BC
HORSESHOE ASSOCIATION - EXECUTIVE MEETING
WINFIELD
HORSESHOE CLUB --FRIDAY MAY 20 , 2005
ATTENDING
-President -Sam Tomasevic
-Treasurer - Dick Hopkins
- Secretary - Annie Rayner
-Vice-president - Marcel Pinette
- Past president - Vince Herkel
Regional
reps - Fred Ormiston ,Ernie Connolly , Robin Degraaf
Arriving
late - Earle Gillard
Meeting
called to order at 2:10 p.m. by President Sam Tomasevic
MOTION Marcel Pinette / Ernie Connolly
‘that the minutes of March 13 /05 be
accepted ‘ carried
CORRESPONDENCE
- Secretary wrote to Horseshoe Canada
re -the paying of money to Juniors for travel. Phone call from HS Canada
secretary Kay McKay -saying she has
passed it on to Jack E.Adams -President of HS Canada.
Letters
received from the three 2004 BC
Champions asking for travel money to this years
World
and BC Championships.
FINANCIAL
REPORT - by Dick Hopkins
MOTION
Dick Hopkins / Fred Ormiston
‘that
the financial report be adopted as read’
carried
GAMING
GRANT
Received
$ 3600. in 2004
Applied
for another for 2005.
INSURANCE
POLICY not available. In February Dick was told that the price would not
change, and based the assessment of $100 per Club on this.
Sports
Accident has gone from $600 to $ 1635 and General Liability has gone from $1925
to $2235.
A
new company ‘Citadel’ has a policy for $625. for Sports Accident.
MOTION Dick Hopkins / Vince Herkel
‘that
we accept the quote from Citadel Insurance Co for $625 for the Sports Accident
policy’ carried
The
General Liability is $350. more than last year and the BCHA will absorb this
extra cost for 2005.
3
clubs have not paid their Insurance.
REGIONAL
REPORTS
LOWER
MAINLAND by Robin Degraaf - The Lower
Mainland clubs held a meeting May 7/05 with the following present : Scott
O’Neil for Central Park ,Marcel Pinette and Oscar Hoyseth for Chilliwack ,
Robin and Cheryl DeGraaf for Cloverdale , Dan Coffin for MSA , Bruno Shelest
for Maple Ridge , and Buster Buckle for North Shore.
--CENTRAL
PARK has some new members this year.
Sam and Wendy Tomasevic made up about 500 pamphlets and club members went
around the neighborhood delivering them.Open house was May 7 from 1 to 4. They
still have the $500. added money for the Stan Dahl Tournament. Next tournament
is June 26. President is Jim Ball, Vice-president is Scott O’Neil , Treasurer
is Elyse Brunelle and Secretary is Budd
Ball.
--CHILLIWACK has about 20 members now and 3 Juniors. They
are still trying to get some kind of clubhouse or kitchen service. Hopefully
the Kinsmen House as they will be moving.
They are planning
to do some drainage for the pits. They will
host the Lower Mainland Championships this year. Bob Connor and Len Thompson are both ill with cancer. President is Oscar Hoyseth , Vice is Leon
Phillips , Secretary is Delphine Roy , and Treasurer is Evelyn Zuberbier.
--CLOVERDALE
-is going to have a 2 day tournament in August with $500. added money ,with their annual pig roast , a raffle ,50 /50
,and horse races.There will be two trailers available for out of towners on a
first call basis. They have Pub/Fun nights about once a month with horse
races,50/50 draws,meat draws, food and beverage.The dates are June 11. July 30,
and Sept.17. They are building a new tournament shed. President is Cheryl
DeGraaf, Treasurer is Robin Degraaf,
Secretary -Jeanne Mustchin, bar manager -Dennis Mustchin and 8 directors. New
crests are being made for the Lower Mainland Championships.
--Maple
Ridge is still working on their drainage problem. One tournament this year. They are still thinking about a shelter
They have no Juniors. President is
Bruno Shelest, Secretary - Simone Schneider.
--North
Shore - The Gyro Club rents their club once a year for $500. and the soccer
Club shares the club with them for $ 800. so they are o.k. financially. They do
have a small membership with one Junior. President is Buster Buckle. His
daughter Kelly is the Secretary -Treasurer. Kelly will also run the Computer.
--It
was brought up that $ can not be taken from one division for another-even if a
combined A/B. This is happening at some clubs.
Also
there was a discussion and some pitchers prefer to have Ladies and Elders mixed
rather than a huge % spread.
