USA Rink Hockey

AGENDA
Rink Hockey Committee Meeting
Nationals – June 20, 2009

1. Treasurer’s Report: Jim J.

2. Approval of Minutes from February 21, March 21 and May 16 Conference Calls. No official Conference Call took place on April 25 because we did not have a quorum.

3. Nationals, June 21st – 26th

a. Number of teams registered
b. Don providing score keepers
c. Money made from late registrations
d. Change of time for the Skill Development Clinic organized by Daniel V.: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Rink for all players, ages 5 – 12.
1. Assisted by Gwen Catlidge and Toby Tagliapietra
2. Items contributed for drawing:
a. 2 sticks contributed by Ron Torvik
b. 1 pair of Reno gloves and knee pads contributed by Jim Jost

3. U.S. Rink Hockey t-shirts contributed to all participants by Don Allen and Rusty Trower.

e. Meetings, Saturday, June 20th

1. Officials and Coaches: 4:00 p.m.
a. Discussion of location of 2010 Nationals

2. Open Meeting: 4:30 p.m.
3. Rink Hockey Committee Meeting: 7:00 p.m.

f. Number and nationality of foreign teams participating.

g. Training Camp for the Sub-20 Team will begin as soon as Nationals are over, hopefully, on Friday, June 26th and end about 12:00 noon on Saturday, June 27th. The World Team will be announced at that time.

4. Bill talking with Richard about testing of Rink Hockey Coaches. Don revised the forms two years ago, but those changes have not reflected how coaches are classified.

5. Men’s “A” WC, July 4th – 11th, Vigo/Pontevedra, Spain

a. Depart for Spain on Tuesday, June 30th; depart from Spain for the U.S. on Sunday, July 12th.
b. Toby was approved by the Hockey Committee to replace Brian Stallman as goalkeeper.
c. Players purchasing equipment from Skater through Gus Lizano at cost
d. Don ordering uniforms
e. Trainer is Rob Murphy who was the Trainer for the Ladies in Portugal. He is very good.
f. Change in staff: Don will not be able to go to Spain, so Jimmy asked Daniel Vianna to assume the role of Manager, in addition to Assistant Coach. Daniel accepted.
g. Daniel is working on arranging practices and practice games for the Team before the WC begins.

6. Ladies Copa America Tournament. Barb will hear something hopefully this week regarding the status. Argentina is supposed to be making a decision about hosting it by Saturday, June 20th.

7. 2009 Sub-20/Junior WC, Saturday, September 26th – Saturday, October 3rd in Bassano, Italy.

a. Coach, Pat Ferguson
b. Assistant Coach, Toby Tagliapietra
c. Manager, Tom Hughes

8. Pan American Games Qualifications have been at least postponed, if not cancelled, in Mexico because of the Swine Flu. Bill and Barb will keep everyone informed about the status of these Qualifications.

9. Winter issue of USARS Magazine: The Ladies’ and Men’s World Teams have a split cover with accompanying articles. It’s GREAT! Unfortunately, the USARS Membership List for Rink Hockey dated 5/13/09 listed only 144 names. This means that very few of our players and staff saw this issue, which is really sad. This was an important “first” for our sport.

10. Daniel V. would like the Committee’s feedback about (for both Ladies and Men):

a. The possibility of holding a Training Camp in Spain or Argentina for players 14 – 17 years of age to enhance skill development and give them more exposure to international competition.
b. Players 15 and older to explore opportunities to train in Europe or South America for maybe 4 – 6 weeks

11. Who should be featured on USARS Web site as our “Athlete of the Month” for July?

12. Next Conference Call: Saturday, August 15th or September 19th at 12:00 noon, EDT?

Prepared by,
Barb Brooks

General information: Fund-raising and sponsorship ideas should be given to Cheri Lewis and Yvvonne Ashlock. Their contact information is: Cheri, Cheri@reachonetravel.com, (C) 360.789.1947 and Yvvonne, itsmeyvvonne@aol.com, (H) 940.427.8323 or (C) 940.255.9759.