Below find the various updates that were sent out this week to members
Category: IPT
WPGMHA -SUMMER LEAGUE 2022/2023 – Update
TO ALL WPMHA MEMBERS
Dear Fellow Members,
Your committee wishes all our members and your families a happy and prosperous new year. For those recovering from operations, injury and/or rehabilitation, we wish you a speedy recovery.
We kick off with a voluntary IPT warm up the next two Sundays (8th and 15th January 2023) starting 09h00 at Conberg. Thanks to Bobby Freeman (65+ to 75+) and GT (55+ to 60+) for managing the coaching sessions. Players can expect fitness and skill training, followed by a short game. Please bring a white and a coloured top with. No charge to members.
WPGMHA -SUMMER LEAGUE 2022/2023 – UPDATE
Thank you all the captains and administrators in their support of Deon Maart and for his successful transition in taking over as player affairs co-ordinator from Gary Barret. Wish Gary a speedy recovery and look forward to having him back on the pitch soon.
Player availability for the second half of the summer league has been updated. Team admins and captains will confirm the teams for the first round of matches starting on 12 January 2023.
The teams will generally stay the same due to the limited time and build-up to the March IPT. There will be a round of 5 weeks, where each team will play four (4) matches and have one bye. The cost will be R 240-00 per member for the season or R60-00 per game (if not playing each game). Please note that those that pay the R240 upfront do not pay for any games they play extra when filling in for another side.
ROADMAP TO THE WPGMHA MARCH IPT IN CAPE TOWN
The WPGM will have trials for IPT teams and will take place over two weekends. These will be held at WPCC on Sunday 22nd and Saturday 28th January 2023. Times and fields for the various age groups will be posted early in January.
Registration forms for the Cape Town IPT are being prepared and will be posted. Please return by 19 January 2023.
Players will be required to register in their correct age groups for ITP. No duplicate age registration will be accepted.
The expected financial commitment will be as follows:
| a) | Capitation Fee | R110.00 for players up to -60. R330-00 for players 60+ to -75. 75+ free. |
| b) | IPT Trails, practices and matches. | Field hire, lights, physio and umpires for Trails, Sunday practices + short matches and Thursday night IPT team age group matches up till the IPT – R720.00 |
| c) | IPT Levy. | 17 to 20 March 2023 (four days) – R650.00. This year, the GM tournament will include the team/ player management platform “ALTIUS”. The second IPT newsletter will be circulated soon. Please watch out for the update. |
We will be sending out application forms for IPT team coaches and managers. Please encourage ex-players, injured/recovering members and/or any interested parties (men and women), who may wish to participate in the March IPT.
WPGMHA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
The WPGMHA Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 2 March 2023. The notice, agenda and committee election forms will be sent out in due course.
We are looking forward to a prosperous hockey year ahead.
Regards
Karl
WPGMHA is affiliated with SAGMHA
Committee – Karl Luff (Chairman), Warren Machanik (Secretary), Noreen Wonnacott (Treasurer), Rob Birt, Chris Hayley, Gary Barrett and Deon Maart.
Chairman’s festive news letter 2022
CHAIRMAN’S FESTIVE NEWSLETTER 2022
YOUR COMMITTEE WISH ALL OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES A FESTIVE SEASONS GREETING. FOR THOSE RECOVERING FROM OPERATIONS, INJURY AND/ OR REHABILITATION, WE WISH YOU A SPEEDY RECOVERY. FOR THOSE MEMBERS TRAVELLING, WE WISH YOU BON VOYAGE AND A SAFE RETURN TO START 2023 WITH A BANG.
ROADMAP TO THE WPGMHA MARCH IPT IN CAPE TOWN
- We will begin the new year with two voluntary IPT practice sessions on Sunday, starting on Sunday 08th January 2023, to be held at Bergvliet Sports Association starting at 10h30. These will concentrate general skills, maintaining fitness, followed by a shortened game. The second session will take place on the 15th January 2023.
- Our Second half of the GM Summer League will start on the 12th January 2023. This will be a shortened season, due to the IPT in March. It will take place over five weeks, so each team will play four matches with one bye. The teams will not be re-shuffled. This will happen for the Winter League season following the March IPT.
- The WPGM trails for IPT teams will take place over two dates. These will be held at WPCC on Sunday 22nd and Saturday 28th January 2023. Times and fields for the various age groups will be posted early in January. Player Registration forms for IPT availability will be circulated for completion and return by 19 January 2023.
