Please can everyone add in their availability for the start of the season. At this point you should be able to add right through to the end of November. This will help the Ulster and Irish appointments secretaries immensely. Thanks in advance

Attached is the Umpire Compliance Statistics for the Year. Any club below 80% availability is judged not to have complied with Article 6 of the Ulster Hockey Constitution and are likely to be fined by Ulster Hockey, in accordance with the scale of fines agreed and published at the start of the season. If you notice any inaccuracies, please contact either me, Neal Hermon or Lyn Morrow as soon as possible.

We have just written to all clubs who failed to meet the compliance target and asked them whether there are any mitigation factors they would like the Umpire Committee to consider, before our final recommendations are forwarded to the Ulster Hockey Board. We also intend to write to all clubs who met the compliance target thanking them for their support during the season and look forward to their continued support in the future.

Gareth Herron