HAMPSHIRE RUGBY
FOOTBALL UNION Limited.
VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING 2020
To be held ONLINE via ZOOM th On WEDNESDAY 8 JULY at 19:00
HAMPSHIRE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LIMITED
To:
Members of the current Management Board
The Honorary Secretary of each Member Club
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held Online using the Zoom Conferencing Platform
on WEDNESDAY 8 JULY 2020 at 1900
All Member Clubs are requested to ask a representative to join the meeting.
Each Member Club has one vote at General Meetings, this will be done via the Proxy form sent to you along with this agenda.
The Members of the Management Board also have a proxy vote.
Associate Clubs and all Associates of the Union are invited to attend in a non-voting capacity
Yours sincerely
Mrs. Julie Greenslade Executive Director 23 June 20
Please send completed Proxy Voting Forms, club apologies for absence and any questions regarding the report by Monday July 6th to
or by post to
The Executive Director Hampshire Rugby Football Union Limited 45 Dunkeld Road Gosport Hants PO12 4NJ
Hampshire Rugby Football Union Limited - Registered in England and Wales - Registered Number 29102R
AGENDA
1. To receive apologies for absence. And as Representative of the Member Clubs:
2. To consider and approve the Minutes of the Rob Matthews (Havant RFC) Annual General Meeting held on 11 July Nominated by Julie Milford 2019 (Secretary, Havant RFC)
Bernie Rhodes (Petersfield RFC) 3. To consider and approve the Minutes of the Nominated by Stuart Barden Annual Financial General Meeting held on (Chairman, Petersfield RFC) 18 November 2019 Note T. BURWELL as the elected RFU representative, 4. To receive a report from the Executive Mrs. J. GREENSLADE as the appointed Executive Director for season 2019-2020 Director
T. ALLEN as the appointed Manager of Club 5. To receive a Financial Report Hampshire
Who will also be Voting Members of the 6. To consider a Resolution disapplying the Management Board provisions of the Act, relating to the obligation to appoint Auditors
The Management Board proposes that the 9. To hear any other matter for theconsideration Accounts for the year from 1 July 2020 to of the Management Boardduring the ensuing year 30 June 2021 be subjected to an but on which novoting shall be allowed. Accountant’s Report and that the requirement for a full professional audit be dispensed with.
7. To appoint the Reporting Accountants for 2020-2021
The Management Board recommends Rothman Pantall LLP Eastleigh be appointed.
8. To elect the Management Board for 2020- 2021
The nominations are: D.R. HORNBLOW President . Dr. E. NEVILLE Deputy President Dr. E. NEVILLE Board Chairman R.D. SHOWAN Finance Chairman M. CASTLE Club Development Chairman G. SELF Game Development Chairman
Hampshire Rugby Football Union Limited Annual Report – 2019-2020
What an unprecedented season we have had in Rugby this year! What with persistent rain cancelling many fixtures followed closely by the Covid-19 virus locking us all down and prematurely ending the season. These have been challenging times and I have been ensuring that any information from the RFU gets out to all the clubs as soon as possible to assist them. To catch all demographic, we have been using email, website, Facebook Page and Group and Twitter to get the messages out there.
The team in the County Office have been continuing to work hard for our Hampshire clubs and schools and are doing our best to make Hampshire a leading Constituent Body (CB).
Hampshire Rugby and its Clubs are fortunate to have the incredible support of its volunteer members, without whom rugby in Hampshire would just not happen. I would therefore like to thank all the officials, club volunteers whether it be a manager, coach or parent; who stand on the touchline in all weathers, and of course the players themselves from U6s and upwards who commit on a weekly basis so that they can enjoy the game we all love and enjoy.
The senior men’s Bill Beaumont and Women’s Gill Burns County Championships did not happen this season due to the season being prematurely ended by the RFU. However, the U20s Jason Leonard championship took place where Hampshire only played one match as Somerset were unable to field a team.
Our Club Hampshire U18 Boys completed their season with mixed results and Thomas Furtado Mills has been selected in the London & South East U18 match day squad. The U15s and U18s girls enjoyed their format of county matches - meeting oppositions of Surrey, Sussex and Kent in a festival format of 15 a size, 7s and Xfield 7s. The final fixture was again cancelled due to the Covid -19 Virus.
Guernsey RFC were top of the London & South East Premier League and will be promoted to Nation 2 South. Havant RFC came top of the London 1 South League and will be promoted to London & South East Premier League. Farnham RFC were top of the London 2 South West League and will be promoted to the London 1 South League.
Congratulations also go to Petersfield RFC who won the Hampshire Premiership League and the ‘NEWS’ Challenge Trophy and will be promoted to London & South West 3. Chichester II RFC walked away with the Hampshire One League and will be promoted to Hampshire Premiership. Havant III won the Hampshire Two league and the ‘Pinnock Cup’. Hampshire Three league winners were Aldershot & Fleet.
The following Hampshire trophy results were not concluded due to the Covid-19 Virus.... Hampshire Challenge Trophy Hampshire Bowl Hampshire Plate Hampshire Vase Hampshire Shield Johns Sneezum Vets cup – Havant Mariners beat Trojans 14 -19 Congratulations Havant Mariners!
Mark Castle our Club Development Chair has been busy ensuring that the money left in the the LRP (Local Rugby Plan) for the season 2019-20 was put to the best use to help clubs out during the Covid-19 term. Thank you to Mark and his Club Development Committee for doing this so seamlessly.
The Game Development Committee has been run by Gary Self. The Competitions Committee has been busy assessing and reacting; to necessary changes to the Hampshire lower leagues. As always, the coaching committee have arranged some great CPDs in the county for all our club coaches and have postponed the Annual Coaching Conference to August 30th 2020. The safeguarding team has been run well this season by Sally Walker, who is stepping down for personal reasons. Discipline as always been run efficiently and we thank the Discipline Committee for their efforts. Thank you to everyone in the Game Development Committee for all the hard work this season.
Hampshire rugby are always striving for better communication with its clubs and schools by using email, website, Facebook, Twitter. Communication is key but this goes two ways, so please ensure your clubs GMS golden roles are kept up to date throughout the season and especially before September 2020. So, in the online Handbook, the Clubs Contact pages now just point to the Clubs website for up to date information, as do the contact details on the Hampshire website for each club listed in the online Directory. This was done to minimise volunteer workload, all Data officers in clubs now need to keep undated is their own websites and their Golden Roles on GMS.
Sadly, I also need to record the deaths of the following...
2019-2020
Carl Roberts Fareham Heathens RFC Sep-19
Declan Gillan Andover RFC Sep-19
George Cook Hampshire RFU Treasurer (2000 - 2015) Portsmouth RFC Oct-19
Binge Gatehouse Hampshire RFU and Navy Nov-19
Alex Hodge Associate May-19
Dave Auger Petersfield RFC Jan-20
Phil King Alton RFC Jan-20
Bill (Willie) Stevens Gosport & Fareham RFC and Hampshire Jan-20
Bill Sugden Havant RFC Dec-19
Richard Counter Gosport & Fareham RFC Jan-20
Charlie Thompson Gosport & Fareham RFC Mar-20
Alan Lear Gosport & Fareham RFC Mar-20
Gerry Griffin Havant RFC Apr-20
Ted Leigh Ellingham & Ringwood - Bar Manager Apr-20
Tony Hall Tottonians RFC Apr-20
Brian Wilde Petersfield RFC Apr-20
Tom Hunt Sponsor for U15/U16 leagues Apr-20
Mike Taylor Havant RFC past captain Jun-20
Ian Bell Gosport & Fareham RFC Jun-20
My apologies if I have missed anyone; please email details to the County Office.
I also would like to thank Ivan Torpey and Kieran Spencer our RDOs (Rugby Development Officers) who we were lucky enough to retain even with the RFU budget cuts. They have worked hard all year to deliver our planned county programme with their team of CRCs (Community Rugby Coaches) Sharon Evans and Merlin Gape O’Donnell for the clubs and schools in Hampshire. Finally, I would like to thank the Management Board for the support that they have given me over the season in office as Executive Director, and my thanks alos goes to Georgia as my fabulous Admin Officer.
Julie Greenslade Executive Director
FINANCE REPORT 2019-20
I am shortly to complete my fourth year as Finance Chairman, and I still feel I still have much to learn before I can say that I have the same level of understanding of our finances which my predecessor, Jed Stone, always displayed. Once again, my thanks to Jed for his willingness, always, to offer help and advice, and my special thanks to our Executive Director, Julie Greenslade, for her support on all matters financial.
