Hockey: EHA facing a financial crisis
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Your support makes all the difference.Mike Corby, the president of the English Hockey Association, has given further details of the financial crisis facing the Association.
It appears that the EHA has amassed losses in the region of three quarters of a million pounds. Corby expressed concern that the cash reserves would be insufficient to continue trading without extraordinary action being taken to stabilise the position.
Explaining how the position had occurred, Corby said, was complex: "At the heart of the problem was concern regarding prior year accounting processes and procedures which would have been expected to have flagged the position sooner." It would also appear that there had been gross overspending of budgets in certain areas. Already up to 15 staff redundancies have been announced, with the closure of half of the 10 regional offices.
Meanwhile, hockey continues. Last week's double header for the Women's Premier clubs brought a set of unpredictable results, with no team managing two wins. The clubs face another double header this weekend. Slough, the new leaders after Leicester managed just one point last week, travel to third placed Clifton today and entertain Canterbury tomorrow. Leicester will need to be at their best today when they visit Olton and West Warwick, currently in fourth place and entertain struggling Hightown tomorrow.
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