INFORMATION BULLETIN

INFORMATION BULLETIN

Executive Board Meeting, June 5th and 6th 2009 The second EHF Executive Board meeting was held on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June 2009, under the Chair of the President Martin Gotheridge, in the EHF Office, Brussels, Belgium. The Board received reports from the following Committees:

• Appointments
• Coaches
• Competitions (including Nations, Clubs and Indoor)
• Development
• Marketing
• Umpires

21st General Assembly, 2009:
The Board approved the accounts for presentation to the Member Associations for the Year ending 31st December 2007 and the Year ending 31st December 2008 as presented by the Finance Committee, which met on Thursday 4th June.

The Board finalised the agenda for the General Assembly, which is driven by the theme: “Inspired by values”

The Board also approved the afternoon session, developed by the Marketing Committee;
Hockey. Something Different!

All Member Associations are invited to share experiences, discuss positive steps, debate policies and evaluate current programmes for introducing Values and Good Behaviour governance in their own countries and in Europe.

Turkish Hockey Federation – 2009/2011:
The Board noted with regret the high level of withdrawals from the Turkish Hockey Federation. The EHF has worked closely with the THF over the past years to assist them with the development of hockey in Turkey, however this continuing problem is unacceptable to the EHF, the Member Associations and the participating teams.
The Board has therefore agreed on the following actions:
2010: The EHF has withdrawn the entries of Turkish Hockey into the following Tournaments:
o Indoor Club Challenge, (Men), Bologna, Italy
o Indoor Club Challenge, (Women), Galway, Ireland
o Youth (U16) Nations Trophy (Boys) Zone A, Zagreb, Croatia
o Youth (U16) Nations Challenge (Girls), Zagreb, Croatia
o Junior (U21) Nations Challenge, (Men), Athens, Greece
o Junior (U21) Nations Challenge, (Women), Vienna, Austria
o Entries will not be accepted from the THF for EuroHockey Club Tournaments, Women and Men, (Outdoor) for 2010.
2010: Turkish Hockey may participate in the following Tournaments:
o EuroHockey Indoor Nations Challenge I, (Men), Mersin, Turkey
o EuroHockey Indoor Nations Challenge, (Women), Rouen, France

2011 EuroHockey Nations Championships:
The Executive Board awarded the hosting of the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championships (Women and Men) to the Deutscher Hockey Bund.

2010 FIH Mandatory Experimental Indoor Rules: The introduction of the FIH Mandatory Experimental Rule on “time-outs” will be adopted for all EuroHockey Indoor Nations Tournaments in accordance with FIH guidelines, and in addition the experimental rule will be adopted for all EuroHockey Indoor Club Tournaments in 2010. For more information go to: http://www.worldhockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl0,11040,1181-195830-213053-148981-0-file,00.pdf

Player Image Rights: The Executive Board approved a paper on Player Image Rights. See EHF website for details.

2008 Club Awards: The Board was impressed by the standard of the entries and based on the recommendations of the Development Committee the following were agreed:
• 2008 EuroHockey Club of the Year is Braxgata HC, Belgium
• 2008 EuroHockey Merit Award is awarded to City of York Hockey Club, England
(For information: The 2007 EuroHockey Club of the Year was Linz HC, Austria and EuroHockey Merit Award was given to Rosenheim HC, Germany)
Presentations will be made to the 2007 and 2008 winners at the Rabo EuroHockey Nations Championships, Amsterdam.

2011 Indoor Nations: The following venues and pools were approved:
EuroHockey Indoor Championship for Men - Prague (CZE) - 14-16 January
Pool A: POL/SUI/RUS/SCO, Pool B: AUT/ESP/SWE/CZE

Men’s Trophy - Lignano (ITA) - 14-16 January 2011
Pool A: BLR/POR/BUL/ITA, Pool B: DEN/CRO/HUN/SVK
Reserves: 1. GRE, 2. UKR

EuroHockey Indoor Championship for Women - Glasgow (SCO) - 21-23 January
Pool A: LTU/RUS/POL/SCO, Pool B: BLR/ESP/AUT/CZE

Women’s Trophy - Lignano (ITA) - 14-16 January 2011
Pool A: POR/CRO/UKR/+1, Pool B: SVK/SWE/BUL/ITA

EuroHockey Technical Officials Seminar: It is with regret that the Executive Board took the decision to cancel the upcoming EuroHockey Technical Officials Seminar, due to take place in Amsterdam during the Rabo EuroHockey Nations Championships. The cancellation is a result of an insufficient number of suitable candidates.

EHF Corporate and Social Responsibility: The Executive Board approved the proposal of the Marketing Committee to support StickforIndia until end 2010. More details will be released in the coming days. The Executive Board meeting schedule for 2009 is as follows:
• August 20 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• September 25/26 Brussels, Belgium
• December 18/19 Brussels, Belgium

Note: The 21st General Assembly will be held on the 21st August 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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