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CRAVEN FA CUP DRAWS

The draws for the Craven FA Cup competitions were made last night at the monthly meeting of the Association ( August 26th).

Gargrave first team received a bye in the first round of the Craven Cup whilst the Reserve squad also received a bye in the Norman Pratt Trophy preliminary round.

FIXTURE CHANGE…….

The first fixture for the Reserve squad due to have been played on Saturday 4th September has now been brought forward to Tuesday evening 31st August, away vs Pendle Renegades at Sough Park. Kick off approx 6-15/6.30.

Season officially commences Saturday 4th September…..

The first two weeks of games are listed in the fixture list sections.

A big thank you to The Masons Arms at Gargrave who have kindly agreed to provide after match refreshments for the teams again. Will managers and home players please let all the visiting teams know about the excellent hospitality provided by Gordon, Alison and their staff.

A very disappointing turn out again for the one fund raiser in the year which we ask for help with – the annual clean up of the showground. This took place on Saturday the 21st August from 6.p.m. Four club members and three friends from the village who have no connection with the football club worked hard for a couple of hours, removing posts, tapes and litter. A couple of hours work which raised £200 for the club funds, with another handful of volunteers this would have been completed easily in an hour.

FIRST FIXTURES OF THE NEW SEASON:

The new season gets underway on Saturday 4th September with a home game for the First team vs  Grindleton and an away game for the Reserve team at Sough Park, Earby against Pendle Rengades. Both 2.p.m kick off`s.

The first team travel back to Grindleton the following Saturday whilst the Reserve squad have a game at home against Earby Town.

A big thank you to the Masons Arms at Gargrave who have kindly agreed to provide the after match refreshments again. For visiting teams the pub is situated over the river bridge towards St.Andrews church on the Broughton road, corner of Marton road. Everyone most welcome.

Welcome back to the new season – 2010/11

The beginning of the new season is fast approaching with the first Saturday games taking place on the 4th September, not too sure how we stand with night games, possibly with creating a fifth  division these will not be neccassary.

Matt and Simmy have already had a number of training sessions, Tuesdays at the ground and Thursdays at Sandylands. They have also organised a few friendlies: Thursday evening 5th August – Firsts at home vs Ingleton.  Thursday evening 12th August – Firsts at home vs Pendle Renegades. Saturday 14th August – Reserves at home vs Long Preston. K.O 2.p.m. Thursday evening 19th August – Reserves at home vs Bradley. A Friendly will also take place for the Reserves at home vs Colne Juniors on either Thursday evening 26th August or Sunday 29th August ( awaiting confirmation ).

A team will also defend their title at the Rolls Royce seven a side competition on Sunday 8th August.

Measuring and marking of the pitch, pitch improvements and a general tidy of the ground will take place on Monday 2nd August from 6p.m. Please come along and help if you can.

Can you spare an hour on Saturday 21st August from approx 5.p.m for the clearing of Gargrave show field? We are given a donation of £200.00 for club funds for undertaking this work. It is a quick and easy fund raiser for the club and is very simple if we have enough helpers.

Celebrating 100 years of Craven District Football Association….

Last year the Craven FA celebrated a century of football, the association was formed in 1909 at a meeting in the Midland Hotel, Skipton.

A book documenting the history of both the association and all member clubs  was compiled last year by Mr. Allan Cawood, President of the Craven FA.  The publication is illustrated by many old team photographs ( Gargrave are represented by team photographs from 1927/28 when they were the Craven League and Craven Cup winners  and a team photograph from 1936/37. Both kindly loaned by Dennis French ). All nineteen member clubs are represented in the book, documenting the highs and lows over the years. There are also sections on the Referee`s, footballing families, Craven characters and much much more.

The book is priced at £5.00 and there is also a DVD which displays many more of the old Craven footballing photographs, the DVD is priced at a £1.00.

Copies can be purchased from the pavilion on match days or alternately please contact Caroline.

Morrison Cup game – off….

Unfortunately due to the ground conditions we have had to call off the Morrison Cup game ( again ). The frozen pitch would not take any studs at twelve noon so there was no alternative but to call the fixture off. Disappointing for both sides particularly when otherwise the pitch is in very good heart.

Cup Draws -

Northern Plant Hire Trophy

Gargrave AFC  Vs  Rolls FC

Premier Division League Cup

Gargrave AFC  Vs  Long Lee Juniors

Division One League Cup

Gargrave Reserves  Vs  AFC Padiham.

Gargrave Reserves/AFC Padiham  Vs  Silsden Whitestar

Please see fixture lists to see when the games will be played, all are early kick off`s. 1.30.p.m.

MORRISON CUP GAME – 20TH FEB

The Craven FA Morrison Cup game on the 20th February at home to Long Preston FC will kick off at 2.p.m not 1.30p.m as first thought.

Special meeting of the Craven League….

All club secretaries were invited to attend a Special meeting of the Craven League on Tuesday evening the 19th January at The Three Links club in Skipton.

Items on the Agenda:  Members Present. Roll Call. Contact between Clubs and League. Failure to deal with League Business. Treatment of Match Officials. Constitution of the League 2010/11. Rolling Registrations.

The backlog of matches was discussed, those present voted that the League Cup competitions should continue as they had already commenced and for some clubs it was a something to play for at the end of the season. It is likely that a number of matches will have to be played on a night at the end of the season, all clubs must ensure that these go ahead as smoothly as possible, if a particular date is not practical then both clubs must come to a mutual decision for the re-scheduling of them. Matches postponed due to a shortage of players will now result in points awarded to the opposition rather than the standard £25 fine for postponement.Therefore will all players please notify their managers about their availability. A number of our signed on players are only able to play on very rare occasions due to their work or they may live out of the area. Please can they  contact the managers to say when they can play ( all fixtures are on our website) it will make life a lot easier for both Matt and Jimmy particularly when we get to the evening matches. The possibility of smaller divisions was discussed and the creation of five divisions rather than four was  spoken about. It is likely that some new clubs will wish to join the League in the next season.

The chairman, Gerry Aldersley emphasised the importance of the treatment of match officials. Unfortunately there have apparently been one or two incidences recently where either officials or players have let down their clubs and these matters are currently been dealt with by the disciplinary committee of  the West Riding Football Association. Will all players please show the officials the respect they deserve for without them the games could not go ahead. ( hope I am not speaking too soon but well done to the players from both squads at Gargrave for they have only received two yellow cards all season, two for the first team, clean sheet for the Reserves).

Fines continue to be given out for either late or incorrect match reports. Both of these matters greatly increase the work for the Registrations secretary, Mike Topham and also cost the clubs £5 per error. Will Managers please make sure that the match reports are correct and post them off as soon as possible after the game.

The possibility of Rolling Registrations was discussed and will be looked into further. ( basically the club will sign on players one season and once the registration forms are signed and a receipt returned from the Registration secretary they will be placed on a club list, if they wish to remain with the club for future seasons there will be no need to fill in another form, if they want to join a different  club in another season they will be taken off the list and fill in a Registration form for the new club)

Any proposals regarding alterations to the rules or any other proposals regarding League business should be made in writing pre the 31st March via club secretaries. The proposals will then be placed on the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of the Craven League which generally takes place in June.

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