CHESHIRE COUNTY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the meeting held at Moss Farm, Northwich on Monday 6th June 2011

Present: Peter Allen; Dave Copsey; Mike Cutler; Andy Garnett; Vicky Huyton; Bob Lynch; 
   David Nalder; Alan Parsons; Andy Smith; Adrian Thiemicke; Dennis Wall; Brian Warren; 

1. Apologies: John Driscoll; Alan Morris; Eddie Gore; Catherine Greaves (Sandbach Striders)

2. Minutes of the meeting held on 21.3.11. 
	Accepted.

3. Matters arising from the meeting on 21.3.11 and the AGM.
8a (County vests). Bob Lynch has spoken with the Schools association, and they admit that their vests were ordered in error. Bob is liaising with them to try and ensure that in future their vests are the same as ours.

4. Correspondence:
	None.

5. Financial Matters;
No up-to-date accounts were available, due to the treasurer not having received the income from online entries from the T&F yet. Accounts will be emailed to the committee when they are available, along with audited accounts from 2010.
Action: Bill Smith – email accounts to committee
The 2011-12 affiliation to England Athletics has been paid.
		
6. Officials’ Report;
	a) We have 25 officials available for the Cheshire Schools Champs on 11 June.
      Bill Smith has the list (and is Field Referee).
b)  So far we have about 12 officials confirmed for the Cheshire Track relay Champs at 
      Ellesmere Port on 9 July. A few more and a reminder will be sent out shortly.
	c)  There is a Level 2 Endurance Officials course at Wavertree on 25th June.
	d)  Bob Lynch, Paul Sutcliffe and Cath McGrath are being supplied with a UKA starting 
                  pistols. However, there are concerns about the quality of these pistols.
	e)  The Officials Secretary knows of one Cheshire official who won their grading appeal.
	f)  Six Cheshire officials have been provisionally selected for the Olympics.

7. Coaching Report;
	Nothing to report.
   
8. County Championships and Inter-County Championships
a)   Cheshire T&F (14th / 15th May 2011 at Stretford) (joint with Greater Manchester)
	A brief discussion took place about the combined T&F Champs. A number of minor issues 
      occurred over the weekend, which will be addressed at a wash-up meeting on 27th June. 
      Although final figures are not in yet, it appears that the county will have made a healthy profit 
      from the event.
	Action: Vicky Huyton – take Will Lowndes’s Best Performance trophy to Liverpool Harriers
	Action: Peter Allen – take the other 3 Best Performance trophies to the Cheshire Schools Champs 
b)   CAU 10 mile RR Champs (22nd May 2011, Llandudno)
Cheshire returned from this event with a haul of medals – individual silver (Olivia Walwyn), team silver (women), individual bronze (Damian Nicholls), team bronze (men). Due to poor support by other counties, it is unlikely a CAU road running event will take place in future.
c)   CAU Fell Race Champs (28th May 2011, Scotland)
Cheshire were represented by Olivia Walwyn (who won individual gold – her third CAU medal within a week) and Tom Bush.
d)   CAU T&F (seniors only) (29th / 30th May 2011, Bedford)
Cheshire had a small team, but returned with one gold, one silver (both won by Tim Egerton) and one bronze (Emily Brown)
e)   Cheshire Track Relays (9th July 2011, Ellesmere Port)
	Action: Bob Lynch – ensure medals are provided
f)   Northern Inter Counties T&F (U/15 & U/17 only) (30th July 2011, Leigh)
	The team manager was handing out availability letters at the county T&F champs, and is now 
in possession of the timetable etc.
Action: Bob Lynch – liaise with the team manager regarding county vests
g)   Multi-event champs (senior) (28th / 29th August, Sports City)
	Action: Bob Lynch – ensure medals are provided
h)   Multi-event champs (youngsters) (Sunday 11th September 2011, Macclesfield)
The track has been booked, by Bob Lynch on behalf of HW&AE.
	Action: Bob Lynch – ensure medals are provided
i)   Cheshire Road Relays (+ North West Relays) (Saturday 17th Sept 2011, Sefton Park)
	Action: Bob Lynch – ensure medals are provided
j)   Cheshire Marathon Champs (9th October 2011, Chester)
	Action: Bob Lynch – ensure medals are provided (6 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
k)   Cheshire Cross Country (Sat 7th January 2012, Winsford)
l)    CAU Cross Country (Sat 10th March 2012, Birmingham)
m)  CAU T&F (seniors only) (Sat 25th / Sun 26th August 2012, Bedford)

9. Road Race Matters
        a)   One more race – the Antrobus Cabbage Canter - has been cancelled due to the cost of 
 meeting the recommendations of the Cheshire West and Chester Safety Advisory Group. 
A further two threatened races have survived this year by making changes which satisfied the 
SAG. 
            Affected clubs have been advised to lobby UKA to hold a traffic management course in the 
county, which will then give attendees a qualification allowing them to legally stop traffic, 
without the need for an external traffic management company. 
        b)   The pilot scheme in the NW whereby race referees will do a scrutiny of each race is currently 
             suspended awaiting UKA (or realbuzz) to provide access to the online system to allow the 
              regional panel to contact race organisers and referees.
        c)   A sponsor – Mike Cutler Accountancy - has come forward to enable us to continue providing 
              individual and team prize money for the Road Race Grand Prix.  
	
10.  England Athletics/NW Region/Northern Athletics Matters:
	a) England Athletics 2011 Awards
               Cheshire clubs are encouraged to consider making nominations for these awards, which 
               are aimed at recognising the volunteers who run our sport.
               Full details are on the EA website, and also in the booklet sent out by EA.
	   Nominations close on 19th August.

11. Any Other Business:
a)   The Cheshire Handbook and parts of the website are out of date.
	      In addition, it is felt by members of the Network that mailings do not always reach the 
      desired recipients within a club, and that consideration should be given to maintaining a 
      list of discipline-specific contacts.
      Action: John Driscoll to prepare an updated draft of the Handbook (on-going).

12. Next meeting:
The next meeting will be on Monday 12th September at Moss Farm at 18:00, immediately prior to the Network meeting.

AFJ Thiemicke,    Secretary, 21.6.11.