DATE / Hockey Pavilion, LoughboroughUniversity
Monday 3rd October2011
LEAD / John Litchfield / NOTE TAKER / Marc Abraham
Present / John Litchfield, Margaret McLoughlin, Marc Abraham, Jo Brocksopp, Saul Shohet, Ed Westbrook, Jamie Hooper, Mark Carroll, Josh Carroll
Apologies / Martin Wilkes, Elaina Leithead, Vicki Smith
TOPIC / ACTION
2 / John extended a warm welcome to Josh Carroll and Jamie Hooper to their first meeting.
The minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 2011 were checked by those present and approved
Review of the membership of the RYUAG Executive Group
No changes at present although VS is finding it difficult to attend meetings due to work commitments.
JH & JCnow members of the committee to represent the views of young umpires.
3 / Minutes arising from 27 June Meeting (not covered by Agenda items).
-The welfare policy is in place and awaiting clarification of implementation / MM
4 / Finance Update.
- Invoice for JRPC from Gillian Whiting to be chased. MM to email SS with email contact.
- £200 from the John Lockwood fund (from BCHUA) donated to MRYUAG for support of umpires at the National Hockey Youth Festival.JDL agreed to write to BCHUA to say thank you for thisdonation
JDL
5 / Feedback from JRPC Competitions in September
- MM reported back on u15/17 competition at Highfields; challenging weekends based on numbers of young umpires available and majority of resources placed at u16/18 event. This meant opportunities for less experienced umpires with the support of senior/panel umpires to help promote youth and development. MM thanked all the umpires for their efforts over the weekends.
- JDL reported on u16/18 competition; variation in umpiring team and standard of play. There were opportunities for less experienced umpires to progress and three of our umpires were assessed for NYUPL. Laura Yell and James Barnes were selected and Will Hessey will be reassessed next season for possible selection. JDL reported the young umpires should be proud of their achievements and thanked the umpires for their support on each weekend. JDL also mentioned the possibility of helping potential umpires for NYUPL achieve the required standard of umpiring prior to the assessment through school cup/university games/JDC opportunities. / JDL/MM/MA
6 / CRB checks
List reviewed. Josh Carroll to be added, Helen Starkey and Amy Matharu being done by Margaret. Linda Hamilton and Claire Berrisford forms are awaiting completion. / MM/JDL
7 / Panel changes following JRPC
The list was reviewed by the Management Committee prior to this meeting. All changes approved were as follows:
Inactive – Ben Mills, Alex Bandurak, Alex Davies, Harley Wickstead, Luke Burns, Katie Gutteridge
Promoted to A Panel – Emily Bower, Laura Yell. Many congratulations to both. Laura moving to university in Bristol – MA has emailed Liz Powell of the WRYUAG and will follow up
Promoted to B Panel – Helen Starkey, Amy Matharu and Jack Northern.
Removed – Matthieu Dash
Level 2 update
Tom Swain is awaiting his assessment result, and Jonathan Oldham again should be pushed for assessment.
Awaiting upon development plans of Sarah English. MA to liaise with Sarah.
Will Hessey will be umpiring with BCHUA and will be monitored for future assessment.
James Barnes – need to clarify current level of umpiring before deciding on possible assessment in the future
New members
Steph Brennan (Northamptonshire).
Roland Parker (at a Midlands School and previously umpired for the North RYUAG. MM/JDL to chase
Katie Lavelle – now University of Birmingham. MA to email to establish hockey commitments
HiPAC
England Hockey have requested nominations for HiPAC. MRYUAG was notified late but the following nominations have been put forward: Emily Bower, Becky Woodcock, Will Hessey, Alastair Townsend. MM also appointed umpire coach at the girls’ event at Lilleshall – congratulations.
Futures Cup
Umpires appointed: Tom Cheevers, Jamie Hooper, Tom Swain, Ed Westbrook, Vicki Smith.
Reserve: Sarah English / MA
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MA/MM
MM/JDL
MA
8 / Terms of Reference
- MM has updated these and will circulate at the next meeting.
-MM also proposed considering a name change for the group to update the current logo. A long discussion ensued about the benefits of such a process and to establish the reasons for this. Thoughts from the group included re-branding and making umpiring more appealing for prospective members to help increase umpire numbers. The EH logo could be incorporated into shirts and on the website although it was agreed that ultimately such changes would have to be discussed with the NYUAG and other regions. / MM/MA/JDL
9 / Young Umpire Development
- Linking in with point 8. MM and JDL discussed the current use of log books; the structure is good for personal experiences but not always practical for development purposes. There needs to be a formal way of recording development. This could be achieved from the current HiPAC form to include setting goals. It may be more prudent to consider a practical plan addressing ‘how do I get there’, which is self directed by the umpire but with appropriate support and guidance.
- MA discussed the option of integrating fitness and lifestyle as part of the development process. This could be as documents on the website accessible to all umpires. Interactive sessions at, e.g. a Training Day could also be considered. Specifics to be decided
- After further discussion JDL proposed a sub-committee/task group be set up asking young umpires ‘what do you want to make umpiring better for you?’ the group was selected as: Ed Westbrook, Jamie Hooper and Josh Carroll. They would ask all young umpires this question and provide feedback to the Management Committee by the end of October
- MM to discuss with MC and EW regarding embroidery for shirts
- Option for young umpires to attend JRPC player training weekends to help with development over next summer. / MM/JDL/ALL
MA
EW/JH/JC
MM/MC/EW
MM
10 / Date and venue of Next Main Committee Meeting
Next FULL committee meeting 7pm Monday 9th January 2012 – venue TBC
The meeting closed at 9.30pm with thanks from the Chair for attendance / Venue booking to be conf.
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