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ICE HOCKEY NSW 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Sunday November 25th 2012 Sports House 6A Figtree Drive Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Sunday November 25th 2012 Sports House 6A Figtree Drive Sydney Olympic Park 3.30pm Registration. AGM 4.00pm to 5.30pm including awards AGENDA 1. Welcome and Opening Remarks 2. Apologies for Absence 3. Confirmation of Minutes of 2011 AGM held 27th November 2011 4. Matters Arising from the Minutes 5. Correspondence 6. President’s Report 7. Financial Report 8. Tabling of Appointed Officers Reports 9. Acceptance of Reports 10. Election of Vice-President 11. Election of Secretary 12. Election of Ordinary Members 13. Appointment of Directors for 2013 14. Presentation of Awards All nominations must be signed by the Nominee, the Proposer and the Seconder, all of whom must be current members of Ice Hockey NSW Nominees for all positions must be present at the meeting Proxy forms are to be received post, email or fax by the NSW IHA Inc. Secretary (IHNSW office) by 5.00pm Thursday, 22th November 2012 Nominations for vacant positions must be received by post, email or fax by the NSW IHA Inc. Secretary (IHNSW office) by 5.00pm Friday, 16th November 2012 MINUTES 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Sunday, November 27th 2011 SPORTS HOUSE President opened the meeting at 4:10pm. Minutes from AGM held 27th November 2010 Moved Debra Allport, seconded by Duncan McGregor that Minutes from the 2010 AGM be accepted. Carried. Matters Arising: No matters arising from the Minutes from the 2010 AGM. Official Apologies: Cathy Woodward, Denis Woodward, Patrick Woodward, Don Scurfield. President’s Report: The President, Tim McMahon, read his report for the year. The report was made available for members. Welcome to the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the NSW Ice Hockey Association Inc. The Association is in an excellent financial position again this year and 2012 registration fees won’t have to be changed. The decision to assign all State Teams an Association bank account proved a smart one, with balancing, player refunds and accounting all undertaken with a minimum of fuss (and cost). The website continued to attract in excess of one million hits per month for most of the year, as it has done since its inception and given those sort of statistics, IHNSW should consider soliciting serious advertising sponsorship in 2012. A Face Book page was also launched this year and is seems to have been very well received. As is always the case, an ice-time shortage continues make scheduling difficult but once again, Emily and Vicki Stephenson managed to produce a successful draw and get us through the season with minimal inconvenience. I’d like to thank them both for their persistence and their patience. The overall membership has changed very little this year however, there was an increase in younger player numbers and several Clubs have voiced an interest in pursuing some form of Mite competition in 2012, which is very encouraging. The privately owned/operated leagues have had very little impact on IHNSW fielding 22 teams in three senior recreational divisions in the winter and seven teams competing in the summer league. Once again, there were no cancellations in the Senior B draw and officials were assigned to all games. The Senior B Committee seems to be working very well and I’d like acknowledge Norm Walsh’s continued efforts in assisting the Association to provide these players with as fine a league as possible. Robyn Ravelje again worked tirelessly allocating officials to regular rounds and an increasing number of Exhibition Games and is definitely owed our gratitude. Disciplinary tribunals were minimal this year and I’d like to thank Ken Lambert for taking on the Chairman position when it was suddenly vacated early in the season. Ken has a wealth experience in all aspects of the sport and his considerable knowledge has ensured the IHNSW Tribunal remains the fairest and most comprehensive ice hockey disciplinary system in the country. East Coast Super League continues as an Incorporated Association and affiliated club in its own right and from all accounts, has had a successful season. Les Adams deserves to be singled out and congratulated for his continued efforts with this age-group, including his involvement with both IHNSW Brown Teams. Financial Statements: A financial statement was provided with the AGM report, which was distributed to all members. Treasurer Keven Ross answered questions on the financial statements. Craig Air, seconded Tony Mizen that the reports be accepted. Carried. Election of Committee: IHNSW Secretary Warwick Griffith asked that Tim McMahon and Keven Ross to step down. President position: One nomination only. Steve Ransome nominated by Warwick Griffith and seconded Vicki Stephenson. Treasurer’s position: One nomination Keven Ross nominated by Tim McMahon and seconded by Warwick Griffith Election of four Ordinary Members: Nominations