Committee report for July
At the months meeting confirmation was made of the following dates for the social calendar:
19th October 2013 – Cocktail party. This years event will be a Great Gatsby theme!
15th November 2013 – Dream Auction. John Findlater is working hard on what will be this years major fundraiser for the club. As outlined last April at the AGM the club has a target of €11,500 to fundraise for this year. This money will go towards the funding needed to replace the front pitch in May 2014.
More details on each of these events will follow.
The Supercup nearly has all its participants confirmed. We will be hosting 16 teams in total, 8 mens and 8 women’s. The tournament takes place the 6th – 8th of August and offers our 1st XIs a great way to get top quality match practice before the season kicks off. A committee of the 1sts men and ladies, headed by Siobhan and Stephen, will be taking charge of the weekend.
Many Garda vetting forms have been sent out or collected already. Ali is following up on those that remain.
Our mens 1sts coaching team of Joe Brenann and Paul Fitzpatrick will be heading a new initiative of a development plan for the coaching within the club. The aim is to ensure all coaches throughout each section of the club are aware of the key principles to educate the players in. The first session of this plan will be held in early September. This marks the first step in creating continuity throughout each of our ranks.
The junior girls will return to training on the 15th of September this year. Letters will e sent out in the next few weeks to all parents.
A new club tracksuit and top will be available for all to purchase through Ed Sports from the end of August on. The tracksuit is Reece and can be seen on the ladies 1sts since the middle of last season. Its available in mens and ladies fits. The top is a long sleeved polo that the mens 1sts purchased prior to their finals last year.
The committee wish to extend its warmest congratulation to Mitch Darling on his recent 100th cap for Ireland. Its a phenomenal achievement and we are very proud to have him within the club. Congratulations to our mens 1sts manager Ravi and his wife Emma on the recent birth of their baby Priya.
Pre-Season Info – Ladies
We are delighted to announce that Bootcamp is full! This is bound to be excellent preparation for the season ahead for all of our teams. The 1st session begins on Tuesday the 6th of August. The ladies side will return to hockey training on the 19th of August. The first few sessions will be for all teams combined and will run from 7.30 – 10pm every Monday and Wednesday on the front pitch. Jody has not yet returned from South Africa but he has been in contact with the team and coaches over the last few weeks. The sessions will be taken by the rest of our coaching team: Nathan Warnock the 2nds coach and Jodys coaching partner, plus our 3rds and 4ths coaches the two Stephen Roberts!!
Our coaching for the men’s 3rds to 5ths will return on the front pitch at 6.30 on Tuesday the 3rd of september
Representative Honours
Congratulations to Stephen West on his selection for the Western Province Senior IPT team. The inter-provincial tournament takes place in Cape Town at the end of August. We’re glad to see him getting plenty of high-quality games before the start of the season here!
‘Opening Minds’ Rebate
We were contacted by the Opening Minds bookshop in Ballinteer with the below letter. Its an easy way to fundraise for the club.
Dear “First name”,
We have been supplying schoolbooks in the “local” area for over 26 years when we previously traded as “Wise Owl”. We have devised a special scheme whereby local clubs and societies can earn 5% cash back on all purchases made by club members in the opening minds branch in “local”.
All that is required from the club is that all members are asked to purchase their schoolbooks in openingminds so that the rebate can be paid to “the club”. When making a purchase the member should mention the scheme and obtain a duplicate receipt which is returned to the club. At the end of September the club will add up all the receipts and inform opening minds “local” of the total spent by club members in opening minds “local”.
We will then pay in cash 5% of that total in cash to the “club”. For example, 100 members spend €100 each on schoolbooks in opening minds “local” over the summer of 2013. That equals a total spend of €10,000, €500 of which will be rebated to “the club”.
Our schoolbook prices are the same as in any other shop and we also sell and purchase second hand school books. If you wish to arrange a collection of current, good condition second hand school books in your club we can arrange to purchase these at very good prices.
We would request that where possible the opening minds logo is included in any brochures / leaflets produced to promote these schemes in “the club” during 2013.
If you wish to avail of any of the above schemes please contact us at info@openingminds.ie to register your interest.
We look forward to working with “the club” in the future and thank you for all your support and assistance in opening minds “local”
Regards,
The opening minds “local” team.
