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South African Grand Masters 2022 Newsletter 4 30 Nov 2022

Results from the 2022 W.C. in Japan:

South Africa sent 3 Men’s and 2 Ladies teams to the 2022 World Cup, held in Tokyo from
the 19th to the 29th October. This was the first time that South Africa has fielded ladies
teams in this age level of Masters World Cups.

Congratulations to the Ladies 60 SoM who won a gold medal. The top goal scorer was
Des Golach scored twice, while Val Boyer, Sue Brookes and Nola Steyn found the back of
the net once each.

The Over 60 Ladies were placed 6th in the final scorecard with Brenda Pyper scoring
three goals, while San Strover, Mary Harty, Ottoline Robertson and Sally Walsh all
contributed with a goal each.

Congratulations to the Over 70 team which had an excellent and successful World Cup
and came home with silver. Top goal scorers were Clive Surtees who scored 4 times, John
Donald, Dave Bensusan and Richard Ross each scored three times.

The Over 65 team ended up 5th in their age groups final standings, with the top goal
scorer being Kevin Nicol scoring 4 times.

The Over 60 team did not fare well ending 9th on their log final standings with Andrew
Baker with 5 goals.

The 2024 world cup venue is still to be decided but it now gives us an opportunity to
prepare and apply what was learnt in Tokyo.

The WC2024 hosting nations will hopefully be announced during December 2022.
Huge congratulations and thanks must go to Barry and his team, as well as the coaches
and Managers of each team for their detailed organisation to ensure that all the Japanese
requirements were met, especially regarding Visa and Covid limitations.

World Cup Player Survey

All the players (35 to 70’s )who represented South Africa at the W.C. 2022
tournaments will be receiving a World Cup Player Survey to be populated and sent to
a central co-ordination recipient.(Please respond soonest and you are assured that
Your responses will treated with the utmost confidentiality)

Scheduled competitions for WHM 2023

World Masters Hockey has several competitions scheduled for 2023. SA Masters
Hockey has been invited to attend the following tournaments in Spain and England
Please refer to the attached document for additional information (below).

  • 2023 European championship, Valencia, Spain from 23 June to 1 July: MO65-80
    National; Spirit of Masters O65 –O80
  • 2023 European championship, Nottingham, England from 30 June to 9 July: W & M
    O35-O50 National; Spirit of Masters W & M O35-O50
  • 2023 European championship, Valencia, Spain from 16 July to 23 July: WO55-O70
    National & Spirit of Masters and M O55-O60 National & Spirit of Masters

Selection guidelines and costs are included in the attachment.

SAGMHA will manage the selection process for the Ladies and Men Over 60 teams
and will ensure that fairness and transparency prevails.

  • All 2022 WC players and non-travelling reserves to please to notify your W.C.2022
    manager if you are interested in participating in the Euro champs. Deadline for reply is Fri
    9 December 2022.
  • W.C. 2022 Managers are to submit the names of the interested players to Rob and
    Barry no later than 12 December 2022.

High Level 2023 to 2024 Roadmap for SAGMHA Over 60’s

Interest for European 2023 competitions to be submitted to W.C. 2022
Managers 09 December 2022

  • W.C. 2022 Managers to submit list of the European 2023 players names to Rob
    and Barry, no later than 12 December 2022.
  • European 2023 competition feedback to players, mid- January 2023.
  • Approximate 2023 tournament costs will be published as soon as possible.
  • Masters Over 60’s IPT 2023…Cape Town 17 March 2023 to 21 March 2023.
  • Masters Over 60’s Squad Trials for WC2024 to be conducted mid-June 2023(Final
    Date to be published as soon as WMH announces the date and hosting nations
    for WC2024)
  • WC2024 costs will be published as soon as possible.
  • Compulsory training camp dates and approximate costs for 2023 and 2024 will
    be advised prior to Masters Over 60’s IPT.
  • S.A. Masters IPT 2023 will be hosted in Pretoria mid- August 2023.
  • African/Continental tournament to be hosted in Cape Town during November
    2023.
  • Masters Over 60’s IPT 2024…Johannesburg mid to late March 2024.
  • W.C. 2024 Squad Training to commence 2 days prior to Masters Over 60’s IPT
    2024.

The above dates will provide you with the opportunity to select the tournaments
that you may wish to attend during 2023/2024, the leave that you will require
and also, the potential the costs associated with tournaments.

