Dear Member
You are cordially invited to the 17th Annual General Meeting of SESSA to be held on
Thursday 15th May 2008 at 11.00 at City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V
in room 3C main building.
AGENDA
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Formal AGM Business
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
Apologies for Absence
Minutes of the 16th AGM, Competitions Meeting, Football and Netball AGMs.
Chair’s Report
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report including annual accounts 2006/7
Election of Officers
Any other Business
Date of Next Meeting – 14th May 2009
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2.1
2.3
Athletics
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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3.1
3.3
Badminton
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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4.3
Basketball
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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5.1
5.3
Cricket
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
Football
Men’s Football - General Secretary’s Report 2007/8
Results and Cup Secretary’s Report 2007/8
Sixes Report
2008/9 activities/calendar
Election of Officers for 2007/2008
President
General Secretary
Results Secretary
Competition Secretary
Proposed Rule Changes
Women’s Football - Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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7.1
Golf
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
7.3
2008/9 activities/calendar
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8.1
8.2
Hockey
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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9.1
9.2
Netball
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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10.1
10.2
Rugby
Organiser’s Report 2007/8
2008/9 activities/calendar
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Any Other Business
Yours faithfully
David Frome
Hon Secretary
Minutes of the 16th Football AGM, 2nd Netball AGM, 16th Competitions
Meeting and 16th Annual General Meeting of the Association, held on 17
May 2007 at the University of Westminster
FOOTBALL LEAGUE AGM
Present and registration of clubs:
Tony Payne – President
Steve Dupree (Chair)
Sally Appleton – University of Greenwich
Rich Brass – Writtle College
Sophie Bruschan – Universities at Medway
Martin Bunn – Middlesex University/Committee Member
Richard Clayton – Roehampton University
Lisa Downey – Regents College
David Frome (Secretary and Treasurer)
Jo Harbrow - ARU
Sarah Hesni – University of Portsmouth
Ivy Holmes – Kingston University
Rowan Lord – City University
Claire Markwell – ARU
David Neilson - ARU
Rachel Rogers - University of Greenwich/Committee Member
Stella Sipple – Middlesex University/Committee Member
Sab Ventre – TVU
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Apologies for Absence were received from Bob Glozier, Billy Jawandha, Ken
Pearce, Jason Phillpott
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Opening remarks by Chairman
The Chairman reported that the Secretary and Results Secretary had had a tough
year and were distraught about the weather conditions which had affected much of
the winter programme. There had been some issues which had arisen as a result of
this and in particular the matter of coin tossing to decide the winner of some
matches.
AGREED: This matter should be referred to the SESSA Committee for resolution
and decision
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Minutes of 2005/2006 AGM
The minutes were agreed as a true record and there were no matters arising.
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General Secretary’s Report
The year started off in the usual manner with 8 teams withdrawing from the nine
Divisions. We only managed to replace one of those. Unfortunately one Team
withdrew from Division Two East. This left only four teams in the Division giving them
only six League Fixtures. Division Two South had two Teams withdraw. Again they
only had six League games.
The outcome of the Divisions was amazing as five of the nine Divisions finished with
the top two Teams finishing on the same points. In four of the five cases, the Team
being shown top on the website with the better Goal Difference, were in fact Runners
Up. This is because our rules state that “If two Teams are equal on Points the first
deciding factor is the result between the two Teams”. In four of the cases the
Runners Up had beaten the Team at the top in the League game. As a result were
the champions.
It still does concern the committee that there are a number of teams that play in other
competitions that cause a disruption to the SESSA League fixtures. The Royal
Military Academy, Sandhurst are one of those teams who have not completed their
League fixtures for the last two years. As a result it is proposed not to accept them
into our League next season. It is not fair to our students who just want to play their
football from week to week.
The Cup was a major disappointment. We start late in order to allow the BUSA
Teams to participate in the competitions. We do struggle to get all the Rounds in on
time if the weather is bad. This year the weather for the 1st and 2nd Rounds was
awful. I did suggest that we abandon the Cup this year when 36 of the 96 1st & 2nd
Round of the Cup and 1st Round of the Plate went to the Toss of a Coin. To me it
was a bit of a farce as so many good teams went out on the Toss of a Coin.
