Minutes of Young Athletes group held at Bricklayers Arms, Monday
10 March
Present: Harry Czapski, Tony Johnson, Pat Card, AJS, Graham
Gorman, Nick Taylor, Terri Gadsby, Dick Knowles and Peter hall, Colin
Equipment/track Tesco order still to be dispatched. AJS to
investigate if Sainsbury's vouchers can be collected by the club. GG to have
meeting with authorities at Guttmann re state of the track/facilities
X Country Relays Went v. well with 45 teams competing. Well
supported by club members. Lots of marshals, course was well laid out and the
organisation went v. efficiently. Vote of thanks to Peter Bennewith for his
input- was good to see the club rally round and support the event.
Officials Still no response to our appeals for help
with officiating
NJAL first match clashes with EYAL but EYAL is priority for
under 17s
Volunteers/Coaching Tony Shears, Paul Wright, Phil Magnall and
Ryan Nolan all interested in doing level 1.GG will contact Mike Wise to make
sure they are CRB checked.
3 athletes are going regularly to Brunel Uni Pole Vault sessions
Last
GG has spoken to Brenda Russell and Lee Copley, who may be
interested in helping out with some coaching
Kestrels
Social Events Ex Serviceman’s club is booked for 29.11.08
for annual presentation evening. DK, PC & GG to investigate possible
speakers. Lots of venues being offered to PC to hold a race night.
X Country leaflets and business cards will be
distributed at Wing District Schools X country champs to promote club. PH may
have a format letter/leaflet suitable for youngsters - he will liaise with PC
Vests/Hoodies Hoodies still selling well. New Polo shirts
will cost approx £10.50. 'VOAAC' design approved. PC has plenty of club vests
in preparation for the summer
Indoor Training AJS to get Steve Rooney to rebook indoor
sports hall
Concerns for the future 30+ Members at AGM - exec has been
completely rebuilt and has been slimmed down. GG q. happy with how things are
going
Unsupervised athletes -problem now seems to be resolves
New initiatives AJS handed out details of Track pride. PC
still investigating runningsports.org
Club Development GG gave handout of development plan.
Athletes’ agreement letter issue discussed again
- copy to be given to Jim Rayner for his group.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
CRB Checks DK highlighted that all coaches CRB checks
will need to be renewed in early 2009. GG will raise issue of whether we have
'checkers' in place to verify these applications.
Paid coaches - NT asked if we were happy to bring in paid
coaches for specific periods to cover events where we have no coaching
coverage- unanimous agreement
1st aid Cover GG is looking at the club's 1st
aid coverage .Jamie Johnson has agreed to be our First Aid Coordinator
Membership Application Form- PC asked if anything
needed to be added to application form. DK will check with club's Welfare
Officer to see if anything else needed to be covered.
Venue/Next meeting Meeting was happy with this new venue and
agreed to continue, with the next meeting being booked with the Bricklayers
arms for Monday 7 April