West of Scotland Squash AGM
Held @ Newlands Tennis & Squash Club
Monday 12th May 2014-05-17
Committee Present:
Martin Woods
Andrew Duff
Alan Pearson
Billy Stevely
George Allan
Amanda Nicol
Kevin Lawlor
Raymond Brown
Also Present:
Alan Marshall (Strathgryffe)
Michael Grant (Strathgryffe)
Apologies:
Stewart Hamilton
John Crawford
Stuart George
Tarryn Robertson
1) Approval of Minutes from previous meeting:
The meeting was opened by Martin Woods, with the previous year’s minutes
proposed by Michael Grant and seconded by George Allan
2) Approval of Annual report & Statement of Accounts:
The accounts were presented by Alan Pearson, who reported that only the two David
Lloyd clubs were still outstanding this year’s fees. Slight drop in tournaments as Big
Shots were now no longer done through WoS Squash. Slight loss on end of year
annual Dinner & Presentation of Prizes. More money spent on junior coaching and on
qualifying coaches. Money had also been spent on a change in software
3) Appointment of Auditor and Election of Office Bearers & Committee
Members
No auditor appointed, due to low turnover. All committee members were happy to
fulfil their 2 year roll with re-elections for:
Amanda Nicoll - proposed by GA and seconded by KL
Stewart Hamilton - proposed by MG and seconded by AP
Alan Pearson - proposed by AD and seconded by BS
A tournament team to be organised
4) Approval of Honoraria:
No Honoraria
5) Approval of Annual Team Fees:
Team fees to remain the same as last year - proposed by AP and seconded by MW
6) Constitutional Matters:
Constitutional Matters as proposed by MW –
The association to be called West Squash and Racketball. Seconded by BS.
A minimum of 2 committee members out with the Office Beares, Seconded by MG
7) Convenor’s Reports:
League Secretary – Stewart Hamilton: Overall, very happy with the leagues and the
new Resultzone website had been very successful, with the exception of a couple of
complaints about the rankings.
SH proposed results to be in within 2 days as of next season.
More juniors were reported to be playing in the senior leagues.
A proposal to enter a team into the English Inter-County championship next season.
Congratulations to Newlands in winning the National League in both Gents and
Ladies, and Giffnock in winning the league for the very first time in their history.
Tournament Convenor – George Allan
We ran the knock out cup in the summer in the lead up to the new season, Lower
entry than usual but a fun finals night held at SSRC.
West Junior A was run at Newlands with 63 players entered.
Fergus Richards beat Rory Stewart in the Div 1 final. There was a good entry of the
up and coming west Juniors.
West B Event was held at SSRC with a full entry of 64 over the 2 days.
Stuart George (Gif) was runner-up in the event losing to Jamie Henderson (SSRC).
Giffnock had just under 25% of players in the draw.
West Junior Closed was held at Newlands. 28 players entered with Harry Anderson
beating Patrick O’Sullivan in a greatly contested final.
Some behaviour issues from players to be addressed for future seasons.
Junior Convenor – Stuart George
Another successful Junior Inter-regional event with West winning 4 out of the 5 age
groups.
Some good juniors coming through the West Regional Squad sessions.
8) AOB
None