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Guernsey Hockey Membership survey on fixtures February 2017 Summary and key messages Most people want to play about 20 games in the season which leaves a few weekends free. Responses did not support the need for weekends off at half

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Guernsey Hockey Membership survey on fixtures February 2017

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Summary and key messages

  • The survey was sent out to

all members through FixturesLive.

  • 116 responses equate to

about 70% of members paying annual subs

  • Following pages analyse the

responses and include a brief summary of comments

  • Following further feedback

at the members forum on 20 March the board will propose the format of fixtures and compeIIons for next season

  • Most people want to play about 20 games in the season which

leaves a few weekends free.

  • Responses did not support the need for weekends off at half

term but the availability of pay-as–you-play players might make it difficult to run full league programmes

  • There is a concern about too many long gaps with no hockey

for club players

  • Div 2 matches can go ahead when there are EH matches.

Ladies tend to support rearranging fixtures when there is an EH

  • game. It is less clear cut with div 1 men. Comments suggest

some feel strongly that matches should go ahead whereas

  • thers want rearrangements
  • Social games arranged for ‘random’ teams are not popular but

there is support for friendlies between exisIng clubs which could be arranged when there is no league or cup programme

  • There is support for the new format of the men’s cup providing

some of the pracIcal difficulIes experienced this year can be addressed

  • 66% support a mixed cup compeIIon arranged around exisIng

teams

  • A significant number of members want a break from hockey in

summer but there is sufficient interest to consider introducing social hockey events or a hockey focused fesIval

Member survey February 2017

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Response rate and profile of respondents

  • Survey distributed to

630 contacts through FixturesLive

  • 116 responses
  • Good representaIon

from all league teams

  • Analysis of results splits
  • ut men’s div, men’s

div 2 and ladies where responses differ Response on number of games suggests that most respondents pay for full season rather than pay per match. If so this is a massive (70%) response rate out of members who pay annual subs.

35 41 36 4

Breakdown of respondents total 116

Men's 1 Men's 2 Ladies Other

Member survey February 2017

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How many games do members want?

Full quesIon ‘If the season starts in mid September and runs to the end of March there are 25 weekends (excluding the two at Christmas and New Year and one for inter insulars). How many hockey matches would you like to play in the season’

  • Consistent responses from

each sector of membership

  • About 50% want to play about

20 games with a third opIng for more.

  • Average number came out at

20.4 games.

  • This suggests there is room for

about four ‘free weekends’ for rearranged matches or other events

  • A number of comments about

costs and value for money.

  • Comments also about the

number of gaps between matches this season

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% All Div 1 only Div 2 only Ladies

How many games in a season?

<12 About 14 About 17 about 20 >22

Member survey February 2017

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Do we schedule matches at half term or before Christmas?

This quesIon sought to idenIfy weekends when too many members would be unavailable and a full league programme unviable.

  • Consistent responses from

each sector of membership

  • About 50% want matches

every weekend

  • This is a quesIon which might

get a different response from ‘pay per play’ members who we need for a full league programme.

  • Comments acknowledged that
  • ther players do find some of

these dates difficult

  • Other comments said fixtures

should go ahead even if teams field weaker players.

  • 10

20 30 40 50 60 70 21/22 Oct 28/29 Oct 16/17 Dec 17/18 Feb 24/25 Feb Play every weekend

Which weekends should there be no league matches?

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Do we schedule matches when there are EH matches for the first team?

This quesIon sought to address the conflict between the prioriIes of the representaIve teams and the club members who are not in the island teams.

  • Div 2 matches are unaffected

by this issue and should go ahead

  • Ladies wanted matches

scheduled but with flexibility to rearrange them

  • Less clear cut with Div 1 men.

Comments suggest some feel strongly that matches should go ahead whereas others want rearrangements

  • A number of strong comments

about not pufng too much focus on the elite and using the opportunity to give experience to juniors and div 2 players

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Go ahead every weekend Rearrange

  • leave

spare weekends Rearrange

  • play on a

Sunday No league matches scheduled

Should there be league fixtures when there are EH compeAAons?

All responses Div 1 only Div 2 only Ladies

Member survey February 2017

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AlternaIves to league and cup games on spare weekends

This asked about weekends when there are no league or cup games scheduled (half term or EH matches)

  • Not much interest in social

compeIIons between teams drawn from across the club

  • Preference is generally for

compeIIve matches

  • Some support for mixed

games

  • Answer may be to schedule

friendlies between clubs when there are EH matches

  • r no full league fixture

because at half term

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Social compeIIons mixed teams Social compeIIons same sex Friendly matches with my team Only want league and cup matches

Games when there are no league/cup fixtures

All responses Div 1 only Div 2 only Ladies

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Format of cup compeIIons

Following the experiment for the men’s cup this year this quesIon asked about different formats for the cup.

  • Unanimous support to retain a

separate ladies cup

  • Div 1 men in favour of keeping

the format of one men’s cup. Less clear cut for div 2 men but slightly more opposiIon to new format. Comments highlight need for some refinement if one cup format is retained

  • 60% in favour of or interested

in a mixed cup based on combining exisIng men’s and ladies’ teams

  • Lijle support for cups based
  • n a ‘drak’ system

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Div 1 - two cups Div 1 - one cup Div 2 - two cups Div 2 - one cup

One or two cups for men?

  • no way
  • maybe
  • definitely

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% All Div 1 only Div 2 only Ladies

Should there be a mixed cup based on clubs?

  • definitely
  • maybe
  • no way

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Hockey outside the main season

This quesIon asked if members would be interested in opportuniIes to play hockey

  • utside the main season
  • There is strong support (49

people) for a summer weekend fesIval (possibly Easter)

  • 37 would be interested in

midweek hockey in the summer

  • 50 would like pre season

training (either serious or fun)

  • Other suggesIons included

indoor hockey and a new mid week mixed league

  • A significant number of people

said they didn’t want to play in the summer

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% Mid week evening hockey Weekend fesIval Fun pre season training Serious pre season training

Hockey outside main season

All responses Div 1 only Div 2 only Ladies

Member survey February 2017