1. West Yorkshire County AGM 12 June 2018

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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: 9

10. 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
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

11. 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 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Coaching 15

16. 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

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

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

19. 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

20. 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: or Kim Burns: 20

21. 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

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

23. West Yorkshire County AGM 12 June 2018