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COUNTY AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (Founded 1895)

MINUTES OF SUSSEX COUNTY WATER POLO COMMITTEE MEETING Held on Monday 8 Feb 2016 at 19.00hrs in the Committee Room, County Hall, .

PRESENT: Mr. Tim Pierce (President & ). Mr. M. Beey(); Mr. S. Viney(Brighton); Mr. S. Bond; Mr. Ian Allgar () Mr. S. Lisac: Mr.E.Partridge(Sussex Coach)); Mr.T.Fraser(Marlins); Mrs. Kim Collings (SE Secretary); Mr A. Roberts (); Mr.B DeVal(Development Secretary); Roger Edmondson (Secretary) Mrs. Kim Collings and Mrs Debby O’Dell(RTC Administrator) and Mrs. Rose Gallop (ASA)

APOLOGIES: Margaret Tuppen (Sussex ASA Secretary) and Mr. T. Noble (Marlins).

Item No. Action

16.1. The Minutes of the Meeting on the 2 March 2015 were approved and signed. 16.2. Matters Arising: None

16.3 RTC/Network – The Secretary had a meeting with Rosa Gallop before the Meeting mainly about the RTC at the Triangle. At the SE Region, Norman Leighton had stated that there was a possibility that the RTC sessions would be cut back to 1 per month and there was a possibility of water polo players could travel to Northampton for a 1 or 2 day course. Rosa outlined the Network programme and was very keen that Sussex Clubs would join a Network (Brighton, Crawley, Hastings, Marlins and Worthing) – only Brighton are not Swim 21 affiliated but they would consider joining within the next 12 months. Each Club’s Executive Committee should be asked if the Water Polo Section could join the Network and the ASA would supply financial support (£1000 each year for 4 years) to develop water polo in the County. The Network Group would set up a committee providing a Development Plan and a Treasurer to manage the Accounts. All the 5 Clubs wanted to join the Network to develop water polo for athletes, officials, volunteers – more qualified coaches, referees and table officials. Discussion then took place about the retention of the 30 week RTC sessions and all agreed that this was the way forward. Hopefully it will be self-funding but there is a possibility with reduced funding from the ASA, there would be shortfall. Tim Fraser was asked to produce a financial plan for the County Executive with the worse scenario possibility. 16.4. Finance The Secretary reported that he had attended the last Management Meetings where the Budget for 2016-17 was discussed. He made the following points: • Sussex ASA gets no money from the ASA. • Swimming subsidises the diving, synchronised swimming and water polo effectively paying for entry fees for the 5 County SE/ Tournaments and entry for Sussex teams to enter the London Winter and Summer Leagues. • At the November meeting, a 2.5% increase in affiliation fees was suggested • The Secretary had submitted a budget for next season but it needed updating. . • It was agreed that each club should pay £180. Passed. • The table below shows Budget 15-16 and Proposed 16-17 16 – 17 15-16 SUBSCRIPTIONS 900 875 KO Final Hire of Pool 141.5 140 Referee Expenses 40 0 SE/London Tournaments Nov/Dec 15U16 Mixed/U14 Mixed/U16 Girls 350 340 Apr 16 U19 Girls 100 100 Apr 16 U19 Boys (Crawley) ? Barry Hurst no date or cost London Summer League Entries Ladies League Sussex Team 310 300 - 1 - SUSSEX COUNTY AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (Founded 1895)

London Winter League Sussex Team 170 (AR to submit invoice which he has paid). U14 Sussex/ Team – Worthing/Hythe 0 0 50% paid by each club). Ladies U19 no entry 0 0 Administration Costs 20 20 Stefan Lisic Travel Expenses 100 100 Development U16 Tournament (Crawley) 310 300 U16 Tournament (Worthing) 150 0 (not run but in budget) RTC Self Funding 0 0 Team Shirts ? ? 16.5 2015 Season. • Senior League Worthing W8 DO L0 158 67 16 1st Winners Crawley W6 DO L2 127 93 12 2nd Brighton W4 DO L4 93 84 8 3rd Hastings W2 DO L6 77 109 4 4th Marlins W0 DO L8 34 146 O 5th

• Senior KO The Sussex KO Final was booked for 16 January at Crowborough but Brighton were unable to field a team. Worthing and Brighton agreed to set a date in April 2nd or 9th or 16th or 23rd. Decision to be made in the next 7 days.

• Sussex U16 Development - A very successful U16 tournament held at Crawley in June (32 players) - Worthing tournament did not take place. - Ian Allgar to book K2 Crawley in June 2016.

• DRAW FOR 2016 KO QF Worthing v Marlins SF Brighton v Hastings SF Marlins or Worthing v Crawley 16.6 National League Mens 2 National 3 Worthing finished 3rd with the same number of points as Polytechnic but had an inferior goal difference. Worthing qualified for the Play Offs for Division 1 and finished 6th resulting them remaining in National National League Women 2. Marlins have finished 1st and qualified for the play-off for promotion Play off’s to be completed. . 16.7 Sussex Leagues 2016. 5 teams entered – Brighton, Crawley, Hastings, Marlins and Worthing Registrations, Fixtures and ENTRY Fees to RCEdmondson by 1st April 2016. 16.8 London Tournaments 2015 Girls U16 Sussex 2nd Mixed U14 Sussex 4th Mixed U16 Sussex finished 2nd after narrowly losing to Essex in the last match who won. 16.9. . SE Results U19 Girls not yet played Swanley 16th April U19 Boys not yet played. K2 Crawley Barry Hurst booking the Pool. 16.10. Appointments : Secretary: Roger Edmondson SE Representative: Barry Hurst RTC Secretary: Debby O’Dell Child Welfare Officer: Roger Edmondson - 2 - SUSSEX COUNTY AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (Founded 1895)

16.11 RTC – Report submitted electronically by Deb. • Request to purchase 4 new water polo balls for RTC. • 36 1998-2004 Players registered with the RTC but sickness, matches elsewhere and galas reduce attendance to between 15 and 25 players. • Coaches: Stefan Lisac, Steve Bond, Ewan Partridge Lucy Deacon and Chris Cook. • Cost of Pool per 10 week term has risen from £1500 to £1750 ie by 16.6% increase. Over the 30 sessions, a loss of £200 is expected funded by the ASA. • Brighton, Crawley, Hastings, Hythe, Marlins and Worthing players attend RTC.

16.12 ANY OTHER BUSINESS • DONM: March 2016 with Rosa to set up the Network.

Signed………………………………….. Dated……………………………

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