However, Finals Day did go ahead as planned on the 25th April, and was extremely
successful, thanks to Bob Glozier’s organisation.
There were a couple hic-ups when Lewisham turned up late for their Challenge Plate
Final, so delaying the start by 15 minutes. Hackney Community College turned up 30
minutes after the scheduled Kick Off time for their Regional Cup Final. We were
going to award the game to the University of Greenwich, but to their credit they
wanted to play. It was cut down to 35 minutes each way with Greenwich winning 3-2.
We will have to put into place some sort of rule to penalise Teams that are late to
avoid this happening again.
The Women’s 6 a-side League, pre-christmas, was excellent with 22 entries. This
was split into two Groups of 11, attending on alternate weeks. The top 3 in each
Group then had a Play-Off in December, with Berkshire College of Agriculture
winning for the second year running. The Runners Up this time were London Leisure
College.
As last year the post Christmas 6 a-side was disappointing. Attendance was well
down and many Wednesdays cancelled. Thanks must go to Stella Sipple, once
again, for providing us with the venue and Referees for the 6 a-side. Without her
valuable contribution we would be struggling.
The Women’s 11 a-side Cup had 12 entries. This is the highest so far. Unfortunately
after the Groups had been formed we had three withdraw. However all Teams had a
minimum of two games with London Leisure beating Bedford College in the Final at
Fords on 25th April.
The committee met to discuss League business on two occasions in the season.
Thanks to Seb, Stella and Bob for their input and to Rowan for his input and
providing the facility for the meetings.
I must also thank Claire, at Anglia Ruskin (Chelmsford), for all her help in putting
together the Handbook. It is an arduous task in the summer, but she does a fantastic
job. Thanks Claire.
I am sorry that I cannot attend the AGM but I am willing to continue my role as
Secretary, if re-elected.
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Financial Statement
The finances of the SESSA Football are incorporated into the main SESSA accounts
and were dealt with under the SESSA AGM agenda item
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Results Secretary’s Report
League
There were many withdrawals and Ken Pearce was able to replace most teams with
the exception of Div 5 East which had only 5 teams. Even when the season started
there were some withdrawals which again meant less matches played.
In the main teams organisers were able to keep in touch with each other and report
results. There were still a few teams who did not communicate. These teams were
sent fines and their entry will cost more next season when their fines are added to
their entry fee. This is not efficient but should in the long run either bring down costs
for the efficient teams or by contributing to SESSA stop annual fees being raised.
£230 was raised this way this year. I feel that this should be repeated and inefficient
teams will then be able to subsidize efficient teams.
Most teams were incredibly excellent and many results were on the internet by
Wednesday evening.
The table shows how many results were input by teams, matches awarded or Void
(Void means no result = no points)
Div
Prem South
Matches
36
Put onto ‘net Awarded
18
3
Void
5
Prem East
Prem North
One North
One South
One East
36
28
27
21
36
20
21
11
15
13
3
3
3
1
5
1
Two North
Two South
Two East
36
24
12
20
19
10
6
3
1
1
4
0
3
Poor teams
Lewisham
RMAS
Hackney CC
Newham FE
Some inefficient teams were refused entry into the cup competitions.
Congratulations to the many teams who managed to play contact opponents, report
results and enjoyed the league competition.
My Thanks go to the efficient team organisers who make my job easy and to Ken
Pearce who telephones around to make sure results are reported and matched rescheduled.
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Cup Secretary’s Report
There was a record entry by teams from outside SESSA leagues. Entry was again
restricted to 32 teams for each Cup, so that meant some league teams were
disappointed.
2006-07
Cup and
Plate
Women’s
Challenge
Bedford College 1
Portsmouth Uni 2
Bedford College 2
Lewisham College 2
Bedford College
London Leisure
2
0
3
4
0
7
Intermediate
Portsmouth Uni 5
TVU 2
NEWVIC
Barnfield College
3
7
3+6
3+7
Regional
Hackney Com. Col.
