Circular from Men's Committee
July 09, 2013
The following circular from the Men's Committee was circulated to all clubs recently :
Committee breakdown:
Position Name Club Email Mobile
| Position | Name | Club | Mobile | |
| Chair | Mick McGuinness | Suttonian HC | mjmcguinness@eircom.net | 086 3214306 |
| Match Sec | Dash Hewitt | YMCA HC | Dashiell.hewett@hotmail.com | 087 7500755 |
| Asst Match Sec | Justin Sherriff | YMCA HC | sherriffjustin@hotmail.com | 087 7331380 |
| Registration Sec | David McNerney | Bray HC | mcnerneyd@gmail.com | 086 817 6621 |
| Asst Reg Sec | Robert Murtagh | Rathgar HC | murtagr@tcd.ie | 086 0665210 |
| General | Victor Shaw | Glenanne HC | victor.shaw1@upcmail.ie | 086 8250337 |
| Ronan Walsh | Weston HC | ronan.walsh@sps.ie | 087 2871381 | |
| Glenn Holmes | Corinthian HC | glenn_holmes@rocketmail.com | 087 7692422 | |
| Stuart Collier | Bray HC | collier_stuart@hotmail.com | 087 6145505 |
Thanks:
We would like to thank the outgoing committee for all their hard work over the last number of years. We appreciate the time and effort it took to run Mens Fixtures & Registrations with such a small group of people.
Aims:
â— To promote and encourage the playing of hockey in Leinster.
â— To avoid fixture congestion and double headers for higher leagues. However we are constrained in this by the limited number weekends assigned to us by the IHA.
â— To bring a number of new initiatives forward to help promote hockey and increase the social aspect of the game as well as player numbers in all leagues.
Fixtures
Division Managers:
Div 1 Ronan Walsh
Div 2 Victor Shaw
Div 3 Justin Sherriff
Div 4 David McNerney
Div 5 Mick McGuinness
Div 6 Stuart Collier
Div 7 Glenn Holmes
Div 8 Robert Murtagh
Cup Revisions & Managers:
| Cup Name | Details | Cup Manager |
| Mills Cup | Div 1 & 2, 1st XI teams only. Final on St Patricks Day | Ronan Walsh |
| Neville Cup | Div 1 & 2 1st XI teams only. Non-IHL teams only. Mid-week matches. Final on St Stephens Day | Stuart Collier |
| U21 Cup | Open to all clubs. Final on St Stephens Day. Potential for combined teams | Glenn Holmes |
| Railway Cup | Div 2 & 3 (All teams). Leinster Men's Cup Final Day (TBA) | Ronan Murtagh |
| Intermediate Cup | Div 4 & 5 (All Teams). Leinster Men's Cup Final Day (TBA) | Ronan Walsh |
| Junior Cup | Div 6 & 7 (All teams). Leinster Men's Cup Final Day | Glenn Holmes |
| Minor Cup | Div 8 (All teams). Leinster Men's Cup Final Day | Justin Sherriff |
| Neville-Davin Cup | Pre Season Cup. Initially for Div 2 teams and down played over one weekend in August. Trialling new rules | Ronan Walsh/Justin Sherriff |
| Galtrim Cup | Five (5) players from Div 3 & 4. All other players from lower leagues | Victor Shaw |
| Walters Cup | Five (5) players from Div 5 & 6. All other players from lower leagues. | Victor Shaw |
Role of Division/Cup Managers:
The role of the division manager is to coordinate the successful and smooth running of the leagues and cups. They will be the first point-of-call for postponements, re-fixes and issues with their assigned leagues & cups. It will be a hands on approach and it is hoped that the majority of issues can be resolved ahead of time.
Season Start/End dates:
Div 1-3 starts Saturday the 14th of September and finishes 1st of March
IHL starting on 15th of March
Mills final on 17th of March
Div 4-9 starts Saturday the 28th of September and finishes on the 22nd of March
Galtrim/Walters Cup are currently penciled in towards the end of the season.
Christmas break runs from 21st Dec - 12th Jan. Excluding Indoor, Neville Cup & U21s.
Season Fixture List:
Work has begun in earnest on the 2013/2014 season fixture list. All leagues are affected by the Div 2 resolution at this years AGM. We would ask for your patience as we work through this in as fair and efficient manner as possible.
Trial Weekends:
It is the intention of the committee to trial Friday night, Saturday evening and Sunday matches during the coming season for Division 1. For example on a chosen bank holiday weekend matches could be scheduled for a Friday night; leaving players free for the remainder of the weekend.
Postponements & Re-fixes:
Rules surrounding postponements and re-fixes will be rigorously enforced for the coming season. The committee would like all teams to engage with their division Manager as soon as any issues arise.
 
Registrations
With regard to the processing of Registrations and Match Cards the following changes will be introduced:
â— The registration process will be streamlined as much as possible
â— A basic online system will be put in place to allow for management of registration and verification of player eligibility
â— Match cards will also be submitted digitally for faster and more transparent processing
Physical match cards must still be submitted to the Registration Secretary by post to:
David McNerney,
12 Beechurst,
Killarney Road,
Bray
Please mark 'LHA' in top left corner of envelope
