MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING
Weald Squash
club
10/09/07
MINUTES
Present: Paul Millman (PM) (Chair),
Simon Tunley (ST) (Secretary), Fiona Western (FW), Mike Tonge (MT), Ian
Robinson (IR), Justyn Price (JP) England Squash, Karl Manning (KM) Naomi Duthie
(ND)
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1. Apologies for absence Chris Markham (CM), John Parr (JP) and Jenny Wagg
(JW) 2. Minutes of previous meeting/Matters Arising The minutes from the
01/05/07 were accepted as an accurate record. . 3. Junior Development Justyn Price England Squash Development
Manager for the South East presented a development plan for Sussex squash.
The plan included an audit of present clubs with basic statistics such as
number of members etc, a SWOT analysis on the status of squash in Sussex and
a development plan for the next five years. A copy of the plan can be seen at
the end of the minutes. The committee discussed the paper in detail
and agreed with many of the points raised. Compared to other counties Sussex
were in not bad shape however emphasis on junior development and the creation
of pathways was essential. Concerns over the loss of the Community Squash
Coach were raised, however Justyn highlighted that the conversion rate from
the scheme, had not been as good as it could have and therefore a different
approach was needed with more buy in by Chartered clubs. PM stated the quick wins from the plan that
we should focus on in the short term are: graded events; getting more clubs
chartered or their status renewed; develop racketball; encourage clubs to
enter national events and try and integrate mini squash into the more
traditional clubs. 4.
Senior/Junior
County Closed Junior event happening at West Worthing SC weekend of the 29th
and 30th September. Tim Vail is TD for the event and has stated
numbers are down on last year at present. Senior event will be hosted by
Middleton SC but dates in February needed to be finalised. ST to speak to
Richard Rogers on this as there is a potential clash with other England
Squash Events. 5.
Hon. Treasurer’s report JP said all was in place for the budget for 07/08
although clarity on the junior fund was needed from Vanessa Prosser. JP
stated CM had received all league fees form the clubs entering mens teams
into the leagues. ST to speak to Vanessa on monies available for the girls
county squads. PM asked ST to request updated budget report for 07/08 from JP 6.
Senior and Junior League Reports/
Knock Out Cups Senior leagues in good shape and now under way. Junior leagues are struggling to get started again. JW with the help of FW is writing an email to all participating clubs to see if they are still willing to compete this season 7.
County Teams/ Organisers ST had entered the relevant teams for both senior and juniors and this
year a racketball team had also been entered. ST stated he had received a
number of emails from players showing an interest in playing in the
racketball team, which was a positive sign for the re-arranged fixtures in
December. ND had now established dates for girl’s junior county squads and had a
reasonable turn out for the first two sessions. This was a very positive
start in trying to get more girls involved in the game. ND wanted
confirmation on who was leading the U13 girl’s squad/team and ST has
confirmed since that it is actually Graham Stevenson who manages this team.
However it may make sense in the future for ND to manage all the girls’ teams
and ensure squad sessions include all age groups. . 8.
England
Squash JP stated there was
nothing major to report. There was a plan to hold area workshops where
counties could highlight to others areas of best practice in their county. 9.
Newsletter Following the success of the first newsletter it
was agreed the second one would be published in December. Look to include PSL
fixtures, new charter clubs and county team results. FW confirmed the budget
for the production of the newsletter was £500 for two editions a season. 11.
A.O.B FW asked about having
money for trophies as the originals had gone missing. ST agreed to send
details of Roger Browns trophies to FW to get costs. PM asked if the men’s
leagues might also want trophies ST to check with CM. IR mentioned his new
email address. ST to add ND to email
list for committee Look to attract Mike Phillips
to the committee as has very good experience in developing junior squash and
has worked for a CSP before as a rackets coach. PM/IR to contact. Date for next committee
meeting the 11th December 2007 venue TBC. ST to book in conjunction with PM. |
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