MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF CLOWNE ROAD RUNNERS FRIDAY 30^th March 2007

Apologies:

Andrea Jackson

Dennis Learad

Avis Blunt

Greg Goddard

The minutes of the previous meeting, Friday 2nd March 2007 were read and one minor amendment was made

The Chairman opened the meeting by briefing the membership on the Committee Meeting held after last months normal meeting.

There were two main issues to brief the membership on, the first being that Ron Wild was co-opted onto the committee as minute taker and an additional member to add opinion to any deliberations. The second issue was the debate on whether the club should affiliate to UK Athletics or the newly formed ARC. The Chairman outlined the debate surrounding the various governing bodies and the subsequent decision to stay with UK Athletics

Joyce then read a letter from UK Athletics which had been sent out to various club secretaries’ announcing that there was a new Road-race Leadership Group established. The leadership group had drawn representatives from the major road race events such as the London Marathon, Great North Run, Nottingham Marathon etc. to deal with the issue of road running being marginalised at the expense of track and field. Their remit was to review such issues as permits, standards, unattached levies and the development of elite runners. The letter also made reference to ARC, saying that UKA was sympathetic to their intensions. It was also indicated that London marathon places would only be made available to clubs affiliated to UK Athletics.

Terry Richardson thought that ARC had already done its job by prompting UKA to undertake such a review.

Clowne Cross Country – The Chairman thanked all the club’s runners and organisers. 18 Clowne runners ran in all four races more than in any other club. Congratulations to Andy Ward who was the overall individual winner and Stuart Platts who won the over forties category.

Andy Ward thought it would be a good idea to have all the medal winners officially awarded their medals on the day. There was some debate as to the practicality of this but it might be a good idea to do something at the annual presentation evening.

John Proffitt thanked Dennis for organising the sandwiches from Greencore which were used at the post race buffet; all agreed Dennis had done an excellent job.

John also suggested sending the Greencore organisation two complimentary Clowne marathon places - the club agreed it was a good idea.

Dave Johnson mentioned the overcrowding at the cricket club venue and the health and safety implications of having a large number of people crowded in the building. Some of the membership thought Clowne College could be an option in the future but it may be expensive and there is no bar facility. The Chairman said it was something the club would consider.

Elmton Chase / Summer X county / Handicap Race - The Chairman mentioned that Les had received an email from Reg and Karen Bestwick. They would like to set up a trail race series and would like to include the Elmton Chase as part of the series. The Chairman offered the membership chance to comment on the proposal and in general the membership was happy to make the race part of the series.

Terry had talked to the current Landlady at Elmton but has not officially booked the venue yet.

Handicap Race – Terry still to talk to Andrew Porter.

Summer X-country – no further information as yet, Killamarsh would be organising the event.

Clowne Half Marathon – No issues as yet, Les was currently in the process of updating the race entry form.

Club / Membership Secretary – in Dennis’s absence the Chairman read out the various communications, including one from UK Athletics regarding ‘David Farrow’ a coach who has had his licence revoked for five years.

There were also two letters requesting sponsorship from the club:-

Alice Sheen – would be running the London Marathon in aid of CLIC Sargent, a cancer charity for children. Donations could also be made securely on line at @ www.justgiving.com/alicesheen

Graham Sheen was also running the London Marathon in aid of the Neurofibromatosis charity. More information can be found at www.nfauk.org

A £50 donation was proposed and agreed for each participant.

Dennis would like to thank the membership for the response to his letter, emails etc, enabling the majority of the membership fees to be collected on time.

Club Captain – Dave reported that training night was still going well with 15 to 20 people attending.

Club Treasurer – Lewis said that the club had received £6 income from the X-country series, out goings had included the fees for the X- country (cricket club hire) and the clubs affiliation to UKA. Lewis also indicated the current cash in hand and account balance.

Social Secretary – John mentioned two races to note; the Maltby Memorial race on the 25^th April and the Abbey Dash on Wednesday 4^th July.

The Chairman thanked John for the effort he had put in on the recent revised club standards.

John reminded the membership that it was up to the individuals to inform him on attaining any of the new standards.

Grand Prix – Steve reported that there had been no GP races in the last month so there was nothing to distridute.

In response to a question from the Sarah Coakly the following race dates were confirmed.

Bawtry Forest Trail – Sunday 16^th September

Clumber 10k - 7^th October

Askern 10 - 12^th August

Retford Half Marathon – Sunday 23^rd September

President – Terry announced that Trevor, Lewis, Geoff and himself were all doing ‘Snowdon’.

Worksop Membership – no issues

AOB – Andy outlined some new training venues he and Paul Sadler had looked at for future training nights.

Finally Dave and Louise were welcomed as new members to the club, the Chairman apologised for not doing this at the start of the meeting due in part to the meeting starting late because Andy Ward and Lewis Banton were in the bar.

Meeting Closed 20:20

Next Meeting Friday 4^th May 2007

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