UPS CLUB
SQUASH SECTION – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (2006-2007):
24th APRIL 2008.
Web Version
Present: Wing-Chau Tung, Lionel Gunn,
Sandra Edwards, Emily Webb, James D'Arcy, Steve Edwards, Antigoni Divoli, Jon
Gear, Louise Johns, Neil Goddard, Mark Sydenham and Ed Hughes.
1. Apologies:
Simon
Doran, Chris Stott, Chris Croucher, Steven Lubbe, Dave Roberts, Natalie Hutton,
Ed McLaughlin, Ola Bielen.
2. Minutes
and accounts of last years meeting for approval:
The minutes of 2005-2006 AGM had been distributed to the
Squash Committee in June 2007 and turned into a web version in July 2007. These
were read and checked again, then duly accepted and subsequently signed by the
chairman.
3. Chairman's
Report combining matters arising
The chairman (Steve Edwards) tabled the Chairman’s notes in
accordance with recent practice for the AGM. These notes were tabled in view of
the possible shortage of time available to complete the AGM business. The notes
handed out contained blue text which was for presentation and discussion, the
black text was ‘tabled’ for attendees to read in their own time and was
considered ‘accepted’ in lieu of any later objection. [Post meeting note: all text (tabled and discussed) has been changed to
black for the purposes of these minutes].
(i) Matters arising from 2005-2006:
· From item 3 (i): Update on possible provision for land
Richard
Garfield has now left the ICR, but propose to keep this item on the agenda.
Have approached Ron and he has kindly offered to keep his eye out for a second
hand outdoor Banbury style court.
· From item 3 (i): Roof
inspection and repair
We are still awaiting answers from Romfords (Jim Marling).
The enquiries have included questions on the nature of the roof problems and
the technical specifications of the products intended for repairs. At last
year’s AGM Chris Stott kindly offered to contact Jim for an update.
· From item 3 (i): Doubles Evening / Ladder
Sandra kindly offered at last year’s AGM to get this up and
running. She organised various evenings with an email sent out by Chau on 17
April 2007 advertising that the evenings would start on Thursday 26 April 2007.
But unfortunately, try as they may, the evenings didn’t really get off the
ground - they weren’t popular with enough people. So the proposal is to take
this off the agenda and if people want to play doubles they can organise
sessions themselves with the guidance on our web page (http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_doubles_ladder.htm)
taken into consideration e.g. goggles.
· From item 3 (i): Matches / Doubles Night /
Singles Ladder:
Jon
kindly offered to change the rule to say that anyone could challenge anyone
else in the ladder. This was done and is shown on the squash web page http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_singles_ladder.htm.
Jon also offered to advertise the ladder as a place to compete in a friendly
environment rather than in the leagues. The web page was amended to show this
and Jon kindly emailed all_sut on 02.04.07 to let people know these new
arrangements (hard copy on file in squash archive). Steve also reminded all_sut
with the league notification 02.04.07 about the ladder and general squash
matters (‘newsletter’ reference in Section 3 viii).
· From item 3 (i): Insurance
The insurance notice is still up from last year (08.03.07
\Insurance Squash….ppt) and is tabled with this document for further comment.
We are still awaiting a copy of the policy arranged by RMH and reported last
year. A reminder was sent to Glenn Flux by email (see Appendix
1). Louise kindly raised the issue again at an Ups and Downs Club meeting
of 03.04.08. Louise confirmed our request for a current copy of the policy and
certificate at the meeting (again see Appendix 1).
Steve was actioned with investigating member-member and
personal injury cover. This has not yet been done. Mark kindly offered to
supply a copy of his hockey club policy. This has been discussed and the matter
is ongoing. A meeting was held with Helen Young (Ups and Downs Chairman) and
Nicola Bixby (14.04.08) and they are going to pay a whole club subscription for
2008. A copy of the final policy was re-requested. In the interim a copy of the
current renewal was requested as it has some policy statements. This has now
been received and is available for viewing. When the full policy arrives we
will place the document as a PDF on the web. The insurer has changed from St
John Paul to Royal Sun Alliance - still administered through Willis and costs
around £1500. This is about half the cost of the original 2006 policy. Helen
and Nicola are concerned about the swimming pool cover. Steve reminded them
that only RMH staff were covered for public liability i.e. if they are injured
by the building or plant. Helen and Nicola were informed of the Squash
Section’s intention to seek additional insurance cover for its members. This
may require us to increase the cost of a game. This is brought up under AOB
section 6 (i).
· From item 3 (i): Constitution
Steve was actioned to finalise this after tabling a draft
version at last year’s AGM. This has been completed and signed by all officers
(12 February 2008) following frequent consultation with the Squash Committee.
Copies including a PDF have been placed on the web (http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_constitution.htm)
and is tabled again for information. More detail on this in Section 3 (viii).
· From item 3 (ii) Maintenance: Tech Services Refrigeration Account
Steve was actioned to pay part of the outstanding bill with
Tech Services of £1894=64. This has been done (all paid - details in maintenance
Section 3 (ii) and approval of £1000 for second instalment has been granted. So
total paid was £1947.32.
· From item 3 (ii) Maintenance: Gardening
Steve was actioned with getting rid of tree stumps from the
front of the court. He spoke with the gardeners and they suggested a general
weed killer and Steve has bought this ‘deep root tree killer’ and will schedule
a time to apply it.
· From item 3 (ii) Maintenance: Floor Washing Rota
Steve was actioned with getting a list or a rota sorted for
this. The rota system has not been implement as after consultation with Mark,
it was felt that the email system was the best way of organising a working
party. Anybody can request the assembly of a working party. See previous
examples:
· Re: Squash AGM Minutes &
Constitution - Floor Cleaning : 11 February 2008
· Squash Working Party - Wed
lunchtime Jan 19 - 17 January 2005
· Squash Working Party - Front Wall
Painting - 23 June 2004
Mark kindly offered to publicise the need for members to report
a problem if the floor was found to be slippery. It was suggested that a vacuum
cleaner be purchased. We were kindly gifted a vacuum cleaner by Paul Farley and
Larry Page around June 2007. We would like to formally thank them for this kind
gesture. The working party or any individual is very welcome to use this hoover
- it is kept in the squash court under the stairs.
· From item 6 (i) Wearing of Playing Shoes Outside
Steve was actioned to reword the current notice (and tabled
last year AGM). This has been done (Squash Court Rules 02 April 2008.doc). A
new paragraph has been added and the order of rules changed around. “Sports
shoes Can Pick Up Mud and This Can
be Carried in by Players. This in Turn can Make the Floor Slippery - This is to
be AVOIDED”. “Please Report a
Slippery Floor to a Committee Member at Your Earliest Convenience”. The web
pages have also been updated accordingly. The whole committee was actioned with
informing and encouraging players not to wear their squash shoes outside. An action
item to put up a list of ‘approved’ shoes was made last year - this has not
been done as the suggestion is not really one we can consider seriously .
