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Barry Foster has been our secretary for the last year, making a big impact upon our club and helping us improve.

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His responsibilities as secretary tend to be:

  • Being the first point of contact for club enquiries

  • Organising and attending key meetings (including Annual General Meetings)

  • Taking and distributing minutes

  • Delegating tasks to club members

  • Dealing with all correspondence

  • Attending to affiliations

  • Ensuring insurance is up to date and relevant

  • Maintaining up to date records and reference files

  • Arranging handover or succession planning for the position

  • Taking responsibility for personal conflicts of interest and declaring, recording and managing these appropriately

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Grace Delaney-Segar

Media Manager

Grace has taken on the role of club media manager.

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Her responsibilities as media manager tend to be:

  • To grow and raise the image of the club through the use of various forms of media.

  • Social Media Management: Responsible for growing and maintaining our social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitch & TikTok).

  • Community Development: Develop, build and  manage existing and new communities links within local community.

  • Reporting and Analysis. Create marketing reports , player reports, club reports for internal use to help further develop the club and its members.

  • Advertise upcoming sporting events.

  • Secure sponsors for sports teams and specific events

  • Respond to external media questions.

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Anna Leyland

Fixtures Manager

Anna has taken on the role of Fixtures manager.

Her responsibilities as Fixtures manager tend to be:

  • To manage the availability of the club pitch

  • To maintain the clubs fixtures

  • To liaise with league secretaries on changes to fixture dates and times

  • Arrange fixture lists that match the club’s ability and strength in depth.

  • Register teams in competitions.

  • Organise officials and facilities for games.

  • Supply both teams with directions, timings and captain’s numbers.

  • Liaise with home teams, opposition, leagues and governing bodies.

  • Reschedule postponed matches.

Barry Foster

Secretary

Our Committee

Paul Parr

Chairperson

Paul has played at a number of clubs in the North West in his 30 years and has finally found a home here at Wigan HC. Paul also plays Masters hockey for Wales.

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The main responsibilities of our club chairperson are:

  • Support the efficient running of the club

  • Chairing regular committee meetings and the Annual General Meetings (AGM)

  • Helping others to understand their roles and responsibilities

  • Recruiting new committee members, taking into consideration skills, experience and diversity

  • Communicating with various members within the club

  • Being actively involved in creating and following a Club Development Plan

  • Representing the club at local and regional events

  • Assist the club to fulfill its responsibilities to safeguard children at club level

  • Ensuring an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the club to which the Club complies

  • Taking responsibility for personal conflicts of interest and declaring, recording and managing these appropriately

Jemma Ashcroft

Vice Chairperson

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  • Support the Chairperson with the efficient running of the club

  • Helping others to understand their roles and responsibilities

  • Recruiting new committee members, taking into consideration skills, experience and diversity

  • Communicating with various members within the club

  • Being actively involved in creating and following a Club Development Plan

  • Responsible for updating club policies and guidance

  • Representing the club at local and regional events

  • Assist the club to fulfill its responsibilities to safeguard children at club level

  • Taking responsibility for personal conflicts of interest and declaring, recording and managing these appropriately

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Tom Hickson

Welfare Officer

Tom has been our Sports club Welfare Officer for a number of years, alongside Jessica Daly. Their main responsibilities are:

  • Assist the club to fulfil its responsibilities to safeguard children and vulnerable adults at club level

  • Assist the club to implement its safeguarding children and vulnerable adults plan at club level

  • The first point of contact for everyone where concerns about a children’s or vulnerable adults welfare, poor practice or abuse are identified

  • Implement the club’s reporting and recording procedures

  • Maintain contact details for the local children’s social care department, the police and local safeguarding children board

  • Promote the club’s best practice guidance/code of conducts within the club

  • Represent welfare on the club’s management committee

  • Ensure adherence to the club’s safeguarding children training

  • Ensure appropriate confidentiality is maintained

  • Promote anti-discriminatory practice

  • Take responsibility for personal conflicts of interest and declaring, recording and managing these appropriately

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Jessica Daly

Welfare Officer

Jessica Daly has been our joint Welfare Officer for the last year alongside Andy Moss. Their main responsibilities are:

  • Assist the club to fulfil its responsibilities to safeguard children and vulnerable adults at club level

  • Assist the club to implement its safeguarding children and vulnerable adults plan at club level

  • The first point of contact for everyone where concerns about a children’s or vulnerable adults welfare, poor practice or abuse are identified

  • Implement the club’s reporting and recording procedures

  • Maintain contact details for the local children’s social care department, the police and local safeguarding children board

  • Promote the club’s best practice guidance/code of conducts within the club

  • Represent welfare on the club’s management committee

  • Ensure adherence to the club’s safeguarding children training

  • Ensure appropriate confidentiality is maintained

  • Promote anti-discriminatory practice

  • Take responsibility for personal conflicts of interest and declaring, recording and managing these appropriately

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Sean O'Neil

Social Secretary

Sean has been with the club now for 5 years. During this time Sean has volunteered in various roles throughout the club. Sean is currently the clubs social secretary and is responsible for,

  • Organising Club Functions

  • Promoting Club Functions

  • Arranging social functions for the Hockey Section

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Sandy Fiddler

Junior playing coordinator

Sandy has been with the club now for a number of years. During this time Sandy has developed our clubs junior section to a thriving and fun environment for our junior players at the club. Sandy is responsible for,

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  • Organising junior tournaments and matches

  • Promoting Junior hockey at the club

  • Organising junior club coaching 

  • Providing support for our junior players

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