Minutes of Meeting held at NHS Sports and Social Club
On 4th Feb 2016 with 18 members present.

A Minute’s Silence was observed for Albert Ridsdale ( 23 years service  1958-81)an ex member who passed away recently.

Paul Ballantyne took the chair due to the chairman arriving late. Welcoming Mark Burke (Barkston Ash) after his illness.

The Secretary welcomed Rob Rich a long standing member who had been away from the area for many years.

Minutes, no matters arising.

Details were given regarding; Lol Cussons evening, 4th March; Dinner, 2nd April; FA Cup ticket draw.

Assistants Fees, there was a discussion on this as the York League want to bring their Premier fees in line with West Riding and Humber Leagues to £20.00 fee with no mileage. The feeling was favourable. Swings and roundabouts summed the mood.

Problem Corner, discussion on disciplinary action prior to kick off.

Iain Dunn ex York City our guest for the evening then gave a chat on his career, highs, lows,people who helped his career and incidents from local playing fields to professional grounds back to the local pitch at Huntington. He chatted with plenty of interaction for approx 90 mins.

All were reminded of  the forthcoming events. There being no more business meeting closed at 9.45.

I Hotchkies

Minutes of meeting held on 7th January 2016
At NHS Sports and Social Club
With 23 members present.

The Chairman welcomed all and wished the best for the New Year.

Apologies were received from; B Smith

Minutes of last meeting; no matters arising

Details of Dinner on 2nd April were given, names required asap. Lol Cussons evening is 4th March, names also required.

Graham Bradbury, gave an update on Don Thorpe and Steve Holman’s state of health. Also on forthcoming concert at the Barbican on March 6th for flood victims. Andy McEvoy updated on Mark Burke’s health.

Membership stood at 57, way down on last year’s total.

There then followed the quiz hosted by Anthony Thornton, this was greeted in the usual way, but enjoyed by all.

This was followed by the buffet.

Proceedings closed around 9.15 with the diehards still gossiping around 10.00

Minutes of meeting held on 3^rd December 2015

The chairman welcomed all to the meeting including guests from the umpires association.

Apols were received from; A McEvoy; J Ham; G Bradbury; A Luff; J Ballantyne; E Shiers; J Suchecki.

Membership; stands at 56, well below last seasons 70

RA Voice over; an item from 1908 was mentioned regarding York RA being formed.

Problem Corner; the FA had issued guidelines about concussion. There was a discussion on this, also wet pitches and not to be swayed into playing if you think pitch is unfit.

Dinner ; April, will discuss in new year.

Jeff Evans; cricket umpire our evenings guest then gave at very colourful and interesting talk/summary of his career. Highlighting some incidents, characters, teams he has encountered in his 19 years as a first class umpire. He mentioned that they now have fitness test and also injury guidelines (as the concussion guidelines). We had to call Jeff to a close after an hour and three quarters of a very entertaining and absorbing evening.

A o B  none

Meeting closed at 9.55

Comment from the President: A disappointing attendance from our members, with fifteen members plus invited guests. We are trying our best to attract good speakers to our meetings, but it is difficult to justify with low turnouts. Members’ suggestions around the content and format of meetings, to encourage more to attend, would be appreciated.

Minutes of meeting held on 5 November 2015
At NHS Club with 20 members present.

 The chairman welcomed colleagues to the meeting. Good to see an increase from earlier meetings.

Apologies were received from I Hotchkies, M Butcher, J Sucheki, P and J Ballantyne.

Membership stood at 50,  and colleagues were reminded of the renewal of subscriptions, with the benefit of motor vehicle legal cover.

Problems  discussed Referee / AR instruction “I’ll back you 100%” (courtesy of “Benchmark”); should the referee say this? Instructions need to be clear and questioned as appropriate. Referee’s need to assess the quality of AR’s and be flexible accordingly.

Mention was made of Strensall (Barracks) pitch size/markings, which had been reported.

Guest Gary Kellett (Bradford) FL Match Observer presented a session on Match Observing at FL level. He was in his 8th season following a lengthy career. He contrasted the old assessing system with  manual note-taking and reports and discussed the current method – using IPad / technology to record and report Key Match Incidents on officials on the FL. The observer does not provide a mark but the system provides the official with a mark from the observations recorded.

There being no more business meeting closed at 9.40

Minutes of the meeting held on 3rd September 2015
NHS Club
with 14 members present

Apologies were received, from Mssrs; Unwin; King; C Ledgeway; Smith; Godson; Milburn; P & G Hartley; Turner; Shiers; Allanby, Bradbury

A moment’s silence was held in recognition of Dave Ollis at CFA.

The Chairman welcomed all and apologised for the poor attendance

There were no Matters Arising, from the minutes on the web.

Correspondence, appeal for refs from Woldgate College, Pocklington.

Details were given, R U Taking the P ; Subs due, membership.

Our guest Mark Brown, championship ref from Hull was here and unfortunately the connections to his laptop and the in house system did not match. He then went through the amended Offside Law which has been controversial. He then gave a resumee of his career and then had a Q& A session.

A.o.B. Appeal for refs for various matches. Early wishes were given to Paul Ballantyne on his forthcoming 50th birthday.

Meeting closed at 9.30

Minutes of meeting held on 2nd April 2015 at NHS Club with 29 members and guests present.

The chairman, welcomed all to the meeting.

Apologies, were received from Mssrs  Milburn; Turner;Lea;B Ballantyne & Allenby.

No matters arising from minutes

Dinner,  two late cancellations.  As we were now under the agreed total those involved will be asked to cover cost of the meal if replacements could not be found as we had to pay the full bill two weeks prior to the event

Nominations for Committee, in writing to secretary.

Web Site, as most items were now on the web, members are asked to browse.

FA Cup Final tickets, draw was made , Joe Ballantyne.

Membership,  can be paid from now.

Promotions, names were read and congratulations given.

Chris Jones, ex York City stalwart and Radio York pundit then gave a two part presentation, talking about referees he had encountered, match incidents and reminiscing. The second half showing film clips he had collected. He also brought numerous match day programmes for all to browse. He also signed copies of his book that had just been published.

Meeting closed at 9.45