to screen some live Ashes cricket on TV in the BAR!

Great way to meet new members, bring your membership signing on fee and have a drink with teammates and get ready for the start of the new season ahead!

EVENTS CALENDAR

The Merton Christmas Carol (Do) Saturday 12^th December

Joseph Hood from 6.30pm, Christmas fancy dress strongly encouraged, carols, predators and more!

20th December (TBC) – Youth section Christmas Party

Main points out of last nights league fixtures meeting:
– Season starts on 5th September for 1st-3rd teams and 12th September for the rest
– A round robin cup competition will be run for teams in the bottom 2 divisions (our 6s) – this is to give clubs a chance to blood players
– Online team sheets are to be completed this season by all teams within 4 days after the game is played. The club will decide how best to ensure this is done
– because of above all players must be registered before they can play

Doverhouse proved very tough opposition and our U14s, U13s, U12s and U11s all lost. Battling to the end but losing. The U10s had a good day winning one but losing the other in two close games. Well done to Steve for pulling all this together. Good run out and a lot to learn before season starts. But good fun.

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Report of Annual General Meeting 2015 

Minutes of meeting at bottom of page, click on link to read.

Highlights

• The membership and match fees were agreed for the 2015/16 season.

Adults £75 membership and £10 match fee

U21s £30 membership and £5 match fee

• Memberships must be paid by end of August for eligibility to play for club.
• We have entered 6 teams for SAL this season but if we do not have sufficient paid up members we can withdraw a side and go forward with 5 or less.
• An existing member who introduces a completely new member will get the two memberships for £100 (£50 for each additional member)
• Youth section membership is £180 for the season.
• We welcome three new members to our Committee. David Laughton comes back to the Club with his son in the Youth section and will take care of discipline.
• Ivan Gladkow and Will Low join the Committee. They have both been involved with the club and their enthusiasm is welcome.
• The accounts were approved and the minutes of the meeting will be posted on the website
• This season we are already focussing on recruiting new members and developing our youth section.

Merton F C Minutes of AGM 2015

The Volunteers turned up and did some good work repairing the pitches with top soil and grass seed just ahead of the rain. It might be the Wimbledon final but we could do with some more rain this afternoon.  Thanks Ryan Gresty, Graham Willgoss, Andrew Graves, Kevin Locke, Marc Wilson, David Quainton and Ivan Gladkow for coming along for the gardening. Ryan this definitely gives you first dibs on free kicks on the edge of the box and DQ it excuses you from any future gardening.

Sunday at the Hood. The Youth section were out in force. U10s, U11s, U13s and U14s all had good training sessions while Kevin’s U12s played a friendly away who drew 4-4 with Croygas U12s. Great fight back as they were 3-0 down at Half Time. Jayden was MOM

Players wanted for U13s and U14s – Merton F C Youth Section! We have a have a few places left in their team squads at U13s (Currently Year 7) and U14s (Currently Year 8) for the forthcoming season. Merton F. C. is an FA Charter Standard club with all teams having FA qualified coaches. The Teams play in the Surrey Youth League on Sunday mornings in ‪#‎RaynesPark‬, ‪#‎Wimbledon‬ ‪#‎Merton‬ – where training is held on Sunday mornings. If you are interested or want more info – phone Steve Dewsbury on 07875275663. (www.mertonfc.co.uk)