WILTSHIRE VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION
MEETING
Held at Calne Sports Centre, Calne
Wednesday, 3rd August 2011 at 19:00
1. Present
Cliff Ball Chair Wootton Bassett
Steve Spurlock Vice-Chair Aquae Sulis
Serena Morten Treasurer Calne
Sarah Newstead Ladies Development Devizes
Matt Stevens Junior Development (Girls) Devizes
Jenny Boorman Child Protection Officer Calne
Neil Bentley Competitions Secretary Calne
Jorg Steimer Wootton Bassett
Matt Morten Calne
Chris Warren Olympiad
2. Apologies
Paul Rainey Secretary Olympiad
Richard Howells League Secretary Wootton Bassett
Sue Brennand Junior Development (Boys) Melksham
John Bird Salisbury
John Postance Salisbury
Hans Kaashoek Devizes
Baz Jenner MOD Corsham
3. Minutes of Previous Meeting
The minutes of the AGM, held on 29th August 2011, were accepted as a true account of the meeting, subject to the following amendments:
The WVA bank balance as at 29th August 2011 was £3,125.23
Bank balance to be reported at each meeting, the balance now stands at £3,105.23.
Clarification
of rules: Player Short system; this applies per team, and means that 1
player may appear 8 times per season, or 4 players twice etc (i.e.
overall total of 8)
Calne: Organised to enter junior tournaments throughout the season (amendment to club report)
Devizes have 1 set of spare posts, not 8 as stated.
4. Matters Arising
No further trophies received, new ones are to be purchased as required.
Salisbury: Payments owed to WVA, this is still on-going.
Rules review (see correction to AGM minutes).
Marketing and Publicity Officer: No nominations or volunteers to date.
End of Season
Presentation Evening: Calne, being the tournament organisers, to
propose a date and format for the day/evening (preferred day is a
Saturday). Most importantly the presentation evening should follow the
end of season tournament.
Instead of a
WVA Welcome Pack being produced it was felt that an overview of the WVA,
including contact details should be added to the website, Cliff Ball to
discuss with Richard Howells.
5. WVA Mixed League 2011/12 Season
Timescales
Proposal to commence league in last week of September (Sunday 25th)
Finalisation of fixtures: 17th September
Draft Fixtures: 3rd September
League Entries: 25th August
Teams Entering
Club / Team Name
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Contact (Reserve)
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Venue /
Match Night
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Times
(Warm Up / Play)
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Devizes
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Lavington
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6x
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Hans Kaashoek (Matt Stevens)
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Thursday
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20.30 / 20.45
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Barrels
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Hans Kaashoek (Matt Stevens)
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Thursday
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19.00 / 19.15
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Wootton Bassett
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Lime Kiln
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Aces
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Craig Broadhurst (Tbc)
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Thursday
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20.30 / 20.45
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Bees
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Tbc (Tbc)
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Thursday
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19.00 / 19.15
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Olympiad
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Olympiad SC
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Chris Warren (Paul Rainey)
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Monday
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19.30 / 19.45
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Calne
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Calne SC
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Comets
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Matt Morten (Neil Bentley)
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Sunday
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20.00 / 20.20
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Meteorites
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Serena Morten (Neil Bentley)
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Sunday
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20.00 / 20.20
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Asteroids
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Serena Morten (Neil Bentley)
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Sunday
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20.00 / 20.20
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Note 1: As a contingency, fixtures may be played on a Friday
Note 2: Only one home match to be played on a Sunday evening
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Salisbury
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Druids
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Pagans
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Warlocks
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Tbc
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Melksham
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Venue tbc
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Su Brennand
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Sunday
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20.00 / 20.15
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Aquae Sulis
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Bath SC
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Steve Spurlock
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Sunday
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Tbc
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Other clubs who may enter the league are as follows:
MOD Corsham: Letter
sent by Cliff Ball, laying out requirements to join the league. They
have an excellent facility but currently only have temporary posts. It
was stated that Devizes have a spare set of posts if required.
Erlestoke: They
are interested in joining the league, however there are issues about
under 18s being allowed in prison. It has been suggested to them that
they read the WVA rules before deciding to enter. WVA teams were all in
favour in principle, and were happy that both fixtures (home and away)
could be played at the same time, or separately (for individual teams to
decide).
Trowbridge: Mike
Wedekind (Aquae Sulis) to confirm if they wish to join the league. It
was also suggested that Trowbridge could supply players to help Aquae
Sulis have sufficient players to enter the league.
If any new team does decide to join the league it was agreed they must start in Div 1, in accordance with WVA rules.
