Amersham & Chalfont April 2005 Club Minutes

Amersham & Chalfont Hockey Club
Minutes of meeting held on Wednesday 13th April 2005


Present:
Warren Scott (WS) Jo Peters (JP) Sarah Watts (SW), Ian Ringham (IR) Justin Bootland (JB)


Apologies:
Emma Hewitt (EH) Peter Colwill (PC) Bob Hance (BH)


Minutes of last meeting & matters arising:
The minutes of the last meeting (16th March 2005) were accepted as correct.


Actions from previous meeting:
See committee actions spreadsheet.


Chairman’s report:
No report


Treasurer’s report:
No report


Secretary’s report:
No report


Men’s Playing Report:
No report


Ladies Playing Report:
No report


Junior Playing Report:
No report


President’s Day:
The three games have been sorted out:

11.00 ladies umpired by Elaine Stamp and Mike Snell
12.30 boys vs vets umpired by Paul Haythornthwaite and Paul Adams
14.00 men’s umpired by Chris Pain and Alan Crossman

All pitches and umpires have been confirmed and Helen Kitto has made arrangements for teas. Heidi Frick is also arranging for some light refreshments for half-time for the ladies games (Pims/punch).

Rob Machin is putting together the President’s team, they will play in white shirts.


Annual Dinner Dance:
138 tickets have been sold. Zoe Scott will be looking at the table seating. The 6 main awards will be engraved and ready on the day. EH will present to ladies team awards, JB the men’s team awards and WS will present the main awards, along with the Tony Eaude shield from the junior section as this was not able to be given out at the last junior session.


Awards
Team of the Year decided as Ladies 4th XI

AGM – 13th May 2005
SW will send out the agenda via Neil Turner and also advertise in the enews etc.

A list of posts required to make club aware of what positions are available. Simon Biddell has indicated that he is considering standing for Men’s 3rd XI Captain.

WS, SW and BH to meet the week prior to the AGM to review any finance issues if needed.


Summer Hockey:
There is nothing on the GX website – JB will confirm with Nick Wilson that we have been entered. The teams will be Captained by David Crossman and JB. The ladies 1s – 3s have been entered in their summer leagues and JP will be arranging friendlies for the 4s/5s in May for June games (Tues at 7.30).

Club kit:
The supplier for our current shirt can no longer provide the blue and red style of shirt therefore at some point soon the club needs to agree how to proceed:
1. get a new style of shirt
2. have the same style as the away kit
3. pay loads of money to have the old style re-made
4. change supplier. Alex Bagehot is currently looking at the options here.


Coaching / Training:
Discussions regarding training for next year commenced and WS confirmed that Steve Jacks training has certainly improved the men’s 1st team and probably would have benefited the other men’s team more had the selection issues been resolved sooner. Therefore it would be beneficial to the club to continue long these lines again.

The various options for training are:
1. keep training exactly the same.
2. go back to all men’s / all ladies training nights – will help with selectors being able to see all players but who will train the lower men’s teams?
3. have more team training for the 3s downwards, like the 1s / 2s get.
4. integrate the ladies / men’s 3s with the higher teams more, however there is a problem with the Newlands ½ pitch on Monday nights reducing available space.
5. make use of the possibility that Beaconsfield High School will be available on Tuesday nights next season.

WS will chat to Steve Jack about his intentions for next year. Put on agenda for the next meeting.


Any Other Business:
Umpire course: JP is still chase David Tobin regarding this however it will be starting at the end of April, 26th 3rd May and 10th May (exam). JP will put into enews.
Match fee missing from JB: WS to follow up to ensure received.
Tour: next year is Folkestone’s 100th anniversary.


Date of Next Meeting:
To be confirmed after the AGM