THE
RACE WALKING ASSOCIATION
FOUNDED 1907 COMMITTEE AND A.G.M. DECISION SHEETS |
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
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23/9/2007
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2/12/2007 |
2/3/2008
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21/9/2008 | 14/12/2008 | 22/2/2009 | 31/5/2009 | 20/9/2009 | 6/12/2009 | 28/2/2010 |
6/6/2010 | 24/10/2010 | 12/12/2010 | 5/3/2011 | 11/6/2011 | 30/10/2011 | 11/12/2011 | 26/2/2012 | 2/6/2012 | 7/10/2012 |
9/12/2012 | 24/2/2013 |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS |
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2/12/2007 | 14/12/2008 | 6/12/2009 |
12/12/2010 | 11/12/2011 | 9/12/2012
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1 |
Decline S.W.C. request for financial assistance with the 100 miles. | |
2 |
Hold 2008 Y.A.G.Championships at Victoria Park, London. | |
3 |
Hold 2008 50k Champs at Ropner Park, Stockton on Tees. | |
4 |
Hold 2008 10k Champs at Earls Colne. | |
5 |
Hold 2008 20k Champs at Battersea Park, London. | |
6 |
Introduce 15k Champs for 2008. | |
7 |
Submit comments on Jack Buckner’s Competition review. | |
8 |
Chase up Athletics Weekly re publication of fixtures. | |
9 |
Support Nominations of Brian Adams and Reg Wells as Life Members. | |
10 |
Agreed to General Secretary’s Motions for A.G.M. | |
11 |
Transferred Nijmegen Shield to the 20 Champs. | |
12 |
Agreed Rule Change for “B” Teams in National Champs. | |
13 |
Agreed several age qualifications and cut-off times for Champ | |
14 |
Agreed Clarification of categories for Best Performances. | |
15 |
Next meeting to be 2nd December, 2007, immediately before A.G.M. |
1 |
Agreed on the desirability of having the Trophy Secretary at G.C meetings; rules to be adjusted at A.G.M., 2008. | |
2 |
Agreed to have permanent Agenda Item Regional Relationships. | |
3 |
Approved Annual Report. | |
4 |
Financial arrangements for 10 miles Championships to be dealt with by P.Marlow & R.Wallwork. | |
5 |
P.Marlow to finalise arrangements for 50k Championships with Redcar R.W.C. | |
6 |
Approved C.Telling's proposals for development of 200 Club, with amendment regarding issue of extra numbers. | |
7 |
Agreed to provide 200 Club page on the R.W.A. web site. | |
8 |
Agreed to provide downloadable version of the Handbook on the web site (after incorporation of several amendments) | |
9 |
Agreed to consider position & status of Track Championships. | |
10 |
Next meeting to be 2nd March, 2008. |
1 |
Agreed a trophy insurance strategy for the Association | |
2 |
Noted start times of 1:00 p.m. for both Championship days at Earls Colne | |
3 |
Agreed to recognise Milton Keynes 100 miles as National Long-distance Championship, subject to certain conditions | |
4 |
Agreed to send monthly fixture lists to Athletics Weekly.. | |
5 |
Agree to support the Schools and Clubs Walking Challenge (SCWALK) with Derek Hayward as co-ordinator | |
6 |
Approved Emergency Committee Decision on 10 mile standards. | |
7 |
In response to Eauropean Athletic Association's initiative to review the rules of race walking, accepted the proposal of the R.W.A. Seminar of 24th February that the I.A.A.F. definition should be changed to "continuous contact + knee straight in the upright position" and to progress this through the appropriate channels. | |
8 |
Approved new letterhead | |
9 |
Next meeting to be 6th July in Birmingham. |
1 |
Confirmed the appointment until the A.G.M. of John Constandinou as Press & Publicity Officer | |
2 |
Agreed provisional dates and venue for
National Championships, 2009: 10 miles 21/2/2009 Pickett’s Lock 20k 18/4/2009 Coventry or Leamington Spa 50k 26/4/2009 Stockton on Tees Y.A.G. 3/5/2008 Victoria Park, London L.D. (100M) 11/12/7/2009 Newmarket 10k 5 or 6/9/2009 Leicester or Leeds |
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3 |
Agreed General Secretary's draft of Rule on Areas to go to A.G.M.> | |
4 |
Agreed to reconstitution of the Development Plan Group . | |
5 |
Agreed to investigate possibility of Small Nations' match in Dublin,2009 | |
6 |
Agreed to follow up Health and Safety Courses | |
7 |
