OA BULLETIN MAY 2015
OA Sport Woollams home of: - Old Albanian RFC - Saracens RFC training ground - Old Albanian CC - OA Tennis LTC Regular venue for representative rugby fixtures at both county and international levels
Our nationally recognised state of the art pitches and pavilion facilities are also available for: - Corporate sports and social events - Private weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and other social functions - Fundraising events for local charities www.oasport.com The place to meet, relax and have fun! www.oasport.com For more information please contact one of the events team on 01727 864 476 Or email fiona@oasport.com Woollams Playing Fields 160 Harpenden Road St. Albans Herts AL3 6BB Phone: 01727 864 476 Fax: 01727 737 644 E-mail : fiona@oasport.com OA Sport is a registered charity
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Changes and challenges n Mike Fisher, Chair of the OA Sport Operational Board, gives us an update on recent changes and looks forward to the next 10 years at Woollams
As some of you are aware there have been and continue to be changes within OA Sport and I thought it important to update you all as to where we are and what the future holds. Six months ago we formed an Operational Board that works closely with the Trustees and the Sports Clubs to set out and deliver the next 10 successful years at Woollams Playing Fields. It is the Board’s intention that we will now provide regular updates on the facility and future plans. In this first communication it is very sad to report that Barbara Salsi, whom many of you will know, decided in January that she wished to progress a different career path and has now left us for pastures new. Barbara joined OA Sport many years ago and worked tirelessly for the success of the facility. She will be missed and I would like to take the opportunity to publicly thank her for her hard work and wish her every success in the future. I look forward to welcoming her back to Woollams in the near future. Moving on I welcome Paul Watkins who started with us in
March 2015 as our new Facility and Hospitality Manager. Paul comes with a wealth of experience of sports club management and we know that he will bring this to bear at Woollams. I hope that you will all welcome him to the OA family. Working with the existing team, Paul will assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of Woollams. He will take some time to get up to speed with the intricacies of Woollams so please work with him as he tries to understand the competing demands of the facility. With Paul joining us Craig Tallents steps down from managing the day-to-day activities at Woollams. I am pleased to say that Craig will continue to work with the Operations Board on a strategic and project basis. Craig will work closely with Paul over the next few months to ensure a smooth handover. The Operations Board will work closely with Paul on the continuing but difficult task of meeting the financial challenges of maintenance, repair and development of the facility which we all have come to enjoy. It is really important that we are able to continually invest as we move forward. You might also have noticed that we are trying to involve members more in club activities at Woollams and we have seen in the past month members volunteering to help out behind the bar on match days and on Sunday mornings. We really want to expand this so that the ‘OA Volunteers’ become an integral
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