The final June 2019 Accounts showed a surplus of £6,275 compared to a budgeted break- even position. This compared to a deficit of £20 for the previous year. As a result, our reserves increased from £101,292 to £107,567. For the 2019-20 season we had budgeted for a small surplus. At the time of writing, we are in the midst of an unprecedented set of circumstances, and the financial outcome for the current year to June 2020 cannot be predicted. However, we are in a relatively strong financial position with our reserves and funding from The RFU, which we have agreed to match from our reserves, which will enable us to support our clubs, and hopefully to ensure that, as far as possible, they will be in a sound position to re-start rugby as soon as this is practical. It is likely, therefore, that there will be a financial loss for the current year, and probably next year, but we must clearly do everything possible to help our clubs through such turbulent times.
Our “core funding” from The RFU has been the same this season as for last, and the same amount should be paid to us next season. The core funding is currently just over £68,000 and we also receive RFU funding of £6,000 (reduced from £10,000) for the senior and Under 20 County Representative teams, Indeed, The RFU is making substantial funding cuts, at least in the interim period, and other Counties have had more severe cuts imposed, so it could have been worse! Although we have also had no formal sponsorship funding this season, we have had the benefit of considerable donations from parents and businesses towards the cost of running age-grade County teams, and these donations are greatly appreciated. The income from the club charges this season will be reduced for this season, as festivals which had been paid for have had to be cancelled and the charges refunded. Thus, club charges this year will be reduced from £21,000 to £17,000.
I am hopeful that our administration costs will come in under budget (again) this year, and these continue to be funded two-thirds by the RFU from the Core funding received, and one- third by our Clubs and Associates.
As is widely known, and at the request of The RFU, we had to discontinue the HEPT developing player programme. The only advantage of this is that there was usually a (small) financial deficit, which will now be avoided.
And so, in summary, my feelings are that we will end the year to June 2020 with a current year deficit, but clearly there are a number of uncertainties which could well have an impact
on this year’s figures. Detailed report and final figures to be provided at The Financial AGM, of course, in November. As I said at last year’s AGM, my aim from now on will be a have a balanced budget, but the unprecedented nature of the current situation may require us to provide further and unforeseen financial support, but at least we will be doing so from a position of relative financial strength. Let us hope that by the time this report is read, we are in a more positive situation as regards everyone’s health and safety, with at least some idea as to when rugby may be able to re-start.
Richard Showan Finance Chairman
DISCIPLINE REPORT 2019-20
The season as you are all very aware was brought to a very abrupt end due the Coronavirus pandemic and it is still very uncertain when rugby will start again. There were 27 dismissals at senior level up to the date the season was curtailed compared with 38 at the same date last year a decrease of 27%. This is the second season in a row that there has been a reduction in the number of dismissals, long may it continue. The number of cases involving abuse of match officials was 4 together with 2 cases of disrespect shown to the match official and 1 case of the use of threatening words by a player towards a match official. I remind you once again that it is standard practise in Hampshire to hold a Panel Hearing to deal with cases of abuse. Punching still remains the most common offence with 14 dismissals this season. I must remind Club Disciplinary Chairman that any offence that involves contact with the head the entry point is Mid-Range. Players and coaches are reminded that a referee will not discuss a red card in the bar after the game. The number of offences at Junior level of 10 compared with 18 last season, a vast improvement. There were 2 cases of match official abuse and 1 case of dissent. There is still an underlying trend of parents and spectators voicing their opinions about refereeing decisions in a very unnecessary manner which is a very poor example to players at this level. My thanks to Chairman Nigel Morgan and Panel members Tim Herman, Adam King, Mark Dunning, Nick Creal, Richard Wood and Pauline French for their work during the season.
David Creal Disciplinary Secretary.
KNOCKOUT RESULTS 2019/2020
HAMPSHIRE CHALLENGE TROPHY FINAL Eastleigh Cancelled Havant Coronavirus HAMPSHIRE BOWL Quarter-Finals Gosport & Fareham Bye Trojans AWO Winchester Millbrook 20 – 31 Andover Fareham Heathens 6 – 31 Portsmouth Semi Finals Gosport & Fareham 7 – 67 Winchester Andover 22 – 10 Portsmouth FINAL Winchester Cancelled Andover Coronavirus HAMPSHIRE PLATE First Round Ventnor HWO Stoneham (withdrew) Kingsclere (withdrew) AWO Isle of Wight Locksheath Pumas 76 – 0 Aldershot & Fleet
Quarter-Finals Ventnor 8 – 29 Isle of Wight Locksheath Pumas 17 - 13 Overton Southampton AWO Farnborough Ellingham & Ringwood 17 - 27 Alton Semi Finals Alton 33 – 7 Locksheath Pumas Farnborough 20 – 22 Isle of Wight FINAL Alton Cancelled Isle of Wight Coronavirus HAMPSHIRE VASE Semi Finals Fordingbridge 29 - 35 Basingstoke Petersfield 32 - 17 Sandown & Shanklin Final Basingstoke Cancelled Petersfield Coronavirus HAMPSHIRE SHIELD Quarter Finals Stoneham bye Ellingham & Ringwood Southampton HWO Farnborough Overton 31 - 20 Chineham Aldershot & Fleet Beat Southampton Semi Finals Ventnor 32 - 33 Aldershot & Fleet Ellingham & Ringwood P - P Overton
FINAL Aldershot & Fleet Cancelled Ellingham & Ringwood or Overton Coronavirus JOHN SNEEZUM VETERANS’ CUP Quarter Finals Winchester 9 - 29 Havant Portsmouth 0 - 25 Trojans Gosport & Fareham 26 – 7 New Milton & District Fareham Heathens 17 – 21 Locksheath Pumas Semi Finals Locksheath Pumas 17 – 35 Trojans Gosport & Fareham 14 – 35 Havant Marines FINAL Trojans 14 - 19 Havant Mariners
RFU CUP RESULTS 2019/2020
CHAMPIONSHIP CUP Quarter Finals Ealing trailfinders 36 – 17 Jersey Reds RFU INTERMEDIATE CUP Round 1 LW AMS 5-18 Farnham Round 2 Farnham HWO Tottonians Round 3 Farnham 55-0 Hove Semi-Final Old Colfinians 13-16 Farnham RFU SENIOR VASE Round 1 Portsmouth HWO Basingstoke Round 2 Reeds Weybridge HWO Portsmouth RFU JUNIOR VASE No Hampshire Clubs entered
LEAGUE TABLES 2019/2020
Championship P W D L F A BP Points Place Jersey Reds 14 6 0 8 320 350 5 32 7
