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(16/06/2009)
Last night saw a change at the top of Kidlington Football Club’s committee when Chairman of 10 years Geoff Talboys stepped down at the clubs AGM.
Geoff had made his intentions know for a couple of months so the club had time to find a suitable replacement and have done so in 39 year old Lloyd Wray who has now taken up the batten. Lloyd said that he realises that "Geoff’s will be a hard act to follow as under Talboys tenure the club have evolved immensely both on and off the field of play".
After the previous Chairman resigned a decade ago Talboys a player at the time became aware of the situation, without hesitation he agreed to step up and take up the reins on a ‘temporary’ basis. The club at this time were a struggling Hellenic Division One outfit, and during Geoff’s decade at the helm (temporary?) he has overseen the clubs rise to become an established Hellenic Premier Division side (at step 5). He has seen the instillation of floodlighting and training lights, the seating and terrace covered stands and the hard standing viewing area which runs the full perimeter of the pitch at Yarnton Road.
Everyone concerned with the club owe Geoff a great deal of gratitude for the work he has done, he has been the rock around which the club have built it’s foundations and been able to move forward over the last years and for this we all thank him. It‘s not goodbye however as he will be remaining on the committee, but in a lesser roll, which will give him more time to pursue his other commitments and interests.
Incoming Chairman Lloyd Wray has been associated with the club for many years and was a past Captain of the 1st team where in his playing days where he was a strong central defender. Lloyd is a local business man and was player/manager of our successful Veteran’s team for the last couple of seasons, but he said he "relishes the opportunity to step up and take control of club matters and hopes to raise the barrier once again to drive the club forward into this our centenary season.
There is a new and optimistic feel around Yarnton Road for this coming season, where we now have a new Chairman coupled with new 1st, Reserves and Veterans teams’ management.
Simon Dickens
Kidlington Football Club
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