Sussex Cricket Limited – Annual General Meeting 2023

The 8th Sussex Cricket Limited Annual General Meeting took place on Tuesday 28th March 2023 at The 1st Central County Ground.

Hosted by the Sussex Cricket Chair, Jon Filby, the Annual General Meeting was also led by Chief Executive, Rob Andrew and Honorary Treasurer, Fiona Richards.

Fiona Richards presented a summary of the 2022 Annual Report and Accounts, reporting the strong financial position of the organisation, post-pandemic.

The group operating profit for the year ending 31 October 2022 stood at £562k.

The full report and accounts can be read here.

Following the financing reporting, the members ratified the re-appointment of appointed Directors Jacqui Bandy and Bibi Lees, as well as the newly appointed co-opted Directors Chiara Khan, Varadarajan Kalidasan and Jatin Patel.

Alison Bruce, Holly Colvin, Norman Epps, Caroline Foster nee Atkins and Luke Wright were elected as Vice Presidents of Sussex Cricket.

There was also an update from Gary Wallis-Tayler, Community Cricket Foundation who highlighted the key success stories of the Sussex Cricket Foundation and its 2022 Impact Report.

Members then had the opportunity to hear from new Head Coach, Paul Farbrace as he outlined his cricket strategy for the Club in the years to come.

At the forefront of his strategy is to continue the success of the Sussex Pathway and develop homegrown players for the first team, produce Sussex players for the England national team and deliver success and trophies for Members.

Members will be notified when the full minutes from the Annual General Meeting will be available.

Jon Filby, said: “I am very grateful to Rob Andrew and his team for their efforts in securing excellent financial results which put us in a very good position to continue to grow passion for cricket in Sussex.

“I know that all our members who attended the meeting enjoyed hearing the clarity of Paul Farbrace’s strategy for bringing trophies back to Hove and look forward to an exciting season ahead when our players will seek to turn potential into performance with promotion to Division One a clear aim.

“I am also very pleased to welcome Chiara Khan, Varadarajan Kalidasan and Jatin Patel to the Board of Sussex Cricket as we work together to make cricket the most inclusive sport in the County.”