London & SE Premier P W D L F A BP Points Place Guernsey Raiders 22 20 0 2 753 305 17 98 1
London 1 South P W D L F A BP Points Place Havant 22 17 0 5 779 436 87 87 1
London 2 South West P W D L F A BP Points Place Farnham 18 14 0 4 553 305 11 69 1 Eastleigh 18 12 1 5 397 329 7 63 3 Winchester 18 11 0 7 435 353 8 54 4 Tottonians 18 8 0 10 379 413 7 43 6
London 3 South West P W D L F A BP Points Place Portsmouth 17 09 0 8 402 370 9 48 5 Basingstoke 17 6 0 11 311 528 9 36 7 Andover 17 6 0 11 331 411 6 33 8 Trojans 16 6 0 10 303 460 6 31 9 Gosport & Fareham 16 3 0 13 199 478 1 15 10
Hampshire Premiership P W D L F A BP Points Place Petersfield 21 19 1 1 926 253 16 95 1st Alton 21 16 1 14 620 333 14 81 2nd Havant II 21 15 1 5 653 449 14 78 3rd Bognor 20 14 0 6 521 378 12 71 4th Sandown & Shanklin 20 12 1 7 740 413 13 67 5th New Milton 20 12 0 8 540 536 14 64 6th Fordingbridge 21 10 0 11 575 550 11 55 7th Millbrook 20 10 0 10 428 404 7 51 8th Alresford 20 7 0 13 410 494 7 38 9th Ellingham & Ringwood 20 4 0 16 405 625 7 27 10th Eastleigh II 20 5 1 14 303 714 6 25 11th Fareham Heathens 20 5 0 15 309 632 2 19 12th Farnborough 20 0 1 19 218 867 2 -1 13th
Hampshire 1 P W D L F A BP Points Place Chichester 2nd 18 13 1 4 681 267 12 68 1st Overton 18 13 0 5 585 339 13 67 2nd Southampton University Hosp 18 13 0 5 497 312 9 63 3rd Locksheath Pumas 18 12 2 4 427 231 9 63 4th Fawley 17 10 0 7 535 377 10 54 5th Portsmouth II 18 10 0 8 337 327 7 50 6th Isle of Wight 17 9 1 7 443 419 9 50 7th Tottonians II 18 9 1 8 420 422 6 46 8th Ventnor 18 5 0 13 348 587 5 27 9th Gosport & Fareham 18 6 0 12 349 490 5 24 10th Romsey 18 4 1 13 308 510 5 18 11th Southampton 18 0 0 18 135 784 1 -4 12th
The Zoo Shield Division 1 P W D L F A BP Points Place Jersey Athletic 18 7 0 11 373 423 4 47 7th
The Zoo Shield Division 2W P W D L F A BP Points Place Bournemouth 25 2 1 22 441 852 2 18 16th
London 1 South P W D L F A BP Points Place Havant 22 17 0 5 779 436 16 87 1st Camberley 22 16 0 6 652 439 12 80 3rd
Hampshire 2 P W D L F A Points Place Havant III 16 14 0 2 521 257 85 1st Winchester II 16 12 2 2 505 233 81 2nd Petersfield II 16 13 1 2 401 203 81 3rd Southsea Nomads 17 12 0 5 486 257 79 4th Andover II 16 12 0 4 313 187 75 5th Stoneham 16 10 0 6 415 289 65 6th Tottonians Badgers 15 7 0 8 288 203 57 7th Chineham 15 6 0 9 359 411 54 8th Bognor II 15 7 0 8 318 341 51 9th Hook & Odiham 16 1 1 14 204 455 32 10th Overton II 16 4 1 11 243 430 27 11th Basingstoke II 16 5 0 11 240 454 24 12th New Milton II 14 2 2 10 312 412 17 13th Isle of Wight 2nd 16 1 1 14 135 428 14 14th
MERIT TABLES 2019/2020
Hampshire 3 P W D L F A Points Place Millbrook/Stoneham 15 13 0 2 685 194 67 1st Aldershot & Fleet 14 12 0 2 566 163 64 2nd Sandown & Shanklin 14 11 0 3 419 197 61 3rd Alresford II 15 11 0 4 326 268 60 4th Winchester Knights 14 10 0 4 393 174 53 5th Lymington Mariners 12 9 0 3 185 153 49 6th Andover 3rd 15 7 0 8 289 378 48 7th Trojans 3rd 11 8 0 3 304 128 43 8th Locksheath Pumas 2nd 14 6 0 8 335 263 42 9th Tottonians 4th 13 6 1 6 144 252 41 10th Farnham 4th 11 7 0 4 192 231 40 11th Fordingbridge II 14 6 0 8 332 368 39 12th New Milton III 15 5 0 10 218 331 36 13th Portsmouth 3rd 15 4 1 10 150 369 34 14th Kingsclere 12 4 0 8 235 315 29 15th Petersfield 3rd 16 4 0 12 114 256 25 16th Alton 2nd 14 3 0 11 218 607 24 17th Eastleigh 3rd 13 3 0 10 120 348 23 18th Fareham Heathens II 13 0 0 13 56 286 7 19th
Hampshire 4 P W D L F A Points Place Ventnor 2nd 8 8 0 0 143 53 40 1st Farnborough 2nd 7 5 0 2 103 49 26 2nd Wessex Wyverns 7 4 0 3 12 200 23 3rd United Services 4 2 0 2 48 0 10 4th Gosport & Fareham Pirates 5 2 0 3 0 0 10 5th Basingstoke Vets 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 6th Fawley 2nd 5 1 0 4 0 0 5 7th Romsey 2nd 3 0 0 3 17 21 2 8th Chineham 2nd 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 9th Southampton 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10th
WOMENS RESULTS 2019/2020
RFU WOMEN’S INTERMEDIATE CUP 29th September Southampton 0 - 24 Portsmouth Valkyries Havant 40 – 20 Ellingham & Ringwood 27th October Havant 10 – 31 Portsmouth Valkyries 26th January St Mary’s Old Boy Ladies 0 – 13 Portsmouth Valkyries 16th February Cullompton AWO Portsmouth Valkyries RFU WOMEN’S JUNIOR CUP No Hampshire Clubs entered
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2019/2020
Championship 1 South P W D L F A BP Points Place
Trojans 14 5 0 6 156 251 1 25 6
Championship 2 South West P W D L F A BP Points Place
Portsmouth Valkyries 13 6 0 7 299 271 4 31 5 Ellingham & Ringwood 13 1 0 12 130 468 0 9 8
WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHALLENGE LEAGUES 2019/2020
NC 1 South West (S) P W D L F A BP Points Place
Havant 12 10 0 2 558 179 7 49 2nd Guernsey 13 5 1 7 317 293 3 28 5th Southampton 13 4 0 9 175 427 2 18 7th
NC 2 South East (S) P W D L F A BP Points Place
Jersey 13 8 1 4 352 124 0 43 4th
NC 2 South West (E) P W D L F A BP Points Place
Basingstoke 14 9 0 5 357 222 0 43 3rd
Trojans II 13 7 0 6 329 182 0 33 4th
HRFU COLTS LEAGUES 2019/2020
P W D L F A Points Place Division 1 Winchester A 4 3 0 1 48 39 13 1st Alton 4 2 0 2 55 55 11 2nd Basingstoke 4 2 0 2 48 34 10 3rd Havant A 4 2 0 2 37 48 9 4th Trojans 4 2 0 2 57 69 9 5th Andover 4 1 0 3 46 46 7 6th P W D L F A Points Place Division 2 Tottonians 3 3 0 0 75 39 14 1st Petersfield 4 2 0 2 66 91 10 2nd Camberley 2 2 0 2 67 0 9 3rd New Milton 3 2 0 2 46 51 8 4th Bognor 2 0 0 2 19 43 1 5th Gosport & Fareham 4 0 0 4 24 73 1 6th
P W D L F A Points Place Division 3 Wimborne 3 3 0 0 143 40 15 1st Bournemouth 4 3 0 1 85 70 14 2nd Farnborough 3 2 1 0 105 43 13 3rd Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 84 122 9 4th Eastleigh 4 1 0 3 39 138 4 5th Winchester B 4 0 0 4 24 67 0 6th P W D L F A Points Place Division 4 Ellingham & Ringwood 3 3 0 0 111 24 14 1st Bognor B 3 2 0 1 87 62 9 2nd Tadley 3 2 0 2 46 61 8 3rd Havant B 3 1 0 3 73 49 6 4th Fareham Heathens 2 0 0 2 10 67 1 5th Millbrook 2 0 0 2 17 81 0 6th
HRFU U16 / U15 LEAGUES 2019/2020 Please note – The Divisional competitions were completed but The Cup competitions were not completed due to Coronavirus
U 16 Team Final Standing U15 Team Final Standing Alton 1 Division 1 Winner Alton 1 Division 1 Winner
Trojans 1 Havant 1 New Milton 3 New Milton 3 Havant 4 Gosport & Fareham 3 Gosport & Fareham 5 Division 2 Winner Romsey 5 Eastleigh 5 Vectis 5 Division 2 Winner Basingstoke 7 Wimborne 7 Petersfield 7 Farnborough 7 Andover 9 Winchester 9 Winchester 9 Basingstoke 9 Romsey 11 Portsmouth 11 Ellingham & Ringwood 12 Andover 11 Portsmouth 13 Bowl Winner Petersfield 13 Tottonians 14 Division 3 Winner Trojans 14 Division 3 Winner US Portsmouth 15 Tottonians 14 Division 4 Winner Tadley 16 US Portsmouth 16 Farnborough 17 Trophy Winner Bognor Bulldogs 17 Vase Winner Fareham Heathens 18 Fawley 18 Eastleigh 19 Ellingham & Ringwood 19 Fordingbridge 19 Tadley 19