6. Ladies & Junior League
Fixtures
for Wootton Bassett ladies (SW League) to be released on 14th August.
Once SW fixtures are known the WVA league fixtures can be arranged
(Sunday daytime is the preferred time for matches). When arranging
fixtures, national training dates must be taken into account.
Fixtures to be arranged for one per month commencing in October, plus a Christmas Cup competition.
7. Competitions
Calne VC is the competitions organisers (via Neil Bentley).
Pre-season: Provisionally
arranged for Sunday 11th September, ideally to be held at Christie
Miller (it was proposed this was booked through Su Brennand, who is able
to obtain discount).
Registration of players: Team lists for the tournament are to be regarded as WVA registration (required for insurance purposes).
Action: Cliff Ball to review insurance requirements for competitions
Calne to liaise with Richard Howells to ensure dates are left free for competitions.
Format of cup competitions was unanimously agreed to be random draws.
It was proposed that Dave Kinder Cup entries to be made together with league entries.
It was proposed that that competition entry fees would be £30 per team.
8. Junior Development
Sue Brennand to report at next meeting.
Calne team, plus two from Devizes and Melksham took part in the junior tournament held at Dorcan (Swindon) on Sunday 3rd July 2011, organised by Kelly Jones.
It was
agreed it would be desirable to hold at least one junior tournament in
the forthcoming season (possibly at the end of the season?). One of the
Junior Development Organisers within the WVA to organise, in conjunction
with Kelly Jones (Olympiad VC). The Junior Development Organisers
within the WVA, not including the WVA Executive Members, are Andrew
Wescombe (Calne VC), Su Brennand (Melksham VC) and Matt Stevens (Devizes
VC).
9. Mavericks Ladies
Still owed
£230 for costs incurred during the playoffs which were hosted by
Mavericks. Contact made with Jonathan Moore (EVA Competition Secretary)
but to no avail. A letter is required form the WVA to a higher authority
within the EVA (Matt Stevens to draft letter)
Fixtures
received for next season; however of the 15 players from last season,
only 4 players have definitely committed to playing, 4 are not playing
and 7 have not yet replied. It is therefore likely that the Mavericks
will withdraw from the league this season.
A suggestion
was made that any Mavericks players who wish to play next season could
consider playing with the Wootton Bassett SW ladies team, or the Wootton
Bassett ladies could help to strengthen the Mavericks team to allow it
to enter the league.
10. Mavericks Men
5 players
will play every week, 10 will play as often as possible and therefore a
team has been entered into the SW League for which fixtures are due on
August 13th. All home matches are to be played at Lavington School.
11. Club Round Up
Calne
Playing outdoors during the summer (typically 8 players), indoor training commences in early September.
Olympiad
Playing outdoors in the summer, training commences on first Monday in September.
Wootton Bassett
Playing
outdoors during the summer (typically 6 players). Training commences in
the first week of September, with Robin Morris as the new coach and Phil
Heads remaining as overall Club Coach.
Devizes
Trained
outdoors during the summer whenever possible, indoor training commences
1st September. The club has lost a significant number of players in the
close season. After school club is to be run on Fridays. The Club has
been awarded the ‘Team to Club’ designation by Volleyball England
(offering a number of benefits, including half price EVA membership).
Aquae Sulis
Training
stopped throughout the summer until a new (cheaper) training night could
be arranged. Indoor training to commence on Monday 5th September
(training was previously on a Tuesday) and will be a more structured
session coached by Steve Spurlock.
Salisbury
(Reported by
Cliff Ball on behalf of John Bird): 3 teams are to be entered into the
leagues. Other clubs were reminded of the Salisbury tournament to be
held on August 20th and 21st, and as yet no WVA clubs have entered. It
was stated by other Club representatives that August is not the best
time for tournaments due to the number of players away on holiday. A
charity disco is being organised by John Bird, to be held in the
Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth on Friday 30th September.
Melksham
No report received.
12. Any Other Business
Coaching Course: Level
1 course to be arranged by Kelly Jones in Swindon, date tba. Clubs
asked to e-mail Matt Stevens with the names of those wishing to attend
the course.
Clubmark: Matt
Stevens announced that Devizes had received its Clubmark accreditation,
which is awarded to clubs that run junior sections and demonstrate they
are run in a friendly, helpful manner etc. Benefits of this scheme are
that funding is available for junior development, however it was noted
that any club seeking accreditation must have at least 2 qualified
coaches.
13. Date of Next Meeting
Wednesday 2nd November @ 19.00hrs, at the Calne Leisure Centre (date agreed post meeting).
Minutes prepared by: Steve Spurlock