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GM Winter League 2023 update

All admins have now been sent a list of players for each team. The GM Winter League starts Monday, 17 April 2023. Games will be at 18:15 and 19:15 at WPCC on the B-field. Please note that there is master’s practice after our 19:15 game at 20:15, so we must leave the field promptly.

There are once again 5 teams. Each team will play 8 games. Games are R65 each or R480 for the season. If you pay for the season, then should you fill in for a team when your team has a bye, you do not pay. For those who want, we are starting a pay-for-a-mate fund. To contribute, pay whatever you want over and above the R580 for the season. We will use these funds to help assist those players that have been the hardest hit by the economic situation. Any player that requires assistance from this fund, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Noreen.

The fixtures for the league are available on the WPGM site here: winter-league-fixtures-2023

All teams are also posted on the website here: teams-for-winter-league-2023

 

Notice of the WPGMHA AGM – Monday 24th April 2023

When: Monday 24th APRIL 2023

Where: WPCC AT 20H15

Venue: Chairman’s View

Agenda

  1. Attendance: register circulated for signature/recorded on ZOOM.
  2. Apologies
  3. Adoption of the minutes of the AGM of the WPGMHA held at the WPCC on 7th March 2022. (Note: Minutes posted on WPGHA website: here…).
  4. Matters arising:
    1. Amalgamation Masters and Grand Masters – review.
    2. Report/review of March Cape Town IPT 2023
  5. Player Matters
    1. Summer league.
    2. Winter league.
    3. Review of coaches, captains, administrators and umpires.
    4. Ladies team/ involvement in WPGM going forward.
  6. Chairman’s report.
  7. Finances.
    1. 2022 financial report
    2. Banking account
    3. Weekly games fee.
    4. Sunday training fee.
    5. SAHU FEE and Capitation fee.
  8. Up-coming tournaments
    1. 2024 – WMHA WORLD CUP – Cape Town O65M to O80M plus SOM teams
    2. 2024 – WMHA WORLD CUP – Auckland O55M/O60M & O55W to O70W; plus SOM teams
    3. IPT Southern Gauteng including WC RSA team selection. No date yet.
    4. Masters IPT – PRETORIA in August 2023
  9. Election of office bearers.
    Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, 3 additional committee members 
  10. General Discussion.

Nomination Forms

Please find below a nomination form, you can download and submit:

WPGMHA-Nomination-Form-2023Download

Winter League 2023, update 24 March

Just a quick update to all.

Now that IPT is behind us, we are looking at starting Winter League. With the Easter weekend from 7-10 April, we plan to begin Winter League the following week. In the meantime, those players that said they are available for Winter League are being placed into sides, which we will probably release on the Easter Weekend.

On April 3rd, we are looking to have a pitch and play that Monday. Times will be confirmed. Please check our WhatsApp group for updates.

WPGMHA – IPT Practice Session & Matches Update – 8 Feb 2023

Dear fellow members.

IPT Build up

The build up to the IPT in March will continue this weekend with practice sessions on Sunday
mornings for the next five weeks (finishes 12 March). We have managed to move one practice
group to WPCC for an early morning start. Consult the table below for team times and venue
updates. Please note, there will be no physio nor umpires at the venues. Warm-ups / downs can be
done on the grassed area behind the dugout. First aid kits will be available at each venue
(Conberg – Noreen and WPCC – Vinni).

TEAM AGE GROUPTIMEVENUE
1Men 65’s and 70/75’s08h00 to 09h15Conberg
2Men 60A’s and 55A’s09h15 to 10h30Conberg
3Men 60B’s and 55B’s07h30 to 08h45WPCC

IPT Team matches

The IPT team matches will commence on Thursday evenings, starting on 16th February 2023
for the next four weeks. A physio and umpires will be in attendance at WPCC. Only umpires
will be in attendance at Hartleyvale. The teams, venues and times will shuffle to allow for
teams to play different opposition. Below is the first round of matches for the 16th February.

TEAM AGE GROUPTIMEVENUE
1Men 65’s and 70/75’s18h30 to 19h30WPCC B field
2Men 60A’s and 55A’s19h30 to 20h30Hartleyvale B field
3Men 60B’s and 55B’s18h30 to 19h30Hartleyvale B field

Costs

The cost for the trials, practice sessions and matches has been adjusted from R 560-00 to
R 380-00 per member.