· From item 6 (ii) Etiquette Lessons
Steve was actioned with organising these courses if
necessary. Ron Nye was contacted and is agreeable to run courses as required.
Notices for ‘lets’ are still up
(tabled for information and for views on wording).
· From item 6 (iii) Safety Goggles
A notice was put up last year (08.03.07 \Goggles Advice
Squash Mar 2007.ppt). This notice is tabled for information and views. Steve
was actioned with organising the purchase of suitable goggles. They have been
ordered. Unfortunately Ron was unable supply the cheap goggles we discussed on
many occasions, so Steve bought 4 pairs from Amazon and a GoggleBox from
Radleys as a private purchase. The GoggleBox was installed on 06 April 2008
with wording: “Please feel to borrow
these squash goggles and to replace here them after use”. Players will be
encouraged to wear them - notices and emails. We will get feedback and see what
happens. If some go missing it is proposed
the club bears the expense in the first instance.
· From item 6 (iv) Phone Line
Chris kindly offered to organise a phone to be installed to
help with improving safety considerations. As Chris has sent his apologies
Steve reported on his behalf. Chris has made enquiries and the feasibility of
installing a phone is being investigated (see Appendix 2).
Steve thanked Chris on behalf of the committee for pursuing this matter.
· From item 6 (iv) Rule Changes - Mobile Phones
Steve was actioned with updating rules to incorporate
encouragement of mobile phones in the court. This is in the most recent rule
changes (tabled for discussion).
· From item 6 (iv) First Aid Kit
Steve was actioned to install a first aid kit with cold pack. Use of which to be reported
to committee. A first aid kit was kindly presented to the club by Jeff Barley. We would like to formally
thank Jeff for this kind gesture. The kit was installed on 06 April 2008 with
wording: “Please report all accidents
and injuries to your respective employer and to any Squash Committee member: http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_squash.htm”.
This notice was tabled for discussion. We still need to debate what specifics
should go in the box. The Institute first aid trainer (02.04.08) advised a cold
pack (chemical), eye bath, pads and supplies for strains and sprains, dressings
and sterile water.
(ii) Maintenance:
· Air Con (Trembath TSC 15)
· New Electronic Control Panel for TCS-15 dehumidifier unit (Tech Services)
· This was reported in last year’s AGM - panel
authorised S.Edwards (02.01.07) and was fitted by Tech Services on 05 January
2007.
Picked
up wiring diagram of new panel from the panel box (09.01.07). Original held on
file photocopies made for engineers (Kevin and Dave Douse) and placed back in
panel box (31.01.07).
· Email from David Stewart (09.01.07) to say
engineers will attend to outstanding repairs. These are the crankcase heater
and air flow monitoring device.
· Invoice for work received £1894.69 (25.01.07).
No invoice number. Job Number 26558. Document No 104218
· Reported problem with unit 30.01.07. Unit very
iced up and turned off. Dave attended and fitted new thermostat. Noted that
crankcase heater not working and possible problem with ‘flow valve’.
· Crankcase heater fixed by Dave 28.02.07. Dave
noted that ‘flow valve’ was not sensitive enough. Dave has made a temporary
repair and said he would be back next week.
· Noticed that bottom coils (internal) iced up
(08.03.07). Reported to Dave and Kevin.
· Coils clear 12, 13 and 14 March 2007.
· Querying crankcase and flow valve repairs and
withholding payment for control panel until happy with these (20.03.07).
· Noticed that ‘outside’ coils were frosted up
completely. Reported to David Stewart (Tech Refrigeration Services 20.03.07).
Visit arranged for 27/28 March 2007.
· Kevin and Dave attended (29.03.07).
Angle-grinding off 2KW heater cover attached to TSC 15 unit. Dave said there
was a complication with the circuit board. There was confusion over whether the
correct part had been fitted. Steve said he had been querying this with Dave in
the ‘office’. Dave said he might need to change the ‘stats’ if they were faulty
at his cost. Dave was asked if he would be happy with a half payment on the
outstanding bill of £1894.69. He said OK.
· Enquiry to David Stewart (03.04.07) on how the
repairs went on 29.03.07. Confirmation to David Stewart that Dave had OK’ed the
proposal for us to pay half the bill.
· Call from Dave (Tech Services) 04.04.07. Dave
said the ‘flow meter’ was fixed. The insulation was put back, new fixings had
been put on the heater casing. Dave said the 2KW heater only came on at night.
This was queried. Steve said it should come on any time the temperature is low
enough to activate it. Dave said he would investigate with the electronic panel
makers. Dave still unsure if the stats are correct. So he has just changed
them. Steve said that he needed to check the coils for ice for the next few
days. Dave confirmed that the 7-day clock that was in the panel had a battery
backup. Confirmed again OK with the half payment we had agreed a week earlier.
· Approx half of bill for work (£1894.64) paid in
good faith 11 April 2007 - sent by post with covering letter. Cheque (Lloyds)
for £947.32 signed by Jon and Steve
under new constitution rules.
· Confirmation of £947.32 to David Stewart in
office. Still awaiting news that ‘stats’ are OK. Enquiry about changing to
‘summer’ mode i.e. cooling instead of heating mode.
· Check on air con coils 13.07.07 - no signs of
any ice.
· Message from Dave (Tech Services) 01.08.07 to
call him 07894 390 801. Dave kindly offered to email me to say when he would attend.
Kindly offered to go through operation of the electronic panel when he was next
down and to explain how ‘summer’ mode will work.
· Enquiry from David Stewart by email (24.08.07)
about rest of payment (£947.32).
· Reply to David Stewart to say that Dave had
left a phone message on 01.08.07 and said that he would be calling in soon
(week 06 -10 August 2007) to check the unit and give Steve some advice. Asked
if we could be notified when this visit would happen. [Note not said in email:
Steve was reluctant to pay the remainder of the bill until we were sure the
unit was working satisfactorily and would function OK in ‘summer’ mode].
· Dave (Tech Services) and Kevin attended
30.08.07 - were mainly there to see Robin Dixon. Dave confirmed the 2KW was
activated when needed and not just at night. This was a modification to the
circuitry that Steve had not been advised of by David in the office. Dave and
Kevin said that a ‘GAVISTON’ thermostat was already fitted to the 2KW element -
this was deemed to be OK. Confirmation again about 7 day clock with battery
backup. Steve had been under the impression this should have been a digital
clock - hence ‘solid state’ assertion before we commissioned the unit. Dave
said changing to ‘summer’ mode should not be a problem.
