CHESHIRE COUNTY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the Meeting held at Frodsham Community Centre on Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Apologies: Marian Allen
1. Present: P Allen (Chairman), W Smith, J Shellhorn, AFJ Thiemicke, A Jones (Crewe), MJ Lamb & BJ Warren.

2. Minutes of the Meeting held on 22.4.09
Accepted after 2 corrections:
a) Item 4d) Preliminary notice of UK Counties Athletic Union AGM on 24.5.09 at Bedford.
b) Item 10 The current operating loss by Northern Athletics is about £60K per year.

3. Matters Arising from the Meeting on 22.4.09
Dealt with under agenda items.

4. Correspondence
a) The Certificate of Affiliation to EA has been received together with a copy of Pace (an EA Newsletter).
b) At the EA AGM on 12.9.09 the post of Chairman comes up for re-election. Nominations are sought, but the current Chairman, John Graves is eligible to be re-appointed.
c)  E mail from S McGrath, quote’ I do not want to be involved in helping or organizing or be team manager etc at Nottingham. I will just organize the VRAC teams for the County Champs as a lot of other clubs do now’. 
d) Letter from AG Bunner to the Chairman, quote’ Further to our recent conversation, I think it is best if I stand down as Cheshire County AA President and accordingly I wish to tender my resignation. I will, however, continue to help the County should my services be needed and my assistant Carolyn will accept the entries and prepare the programme for the Track Relays, should  you so wish’.
e) UKA are organising 8 T&F Inter City Meetings in 8 British cities beginning at Cardiff on 10.6.09.
f) E mail from S Matthews saying that the Crewe track has now received its Class 1 status from UKA and would like to be considered as a host for next year’s T&F and Track Relays Championships.
g) A Sports Injury Practitioner (Lisa Lanini- formally a Wrexham athlete) offering her services.
h) Lymm Chiropractic offering services for sports injuries, headaches, migraines, arthritis etc.

5. Financial Matters
   Current  A/C		1742.04
   Deposit A/C		  131.16
   Building Soc.	             13351.13
   Total		             15224.33

6.  Officials’ Report
Concern was expressed that some clubs have few or no Officials and yet staged events where they require Officials to come along and help them.
Though each year a number of new Officials get qualified, the number of active participants does not increase.

7.  Coaching Report
 Nothing to report.

8.  County Championships
a)  T&F at Warrington on 9/10.5.09
A successful  Championship.
b)  Track Relays at Stanney on 4.7.09
The planning is all in hand. W Cheshire ask why there will be no 4x400 relays. Could it be reintroduced next year?
c)  Multi Events at Sport City on 8/9.8.09
There is difficulty finding Officials because of the dates clashing with other events.
d)  Junior Multi Events at Macclesfield on 13.9.08
There will be sufficient Officials.
e) Northern Senior and U20s at Sport City on 20/21.6.09 (Erroneously reported in the last minutes  to be at Wigan on 29.8.09).
 f) Northern Inter Counties T&F at Wigan on 29.8.09
g) Cross Country Jan. 2010
It was agreed that it would be hosted jointly by C&NAC and South Cheshire at Wistaston, Crewe.
A Race Secretary is required.
h) T&F Championships 2010
In response to the bid from Crewe, no decision was taken because there is uncertainty about the car park, which is currently closed. Further information is sought.

9.  Road Race Matters
a)The Cheshire 5K took place at Hollins Green and went off well.  
b)When Road Race organisers seek a licence, they have to publicise the web site of ‘Real Buzz Run Britain’

10.  England Athletics/N Region/Northern Athletics/Matters
Nothing to report.

11.  Any Other Business
 None

12.  Date of the Next Meeting
The next meeting will be on Wednesday 15th July 2009.

BJ Warren, Secretary, 7.6.09