BEDFORDSHIRE SQUASH RACKETS ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the committee meeting held on 6^th September, 2000

 at Wingfield Club, Ampthill

Present:                                  M. Adkin, C. Johnstone, S. Olney, S. Barnett, M. Jarvis,
J. Barker, G. Curzon-Taylor

Apologies:                              M. Lancaster, B. Williams, T. Blott, S. Barlow, S. Lumley

Minutes of Last Meeting:            Were approved and duly signed

Matters Arising:                        None

Financial Report:  B. Williams sent his report that we have a strong bank balance due to payment of league fees:  Main account £1370.18 Deposit Account £2486.58.  Development Account £758.93.  Total of £4615.69 will be transferring funds to deposit account shortly.

The following club teams have paid Luton University 1 and 2, Biggleswade 1, Dunstable 1, 2 and 3, Cranfield 1, Club Squash 1,4,5 and 6, Houghton Regis, Vauxhall 1 and 4, Carlton and Open University.  S Barnett thinks Mowsbury, Club S Squash 3 and Bedford St. George have paid, need to check on Silsoe and David Lloyd.  Tiddenfoot cannot enter as they have lost their two viewing courts, they may be able to play out of Kiln Farm.

Referee & Marking:  Nothing to report except Code of Conduct had been circulated to all clubs.

League Matters:  The fixtures will be going out in next couple of days starting on week of 17^th September, Saturday League 23^rd September.  Rules have been tightened up and M. Jarvis asked if the new rules would be enforced, S. Barnett said they would.
County Teams: S. Olney reported the ladies have a full team of 5 players and have arranged 2 practice sessions they will invite Victoria Lust to join them.  They play their first matches on Sunday 5^th against Hertfordshire and South Glamorgan at St. Albans.

T. Blott had reported the 035 will play in Bucks and the 045 in Oxfordshire. 
Tournaments:  Junior Closed County will be played 24^th/25^th March 2001 Senior date still has to be arranged by S. Barnett.
Juniors:  G. Curzon-Taylor brought up question of junior eye protection for closed county, it was agreed we could provide eye protectors as long as we got antiseptic wipes, L. Johnstone would look into this for us.  Graham also brought up the question of juniors who wore glasses as we had no answers we suggested he wrote to SRA for some guidelines.  We decided that county squad training should have all juniors wearing eye protection.
U19 have first match 14^th/15^th October hosting at Club Squash, they have had 2 training sessions and have 2 more before the matches, there are 3 U19 and the rest are U17.  U17 are in Suffolk for their week-end and it was agreed they should stay away.
U15 are in Oxfordshire.
Coaching & Development:  J.Barker outlined the SRA development programme for Clubs, Leisure Centres, Juniors, Graded Tournaments and County Support which had been launched to-day in Manchester.  We agreed to sign the form of commitment to the County Support Programme and Gayle Kerrison our Development Officer had agreed to come to our next committee meeting to help us with this.
Child Protection; C. Johnstone and his wife Linda attend this presentation by the NSPCC for the SRA at Lambs Club.  The SRA now has a document in place and Linda Johnstone agreed to be our Child Welfare Officer, she will keep all the forms for us.
It will now be necessary for all coaches and all volunteers who help with juniors to sign the necessary form.  All juniors who are taking part in any of our county schemes will need to get their parents to sign a form on their behalf.  This is an essential requirement in order that we keep in line with the Child Protection Act.  If anyone needs forms they can contact Jennifer Barker for copies.

Any other Business:  None

Date of Next Meeting:  To be confirmed at later date