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EH Governance proposals
On 6 February 2020 Old Loughts will host a meeting at Luxborough Lane to discuss the implications of the England Hockey proposals on regulation and structure. The meeting will start at 7.00pm and will include a presentation by Charlie Farrow of England Hockey.
All Essex and local East clubs are invited.
These proposals will have a far reaching and long lasting impact on hockey generally and how and where it is played locally.
The club supports the proposals insofar as they relate to the standardisation of league rules and regulations but (in common with other local clubs) has concerns regarding the replacement of the 5 Regional and County structures with 8 smaller Area and sub-area structures and the viability of smaller pools of clubs and teams to play against especially if some local clubs will play in a new Greater London Area whilst other local clubs will stay in the East leagues.
The meeting is an opportunity for all local clubs to hear what EH is proposing in more detail and to ask any questions they may have and an opportunity to consider collectively what would work best for local clubs and their members as a whole.
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EH Proposals
At the end of December England Hockey updated its proposals on structural changes.
The proposals are intended:
(a) to introduce new rules and regulations so that these are consistent across England and would apply equally to all leagues;
(b) to change the structures for hockey in England by replacing the 5 existing Regions with 8 new much smaller Areas.
The document issued in December provides indicative information on how the Areas would be constituted and which clubs would play in each Area and separate smaller sub-areas.
OLHC would have the option of playing in a new London Area (in practice a new NE London sub-area) or in the East Area (in practice a new SW East sub-area running from Brentwood to Ipswich).
Unfortunately the proposals as outlined whilst sensible in theory do not work in practice and we have informed England Hockey that we cannot recommend them to members as they are.
We would support the proposal to create uniform rules and regulations for all leagues but not the restructuring of the County and Regional structures or changes to league structures.
Please read our submission to England Hockey and provide feedback to the management committee.
The AGM to consider the proposals is on 17th March 2020.
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