Greenwich Uni 2
Anglia Cambs 1
Middx Uni 4
The first round was postponed for a week due to the poor weather. Remember it did
not stop raining in February and early March. This meant that with cup matches
being played each week there were too many games decided on my desk with the
toss of a coin, as follows,
Challenge
Intermediate
Regional
Cup
8 of 31
7 of 31
14 of 31
Plate
7 of 15
5 of 14
4 of 14
Bowl/Spoon
1 of 10
2 of 6
3 of 10
This means that of 31 matches in the Challenge Cup 8 were decided either by the
toss of a coin or awarded because a team could not/would not play = nearly one third
of all matches. If anyone has a better system please get in touch/ I do not like this,
but the weather has been particularly poor for three weeks and decisions had to be
made.
Progress to the finals was subsequently straight forward. This year teams had to
apply to progress to the Bowl and Spoon so there were less games awarded than
last year. This change was a success.
The finals themselves were played in good spirit and there were mainly very close
matches. My thanks go to Ken Pearce, the Officials and ground staff on the day.
My congratulations to most of the teams who showed discipline and I hope enjoyed
the day, win or lose.
One problem was two teams who could not get there in time. I was close to awarding
a Cup Final for the first time ever. If it had not been for the opposition wanting to play
I would have cancelled one final and awarded the game to a team who was kept
waiting for an hour before they were able to play!
Thanks to the majority of teams and organisers who keep in touch and have made
the cup competitions a success and have enjoyed this years competition.
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3
2
1
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Sixes Report
Another good day at Taplow Utd FC. 18 teams competed for the cup with University
of Herts ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams reaching the final.
The standard of play was high and we had a good mix of teams with the smaller
colleges competing against the larger universities.
Well done to Uxbridge College and Enfield College who reached the semi-finals.
I would like to express my thanks to the groundsman who once again produced an
excellent playing surface.
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Election of Officers for 2007/2008
President:
To be agreed
General Secretary:
Ken Pearce
Results Secretary:
Bob Glozier
Competition Secretary:
Bob Glozier
10 Rule Changes
AGREED and addition to
Rule 22
b)
v) Each Cup will be restricted to a maximum of 32 Teams. Priority will be
given to teams playing in the SESSA League providing that they have
fulfilled the obligations in d).
11 Acceptance of proposed system and dates for 2007/2008
In view of many Schools and Colleges moving to 6 week terms, the Secretary was
asked to take particular account of term dates when setting next year’s fixtures
12 Any Other Business
The Chairman expressed the Association’s sincere thanks to Messrs Pearce and
Glozier for another fine year.
Netball League AGM
13 Clubs Present and Apologies for Absence
As above
14 Organiser’s Report and arrangements for 2007/8
Initial entries to the league were 36 which once the season began was reduced to
31. This meant that more teams than ever were playing SESSA Netball which is the
most important thing.
A few things did concern me, in particular the number of walkovers and un-played
games. This distorted the league and for purposes of marketing information for
some institutions. The walkover issue is something we tried to address over the
years but is one that constantly seems to be an immoveable barrier.
In terms of un-played games there is no excuse. Teams have their fixtures and I am
probably at fault for allowing teams to carry games after Christmas. Having analysed
the website there is no significant pattern. I am mindful that it is the same institutions
who concede walkovers and have games un-played but it is their choice to enter the
competition, and if in the end they play half their games then they fulfil the Sessa
ethos of students’ playing any sport.
It was agreed to change the leagues for next year according to level and region.
Games must have two umpires – in the cups as well as the leagues. Teams
withdrawing from the league cannot play in the Cup. Team lists should be provided.
The top three teams from each league (should they enter 07/08) will form a premier
division. The second two leagues would be based geographically. This does put
pressure on travelling from the premier league however I believe it will make it more
competitive.
On the cup side of the competition this is growing I am extremely pleased with the
number of non-sessa league teams competing in this competition. We had 47 teams
enter this competition which is a further increase on our 2005/06 numbers. I expect
this to grow as you will see from the results below the games in the latter stages of
the competition match up. However, in the earlier rounds the results are quite
distorted. I have recommended at the Netball AGM a structure that runs along the
lines of the football competition. Challenge/Intermediate & Regional. Obviously we
do not have the same numbers as the football competition and it would have to be
tailored to suit our needs, however I think it would make the competition more
competitive in all rounds of the competition.
