RKC AGM

The RKC 2009 AGM was held at Riccarton Cricket Club on 30 April. A new committee has been elected as follows:

• Boyd Kedzlie - Chair
• Sean Berrill - Secretary
• Maree Hamilton - Treasurer/Registrar (Acting)
• Sarah Kedzlie
• Denise Chapman
• Helen Waring

The committee is still looking for people to fill the following roles within the Club:

Korfball Canterbury representatives (2) – to represent RKC at meetings of regional body, Korfball Canterbury. Work as an individual, a tag-team, or in unison, form relationships with other clubs in Canterbury, and ensure that RKC is fairly and equitably represented.

Marketing and Promotion - Summer League is our main marketing, promotion and recruitment activity. There is a huge potential for growth, both in numbers of players and in the status of this event in Christchurch. Want to take up the challenge?

Junior Coordinator – our other main promotion and recruitment activity is for juniors. Another area of potential growth, just needing someone to take the reins. Do you have the drive and motivation to really make things hum for our juniors?

Equipment and Venue Coordinator – responsible for ensuring our equipment is well maintained, fit for use. Also looks after our venue bookings. Does this sound like it’s up your alley?

Club Development Officer – helps develop our coaches, referees and other officials

Social Organiser – the title says it all. You’ll know if this is the role for you.

Coaches/Player coach – positions available for active coaches, to be responsible for planning, running and evaluating regular training sessions for our members, to enable those players to develop to the best of their ability. Support available.
• Junior coaching – various age-groups, from U10 to U13.
• Youth coaching –for ages 13 to U19
• Social-grade coaching
• A-grade coaching

Club Captains – members who represent players at various levels, who are the go to people for new and up-and-coming players, players that other members look up to and aspire to be like. Leaders in deed, with good values and ethics.

Web Site Master – looks after our club web-site. Will need to be hands on to ensure that our content is kept up to date, and fully conversant in web page maintenance, ftp, the whole shooting match. Loads of potential for development, but you will also need to know how to keep it simple and accessible. Have you got the skills and motivation?

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Our mission for Riccarton Korfball Club is:
To be the leading korfball club in Australasia.

And our vision is:
By providing the people of Canterbury with an exciting, friendly and dynamic
mixed team sport, by promoting our sport and providing regular opportunities to
play korfball, and by enabling our members ambitions to be realised, we will build
our club into one that members will be proud to be a part of.

Our values are:

• We support the development and ambitions of our members as we strive to
  be the best at korfball as we can be
• We provide forums and opportunities for our members to socialise together
  in a responsible way
• We do all we can to protect the safety of all our members participating in
  korfball
• We consider the impacts of our actions on others before we act
• We uphold the principles of fair play and abide by the Rules of Korfball
• We all lend a hand to get the job done.
• We maintain open and honest communications through regular meetings and
  ad hoc discussions, attending forums and sharing knowledge for the benefit
  of our club, and its members.
• We prioritise our activities according to our strategy and business plans, to deliver the best benefit to the club and its members.
• We meet and uphold the standards required for affiliated membership of
  Korfball Canterbury, Korfball New Zealand and the International Korfball
  Federation.
• We carry out all financial and non-financial transactions in a manner that
  complies with all relevant legislation.

Mission = why we exist
Values = our guiding principles
Vision = our word picture of the future
Strategy = differentiating our activities

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The committee is interested on your feedback on th draft Strategy document below. Please email comments to Boyd at rkcchair.gmail.com.

Riccarton Korfball Club Strategy (draft)
2009-2014

Key Objectives for 2009-2014

Goal 1: Play Korfball
Objectives:
1. Provide all-year-round playing opportunities, through
(a) a summer league and
(b) a winter club competition.
2. Provide a junior competitions and programme that enlists, develops and retains
young players.

Goal 2: Develop Our Members and Volunteers
Objectives:
1. Develop and support officials, coaches and referees by
(a) …
(b) …
2. Develop a skills award system for junior and youth players.

Goal 3: Promote Korfball
Objectives
1. Increase the number of people playing korfball in the summer league competition.
2. Increase the numbers of children and youth playing korfball by developing and
promoting a korfball “package” to schools, such as the Skills Award.
3. Develop links with tertiary institutions to assist with the delivery of our Junior
competitions
4. Develop and maintain sponsorship relationships

Goal 4: Provide a Friendly and Responsible Club
Objectives
1. Provide an atmosphere in which adult and junior members and their families enjoy
playing and socialising, by
(a) …
(b) …
Etc.
2. Attain and retain ClubMark accreditation.

Goal 5: Provide a Safe, Fair-Play Environment
Objectives
1. To provide a safe, fair play environment, that meets the requirements of the
ClubMark accreditation scheme.
Strategic Goals, from our constitution:
1. Play Korfball
2. Develop our Members and Volunteers
3. Promote Korfball
4. Provide a Safe, Fair-Play Environment
5. Provide a Responsible and Friendly Club