received: Vicki Stephenson Norm Walsh Tim Flynn Dawn Watt Kenny Schafer Jnr Ron Lavery – withdrew nomination The Secretary asked each nominee to say a few words on their history in Ice Hockey. Ken Lambert – IHNSW Tribunal Chairman will act as scrutiniser for the voting. The Secretary has asked that all present cast their votes in the ballot box at the front of the room. Ken Lambert announces that Vicki Stephenson, Dawn Watt, Norm Walsh and Tim Flynn have been voted as the Ordinary Members. Moved Debra Allport, seconded Duncan McGregor, that the vote be accepted. Carried. The following Officials were appointed on the day after receiving nominations prior to the AGM, or continuing in their current capacity: - Social Justice Officer Dorothy McDonald - Statistician Don Stolee - Coaching Director Mark Stephenson - Referee Administrator Robyn Ravelje - Dawn Watt Development Officer - Tribunal Officer Ken Lambert - Women’s Coordinator Anthony Hall - Tournament Director TBC - Referee Development TBC Moved Debra Allport, seconded Duncan McGregor that nominations be accepted. Carried. The Secretary closed the meeting at 4.44pm. President presented the 2011 PLAYER AWARDS. Grade MVP HPS BGK Pee Wee Nick Air - Blacktown Flyers Lachlan Shumak - Canterbury Eagles James Downie - Norwest Gladiators Bantam Hayden Sheard - Newcastle Northstars Jake Knott - Canterbury Eagles Nicholas Mizen - Canterbury Eagles Midget Alec Stephenson - Blacktown Flyers Christopher Shephard - LCC Saints Trent Kirkham - Canberra Phoenix Women Sharna Godfrey - Penrith Phantoms Sharna Godfrey - Penrith Phantoms Alexandra Stefan - Penrith Phantoms Senior Division 1 Robert Thompson - Phantoms A Michal Loudil - Canterbury Bucs Matthew Crawford - LCC Titans Senior Division 2 Carl Di Piazza - Norwest Emperors Marc-Andre Bombardier - Ice Cubes Lucas Alexiou - Ice Cubes Senior Division 3 Scott Cosgrove - Sydney Kodiaks Ozair Vicaruddin - Norwest Greys Antony Critcher - Norwest Emperors ECSL Luke Read - ECSL Rebels Jason Gibson - ECSL Raptors Joshua O'Neil - ECSL Raptors PRESIDENT’S REPORT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 25th NOVEMBER, 2012 Dear Members, Welcome to the 2012 Annual General Meeting of the NSW Ice Hockey Association Inc. Competition Our junior competition this year was effected by a reduction in player numbers and as a result some clubs were unable to field teams. Whilst all grades have teams with a wide range of skill, it was pleasing to see that all six clubs with junior teams where represented in the final series and teams from 4 different clubs played in closely contested grand finals. NSW were also strongly represented in National championships with 3 junior teams and our Browns team competing in the grand final games. The Ginsberg team led by Dawn Watt and the Tange team led by Jason Kvisle played some great hockey to bring home the gold medals. Player numbers Since 2010 NSW has seen a reduction in junior player numbers by approximately 10% per year. The largest decline in numbers is at the Peewee and Bantam ages. The reason for this decline is the subject of much debate but contributing causes are: general state of family finances, closure of the Blacktown rink and lack of entry level development at some rinks. The result has been that some clubs have not been able to field a team in all junior grades in 2012 and this is likely to be the case again in 2013. In the later part of this year several clubs have initiated programs to encourage new players to the sport and there are early indications of success. These initiatives aimed at recruitment of new players are critical to the success of our sport in the long term. Healthy team and club numbers are a good antidote to increasing costs and they also allow more investment in the development of players, coaches and officials. An analysis of our membership demographics shows that more than 80% of our junior players start playing ice hockey when they live within 10 km of a rink that plays games so the effect of rink closures or not being able to play games at some rinks has a material effect on junior player numbers. Senior player numbers are very healthy. Development Earlier in the year the IHA Technical director, Debbie Strome held three Power skating clinics in Sydney. These clinics were very well received by the players and coaches who attended and we plan to run an extended program in 2013. IHA has identified a trend of deteriorating skating skills in all states and having Debbie available to assist coaches will be one part of our plan to rectify the situation in 2013. A number of goalkeeper training sessions took place during the year. These sessions brought together goalkeepers at all skill levels from all clubs and were run by experienced coaches. Positive feedback from players and parents indicates the increased skill and confidence the players achieved greatly improved performance and motivation. The Only Atoms tournament takes place each year in Newcastle, with around 90 players taking part.

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