Liverpool Primary School Sports Association

Liverpool Zone 2nd General Meeting Minutes Thursday 4th May, 2017

Hammondville Primary School

Meeting Opened: 4pm

1. Attendance David King (Casula), Chris Hannan, Joanne Georgiadis, Lana Kwasnica (Chipping Norton), Andy Mathews, Jackie Joseph, Khat Hasani, Pauline Papasava (Dalmeny), Craig Hughes (Hammondville), Ashleigh Wilks, Mikaela Butters (Holsworthy) Daniella Georgakopoulos (Newbridge Hts), Linda Smith, Michelle Snowdon, Rebecca Gonzalez (Nuwarra), Paul Meoni, Charonne Brown, Marissa Madern (Prestons) Julie Finn (Wattle Grove)

2. Apologies

Donna Moffat, John Brook, Liz Todhunter, Andrew Mlinac, Daniel Melissari (Dalmeny), Troy Verey, Dee Stefanski, Andrew Clayton (Marsden Rd), Josh Lanham, Paul Murray (Liverpool West) Mark King (Wattle Grove)

3. Guest Speaker

(Kurt Mangan from West Tigers Rep) • Moving to Canterbury Land • Position has yet to be filled but is currently being looked after by Kurt along with Jake • 4 Fields for Rugby League to have refs for each game • All schools carnival coming up on 24th May, email Kurt if your still interested or have

any questions about this • If schools are in need of the coloured bibs for their Friday Rugby League game please

email and a set will be given

4. Reading of the Minutes

5. Business Arising • On behalf of Wattle Grove thanks for the cheques that were sent out to the

respective students • Prestons yet to receive funds for their students

6. Presidents Report

(Andy Mathews) • Thanks to David Simms from Lurnea for supporting the Zone Swimming Carnival, by

supplying funds for casuals • Big thanks to Michelle and Mikaela for their awesome work with the carnival and pulling

the whole event together • The Zone swimming Carnival was a huge success • Jackie Osmond Reserve is now available for LZPSSA to use

• Thanks to all the coaches for the absolute great start to the carnival season • 194 teams in winter sport this year compared to 188 last year this time • Thanks to everybody for helping and raising awareness for our Zone sports • Please be aware that some schools were unable to fill even number of teams for PSSA

so there will be some byes in the comps • Thanks to Krista, Lauren, Josh (First in AFL comp), Paul (First in girls Soccer comp-

2yyrs in a row), Sharon (Third in Girls Touch Footy Comp) and Rob for their efforts in taking Liverpool Zone Teams to SSW Carnivals. Congrats to all of them.

• LZPPSA Socks are available for $10, please contact Michelle at Nuwarra if you are in need of them

• We are considering giving students who win SSW comps a small token i.e.: LZPSSA Regional Champion hats as a thanks and congratulations on their winnings

7. Finance (Andy Mathews/ Rebecca Gonzalez)

• $21 794.89 in the bank • Forms for casual days for carnivals need to be completed through the SAM at your own

school and then sent on to Nuwarra to be resolved • What happens to money collected for SSW Carnivals? We will look into what works

best with the money, due to the LMBRA that is now in place. Looking at transferring from your own school to Nuwarra

8. Correspondence

• Nil

9. Swimming Carnival (Michelle Snowdon)

• A great carnival • The day went smoothly and thanks to everybody involved

School Champs 1st Place Newbridge Heights 2nd Place Wattle Grove 3rd Place Hammondville

Age Champs Junior Boys Mateja Kolar (LW) Junior Girls Stephanie Grants (Hols) 11 Years Boys Felix Vuong (Newbr) 11 Years Girls Hunter Su Dennon (Cas) Senior Boys Jake Hewett (Newbr) Senior Girls Olivia Elphinston (Newbr)

Liverpool Zone State Swimming Team Mia Greaves 11yrs G 50m Free (Wattle Grove) Brielle Scully 10yrs G 50m Breast (Newbr) Jaxon Horton 8yrs B 50m Free (Hammo) Natalia Jovanovic Snr G Open 100m Butter/Free (Cas) Felix Vuong 11yrs B Butterfly (Newbr) Su Dennon Hunter 11yrs G Butterfly (Cas) Stephanie Grant Jnr G Backstroke (Livo West) Olivia Elphinston Snr G Breast (Newbr) Olivia Elphinston Imogen Upton Holly Petteit Abbey Cooper

