Sydney Womens Hockey League

Minutes of the General Meeting: 25 February 2013, 7:00pm

Eve Redfern Room, State Sports Centre

1. Present

SWHL Committee in attendance: Robin Gorton (Chairperson), Tracy Bradford (Secretary), Zac Smith (ML4-6 Registrar), Janet Tancred (Masters Registrar), Sue Briggs (Fixtures), Lisa Roach (Umpires Convenor).

Clubs represented: Bankstown Sports, Baulkham Hills, Briars, Canterbury, Canterbury Masters, ED Masters, Esquires, Glebe, GNS, Guildford, Harbourside, Macarthur, Moorebank-Liverpool, North Shore Masters, Parramatta Masters, Revesby Workers HC, Ryde-Eastwood Masters, Ryde-Hunters Hill, St George, Strikers, Sutherland, Sydney Uni, UNSW, UTS, Wentworthville, Western Districts, Wests Rugby

Please see attendance sheet for further information.

2. Apologies

Apologies were received from Rebecca Teece (Treasurer), Gill Burns (Publicity), Paul Economides (Web), Jane Spalding (Strikers), John Langley (Campbelltown Masters)

Moved: Sue Briggs Seconded: Helen Topolski that the apologies be accepted. CARRIED.

3. Minutes of the previous meeting

Minutes from the meeting held on 27 August 2012 were not available.

4. Business arising from the previous minutes

Discussions with Hockey NSW, as reported at previous meeting, have not progressed; status quo for the 2013 season.

5. Treasurer’s Report

Fee schedule not available; will be distributed shortly

Honour boards being put up in Waratah Room, noting Umpire of the Year and Loretta Dorman Medal winners.

6. Chairperson’s Report

No report.

7. Correspondence

Postponed to next meeting


COMMITTEE REPORTS

8. Fixtures Report

Report distributed

Check draw for changes of game times at non-SOPHC venues, and check umpiring allocations

Juniors – 13s and 15s competitions will be run in May and June

Catering contract has changed; new caterers have been in contact with SWHL and Sue Briggs has met with them to discuss our needs, etc

9.  Registrars’ Reports

Masters:

·  Please delete Janet’s hotmail email address and use the gmail address for all correspondence

·  Registrations are due before first game

ML4-6:

·  Zac’s fax number is 4620 9440 – this will be added to the match card template

ML1-3:

No report

10.  Umpires Report

Umpires’ briefing will take place after this meeting

All new rules will be implemented this season

Teams to be sure they identify their captain on the field (as per the rules) so umpires know who to talk to if required

Direct any questions re interpretation to the Umpires Management Committee – Lisa Roach, Marilyn Brown, Geoff Hope

11.  Website Report

Gradings for 2013 are on the website

12.  Publicity Report

No report

Moved: Janet Tancred Seconded: Sonya Jenkins that the Committee reports be accepted. CARRIED.

13.  General Business

Moved: Carolyn Davies Seconded: Lisa Roach that: “The Conditions of Play for 2013 will be as per 2012” CARRIED

Rebadged version will be uploaded to the website

Registration template to be sent out and uploaded to website

Clubs should provide / use a single point of contact (i.e. Delegate) when dealing with SWHL and direct all correspondence / queries to the Secretary

Macarthur has had a uniform change

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14.  Next meeting

The next SWHL meeting will be held on Monday 29 April commencing at 7:30pm.

15. Meeting close

The SWHL meeting was closed at 7:40pm.