Rutland Arms Hotel, Newmarket
Present
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Russell Nutter |
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Pritpal Sagoo |
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Janet Goody |
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Chris Kime |
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Mike Huckerby |
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Sarah Mann |
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Cliff Gulbis |
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Richard Munns |
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Rosemary Prince |
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David Burt |
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Robert Southgate |
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Steve Mayhew |
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Jim Morris |
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Trevor Williams |
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Chair
Russell Nutter, Sarah Mann
Apologies
Pritpal Sagoo, Janet Goody, Mike Huckerby, Sarah Mann, Steve Mayhew
1. Minutes of previous meeting.
There were no issues arising.
2. League structure and organisation
The England Hockey paper on 2nd XI’s in the EHL was discussed and answers to the questionnaire agreed as follows:
· Against the proposal.
· Main reason for this: difficulty of player selection control to ensure fair competition
· Would not take a different view if the proposal was part of a strategy to improve international level hockey skills in England
· In favour of the alternative of a 2nd-XI EHL structure
The committee was broadly of the view
that a change that would encourage the growth of superclubs would be
detrimental to hockey as a whole. Adjusting league structures in an attempt to
strengthen top-level hockey is not a sound way forward, compared to addressing
issues around coaching standards and resources. The response to EH would
include a plea for consultation with all levels of club.
3. 2005/6 preliminaries
3.1. Progress on requirements for player registration in EML Prem A and EWL Prem, information on times and venues, Level 1 umpire list provision to County HUA’s, etc was reviewed.
3.2. Handbooks will be distributed by ERHUA in October.
4. Finance
4.1. Handover of Budget Officer responsibilities from Alan Gage to TW is in progress.
5. Umpiring & discipline
5.1. RM reminded all League Managers of the importance of prompt notification of yellow cards, to ensure that players carded when playing for different teams were correctly monitored.
6. Possible rule changes for 2005/6
6.1. The 2005 AGM agreed to implement a rule requiring mandatory umpiring of all East League matches by Level 1 umpires from 2006/7, subject to adequate numbers of Level 1 umpires. Progress on L1 development across all clubs to be monitored through the current season.
6.2. Agreed that every endeavour be made to avoid any other rule changes next season in view of the many implemented in the present season.
7. Presentation Day and AGM 2006
7.1. Agreed that the venue should be further south than in 2005. Three potential club venues to be further investigated by TW.
7.2. Date to be June 4th.
8. East Management
8.1. No meetings to report.
9. AOB and Correspondence not covered elsewhere
9.1. –
10. Future meetings: 17th November, 16th February, 20th April: Rutland Arms Hotel