Agreed to poduce proposals for 50k and Long Distance Trophies for women | |
8 |
Agreed to support the nominations of P.J.Cassidy and P.A.Wilson as Life Members | |
9 |
Approved President's proposal to use his Appeal Fund for support of walkers at National Squad session | |
10 |
Agreed to consider moving Committee Meetings round the Areas | |
11 |
Next meeting to be on the December, 2008, immediately before the A.G.M. |
1 |
Agreed to include Annual Trophies in future Annual Reports | |
2 |
Agreed to examine Subcommittee structure during the coming year | |
3 |
Agreed to accept Catherine Telling's resignation as 200 Club Organiser; Bill Wright to take over | |
4 |
Confirmed that National 10k would be on Saturday, 5th September, in Leicester | |
5 |
In response to requests from walkers, agreed to change National 20k from 18th April to 11th April to give more time between it and the 50k | |
6 |
Agreed to look at Shrewsbury as possible venue for the National 20k | |
7 |
Agreed in principle to vary the venue for future General Committee meetings | |
8 |
Notwithstanding Item 7, next meeting to be on the 22nd February in Birmingham. |
1 |
Agreed to put the following Rule Changes
before the
next A.G.M.: (a) Rule 6(a)(v)(I) Replace “A representative of the National Event Coaching Scheme for Race Walking” by “The NAtional Coach or the equivalent thereof.” (b) Rule 6(r) Delete the Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committee and combine Rules, REcords & Standards Sub-Committee and Judges and Officials Sub-Committee by “Rules and Officials Sub-Committee, to be chaired by the Honorary Championships Secretary. |
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2 |
Agreed that the Honorary General Secretary would produce draft Terms of Reference for the Officers and Sub-Committees. | |
3 |
Agreed to the award of Annual Trophies: International: Johanna Jackson Edgar Horton: Daniel King Lancashire: Johanna Jackson |
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4 |
Accepted Honorary Treasurer’s Report. | |
5 |
Agreed that in the case of National Championships where the L.O.C. was not paying officials’ expenses there will in future be a cap of £500 overall for such expenses. | |
6 |
Agreed that there will be a standard list of instructions for referees. | |
7 |
Agreed that a set of instructions and guidance notes be produced for recorders. | |
8 |
Agreed that support from the President’s Appeal Fund would again be given to allow additional young walkers to attend National Coach’s training sessions. | |
9 |
The following changes were agreed to the
Rules for
Competition: Rule 1 Replace by “All competitions must be conducted under IAAF/UKA/RWA Rules of Competition. All Officials shall be licensed.” Rule 4(a)(ii) Replace Parts (I) and (II) as follows: (I) National and Area Championships; (II) any County or open event declared by the promoter to be Category A with the remaining text unchanged. Rule 4(b) Delete the words “where appropriate provisions made be made by the promoters Rule 4(c) Replace “If the Chief Judge is of the opinion” by “if the Referee is of the opinion” New Rule 4(d) The race result must state whether the race was held as Category A or Category B. New Rule 4(e) Referees must be appointed for all events. New Rule 4(f) Coaches should not judge when their athletes are competing. Rule 6 to be deleted, with subsequent renumbering. Rule 8(a) to be deleted with subsequent renumbering. Rule 14 add the words “as determined by the referee” Rule 16 replace by “The International System of Judging shall be used in National Championships.” Rule 17(d) Delete the second sentence. Rule 18(a) Add 10 Miles for Men and Women; Add 50k for Women. Rule 18(b) Delete the reference to overseas entries. Rule 18(b) Add “When fewer than four teams enter and event, then only one set of medals will be awarded. Rule 19 Under “SENIORS” add “Men/Women 15k Have attained the age of 15 years on the day of competition. Rule 19 Change Women’s Age Limits to be the same as Men’s Rule 20 Change “may” to “shall” Rule 21(a) Change “badges” to “certificates”. Rule 21(a)(ii) Add Women’s 50k Standards of 1st Class 5:30 and Second Class 5:45 Rule 21(a) Delete the final sentence. Rule 21(b) MEN Delete 20k reference WOMEN Delete 10k reference and add “50 kms 6 hrs 15 minutes” NOTES TO Rules (b) replace “badge” by “Certificate” |
