The penultimate clash of the regular season saw Highbury’s illustrious first team take on the might of Mitcham 2 in a must win game. The unseasonably warm weather meant that Score’s usual arctic climate had been replaced by more temperate conditions and I for one soon regretted wearing my lycra leggings despite the obvious aesthetic advantage.

The time is almost here for the present committee to stand now and fresh eyes to step forward  to run this beautiful club of ours.

The committee basically enables the club to run, helping plan the every day (like fixtures, referees and coaches), keeping us solvent and makes decisions about the future of the club. Anyone can become a committee member no matter how long or short your time at Highbury has been or which team you're in. Playing a part in the running of the club can be very rewarding, you can get your voice heard and it also looks GREAT on CVs.

All roles are open to anyone that would like to do them. It doesn’t matter if the present member(s) will be stepping down or not, as we encourage new people to join the committee. Present members will be more than happy to support you with any help/advice you may need, so please feel free to put yourself forward for any of the roles. Please let either me or Speck know if you are interested in a role. You'll find below a run down of the roles available and a very brief overview of what's involved for each. More details of the responsibilities for each role and useful qualities to have can be found on the attached document. Also, please have a chat with present role holders (names included below) about their role to get a better idea of what's involved.

Chair:
Currently Andrew Speck
The chair is the figure head and spoke person for the club. They chair the executive committee meetings, resolve any issues and play a leading role in the planning and development of Highbury's current and future goals. 

Secretary:
Currently Sophie Robins
The Secretary ensures players are registered with Highbury and the EKA and assigned to a team on fixtureslive. The Secretary also take notes at Executive committee meetings and ensures meetings are held regularly. The Secretary is the first point of contact for the LKA and other clubs and passes on information from these sources to the relevant members of the committee i.e. fixture changes to fixtures secretary.

Finance:
Currently: Niccola Hyslop
Responsible for arranging collection of fees for training and matches (can appoint others to do so). Also responsible for ensuring Highbury have a stable bank balance, payment of bills, and helping the committee to make decisions about financial matters e.g. purchasing equipment / kit / venue hire 

Fixtures Secretary
Currently: Brett Bennett Smith
Distributes fixtures information to team managers at the start of the year and ensures they are made aware of any changes to the schedule. Communicates regularly with the LKA and other clubs regarding fixture changes. Ensures Home ground (currently Score) is booked for games and helps organise tournaments over the summer (can appoint others to manage tournaments too). 

Referees Co-ordinator:
Currently: Edith Hornick
Ensures referees are found for all fixtures during the season and helps develop Highbury's referees by organising courses and training in conjunction with LKA during the year.

Coaching Co-ordinator:
Currently: Moses Hutchinson Pascal
Arranges coaches for all teams, drafts selection guidelines and arranges opportunities for development of new coaches through training programmes with LKA. Ensures there is a coach for all training sessions and acts as link between coaches and players during the season

Publicity:
Currently:Sebastian Bardin
Publicises Highbury to other clubs, within the club and outside of the club - develops initiatives to attract new members. Involves upkeep of website, newsletter and other publicity sources like gumtree / twitter / facebook. Opportunities to be creative here!

Juniors:
Currently: Sian Thurgood
Develop plan for launching juniors at Highbury. Involves making contacts with schools, and using LKA's resources to help introduce Korfball into local schools. There will be a good deal of support from the LKA for anyone who takes this role on. Sian, our current juniors officer is also around for the first half of year to either work alongside you (as a joint juniors officer) or provide support if needed.

Social Secretary (non committee role - no vote in meetings):
Currnetly: Ellie Simes + Morven Masterton
- welcoming new members to the club 
- encouraging intra team mixing and socialising
- encouraging all members to take part in social activities (especially post training and matches)
- ensuring regular social events throughout the korfball year
- organising christmas, end of season and agm
- supporting other club member's socials on request