Herts County Junior Squash

Herts County Junior Meeting 11/4/05

Present: Ray, Ron Palmer,, Dudley, .Dave Richards, Janet

Apologies: Dave Kerr, Dave Sciberas, , Jason, Julian, Steve Lloyd, Ron Worrell.

Ray Waller welcomed Janet to the committee. Janet will be a ‘Team Manager’ for the girls in the 05/06 season and also arrange training sessions al;ong with Julian/steve Lloyd
Finances: £155 for Julian, £120 to Dave Richards to be paid. Awards for all money now in our account

Intercounty:
U13 team will travel to Pontefract for the intercounty finals (was going to be Manchester). Team manager John Dixon has everything arranged.

The team had a successful training morning at Bishops Stortford on 1/5/05.

Inter – Club
Matches still going OK. 31 matches to play.

‘B’ team issue was once again discussed for 05/06 season. There is likely to be some ‘newcomers’ such as Hatters and Panshanger and they will want to enter just a B team. Some A teams could actually be put in the B league if it was a very weak A team. For further discussion early 2005/06 season.

It was suggested that start times of interclub games be published and adhered to ie Hazelwoods 2pm Sundays. Any change must be given two weeks in advance

Awards for All
Dave Richards advised that Mount Grace school should be awarded £120 for taster sessions. Paul Carter would assist. Dave to come back with age groups it will cover, numbers involved and times of sessions.

Herts Youth Games – Will be looked after by Ron Palmer who advised they will be teams of 4 and it will be held over 2 days. 9 council areas should take part.

Coaching – Part one planned at HCC in Sept/Oct. A marking course will also be held.

Need to plan squad training pre-season and set fixed dates. Maybe a Saturday should be considered. The focus should be 11-15 year olds.

Ranking – Dave McMahon to present his computerised system to the committee.

AOB - Ron Palmer would like to know dates of the Herts Junior Closed ASAP.
Congrats to Oliver Dixon (U15) and Adrian Waller U17) for being selected for England in the Junior Europeans in Stutggart Germany.

Next meeting Monday 9th May