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Annual General Meeting 2026

Scan below for a copy of the papers:

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1. Notice of Meeting and apologies

1. To read the notice convening the Meeting and to receive apologies for absence.�2. To approve the minutes of the AGM held on 28 June 2025.

3. To transact the following items of Ordinary Business:

to receive draft accounts, for the period to 31 March 2026;
to receive from the Board a report of the activities of the Club since the previous AGM;
to appoint Ryecroft Glenton as reporting accountants to the Club; and
to announce the election of the President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and the Elected Directors to be appointed

4. To transact the following items of Special Business:

to announce the election (as appropriate) of the members of the General Committee who are not directors of the company
to approve the membership subscription rates for the forthcoming season

5. Any other business as notified by 11am on Saturday, 20 June 2026 (none received).

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2. Minutes of the AGM 2025�Pages 1-6�

Proposed by: Micky Knott

Seconded by: Andrew Sugden

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3a. Draft Accounts�Pages 7-12

Presented by: Shaun Malarkey

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3b. Directors’ Reports and History Society Report�Pages 13-28

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3c. Appoint Reporting Accountants�Page 29

Proposed by: Shaun Malarkey

Seconded by: Andrew Sugden

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3d. Election of Directors�Page 29

Elected unopposed:

Role	Nominee	Proposer	Seconder
President	Richard Bloomfield	Ian Firth	Nigel Jamieson
Chair	Andrew Sugden	Rob Hamilton	Cathryn Clark
Secretary	Micky Knott	Wayne Beckett	Thomas Dent
Treasurer	Shaun Malarkey	Scott Carruthers	Ian Firth
Director of Rugby	Karl Briggs	Cathryn Clark	Ryan Rapallo
Director of Safety, Health and Facilities	David Hill	Martin Page	Nigel Lock
Director of Volunteers	Martin Train	Cathryn Clark	Lawrence Fletcher

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4a. Election of General Committee�Pages 29-30

Proposal that Membership Secretary be co-opted by the Board��Proposed: Andrew Sugden

Seconded: Micky Knott

Role	Nominee	Proposer	Seconder
Elected Member	Noel Mather	Micky Knott	Andrew Sugden
Fixtures Secretary	Michael Marvell	Thomas Dent	Karl Briggs
County Representative	Ian Richardson	Andrew Sugden	Micky Knott

Richie Bloomfield to invite Micky Knott to present the election of members to the general committee who are not Directors

Micky Knott to

summarise that three members were re-elected unopposed to the General Committee.
Outline that one role remain unfilled and the Chairman had proposed, seconded by the Secretary, that the Management Committee be invited to co-opt members to this role as appropriate.

Richie Bloomfield to invite a SHOW OF HANDS:

a) to accept the proposal; then

b) to reject the proposal.

Richie Bloomfield to Instruct the Secretary to record the outcome of the show of hands as either:

In Favour of the proposal either UNANIMOUSLY or BY MAJORITY

Against the the proposal either UNANIMOUSLY or BY MAJORITY

Unable to determine and invite the Secretary to propose options (Micky Knott to propose a poll of members to be opened on Monday, 30 June for seven days)

Richie Bloomfield to then invite the secretary to summarise the posts appointed to the General Committee by the sections of the club.

Micky Knott to summarise the nominations to the General Committee as nominated by each other respective sections

Then to move on to the next item.

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4b. Membership Subscriptions�Page 31

Proposed: Shaun Malarkey; Seconded: Andrew Sugden

Membership Type	Membership	Playing Fees	Foundation Donation	Total Payment
Adult Playing Member	£60	£60	£60	£180
Adult Playing Member (Student)	£45	-	-	£45
Age Grade Playing Member	£60	£60	£60	£180
Touch Playing Member	£60	-	-	£60
Vice President	£60	-	£60	£120
Rockcliff Rockets (U6s)	£60	-	-	-
Social Member	£25	-	-	£25

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5. Any Other Business�

There were no items of Any Other Business received before the deadline of 11am on Saturday 20 June 2026

One item of correspondence was received with a request that it be read out at the Annual General Meeting from Andrew Black

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I wanted to contact the club to express my and my family's gratitude to WBRRFC for everything they have done for us. As you will likely be aware, our darling son James Black tragically died in October last year, aged just 12. He had a cardiac arrest whilst playing football at school and passed away in hospital 4 days later. He played for Rockcliff since joining the U6s. He loved rugby, the club and the many friends he made through Rockcliff. We are honoured that a shirt bearing his name will forever be on the wall of the clubhouse. Particular thanks must go to Neil Thornton, Martin Train and Richie Bloomfield for making this happen.

When we lost James in October the show of support we saw - with minutes' silences' happening not only at our club but throughout the wider rugby community - was immense. Seeing so many clubs paying their respects to our boy across the county and even up in Scotland was humbling.

The club's Boxing Day charity event with Percy Park saw a massive £3,537.46 raised for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Thank you!

Final thanks must go to Ben Carr and Carl Finn; James' rugby coaches. He loved them both. They worked tirelessly with the other coaches to improve the team and push the lads in a very healthy and positive way. Ben spoke at James' memorial in November, whilst also struggling with his own personal loss, which we will be forever grateful for.

At last year's end-of-season awards James was voted the players' player by his peers. That says it all. He was a popular, considerate teammate with lightning-quick pace scoring many tries for the team.

We love and miss James every day and thank Rockcliff for playing such an important role in his life and the time since.

Thank you,

Andrew & Julie Black�"Once of Rockcliff, always of Rockcliff"

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Meeting Closed