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10 |
Agreed that the Honorary General Secretary be provided with a cheques book on the Association’s account, to expedite the making of pressing payments and particularly those for Championship Officials. | |
11 |
Next
Meeting to be held on the 31st May,
2009 in
Newmarket. |
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15 |
Next meeting to be 2nd December, 2007, immediately before A.G.M. |
1 |
Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, with minor corrections. | |
2 |
Received the General Secretary’s Report. | |
3 |
Received the Treasurer’s Report and up-to-date Accounts. | |
4 |
Received Report by President and Treasurer of meeting with John Graves of England Athletics. | |
5 |
Agreed to invite Martin Rush to meet the Officers to discuss the relationship with him and to regard him as "National Coach or Equivalent" for the purposes of membership of the General Committee. | |
6 |
Agreed the following
Championship dates for 2010,
the venues, where not indicated, to be determined later. 20/2/2010 10 miles Pickett’s Lock (Lee Valley Centre) 10 or 11/4/2020 20k & Y.A.G. 12 or 13/6/2010 10k 11 or 12/9/2010 50k Instructed the General Secretary not to issue Permits for clashing events. |
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7 |
Received reports on Championships since last meeting and noted donations of £25 from the 20k and £100 from the Y.A.G. events. | |
8 |
Noted that The E.S.A.A. Palfreyman Trust was willing to contribute towards the costs of the Coaching Weekend(s) provided that it or they would be open to all Areas, which they will be. | |
9 |
Agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, to hold National Long-distance Championships, 2009, with the Newmarket event subject to course inspection by P.Marlow. | |
10 |
Agreed that the Local Organisers of the 100 miles would be asked if they were paying the Judges’ expenses. | |
11 |
Agreed to support the Small Nations match in Dublin on the 27th June and to host it in 2010. | |
12 |
Noted that next year all Officials will need to have received C.R.B. clearance. Instructed the General Secretary to include this point on the permit Application Form | |
13 |
Noted that there will be a seminar for Judges and Officials in September or October. | |
14 |
Agreed on a majority vote to award the Ken Smith Trophy for 2008 to Ben Wears. | |
15 |
Noted the future plans of the Editor/P.& P.O. and expressed its support. | |
16 |
Agreed to consider at the next meeting the Committee Meeting Cycle, with the possibility of reducing the number of meetings from four to three. | |
17 |
Agreed that the next meeting would be held on the 20th September at Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham. | |
N.B.: To avoid subsequent
confusion, it should be noted that, although the arrangements given in
Item 6 were decisions taken
at the meeting, it was subsequently necessary to make some changes; the
details, which appear in the Fixture List are now: 20/2/2010 10 miles: Pickett's Lock (Lee Valley Centre) 10 or 11/4/2010 20k/ Junior 10k and Y.A.G.: Victoria Park, London 19 or 20/6/2010 E.A.A. Permit Meeting, including Small Nations Match and National 50k: London 11 or 12/9 2010 10k: Midlands |
1 |
Approved the Minutes of the Previous Meeting with a typing correction. | |
2 |
Received the General Secretary's Report. | |
3 |
Received the Treasurer's Report and latest accounts. | |
4 |
Committee Cycle; agreed to move the September meeting to October and to have a thorough discussion of a topic at the February/March meeting. | |
5 |
Agreed that there should be a written cotract between the R.W.A. and the promoters/organisers of National Championships. | |
6 |
Agreed to include on the A.G.M. Agenda a motion to elect Mr.Ken Munro to Life Membership. | |
7 |
Received written reports on Championships and referred to the Areas a proposal to charge a fee to any Area incorporating its Championships with a National. | |
8 |
