2012 Minutes for planning session - Squash BC

We hosted a horse racing night to procure funds for Juniors which should amount to $700.00. I would liketo thank everybody for participating in our big annual tourney "Occupy the T", it was a great success and$1000.00 was donated to the Junior Program. I would also like to thank the 2020 Fund for allocating$1000.00 as part of the grassroots initiative. Those funds certainly jump started the program by validating itand giving it greater credibility. Parents began to take notice and buy into Junior Squash. We were able toparticipate in tournaments, buy equipment, provide individual lessons and much more with these funds.Nanaimo sent 20 players to the Easter Bunny from the club as part of an effort to support mid and northisland squash. Many of our members and Juniors have participated in other tournaments which the club willcontinue to encourage. Ashley Clackson helped as an assistant squash pro this year while attendingmalaspina providing lessons for higher calibre players.Thanks to Kevin Kydd for all the information and involving both myself and the club. Thanks to Shawnigan,Cedar Hill and Cook Street for all your efforts with the Juniors. Kudos to Lynne Grass, Mike Johnston, PhilGreen, Ben Uliana, and Stuart Dixon.Cheers Greg Vander Kooi, Nanaimo Squash Pro and Event Co-ordinator!Zone 7, Prince Rupert to SmithersNo reports. Prince Rupert and Terrace have very little squash activity. Smithers is stillstatus quo.Zone 8, Prince George and area:No reports. Prince George will hold the 2015 Canada Winter Games with 2 very nicecourts and 1 glass court. The Y has closed their courts. Williams Lake might have soldtheir facility.Committee reportsJuniors: Sandra ThompsonGudewill funding will increase this next year. However, athletes will need to comply with theathlete funding policy agreement, to get extra funding. Most athletes will need to be on a squadto get funded; athletes who aren’t on a squad and not supporting Squash BC junior programs, willbe in jeopardy of not receiving funding. Attendance exemptions include SAT tests, sickness/injury,family functions, and must be done before or up to within 2 days of the end of the camp.The Junior Program used $8k from the Vancouver Foundation 20/20 fund for grassroots programs.Richmond’s Sport Central held Shakiru Matti camps. Rob McMahon (Comox), JTC, ESC hostedSunshine Coast, Shawnigan Lake did drop in camps, and Nanaimo did camps.The Regional Training Squads have 5 coaches doing talent identification. The Provincial TrainingSquad (national level players) is headed by Brian McGaw who gets all the camps organized. Thisyear we had more kids make quarter-finals than prior years. Four juniors get to go to Quatar torepresent Canada this summer, 2 are from BC. The newest squad is the Canada Winter GamesSquad for 2015, with Mark Robinson, Lee Clackson, Patti Malone, Sandra Thompson, RebeccaVasislakis, and Ben Uliana directing the programs.Enforcing policy was a challenge this year. One matter required action, and went through anappeal process. Recommendations were presented and put in place. A continual challenge is thetournament structure regarding spacing of matches, and age & gender classifications.Need more B / Novice Events as well as Fun Tournaments for junior players.15