I trust this will meet with your considered assistance.
FOR THE LOVE OF HOCKEY
Yours Faithfully
Karl Luff
(CHAIRMAN)

WPGMHA IPT Update 2 Feb 2023

Please find below an update re practice sessions.

In summary:

  1. Thanks to the selection committee.
  2. Practice sessions start this Sunday at Conberg Astro in Children’s Way Bergvliet
    • Men’s 65 & 70/75 – 8am – 9:15am
    • Men’s 60 White and 55 White – 9:15 am – 10:30 am
    • Men’s 60 Blue and 55 Blue – 10:30 am – 11:45 am
  3. Do you want to put up banners at the fields at IPT? Get your name out there! Then contact me (secretary@wpgm.co.za). Money raised will go towards the budget for the whole event.

Note: The pub at Conberg will be open from 11am.

WPGMHA-IPT-PRACTICE-SESSIONS-02-FEBRUARY-2023Download

WP Teams for IPT Cape Town 2023

Team 70 Blue

Players

  • Adrian Aitchison
  • Danny St Dare
  • Edmund Fisher
  • Guys Cillier
  • John Donald
  • John May
  • Lindsay Halkett
  • Michael Van Der Merwe
  • Mike Copeland
  • Neil Lavin
  • Peter Wilson
  • Robert Birt
  • Robin Blake

Injured Reserves

  • Bjorn Kessler
  • Clifford Rutherfoord
  • Michael O’Keeffe

Coach

John Potgieter

Team 70 White

Players

  • Barry Everitt
  • Gabriël de Vos Smit
  • George Frost
  • Ian Faulkner
  • Ian Richter
  • John Shardlow
  • Neal Hallet
  • Niall Mckrill
  • Peter Randle
  • Robert Commin
  • Robert George Freeman
  • Rodney Palmer
  • Roy Bisset
  • Stefanus Steffens

Coach

Des Yeats

Team 65

Players

  • Frank Aspeling
  • Gary Frayne
  • Guy Jenkins
  • Brian Alcock
  • Dereck Marnewick
  • Eion Jacobs
  • Patrick Owen
  • Rob Gracie
  • Bryan Webster
  • John Masters
  • Trevor Knight
  • Ian Donald
  • Glyn Bedford
  • Peter Shardlow
  • Tony Hugget

Team 60 Blue

Players

  • Alan Glasser
  • Brian Goemans
  • Clinton Brown
  • Grant Irlam
  • Jan Taljaard
  • Luc Van Der Hofstadt
  • Mark Watson
  • Mark Delbridge
  • Martin Duys
  • Michael Greeff
  • Mike De Villiers
  • Mike Hartzenberg
  • Percy Rainier-Pope
  • Peter Kratz

Team 60 White

Players

  • Andrew Mallett
  • Derek Mcmahon
  • Glenn Turner
  • Klaus Wiese
  • Leigh Holloway
  • Leo Nolan
  • Leon Lategan
  • Matthew Holt
  • Moir Scholtz
  • Philip Kemp
  • Roger Wood
  • Stephen Ueckermann
  • Tony Barbour
  • Wayne Sorour

Coach

Steve Garret

Team 55 Blue

Players

  • Allan Isaacs
  • Andrew Kingswell
  • Brent Combrink
  • Colin De La Harpe
  • Darren Bunker
  • Deon Maart
  • Grant N Munro
  • Ian Thomson
  • Karl Luff
  • Neil Van Blerk
  • Roy Douglas-Henry
  • Sean Jordan
  • Stephen Dugmore
  • Tim Rowley
  • Vinnie Orchard
  • Warren Machanik

Team 55 White

Players

  • Barry Chedburn
  • Brett Furlong
  • Craig Martheze
  • Dave Mckechnie
  • Graeme Eadie
  • Gregory Knott
  • James Davis
  • Jean Le Roux
  • Luigi Tollon
  • Peter Tate
  • Shaun Bougard
  • Steve Elliot Jones
  • Steven Fourie
  • Steven Bell
  • Stuart Mc Connell
  • Wayne Keys

WPGMHA -SUMMER LEAGUE 2022/2023 – Update

WPGMHA Letterhead

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 FeeR110.00 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.