Planned visit by an Over 75 men’s team to Cape Towns

While at the World Cup in Tokyo Barry was approached by Neil Coster, an Australian
Hockey representative, to discuss the possibility of an over 75 National Australian team travelling to Cape Town  and playing hockey against a National South African over 75 team.
Neil and Barry have continued to communicate with each other on various aspects of
their planned visit to South Africa including firming up dates, number of games, venues
etc.
They plan to visit Cape Town during March 2023 and would also like to bring an over
70 National ladies team.(More details to follow soonest) They will probably play in the
Cape Town IPT in March but we are still trying to establish if they will be travelling to the
other Provinces.
Our National Over 75 South African team will be recognised as such and wear South
African colours.
Those eligible players on our data base and who are still playing hockey have been asked
if they would like to be considered for selection. Their initial response has been positive
and once numbers are confirmed by 5th December a selection process will be
implemented.
Although we tried, without success, to get an over 75 team to Tokyo the possibilities of
fielding a team against Australia, here at home, are significantly better.
Costs are going to be reasonable and will include camps in preparation, travel and
accommodation in Cape Town.

Costs to attend the IPT

The cost of hosting the annual IPT is budgeted by the hosting Province. This usually
requires paying for up to 18 different line items, including the hire of the Astros, the use
of local Club facilities, medical staff, umpires, technical tables, the Saturday dinner with
music, photographer etc. The W Province organising committee have budgeted for a
tournament levy of R650 per player which must be paid to your local Provincial Treasurer.
Provinces will be required to lodge a non-refundable per team entry deposit of
R1500.00 no later than 13 January 2023.
Provincial Treasurers are required to pay the total of the player’s levies before 28th
February 2023.
A list of names of players, in age groups and teams, attending the IPT must be attached
to the proof of payment.

Note: If a team withdraws once the levies have been effected, there will be no refund as
the budget is based on a fixed number of teams and players.

Capitation Fees

SAGMHA is funded by the collection of members’ annual fees. (Capitation/Subscription
Fees).  These fees cover the organisation’s annual running costs. The Annual SAGMHA
Player Capitation/Subscription Fees are determined by the fixed and variable expenses
that are incurred by SAGMHA for the sole purpose of the efficient operations of SAGMHA.
These fees are due no later than the 28th February of each Financial Year. The Provinces
are accountable to ensure that these fees are collected and that payment is effected to
the SAGMHA Bank Account not the Provincial account. The annual capitation fee is R330
while players in the +55 age group pay R110.00 capitation fee. For those players over 75
the Capitation fee is waived.
Capitation Payments must be accompanied with a list of all the Ladies and Men’s
players’ names inclusive of their age category.
SAGMHA will forward the annual capitation fees players list to Western Province for
tournament levy reconciliation purposes.
The principle of & no pay/no play & will apply both in terms of Tournament levy and the
Capitation Fee.
If any you have any queries regarding this newsletter feel free to email either of us.

For the love of Hockey
Rob Birt (birtfam@iafrica.com)
Secretary
And
Barry Froneman (barryfroneman@telkomsa.net)
President of SAGMHA

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WPGM GM Summer League 2022-23

Staying with 5 teams

Currently, the WP GM Status is as follows:

  • 8 players are only available from Jan 2023
  • 7 players are not able to commit to each game, and
  • 6 players have pulled out (due to injury, emigration etc.).
  • 7 new players since winter league 2022

Accordingly, we currently have only 73 players committed to the WP grand masters summer league 22 / 23. The outcome is that we are staying with the current 5 team structure. A few players will be shuffled around to balance the sides further and to accommodate the 6 new players that have joined us since Winter League. We will reassess the situation in late December.

Administration and player assignment

Thanks to those that put their hands up to assist with the admin. As a result, some of the admins will also change.

Deon will be managing the team lists from now on. Thanks to Gary for doing it the last few seasons.

Each admin will be sent a team list of the players in their team. The admin is responsible for getting availability from the team member for the games before Tuesday morning. A team list must be posted in the admin group, which Deon will use to determine if reserves need to be allocated. Any team that has a bye, the admins must notify Deon with a list of who is available as reserves. Those players will be assigned to a team before the players who advised us they are only available for some games.

Fixtures

The Fixtures until 2023. We will play on the B field at 18:30 and the A field at 19:30.