· Proposal (25.09.07) to Squash Committee to pay
Tech Services remainder of the bill using our new Alliance & Leicester
online account. In addition to give them a ‘good will’ additional payment of
£52.63 to compensate them for the late payment. Majority committee ‘OK’ to this
proposal - no dissent. Total of £1000 transferred online by BACS 12 October
2007 - creator Jon, authoriser Steve.
· Enquiry to Tech Services 16.10.07 by email as
unit was throwing out too much heat. Told that enquiry would be passed onto
Dave and Kevin. Nothing came of this.
· Discovered that unit had been switched off at
mains on exterior electronic panel (29.11.07). Adjusted clock to GMT and
restarted. Unit operating OK. [Outside
reporting period - but same thing happened again on 07.01.08. Has not happened
again subsequently]
The
total bill for air con costs for the year was £1947.32.
· Quote for ‘cage’ to put around TSC 15 unit.
This
was kindly arranged by Chris Stott (14 March 2007). A quote was received from
Donald Marsh Ltd. The quote is for £491. This was a 50mm x 50mm soft timber
frame and galvanised mesh, 2 access doors and lock. This quote has been left on
file as it was thought to be a little too expensive to justify.
· Air con mode (summer winter)
The unit was not really changed into these modes in the
reporting period. This was essentially as it wasn’t clear that a switch over
was needed. Explanation from Tech Services on 30.08.07 on how to switch mode if
required.
· Asbestos Report
· Update received 10 January 2007 from Romford
Insulation Limited on the asbestos survey we commissioned in 2005. This report
is on file in the squash archives.
· Steve wrote an email to Redhill Analysis
(03.04.07) as a number of stickers were found in the squash court on this day.
The stickers implied that a different assay had been commissioned to that
conducted by the Squash Section (with Romfords in 2005). There was nothing
other than the stickers to say why the stickers appeared. Email address
samples@redhill-analysis.co.uk. Phone number 01306 631820. Steve was informed
by Rob Lowe that the survey had been commissioned by Adam Yates of the RMH
works dept. Emailed Adam to ask what was happening (04.04.07) - hard copy on
record in squash archives. There was no reply, but Steve did see Adam some
months later (06.07.07) and he confirmed that another survey had been
conducted. Steve conveyed his disappointment for not being contacted prior to
the survey and informed Adam that we had commissioned a similar survey in 2005
with Romfords. Adam said that most of the Downs Club had now been surveyed.
Enquiry to Adam about alternative external roof repairer. Adam suggested
Southern Asbestos or Silver Dale if we wanted any work doing.
· Security Key Pad - Entry to Court
Report from member in late November 2007 of difficulty
operating key pad security lock for access to court. Lock checked and OK.
· 'Gardening'
The RMH gardeners were thanked by the chairman in person on
20.08.07 for all the work they put into keeping the Downs Club and squash court
area tidy. Steve said he would like to formally thank them again here on behalf
of the committee for all their untiring help.
· 'Damp patches' on floor near front wall
reported
· Floor Mending
25.03.07 Glued down broken plank reported by Louise (22.03.07).
Used EvoStik wood glue with weights put on. Left overnight to set. Removed tape
and sanded down. Kind help from Larry Page with advice on how to use glue.
Larry thanked by chairman in person for his kind help (26.03.07).
· Floor Washing
· 08.03.07 - Floor washed
in response to Mark Sydenham’s report (06.03.07) and other people saying
floor slippery. Five gallon bucket with 60ml soap (RBS- surface detergent or
Decon 90) followed by 60ml glacial acetic acid. General tidy of court and
sweepings.
· 00.10.07 - Floor washed pre coaching course
as above.
· External Security Light
09.03.07 - Spoke to Don Taylor and he kindly offered to log
the faulty RMH security light (near squash entrance) to the RMH works
department. We would like to thank Don for sorting this out.
· Royal Marsden Car Park Wooden fence
Don Taylor kindly fixed the fence that was broken by a car
in the Jan/Feb 2007 snow.
We would like to thank and acknowledge Don and the RMH works
department for all their help all through last year.
(iii) Court Usage.
· There were seven leagues on average which is
the same number as last year. Again we have not run the 'Novice Leagues' this
year. Although the number of leagues may seem static, we consistently ran 8
leagues in September, October and November 2007.
The number of players who booked courts
between Dec 2006 and Nov 2007 is up a
little from 64 last year to 67 in this period (see attached stats - not yet
available in web
version).
The number who have played in the leagues over
the year is also up from 45 to 52.
This is a good trend and we hope it continues. This is therefore reflected in
the number of league games that were played, up significantly from 803 to 947 -
an amazing increase of 18% on last year. Last year there was a decrease of
games of 6%, so again this is a trend that we hope continues.
Approximately 16 league players left during the year
(compared to previous year of 19):
Chris Stott, Paul Godden, Emma Harris, Young Lee, Ian
Chandler, Martin Forster, Pat Kelly, Laure Parent, Kate Sullivan, Jairam
V-Krishnan, Chris Parker. Dean Harris, Lara Berthke and Stephen Taylor.
Notable amongst the very long term players who left were:
Bob Ott and Maggie Flower who had been in the leagues since the 1980’s.
The number who joined was much higher than last year (10) at
26. This perhaps explains the increase in leagues and games played. A number of
these had rejoined after an absence - notably: Robert Te Poele, Emily Webb, Jon
Gear and James D’Arcy. A large number joined in April 2007, after the coaching
course of Feb 2007 ended - approximately 10.
· The weekly usage is also up from 18.4 to 21.4 games per week, which is the highest figure since 1995 - 1996 of
22.5. It is encouraging to see this figure increasing again as last year was
the first drop in a couple of years.
Previous years average weekly usage:
18.4 2005-2006
19.6 2004-2005
18.6 2003-2004
9.5 2002-2003
11.8 2001-2002
see
attached sheets for stats - not yet available in web version
· The fraction of slots playable is up from 17.4% to 21.4%.
The total number of slots booked this year is up from 958 to 1115. The figure contains
85 coaching slots, 21 coaching practice slots, 12 Mini-Olympic slots and 16
doubles-booked slots. This is a similar number of coaching and practice slots
to last year.
· The peak slots remain the most popular at
around 82% played in, compared to last year’s 84.7%.
(iv) Coaching
Chau was thanked by Steve on behalf of the committee for her
marvellous contribution for all her efforts in organising the coaching courses.
