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Sk Rockaden 2017 / 2018 SK ROCKADEN VERKSAMHETSBERÄTTELSEN 2017 / 2018 SK ROCKADEN 2017/2018 STYRELSE Ordförande Lennart Örnmarker 070-515 09 02 Vice ordf, Tävlingsledare Jonas Sandbom 073-613 19 73 Sekreterare Tony Hanoman 073-627 72 29 Kassör Martin Alarik 073-332 77 93 Lotteriföreståndare Thomas Ehrnström 070-885 84 21 Ungdomsledare Andreas Ohlsson 072-309 74 98 Materialförvaltare Lennart Berglind 073-375 29 82 Suppleant Peter Sörensen 070-840 74 50 Suppleant Erik Holst 072-141 41 41 LAGLEDARE Allsv Elitserien lag 1 Jonas Barkhagen 070-645 01 48 Allsv div I Norra lag 2 Vladan Nikolic 073-545 49 47 Allsv div I Östra lag 3 Tony Hanoman 073-627 72 29 Allsv div II lag 4 Billy Bast 070-606 36 46 Allsv div III lag 5 Jimmy Bast 070-444 28 13 Sth-serien div IV lag 6 Anders Hillbur 070-519 97 88 Sth-serien div IV lag 7 Bele Ullmark 070-755 60 87 Sth-serien div V lag 8 Sten Hellman 070-378 44 79 Sth-serien div VI lag 9 Annika Heinegård 070-086 97 29 Lag-DM div Elit lag 1 Jonas Sandbom 073-613 19 73 Lag-DM div I lag 2 Tony Hanoman 073-627 72 29 Lag-DM div II lag 3 Jimmy Bast 070-444 28 13 Lag-DM div IV lag 4 Jimmy Bast 070-444 28 13 Lag-DM div V lag 5 Jonas Sandbom 073-613 19 73 REVISORER Ordinarie Jan Wikander 070-642 76 32 Ordinarie Jimmy Bast 070-444 28 13 Suppleant Anders Hillbur 070-519 97 88 VALBEREDNING Sammankallande Mikael Sandberg 070-993 37 03 Ledamot Douglas Kårenlöv 070-958 05 07 Ledamot Johannes Haddad 076-171 19 74 Spellokal Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus 08-645 50 83 Riksdalervägen 2 / Sparbanksv 31, Hägersten Kansli Kristallvägen 12, Hägersten 08-645 11 59 Postadress Estbrötevägen 18, 12741 Skärholmen Plusgiro 55 32 55-1 Hemsida www.rockaden.com = www.rockaden.se = www.rockaden.eu E-post [email protected] Distriktsorg. Stockholms Schackförbund, Hornsgatan 82, 118 21 Stockholm, 08-669 36 54 Riksorganisation Sveriges Schackförbund, Kabelvägen 19, 602 10 Norrköping, 011-10 74 20 Vid registreringen 2017-12-31 hade Rockaden sammanlagt 1102 betalande medlemmar, varav 144 seniorer och 958 ungdomar i åldern 5-25 år. Medlemsavgiften har under spelåret varit 950 kr för seniorer 650 kr för studerande födda 1992-96 650 kr för pensionärer 475 kr per termin för ungdomar födda 1997 och senare 2 ÅRSMÖTE onsdagen den 29 augusti 2018 kl 19:00 KALLELSE och FÖRSLAG TILL DAGORDNING § 1 Mötets öppnande § 2 Mötets stadgemässiga utlysande § 3 Godkännande av dagordningen § 4 Val av mötesfunktionärer: a) Ordförande b) Sekreterare c) Två justeringsmän § 5 Föredragning av styrelsens berättelse för det gångna verksamhetsåret § 6 Föredragning av revisorernas berättelse § 7 Beslut om ansvarsfrihet för styrelsen för det gångna verksamhetsåret § 8 Val av styrelse a) Ordförande 1 år b) Tre styrelseledamöter 2 år En styrelseledamot, fyllnadsval 1 år c) Två suppleanter 1 år § 9 Val av revisorer a) En revisor 2 år b) En revisorssuppleant 1 år § 10 Val av valberedning a) Sammankallande 1 år b) Två ledamöter 1 år § 11 Preliminär budget för 2018/2019 inklusive fastställande av medlemsavgifter samt ersättning till styrelse, lagledare och revisorer § 12 Övriga ärenden som i stadgemässig ordning hänskjutits till årsmötet § 13 Preliminärt spelprogram