GIRLS MATCHES 2019/2020
RFU SOUTH WEST Area 2 U15 pool 7 P W D L Points Place Basingstoke 3 3 0 0 6 1st Winchester 3 2 0 1 8 2nd Farnham 2 0 0 2 0 3rd RFU SOUTH WEST Area 2 U15 pool 4 P W D L Points Place Havant 2 2 0 1 7 1st Trojans 2 1 1 1 7 2nd Ellingham & Ringwood 2 0 0 1 0 3rd RFU SOUTH WEST Area 2 U15 Cup Final Winscombe U15 Girls 24 - 7 Basingstoke U15 Girls RFU SOUTH WEST U18 Area 2 Pool 6 Trojans 2 2 0 0 8 1st Ellingham & Ringwood 2 0 1 4 2nd Alton 2 0 0 2 0 3rd RFU SOUTH WEST U18 Area 2 Pool 7 Basingstoke 2 0 0 2 0 4th RFU SOUTH U18 Area 2 Pool 8 Havant 2 0 0 2 - 3rd
U14 CUP RESULTS 2019-20 Preliminary Round Bye Eastleigh Fareham Heathens W – L Gosport & Fareham Fordingbridge L – W Basingstoke Portsmouth Bye E’ham & R’wood/Tottonians Bye Winchester Bye Andover Bye Vectis Bye Cup First round Alton W – L Eastleigh Trojans W - L Fareham Heathens Havant W - L Basingstoke New Milton W - L Portsmouth Tadley W - L E’ham & R’wood/Tottonians Petersfield W - L Winchester Fawley W - L Andover Winchester W – L Vectis Cup Quarter Finals Trojans L – W Alton New Milton W – L Havant Petersfield W – L Tadley Winchester W – L Fawley Cup Semi Finals Alton W – L New Milton Petersfield L – W Winchester 3rd Place play off Petersfield L – W New Milton Final Winchester W – L Alton Bowl First Round Bye Vectis Gosport & Fareham L – W Andover Fordingbridge W – L Winchester Bye E’ham & R’wood/Tottonians Bye Portsmouth Bye Basingstoke Bye Fareham heathens Bye Eastleigh Bowl Quarter Finals Andover L -W Vectis E’ham & R’wood/Tottonians W – L Fordingbridge Basingstoke W – L Portsmouth Eastleigh W – L Fareham Heathens Bowl Semi Finals Vectis W – L E’ham & R’wood/Tottonians
Basingstoke W – L Eastleigh 3rd Place play off Eastleigh TBC E’ham & R’wood/Tottonians Bowl Final Basingstoke W – L Vectis Plate Semi Finals Trojans L – W Havant Tadley W- L Fawley 3rd Place play off Fawley L - W Trojans Plate Final Tadley L – W Havant Shield Final Gosport & Fareham W – L Winchester Vase Semi Finals Andover L – W Fordingbridge Portsmouth W – L Fareham 3rd Place play off Fareham Heathens W – L Andover
U13 CUP RESULTS 2019-20 Preliminary Round Fawley W - L Farnborough Ellingham & Ringwood L – W Tadley Basingstoke W - L Andover Eastleigh L - W Wimborne Portsmouth W – L Fareham Heathens Overton L - W Tottonians Romsey W - L US Portsmouth Winchester 2 Vectis (CONCEDED) Cup First round Petersfield W – L Fawley Alton W - L Tadley Gosport & Fareham W - L Basingstoke New Milton W - L Wimborne Havant W - L Portsmouth Fordingbridge W - L Tottonians Trojans W - L Romsey Winchester W – L Winchester Cup Quarter Finals Alton L – W Petersfield New Milton L – W Gosport & Fareham Fordbridge W – L Havant Winchester W – L Trojans Cup Semi Finals Petersfield L – W Gosport & Fareham Fordbridge L – W Winchester 3rd Place play off Fordingbridge W – L Petersfield Final Winchester W – L Gosport & Fareham Bowl First Round Farnborough W – L Winchester Ellingham & Ringwood W – L Romsey Andover L – W Tottonians Eastleigh L – W Portsmouth Fareham Heathens L – W Wimborne Overton L- W Basingstoke US Portsmouth L _ W Tadley Vectis L – W Fawley Bowl Quarter Finals Ellingham & Ringwood W – L Farnborough Portsmouth W – L Tottonians Basingstoke L – W Wimborne Fawley L – W Tadley Bowl Semi Finals Ellingham & Ringwood L – W Portsmouth
3rd Place play off Wimborne TBC Ellingham & Ringwood Bowl Final Tadley W – L Portsmouth Shield Quarter Finals Romsey W – L Winchester Eastleigh W – L Andover Overton Fareham Heathens Bye US Portsmouth Shield Semi Finals Romsey L - W Eastleigh Fareham Heathens L – W US Portsmouth 3rd Place play off Fareham Heathens TBC Romsey Shield Final US Portsmouth L – W Eastleigh Vase Semi Finals Farnborough L – W Tottonians Basingstoke W – L Fawley 3rd Place play off Fawley W - L Farnborough Vase Final Basingstoke W – L Tottonians
HAMPSHIRE U12 TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2020
HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS 2019/2020
UNDER 18s Competition Winner Runner-up Score Cup Peter Symonds Churcher,s College Plate Lord Wandsworth Brockenhurst Bowl Barton HSDC Shield Queen Marys College Itchen/Richard Tauntons
UNDER 16s No results received
UNDER 16s 7’s No results received
UNDER 15s Competition Winner Runner-up Score Cup Perins Mountbatten 27 - 7 Plate Not Played Weather Bowl St Johns Bohunt 22 -12 Shield John Hanson Oakland 44 - 10
U15 7’s No Matches Played
RDO REPORT 2019/2020 (Ivan Torpey & Kieran Spencer)
Due to Coronavirus and the RDOs being furloughed there is no RDO AGM report for 2019/20
CLUB HAMPSHIRE REPORT 2019-20
This season and to a grinding halt at the end of March 2020 with the Coronavirus pandemic hitting the world. The County Senior teams had just started to discuss the players available, when we forced to stop all rugby! Therefore NO Men’s or Women’s County Championship took place. Let’s hope we are able to start next season with a clean bill of health.
20 Group We only played one Championship game this year. We were put back into Division 2 and only had two fixtures to fulfil. We had our first game V Somerset cancelled as they could not raise a team. We lost the remaining game against Dorset & Wilts.
18 to 15 Groups Once again, we are blessed with talented boys and girls in all age groups, and it has been a delight to see them progress through the season groups. This year the U15 and U18 Girls had their second season of 3 festivals and we put out various teams 15 a side, 7 a side, and cross field 7’s. Lots of girls took part and from the laughter and smiles that were seen by us all was a great testament to their Managers and Coaches, despite some pretty awful weather! The last festival was cancelled due to the Covid lockdown. The 18 Group boys played all their games drawing 1, and losing 2. The 17 Group boys played just one game beating Sussex, before the Covid lockdown hit. The 16 Group boys played two squads for all 4 of their games. They won 4 matches and lost 4 matches. The 15 Group boys played one squad for their first game against Surrey that they won and then played two squads against Middlesex, losing one and winning one.
We must thank all the Managers, Coaches and Physios who help and encourage all the players perform at their very best and not to be forgotten the Referees and Match Officials, because without you these matches just would not happen. We would also like to thank the parents for transporting the players to all training sessions and matches and the players for their commitment.
Have a great summer stay safe and thank you all for your support, and let’s hope we can have a full season of County rugby in 2020-21!