Sandra kindly presented Chau with a thank you gift and some flowers. The gift was
a voucher for a free place on the forthcoming (May 2008) coaching course with
Ron Nye.
Laura Robison was officially introduced, and welcomed to the committee as the new
Coaching Organiser. Laura has kindly organised 3 groups for the forthcoming
course and has been kindly shown the ropes by Chau.
Coaching
has again been conducted by our resident coach Ron Nye who we would like to
thank hugely for his enthusiastic help and ever popular courses.
The charge per coachee for course 1 was £30 each, for course
2 it was £26, and for course 3 it was £30.50. The charge for informal (regular)
coaching is approx £20 spilt amongst attendees.
Six week courses: 09
November 2006 - 14 December 2006 (Organised
by Chau)
(Formal) This
was reported in last year’s AGM, but is also cited here as it crossed two
reporting periods.
Beginners Only: Aleksandra (Ola) Bielen, Laura Robinson,
James McLaughlan, Lara Bethke, Olivia Baddeley, Veronica Camero. (Reserve:
Chaturika Jayadewa, Santanu Sen, Susanna Waern, Deborah Biggs).
08 February 2007 - 22 March 2007 (Organised by Chau)
Novices: Laura Robison, James McLaughlan, Lara Bethke,
Chaturika Jayadewa, Kat Spanova. Improvers: Jayaram Vijaykrishnan, Rob
Chaldecott, Steven Lubbe, Edoardo Missiaglia, Jon Gear, Emma Davenport.
11 October 2007 - 15 November 2007 (Organised by Chau)
The fees for this October were raised voluntarily by the
Squash Committee for Ron as his fees had not increased since August 2005.
Beginners: Dominik Zietkowski, Natalie Hutton, Celine
Ducruix, Karen Hawkins, Dale Crowther, Rahul Samant. Novices: Laura Robison,
Kat Spanova, Edoardo Missiaglia, Wing Chau Tung, Juliet Richards, Calum Smith.
Improvers: Lionel Gunn, Shaun Decordova, Tom Eykyn, James D’Arcy, Robert Te
Poele.
Informal Coaching: This
continued under Chau’s organisation in response to a request for continued
access to coaching but not on the formal basis of the six week courses. Hence
the name 'regular' or 'informal' coaching.
Course begun 25
January 2007 and ran for about three weeks.
Attendees: Wing Chau Tung, Rob Chaldecott, Dave Roberts,
Edoardo Missiaglia, Louise Johns, Emily Webb, Sandra Edwards, Kate Sullivan,
Pat Kelly, Jim McLaughlan, Lara Bethke, Chaturika Jayadewa, Ola Bielen, Laura
Robison.
Course begun 19 April
2007 and ran to 14 June 2007.
Attendees: Louise Johns, Emily Webb, Sandra Edwards, Kate
Sullivan, Pat Kelly, Wing Chau Tung, Rob Chaldecott, Dave Roberts, Edoardo Missiaglia,
Jim McLaughlan, Lara Bethke, Lynette Smyth, Ola Bielen, Laura Robison.
Course begun 21 June
2007 and ran to 26 July 2007.
Attendees: Louise Johns, Emily Webb, Sandra Edwards, Kate
Sullivan, Shaun Decordova, Rob Chaldecott, Dave Roberts, Edoardo Missiaglia,
Jim McLaughlan, Lara Bethke, Lynette Smyth, Ola Bielen, Laura Robison, Wing
Chau Tung.
[Outside of reporting
period - but the next course is scheduled to start 01 May 2008 - kindly
organised by Laura]
(v) Matches / Doubles Night
No matches have been organised or played. For doubles update
please see Matters Arising from 2005-2006 ‘Matches / Doubles Night / Singles Ladder’
(vi) Racquet Purchase/Loan Scheme.
Eight
racquets were sold in the accounting period (Jan 01 - Dec 31 2007).
These
totalled £289 in sales (cost £295).
Eight
racquets bought in period - value £231(cost
£235).
Seven
racquets in stock from previous value £266 (cost £265).
Surplus
for period = 7 racquets - value £208 (cost £205).
1 x Wilson Hyper Hammer Carbon 120 from Ron 06.07.06. RRP
£120 sell £40 - Sold to Shaun Decordova 26.02.07 cash
1 x Prokennex Superlite Destiny PWP 15.08.06. RRP £80 - Paid
£40 sell for £43 - Sold Neil Goddard 08 Aug 07 cash
1 x Prokennex Superlite Destiny PWP 15.08.06. RRP £80 - Paid
£40 sell for £43 - Sold Chris Watts
11.12.07 cash
1 x Prokennex Superlite Destiny PWP 15.08.06. RRP £80 - Paid
£40 sell for £43 - not yet sold
1 x Prokennex Lite Destiny PWP 15.08.06. RRP £60 - Paid £35
sell for £32 - Sold Karen Hawkins 14.06.07 cash
1 x Prokennex Lite Destiny PWP 15.08.06. RRP £60 - Paid £35
sell for £32 - Sold Penny Flohr 10 Jul
07 cheque
1 x Prokennex Lite Destiny PWP 15.08.06. RRP £60 - Paid £35
sell for £32 - Sold Jim McLaughlin
16.08.07 chq £33
1 x Dunlop Bl Max Ti (Hargreaves via Neil Goddard) 06.03.07.
RRP £109.99 - Paid £32.99 - Cost to Club =£35
As we were late paying Neil - Sell for £33. Sold to Jon Gear
28.03.07 £33 - Jon paid cheque directly to acc.
1 x Dunlop Bl Max Ti (Hargreaves via Neil Goddard) 06.03.07.
RRP £109.99 - Paid £32.99 - Cost to Club =£35
As we were late paying Neil - Sell for £33 (loss of £2).
Sold to Juliet Richards 05.10.07 £33 cash.
[Outside reporting
period]
1 x Prokennex Lite
Destiny PWP 08.12.07. RRP £60 - Paid £27.50 - Sold Rob Davidson £27.50 14.01.08
Cash
1 x Prokennex Lite
Destiny PWP 08.12.07. RRP £60 - Paid £27.50 - Sold Antigoni Divoli £27.50 29.01.08 Cheque
(vii) Stickers Sales
‘Thank you’s’ were extended by Steve on behalf of all the
squash members to Laure Parent, Maggie Flower, Jon Gear, David Roberts, Tom
Eykyn, Louise Johns, Emily Webb, Sandra Edwards and Wing-Chau Tung for
volunteering and continuing to sell stickers.
