Sydney Womens Hockey League
Minutes of the General Meeting: 24 June 2013, 7:30pm
Eve Redfern Room, State Sports Centre
1.
Present
SWHL Committee in attendance: Robin Gorton (Chairperson), Tracy Bradford (Secretary), Zac Smith
(Registrar), Sue Briggs (Fixtures), Lisa Roach (Umpires’ Convenor),
Clubs represented: Bankstown Sports, Baulkham Hills, Canterbury, Canterbury Masters, Eastern
Districts Masters, Esquires, Glebe, Gordon North Sydney, Macarthur Masters, Macquarie Uni, Manly,
Moorebank-Liverpool, Nepean Masters, Parramatta, Revesby Workers, St George, Strikers, Sydney
Uni, UNSW, Wentworthville, Wests Rugby, Western Districts.
Please see attendance sheet for further information.
2.
Apologies
Apologies were received from: Rebecca Teece (Treasurer), Micheal Gunner (Registrar), Janet Tancred
(Registrar), Gill Burns (Publicity), Paul Economides (Website Coordinator), Katrina Willebrands (Briars),
Julieanne Clift (Sutherland), Vivienne Keijer-Tama (North Shore Masters), Jess Cullen (RHH)
Moved: Di Hawking Seconded: Sue Briggs that the apologies be accepted. CARRIED.
3.
Minutes of the previous meeting
Moved: Joy Hayes Seconded: Nicole Allsopp that the minutes of the meeting of 29 April 2013 be
accepted. CARRIED.
4.
Business arising from the previous minutes
Nil
5.
Treasurer’s Report
Report was tabled.
 Balance currently $70 199.88
 Payment of second instalment due end of July
Moved: Tracy Lane
6.
Seconded: Lisa Roach that the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. CARRIED.
Chairperson’s Report
No report.
7.
Correspondence
The inward and outgoing Correspondence Report was tabled.
Moved: Jane Spalding
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Seconded: Lynne Roberts that the Correspondence be accepted. CARRIED.
8.
Fixtures Report
Report tabled
 Concerns around wet weather matches raised
 Junior development – 3 rounds concluded
 5 minute change over between matches – teams need to be mindful of this
 Blood spills – confirmation received from Nepean and Cintra re procedures; waiting on response
from Bankstown
 Change rooms and dugouts still reported as being untidy / dirty
 Considering potential change to Friday night matches – any suggestions or feedback to Sue
Briggs
9.
Registrars’ Reports
ML1-3:
No report
ML4-6:
Report tabled
 Reinforced point about new registrations after Round 11
 On match cards, player’s shirt number is the one they are registered under. If playing in a
different shirt number, card must be annotated with ‘playing in shirt number’
 Match cards still being submitted late – high proportion of Rd 9 cards were late
 Question asked about what score to write on card when match is abandoned – write the score
at the time abandoned, and note if match was abandoned before or after half time, as this will
have impact on final result
Masters:
Report tabled
 Clarification of point re: Div 1 and 2 new player registration – must now apply for special
consideration as it is after Round 6
10.
Umpires Report
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Guidelines (not rules) to be prepared by Umpires Committee to assist umpires when making
decision about wet weather matches
o common sense approach to be taken, with some examples of situations which might
arise
o Umpires make decisions on a game by game basis
o Player safety is the ultimate concern; there is a high liability risk associated with playing
when conditions are dangerous
o Question about bubbles on turf – if there are bubbles, play should be stopped
o Clarification sought re how long players should remain if play is stopped due to wet
weather
o Any questions to Lisa Roach
People in dugout before their game – including umpires – should be asked to leave until their
game / duty
Question about the mouth guard ‘rule’ – this isn’t written into the SWHL Rules of Play, but is
recommended that players adhered to the HNSW ruling re mouth guards
Website Report
No report
12.
Publicity Report
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Tuesday 17 September is proposed date for Loretta Dorman Medal Presentation Night
Moved: Robyn Collings Seconded: Helen Topolski that the Committee reports be accepted.
CARRIED.
13.
General Business
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14.
Carolyn Davies (ED Masters / St George) – mentioned issue of lack of blood spill kit on F2
Carolyn Davies (on behalf of Marilyn Brown) – raised issue of catering standards since new
catering contract was let
o Sue Briggs responded that her previous email to SOPA / SSC was sent to the caterer
o Still no improvement in quality of food on offer or the choices available
Special consideration requests for semis, etc must be submitted 14 days prior to the
semi/final/grand final
Next meeting
The next SWHL meeting will be the General Meeting scheduled for Monday 26 August 2013 in the Eve
Redfern Room, commencing at 7:30pm. As this is Masters Div 3 and 4 semi-final night, this date will be
confirmed.
15. Meeting close
The SWHL meeting was closed at 8:27pm.