June 2008 - Midland Region Hockey Association - Feedback

  Please find attached some documents that may be of interest to you or your clubs following the above meetings last night at Coleshill.  Please circulate as you think fit -

  a) Boys Schools & Youth Report

  b) MRHUA Proposals

  c)  Regional Managers Report

  d)  Staffs Proposals

  e)  Womens League Report

 The highlights are:

 1) FEE’S – NO CHANGE.  Men’s and Women’s £30 and Mixed £6.50 per club

 2) Midlands Umpires fees to clubs for 08/09

      Level of charges to Clubs:

-  £46 for League matches, per pair of umpires appointed (£21 for Women's Div 2 and Conference)

-  £35 for Cup matches, per pair of umpires appointed

-  £25 for Friendly matches, per pair appointed

 The MRHA has asked the MRHUA and the Midlands RDM Jo Duff to urgently look at the vastly differing Insurance arrangements supplied by various umpiring association.

  3) Schools and youth – to date they are short of 14 team managers and 4 administrators, but the Midlands had a very successful year with the various teams

  4) Proposal re Men’s league changes open structure / vets / Fixtures live.  These three were discussed, withdrawn or to be considered for Action Group work.  NOTHING was passed

  5) WOMEN’s section – rotationally it is our counties turn to host the Women’s U21.  I stated that we have not had a team for sometime.  This may be a get out clause and Laurie Alcock will be in touch soon with clarifications when responses have been sought from other counties

   6) Next meetings are :

            Weds 10^th Sept & 12^th Nov 2008 and

            Weds 14^th Jan, 18^th Mar & 10^th June 2009 if required.

   7)  NEXT AGM - Wed 20^th May 2009 at Coleshill

June 2008 -  Club-School links

  You may know about the Sport England push for Club-School links.  England Hockey in turn are encouraging Clubs First Accredited hockey clubs to build local initiatives as part of the Single System. Linked here is a case study focused on South Leicester Youth Hockey and the work done in Oadby & Wigston schools.

   This is our 3^rd year running the programme. The club has increased membership now to over 130 and continues to attract new players from families who have had no previous connection with hockey.

   Perhaps this is an item worth publishing on the website? I would be happy to talk to any clubs thinking of doing the same.

Best regards,

David Hogg

Chair - South Leicester Youth Hockey

(h) 0116 247 8728          (m) 07751 520523

davidhogg@lineone.net

An England Hockey ClubsFirst Accredited Organisation 

Postal Address:

Sunnydene, 

Mill Hill Road, 

Arnesby, 

Leicestershire

LE8 5WG

June 26th 2007 -  Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Games – Year 7/8 Girls and Boys

  (held at Loughborough University on Sunday 24^th June 2007)

  Story – 16 young umpires (15 to 18 years) umpire at Youth Games:

 The Leicestershire and Rutland Hockey Association were again pleased to work with the County Sports Partnership in providing a quality opportunity for young people to participate in Sport.  At the above event Hockey has a proud tradition of being the only sport which provides all the ‘officials’ as umpires for all the matches.  This year 16 umpires presided over 50 matches.  Margaret McLoughlin (umpire manager / coach) found the ‘magnificent 16’ - ably assisted by both Steve and Annette Sellars and helped them to produce some great performances. A fantastic mentor for the group was Annie Allum who, only a few short years ago, also started out at the same competition.  Annie has recently been selected onto the National Young Umpire Promising List (NYUPL) development panel, giving her a realistic future as an International and possibly Olympic umpire!

Margaret said ‘ It was initially hard work to find the amount of umpires we needed, but right from the first contact, the young umpires said yes and made my job really easy on the day.  They listened well to the coaches and put lots of effort into their work.  They should be very proud of the standards they achieved.  I know they were all very nervous at first and add into that mix that they were also faced with teams from France (Strasbourg) and Germany (Saarland) who spoke little English they truly were great.  It was a fantastic day and we have definitely got some more great umpires for the future’. Noel Haines (County Sports Partnership Manager) said ‘The County Hockey Association rightly has a proud record for supporting the Youth Games.  They have already produced young umpires who have reached National and International standard.  We consider the umpires to be a team, the same as all those others representing their Council Districts who come on the day and with support it’s great to see what they continue to achieve.  We look forward to continuing or partnership with Hockey in the future and look forward to tracking yet more young peoples achievements’.

Both the Boys and Girls Competition were won by Charnwood B.C.