East Region Hockey Association AGM – July 3rd 2008

Development Committee Report

 

Role -

The East Region Hockey Association Development Committee will –

  1. Support -
    1. the work of the Regional Manager (RM) and
    2. the county-based Hockey Development Groups (HDGs) and
  2. Lead on important development issues as directed by the Management Group by –
    1. looking at East hockey generally, including its ethos and ideology, and
    2. recommending, agreeing and setting objectives hockey-wide with management, and
    3. creating and agreeing plans to attain such objectives and
    4. recruiting committee and volunteers as development projects arise and are approved.

 

Initial Projects –

The following items are either up and running and are support roles or (*) enhancements to existing work or (**)new items.     

a. General -

  1. Supporting the RM and HDGs, as requested, in the development of the Single System for hockey in the East.
  2. Generating interest in, creating need, encouraging and supporting individual, club, school, county,  regional , RM and HDGs’ commitment to -
    1. an *enlarged Multi-level Regional Coach Education Programme,
    2. enlarging the pool of qualified Umpires
    3. enlarging the pool of experienced Table and Technical Delegates,
    4. ** enlarging the pool of Voluntary workers in all levels of the game.

b. Specific –

  1. Continuing to represent the East together with the East President and the Performance Director on the National Single System Panel.
  2. *Assisting Sponsorship Secretary in generating medium and long-term contracted sponsorship for all/any aspects of Hockey in the East.
  3. **Creating a ’Regional Association’ for current, past and retired players and officials, open to anyone. In which past services are recognised, for which events (special interest and social) may be organised and from which resources (time, knowledge and experience) could be drawn, or, at the very least, not lost.
  4. **Examining, together with the league officials/committee, the feasibility of adding an older age group(s) in the Veterans’ Leagues to cater for the growing number of over 50s and 60s players.

 

Work in Progress –

 

Since taking on and defining this role in late 2007 my time, unfortunately, has become restricted.

 

The work since then has been in representing the East within (1 & 3 above) The National Single System Panel, occasional assistance to the Regional Manager at East meetings on the same subject, and initial research into (6 above) the clubs that may be able to support an over 50’s men’s league.

 

I expect to assemble a committee during the 2008/9 season to drive the creation and take on the running of the (5 above) ‘Past and Present’ Association.

 

The sponsorship (4 above) brief, apart from taking initial action to protect an existing deal, which our President has been able to assist with, has been on a back burner.

 

 

John Hendy, Chairman – Development Committee, East Region Hockey Association

 

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