West Yorkshire County AGM 13 June 2017

Agenda County AGM Welcome & Apologies for absence Minutes of AGM (13 June 2016) Matters arising Communication via email specify capacity in which receiving England netball Update Officers reports Netball Development Officer (NDO) Report Performance Schools Umpiring Coaching Junior League Marketing Profile To receive county accounts to 31 August 2016 Election of officers AOB

England Netball Update happening England Netball Update Key changes for 17/18 season Funding cut and impact Increase in fees Summary of benefits – copy on your chair / available at front and also on website Website – AGM page under ‘Team’ tab has the following information Summary of benefits sheet Presentation of benefits by ‘category’ of membership 3

EN Update Video 4

NDO 16/17 supported areas Coaching Bursary for UKCC Level2 England Netball Technical Workshops CAPS Accreditation Twinkles (Silver) Wakefield Phoenix (Gold) Back to Netball Regional Tournament EIS 3 new sessions (Huddersfield, Todmorden & Wakefield 5

England Netball – Price Increase EGM held 25th March ’17 overwhelming support to increase membership by £10 (£36) What will this mean for West Yorkshire? Increase will cover shortfall in funding from Sport England 2017-2021 Additional money ring fenced for NGB only Only affects “over 18” membership Price will be frozen and reviewed 2021 6

Cost of membership West Yorkshire County England Netball Yorkshire Region West Yorkshire County 7

Category of membership Team /Club Young Professional Women Mother & U14 Daughter New Mother Umpire Coach 8

Performance Yorkshire Jets did not win Franchise for VSL BUT… In the England Netball (EN) 4 year plan from 2017 – 2021 Yorkshire Netball will be running the performance pathway on behalf of EN PLUS Our excellent county and satellite academies are in place for West Yorkshire 9

Success gallery England U21 (events / tours) - Imogen Allison (VSL Bath) Emily Hollingworth (VSL Northumbria) Brie Grierson (VSL Northumbria) England U19 (events / tours) Rose Harris Reserve Hannah Gorman England U17 Netball Europe Georgia Pexton Plus Alex Kirk England U17 coach National Academy March 17 - Natalia Karkozska (U17) - Georgia Pexton ( U19) National Academy Potential March 17 - Gwyn Wallis 10

Performance – moving forward Summer camps – increase to 6 days Academies will be 4 in total (as per last year) but structured : Development (20 weeks) 3 Satellite (20 weeks) County (30 weeks) U19 (30 weeks) Trials for 17/18 season: All ages U17 9/10 September U19 17 September 11

Schools National Schools U14s GSAL and Gateways U16s GSAL and Bradford Grammar U19s Queen Ethleburga’s Collegiate Congratulations to all who represented Yorkshire at the National Schools final in Welwyn Garden City 12

Umpiring – current numbers WEST YORKSHIRE Start of year Qualified during year Total as at June 2017 A Umpires B umpires 1 26* 2 3 25 C umpires 56 9 65 Actively working towards C award 6/7 COURSES 2016/17 1 ‘B’ award course 16 delegates 2 ‘C’ award courses 25 delegates BUT conversion is still low As listed active in WYCNA League Handbook 2016-17 (*Counted only those umpires based in West Yorkshire). + 5 B Award umpires from other regions who frequently umpire in WY. Losing 2 more B umpires this year who are retiring from umpiring. 2 new WY A Award umpire. + 1 new A Award umpires from NY who frequently umpires in WY. Approx 21 people have passed their ‘C’ written test but only about 6/7 actively working towards the full qualification. The challenge here continues to be opportunities for learner umpires to practice on good standard netball games, and them being allocated a mentor to observe them and give feedback/guidance. Mentors are all volunteers so we are relying on people’s good will. Conversion rate is still low despite ensuring that everyone who attends a C award course has to be affiliated to EN. Eg a course ran in June 2015 with 16 WY delegates, this course ‘runs out’ on 28 June. Of the 17 people who attended only 3 people have qualified as ‘C’ award umpires. Suggestions on how to improve this? 13

Umpiring - challenges Assessors The lack of Assessors continues to be a challenge. We need more A/B award umpires to volunteer to become Assessors – places on the EN Assessors Course are fully funded by WYCNA. Currently 4 EN qualified Umpire Assessors – 1 part qualified. Mentors WYCNA have several mentors to try and support learner umpires. However, this in itself is a challenge as the Mentors are all volunteers and we do not have enough people to offer the amount of support needed. Currently there are only 4 qualified assessors with one assessors who will be ‘signed off’ competent shortly. The pre assessment test Minimum of 30 minutes) as part of both the B and C Award tests, continues to put tremendous pressure on these assessors. We need more A/B award umpires to become Assessors. When a course was advertised at the end of last year only one person from WY volunteered to attend the course, this is the person who is part qualified. We do have several mentors, however, not all are actively mentoring people, some people are doing more than others. So again this continues to be a challenge as there are not enough people available to support learner umpires. A solution to this might be to organise an event for learner umpires to come along and umpire some friendly games whilst being observed by mentors. Eg bring the learner umpires and mentors together in one place. 14

