1: Chief guest: Richard Graham (MP)
Honourable Guests; Eric Wood Mason (GCB) and Andy Russle (GCCL)
Ahmed Ginwala (Club`s Secretary) Well come all the guests and introduce the Chief guests to all the community. 147 peoples attend the AGM held at Al Ashraf girl's primary school Gloucester.
AGM started with verses of Quran by Hafiz molana Ismail Khuwadia
Raja (club`s Chief Executive) did the presentation where he welcomed all the guests from both communities (Indian and Pakistanis). During his presentation following points were highlighted,
1: Clubs merge was actually a merger of two nations. That shows there is unity in Gloucester among ethnic minorities. Gloucester Pakistanis Cc were winning their divisions for last six years in a row and so do Walls Crescent Cc was doing their best and was playing in Division two of the Gloucestershire County Cricket League. In year 2011 both clubs were struggling due to player shortages and administrations. Both clubs committees talked about merger to bring strong team for the competition. End of season 2011 both clubs finally merged as Gloucester Crescent Pakistanis cricket club.
2: Club had serious problems regarding ground availabilities as Club has two teams now and required a ground where both teams can play. GCB was involved to search the ground and Eric Woodmason (GCB) did work really hard to negotiate with trustee of old Debenhams ground. Club received keys and access to the ground just 3 weeks before the season. There was a huge task to prepare the wicket square and the pavilion where no games were played for three years. To sort out all, clubs was finding very hard to face financial issues. All players were so keen to play and their loyalty shown through their contributions towards the cost and efforts to maintain the ground.
3: Raja appreciated the whole club who worked really hard to maintain the ground when clubs grass cutting machinery broke down.He also mentioned few individuals who were working upto 8/10 hours at the pavilion to repair the burst pipes and polishing the floor to get it ready for the club`s visiting teams. All the peoples who were involved to help the club were praised.
4: It was told to the audience that this was the first time in Gloucester`s history that two different nationalities (Indian and Pakistanis) were sitting together under one roof. This was the historical moment for all the Asian communities.
5: Talking about clubs achievements, Raja said proudly that club won three championships in their very first year of merger. Club won Gloucester District Indoor championship, Organised by Gloucester Cricket Board. Club won division 3 of Gloucestershire County Cricket League. Club also won Division 1 Evening cricket league after beating their rival AIW cc.
Club also has shining star AAmir Raju who inspired the whole GCCL teams for winning his 7th best bowler award of the season.
6: Talking about club`s future Raja did mention that from next year they are introducing youth cricket club and working closely with the community to improve.......
Andy Russle (GCCL Secretary) was invited to have few words where he admired the clubs efforts to maintain GCCL`s standards in worse circumstances. He also congratulates the club for their best performance during the last season.
Eric Woodmason (GCB) congratulate club for their best performance and results they achieved within one year of merger. Eric pleased to see two teams helping each other as a club and making perfect platform for the youth in the community.
Richard Graham (MP) was astonished to see both communities sitting together first time in Gloucester`s history. He called it the younger generation`s biggest achievement for the year. He told audiences how he was involved playing a cricket match against GCP when he was representing city wingate cc. He appreciate the efforts GCP is making to develop cricket into the community and providing solid plate form for the coming generations
He wishes good luck for the club and said that he is very sure to see similar results by end of next cricket season by the club.
Richard presented trophies to the club`s .