INTERIOR
-by Ernie Connolly--things are slow in the Okanagon as yet and nothing to report. Salmon Arms’ tournament went o.k.
The Whitnacks are both recuperating and not playing this year. Vera had food
poisoning. Ernie is feeling somewhat better and is playing horseshoes.
ISLAND--by
Fred Ormiston --
--Victoria
-Open house was well attended . Got 12 to 15 new members but have lost some of
the old ones. 70 people attended the Golf tournament.
Fred
Ormiston was the big winner of the Fishing Derby.
July
9 and 10 is the 70th Anniversary 2 day tournament. Planning a big party and
added prize money.
--Port
Alberni -club is doing well and will host the Island Championships June 11 and
12
--Ladysmith
hosted its first ever mixed tournament and it went over well with 39 entries.
Lots of new players showed up.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
HALL
OF FAME--by Fred Ormiston- this year is female Player and no nominations as
yet.
Get
them in ASAP.
Discussion
on ‘’Criteria”’ to nominate someone. She must belong to the BCHA for 10 years.
Accomplishments as a player. Fred to look into this more.
2006
is ‘’Promoter’’
SUPPLIES -Marcell Pinette --has sold all the
Horseshoes he had and has ordered more.
Some
jackets on hand . No pins . Calipers
should be available soon.
RAFFLE
-2005
Annie
will disburse to Regional reps and they
in turn will hand them out to the Clubs.
SENIOR
GAMES--by Vince Herkel
Horseshoes
will be in Ladysmith. The Senior games brought a whole bus load of people to
inspect the Ladysmith courts and facility.
There
were a lot of problems again with zone playdowns in Port Alberni.--no
advertising in some
areas
, no drop ins ,wanted pre-registration only ,etc.
The
Senior games had never had so many phone calls re - the running of the zone
playdowns.
The
Senior games has awarded the Dry Creek club the right to run the zone play-offs
from now on.
INTERNATIONAL-2005
- by Sam Tomasevic --
65
entries and one Junior is the lowest entry turnout in 20 to 25 years. Probably
high gas prices, and some say it is to early in the year. A committee of Sam,
Robin, Marcel and Dick to look into
moving this Tournament to a new date-maybe mid July.
Problem
putting classes together because of the
few entries and wide spread of percentages.
BC
CHAMPIONSHIPS -2005 Penticton seems to have it under control.
CANADIAN
TOURNAMENT -2005 Halifax NS
Motion Fred Ormiston / Ernie Connolly
‘that
Vince Herkel and Dorothy Butts be our delegates at the Canadian AGM’ carried
WORLD
TORNAMENT -2005 Elyse Brunelle will be
going to this tournament.
AIR
MILES --5769
NEWSLETTER
-will be out in a couple of weeks
WEBSITE
- -is going o.k.
JUNIORS
-nothing to report
WESTERN
CANADA CLASSIC -Prince George -July 2 and 3.
Entry
form is on the website.
PRESIDENTS
REPORT -NOTHING TO ADD TO ABOVE REPORTS
OLD
BUSINESS
Travel
fund pay-out.--
Motion
Dick Hopkins / Marcel Pinette
‘that we pay out as follows - Elyse
Brunelle -$445 for the World and the BC
Championships
-Buddy Dyrda --$ 200. for the BC
Championships
-Neil Yaskow - $200. for the BC
Championships ‘ carried
NORTHERN
REPORT by Earle Gillard -
Clubs
in the north are still struggling to get going
--Quesnel
- Attendance was down for their opening tournament.
Shaw
cable is coming May 25th to our club to do some live action shots.
A
breakthrough on the Junior level -a team of 5 or 6 will be coming out to play
-one young fellow started this on his
own. Marcel and Gloria Pinette were up to our Opener ,and Marcel put in a good plug
for our Club
--Prince
George said there was some renewed interest with the new clubhouse and pitches
almost finished. They will not be removing the old ones til the new ones are
ready.
Sent
messages to Burns lake , Fraser lake , Vanderhoof , and McKenzie about starting
clubs
in their areas.
Jeanette
Ferrara had an operation and is recuperating well.
Lorenzo
Ferrara pulled a muscle in his arm and can’t play.
Ray
Hamel hurt his back.
Lorraine
Hamel is recuperating from a bike accident.
Ted Kupferschmid is away in Switzerland.
GOOD
AND WELFARE --as in above reports
Motion
to adjourn at 4:23 p.m. by Fred Ormiston
_______________________
Annie
Rayner
Secretary
BCHA