Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 5^th July 2017, 7:30pm

Parnell Community Centre, Parnell

                                                       

Present:

Jess Gracie (Secretary)

Oliver (Treasurer)

Bryce Gracie (President)

Katie Logan

Alice Boyd

 

Apologies:

Laura Harvey

Amanda Hopkins

Eric Buisman (Vice President)

Mary Black

 

Meeting starts 7:38pm:

Minutes from previous meeting:

Oliver moves that we accept the minutes from the previous meeting, Bryce seconds.

 

Matters arising from previous meeting:

None

 

Treasurer’s Report:

Oliver presented his report.  Katie moves that we accept the treasurers report, Alice seconds.

 

Payments:

None

 

Competitions:

Jess presented a report of this month’s competitions and next month’s upcoming competitions.

Due to a clash with NZSS we are moving our regional competition, Pickworth, from the 9^th September to the 16^th September.

The Club Foil Team competition was scheduled for the 1^st of July, this was postponed due to low entries. We are rescheduling this for the 23^rd of September.

 

 Oceanic Sub Committee Update:

The draft schedule was approved by the OFC. The next steps are to release preliminary information.

Oliver moves to apply for funding to cover the cost of the First Aid at Oceanic Senior event in October. Bryce seconds, all in favour.

Consequently, the committee resolves that Fencing North should apply for an Albert Eden Quick Response Grant to cover the cost of the First Aid at the Oceanic Senior event ($1477.75 including GST).

Youth Representative for Fencing North

Alice moves that Fencing North appoints a youth representative for the region. Jess seconds, all in favour.

A call for expressions of interest will be put out with the deadline for applications the 22^nd of July.

 

Training Camp 2018:

The next steps for this training camp is to hold a planning session in July where an outline can be formed and rolls assigned. There is an action on Jess to organise this.

 

FeNZ News:

World Fencing Day is happening on the 9^th of September. FeNZ suggests that each region celebrate fencing in their region. There was a discussion around what Fencing North should do.

An official’s remuneration paper was passed at the last FeNZ board meeting, suggestion a standardised approach for nation competitions.

It was reported at the FeNZ meeting that there have been two incidents regarding mask safety, it has been decided that Fencing North will produce an accident & incident form to be used at competitions. A checklist for what gear to check at the beginning of a bout will be provided to referees. An information video on how to properly wear fencing gear will be added to competition information on the Fencing North website.

 

Meeting closed at 9:08pm

 

If you're using a phone browser to view the results, use this link

[/pb_text][/pb_column][/pb_row]

As part of the nationwide initiative to bring together a group of youth fencing leaders to advocate for their peer group, Fencing North is looking for a young fencer who is actively involved the fencing community and would like to volunteer to be our new regional youth representative.

The vast majority of fencers in our region are between the ages of 13 and 25 and we want to make sure that we are doing our best to support this group of fencers.

The role of regional youth representative will involve working with schools and the fencing north committee to identify needs and wants we can do a better job at, as well as ensuring these perspectives are captured in our regional planning.

We want to ensure that this group of fencers is represented and spoken for by a committed and reliable individual who is passionate about fencing and their region. This person must have good relationships with their peers and will need to work closely Alice Boyd, the FENZ Youth Representative.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in please complete the form below by the 22nd of July. We will make a selection at our next committee meeting on the 2nd of August and inform applicants of the outcome after this.

Application Form