Minutes for the Annual General
Meeting (4th May 2003)
The meeting was held at the Hitchin
Boys School Sports Centre, Hitchin, Herts. The meeting
was opened at 12.30 p.m.
Present
Twelve fencers were present. The following clubs: were
represented : St Albans, Watford, University
Apologies for Absence
James Lee (St Albans), James Bird (St Albans)
Chairman's Report
The competition calendar had followed the same order as
last year. All the usual competitions had been run in the
previous season, the age group competitions and team foil
at Hitchin and the County Championship weekend at the
Royal Masonic School for girls. The team foil was due to
take place after the A.G.M. The entry in the age group
competitions was up by 50% due to an increased attendence
by the Hitchin club and St Albans Girls School. The
numbers in the adult competitions were similar to the
year before, but numbers in the team foil were down. The
event winners so far were as follows:
Men's Foil: Paul Cramphorn
(University)
Ladies' Foil: Victoria Bradley (St Albans Girls
School)
Men's Epee: Peter Eames (Unaffiliated)
Men's Sabre: Andy Aitken (North London Sabre)
Ladies' Epee: Svetlana Elliot (St Albans)
Ladies' Sabre: Julia Rhodes (North London
Sabre)
Several courses had been run during the year. An armoury
course was run in September, and a series of coaching
workshops through the season. It was hoped that number
and variety of courses being run could be sustained with
the renewed level interest coming from fencers in the
county
Treasurer's Report
The traditional problems with the account had not been
ironed out and still needed to be addressed. The
association was still running at break-even and the
finances remained healthy.
Committee Motions
A proposal
was made to adopt a new constitution for the
H.F.A.:
The changes proposed to the constitution last year were
accepted.
Election of Officers
The Chairman stood down from the role after a six year
term, but said he was willing to stand for another post.
The treasurer also stood down, with the secretary willing
to take on the chairmanship. Nominations were taken from
the floor and there were single candidates for each post
who were then elected unopposed.
The new committee was as follows:
Chairman:Paul Cramphorn (University) prop. Terry
Sandell, sec. Tony Bardell
Treasurer:Philip Allen (St Albans) prop David Reid sec.
Anthony Conyard
Secretary:Jason Fox (Watford) prop. Terry Sandell, sec.
Lynda Bond
The meeting was closed at 12.55
p.m.