för 2018/2019 § 14 Avslutning Augusti 2018, SK Rockaden, Styrelsen ************************************************************************************************ Anmäl Dig till Rockadens höstturneringar! Tag med Dig nya spelare till klubben! Våra spellokaler är för allas trevnad rökfria 3 STYRELSEBERÄTTELSE 2017/2018 ÅRSMÖTET 30 augusti 2017 Lennart Örnmarker omvaldes till ordförande. Andreas Ohlsson och Martin Alarik nyvaldes till styrelseledamöter. Erik Holst nyvaldes till suppleant. Årsmötet beviljade styrelsen full och tacksam ansvarsfrihet. Medlemsavgifterna beslöts vara oförändrade. Förhandlingarna leddes av Jan Wikander. Samtliga förtroendevalda samt avgifterna för olika spelarkategorier redovisas på sid 2. HÖSTAVSLUTNINGARNA 13 och 15 december 2017 Ca 160 föräldrar och barn deltog vid juniorernas avslutning. Prisutdelning för höstturneringarna förrättades. Till kaffet, läsken och lussebullarna löstes en tipstävling. Vid seniorernas avslutning spelades Julblixten och prisutdelning förrättades för höstturneringarna. Ca 40 medlemmar deltog. VÅRAVSLUTNINGARNA 2 och 4 maj 2018 Vid juniorernas våravslutning deltog ca 160 personer. Prisutdelning förrättades för vårturneringarna och i samband med prisutdelningen löstes en frågesport. Vid seniorernas våravslutning deltog ca 40 medlemmar. Prisutdelning förrättades för vårturneringarna och KM i Blixt spelades. STYRELSEMÖTEN Styrelsen har under verksamhetsåret haft tio protokollförda sammankomster samt ett särskilt budgetmöte. EKONOMI Av resultaträkningen 2017/2018 framgår att den ordinarie verksamheten givit ett underskott och att årsresultatet även efter finansiella poster blivit negativt. Klubbens huvudsakliga inkomstkälla är alltjämt medlemsavgifterna tillsammans med det statliga medlems- och aktivitetsbidraget via Sveriges SF samt aktivitetsbidraget från Stockholms kommun. Klubbens kapital är till viss del placerat i aktiefonder. Rockaden äger ett aktiebolag vars verksamhet huvudsakligen utgörs av inköp och försäljning av schackmaterial. Rockaden har under verksamhetsåret haft fyra deltidsanställda schacklärare, motsvarande två heltidsanställda, med bidrag från Arbetsförmedlingen. Resultat- och balansräkningarna samt revisionsberättelsen presenteras på årsmötet. MEDLEMSANTAL OCH AKTIVITETER Vid registreringen 2017-12-31 hade Rockaden sammanlagt 1102 betalande medlemmar, varav 144 seniorer och 958 ungdomar i åldern 5-25 år. Klubbverksamheten har bedrivits på fredags-, onsdags- och tisdagskvällar. Klubbturneringar har anordnats i 29 grupper med 402 starter. Rockaden har dessutom bedrivit schackundervisning med 5 lärare för cirka 500 elever i grundskolorna i Hägerstensåsen, Västberga, Mälarhöjden, Lögareberget, Årsta, Stureby, Herrängen, Högalid och Stims. Rockaden har under verksamhetsåret anordnat kval till Kadettallsvenskan, Snabbschack-SM för Knattar och Miniorer, Rockaden Open, Rockaden-Junioren, Rockaden-Blixten och Talangjakten. Rockaden slutade för andra året i rad på andra plats i Elitserien, denna gång efter Malmö AS, efter en stark prestation sista helgen med en avslutande seger i matchen om silvret mot Team Viking. Andralaget var årets stora glädjeämne och vann efter en rad fina insatser den mycket starka Div I Norra och följde upp