Dundee City Council

MINUTES OF THE SPORTDUNDEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2014 AT 7.00 PM

Present: Donna Crowther (Co-Chair) Dundee Discovery Gymnastics Club Maureen Golden Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club Alex Knight (Secretary) Leisure & Culture Dundee Jim McIlravey Dundee United Sports Club Harry Byers Midlands Hockey Union James Fenna Dundee City Council Active Schools Gerry Cahill Dundee Wildcats Taekwon Do Club Rae McLelland Cricket Dundee

Apologies: Lord Provost Bob Duncan Dundee City Council John Moir Dundee City Council Paul McPate University of Dundee Alan Rae Leisure & Culture Dundee George Ferguson Broughty United Youth Football Club Councillor Richard McCready Dundee City Council Councillor Bill Campbell Dundee City Council Patricia Osborne Netball Dundee

NO. ITEM ACTION DATE 1. COMMONWEALTH GAMES REVIEW

Queen’s Baton Relay / City Centre Events A number of the executive committee members were directly involved in the Queen’s Baton Relay and thought it went fantastically. James Fenna reported that Dundee had more events on than any other area for the QBR with events taking place at Lochee Park, Camperdown, McTaggart, Caird Park and Douglas Sports Centre as well as other locations.

The Come & Try event in the city centre that coincided with the Commonwealth Games was also a success with lots of positive feedback from organisers and participants. LACD now plan to hold a similar event at the end of May.

SportDundee Commonwealth Games Challenge There was mixed success with this project. Some clubs ran very successful events / sessions while others had no participants at all. If a similar project was done in the future, promotion should be done further in advance.

2. IDEAS FOR FUTURE SPORTDUNDEE EVENTS

Following discussion, the group agreed to set up a sub-group to look at the following:

- Transition event for an identified school cluster (June 2015) - City Centre come & try event (August 2015) - Central venue event (i.e. at DISC – date to be discussed)

If any members of the SportDundee Executive Committee would like to sit on the sub-group please let the Secretary know by the end November.

James Fenna also mentioned a ‘Fit for Girls’ programme being launched this month which will involve a citywide drive to increase girls’ participation. Once more details are known, SportDundee clubs could link with schools to provide participation opportunities. 3. FINANCE SUB-GROUP UPDATE

Grant Aid Applications A list of grants considered in November 2014 will be circulated with the minutes. Approximately £4800 was awarded. NO. ITEM ACTION DATE Treasurer’s Report The treasurer reported before the meeting that there was a surplus of £910 in the general fund.

Ideas for General Fund expenditure There have been a couple of requests for SportDundee to purchase equipment that could be used by any affiliated clubs or associations. Suggestions have included a tent / gazebo to be used at outdoor events and also a PA system. Small goals were also suggested.

The Executive Committee agreed to purchase this equipment. Harry Byers to HB provide quotes.

4. DEVELOPMENT GROUP ISSUES / CLUB ISSUES

Netball Netball Dundee kicked off their second season at the Lynch Sports Centre in Dundee, welcoming teams from in and around Dundee, new teams from Fife and Arbroath and Angus. It was a fantastic day of netball and its great to have more court space at the Lynch with both halls now marked for netball.

NetballScotland will be bringing a Scottish Thistles Roadshow to Dundee on 6 December 2014 with the national squad to sign autographs, do a few events encouraging young school children to participate and to see ball skills and various top athlete moves, which should be very popular.

The Netball Dundee League managing committee have agreed that our Netball Dundee participants will help alongside SportDundee, Active Schools, Leisure & Culture Dundee and Dundee Academy of Sport to make the event a success.

Menzieshill Whitehall Swimming & Water Polo Club The club is planning to take a group of capable swimmers on a training camp to T3, La Caleta, Tenerife. The training camp is planned for October 2015 for one week.

The club has asked if there is any funding available for the trip as it is currently costings £800 per person. The trip does not meet the criteria for any SportDundee grant funding. Other clubs who have organised similar trips have concentrated on securing sponsorship to assist with costs.