The expected financial commitment will be as follows:
| a) | Capitation Fee | R110.00 for players up to 60 years old in 2023. R330.00 for players over 60, but below 75 years in 2023. Players who turn 75 in 2023 pay no capitation fee. Capitation fees will need to be paid before the March IPT – NO PAY, NO PLAY. |
| b) | Winter League | R240.00 per player, for field hire, lights, physio and umpires. |
| c) | IPT Trails, practices and matches. | Field hire, lights, physio and umpires for Trails, Sunday practices + short matches and Thursday night IPT team age group matches up till the IPT – R720.00 |
| d) | IPT Levy. | 17 to 20 March 2023 (four days) – R650.00. This year, the GM tournament will include the team/ player management platform “ALTIUS”. The second IPT newsletter will be circulated soon. Please watch out for the update. |
WPGMHA CONSTITUTION, CODE OF CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE.
Following a number of heated “on field” differences of opinion, disciplinary meetings and committee discussions in the later half of the Summer League, it was decided to post the above documents on the WP website (wpgm.co.za).
The Committee wishes to make members aware of the following extracts from the WPGM Code of Conduct.
- “All Members of the WPGMHA are responsible for their own behaviour and conduct, and as such, accountable”.
- “The following shall be regarded as conduct, which is improper, unfair and unacceptable:
- Verbal and physical abuse or hostility towards any other participant, person or member of the public.
- Disputing/protesting, reacting in a provocative or disapproving manner towards any decision made by an umpire or official inappropriately”.
Not to dampen the Grands Masters and Christmas Spirit, the Committee feels that unacceptable behaviour must be dealt with appropriately. As a reminder, the FIH rules only allow the Captain of the team to query the umpires decision. To assist the umpires, captains will be issued with arm bands at the start of the Summer League and for the IPT. As a build up to IPT and in an effort to make players aware of “on field” discipline, the umpires have been instructed to card all unacceptable behaviour.
WPGMHA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The WPGMHA Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held on the 2nd March 2023. The notice, agenda and committee election forms will be sent out in due course.
As always in good faith, your Chairman and Committee wish you,
FELIZ NAVIDAD, FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN, PRETTIGE KERSTDAGEN, JOYEUX NOEL, BUON NATALE, FELIZ NATAL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WPGMHA is affiliated to SAGMHA
Committee – Karl Luff (Chairman), Warren Machanik (Secretary), Noreen Wonnacott (Treasurer), Rob Birt, Chris Hayley, Gary Barrett and Deon Maart.
WPGMHA Newsletter Dec 2022
We would like to wish all members a happy festive season.
Retrospective
What a year. Firstly congratulations to all those that made it to Tokyo and the world cup. You can read all about the results and upcoming events in the SAGMHA newsletter here…
Also, congrats to the Red team for winning the tightly contested Winter League. Below is the final table for Winter League:
| Team | Points |
| Red | 27 |
| Black | 23 |
| Yellow | 22 |
| White | 19 |
| Blue | 19 |
Looking forward
We will have one more round of fixtures next year starting the 12 January 2023.
The Grand Masters IPT is booked from 17-21 March 2023.
IPT 2023
Open practice for preparation for IPT will start 8 January, all welcome. Then on 22 January 2023 there will be trials for all ladies and mends teams for GM IPT.
Once the teams for IPT have been selected, we will be playing warm-up games as part of the remaining Summer League games up to IPT.
In closing
New teams will then be selected for winter. We will trial a new system of selection for the Winter League
For those travelling, travel safely. Have a great festive season and new year.
Minutes of the WPGMHA AGM 2022
Meeting held at 19:55 on 7 March at WPCC
IPT Warmup Fixtures March 2022
Fixtures for the warm-up are:
| Date | Time | Game | Time | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/02/28 | 18:30 (A-field) | White (55+) v Blue (60+) | 19:00 (B-field) | Black (65+) v Red (70+) |
| 2022/03/07 | 18:15 (B-field) | Red (70+) v White (55+) | 18:15 (A-field) | Blue (60+) v Black (65+) |
| 2022/03/14 | 18:30 (B-field) | Black (65+) v White (55+) | 19:30 (B-field) | Red (70+) v Blue (60+) |
Team managers:
| Team | Manager | Team | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| White (55+) | Karl Luff | Blue (60+) | Stephen Kelly |
| Black (65+) | Warren Hewitt | Red (70+) | Noreen Wonnacott |
Update on 2022 AGM and IPT warmup games.
AGM
The Western Province Grand Masters AGM has been moved to the Monday 7 March. It will start after the warmup games for IPT have been played. These games will start 18:15 on 7 March 2022 simultaneously. See below for further information on the games.
Please find documents below:
WPGMHA AGM Agenda
Notice to change the constitution
WPGMHA Nomination form
WPGMHA Proxy form
If you want to attend (or send apologies) then reply to this email.