med en övertygande 6-2-vinst i kvalmatchen hemma mot segraren i Div I Västra, Alingsås SS, vilket innebar att laget åter kvalificerade sig till Superettan. Tredjelaget i Div I Östra gjorde också en mycket fin säsong och slutade på en hedrande andra plats. Fjärdelaget kom på fjärde plats i sin div II-grupp och femtelaget på femte plats i sin div III-grupp. Sjätte- och sjundelaget kom på andra resp sjätte plats i Stockholmsserien div IV. Åttondelaget kom på tredje plats i Stockholmsserien div V. Niondelaget kom på tredje plats i Stockholmsserien div VI. I lag-DM slutade Rockadens förstalag på andra plats efter segrande Wasa. Andralaget vann div II och tredjelaget vann div III. Båda lagen flyttas därmed upp en division. Fjärdelaget kom på andra plats i div IV. Femtelaget kom sist i div V. Svenska Cupen spelades i Linköping, september 2017. Rockadens deltog med ett juniorlag. Kadettallsvenskan spelades i Hägersten, augusti 2017, med SK Rockaden som arrangör. Rockadens förstalag kom på andra plats efter segrande Västerås SK. 4 Juniorallsvenskan spelades i Västerås, november 2017. Rockadens förstalag kom på andra plats efter segrande Västerås SK. Lagkapten var Martin Trost. Rockadens andralag spelade i näst högsta divisionen. I Junior-lag-DM vann Rockadens förstalag Elitserien, med andralaget på fjärde plats. Tredje- och fjärdelagen spelade i Superettan. Skollag-SM spelades i Linköping, maj 2018. Mälarhöjdens skola deltog i Mellanstadieklassen och Västbergaskolan i Lågstadieklassen. I Skollag-DM deltog Mälarhöjdens skola, Västbergaskolan, Hägerstensåsens skola och STIMS i Mellanstadieklassen. Mälarhöjdens skola, Västbergaskolan, Hägerstensåsens skola och Herrängens skola deltog i Lågstadieklassen. Felix Tuomainen deltog i Junior-VM i Tarvisio, Italien, november 2017. Hampus Sörensen deltog i Ungdoms-EM i Mamaia, Rumänien, september 2017. Individuella Skol-SM spelades i Katrineholm, oktober 2017. Rockaden deltog med 32 spelare, erövrade tre guldmedaljer, en silvermedalj och tre bronsmedaljer och fick ytterligare 5 topp-10-placeringar. Svenska mästare blev Hampus Sörensen i klass C, Edvin Trost i klass G och Matija Sakic i klass I. Felix Tuomainen vann silver i klass A. Bronsmedaljerna togs av Gabriel Svorono i klass A, Leo Crevatin i klass B och Philip Sandberg i klass D. Individuella Skol-NM spelades i Finland, februari 2018. Hampus Sörensen vann guldmedaljen i klass C och Edvin Trost bronsmedaljen i klass E. Felix Tuomainen kom på femte plats i klass A. Individuella Flick-SM spelades i Västerås, januari 2018. Rockaden deltog med tio spelare. Schack-SM anordnades i Ronneby, juni-juli 2018. Rockaden arrangerade ett läger i en närbelägen skola tillsammans med två andra klubbar. Erik Blomqvist kom på sjunde plats i SM-gruppen. Michael Wiedenkeller vann Mästarelit-klassen och kvalificerade sig därmed till nästa års SM-grupp. Hampus Sörensen erövrade bronsmedaljen i Junior-SM, med Leo Crevatin på sjätte och Axel Berglind på nionde plats. Erik Blomqvist blev guldmedaljör i Blixt-SM, med Michael Wiedenkeller som silvermedaljör efter en rekordjämn särskiljning. I Kadett-, Minior- och Knatte-SM deltog Rockaden med sammanlagt nio spelare. Fredrik Jakobsen och
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