Herts County Junior Squash

Herts County Junior Meeting 5/6/06

Present: Ray, Ron Worrell, Steve Lloyd, Chris Thomas, Julian Craxton

Apologies: Dave Kerr, Dudley, Simon Andrews, Dave Richards.

Finances – Have ONLY £1553. This is after all expenses up to the above date. This is not a very healthy balance and even with £1500 from the Senior pot for 2006/07 a £3000 starting balance is half of what we started with last season.

NEW Awards for all - The need to put in a new application is paramount if we are to continue with the level of assistance given over the past few years.

Ron Worrell is to look at the wording of a new application and find out what we need to look at if the application is to be a success.

Ron to contact the area England Squash Rep. to see if they can help. Was Nick Metcalf.

Steve Lloyd to see if he can get support from special needs school at Batchwood. Chris Thomas to speak with Steve Nelson who plays at Gosling and teaches at the local deaf and Dumb school.

If Dave Sciberras has any thoughts then please relay them to me before the next meeting. Please speak to Ron with any ideas if you wish.

A new Draft Application should be ready for the next meeting.

Awards for All : Broxbourne are having great success with local schools and have retained 40 children playing. They are providing 2 Saturday clubs and two midweek clubs. They have one more £120 funding to receive.

Inter County : U13 Girls – CHAMPIONS! Well done and big thanks to Julian and Steve. They beat Warwickshire in semi’s 2-1 and Yorkshire in the final 2-1. Full report is on the web site but suffice to say some tense 5 setters.

Well done to Gemma Ockwell, Anna Bradley, Brogan Lane and Jessica Foster.

U14 Girls – Beat Cambridge to take the ‘Eastern Counties’ trophy. We had 11 girls in the squad from 5 different clubs which shows we are getting some depth into the Girls squash.

U19 Boys – Were eventual runners up having upset expectations by beating Devon in the Semi finals. This was a 3-2 victory.

They lost to Nottingham in the final 4-1. Well done to Adrian and Neil Waller, Jonathon Fuller, Oliver Dixon, Ben Andrews and Rhys Thomas. Not forgetting team Manager Dudley Fuller and supporters Chris Thomas and Simon Andrews.

Full report is on the website.

County Closed:
The following dates were set:

Sept 16th – U9 and U11 – Radlett - £10 entry fee

Sept 23rd/24th – U13 and U17 – Canons - £12 entry fee.

Sept 30th/Oct 1st – U15 and U19 – Gosling - £12 entry fee.

Sponsors needed – please can anybody who knows potential sponsors for shirts or trophies come forward.

Chris to discuss with Duncan Kerr of Gosling to see what might be possible.

Dunlop will give some rackets and bags.

2006/07 County Teams – all boys teams are to be entered plus U13 and U15 Girls. These teams are usually entered via the senior committee please can they ensure the two girls teams are entered. – Action JASON FOSTER

Inter Club – All finished and successful. Well done and a big thanks to RON Worrell

Same format for 06/07. except for U17/U19 which needs discussion.

Rankings : to start from October as then all people in the league Rankings would have at least played in the Herts Closed.

Grand Prix : The success of the U17/U19 grand prix lead to much discussion as to how this could be expanded. The event held on the 2/6 was attended by 16 boys. $ leagues were played and eventual top 5 were:

Rob Worton – Hazelwoods
Rhys Bass - Hazelwoods
Nathan Derrick – R3
Ben Richards – Potters
Chris Tipple – Tring

Proposal for next meeting – STOP u17/U19 leagues and replace this with 4 G.P’s across the season. These should be hosted by different clubs.

To reach a ‘club’ winning team players could be awarded points for top 10 places (20 pts for winning – 2pts for 10th). This should apply to only 3 players from each club.

A discussion and decision will be taken at the next meeting.

Coaching – Can Steve and Julian please use people who owe us time for funding them.

Assistance: Need more ladies to help on girls matches. If you know possibilities please approach them and put names forward.

AOB – Need to get dates for 06/07 season ASAP so we can fit in coaching etc.

Good Hertfordshire turnout for Connaught tournament. Phil Waller won U15 boys.

Congrats to Adrian Waller for being selected in the U19 Worlds Team in New Zealand. He will fly out with the England team on the 8th July returning on the 30th.

NEXT AND FINAL MEETING OF THE SEASON - MONDAY 10th July