19th Annual General Meeting
at Glenview Hotel, Hamilton
The 19th Annual General Meeting of the NZ Hockey Federation got underway at 10am on Saturday 22 Sept., 2007 chaired by Chris Maister. Representing the 3,400 Waikato members with 4 votes were; President, Peter Cawkwell; Hockey Manager, Denise Hill; and NZ Vice-President, Seddon Polglaze. Bridget Daldy again represented the Masters Council.
NZ Affiliation Fees
at all levels have been increased in accordance with the CPIndex at
2.0%. For the 2008 season Open grade players will be charged $48.49ea.;
secondary school players $9.18; primary $9.18,
and Mini players $2.62ea. A 2008 budget surplus of
$9,350 is planned against the 2007 actual deficit of ($12,227). The
NZHF's total expenditure for 2007 was $m3.97.
The table below shows the percentage expenditure areas...
| 2007/08 | 2006/07 | |
| High Performance | 46% | 49% |
| Administration | 16 | 15 |
| Domestic Tournaments | 15 | 15 |
| Marketing | 11 | 9 |
| Coaching & Dev | 12 | 12 |
There were 2 Remits to tidy up the Constitution after last years audit.
ABOVE: Delegates to the NZHF Annual Conference 2007.
ABOVE:
Brian Bremner (NZHF Life Member) studies
a report in 2003.
Condolences
and acknowledgment was made of the passing of Brian Bremner (NZHF Life
Member).
Graham Child spoke of the importance of getting back the $300,000 of SPARC
funding by qualifying and doing well in the Olympics 2008.
He also showed concern over player numbers. From his figures, Waikato
has a poor imbalance of numbers of senior players as against growth in
its population. 20 /24 Associations were ahead of the 8 ball.
In
his presentation, Ramesh Patel gave more detail of marketing, events,
administration, coaching and development. He was congratulated on the
new NZ Hockey website with its availablity of new resources for free download
and purchasing. The website cost was approx $10,000 plus $500 a month,
which is the same as most Associations pay. Chris Leslie is contracted
to produce a coaching DVD every two(2) months. This will be available
on the web.
As profit from Test
Matches is only $10,000 per year, venues will be chosen in future where
"set-up" costs are least to NZHF. Waikato is hanging out for
at least one Test in 2008.
One
of the main focusses of the Conference was the NHL and the promotion of
the MIDLANDS concept to increase high performance to fill the gap between
regional representation and Black Stick level; which is considerable outside
the major centres.
NHL squads are also encouraged to bring in a couple of overseas "guest
players " to boost the learning process.
Some "red flags"
were discussed. In summary...
• Lack of playing surfaces in Christchurch
• No suitable Central and Southern Administrator applications to
date.
• The Qualifying of the Black Stick Men for the 2008 Olympics.
• The reliance of Gaming Trusts to provide income to Associations.
• Junior recruitment numbers
At the Saturday night Annual Dinner, Waikato stalwarts, John
Wood; Bruce
Rosemergy, and Graeme
Haste received long service awards for their contribution to New Zealand
Hockey through local Associations.
A Life Membership of New Zealand
Hockey was awarded to Derek Wilshire, Wellington.