Umpiring - challenges Improving Umpire Standards Standard of umpiring in WYCNA league is causing concern in some areas. Since the introduction of new rules in 2016 there appears to be a variation of how the rules are interpreted and applied in games. To try and address this issue, a survey of all WY umpires was recently conducted to see whether there was an ‘appetite’ for an Umpiring Conference/Workshop where umpires could come along and focus on any issues/rules/game management etc. However, of the 92 umpires listed in 2016/17 WY handbook we only had 16 replies. We need to build robust succession plans of good standard umpires for the future if we are to sustain a credible WY Netball League. Not sure whether you want to put this slide in – entirely up to you guys. But I have had a lot of feedback recently from players/other umpires who are unhappy about the standard of umpiring in WY league eg not applying the new rules correctly, particularly the stoppages rule for injury. Umpires walking up and down the court and making no effort to follow the pace of the game correctly, this does definiately NOT just apply to older umpires!!! I suppose what I am trying to say overall is that we do need more umpires who are keen to umpire correctly. This means we need to improve the conversion rate of those attending courses. The example I gave in the previous slide just says it all to me. People either come on courses so that they can umpire in social leagues, or once they have been on the course the realise that umpiring is not as easy as they first thought. There is a general lack of support for some of the learner umpires, but I do feel that those who make an effort to get in touch for support do get help. Not sure how all this should be worded, as it sounds very negative!! 15

Coaching Coaching bursaries awarded to 4 people Year to June 17 4 year Total achieved 4 year EN Target Variance to target Level 1 5 28 36 (8) Level 2 10 24 4 Level 3 1 2 (1) Total 16 57 62 (5) 16

Congratulations to all Junior League Increase to 71 teams in 4 age groups (14 clubs involved) U16s - 23 teams U14s - 25 teams U12s - 13 teams High 5 - 10 teams Congratulations to all Winners Results on website Huge thanks to ALL who make the League successful. 17

Junior League Congratulations to: Regional League qualifiers U16: Leeds Athletic 1, Huddersfield Giants 1, Wakefield Wildcats 1 U14 : Huddersfield Giants1 , Leeds Athletic 1 and Wakefield Wildcats 1 National Club qualifiers U16: Leeds Athletic U14: Leeds Athletic & Huddersfield Giants Regional Festival U12: Leeds Athletic, YMCA, Huddersfield Giants and Yorkshire Terriers 18

Player Workshops January 17 Bradford April ’17 Huddersfield Consecutive sessions Defence Shooting and Mid Court April ’17 Huddersfield Different weeks Issues Communication late Poor attendance But great feedback so April sessions fully booked International Coaches Plan for 17/18 More of the same Next sessions pre-season – September Bradford College 19

Initiatives planned.. Digital and Communications plan Update / renew Will cover website / FB and Twitter Coaching Bursary to continue Player workshops Bradford College pre season September 20

Accounts to 31 August 2016 Receipts and Payments 12 months to 31.08.2016 Receipts: £39,742.50 Payments £49,330.88 Deficit (£9,588.38) Balance Sheet as at 31.08.2016 Opening Balance 59,377.88 Bank Balance 65,711.89 Deduct deficit (9,588.38) Less Unpres’d Chqs 3,922.39 Less Liabilities 12,000.00 Accumulated Funds 49,789.50 Available funds 49,789.50 21

County Management Group Election of officers County Management Group Nominee Proposed Seconded Chairperson Pat Dembickjy Vice Chairperson Pam Hirlam Secretary Laura St Clair Treasurer & Affiliations Sharon Grimshaw Schools and Education Amy Knowles Education and training –Umpiring Education and training - coaching Suphena Clarke Performance & talent Steph Booth & Lauren Libud WY County Board Marketing and Profile Gill Newsome County League – Senior Julie Thackray County League – Junior Netball Development Officer (NDO) Helena Rosso Participation, competition and development covered by NDO Additional members appointed by board e.g. Regional Rep 22

What do we need from you? Your feedback is important Celebrating success Recognition of volunteers at Goalden Globes We need: Active participation required Umpires Coaches Mentors Volunteers to attend small focus groups Participation can be for specific projects e.g. website development / social media 23

Special thanks to.. Lynda Fluskey Performance Alison Morby Juniors 24

Dates for your diary Regional Coaching Conference Saturday 13 January 2018 National Schools – regional round Saturday 28 January 2018 (reserve date 13 February 2018) AGM Tuesday 12 June 2018 25

West Yorkshire County AGM 13 June 2017