Jon thanked the pH Bar committee and volunteers for their
kind help in selling stickers throughout the year
(viii) Other meetings in year and
other matters:
· Changing
signatories on accounts. This began in January 2007 in anticipation of
Laure Parent and Bob Ott leaving. And went on into March 2007. We kept the
Lloyds banking account:
Lloyds
mandate completed 14 March 2007 in Lloyds Bank Sutton - in attendance Bob,
Laure, Jon, Mark, and Steve. New signatories Jon Gear (Treasurer), Mark
Sydenham (Secretary). Steve Edwards (Chairman - existing signatory). We now
insist on two signatories on every cheque drawn. Copy of mandate in hard copy
squash archives.
Changed
signatories on Alliance and Leicester high interest account, the process was
kindly started by Laure in March 2007. Visit to Banstead Branch 04 April 2007.
Handed in our change of mandate form. New codes through for internet access 12
April 2007. First accessed Jon and Steve 14 September 2007. Set up for Jon,
Mark and Steve to access. Two people must authorise a payment. Test transfer
made of £25 to Lloyds made 20 September 2007. All OK for payer and confirmer -
Squash Committee notified by email of successful trial 25 September 2007. The
process of changing the mandate was a bit more complicated than expected. In
order to do this we had to provide a constitution - hence the need for a more
up-to-date version (see earlier).
· We said good-bye to Laure at her leaving do
on 30 March 2007.
The Squash Committee organised and gave her a leaving card
and present to say thank you again for all her help as Treasurer. Pen and notebook
given in person. Jon, Sandra and Steve in attendance.
· OK from coachees (via Chau around March 2007)
of the February 2007 course for their photos to go on the web and on the
coaching leaflet (flyer).
· Email from Clare Walford (ICR Chief Health
and Safety Officer) 05 March 2007 asking who the Squash Club ‘belongs’ to. Reply
by Steve to say we think it’s both ICR and RMNHSFT. Copied in Glenn Flux (Ups
and Downs Club Chairman) to ask for further clarification. This was
subsequently dealt with and now it has been clarified in an ICR safety minute
“4.3 Squash Accident (2007/3/4.3): Following an investigation by the Chief
Health & Safety Officer it has been concluded that the day to day
management of the Ups & Downs Club falls under the responsibility of the RMNHSFT. Accident and incident forms
relating to the club will be sent to the RMNHSFT. (2007/4/4.3)”. This is
recorded in the Ups Club Squash Section Constitution (Appendix http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_constitution_appendix.htm)
posted to web site 11 September 2007.
· Insurance enquiry to Glenn Flux (Ups and
Downs Club Chairman) to ask for current insurance policy 12.03.07. Further
request to Ups and Downs Committee for a copy of the policy 01 April 2008.
Meeting with Helen Taylor and Nicola Bixby 14 April 2008. Renewal ‘policy’
details kindly received 21 April 2008 from Helen and Nicola.
· Good-byes and thank you's sent to Bob and
Maggie on the occasion of their relocation to the borders with Devon. Hugs and
‘virtual’ hugs given for everything they did for the club.
>>>
Steve Edwards 28/03/2007 16:42 >>> Dear
Maggie and Bob, I
think the 'thank yous' are really all to you guys for everything you've
done for the club. You
will both be sadly missed - as well from the from the leagues ! I
know that Sandra gave you a hug Maggie at the end of your match, so perhaps
in keeping with modern times you would both allow me to give you a 'virtual
hug' each, and I wish you both the best of health and happiness in your
next ventures. Love,
Steve >>>
Maggie Flower 26/03/2007 13:12:57 >>> Dear
Steve, Nice
photos - we have no objection to a selection of them going in the minutes. We'd
also like to take the opportunity to thank you and the squash committee for
making us honorary members of the squash club. We are very honoured!! And another
big thank you for our respective vouchers. Finally
and sadly, the time has come for us to leave the leagues. We will still be
able to play the odd friendly, but it will be impossible to stay in the
leagues once we have sold our cottage in Reigate. We
hope the squash club continues to go from strength to strength. Very
best wishes, Maggie
and Bob
· ‘Newsletter’ sent out with notification of
April 2007 squash leagues (02.04.07 and Appendix 3).
Hard copy on file in squash archives. Thanking Bob and Maggie - honorary
members. Advertising friendly ladder, asking players to be safe whilst playing
- ‘safe squash’ !
· Application from Gareth Darby of Sutton
Hospital (Chiltern Wing) to join the Squash Club. Matter referred to Glenn Flux
- Chairman of Ups and Downs Club. Glenn leaving the decision to our discretion
- so email to Squash Committee (03.04.07) to ask if OK. The process of outside
people joining the club has now been put in the squash constitution (http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_constitution.htm)
- see earlier entry in minutes.
· Kind offer from Ron Nye (our squash coach) in
June 2007 to a squash member to help them get back into squash after an absence
from the game.
· Sandra and Steve have been investigating
buying club tee shirts with logos for quite a while.
It was intended initially as a present for a long standing member in 2005/2006.
This was done behind the scenes and didn’t progress much further. If any
members think this is a good idea then a bit more effort can be put into it. We
will need a logo and then to find a suitable supplier of an agreed type (types)
of tee shirt.
· VGM: Starting 11 Jul 2007 (‘Virtual’ General Meeting
- Constitution discussions and approval). On web http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_vgm_110707.htm.
· Impromptu squash meeting BLB 21.08.07 (10.30
-11.00). Present: Steve, Chau, Sandra - to discuss next coaching and to decide
that doubles evening not viable.
· Enquiry from a member in October 2007 to play
racquet-ball. Permission declined “We don't really 'condone' racquetball as the
balls are much bigger and heavier, and have caused a lot of damage to the ceiling
cladding in the past. We were also unsure if the balls caused worse paint chips
on the front wall, so as a section we took the decision to ban this activity at
the ICR/RMH court. Sorry about this, Cheers, Steve”.
· Two new notice boards in RMH canteen secured
with Carol the supervisor in November 2007. One for squash leagues and squash
business. The other for general Ups and Downs business and advertising. Steve
has one key to the squash notice board.
· Permission from Chau
to put photos of October/November 2007 coaching course on web pages. Steve has
photos and is planning to do this. ACTION
SE.
4. Accounts:
The
accounts were kindly drawn and a signed copy was presented by Jon (Chart and
balance sheet tabled - not yet available in web version).
The
outstanding bill of £1894.64 for air con electric panel fitted January 2007 has
been paid in two parts - £947.32 and £1000.00.
There
were no questions on the accounts, The accounts were accepted as a true and
honest picture of the clubs financial state. Steve thanked Jon on behalf of the
committee.