Tim Allen Rugby Director
NEW 2019-20 HAMPSHIRE HONOURS
England U20s Alice Maude- Ellingham & Ringwood – England Counties
U18 Counties / International Honours Finlay Scott – England Counties
England Women 7’s Beth Wilcox - England
CLUB HAMPSHIRE RESULTS 2019–2020
COUNTY XV (Manager Mike Greenslade / Graham Butterworth) Bill Beaumont County Championship - Division 1 - Pool 2 No County Championship Cancelled - Coronavirus COUNTY WOMEN’s XV (Manager Sam Cobb / Alison Street) Gill Burns County Championship - Plate - Pool 4 No County Championship L 19 - 24 Cancelled - Coronavirus UNDER 20 XV (Manager Rob Batley - Jason Leonard County Championship –Division 1- Pool 4 01 December Sussex W 35 – 25 Havant RFC 15 December Berkshire L 55 - 5 Rams RFC 26 January Somerset Cancelled by Somerset 15 March Dorset & Wilts L 22 - 6 Trowbridge RFC 18 GROUP (Manager Steve Walker) 01 December Surrey D 0 - 0 Alresford RFC 15 December Sussex L 14 – 34 Farnham RFC 12 January Kent L 28 – 7 Dartford Valley RC GIRLS’ UNDER 18 (Manager Lynne Piddington – 2 of the 3 Festivals were Festivals only this season. No Results completed, last one cancelled due to Coronavirus 17 GROUP (Manager Arthur Rabjohn) – 01 March Sussex W 17 – 36 Horsham AGP 05 April Surrey Cancelled - Coronavirus 24 April Kent Cancelled - Coronavirus
16 GROUP (Manager Gareth Lewis) 05 January Dorset & Wilts U16 A L 15 - 23 Petersfield RFC 05 January Dorset & Wilts U16 B L 26 - 36 Petersfield RFC 19 January Middlesex U16 A L 24 - 26 Alresford RFC 19 January Middlesex U16 B W 14 - 7 Alresford RFC 02 February Berkshire U16 A W 5 - 25 Maidenhead RFC 02 February Berkshire U16 B L 24 - 5 Maidenhead RFC 01 March Surrey U16 A W 12 - 15 Havant RFC 01 March Surrey U16 B W 15 - 31 Havant RFC 15 GROUP (Manager Mike Greenslade) 23 February Surrey U15 W 24 - 22 Havant RFC 15 March Middlesex U15 A L 31 - 5 Grasshopper RFC 15 March Middlesex U15 B W 21 - 24 Grasshopper RFC 29 March Cancelled - Coronavirus GIRLS’ UNDER 15 (Manager- Alison Denmead) – 2 of the 3 Festivals were Festivals this season. No Results completed, last one cancelled due to Coronavirus
Played 17 Won 8 Drawn 1 Lost 8 For 204 Against 259
* Note games played are less than previous years as this does not include the individual outcomes of the U15 and U18 Girls Festivals
CLUB DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2019–2020
As you known by now the Club Development Committee delivers across the Rugby scene in Hampshire to assist and help our Member Clubs provide a welcoming and safe environment for everyone. We work closely with the RFU Professional Staff and provide a conduit through which your Club can access expertise, funding support and guidance.
This season has been a strange and disruptive one caused by CovID-19 and as such our season was cut short, along with most programmes the Club Development committee deliver. The loss of RFU staff to furlough also impacted us with the County volunteers having to pick up some of these roles and I would like to thank them for doing so in such difficult times.
Our Development Community
On behalf of all Hampshire Clubs and the Hampshire Committees, a very big ‘thank you’ to our RFU professional staff is in order. Our RDO’s (Ivan & Kieran) and our CRC’s who continue to do such an outstanding job expanding and improving our rugby environment across the County.
We are very fortunate to have a group of people that are so dedicated to growing and improving our game.
Player Recruitment and Retention
We continue to search for new initiatives and models of good practice that can help to improve the Player Numbers in our Clubs.
Our RDO’s and CRC’s have access, through the RFU, to all of the success stories across the Country. Your Club can take advantage of that knowledge base to see if there is anything being done at other Clubs that might benefit your Club.
Volunteers
We will continue to seek new and better ways to promote Club and County Volunteer Recognition. As with last year our programme would have joined forces with the RFU Mitsubishi Volunteers Recognition scheme and would have resulted in a awards evening in early June. Whilst this has been postponed, we will ensure once we are safe to do so an event to recognise our volunteers will be held.
Volunteering is vitally important to the delivery of Rugby in Hampshire, whether it be at a Club or County Level, you can never have enough Volunteers and the reality is that many Clubs and the County Committees rely on a small and ageing group. We MUST find, and engage with, the new blood within the Hampshire Rugby Family that will take us forward into the future seasons.
We need a real and sustained injection of younger people with new ideas and the enthusiasm to make things happen to improve rugby in our County.
With this in mind as a CB we funded the Leadership Academy with a large group of identified leaders in our clubs attending. This course started as normal but moved to online sessions due to the pandemic. Ultimately this course ended up being suspended and it will resume once we are able to do so. I would especially like to thank Carole Therwall-Jones and Alex Thompson for their help in organising this course. Despite this not being centrally funded by the RFU, we as a CB have stepped forward to cover the financial cost for the benefit of our clubs.
If you are reading this and think ‘I would like to know more about being a County Volunteer’, please give the Office a call, or send an email to [email protected].
If your Club was not able to take full advantage with what was on offer, then now is the time to contact your RDO and Hampshire RFU to see what can be done.
The RFU and Hampshire RFU may have a number of funding initiatives that could benefit your Club. All it takes is a Phone call, email or visit the Hampshire Web Site to find out what may be available to help improve your Club Facilities.
We will continue to improve and expand on our club facilities programmes over the coming season so that all Clubs (with or without Clubhouses) can apply for support. We have a team of willing and experienced Volunteers that work with the RFU staff to make sure that our Clubs have Quality Facilities Projects that we can take to the appropriate Funding sources.
If your Club is considering a Facilities Project in 2020/21, please contact your RDO or one of our Volunteer Team (Terry Foreman, Steve Benson) for guidance as early in the project as possible.
We ran our first Club Development conference at the start of this season which was a great success and some good areas identified for improvement. Our aim will be to run another one when we can bring RFU Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and others to speak and advise you the clubs on key topics which effect clubs on a daily basis. Please keep a look out for further communications.
We changed to the new Local Rugby Plan (LRP) this season and will look to publish next seasons LRP in due course once we have been able to confirmed funds and focus areas. It’s also important to say we have secured funds from our own CB reserves and an RFU grant help facility return to rugby in Hampshire once it’s safe to do so.
Lastly, I would like to take a moment to Thank everyone on the Club Development Committee for their support, help and innovation over the last season especially in preparing for next season and our transition to the LRP. I look forward to sharing the results of this at next season’s AGM.
Mark Castle Club Development Committee Chairman
GAME DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2019–2020
It is said that absence makes the heart grow fonder and it is to be hoped that will be the case when rugby re-emerges from its enforced lockdown due to the Covid virus. The early end to the season also provides time for reflection and consideration as to what we do and how we do it with a view to giving a better service to our members, clubs and volunteers.
The past season has been, as ever, a busy one for the Game Development Committee which seeks to ensure the best experience for all involved in our sport. I would like to thank each and every one of the Committee for the diligence and hard work they show in trying to enhance the Game for stakeholders.
Reporting into this Committee are individuals who organise and run parts of the game that are fundamental to the safe governance and enjoyment that rugby brings in the County. Somebody has to organise and regulate the competitions, apply discipline where needed, safeguard the interests of players and spectators, coach the coaches, deliver the Youth game etc etc and it is to those volunteers who do that work and report into this Committee that I express both my thanks as Chairman and those of the rugby community at large.
The shutdown has caused casualties in terms of competitions not concluded and our highly regarded Coaches Conference being cancelled but the work continues to ensure that when the time is right, we have a sport that is ready to burst out of the blocks.
It is not a closed group. We are always looking for volunteers to take on roles and look to build a team that has diverse thought and ability to provide solutions to make our game better still. I look forward in the coming season to welcoming new people on board and look forward to a time when social distancing is so “last year” and we can tell tall tales of rugby exploits over a pint at our local club.
Upwards and Onwards
Gary Self Game Development Committee Chairman
YOUTH REPORT 2019–2020
The season has been one of highs and lows. The youth game across Hampshire was going from strength to strength but post-Christmas the weather took its toll on the pitches resulting in many matches being postponed/cancelled and then the season came to an abrupt end as a result of the COVID 19.
This complete break from rugby will present many challenges well in to next season and whilst this is a blow to many rugby clubs it presents an opportunity to reflect, regroup and refresh. The 1000's of volunteers are getting a much-earned rest, albeit probably catching up with DIY and other jobs but have no doubt that they will be keen to come back and be stronger and more dedicated than before.
The Youth competitions were as hard fought as ever and a big thanks goes to Shaun Mildenhall, Arthur Rabjohn, Ray Brooker & Discipline Officer, Gary Self who have spent many hours organising, running and adjudicating the leagues and cups. Thanks also to Julie, Georgia and Caroline for their continued contribution in running youth rugby and to the Safeguarding team led by Sally Walker.
And finally.....
The Youth Forum has been well attended but I would like to remind all clubs that they are all welcome to attend and that it is their platform to be heard. Please take the opportunity and we look forward to seeing you as soon as we are able!