IPT Warmup games
IPT warmup games will begin Monday 28th Feb. We are busy finalising times and games. The proposal is that we play on both the A and B field. The one starting at 18:30 the other 19:00. This will give the physio time to warmup and cool down the players per field. Once we have finalised the time the fixtures will be published. The relevant managers will need to organise their teams and be there on the night to coach and manager their side.
All players that are not going to IPT but would like to have a run notify Gary at garybarrett500@gmail.com, who will allocate you to a team. We cannot guarantee that everyone not going gets a run but will try.
IPT Durban March 2022 Team Announcement
By now, you should be aware the 2022 IPT will be run from 25-27 March. Teams are now more or less finalised, with a few players still confirming availability. Below are the teams and those in the wings.
Please complete the attached tables and submit them to Noreen and the allocated team manager if you are attending. Team managers, please make sure you consolidate and submit to Noreen.
We are still keen to have at least 14 players per team, so if your situation has changed, please notify Karl or me at secretary@wpgm.co.za.
IPT 55+ Team
Manager: Karl Luff
Confirmed
| Name | Pref Post | Alt Post | Age | |
| 1.) | Darren Bunker | Link | Half | 54 |
| 2.) | Ian Thomson | Half | Sweeper | 54 |
| 3.) | Neil van Blerk | Forward | Half | 55 |
| 4.) | Richard Wells | Link | Half | 55 |
| 5.) | Stephen Dugmore | Link | Forward | 56 |
| 6.) | Warren Machanik | Half | Half | 57 |
| 7.) | Leo Nolan (Captain) | Link | Forward | 58 |
| 8.) | Peter Kratz | Half | Sweeper | 59 |
| 9.) | Mike van der Merwe | Goals | Goals | 54 |
| 10.) | Clinton Brown | Link | Forward | 58 |
| 11.) | Alan Isaacs | Link | Link | 55 |
Awaiting Confirmation
| Name | Pref Post |
| Vinnie Orchard | Link |
| Shaun Bougard | Link |
| Haiko Alfeld | Half |
| Gary Barrett | Half |
IPT 60+ Team
Manager: Stephen Kelly
Confirmed
| Name | Nickname | Pref Post | Alt Post | Age | |
| 1.) | Matthew Holt | Matt | Half | Sweeper | 60 |
| 2.) | Grant Irlam | Silky | Half | Sweeper | 61 |
| 3.) | Tony Barbour | Link | Forward | 61 | |
| 4.) | Mark Delbridge | Mark | Half | Link | 62 |
| 5.) | Guy Jenkins | Naas | Forward | Half | 63 |
| 6.) | Brian Alcock (Captain) | Briano | Half | Forward | 64 |
| 7.) | Dereck Marnewick | Twiggy | Sweeper | Link | 64 |
| 8.) | Dereck McMahon | Goals | 60 | ||
| 9.) | Moir Scholtz | Link | 60 | ||
| 10.) | Greeff Mike | Link | 61 | ||
| 11.) | Bobrow Louis | Link | 65 | ||
| 12.) | Frayne Gary | Half | 61 |
Awaiting Confirmation
| Name | Nickname |
| Leigh Holloway | |
| Eion Jacobs | Sweeper |
IPT 65+ Team
Manager: Warren Hewitt
Confirmed
| Name | Nickname | Pref Post | Alt Post | Age | |
| 1.) | Fanie Steffens | Half | Sweeper | 65 | |
| 2.) | John Masters | Link | Half | 65 | |
| 3.) | Trevor Knight (Cpt.) | Noddy | Half | Link | 65 |
| 4.) | Robert Baigrie | Bob | Link | Half | 66 |
| 5.) | Peter Shardlow | Half | Link | 67 | |
| 6.) | Chris Haley | Forward | Link | 68 | |
| 7.) | Gabriël de Vos Smit | Riel | Sweeper | Half | 69 |
| 8.) | Glyn Bedford | Curly | Forward | 67 | |
| 9.) | John Shardlow | Shards | Half | 70 | |
| 10.) | Daniel St Dare | Danny | Link | Forward | 70 |
| 11.) | Robbie Gracie | Robbie | Goals | 64 | |
| 12.) | John Donald | Jd | Link | Half | 71 |
| 13.) | Robert Freeman | Bob | Half | Forward | 72 |
| 14.) | Lindsay Halkett | Jiggers | Link | 69 |
IPT 70+ Team
Manager: Noreen Wonnacott
Confirmed
| Name | Nickname | Pref Post | Alt Post | Age | |
| 1.) | Aitchison Adrian | Aitch | Link | Forward | 70 |
| 2.) | Edmund Fisher | Fish | Half | Link | 70 |
| 3.) | Mike Dalton | Mike | Half | Link | 74 |
| 4.) | Rodney Palmer | Rod | Half | Sweeper | 74 |
| 5.) | Ian Richter | Goals | 76 | ||
| 6.) | Robert Birt | Rob | Forward | Link | 76 |
| 7.) | Peter Wilson | Forward | 78 | ||
| 8.) | May John | Half | 74 | ||
| 9.) | Commin Robert | Bob | Forward | 74 | |
| 10.) | Rutherfoord Cliff | Half | 78 | ||
| 11.) | Okeeffe Mike | Forward | 81 | ||
| 12.) | Peter Redfearn | Forward |
Form to complete and submit
SAGMHA IPT Durban 25 – 27 March 2022 (venue and details)
Herewith an invitation and update for the SAGMHA IPT 2022
VENUE
The tournament will be held at the RIVERSIDE Astro with NORTHWOOD SCHOOLS Astro, DANVILLE GIRLS Astro possibly hosting some games.