5. Election
of officers
The
current officers standing again are :
Steve
Edwards as Chairman
Mark
Sydenham as Secretary
Jon
Gear as Treasurer
Emily
Webb as Membership Secretary
Wing-Chau Tung - has stepped down as Coaching Organiser and
back to OM
Laura Robison has already been co-opted onto the committee
in this role and is standing for election.
Chris Stott, All standing as
Ordinary Members
Louise Johns,
Antigoni Divoli,
Sandra Edwards
Neil Goddard
Dave Roberts
James D’Arcy
All proposed by : Awaiting record from minute book.
All seconded by: Awaiting record from minute book.
Lionel Gunn standing as Ordinary Member
Proposed by : Awaiting record from minute book.
Seconded by: Awaiting record from minute book.
All duly carried.
Honorary Members
Maggie Flower - as of 15 March 2007.
Bob Ott - as of 15 March 2007.
6. AOB
(i) Price increase:
Steve
asked the committee for consideration of raising the cost of a game of squash
for four reasons:
a) Provision of a new dehumidifier: Quotes
are awaited for a new unit as our current unit is reaching the end of its
serviceable life - but estimates based on informal chats with Tech Services are
£3-5K. This time it is proposed to factor in a maintenance contract and annual
costs so that there are no more surprises !
The
type of dehumidifier will be much ‘greener’ and more efficient as technology
has moved on since the 1970’s when our current TSC15 was designed. The unit
will have one temperature control box and the temperature will simply be chosen
once. There will be no winter or summer mode. The unit will be in two parts
similar to those seen in our newer labs (fan / blower unit inside with
compressor and coil unit outside).
There
are a few specifications which will be circulated to committee members for
approval. It is proposed to mount the blower unit on the balcony wall or to the
sides of the balcony.
b) Insurance:
Provision of member-member insurance liability indemnity and personal
accident/injury insurance cover.
Steve
circulated a document (24.04.08) by email from a company that Mark had kindly
sourced. The company was Perkins Slade Ltd of Birmingham and offered a squash
specific package consisting of:
· Civil Liability Cover - Administered through
Perkins Slade via Royal Sun Alliance and Insuresport Mutual (50:50 single
policy joint indemnity)
· Personal Accident - Provided by Ace Europe Ltd.
Jon
had kindly digested the documents and estimated that the total remittance per
player would be around £6.50. [Note post meeting: this has been rechecked and is roughly the
same as Jon’s estimate: civil liability based on 80 members is £340/80 =
£4.25 and personal accident = flat rate £2.50 each. Total estimate £6.75 for
the highest level cover per player].
It
was therefore estimated that to cover all 80+ players the club would need to
spend around £540 on the policies.
The
full detail of both parts of the cover are listed in Appendices 4 & 5
respectively. In brief they are as follows
Civil Liability: Includes public
liability (third party injury or damage to property), professional indemnity
(losses e.g. financial from errors or omissions), products liability (third
party problems associated with goods supplied or sold by us), directors and
officers liability (committee insured against wrongful acts), abuse (damages
insured for any abuse suffered by players - separate questionnaire). Total
cover up to £5M (lower £2M level rejected here by Squash Committee).
Personal Injury: death benefits (within
2 years £5000), physical loss of limb function (up to £50000), loss of sight
(up to £50000), loss of speech or hearing (up to £50000), loss of ability to
work (up to £50000), dental expenses (up to £500), broken bones ((up to £200),
hospitalisation (£30 per day up to £750), convalescence.
As a result of these discussions the Squash
Committee debated whether an up-to-date membership list had to be complied and
then maintained. The committee hoped that a list would not be necessary due to
the work needed to administer such a list. The insurance broker would need to
be consulted. ACTION SE.
[Note post meeting: the insurance issue has been completely
addressed and full details are now available at http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_insurance.htm].
c) Planned expenses as well
unforeseen/unexpected bills:
Steve
pointed out that working parties might not be the way forward as it wasn’t easy
for people to give up their time especially as the court might need quite a few
expensive repairs in the future:
For
Example
· roof repairs - still outstanding and possible
cost (based on quote) around £1000.
· front wall
stripping - need a professional company - cost awaited.
· painting and decorating rest of court -
possible work party or company cost awaited. The court is now over 30 years old
- so possible further expenses could be floor replacement.
[Note post meeting- added 22.04.09: the court was completely redecorated
between 06-09 April 2009. Full details are now available at http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_vgm_090708.htm].
d) Additional Court: The fourth reason may turn out to be “pie in the sky”, but as a section we have
always said that it would be nice to have a second court. Standalone or Banbury
style courts might become available in the future (e.g. Ron Nye pers. comm.) and it might be possible to
pick one up cheaply. If coupled together with our thoughts and request for
provision of land, it could be feasible to join a new court onto our current
one. This would allow us to play matches with other clubs and offer more court
time to staff should the peak slots become harder to book - compare to the
199o’s when we had to queue for courts the day before with sometimes over five
people in queue.
In general the chairman thought that it was prudent to start
thinking in terms of having to pay people to do this work. So even though
reserves were quite high at the moment (see Section 4: Accounts), he thought it
was best not to dig too deeply into them as it would be imprudent to find we
were unable to pay a large bill if reserves were depleted.
The chairman proposed a blanket £1.00 rise in a game of
squash. This could be levied on the stickers and lights equally. Or entirely on
the cost of lights. By placing the cost on lights it would mean that stickers
remained at 50p - which is a nominal charge. If these were increased by 50p it
was suggested that players might be inclined to start peeling off and
attempting to reuse them. This would mean more policing and the chairman was
keen to avoid this. The 50p stickers are for booking and we have always tried
to keep this at a sensible price so that if slots were missed then not much
money was lost, on the other hand if the ‘booking fee’ is too cheap, then a
tendency to book indiscriminately could begin.
One benefit of putting the price increase on the lights is
that everybody has to put money in the meter in order to play. The chairman
thought this was preferable.
The price of squash has to go up by a minimum of 50p in
order to cover insurance costs. The insurance cost will inevitable increase and
other cost could appear. So the chairman proposed putting the price up to £2.00
for lights and 50p for stickers.
There was a feeling that this was too much and that the
split was not agreeable. So the chairman proposed that a decision on how much
and how to split be decided after the AGM - either by email or direct meetings.
A proposal was made to ask committee members to circulate the proposed price
increases to all players and to canvas opinion on what was thought to be
reasonable.
Each
50p additional charge would raise approx £500 in annual revenue. So the
chairman was proposing that in principle a price increase should be considered
prudent and be sanctioned by the committee. However a suitable consultation
period should be set before deciding what the price increase should be.
