2013 Dio Hockey Review Meeting 6.00pm Monday 26th November AGENDA  Review of 2012 season  Report on structure and operation of the hockey committee  Election of hockey committee for 2013  Parent discussion/feedback/ideas relating to the future structure and operation of the hockey programme at Dio.  General

122 Players  8 Teams  18 Coaches  Including 10 Student Coaches  8 Managers

 18 Girls (including a mix of 1 st,2 nd 3 rd XI and Junior A girls) travelled across Europe to play teams from Belgium, Holland and Germany.  The girls played six games in eight days and had a good mix of wins, competitive loses and draws.

 The girls experienced playing hockey against teams that play a completely different style umpired in a completely different way!  Was a good learning experience for the girls about the degree of physicality required to compete internationally.

Waikato Secondary competition  1 st XI won A grade  Junior A & 3 rd XI made top 4 in B grade, 3 rd XI played in final.  Senior Blue made top 4 in D grade  4 th XI finished 5 th in C Grade (a grade higher then they played in in 2011)  Junior B also played in a higher grade then 2011 and competed well

 Waikato U18 A Representatives  Finished 7 th =  Siobhan Nuzum  Mary Bollen  Jessica Nesbitt  Tarryn Davey  Annabelle Fraser  Claudia Reid  Waikato U18 Dev  Michaela Osborne

 Molly Densem  Julia Ebert  Alex Lukin  Chloe Nesbitt  Jess Nicholson  Nicola Simmons

Emanae Ferguson Jessy Brant Sarah Mackie

 Hockey Co-ordinator– Kim Gill  Secretary –  Head Coach – Kim Gill  Coach Mentor – Kim Gill  Umpire Co-ordinator –  Team Manager Co-ordinator –  Fundraising Co-ordinator  School Hockey Captain – TBC

Key tasks and responsibilities Provide strategic leadership and act in the best interests of Waikato Diocesan Hockey at all times. Manage committee meetings. Act in consultation with committee members. Organize and manage an annual review meeting and the election of new committee members at the end of each season. Represent the Waikato Diocesan Hockey at local school and clubs levels Spend some time on during the week supporting and overseeing Dio hockey Games, troubleshooting any problems that arise with players/coaches or umpires

Key tasks and responsibilities Prepare agenda for meetings in consultation with the chairperson and Director of Sport Make arrangements for meetings, including venue, date, times and hospitality. Send adequate notice of meetings. Call for and receive nominations for committees and other positions for the annual review meeting Take the minutes of meetings and write up the minutes as soon as possible following meetings. Read, reply and file correspondence promptly. Maintain up to date database of members, sponsors, etc. Liaise with members of the public, affiliated bodies and sport agencies. Other tasks as directed by the committee.

Key tasks and responsibilities  Assess the number of student coaches needed for the school hockey teams.  Work with the Head coach and Hockey co-ordinator to identify and organize the training and/or upskilling opportunities for student coaches at the start and during the season.  Responsible for issuing and collecting in student coach’s contracts or agreement forms from all student coaches at the start of the season  Spend some time during the week at Dio at team trainings supporting and mentoring student hockey coaches  With Head coach review student coaches at the end of the season  Compile a roster of all student coaches with their contact details.

Key tasks and responsibilities  Assess umpiring needs for Diocesan hockey teams for the weekly competitions, additional tournaments and school sports exchanges.  Recruit both adult and student umpires to cover all Waikato Diocesan Hockey team matches.  Organise practical and theoretical training of umpires at the start of the season and organize ongoing training opportunities for student umpires during the season.  Responsible for doing the weekly umpire allocations for all Dio hockey team games. Keep an accurate record of games umpired by each umpire  Attend student umpire matches during the season to mentor them and assist them with any problems or issues that may arise.

Key tasks and responsibilities  Assess the number of managers needed for the school hockey teams.  Recruit and appoint volunteers to the team manager roles that suit them.  Organize manager orientation and induction.  Liaise with all managers during the season to assist them with any problems or issues that may arise in their teams.  Spend some time during the week supporting and mentoring hockey team managers and troubleshooting any problems that arise at the turf.  Responsible for issuing and collecting in team manager’s agreement forms from all team manager’s at the start of the season  Compile a roster of all managers’ and with their contact details.

Key tasks and responsibilities  Attend the Waikato Diocesan hockey committee meetings  Act as a link between all hockey players, the hockey committee and the hockey co-ordinator  Role model the values/responsibilities of being a Waikato Diocesan hockey player.  Liaise with all Dio hockey team captains on a regular basis  Ensure team captains are aware of and understand the expectations of their roles.  Support hockey team captains in their role  Advocate for fairplay  Communicate with key personnel e.g. players, managers, coaches

Please feel free to offer any suggestions, discussion points or feedback regarding hockey at Dio and the future of the sport.