League Winners
Winners
Runners – Up
Number of Teams
Walkovers
Un-played Games
League East
SEEVIC
WRITTLE
8
5
1
League Central
HAYES SCHOOL
WESTMINSTER
11
13
4
League South
KINGSTON
WESTMINSTER
11
13
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Cup Competitions
Cup Competition Score Plate Competition
Score
Winners
SEEVIC
38
Brunel B
40
Runners - Up Hertfordshire
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Roehampton (Shortlands) 39 aet
Obviously congratulations go to all the winners of our competition but it would not be a
competition without everyone who participates in SESSA Netball.
I would like to thank Louisa Stormont (BCUC) and Stella Sipple (Middlesex) who have
kept me sane through these gruelling 8 months of competition. Also I would like to thank
SUUG (my long suffering employer!!) for allowing me to continue running this
competition on your behalf. I would like to also thank all the officials, coaches and
players of your teams their commitment to your institution makes this competition work.
I look forward to more teams entering this competition next year
SESSA AGM including Competitions Meeting
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Apologies for Absence and Members present
As above
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Chairman's Address
Once again SESSA has come through another successful year, with the total
mechanism better than the sum of its parts. Without volunteers organising, and
without the members playing and enjoying it, the thing doesn’t work. Despite the
changes in sport going on around us, there is definitely a place for SESSA, but
we must adapt if we want to carry on the mission to deliver sport for all.
Players must commit to playing at the right level. We have an opportunity to
increase competition after Christmas with others finishing. There is less time and
budget generally for student sport, and one-day competitions in particular take a
lot of organising. Nevertheless the cycle continues and the Olympics might have
an effect. We will continue to be flexible and allow BUSA, British Colleges and
Schools to enter SESSA competitions. The leagues will not be affected by this
ruling. They must continue and be strong.
Special thanks to:
 Sab Ventre for becoming a new organiser and taking over the Rugby
 The ‘bastions’ at Middlesex for organising and arranging venues
 Rachel Rogers for the outstanding improvement in Netball organisation
 Billy Jawandha for continuing to run Basketball and Football 6’s despite
having a job outside of student sport nowadays
 Claire Markwell for managing the SESSA Office at ARU
There was a Rugby League event for the first time this year, which wasn’t very
successful, but at least we tried.
Unfortunately, the Cricket was washed out, and the 40th Anniversary Golf
Tournament was lost through a remarkable lack of entries. It seems that SESSA
is now running less and less competitions, but we are always open to new ideas
and next year we plan to run a Badminton tournament and to resurrect the
SESSA Athletics with the help of Middlesex University and the Lee Valley
Regional Park Authority.
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The Minutes of the 15th Competitions Meeting were agreed as a correct record.
Organisers Review of 2006-2007 if not already dealt with
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Basketball - Report
17.1
This season ran with 2 men’s leagues (Premier and Div 1) and one women’s
league.
The entry for the women’s league was disappointing with only 4 teams competing
out of an original entry of 8.
The league was won by Hackney Community College Shoreditch, who
completed a league and cup double by defeating London Southbank University in
the final.
The mens leagues had higher numbers entered (originally 12 for each), however
we ended up with 8 teams competing in the Premier division, and 7 in division 1.
West Thames College were Premier division league winners, with Bedford
College taking division 1.
London Southbank University won the mens cup defeating Hackney Community
College Shoreditch in a close final.
The cup competitions are both well supported with the standard being raised by
the BUSA teams, but it is still nice to see our own sides giving them a run for
their money (well done to Community College Shoreditch).
I would also like to thank Chris Morris from Community College Shoreditch for
once again providing an excellent venue for the cup finals, and also for finding
the elusive umpires.
SESSA Basketball Cup Final Results:
HCCA Women 92 v 32 LSBU
HCCA Men 74 v 77 LSBU (after OT....64/64 in regulation time)
The Men's Final was a fantastically tense affair in which neither side led by more
than 6pts any time in the match.
17.2
2007/8
Continue as before
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Hockey – Report
18.1
Men’s League
It was disappointing to end up with only 2 entries. Winners were University of
Westminster with City runners up.
Womens League
Again dissapointing to get whittled down to 3 but Westminster won again
with Writtle coming runners up.
Mixed Hockey
A few issues with fixtures being played on time and walkovers but a very
strong turnout as usual with 14 teams competing. The winners by 1 point
in the end were Middlesex but they were pressed all the way by runners
up Greenwich (non pub team!)