Snr G Relay (Newbr)

Bianca Manley Mia Greaves Kira-May Filemu Takali Hoogendvk

Snr G Relay (Wattle G)

10. Sports Carnivals (Andy Mathews- Rugby League)

• Opens taken by Rob Carter. Harsh weather and big opponents on the day • No wins unfortunately throughout the day • No one selected for the SSW team • Year 5 students came close and will prob have a better chance next year • Under 11s • A day of great success • Undefeated all day • First win since 2001for under 11s • Students chosen for SSW Roy, Bayley, Daniel & Quade

(Paul Meoni- Girls Soccer) • Awesome result • A great day for all involved • Students chosen for SSW Maeve, Liliana, Annick & Jennifer

(Josh Lanham- AFL) • Last Thursday we had the Liverpool team compete and had an incredibly successful day

which resulted in Liverpool winning the whole tournament • It was a fantastic result for the whole team with only one team kicking more than 12

points against us. We were lucky enough to have 4 boys selected into the SSW team as well. They were Angus Langley, Adam Bates, Kodie Hession and Russell Royal

(Lauren Eagles- Girls Hockey) • On Tuesday the girls competed in the Regional Hockey carnival. They had a fantastic

day and played extremely well, considering most girls have never played hockey before. They showed great sportsmanship and behaviour

• Even though they lost all three games they tried extremely hard and the last two games were close, with Alexis scoring a goal!

• They also didn't get disheartened after playing Razorback in the first game. I am extremely proud of how they represented the Liverpool region

• We have 1 girl who was selected for the SSW team, so a special congratulations to Kaitlin O'Dwyer from Holsworthy

(Krista Atkins- Boys Hockey) • Liverpool Zone Boy's Hockey Team played at the SSW Hockey Carnival • They played their hearts out and had a fantastic day! They are to be congratulated on

their sportsmanship and behaviour • There were 4 teams competing and Liverpool Zone came third • Special congratulations to Nathan Julius from Hammondville PS who was selected for

the SSW Regional Boys Team! (Sharon Daniels- Girls Touch Footy)

• On Monday the Girls Zone Touch Football team took to the fields • The girls did us all proud, playing each game with determination, great sportsmanship

and teamwork! • We managed to make it to the semi-finals but Horsley just put up too strong a

competition and in the end we lost by a tight margin 2-1! • Overall we finished THIRD out of ten teams!

11. XCountry Carnival

(David King) • XCountry is coming up in Week 7 Tuesday 6th June • Information will be sent out next week for all schools to fill out and return as soon as

possible

12. General Business (Andy Mathews)

• Just to note that a student from Dalmeny- Bella Rixon, is a year 5 student who is a dwarf

• Consideration for her to play in the junior games, however she has chosen to play in the seniors comp for netball

• Please just be mindful of her when you are out there as she may get injured with the bigger kids

(Ashleigh Wilks) • Is it possible to organise a Gala Day to make up for the lack of sport during the first

half of summer sport? • As parents are complaining about the money they have out layed as Holsworthy charges

families for the entire season • Giving something back to make up for the money

Pros Cons

Parents will feel like something will be given back in return for the money they perceive as being lost

It may lead to parents/schools pushing for Gala Days instead A big ask of teachers who have to stay back with all the left over students What about the schools who charge weekly, it will be an added cost for those students Will need to run that past Principals

• Some ideas to alleviate the issue of parents who do pay for a season that gets washed out:

Ø Having parents pay a term only at a time Ø Pay weekly Ø LMBRA will give parents credit for another event i.e.: excursions or other PSSA

(Ashleigh Wilks) • Do schools pay for the Liverpool Zone affiliation fee? • Most schools do absorb the cost, others charge the kiddies

(David King) • Winter sport is now in the afternoon • Games should start by approximately 12:45 and finish no later than 2:20pm • Touch Football will be played on the lower field at Woodward Park • East/West Comps for Soccer if possible, will need to look into it? • Can all Winter Sport Draws be out ASAP, so schools can organise buses

Meeting Closed: 4:55pm