Date18:3019:30Bye
2022/11/10White v Red Yellow v BlackBlue
2022/11/17Blue v Yellow Black v WhiteRed
2022/11/24Red v BlackWhite v Blue Yellow
2022/12/01 Yellow v WhiteBlue v RedBlack
2022/12/08Black v BlueRed v Yellow White
2023/01/12White v Red Yellow v BlackBlue
2023/01/19Blue v Yellow Black v WhiteRed
2023/01/26Red v BlackWhite v Blue Yellow
2023/02/02 Yellow v WhiteBlue v RedBlack
2023/02/09Black v BlueRed v Yellow White

Games for Thursday 27 Oct 2022

Since we are waiting for our Grand Masters world cup players to return and have pending answers from new players, we will have friendly games this week.

Because the white team had the majority of the World cup players in it, they will have a bye. So we will play Black V Blue and Red v Yellow on Thursday.

18:30 Black V Blue

19:30 Red V Yellow

Both are on the WPCC A pitch.

New teams will be selected once we start the real league

Last weeks of September 2022 update of WPGMHA

For the rest of September, here is a breakdown of the Grand Master Hockey Association.

Next week is a catchup game from when we had load shedding. It is the last league game.
12 Sept 2022 18:30 – Red V Black
12 Sept 2022 19:30 – White V Blue

Then the last 2 weeks of September there are 2 friendlies. With World cups and other competitions we suspect that a number of players will not be available, so if you do not see your team here, that week, please tell your admin if you are available. We will run larger benches if required.

Please note that these games are not included in the league fee paid. So please pay R60/game into the Western Province Hockey Association bank account. When you can.

The fixtures for the friendlies are:

19 Sept 18:30 – White V Red
19 Sept 19:30 – Yellow V Black
26 Sept 18:30 – Blue V Yellow
26 Sept 19:30 – Black V White

Update on league times and a request July 2022

Last night we met Chris Boyes from WPCC to discuss the scheduling issues around the Grand Masters Hockey league. The result of this discussion: from the beginning of September, league games will be allocated the 18:15 slot we had typically been assigned. We will also keep these time slots for Summer League (our old Thursday slot). We will return to the 19:15 time slot on the 24th July.

Of importance is that they want to know how many Grand Masters are members of WPCC.

We need you to help

It would help us if you could complete the form below, so we can assess how many members there are and if they are actively still playing sport or just members. click here… to complete the form.

Update for WP Grand Masters June 2022

With the season heading for its third round, please find a few updates WRT to the league.

Ladies joining the sides

On Monday, we will have two ladies joining the sides. They are part of the team going to the Grand Master’s World Cup, and we will be allocating them to a team that requires players. Gary will assign them to teams. Thanks to Glyn for sending us their names.

Umpires and respect

We have had several instances on the field with players questioning umpire decisions. We all know that only a captain can make a polite enquiry to the umpire. Henceforth, any on-field questioners will be shown a green card and asked to take time off the field.

We appreciate that we all enjoy the competition, but we prefer not to have a few players upset the umpires or fellow players.

We will be organising captains’ bands that will need to be worn by the captain on the night. In the meantime, can the captains please present themselves to the umpires before each game.

Respect to fellow players, especially the more senior players

A proposal was made to have the senior players wear some sort of band or clothing to be easily identifiable. After receiving feedback from the senior players, this suggestion has been declined. However, we call on all players to respect one another on the field.

Request for involvement in next year’s GM IPT in Cape Town

In 2023 around mid-March, Cape Town will be hosting the SA Grandmasters IPT. We are keen to have any of our current members on board as part of the organisation committee. If you are interested in assisting, don’t hesitate to contact Karl or Warren.

IPT Warmup Fixtures March 2022

Fixtures for the warm-up are:

DateTimeGameTimeGame
2022/02/2818:30 (A-field)White (55+) v Blue (60+)19:00 (B-field)Black (65+) v Red (70+)
2022/03/0718:15 (B-field)Red (70+) v White (55+)18:15 (A-field)Blue (60+) v Black (65+)
2022/03/1418:30 (B-field)Black (65+) v White (55+)19:30 (B-field)Red (70+) v Blue (60+)

Team managers:

TeamManagerTeamManager
White (55+)Karl LuffBlue (60+)Stephen Kelly
Black (65+)Warren HewittRed (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-OF-THE-AGM-OF-THE-WPGMHA-7-March-2022Download

Notice to change the constitution

WPGMHA-Notice-to-amend-the-constitution-01-November-2021Download

WPGMHA Nomination form

Nomination-form-for-WPGMHA-committeeDownload

WPGMHA Proxy form

WPGMHA-Proxy-FormDownload

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.