Hockey There has been an issue with the hockey boards at St Andrews PS. James Fenna has negotiated a budget through Education for the repair / replacement of sports equipment required by clubs at school facilities. This has led to the repair of the boards although Midland Hockey are looking into the purchase of another set of boards.

It was also reported that the scoreboard / clock at Douglas SC is not working which is detrimental to the indoor hockey league participants. The Secretary will contact the centre to request that this is sorted out.

Cricket Forfarshire Cricket Club and Cricket Dundee have requested permission for work to be done at Eastern PS to make the hall safer for cricketers. This includes an upgrade to the cricket nets, the painting of the wall at the bowlers end of the hall and improved lighting. Again, this is an issue that James Fenna has raised with Education and it is hoped there will be progress with this in the near future.

5. ACHIEVEMENTS

Menzieshill Whitehall Swimming & Water Polo Club NO. ITEM ACTION DATE Thanks to Graeme Brown running Level 1 swimming coaching courses, the club now has 4 new coaches within the club. 2 coaches have just done their level 2 coaching course as well. The club’s 2 Child Protection Officers have now done both courses required.

Water Polo achievements -

North Sea Cup, formally Tri-Nations – 3 of our girls, Laura Mathewson, Susan Johnstone & Hannah Edwards, were selected to represent Scotland’s Ladies Water Polo team. Scotland gained a gold medal.

Swiss 5 Nations – 2 of our girls, Laura Mathewson & Susan Johnstone, were selected to represent Scotland’s Ladies Water Polo team held in Strandbad, Thun, Switzerland. Scotland gained a bronze medal.

Hannah Edwards was selected to play for GB girls U17 in European tournament. GB girls U17 gained a silver medal.

Swimming achievements –

1st Div gala – 4 galas, sitting first. Next gala 15th November. We cannot be beaten.

2nd Div gala – final gala was 27th September and we came a very creditable 3rd could have done better had we had a full team throughout the year!

Midland District Sprint Championships – 15 swimmers – 53 swims and 2 relay teams. We achieved 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.

DCA Autumn Meet – 16 swimmers – 74 swims and 49 PB’s. We achieved 7 Golds, 7 Silver and 11 Bronze medals and came 5th overall. Rebecca McComish set a new meet record for 100m B/f and Amy Robertson & Jamie Gibb came 3 rd in the skins, against formidable competition

Forfarshire Cricket Club 4 juniors have been representing Scotland. Scott Cameron and Christian Robertson were in the Under 17 squad while Rory Johnston (captain) and Callum Garden were part of the Under 15 squad that won the UK tournament.

Hockey There has been a lot of success at youth level with local players representing Scotland at various age groups.

Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club Under 16s won the Scottish Cup. The club has also secured funding through sportscotland for a Youth Development Officer.

Scott Madden has started as the Tayside & Fife Regional Hockey Manager.

6. AOCB

2014 Dundee Sports Awards The decision has been taken to sponsor the Volunteer of the Year award at the 2014 Dundee Sports Awards.

The nomination process is being launched next week so please encourage your club members to submit nominations. The closing date is 31 December.

Active Schools James Fenna, Active Schools manager, provided an update on school sport issues: NO. ITEM ACTION DATE

School Sport Award A new School Sport Award has been introduced through sportscotland. There is an information night on 24 November 2014 at Grove Academy. The award will be rolled out as a self-assessment tool with schools aiming to achieve either bronze, silver or gold level.

The Education Department has employed Lynn Clark to develop the 2 hours of curricular PE across the city. There is criteria that states that PE has to be delivered by a GTC trained teacher. This could have an impact on clubs who currently deliver sessions within curriculum time.

There is a Young Ambassadors Day planned for 13 November which will include a talk from Vikki Bunce and a series of workshops to help the Young Ambassadors to come up with plans on how to increase sports participation at their schools.

Jen Henderson has been employed as the Regional School Sport Officer with a remit for competitive sport.

7. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

Wednesday 11 February 2014, 7.00pm (Committee Room 3, City Square)

Copies To: All present / apologies, all clubs / associations affiliated to SportDundee Enclosed: SportDundee Grant Aid - Grants Considered in November 2014