Minutes of East Youth Competitions on April 28th 2011

 

Present: L. Bant Chair, F. Wheeler Secretary, S, Tippen Cambs ,  J .Wood  Herts , D. Menear Essex  and A. Wardale  Norfolk , C. Farrow Suffolk, Sheila George President and Martin Wiliams, Chair of Performance.

Apologies were received from F. Stedman Beds, V. Chamberlin Lincs and S. Holloway, Herts

 

1) The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

     Matters arising. None

     

 

2)  Correspondence. None

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3)   England.

The meeting on the Youth Competitions and Framework had been well attended and England appreciated the views put forward. There had been a discussion of the problems associated with small sided games.

 

4)  East.  There was a discussion on the dissemination of information between the

     Youth  Competitions and Performance Committee. It was felt that many of the people now

     involved in the Single System needed to be able to have more information than presently

     could be easily accessed. It was felt that two joint meetings during the year would help

     with  this problem. The Youth Committee, The Performance Committe and Ryuag would

     have   their meetings first and then all 3 Committees would come together for the second

     half of  the evening. These meetings would be on November 10th   2011 and April 19th

      2012. Venues were to be investigated by S. Tippen and J. Wood.

 

5)  Competitions.

             A discussion was held on the role of East JAC Competitions within the Single

     System.  It had been noted that not all counties were able to compete at all age groups. It

     was also  noted that the players on the fringes of the squads needed to be encouraged to

     stay in hockey. It was felt that there should be an alternative model to increase

      participation. C.  Farrow and Martin Williams would work on a paper to be sent to the

      counties and their coaches in the next 2 weeks as to their thoughts on what they would

      like to see in a JAC competition. It may be possible to run a pilot scheme next season.

      The U13 organised Friendlies with a Festival to finish have been widely appreciated,

      although a variety of  programmes had been used. These would be sent out later so that

      when counties knew the numbers of teams involved, these could be used as templates.

      The Proposals for next Season’s JACs were discussed and it was hoped that any changes

      that may be forthcoming after the discussions could be included.

      The Performance Committee will be taking over the running of the JACs.

      The proposals for the schools and the minis were also discussed.

 

6)   Reports from the counties:

       Beds have a worrying lack of boys in their JACs and are seeking to play friendlies on a

       league basis.

       Cambs Cambs, too noted a lack of players in some age groups.

 

       Essex  Essex had held some friendly schools tournaments as well as some emerging

       schools competitions.

 

       Herts Has made some suggestions with regard to the U13 festival venues.

 

       Kent  Kent has withdrawn from the JACs and said that they had appreciated being with

       us and that winning the U17 girls  competition meant that they were leaving on a high!

 

       Lincs  had found it difficult this season with again a problem particularly with the older

       boys. They had found it quite expensive to play in the East.

         

       Norfolk has used tournaments to help develop their Young umpires.

 

       Suffolk  Suffolk commented on the  venues for the JACs.

 

       The meetings for the next season:

 

       September 29th Youth Competitions Committee

       November 11th Joint meeting with Performance and RYUAG

       February 23rd Youth Competitions Committee

       April 19th Joint Meeting with Performance and RYUAG

    

 

 

      The meeting finished at 9.30pm