Cups.
Mixed Cup was won 2-1 by Brunel with Kingston as runners up.
Mixed Plate was won 5-4 by Portsmouth with Middlesex as runners up. Both
extremely close matches and it was a shame someone had to lose.
Women’s Cup was won by Kingston 2-0
Women’s plate was won by Middlesex 2-1 with Bucks as runners up.
Men’s Cup was won at a canter by Portsmouth 8-1 with Greenwich as runners
up.
Mens plate was won by Herts 6-2 with Portsmouth as runners up.
18.2
2007/8
Planning on organising a 6s tournament along the lines of Women’s Football to
encourage more Hockey.
Members entering SESSA competitions should declare their levels to aid fair
sport.
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Rugby – Report
19.1
Final League Table
University College Chichester Men’s 1s SESSA
College of Law 1st XV
University of Portsmouth 1st XV SESSA
University of Westminster 1st XV SESSA
City University London Men’s 1s SESSA
Thames Valley University 1st XV SESSA
Writtle College Men’s 1s SESSA
Barnfield College 1st XV
Berkshire College of Agriculture Rugby
Universities at Medway 1st XV
27pts
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21
21
17
12
10
7
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The league season proved to be highly successful this year and all teams
managed to play at least 70% of their games. In total there was 45 games played
with only 7 walkovers given to teams. University College Chichester won the
league on the last day of the season with a close 7-0 win over College of Law.
This has been my first year of organizing the league and I feel that everything
went very well and problems were very few and far between. There are a few
issues that need to be looked at and we hope that there will be more teams
entering the league next year making it more competitive and exciting.
Cup Finals day at Esher RFC was a success and the feeling was that we should
have this as a yearly event for all teams. We had 20 teams take part this year,
which was superb. Next years competition will have a few rule changes and all
teams will need to register their team before the first round and fill out team
sheets before a game. (Team sheets will then be sent to myself, those teams
that do not send in a team sheet will forfeit the game)
St Marys were Challenge Cup winners.
Writtle 2 were Challenge Shield winners.
Bucks 2 were Challenge Cup Plate winners.
Anglia Chelmsford were Challenge Shield Plate winners.
19.2
2007/8
Plan to have a 7s tournament next year and also try to run a Women’s 7s along
the same lines as the Women’s Football. Referees courses are free from the
RFU and members will be encouraged to send people on them. Planning to try
for teamsheets next year.
19.3
Rugby League
Tried to run a tournament which was promoted by Southgate. They invited lots
of people – especially from the North of England. Only Hull came. They played a
match which Southgate won, but they should not really call themselves SESSA
Champions as has been spotted. It was agreed not to repeat the experiment.
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Events 2007/8
20.1
Athletics – one day indoor event in the autumn at Lee Valley – S Sipple
20.2
Rugby – as above – S Ventre
20.3
Hockey – as above – M Bunn
20.4
Netball – start league later – have Rally too possibly – R Rogers
20.5
Golf – keep trying – R Brass
20.6
Mixed Volleyball – try for a one day tournament – S Dupree
20.7
Rounders – try again for a one day competition
20.8
Tennis – try for September – S Dupree
20.9
Badminton – 1 x singles, 1 x doubles tournaments – J Harbrow
THE 16th AGM
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Apologies for Absence - as above
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The Minutes of the 15th AGM were agreed as a correct record. There were no
Matters Arising
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Correspondence
There was no correspondence
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The Hon Treasurer's Report
The Accounts for 2005 – 2006 were submitted and accepted without comment.
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Secretary's Report
The Secretary’s latest affiliation information was tabled for members interest.
There was a report on the latest information concerning the new SESSA website
which it was hoped would be up and running by the autumn of 2007.
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Election of Officers
The Following, being duly nominated were elected en masse:
President:
Chairman:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Committee
Members:
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No nominations
Steve Dupree
David Frome
David Frome
Martin Bunn
Billy Jawandha
Rowan Lord
Ken Pearce
Rachel Rogers
Stella Sipple
Sab Ventre
Any Other Business
The Chairman proposed that the Executive Committee should give consideration
to the nomination of a President for the Association.
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Date of Next Meeting
15th May 2008