Annual General Meeting Outcomes 2021

2022 Old Carey FC Committee Members. Top (from left): John Hands, Mitch Nixon, Sam Hassett, Jim McDonald, Ben Smithwick, Cam Jones (Vice Pres.) Middle: Andrew Simpson, Michael Tarrant (Pres.), Matt Godden, Duncan Palmer, Ed Phillips, Nick Andrews, Zac Lisle, Mil Blagojevic Bottom: Michael Sloan, Gary Chapman

The Old Carey Grammarians Football Club held its 2021 AGM on Wednesday 10th of November.

With space at a premium due to venue capacity limits – we were still pleased to get most of our old and new committee along, to recognise the work completed in 2021 and endorse a new (and bigger) committee for 2022.

Highlights from the Meeting:

The club was able to produce a rather sound balance sheet, out of what has been a challenging 24 months – with the many covid disruptions.

Many of our traditional revenue streams were stifled for various reasons, this (result) was only possible due to a concerted effort to limit expenditure.

The new committee is cognizant of the need to quickly mobilise, to build something that resembles a pre-covid revenue picture and has already launched into this.

Matt Godden, Andrew Simpson and Tom Chapman are principally involved in this, and are currently pursuing a number of scalable sponsorship opportunities, with club apparel real estate currently available for premium sponsors.

Matt Godden – matt@australianhealthcaresolutions.com.au

Andrew Simpson – asimpson@mauriceblackburn.com.au

Thomas Chapman – TChapman@shawandpartners.com.au

The climax of any AGM is the Election of Office Bearers – the following people will hold positions on our Panther Executive for 2022:

We heartily welcome our new committee to their office bearing positions. A Committee Recruiting Drive led by new president Michael Tarrant, has proved fruitful with a big supporting cast ready to support the representatives listed above. It was great for our newly formed committee to meet at Dunshea Oval for a meeting and photo (above), with a further 10+ members unable to attend the meeting.

We would like to thank a number of retiring office-bearers – all of whom will continue be pillars of support to the new committee – thank you Lochlann Hall, Zander Adam and Craig Jobson. Our biggest thanks are left for Jeremy Dickson who will pivot to Football Operations, after 3 years in the Club Presidency – Jeremy has faced into COVID and a significant changeover in playing and coaching personnel and done so valiantly.

We’re all eager for 2022 to wind into gear – and this started with the resumption of training this week.

Go PANTHERS!