Apologies:
Andrea Jackson
Graham Sheen
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and agreed as a true record.
The Chairman then made a short
statement relating to the two governing bodies now currently available for the
club to affiliate to. There would be a committee meeting after the main meeting
to consider whether the club should stick with English Athletics (now to be
part of the UK Athletics governing body) or the newly formed Association of Running
clubs, ARC.
Training Night – Andrew Ward said
that there had been quite a sudden increase in the numbers of people attending
training night. He outlined four changes he would like to implement given the
support of the membership, they are:-
1. To add additional training locations.
The purpose being to add variety to the training and include some off-road
running
2. The 1 mile relay will continue
and should go better with more numbers attending.
3. To introduce training ‘standard
times’ for 2 and 3 miles.
4. To include some weekend fell
running, including some work on navigational skills.
Clowne Cross Country, March 4th – concern that the horses may be running free on one part
of the course. Terry said that we were still short on marshals which would need
sorting out on the day. All other matters were in hand.
Elmton Chase / Summer X county / Handicap Race.
The membership concluded that:-
Friday 6th July will be
the date for the Handicap race and Wednesday 20th June looked a
favourable date for the Elmton Chase.
John Proffitt was asked to check to
see if Kilamarsh are organising the summer cross country race this year.
Clowne Half Marathon – The
Gold standard certificate had been issues by BARR, Steve said that ‘Race Diary’
and ‘Runners World’ had been contacted and given the 2007 race date.
Club / Membership Secretary –
Dennis had received the following
communications:-
British Heart Foundation race - details
on web
An e-mail from Roger and Shelia
Radford wishing everyone the best.
‘Safe at last’, a charity representing
a Children’s Shelter in Dinnington. They were looking for a donation from the
club. It was thought that if anyone wanted to race and represent the Charity it
would be honoured in the usual fashion.
Membership:-
Dennis said that about 20 people were
still to pay.
Fees should be paid by end of April
when Dennis said he would forward the affiliation fees and details to be
processed. Dennis added that after this date he would not process any further
membership requests and that the individuals would have to do this themselves.
Terry Richardson said he was not in
favour of Dennis’s idea and that people should not be penalised in this way. Geoff
asked Dennis and Terry to resolve the issue with him at the end of the meeting.
Dennis pointed out to the
membership that ‘Life members’ did not have to pay their an affiliation fee as
this was an honour bestowed on them by the club and would be paid for by the club as per the club
constitution..
Club Captain - Dave
thanked Andrew for his continued commitment to the training night.
Club Treasurer – Lewis
outlined recent movements in the club’s account plus the current balance and
cash in hand.
Social Secretary – John Proffitt
stated that the ‘club standards’ were currently in 10 year increments. John
suggested that there would be more interest and attainment if the standards
were in 5 year increments. The club agreed that this would be a good idea and
John said he would look to put some times together.
Grand Prix – Steve said
that we were about half-way through the off road GP and the first on road GP
race was the Ranby 10m on the 22nd April. The results and standings
of recent races were distributed.
President – Terry said
that entry forms for Snowdon were now available, if there was enough interest
he would look into organising a mini bus.
Worksop Membership – no
issues
AOB – none.
Meeting Closed 20:20
Next Meeting Friday 30th March 2007