DECEASED SINCE LAST AGM • Wally Stevens of Neptune, former Secretary and President of IARU • Finbar Crowley, Father of Peter and former President of Shandon • Gary Buckley, son of Gerry, Cork B.C. • Charlie Hennessey, MCHBC • Des O’Sullivan, Neptune, and OCI
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DECEASED SINCE LAST AGM
• Wally Stevens of Neptune, former Secretary and President of IARU
• Finbar Crowley, Father of Peter and former President of Shandon
• Gary Buckley, son of Gerry, Cork B.C.
• Charlie Hennessey, MCHBC
• Des O’Sullivan, Neptune, and OCI
PRESIDENT’S REPORT2007 -2008
BOARD
Over half the Board members changed in the last 2 years with resulting big changes in committees.
A heavy workload throughout the year with; • coach education very active; • two Championship Regattas and the Coupe in Ireland; • Two crews making it to tenth place in the Olympics and
Sinead Jennings winning silver in LW1x• in-house work on a new strategic plan;• extensive and imaginative work by an ad hoc group
from the Umpires and DE committees in preparation for the Rule change EGM in January
BOARD (cont)
• Two serious disciplinary matters dealt with and one further matter pending
• Re-branding and a new logo
• Women in Sport initiative on the coaching side
• Policy on Photography of minors
• Beginning of Police “Vetting”
• Liaison with ICRF
BOARD
• Meeting with Senior Team in NRC;
• This was a meeting to make formal contact although we mostly all knew each other. Should be done annually at an early stage of the season.
BOARD
• There is need for a survey of clubs – membership and facilities. This will be managed by the office and the Branches.
The purpose is to present the real picture of the ACTUAL numbers of people involved in running our clubs. The only membership figures we can show are competitor registrations.
DEVELOPMENT
• There are two VOLUNTEER development officers, John O’Keefe and Mark Wickham, much of whose efforts have been directed to the Dry Row programme.
• The successful re-opening of Sligo Rowing club illustrates the need for enthusiastic coaching members and separately, an administrative structure for a club to get going well.
HISTORICAL
• Drogheda 1864
• 1871 Sligo R.C. held a regatta on Lough Gill
• Newry ~1872
ADAPTIVE ROWING
• The Board has ordered some adaptive equipment which will be available for use in the branches(See CEO’s report)
NRC
• Nearly finished. The final course facilities – start and finish, eight lanes, are now financed and moving forward.
Clubs and athletes
• CLUBS:
• Full; 66;
• New or revived;Commercial Killarney, Drogheda, Rosscarbery, St. Brendan’s, Three Castles, Workmen
Unaffiliated in 2008; Athy, Bluecoat, Castletownshend, Col. Ciarain, DFRA, Kenmare, Lady Elizabeth
CLUBS
Restricted College affiliation
(for University Championships only)– Cork IT– DCU *– DIT *– GS College– GMIT *– LIT– NUIM
Championship entry totals(’07 IN BLACK/ ’08 IN RED)
Inter/Novice
MEN 384 /396 (+2%)
WOMEN 322/252 (-21%)
RANDOM IDEAS
• Community Games are moving to Athlone, Can we – should we - get rowing into the Games? 22 counties have clubs with 3 of the others having common borders.
• Suggested events;
• 1x age 10 & 12 & 14 M/F
• Mixed doubles
USE “TRIMMY”- type boats
RANDOM IDEAS
• There are 2 tours planned for September- can we plan a FISA tour in the next few years?
RANDOM IDEAS
• With 8 lanes available, what would coaches think of using them in the championships?
• It would have reduced the number of Championship races by ~ 20% in 2007
RANDOM IDEAS
• The Senior 8 trophy was first contested in 1912.
Can we do something different for the event in 2012? -
Make it an open event Hold it separately from all other