The Riverside, Northwood and Danville Girls Astro’s are in the Durban North Area.
Travel time from King Shaka International airport to Riverside Sports / Riverside Hotel / Blue Waters Hotel is approximately 40 minutes.
LEVY: R530.00 per player (for the comp)
PROVISIONAL FIXTURES PROGRAM
This we will only be able to finalise once we have confirmation of the number of teams taking part in the Tournament. Please confirm all teams taking part by the end of January 2022. We anticipate Friday matches to commence at 13:00. Final matches to be completed by 13:00 on Sunday.
Thanks very much to Greg Dawson for having confirmed 1 x Men’s 65 team from the EP region, and Alan Nieuwenhuyzen of SA Alliance for confirming Ladies 55+ and Men’s 60+ teams.
SAGMHA AGM: To be held on SATURDAY at Riverside: time to be confirmed.
FUNCTIONS
FRIDAY – Free evening.
SATURDAY – Dinner at Riverside.
WORLD CUP SQUADS
Players selected for the World Cup will be advised of a camp, this will be held on 24 / 25 March 2022 at the Riverside Astro. Final WC squads will be announced Saturday 26 th March 2022 or Sunday 27 th March 2022.
ACCOMMODATION
1. Riverside Hotel – R1 400 per double room per night, breakfast included – booking reference is Grand Master Hockey – Riverside Hotel is 1.5 km from Riverside Sports
2. Blue Waters Hotel – R1 350 per double room per night, breakfast included – booking reference is Grand Masters Hockey – Blue Waters Hotel is 6.5 km from Riverside Sports
For entries, please contact Shane Manicom
Cell: 0834027964 or shane.manicom@absa.africa
Summer league payment, capitation fee and IPT reminder
It was great to resume the Grand Masters Summer League last Thursday. The game this week will be the final catchup game from last year.
Summer league payment
With the second half of the league starting 27 Jan 2022, we request that all members pay for the league via EFT upfront. Also, since this is a new year, the capitation fee is due.
As per the GM constitution:
“Capitation Fee: Players in the 60+ and older age group are required to pay their annual capitation fee of R330 while players in the 55+ age group pay R110.00 capitation fee. These fees are then paid directly to their Provinces. Players in the +75 age category are exempted from paying capitation fees.”
Hence, if you are between 60 and 75 as of 31 Dec 2022, you need to pay the R330 now. If you are less than 60 as of 31 Dec 2022, the fee is R110. 75 or older as of 21 Dec 2022, no fee.
Please pay the capitation fee and the R220 for the league as soon as you can. Email Noreen Wonnacott at nwonnie@gmail.com proof of payment.
Note about team selection
All team managers, please note the rule for using players from other teams to ensure you have a squad on the park.
The rule is simple—age for age, position for position. So, a player can only replace a player that is close to the player’s age that is not available.
Additional Note: Regular players take preference over players that only play when available.
IPT reminder
By evening of 16 Jan, I have only received 29 responses about availability for IPT 29 out of 91 members is disappointing, to say the least. To those 29, I say thanks. To the other 62 of you, and you should know who you are, please email secretary@wpgm.co.za with the subject: “Durban IPT March 2022” with a simple Yes or No.
PS. All 55 or older (by 31 Dec 2022) qualify for IPT in Durban selection; we can apply for dispensation if you are 54 or younger and are keen anyway.
PPS. IPT dates are also 25-27 March 2022; unless you are in the World Cup squad, then you need to be there the morning of the 24th or apply for dispensation.