Hckey NSW Men s Masters Subcmmittee Minutes fr 2017 Annual General Meeting, 11 am, Saturday Feb 18th, 2017. Venue: Eva Redfern Rm Sydney Olympic Park Sprts Centre Attendance Subcmmittee members Andrew Terrey (Chairman), Keith Kauter, Nel French, Rbert Redding, Glenn Crwhurst, Jhn O Dnnell, Tny Nixn (C-rdinatr) Delegates Furteen frmally nminated Delegates f member Assciatins G Buttswrth (Bathurst) Nil (Central Cast) Nil (Dubb) Nil (FNC) C Bgg (Gulburn) P Gibbns (Graftn) Nil (Hckey Cffs Cast) Stuart Rbertsn (Hckey New England) Nil (Hunter Hckey) J O Dnnell (Illawarra) R Redding (Lithgw) P Frappells (Manning Valley) D Frman (Met Suth West) G Crwhurst (Nepean) Mal Emmertn (Newcastle) Nil (Met Suth West) G Crwhurst (Nepean) C Whittaker (Newcastle) R McCy (Nrth West Sydney) Nil (Nrthern Inland) S Hllier( Nrthern Beaches & Sydney) Carmel Dickinsn (Orange) Nil (Parkes) Nil (Prt Macquarie) T Nixn (Suthern Highlands) P Hayes (Sydney East) P Krepp (Sydney Suth) Nil (Tamwrth) Nil ( Wagga ) Prxies T. Nixn fr Parkes, Secretary fr Tamwrth, Chair fr FNC Visitrs David Thmpsn CEO Hckey NSW T. Chen, P Shepard, M Emmertn, G Bdy, S Hllier, D Alexander, D Campbell, G Jrdan, W Gale 1. Welcming remarks David Thmpsn CEO Hckey NSW and Andrew Terrey Chairman Mens Masters Subcmmittee David Thmpsn invited the meeting t hld a Q&A sessin at the cnclusin t the Meeting 2. Aplgies Chris Teare (Umpires Manager), Peter Ovingtn, Peter Sweeney 3. Minutes f 2016 AGM - circulated and printed fr the meeting 3.1. Apprval - Mtin t accept withut any amendments - P Frappells (Manning Valley) secnded P Gibbns (Graftn). Passed unanimusly 3.2. Business Arising: Nil 4. Chairman s reprt 4.1. Annual reprt reprt circulated in annual reprt 1
Highlights Thank members at the meeting fr attendance and wrk, increase in participatin is due t their effrts at the Assciatin level. Masters Players are the mainstays f many assciatins. Playing helps maintain engagement at all levels Current challenge t increase participatin in yunger Masters grups (35 s 45 s) even 50 s Cmbining the 40-45 s champinships and the draw structure explained. Request t the assciatins t get ut there and get teams invlved. Thank yu t Rbert Redding and Keith Kauter fr their tireless wrk ver the past 6 years n the cmmittee, as they must stand dwn at this AGM accrding t ur Charter. Thank yu t David Campbell fr assistance with the printing f the Annual reprt and Minutes and Carline Campbell fr her assistance in setting up the Survey f ur players after Adelaide and help in evaluating the data cllected. The survey has been an invaluable tl prviding bth feedback and infrmatin t shape plicy int the future. 4.2. Player f the Year - Dennis Cranstn Hckey NSW Lifetime Cntributin t Mens Masters Peter Sweeney Presentatin f the awards will be as part f the Hckey NSW awards night in Bathurst. 5. Treasurers reprt presented by Nel French Health financial psitin, $130,000 net funds t wrk with, we hld a balance f arund $60,000 fr accmmdatin depsits fr the next Natinal Champinships. There was a mdest prfit f $6000 fr 2016. This mney will be returned t the players in the near future via subsidies fr state dinners and ur unifrm change ver in 2018 and the training attendance payments. Nel thanked the cmmittee fr their assistance thrughut the year. Mtin t accept the financial reprt mved by Peter Krepp Sydney Suth secnded Rhan McCy Sydney Nrth West Passed unanimusly There was a cmment frm the flr D Campbell (2015 Chairman) explaining hw the accumulated funds were used t assist players and subsidise play fees and csts. 6. C-Ordinatr Reprt Pints frm Tny s reprt The annual reprt cntains a number f spreadsheets f infrmatin. If anyne wants mre detail n that inf please see tny Nixn after the meeting. Advanced Nminatin prcess vital t ur planning.please assist by getting the frm in n time. 2
