LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY HOCKEY UMPIRING

ASSOCIATION

Secretary; David Elworthy, 71a Rasen Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3EZ

Telephone: 07554194448 e-mail:

87th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday 8th June 2016

PRESENT

Barrie Pollard (BP) / Elliot Bates (EB) / Yvonne McCartney (YM)
Emma Dodd (ED) / Paul Watts (PW) / David Elworthy (DE)
Tracy Watts (TW) / Neil McInnes (NM) / Ken Stephenson (KS)
Jill Warrick (JW)
Peter Rushmere (PR)
Matt Pilgrim (MP) / Stuart Birkett (SB)
Veronica Chamberlain (VC) / Matt Thompson (MT)
Gaenor Thompson (GT)

APOLOGIES

Rob Knowles / Stephen Stapenhill-Hunt / Chris Dodd
Barry Barr
Tony Gregson
Andy Gregson
Gavin Naismith
Cath Gregory
Sonia Allen
James Ireland
Jack Warner
Philip Ingall / Cat Brown
Barbara Hanwell
John Pickett
Simon Wilmot
Tony Perrin
Kate Ireland
Nick Ellis
Ashley Rex
Sue Gauntlett / Alan Foster
John Flemming
Sam Hanwell
Harriett Hanwell
Kendal Baggott
Matthew Pilgrim
Jason Tholen
Bob Ellis
Ryan Mountney
Greg Wines
John Cunnington
Kate Ireland
Clive Sadler / Andy Barlow
David Lamb
Conor Carmody
George Steadman / Steve Seymour
Brian Igoe
Peter Moisey
Emma Shelbourn

MINUTES OF AGM 2015

Were read, amended and agreed, proposed by KS, seconded by MP and signed by BP, agreed by all.

MATTERS ARISING

None raised at the meeting.

CHAIRMAN

See attached report. No questions asked by the attendees.

TREASURER

Report presented, questions were raised concerning the expenditure on umpire’s head sets with no sign of income. TW explained that on the more detailed P&L, income has been accounted for and separated. Accounts have been audited by Brian James and was thanked by the Chairman for this.

MEMBERSHIP

See attached report from TW.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Additional proposal received on the evening concerning the charge to Higher Body umpires. NM proposed £15, with ED proposing £10 per person. Motion was carried with the majority voting in favour of ED’s proposal, with only 1 x person objecting and 1 x abstaining.

Additional proposal was received on the evening concerning the charge to clubs per appointed umpire. PW proposed this charge be raised to £25 per umpire, per match, seconded by ED. All in favour with only 1 x abstaining, motion carried.

PW proposed that all L1 assessments are £10 per assessment. There are no discounts to apply now if there are multiple assessments on the same venue. Motion Carried.

The remainder of the proposed membership subscriptions were accepted en mass by the attendees.

CHIEF COACH

See attached report. No questions raised.

YOUTH CO-ORDINATOR REPORT

RM had submitted no official report. YM trying to pick up the pieces, loss of a lot of numbers due to moving to university. YM has been to tournaments and it’s been mainly senior umpires running these, with the only regular young umpire taking part being Elliott Bates (EB). Plans are afoot to re-start for next season with YM looking into new website & YM potentially funding this (approx £400). More to follow in upcoming committee meetings.

APPOINTMENTS

See PW’s report. BP thanked PW for his continued efforts in this position.

ERHUA

AGM is 16th June at Whittlesford Red Lion, no other updates available.

LHA

PI is Chair, MP is Vice Chair, all other positions is filled. New format for Lincs Club Championship was proposed and accepted to be rolled out. First committee meeting for the new committee will be in the next few weeks.

LINCOLNSHIRE WOMENS LEAGUE

Currently on sabbatical so no report available.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

See below

UMPIRE OF THE YEAR

Award given to Matt Pilgrim on the evening

Young Umpire Award (Phil Ingall award) is bestowed upon Eliot Bates.

AOB

None was presented before or on the evening.

DONM

To be confirmed.

Meeting closed at 20-25.

POSITION / PROPOSED / SECONDED / ELECTED
President / MP / TW / JW
Vice President / JW / DE / Propose on block from handbook with addition of Barrie Pollard
Chairman / BP / JW / SB
Secretary / Vacant / DE Standing in he moves out of Lincolnshire in Aug.
Treasurer / BP / KS / TW
Membership Secretary / Combined under the treasurer role / TW
Appointments / DE / NM / PW
BP, assisted by PW & SB
Chief Coach
Level 1 Umpire
Co-ordinator / PW / DE / TW
ERHA / KS / MT / JW
ERHUA / PW / GT / SB
LHA / All in favour
DE / BP / MP leading, BP & SB if available
YM
Young Umpire
Co-Ordinator
Auditor / TW / PW / Brian James
Council Members / BP / NM / EB, ED, MP, MT

Signed

Chairman______Date______