Laura Self Hampshire Youth Chair
APPENDIX I HAMPSHIRE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LIMITED
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at 1930 on Wednesday 11 July, 2019 at Alresford RFC
Those present:
President (*1) Richard Hornblow*
Past Presidents M.P.Glogg MBE, N.J. Stone OBE, L. Angel BEM, R. Scott, J Rees
Vice Presidents K. Johnston, N. Morgan
Management Board (*7) J. Greenslade* (Executive Director), Dr. E. Neville* (Management Chairman), M. Castle* (Club Development)R. Matthews*(Club Representative), B Rhodes *(Club Representative), T. Burwell * (HRFU Council Representation), P.J. Topham* (Past President – Co-opted member), G. Leprohon(Administrative Officer)
Member Clubs Represented(*17) Aldershot & Fleet*, Alresford*, Alton*, Andover*, Basingstoke*, Bognor, Bournemouth, Ellingham & Ringwood*, Farnborough*, Fordingbridge*, Gosport & Fareham*, Havant*, Hook & Odiham, Millbrook*,Overton*, Portsmouth*, Petersfield RFC*, Southampton University Hospitals, Southsea Nomads*,Tottonians*, Trojans*, US Portsmouth*, Winchester*
Life Associates P. Hannan, E. R. Hoare
Individual Associates P Reid
Club Representatives P. Allen, E. Ayling, R. Batley, L. Bennett, S. Benson, A. Black,I. Brown, S. Carkeet, A. Cornell,A. Cobb, C. Few, T. Foreman, L. Foster, A. Gray de Walden, J. Hunter,W. Hausen, M. Hausen, C. Ings, J. Ings, S. Jenkins, M. Knight, A.Kowrower, M. Manley R. Matthews, I Messenger, T. Mills, T. Moore M Osborne, P. Reid, B. Rhodes, M. Rushworth, F. Taute, M. Thomas, K. Walker, S. Whatmore
Award Winners J. Hewett, M. Bloomer, M. Summerfield, T. Bloomer, N. Blumlein, G. Paice, G. Self, M. Castle, W. Hausen, S. Walker, S. Evans
Others present A. Tart, I. Torpey, S Le Voi, Bloomer Family, A. Rabjohn, G. Lewis, C.Day, M. Osborne
Clubs by Proxy (*4) Alton*, Isle of Wight*,Kingsclere*, Petersfield*
Management Board by Proxy (*2) I.S. Kerr OBE*, T. Allen*,
*Voting Members (31) (Quorum = 15)
The Executive Director read the Notice convening the meeting.
The President welcomed everyone to the Hampshire RFU AGM and thanked them for coming and reminded everyone that there is just one vote per club when voting.
The President asked for remembrance for those in our Clubs and County Union who have passed away since our AGM in July 2018.
Mr Clive Niccolls -Navy Colts, Gosport & Fareham RFC, Trojans RFC, Havant RFC and Hampshire Mr Scot Buchan – Winchester RFC President Mr John Hayward – Havant RFC Mr Peter Cunningham – Gosport & Fareham RFC, HRURS/HRR Mr John Lee – Romsey RFC Mr Graham Tebbett – Gosport & Fareham RFC Mr Adam Long – Portsmouth RFC Mr Derek Clark – Havant RFC, Portsmouth RFC Mr Alistair Peel – Petersfield RFC Mr P Hourigan – Havant RFC Mr G Morralee – Havant RFC Mrs J Boyle – Basingstoke RFC & widow of our Past President, John.
Item 1 - Apologies for absence, no more were given on the night.
Management Board I.S. Kerr OBE, R. D. Showan, T. Allen, G. Self
Vice Presidents A. Morgan, I. Lillington, J. Collins, P. Burton, J Cloke
Member Clubs Fareham Heathens, Guernsey, Isle of Wight, Kingsclere, Jersey Reds, Romsey, Sandown & Shanklin, Southampton,
Associate Clubs Farnham
Life Associates J.R. Parkhouse,
Individual Associates P. Grant, B. Challis, P & C. Starling, B. Ford, A. Day, S. Neilson, N. Creal, B. Gates, C. Lake, M. Gill
Other A. Morgan, L. Self, G. Hemmings, D. Creal
Item 2 - To consider and approve minutes of 2018 AGM –
They are published as Appendix 1 in the Annual Report – May I take them as read? Proposer – P. Topham Seconder – B. Rhodes In favour: all Those against: 0 Abstentions: 0 Minutes approved
Item 3 - To consider and approve the minutes of the 2018 AFGM.
They are published as Appendix 2 in the Annual Report – May I take them as read? Proposer – Julie Greenslade Seconder –E. Neville In favour: all Those against: 0 Abstentions: 0 Minutes approved
Item 4 - To receive the Executive Director’s Report.
This appears in the Annual Report - The President invited the XD to speak to her Report:
Julie Greenslade the Executive Director gave a power point summary of her report.
Item 5 – Presentation of Awards
FMT Bunney Trophy for the County Championship Player of the Year. This was awarded to Jake Hewett... Jake plays his rugby at Havant RFC and his outstanding club performances demanded consideration for the county squad this season. In warm-up games against the Navy President’s and full Navy squads, Jake grasped the opportunity and made the No9 shirt his own ahead of some strong competition.
Over the three Championship games Jake was one of a number of players who rose to the challenge of facing teams in Division One of the Bill Beaumont County Championship with squads largely made up of players from National league sides. Despite his lack of experience at this level of Rugby, Jake proved to be one of our main attacking threats, continually occupying the opposition loose forwards, and with the accuracy of his pass, enabled our backs to attack the outside of the opponent’s defences, demonstrated by the percentage of tries scored by our back three. Defensively, Jake was superb, covering well and personally saving a couple of tries, coupled with regular turnovers after making the tackle.
Jake also had the versatility to cover at full back after an injury and created one of our “tries of the campaign” against Kent.
Jake is a credit to Hampshire Rugby and fully deserves the award of the FMT Bunney trophy for 2019 (Jake received the Trophy and Tankard from the president)
The Brian Short Memorial Trophy – Brian Short, former County President, was an enthusiastic supporter of County youth rugby and wanted an annual award to go to a young Hampshire player who epitomised the spirit of Hampshire rugby: not necessarily the best player but one who put in the effort and was a team player.
This year’s winner was Matt Bloomer. Matt achieved his county cap coming off the bench against Berkshire before being moved to second row late in the game. His enthusiasm and support for the team was demonstrated throughout our training sessions and on match days where, as self-elected water boy, he was ready to take the field in any position. Matt encouraged all squad members while taking on personal feedback and developed quickly in the short time we worked with him. As a result, Matt made the starting line-up for our final game against Surrey. Matt demonstrated a great team spirit and work ethic as part of the squad and while keen to impress, listened and acted upon feedback to improve his own personal performance. He is just at the start of what will surely be a long and successful Hampshire career and his energy and “can-do” attitude will be a great asset to the future squads he is involved in. (Matt received the Trophy and Tankard from the president)
The Robbie Keast Awards Robbie Keast, who had played for the County U15’s, 16’s and 17’s; at the age of twenty-two and having just gained first class honours in Engineering at Warwick University, died in a road accident. His family and friends made a very generous donation to Hampshire Schools RFU which has enabled two awards to be made in his memory – one for U16’s and one for U18’s. The Awards are in recognition of commitment, dedication and to a player who shows true qualities of sportsmanship. Robbie’s parents usually attend our AGM to present these awards but were unable to attend this year; they sent their congratulations to both winners and have very generously just donated a further £3000 to Hampshire Rugby to purchase a defibrillator.
The Robbie Keast U16 Award went to Michael (Mikey) Summerfield ‘Mikey’, meets all the criteria for this award. He has noticeably improved in every game throughout the 2018/19 season with ‘stand out’ performances on the field for his Club, Academy and the County side. He is very coachable, a good leader and has communication skills that have made him stand out both in training and on the field. He has put a considerable effort into building his strength and fitness as a front row player, whilst also improving his mobility and core rugby skills. The Club Hampshire U16 Management and Coaching team have no doubts that he will progress further in the game and be a great ambassador for the county youth rugby pathway. (Mikey received the Trophy and Tankard from the president)
The Robbie Keast U18 Award went to Tom Bloomer Tom has been an ever-present member for the County since U14’s, and ever since then he has been a pleasure to have in the squad over the last 5 seasons. He demonstrates consistently the rugby ethos and values and always views the glass as half full rather than half empty. He can communicate at all levels and continually seeks feedback from the coaches, not just for himself but for the squad. Due to these characteristics he was a unanimous choice to be the team captain and now to receive the Robbie Keast Award. His leadership on the pitch cannot be doubted as he inspires by example to all those around him. As a back-row player, he does those things which can turn a game and the number of turnovers he achieves certainly is testament to that. He led the County U18’s to a County Grand Slam unbeaten season.