Changes t the unifrm rdering and payment prcess fr 2017 explained. All rders and payments will be n line. Players requested t try n unifrm at the champinships 2018 will be the start f a new unifrm cycle. We will be changing t a similar strip t all ther Hckey NSW teams. Players still creating payment prblems. Late payments f the levy a particular prblem. Sme explanatin fr the data n the fluctuatins in participatin levels in the ver 40 s and 45 s Andrew Terrey thanked Tny Nixn fr his utstanding effrts, his stats wrk and verall wrk rate. There was applause frm the flr. 7. Electin f Subcmmittee members 7.1. Fur (4) Sub Cmmittee members are t be elected. R Redding and K Kauter t stand dwn after serving 3 X 2year terms as per the Charter. Jhn O Dnnell and Daniel Frman are seeking re-electin after serving 1 X 2 year term. There were 4 ther nminees t ttal 6 candidates Name Graham Bdy Daniel Frman Malclm Emmertn Stephen Hllier Rhan McCy Jhn O Dnnell Nminating Assciatin Bathurst Metrplitan Suth West Newcastle Sydney Nrthern Beaches Nrth West Sydney Illawarra Suth Cast There was a questin frm the flr frm C Whittaker (Newcastle) relating t the Charter pint 3.8.2 and Assciatins nminating players wh are nt frm that Assciatin. The relevant charter pint was displayed and discussed. There was als discussin arund the number f assciatins relative t the ld znes and hw that impacted n vting and frming a qurum. Discussin n hw the 2 vtes fr assciatins with ver 100 members rule has been applied. The charter identifies that any assciatin must apply. It was pinted ut that fr the past 10 years the 2 nd vte has been granted autmatically. There was a mtin t grant Newcastle a 2 nd vte. C Whittaker (Newcastle) secnded J. O Dnnell (ISCH). Passed unanimusly. Candidates intrduced t the meeting (D Frman absent) Returning fficers appinted frm the flr, D Campbell and T Chen Vtes distributed, cast and cunted. Meeting brke fr a mrning tea break. 3
Vte results Graham Bdy Daniel Frman Malclm Emmertn Stephen Hllier Rhan McCy Jhn O Dnnell X X Chairman Andrew Terrey thanked the utging cmmittee members fr their effrts ver the past 2 years, particularly J O Dnnell fr his wrk n the Charter in the light f the assciatin refrms intrduced in 2015. 8. General Business 8.1. Ntices f Mtin- there were n Ntices f Mtin 8.2. Training Day (6th August 2017- Newcastle) 8.3. Cnfirmed Venues fr 2017 Champinships Age Divisin Date Lcatin / Assciatin Over 35 s & 65's 21 st -23 rd April Bathurst Cmbined Over 40 s Over 45 s 16th-18th June Newcastle Over 50 s 19th-21st May Graftn Over 55 s 24th -26th March Illawarra 8.4. Call fr EOIs t Hst Champinships in 2018 Parkes, Newcastle, Graftn, Pennant Hills (Sydney Nrth West) Illawarra, als expressed interest in hlding a champinship in 2018. The cmmittee will liaise with the assciatins during this year. Enquires als t be made t Prt Macquarie 2 pitches recently installed recently and Taree / Manning Valley regarding the new multipurpse field and the suitability fr hlding a champinship in light f Mens Masters cancelling the champinships set dwn fr Taree 2017 due t the sand surface being unsuitable fr a Masters event 8.5. General business frm the flr Awards Cl Whittaker (Newcastle) was presented with his 30 year Legend Service award. Cl is the secnd Mens Master player t achieve Legend status. 4
