Attendees: - Jess Wilson (Linwood), Sue Walsey, Nicky (Blue Dot) Dunlop (Burnside), Mike Beresford (Christchurch), Helen Bennington (Football), Fred Williams (Mt Pleasant), Malcolm Smith (Malvern), Paul Growcott (Squashways), Grant Paurves (Cashmere)
David Hawes, Lawrence Skurr, Mike Taylor (SC Board)
1. Update on Squash Canterbury
Looking to make a small profit of $5-10K for the year. Had an unexpected cost of $18,000 for work at Squash HQ that was over and above the earthquake repairs. Issues which lead to this occurring have been fixed so there won’t be a repeat. Working on budget for next year. Updated Plan on Page will be circulated with achievements. Realize there is still considerable work to do especially in outlying areas. Planning for 2017 underway. Funding plan also being established.
Most rooms at Squash HQ now let and expect to have the facility running at breakeven in 2017.
2. Future of Interclub
Agreed to go with a four team format for summer with the top team going up and bottom team down after each round (3 weeks). Squash Canterbury has confirmed capability to do draws. Balls are still an issue – after discussion it was agreed that clubs would survey their own players and come back with a club recommendation for what colour balls and what divisions they should be used.
Action point for clubs: - Please respond to SC your club’s recommendation for ball use in interclub events for all four rounds next year. Please respond by end of November to karen@squashcanterbury.co.nz. Expect this to be a minuted and past resolution at club committee level.
3. Squash Canterbury Calendar 2017
Calendar presented by Lawrence – agreed that SC provide A1 or A2 versions for club notice boards and it be available on line
Host required for Champion of Champions – Linwood and Mt Pleasant were going to consider a joint effort and respond back to Lawrence.
Action Point Linwood/Mt Pleasant: - respond to Lawrence re ability to host event by end of November
4. Annual Prize Giving
All agreed that mid-year prize giving not required. One prize giving to be held at the end of October each year. As agreed by clubs, some clubs may need to adjust their club prize giving’s to work in.
5. Funding for Programme Delivery
Reminder to get applications in. A meeting will be held Wednesday 2nd Nov to consider applications. Expect to make announcements by Mon 7th Nov (latest)
6. What do clubs require from Squash Canterbury 2017?
Squash Canterbury had set funding priorities for 2017 but needed to confirm with clubs their expectations.
Funding priorities: -
Following discussions, the consensus of all clubs was that Squash Canterbury’s focus should be on: -
This direction may alter the funding priority and will be discussed further at board level.
7. General discussion points
Action Point (DH): - SC, circulate paper for discussion by end of November
etc so clubs have an understanding of how the game is growing/declining.
Action Point (DH): - SC to establish a KPI monitor showing health of game by
Date of next meeting – Feb/Mar 2017
Close 10.00pm
Thanks to all those who attended and made a valuable contribution to the meeting and ultimately to Squash – sorry for the late finish and thank you to Burnside Squash Club for hosting.
If there are any points missing from the minutes, please advise karen@squashcanterbury.co.nz