Wellington & District Sports Federation

Nick Buttle of Sampford Blues AFC joins us as Vice Chairman for the 2012 session in succession to Joe Conway of Wellington AFC in the major appointment to be made at the Federation’s AGM.

A thorough and well attended meeting was held at Wellington AFC this evening and set the agenda for the New Year; meeting minutes and other items will be issued soon.

Paperwork for this meeting (except that relating to finance) has been sent out today via e-mail to all Club contacts.

Those who require paper copies will be catered for on the evening.

Finance related material will be sent out under separate cover.

A reminder to all current and potential member Clubs that we hold our AGM at Wellington Football Club on Tuesday 10th January, starting at 8.00pm.

Paperwork for this meeting will be sent out in the next day or so.

We have received positive responses from all five of our Honorary Office holders for the 2012 session; thus the Duke of Wellington KG, Martin Pipe CBE, Cllr Andrew Govier, Jeremy Browne MP and Richard Fox Esq. are all prepared to continue in their current positions as Federation President and Federation Patrons respectively.

We meet at Wellington CC at 5.15pm on Monday 19th December to review and sign off our selected plans that will be submitted to the Local Authority for the development of facilities at Wellington Playing Field and Wellington Recreation Ground; all stakeholder Clubs are asked to attend.

It is announced that four of our five honorary office holders have agreed to continue in this capacity for the 2012 Federation session; the Duke of Wellington will continue as President and Martin Pipe CBE, Cllr Andrew Govier and Richard Fox Esq. will all be continuing as Patrons of the Federation next year.

A reply is awaited from Jeremy Browne MP in respect of his continuing as our fourth Patron.

Using a multi agency approach WDSF with partners Wellington Action Group for Dogs and Taunton Deane Borough Council are to provide improved and more effective signage to enforce the bylaw that prohibits dogs from being walked on or in Wellington Playing Field.

Already TDBC has supplied one of their own signs for each of the three entry posts to WPF and soon signage bearing the logos of the three partner organisations will be in place.

This evening (Monday 5th December) representatives from the stakeholder Clubs involved in the development of Wellington Playing Field Pavilion and Wellington Recreation Ground Pavilion met at Wellington Cricket Club.

Our Architectural Adviser Steve Major talked those present through the plans he had prepared based on Club wishes and requirements as laid down by governing bodies and these were reviewed and commented on.

Steve will now take these points away and produce what will amount to a set of master plans that will be reviewed once more before been signed off by the stakeholder Clubs for Steve to take to the local authority for planning work to begin.

Steve is aiming to get the changes required done before Christmas and a further meeting at Wellington Cricket Club will be held in the early New Year ahead of the Federation’s 2012 AGM.

Details will be issued when available.

Our Architectural Adviser Steve Major has produced plans for this site and these have been circulated to all concerned; we meet at Wellington Cricket Club on Monday 5th December at 5.15pm to review these plans.

On Friday 2nd December our Architectural Adviser Steve Major will be meeting with representatives of Taunton Deane Borough Council to review the plans that each party has in respect of the two sites.

An analysis of the two views will be made to see where there is common ground and where thoughts differ and how to move forward.