The
options we have are:
£0.50
increase - this could simply go on the price of stickers
£1.00
increase - this could go 50/50 or just
on the lights
£1.50
increase - this might work best as then £1.00 could be charged for stickers and
£2.00 for the lights. It would be preferred to keep the sticker cost as low as
possible as this is a harder system to control - e.g. re-using stickers.
Sticker re-use might increase if we decided to charge more for stickers.
Lights: 1976 - 1982 £?.?? for
40min
1982
- 1988 £0.40 for 40min
1988
- 1998 £0.50 for 40min
1998
- 2008 £1.00 for 40min
Data
from archive 24.04.08
Stickers: 1976 - 1984 £?.?? per sticker
1984
- 1993 £0.30 per sticker
1993
- 2008 £0.50 per sticker
Data
from archive 24.04.08
1993
Agreed to keep stickers at 50p
1993
Agreed to raise lights to £1.00. Ratified in 1994 and then implemented in
Mar/Apr 1998. All prices have been the same since then.
Squash
fees and money handling could all be dispensed with if we went to an electronic
booking system and light activation system. Credits could be purchased via
something like PayPal and then used for booking and for playing lights. With
such a system membership could easily be monitored if we have to declare
members for proposed insurance purposes.
[Note
post meeting: the Squash
Committee began a virtual general meeting on these proposals. Details at http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_vgm_110608.htm].
(ii) Paint Purchase:
A
proposal was made to purchase of 2 x 5L of Glixtone/Blackfriars Squash Court
paint. Current stocks (2 x 5L bought in June 2004) have served us well but have
unfortunately ‘gone off’. Propose having front wall professionally stripped.
Then prime and repaint. Chips and imperfections in concrete to be filled with
car filler as advised many years ago by professional squash decorator (Trevor
May ??). Consider working party for rest of walls.
AWARDS
Again this year, no award was presented for the most
courts booked by a player in the year, but this out of interest was achieved by
Ray Wiggins with 54 - knocking Bob off this perch after many years (since the
2001-2002 season).
Mike Chow Cup for Best League Improver
The decision was considered by the
committee (March 2008) and winner was agreed with a majority vote.
The Cup was awarded to Ed Hughes who started off in league 3 of 6
and rose to league 2 of 8 at the end of the full assessment period.
Ed received a cash award of £40.00 and an engraved plaque to
keep. The prize money is higher this year after a proposal was put forward by
the chairman and agreed by the committee via email.
Other players who also had strong consideration for the
prize from the committee were Tom Eykyn, Richard Hubner, Edoardo Missiaglia,
Jon Gear and Jim McLaughlan. The committee acknowledged the improvement these
players have also made over the assessment period.
Most League Games Played
The calculation for this prize is
the number of games played vs. the number playable.
This year’s qualification was retained at 95% after extensive debate
by the committee and then a majority feeling that this was the correct
threshold to set. The committee felt that this small token of acknowledgement
of the efforts made by members to play their games was continuing to do the job
that was initially intended. A lot more league games (18%) have been completed
in the leagues in the consideration period 947
vs. 803 the year before.
As there were 10 league periods in
the year, 6 periods had to be played to qualify.
13 players achieved the target of
over 95% compared to 8 last year. With five ‘100%ers’ compared to two last
year.
(Committee members also had varied
views on the cash prizes to be awarded. A consensus decision was made on the
following awards based on tiered percentage levels in the 95-98% range -
proposed Mark and carried).
Joint 1st
Sandra Edwards 100.00% (36 M 10 L)** £15.00
cash
Joint
1st Steve Edwards 100.00% (35 M 9 L)* £10.00
cash
Joint
1st Mark Sydenham 100.00% (30 M 8 L)* £10.00 cash
Joint
1st Shaun Decordova 100.00% (27 M 7 L)* £10.00 cash
Joint
1st Jon Gear 100.00%
(25 M 7 L)* £10.00 cash
6th
Louise Johns 98.00% (34 M 10 L)* £7.00
cash or stickers
7th
Steven Lubbe 96.88% (28 M 8 L)* £6.00
cash or stickers
8th
Richard Hubner 96.67% (32 M 10 L)* £6.00
cash or stickers
Joint 9th
Edoardo Missiaglia 96.43% (24 M 7 L)* £6.00
cash or stickers
Joint 9th
Ola Bielen 96.43% (23 M 7 L)* £6.00
cash or stickers
11th
Chris Croucher 96.30% (29 M 9 L)* £6.00
cash or stickers
12th
Rob Chaldecott 95.83% (25 M 8 L)* £5.00
cash or stickers
13th
Emily Webb 95.24% (24 M 7 L)* £5.00
cash or stickers
* M
= Matches played in L = No. of
Leagues for consideration period
** Higher award because only player to play in
all leagues
Meeting
closed.
Appendix 1 (Insurance Email Trail)
To:
Johns, Louise CC: Sydenham, Mark >>>
Steve Edwards 02/04/2008 17:19 >>> Dear
Louise, That's
most kind of you. I
look forward to hearing the outcome, Cheers, Steve cc
Mark To: Steve
Edwards CC: Mark Sydenham >>>
Louise Johns 02/04/2008 15:51 >>> Steve I'll
be at the club meeting tomorrow - will make sure this is discussed and will
endeavour to get the information req... L To:
Flux, Glenn CC: Armstrong, Sarah;
Sydenham, Mark; Taylor, Helen Subject:
RE: Meeting on Thurs April 3rd 12.00 >>>
Steve Edwards 01/04/2008 18:31 >>> Dear
Glenn, I
wasn't expecting to hear this ! You were given a brief verbal summary
(23.05.07) of the outcome of your proposals and queries as discussed at length
in our Squash AGM last year. Mark was present and he kindly agreed to send
you the draft minutes. As I'm not sure if this happened, have attached
those draft minutes here and the full minutes are accessible via: http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_agm_2005_2006.htm [Mark
- I'm sorry for 'double doing' this, if you have already sent the minutes
to Glenn as agreed. I trust however you remember the conversation with
Glenn in the changing rooms on the 23.05.07.] Now
then - anything for me ?? Cheers, Steve cc
Mark, Sarah, Helen To:
Steve Edwards CC:
Helen Taylor; sarah.armstrong@rmh.nhs.uk Subject:
RE: Meeting on Thurs April 3rd 12.00 >>>
Glenn Flux 01/04/2008 17:46 >>> Ah,
this would be just after I asked you to tell us about your safety
procedures, particularly with respect to initial training and how to deal
with people that wear their squash shoes across the grass. As
yet I have not had a reply.... To:
Ups and Downs Committee CC:
Squash Committee Subject:
RE: Meeting on Thurs April 3rd 12.00 >>>
Steve Edwards 01/04/2008 17:29 >>> Dear
Sarah, Could
I also send my apologies for non attendance and also please request
clarification of the insurance status of the club. My
particular interest as you know is from a squash point of view. I
emailed Glenn (copied to relevant parties) on 12 March 2007 to enquire
about the policy, but as yet have not had a reply (see below): >>>