His absolute commitment to training and his skill as a rugby player gained him selection for the U18 England Counties squad that toured to Ireland. Tom was in both starting XV’s for the matches, with each match ending with a win.
In short, Tom continually demonstrates what is good about County rugby, especially Club Hampshire and is a worthy recipient of this prestigious award. (Tom received the Trophy and Tankard from the president)
The John Sneezum U20 Captains Tankard – was awarded to Nick Blumlein Nick has been a real credit to the squad this season, his spirit and leadership shining through in what was ultimately a disappointing campaign for the U20s. Nick never shirked the responsibility of playing 10 as well as being skipper and did it all with good humour and endless enthusiasm.
Writing this citation, Mike Greenslade said “Having managed Nick for many seasons through the county youth group sides, it has been a real pleasure seeing him develop both as a player but equally importantly, watching how he has personally grown and matured each season. Nick is a huge credit to his family, his home club Petersfield and has been a tremendous asset to Hampshire in the way he has represented the County through all the age group squads. This award is a small token of thanks for all Nick’s efforts, especially this season as U20s skipper and is well deserved. We wish Nick every success in his career and as he moves out of U20s, we will look forward with interest to follow the next stage of his rugby journey.
(Nick was UNABLE to attend to receive the Captains Tankard so it was presented it to Bernie Rhodes from Petersfield RFC (DoR) and they will award it to him at a home game)
Again, this season, Hampshire clubs enjoyed many successes: - Jersey Reds finished solidly in 4th position in the Championship and Guernsey Raiders were 15th in the London and South East Premier, following their promotion last season. Havant came sixth & Tottonians came twelfth in LONDON 1 South, with Camberley (our Out of County Associate club) coming third. In London 2 South-West, Farnham came an impressive second, with Eastleigh coming fifth and Gosport & Fareham coming eleventh.
Winchester topped London 3 South West with Portsmouth and United services following in third and fifth respectively. (The President awarded the plaque) Basingstoke won the HAMPSHIRE Premiership with a perfect record winning all 22 of their matches & the ‘NEWS’ Challenge Trophy. (The President awarded the Cup & Plaque) Alton topped HAMPSHIRE 1, winning 17 of their 18 matches,& the ‘ECHO’ Cup. (The President awarded the Cup & Plaque) Havant III topped HAMPSHIRE 2, winning 21 of their 22 matches & the ‘PINNOCK’ Cup. (The President awarded the Cup & Plaques)
Winners of Hampshire Three – IOW 2nd XV; winning 17 of their 18 matches. (Plaque was awarded at the coaching conference by Deputy President Ian Kerr)
Winners of Hampshire Four – Eastleigh 3rd XV - winning 15 of their 17 matches.(Plaque was awarded at the coaching conference by Deputy President Ian Kerr)
Here are the Hampshire Cup Competition winners: - All trophies were awarded to the winning clubs on the day of the Finals.
Hampshire Challenge Trophy - Tottonians RFC beat Havant RFC 8 – 22
Hampshire Bowl – Eastleigh RFC beat Portsmouth RFC 24 – 34
Hampshire Plate – Fareham Heathens RFC beat Alton RFC 31-25
Hampshire Vase – Basingstoke RFC beat Millbrook RFC 17 – 15
Hampshire Shield – Overton beat Hook & Odiham 73 – 5
John Sneezum Vets cup – Havant Mariners beat Portsmouth Vets 15 -36
Congratulations to all the winners, and, indeed to all the participants
In recognition of their service to the Union, six county badges were awarded this year. County Badges are awarded to: Geoff Paice for his long-standing contribution to the Hampshire Rugby Referees’ Society; both as an active referee but also in various “back-room” administrative capacities. Alongside this he has been a member of the Competitions’ Committee, where he has made a significant contribution to the development of League Rugby in Hampshire. (The President awarded the Badge)
Gary Self, for his long association with Club and Youth Rugby in Hampshire, his role as Chairman of Hampshire Youth Rugby and his current contribution as Chairman of the Game Development Committee & as a Board member. (Gary was unable to attend)
Mark Castle for his long association with Club Rugby, his commitment and success on the RFU Administration Course, his subsequent, wide and active roles, firstly in Governance and now as Chairman of the Club Development Committee, and for his always considered contributions to the Management Board. (The President awarded the Badge)
Wayne Hausen for his dedication with the Hampshire Coaching Committee being a great Chairman for the last 4 years and being with the committee in all for 10 seasons. (The President awarded the Badge) Steve Walker for his great commitment to Club Hampshire, over many years in his role as an Age Group Manager.(The President awarded the Badge)
Sharon Evans for her valued Community Rugby Coach work for Hampshire Rugby; over the last 11 years and for assisting her local club Ellingham and Ringwood RFC. She also has supported our Club Hampshire U15 Girls team over the last three years. (The President awarded the Badge)
Item 6 – To receive a Financial Report – The President invited Finance Chairman Richard Showan to speak: -
Richard Showan was unable to attend so Julie Greenslade read out his main points:
1. We were budgeting to break even for this year to 30th June, and I still believe that we will be close to break-even, though the costs are still coming in.
2. Reserves are thus expected to be close to the existing £101,000, once we have finalised the figures.
3. County Office and administration costs are likely to be under-budget (again), largely due to Julie's careful control of costs.
4. Of the £68,136 "Core-funding" from the RFU, we will continue to put 25% (£17,034) towards the costs of running the County Office and administration, and the balance to fund the RFU's" key-drivers" for Hampshire Club Rugby.
5. The funding of Club Hampshire this year has been greatly helped by approximately £14,000 from parents, businesses and other helpers and sponsors.
The President declared the Financial Report received, and there were no questions.
As in previous years, the President requested it minuted that he expresses his thanks and appreciation for the work of our Chairman of Finance Richard Showan and our office team in managing our finances.
Item 7 - To elect the Vice Presidents. The Board recommends that the current Vice Presidents continue in office, and all previously elected Vice-Presidents names shall be shown in the 2019-20 Handbook. There are no new VP nominations for this season.
The President introduced items 8 and 9.
Item 8 - To consider a resolution dis-applying the provisions of the Act relating to the obligation to appoint Auditors.
The Management Board proposes that the Accounts for the year from 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019 be subjected to an Accountant’s Report and that the requirements for a full professional audit be dispensed with.
The President asked: Do I have a Proposer and a Seconder? Proposer: Julie Greenslade (XD) Seconder: Alexandra Grey de Walden (Alresford)
Those in favour please show–all in favour, no Abstentions and no one against - so the President declared the proposal as passed.
Item 9 - To appoint the Reporting Accountants for 2018-2019.
The Management Board recommends Rothman Pantall LLP Eastleigh to be appointed.
Do I have a Proposer and a Seconder? Proposer: Rick Scott (US Portsmouth), Seconder: Rob Batley (Gosport & Fareham RFC)
Those in favour please show – No Abstentions and no one against - so the President declared the proposal as passed.
Item 10 -To elect the Management Board
The nominations are:
D. R. HORNBLOW President E. NEVILLE Chairman I.S. KERR OBE Deputy President R.D. SHOWAN Finance Chairman M.CASTLE Club Development Chairman G. SELF Game Development Chairman
The President stated that as there are no other nominations so these appointments will stand.
We have two Club representative positions, and 2 nominations from our member clubs; namely
Rob Matthews, Havant RFC
Nominated by Havant RFC Seconded by Rob Batley (Gosport & Fareham)
Bernie Rhodes, Petersfield RFC
Nominated by Petersfield RFC … Seconded by Mark Castle (Club Development Chairman)
Following this vote Rob Matthews and Bernie Rhodes will be in place for the club representative roles for 2019-20.
The following remain members of the Management Board:
T. BURWELL, as the elected RFU Representative Mrs J GREENSLADE, as the appointed Executive Director T. ALLEN, as the appointed Manager of Club Hampshire
The President then addressed all at the AGM...
This time last year, we were making counter-proposals to the RFU’s suggested job cuts in Hampshire, directly affecting our RDOs and CRC’s. Our proposals were approved and we retained 2 RDOs to work with the 2 remaining CRC’s, so we have 4 RFU employees in Gavin Williams’ team covering what 7 were doing before. I remain incredulous that the original proposals showed such a lack of understanding of how the governing body interacts with its foundations, suggesting that one RDO could deal with 52 clubs (without affiliates out of county) in an area the size of Hampshire which includes the Isle of Wight and the Channel
Islands. An organisation which either doesn’t understand its core business, or defines it in very different terms from its own constituent bodies!
