PRESENT:

J Mower  Mrs Wilson  B Musgrove  Mrs K Mead  Mrs J Grimwood             P Fenton  P Tomkins  T Cheatham  C Starmer  R Wold  S Benson          Mrs J Cox  B Cox  Mrs J Sayer

1.

Minutes of Previous Meeting

28.02.04        Cross Country – County Championships.   Does removed.

Southern U20 29/30 May 2004.

All in favour.

13.02.04 – instructional courses for new people

Jackets & Fleeces £20 not £30.

True record.

2.

Matters Arising

28.11.03    None

13.02.04  None

Phil Tomkins  talked to Malcolm Fenton re affiliation for south.   Very difficult to get hold of Malcolm Fenton but spoke to him at Ipswich Track.  Problems with their constitution.  No health and safety and no child protection.   Using track without permission.  Draft the constitution for him  and get training sorted out. All members 2^nd Claim.   Appointed a child protection officer and has been in contact with the Manager at Ipswich.   Need amended constitution.  Forward constitution to SEAA.  They should apply to this association to SCAA and EAA.

Vests have Suffolk on them now. 

3.

Apologies for absence

D Cripps   R Wells  L Beckett

4.

Finance

Expenses exceeding income, but this will improve.   County Championships -  Profit £300.

5.

Track & Field

County Championships well supported 

Average turnout 31/32%

 Better than last year.

Senior Athletes very poor turnout.    19 Senior Entries     3 Senior Women

Generally numbers of competitors are declining.  New rules will make this worse.  Phil Tomkins will investigate this. 

What has been happing with 5k championships? Usually a race between Pacers and Ipswich Jaffa. Usually held 2 –3 weeks after our championships. 

Not well supported, as nobody knew about the race.  This was held on 26 April 2004.  Karin Mead asked if we could do our own race.   No trophies presented.  No money forwarded to County. We cannot recognise it as a championship.  Clive Bird wants to know whether this event is verified.  All agreed that this was not authorised by the County.  Sandra  Cheatham will take this on.  21^st June 2004   - 7.30 pm   5K.   Sandra will organise the publicity.  Website will have details of this put on by  Paul Felton.    Entry Fee £3

Some of the rules for athletes have changed in the Handbook.

6.

Race Walking

None

7.

Cross Country

Response to Chris Cook’s letter.   Any suggestions for County Championships.     Jenny Grimwood will write to clubs to see if a club willing to put this on.    Steve Benson will do some enquiring about young people from the school about building a course etc.   All ideas must be read for our next meeting.

Fixtures Conference – County Championships on 16^th January 2005.  Lots of events to be fitted.   Ask Royal Hospital school if they want to put the event on.  League awards to be given out.

8.

Road Running

New rules for road running effective from 1.04.04 this year.

Change of Age Category   

Committee will put the new details on the Web.  

General Rules – club membership  an athlete who is not a member of an affiliated club

The onus is on the club to police this.

All in favour that we write to UKA about the new rule on affiliation.

9.

Sports Hall Athletics

None

10.

Officials

Course ran in two places.  4 Field People passed and 2 Timekeepers passed.   The standard of pass was not brilliant.  Problems with up to date rules.

Ron Muttock out of touch and he is not up to speed.  There will be another exam on 9 June 2004.   Championship Meeting Mike Oakley co-opted on.

11.

Coaching

Gwyn Potts went for awards for all.  Sport England has found some more money. £20600. Earmarked for us.

12.

Correspondence

Invites for 10K Road Championships  18.08.04  Starting at 9.30.

 Information sheet to do with consultation meetings for the Foster Reports.    7 meetings around the country.

Moving on Report.    24 June 2004 is the date of the meeting.

13.

Date of Next Meeting

23 July 2004           

14.

Any Other Business

Withdrawal of a coaching pass from Joe Sweeney and he is not able to coach anybody in athletics.

£84 for County Tops from Karin Mead and she will order  more tops

AGM  CAU Sunday 30 May 2004  6-15pm in the evening.   Sandra Cheatham to replace Hazel Wilson at this meeting .

Meeting Closed at    9.05