Steve Edwards 12/03/2007 12:44 >>> Dear
Glenn, Good
news indeed - I don't know about safe though ! Would
you happen to know who has a copy of the certificate and policy ? I
think the squash section needs to check out the wording and type of cover
currently in place and should then consider paying for member to member
liability and personal injury cover - if these things are affordable. Thanks
for your help with this and I would like to thank James also for his kind
help with sorting out the insurance this year. cc
Roger Thomas (Director of Facilities Royal Marsden) cc
Gary Burkill (Head of Facilities Royal Marsden) cc
James Kendall (Assistant Director of Finance Royal Marsden) cc
Clare Walford (Head of Health and Safety ICR) cc
Squash Section Management Committee (officers) Could
I please ask if you know of someone who could let me know what the
situation is with regard to cover and kindly provide me with a copy of the
policy if one is currently in operation ? Best
regards, Steve cc
Ups Club Squash Section Management Committee
Appendix 2
(Installation of Phone Line in Squash
Court)
To:
Stott,
Chris CC: Subject:
Re: phone >>>
Steve Edwards 03/04/2008 09:51 >>> Dear
Chris, Thanks
very much for making these investigations. I
look forward to hearing the outcome. Cheers, Steve To:
Steve Edwards CC Subject:
phone >>>
Chris Stott 03/04/2008 09:44 >>> Hi
Steve, I
have spoken to Crest (ICR tel engineers) re. a phone line to the court and
they seem to think it will be possible, next time they are in Sutton ICR
they are going to look into it and report back feasability and cost... if
we do go ahead with it I guess Jeff Barley and ICR B & M will need to
be informed and approve as will RMH Facilities if we go down that route. cheers
Chris footer removed to save space >>>
Steve Edwards 02/04/2008 09:23 >>> Dear
Chris, [section of email personal] Anything
you can do phone-wise would be most welcome. As long as someone (e.g.
ICR/RMH) can be contacted then we have made our best efforts. [section of email personal] Cheers, Steve >>>
Chris Stott 02/04/2008 09:17 >>> Hi
Steve, [section of email personal] [section of email personal] ... I
will try to make some enquiries before the meeting and get back to you.. I
guess it would need to be linked into whatever they have in the club/pool
building which are either RMH or Sutton Hospital not ICR so not sure how we
would proceed on that basis... thinking about it it would probably be
difficult to get a cable over to the squash court unless it could be some
sort of wireless set-up... Leave
it with me.... cheers
Chris Chris
Stott footer removed to save space >>>
Steve Edwards 02/04/2008 09:08 >>> Dear
Chris, [section of email personal] Just
whilst you're on the 'line' - you had kindly offered at last year's AGM to
investigate the installation of a phone in the court. Is there any news on this
that I can report back on your behalf ? Cheers, Steve >>>
Chris Stott 02/04/2008 09:05 >>> Hi
Steve, Please
accept my apologies for the AGM, [section
of email personal] cheers
Chris Chris
Stott footer removed to save space
Appendix 3 (Newsletter 02 April 2007)
To:
All_Sut Subject: April squash
leagues are on the web + news >>>
Steve Edwards 02/04/2007 09:05 >>> Dear
Squash Player, Just
a few bits of news for you this month. Firstly
the April squash leagues are on the Web. Apologies this month if you find
yourself in slightly the wrong league for your ability. We lost 3 players
from March, but gained 9 ! So it has been a bit tricky accommodating some
regular players who are returning as well as quite a few 'new' guys this
month. Everything should hopefully smooth out by next month. So I hope you
will join me in welcoming the debutants to the leagues - our thanks go to
Wing-Chau Tung for encouraging these players (who have recently been
through the coaching course with Ron) to participate. Just with regard to
the leagues - this was the first time in living memory that a record was
entered for all matches ! Amongst
the players who left the leagues were Maggie Flower and Bob Ott. Both have
been in the leagues since the early eighties, but have decided that it
isn't practical to continue now as they are spending more of their
(retirement) time in Devon. The Squash Section and Ups club in general owe
Bob and Maggie a big thank you for all the work they have put in, and the
general support they have shown for the sports and social scene at ICR/RMH
over the years. To mark their contribution, the squash committee recently voted
to make Bob and Maggie Honorary Members of the squash club. As part of this
bestowal Bob and Maggie get to play for free from now on, and so hopefully
they will both take advantage of this perk when they come up from Devon for
their weekly working visits. If
you don't fancy competing in the squash leagues then please consider
joining our squash ladder. There is no time constraint on when matches
should be played and the committee would like to promote this ladder as a
way for people to participate in 'friendly' competition (that is not to say
the leagues are unfriendly !). Just
finally could I also take this opportunity to remind everyone to play as
safely as possible and be mindful of your own as well as your opponents
safety. We would just like to encourage you to ask for 'lets' if there is
any danger of hitting your opponent with the ball or your racquet. If you
are in any doubt about the 'let' rule please contact any of the committee
for help. We can also organise a short tutorial on the rules with our
resident coach if there is sufficient demand. Most
of the details of the leagues and ladder can be found on the web pages
below, and please look out for the minutes of the recent of AGM which show
what happened in the club last year and record what the club is thinking
about for the future. If you have any views or thoughts about what the
squash club should be doing, please don't hesitate to let someone on the
committee know. Have
fun, regards, Steve
Edwards on
behalf of the Ups Club Squash Section ACCESS
TO SQUASH WEB PAGES: For Institute staff access directly on http://intra.icr.ac.uk/upsdowns/_sq_leag.htm OR Via
the Institute Home Page: 'Sports
and Social' http://intra.icr.ac.uk/icr_docs/start.html [Wellbeing
Zone] 'Sports and Social' <Squash>
Page <Current
Leagues> For RMNHST staff acces via http://intra1/ [LINKS]
[ICR] [Intranet] [Wellbeing
Zone] 'Sports and Social' <Squash>
Page <Current
Leagues> For
external use access via Geocities Page http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ridge/4338/upsdowns/_sq_leag.htm IGNORE
ANY JAVA SCRIPT MESSAGES - they are to do with adverts.
Appendix 4 & 5 (Two parts of insurance quote from Perkins Slade Ltd)
Appendix 4 = \17i NCCPR Club Medium
1.doc (Civil Liability) (click for link)
Appendix 5 = \17j CLUB MEDIUM.doc (Personal
Accident) (click for link)