The Community game has suffered and endured further cuts, such as in county championship funding (reduced by £4000 in the coming season), offshore travel subsidies being capped and reduced (which we have made up from reserves to maintain the level). Rugby Safe is mandated and a key driver next season, but not funded (covered again by £1000 from reserves). Our Under 20s couldn’t have money for the training sessions of previous years before their tournament started, and they did less well than previously, arguably as a direct result. Many counties have had their aggregated annual funding cut, though we have not, thanks largely to Terry’s lobbying and the work of Mark Castle’s PFR group (which has become LRP or Local Rugby Plan).
After our game went professional in the mid 90s, RFU funding was pledged at 50/50 between the professional and the community game. This had reached an official figure of 62:38 by last season and is heading for two thirds: one third all too quickly. The Community Game Board seems to be the toothless poor relation where RFU priorities are concerned, but with Professional game financial commitments lasting into next year and the East Stand overspend and resultant borrowing; the RFU has nowhere else to go for savings, following the job cuts. No Board salaries have been reduced.
In setting our budgets for the coming year, we have followed the principle that we must not PLAN to make a loss, and so admin costs have been cut to the bone, better, harder procurement practices introduced, and a review determined that, with the demise of HEPT (Hampshire Extended Player Training) ordered by the RFU, we could no longer sustain the paid position of Director of Rugby. The position was therefore made redundant last month. The Board was, however, delighted that Tim Allen agreed to stay on as a volunteer and will continue as Club Hampshire Manager with revised terms of reference. Tim served in the DoR role for over 11 years, and we have of course followed due process in employment law, but in addition, I would like Tim to come forward and accept an engraved tankard marking the county’s appreciation of that service.
I started with the bad news but there is plenty of good news as well. Over the last 12 months, I have seen more Youth Rugby than I had been used to watching, and have been massively enthused by it. The performance and commitment on and off the field is truly fantastic. The work put in by coaches is phenomenal, in county age groups and in our clubs.
I’ve seen every age group except the U18s and our women’s teams, for no reason other than date clashes, but look forward to rectifying that in the new season. That positivity applies to all of them and is why we’re so pleased to retain continuity with Tim staying on. Club Hampshire does SO much good work, AND we constantly strive to improve it. The County Championship senior XV was superb competing in Division 1 for the first time in the current format, and their results seriously didn’t do them justice. If we can restore all of the spending and add to it, to enable better preparation through sponsorship, then we will, and this is a priority for next season and beyond.
I have been to around half of our clubs last season and see the same commitment and enjoyment in the game as I saw in County teams. These visits have often been to deliver RFU accreditation awards, which bear testament to the high standards achieved, the excellence among our volunteers, particularly on club committees and in coaching, and the first rate work of our RDOs. There is SO much for the people delivering this to be proud of, not least the players.
On 28th June at Winchester, I was privileged to present our volunteer awards. Mark Castle and his team had to whittle down over 1500 nominations to the 60 or so plaques presented on the night. The nominations figure speaks volumes, but I was really impressed and delighted by the number of young people receiving awards, and by the number of women – around 50%. These good folk were a snapshot of the future of Hampshire rugby, and it is in pretty good shape.
As with all voluntary work, people have to call time, either to move on to other roles or because they have done their bit and just want to sit in the stands or go for a drink with their mates. We have 3 more engraved tankards to mark appreciation for services rendered, 2 of whom are here.
Wayne Hausen has received a county badge tonight, and has given over ten years to the coaching committee. We would like to mark that before Wayne takes on the Chairmanship of Totts, which might be even more demanding, so, Wayne, please come forward. (The president awarded Wayne a glass tankard)
Gary Hemmings is the other recipient. When I started chairing Governance in 2008, Gary was on that Committee as Secretary of Competitions. He succeeded John Collins as Chairman for the next 3 years, then passed the baton and retired (again as Committee Secretary) at the end of last month, in his second decade of service to Competitions. This is in addition to all he has done for his club unfortunately Gary can’t be here this evening.
Alan Morgan is the other recipient in recognition of his successes over several years with the Under 20s, but can’t be here this evening.
I wish everybody an enjoyable season and as many as find it possible, a successful one as well. Thank you for coming here this evening and for all you do for rugby in Hampshire.
The President invited P. Topham as ERCA representative to present Jed Stone OBE, with the ERCA appreciation award.
Item 11 - To hear any other matter for the consideration of the Management Board during the ensuing year but on which no voting will be allowed.
The President then awarded the following...
1. Trojans their RFU Accreditation 2. Alton their RFC Re-accreditation
He also presented the following... Trojans with the old bowl for the club to keep Farnborough with the old plate for the club to keep
He then invited any-one who wished to raise any other matter from the floor to do so.
There were no other matters raised, so the President thanked everyone again for attending and gave collective thanks to Alresford Rugby Football Club for hosting the event. He then declared the Annual General Meeting closed at (8.22).
APPENDIX II HAMPSHIRE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LIMITED
Minutes of the Annual Financial General Meeting held at 1915 on Monday 18th November 2019 at Trojans FC
Minutes of the Annual Financial General Meeting held at 1915 on Monday 18th November 2019 at Trojans FC
Present: HRFU President Richard Hornblow* Management Board Chairman Ed Neville* Finance Chairman Richard Showan* Hon Secretary/Exec Director Julie Greenslade* RFU Representative Terry Burwell* Club development Chairman Mark Castle* Clubs Representative Rob Matthews* Clubs Representative Bernie Rhodes*
Clubs Represented
Alton * Kingsclere * Stoneham * Basingstoke * Locksheath Pumas* Tottonians * Eastleigh * Petersfield * Trojans * Gosport and Fareham* Romsey * US Portsmouth* Isle of Wight *
Clubs and attendees represented by Proxy vote
Tim Allen* Mark Castle* Peter Topham*
* 24 Voting Members (Quorum = 15)
Club Representatives
Aurie Woodley Eric Bailey Keith Joseph Caroline Clarke George Winch Mark Rushworth Chris Budden Iain Messenger Rick Scott Dave Metcalfe Jed Stone Steve Jenkiins Duncan Parker Joe Cloke Wayne Hausen
Others
Rugby Development Officers: Kieran Spencer, Ivan Torpey
HRFU Competitions: Richard Isaacs
Apologies: HRFU Deputy President Ian Kerr* Game development Chairman Gary Self* Manager of Club Hampshire Tim Allen* Co-opted Management member Peter Topham*
Doug Warren – Bournemouth, Howard Neale – Ellingham and Ringwood, Robin Moses – Farnborough, Stuart Barden – Petersfield,
Meeting opened 19:18
RH welcomed members and reminded everyone to sign in because of voting. RH read the calling notice, and then RDS was asked to present the accounts.
Item 1
1.1 To receive the Union’s Financial Statements for the financial year ended on 30th June, 2019 and the Reporting Accountant’s report thereon and to make any suitable order in respect thereof.
RDS stated that hopefully all persons present have had the chance to look at the figures, last year as before he said that when Jed ran the figures we always made a profit and in the 3 years I have been doing the accounts the first two years we made a loss. This year I can pleased to say we had a £6000 surplus – which will be put to good use this season. RDS then went over the figures on pages 3, 7 and 8 to explain why he had presented them like that. He hopes things are clearer to understand now. RDS thanked JG and the Management Board for assistance over the last season.
It was asked if the RFU states how much we have to hold in reserves. RDS replied that there is no amount. He added that we are looking to use some of the reserves later to assist special projects in clubs whether it be to fund, be a loan or a bursary. He suggested that through Ivan and Kieran he is happy with the Board to look at club projects.
It was asked about the disparity on Club Hampshire spending and HEPT. It was explained that the larger amount this last season was due to all the salary for the Director of Rugby for Club Hampshire being paid a salary and travel expenses and then the redundancy pay off as he is now a volunteer in post as Manager of Club Hampshire. This item will be reduced dramatically next season as it will just be the Manager of Club Hampshire travel expenses.
1.2 RH invited those present to receive the Financial Statements which were accepted them... Proposed by B Rhodes Seconded by M Castle No votes against No Abstentions.
Item 2
To hear any other financial matter for the consideration of the Management Committee during the ensuing year but on which no voting shall be allowed.
2.1 There were no other matters raised. RH thanked Richard for his work over the past season and also gave everyone in the Union thanks.
Meeting closed 19:38