CKA Committee Meeting Minutes

Thursday 23rd November, 2023, 7.00pm, ‘Zoom’


ATTENDEES:


PRESENT

ABSENT

APOLOGY

Chairman (Howard Laffling, Phoenix)

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Secretary (Nick Collier, City)

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Treasurer (Philip Morton, Vikings)

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Fixtures (Kevin McGuinness, Tigers)


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Results (Kevin White, Phoenix)

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Senior Development (Vacant)




Junior Development (Liv Harcourt, Tigers)

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Refereeing (Chris West, Tigers)


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Coaching (Vacant)




Publicity (Vacant)




CPO (Chelsie Browne, Tigers)

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OTHERS:

City Rep(s) Chris Jones

Lions Rep(s)

Phoenix Rep(s) ✔

Tigers Rep(s) ✔

University Rep(s) Ben Searcey

Vikings Rep(s) James Thomson



ACTIONS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

ACTIONS

None

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REPORTS

CHAIRPERSON:

Nothing to report.


SECRETARY:

Nothing to report.


TREASURER:

U14 NL money coming in. More coordination with CRC helping make things better. Bank balance in good shape.


Action – Philip to send Nick documentation to be a signatory to bank account.

Philip

FIXTURES:

No report.


RESULTS:

Nothing to report.


SENIOR DEVELOPMENT (vacant):

No report.


JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT:

Number of young players in lower age groups lower this season than last season – e.g. hard to get U9 tournaments going, U11 tournaments happening but numbers low e.g. 3.5-4 teams



Only 4 teams in U14 NL – a lot smaller than has been – partly due to more activity in London area which means less reason to travel to Cambridge.



Liv is running Year 6 & 7 Academy – low numbers but players enjoying.



U17/19 Academy well attended (mainly Vikings and City)



U15 is now a regional academy being run mostly by Norwich KA – good engagement from Vikings and Tigers players especially.



EK tournament in Flanders – majority of players in the U15 and 2 x U17 squads were from Cambridgeshire



Sense that lower numbers of juniors at younger age groups is not isolated to Cambridgeshire – seeing in other regions too


REFEREEING:

No report.


COACHING (Vacant):

No report.


PUBLICITY:

No report.


WELFARE AND CHILD PROTECTION:

Nothing to report.



1. UNIVERSITY REFEREEING COMMITMENTS

Uni have been trying to get referees – 20 people who are interested to do the course and have several looking to get qualified, many of whom will be around next season. Subsequent information from Chris W that he is waiting for Uni to give him dates.



Players at other clubs (City, Tigers) mentioned who could be practically assessed soon.



Subsequent information from Chris W that he was asked to assess Aaron Au (City) and has done so. Anyone else needing assessment just needs to get in touch with him. Any referee rated R or above can assess referees to EK Level Q, so e.g. Gary Cole or Andy Rutter.


NEXT MEETING

Sometime in January / February.


AOB

No AOB.