Funds
General Fund......................£30,477.40
Cambridge Court Fund.........£3,980.74
National Coaching Fund........£3,878.49
Total Accumulated Funds....£38,336.63
Copies of the full audited accounts are available from the Secretary,
Derek Whitehead, 4 Peveril Close, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 9UL.
Report
It must again be said that it has been another year when the demands on our resources fall well within our capacity
to meet them. The balance sheet shows an increase of about £5,300 in the bank and after the balance sheet date the
Trustees agreed to switch £10,000 from the bank into the higher yielding Charities Official Investment Fund Deposit
Account and £5,000 into the same organisation's equity fund. We still anticipate the necessity for a further Appeal
when the replacements for the Cambridge Portugal Place courts are finally built. The Trustees feel a distinct responsibility
to those original donors who ear-marked their donations for this purpose. We keep in close touch with the University's
Director of Physical Education who continues to have a very frustrating time with the various University Boards.
The latest information is that the architects Ove Arup, are now working on a scaled down scheme which would not require
a new planning application but which would be totally different in format from the Grange Road scheme by the University
Library, eventually blackballed by the powerful Library Committee. The Director is confident that the new scheme
will be considered (and hopefully accepted) by the University at the beginning of the Academic year in the autumn.
In the meantime we believe the Trust has the funds to continue to provide back-up for the Association's works with schools.
Readers may be interested to know that the Trustees held their last meeting on 5 May at Torry Hill by kind permission of the EFA Patron, Lord Kingsdown. After the meeting there was a gathering of our host and hostess, Trustees and friends at the court built by his father 75 years ago. After a splendid lunch and in glorious sunshine three Trustees, Messrs.Knight, Fenn and Whitehead (with Gordon Stringer substituting for the injured John Rimer) had a strenuous game and confirmed that this venerable open air court was still in wonderful condition.
Philip Curtis
Chairman
Constructed by Mike Fenn
19 September 2002
efa@etonfives.co.uk