10 year 146 Ken Dyer 147 Garry Bull 148 Rn Dilln 149 Peter Ovingtn 150 Steve Rberts 151 Steve Smith 20 year 30 Ken Fittn 31Eric Green 32 Bruce Snape 30 year 2 Cl Whittaker Deaths f frmer NSW Mens Masters player and Manager, and Life Member f Newcastle Men s Hckey Assciatin, Jim Strawb Stanbury and Fred Sewell recgnised by the meeting Fred Sewell Umpires Medal annunced Assciatin Bundary and the entry f Sydney Masters Teams in State Champinships. issues raised by T Chen Untapped ver 35 s players need t be apprached and encuraged t participate. Cntact details t be sent t Sydney Masters, difficulties with the Sydney Masters Cnstitutin relatin t nn-members playing in Rep. teams t be addressed by Sydney Masters. David Thmpsn stated that participatin was the imprtant factr and that while having each Sydney assciatin represented wuld be an ideal he understands that at the Masters level it is still nt pssible. He will apprach the bard t explain Sydney masters psitin and we wuld be OK t accept entries frm Sydney Masters. There was a cmment frm D Campbell that the Sydney Masters cmpetitin was a great vehicle t maintain the engagement f Masters aged players in Sydney area. It shuld be supprted and encuraged at all levels, including State representatin. Selectin Prcess fr 2017, players nminating will be tld t wear an identifying leg garter. Garter/bands t be supplied by NSW Mens Masters. Managers are t cllect the bands frm the TD bench at the start f champinships and return them at the cnclusin. Natinals in 2018-19. Newcastle will be hsting the 2018 Mens Masters Natinals. There was discussin as t the bidding prcess and the fact that there was n NSW hckey input. All negtiatin where between destinatin NSW and Hckey Australia. Hw they arrived at 5
Newcastle is nt transparent. There is n visible bidding prcess r pprtunity fr hckey assciatins within NSW t bid fr the rights t hst the Natinals. There was cncern ver where the natinals will be in 2019. Cncerns centred n Lack f variety in venues, lss f the ld rtatin prcess left us with nly 3 venue states and it was predicted that participatin wuld decline if that happened. burning ut the Vlunteer pl with 2 Natinal champinships in a rw, Wmen fllwed by Men. Pssibility returning t Newcastle in 2019, Cncern abut the ld Rtatin system being lst and the impact n participatin. AMHC is aware f the cncerns; State delegates t AMHC als have viced cncern t AMHC. There was general discussin n hw the venue was decided David Thmpsn fielded a number f questins. The meeting viced cncern arund lack f transparency f bidding prcess lack f Hckey input t select venue tender Lack f pprtunity fr assciatin t tender. Cnway Bgg (Gulburn) raised a cncern abut the nminatin prcess fr psitins n the Subcmmittee. The cncern was that any assciatin culd nminate a member frm anther assciatin fr a psitin n the subcmmittee. The chair pinted ut the apprpriate charter clause. There was discussin arund if that was the spirit f the dcument. Masters Only registratin. T Nixn pinted ut that 55 players using the Masters nly in 2016 will need t re-register fr 2017 befre they cmpete in any state champinships. The link fr Masters nly shuld be functining frm ur website sn. Masters Age Grup databases available fr any assciatin t take hme frm the meeting. Trans-Tasman clash with Australian player wanting t attend the 35 s r 65 s. Australian 35 s players already have been ntified by the Australian cach nt t attend ur 35 s. A request will be sent t AMHC t allw the 65 s t attend Bathurst 65 s champinships if they wish. Chairman Andrew Terrey thanked everyne fr attending and the Meeting clsed at 12.40 6