West Yorkshire County AGM 12 June 2018

Agenda County AGM Welcome & Apologies for absence Minutes of AGM (13 June 2017) England netball Update Officers reports Success Performance Schools Umpiring Coaching Initiatives To receive county accounts to 31 August 2017 Election of officers AOB Regional request What we need from you

NDO Update New NDO due to start June 18 2018 Corinne Hudson Contact details to follow 3

England Netball- Regional participation   Humberside South Yorks North Yorks West Yorks Members O18 418 304 1044 981 Members U18 132 80 253 290 Members U14 158 146 465 513 Members U11 57 188 247 338 Members B2N Members Social & Supporting 1 11 TOTAL 765 718 2010 2133 4

England Netball – B2N & Walking Netball B2N Total Participants – County Breakdown Humberside 47 North Yorkshire 234 South Yorkshire 11 West Yorkshire 222 WN Total Participants – County Breakdown 163 23 3 15 5

Success gallery Yorkshire Academies – many successful athletes part of Yorkshire squads in National Performance League (NPL) U19 league finished 4th NPL tournament finished 2nd – both U17 and U19 England U21 world Youth Cup - Imogen Allison (VSL Bath) England U19 (events / tours) Alice Harvey England U17 Netball Europe Reserve Annie James National Academy U17 / U19 - Natalia Karkozska (U17) - Georgia Pexton ( U19) 6

Performance – 17/18 season Highlights: Challenges: 120 athletes successful into the programme Increased movement of athletes up the levels of the programme to improve development Enabling more district players to enter programme half way through 16 put forward to Regional Trials in September Challenges: Struggled with obtaining assistant coaches 7

Performance – 18/19 season Summer camps Academies 4 days – 30 June, 21 July, 11 August, 25 August. 80 girls attending each camp Academies 5 in total (as per last year) U13 (20 weeks) U15 x two (20 weeks) U17 (30 weeks) Regional Potentials (30 weeks) Trials for 18/19 season: All ages U17 8/9 September 8

Performance – moving forward We are looking for a lead coach and assistant coaches to join the programme. If you are interested please get in touch: performancemanagement@wynetball.co.uk 9

Umpiring – current numbers WEST YORKSHIRE Start of year Qualified during year Total as at June 2017 A Umpires B umpires 1 24 3 C umpires 64 10 74 Actively working towards C award 6/7 As listed active in WYCNA League Handbook 2017-18. Approx 18 people have passed their ‘C’ written test but only about 4/6 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. COURSES 2017/2018 3 ‘C’ award courses 33 delegates BUT conversion is still low 10

Umpiring - challenges Five qualified EN Assessors, would be good to have at least two more. No Assessor courses being currently run by EN. When these become available then they will opened up to all A and B Award umpires and advertised on WYCNA website and Face Book Page. Conversion rate of delegates attending C award course and completing full qualification is still low. Many learner umpires are getting match practice on low standard netball matches eg B2N and mixed netball. This is fine for a short time but once they have built their confidence then they need to be practicing on matches equivalent to West Yorkshire Second Division Games. This is the standard they will be tested on. Mentors are volunteers so learner umpires have to be patient when asking to be observed. If they continue to contact us about observations then we will do our very best to match them up with a mentor. Circulated a really good opportunity for learner umpires to umpire good quality matches last month at a netball club’s trials. Circulated the opportunity to all 12 people who attended the last course. Not one person responded to my email and/or the request. 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. 11

Umpiring - challenges Saturday 7 July 9:30 – 12:30 Improving Umpire Standards Standard of umpiring in WYCNA league is causing concern in some areas. Since the introduction of new rules in 2016 and 2018 there appears to be a variation of how the rules are interpreted and applied in games. This is causing some issues for players, coaches and umpires. WY League Committee has requested two rules forums to try and address some of these issues/concerns. These are now advertised on WYCNA website and WY Face Book page. The tutor is Sarah Watts , an A Award umpire from North Yorkshire. Saturday 7 July 9:30 – 12:30 Sunday 9 September 9:30 – 12:30 Cedar Court Hotel, Top of M606, Bradford. ALL PLAYERS, COACHES AND UMPIRES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. 12

Umpiring – Clubs for learners This is the current list of clubs who have previously offered their training nights to allow learner umpires to gain some practice YMCA Fusion Yorkshire Brods Morrisons Calderdale Wakefield Phoenix Rothwell Farsley Celtic Shipley Milford Leeds Athletic Please contact the Umpire Secretary to update. 13

Coaching From July17 to April 18 there were 11 L1 and 4 L2 coaching awards made Annual coaching conference was well attended Coaches need to work with the satellite and academy programmes in line with EN pathways 14

Coaching 15

Player Workshops & PT January 18 Bradford Player Workshops Consecutive sessions Defence Shooting and Mid Court January Get Fit with PT Matt Great take up Getting fit for 2018 Focus on netball fitness as well as fun Summer Boot Camp 16

Initiatives planned.. Digital and Communications plan Marketing plan created and to be refined by new committee New Facebook Page created – West Yorkshire Netball Twitter - @WYnetball New Website under development for September 2018 Coaching Bursary to continue Player workshops Bradford College pre season September (22 September) 17

Accounts to 31 August 2017 Receipts and Payments 12 months to 31.08.2017 Receipts: £44,253.20 Payments £40,422.38 Surplus £ 3,830.82 Balance Sheet as at 31.08.2017 Opening Balance £49,789.50 Bank Balance £67,456.07 Add Surplus £ 3,830.82 Less Unpres’d Chqs £ 1,835.75 Less Liabilities £12,000.00 Accumulated Funds £53,620.32 Available funds £53,620.32 18

County Management Group Election of officers County Management Group Nominee Proposed Seconded Chairperson VACANT Vice Chairperson Secretary Treasurer & Affiliations Schools and Education Education and training –Umpiring VACANT (Pam H) Education and training - coaching Suphena Clarke Performance & talent Steph Booth & Lauren Liburd Communication & Marketing County League – Senior Julie Thackray County League – Junior Diane Guy Netball Development Officer (NDO) Corrine Hudson (18 June 2018) Participation, competition and development covered by NDO Additional members appointed by board e.g. Regional Rep 19

Yorkshire Netball - REGION We rely on volunteers to help in all areas of the game. We have the following volunteer opportunities that, for the right person, will help steer netball in the Yorkshire Region. Volunteering is a rewarding experience, not only benefiting Yorkshire Netball but also the individual, developing skills for use at college, university or in the workplace. Vacancies: • Competition/Officiating Working Group Chair • Marketing & Communications Working Group Chair • Regional Management Board Member For an informal chat ring : Nigel Harrison: 07796617931 or Kim Burns: 07981437890 20

What do we need from you? Volunteers for all the vacant positions Your opportunity to have a say / be involved No volunteers = No County committee Update Umpire Secretary if you can offer training nights to support learner umpires Let performance team know if you are interested in becoming part of coaching team Book on the Rules Forums 21

Dates for your diary Regional Coaching Conference TBC National Schools – regional round TBC AGM Tuesday 11 June 2019 22

West Yorkshire County AGM 12 June 2018