Agreed to the fix the National Championship Entry Fees at £10 for Seniors and £6 for others. | |
9 |
Agreed to follow up the availability of up to £500 from the Palfreyman Trust of the E.S.A.A. for coaching/development if matching funding can be provided | |
10 |
Received Area Reports. | |
11 |
Agreed that the next meeting would be held on the 6th December, 2009, (the day of the A.G.M.) at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. |
1 |
Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting with minor corrections and clarification that National Championship entry fees were to be £10 for Seniors and £6 for Juniors. | |
2 |
Received the General Secretary's Report for 2008-2009. | |
3 |
Received the Treasurer's Report. | |
4 |
Received the Championship Secretary's Report. | |
5 |
Agreed that Championship budgets would be reported individually to General Committee. | |
6 |
Agreed that Midland Masters A.C's amendment to the Motion at Agenda Item 15 was a "wrecking amendment". | |
7 |
Agreed that the President, Glyn Jones, would open the A.G.M. and that the Chairman would then take over. | |
8 |
Received the Report of the Press and Publicity Officer. | |
9 |
Received the E.S.A.A. representative's report. | |
10 |
Noted that Beryl Randle had been elected President of the M.C.A.A. and offered its congratulations. | |
11 |
Fixed the next meeting for Sunday, 28th February, 2010 at the New Astley Club, Newmarket. |
1 |
Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, with minor amendments. | |
2 |
Agreed unanimously to present the John Keown Award to Derek Hayward in recognition of his services to race walking through his work with the E.S.A.A. | |
3 |
Agreed to propose to the next A.G.M. an amendment to the Rules to replace “The British Masters’ Athletic Federation” by “The England Athletics Masters Association” in the list of Members of General Committee. | |
4 |
Agreed
the following recipients
of Annual Trophies for 2009: Edgar Horton Cup: Sandra Brown, for her performance in the National Long-Distance Championship; International Trophy: Johanna Jackson, for her performance at Lugano; Lancashire Trophy: Johanna Jackson Ken Smith Memorial Trophy: Mark O'Kane, for his performance at Lugano. |
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5 |
Received the Honorary General Secretary’s Report | |
6 |
Received the Honorary Treasurer’s Statement. | |
7 |
Accepted with gratitude the offer of Michael Marshall to donate a trophy for a women’s national championship and allocated it to the Long-distance event. | |
8 |
Agreed the purchase of marble plaques for presentation at the Younger Age Group Championships. | |
9 |
Agreed to consider the use of an out-and-back course for the Y.A.G. Championships in Victoria Park and to have suitable ones measured on the 10th March. | |
10 |
Fixed the next meeting for the 5th June, 2010, at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. |
1 |
Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, with amendments. | |
2 |
Approved the inclusion in the A.G.M. Agenda of the Southern Area’s proposal to elect Mr.Peter Selby to Life Membership. | |
3 |
Received the Honorary Treasurer’s Report for the financial year to date. | |
4 |
Received the Honorary Championship Secretary’s Report on the 10 miles, 20k, and Y.A.G. Championships and the postponement of the 50k, and noted that the surplus from the Championships so far exceeded the budgetted figure. | |
5 |
Received a request from London Vidarians W.C. that their proposed 100 mile event in Colchester on the 7th-8th August be recognised as a National Championship; delegated the decision to the Officers, subject to receipt of evidence that the event would have an adequate supply of officials and that domestic entries would be sufficient to justify recognition. | |
6 |
Received the report of the Coaching & Development Sub-Committee and approved the sending of a Young Athletes’ team to Tullamore for a Nihill Trophy match on the 24th July. | |
7 |
Noted that a Y.A.G. coaching weekend would be held on the first weekend in November. | |
8 |
Further noted that the sum earmarked for Development was £487 and that a provisional allocation had been made by the E.S.A.A. from the Palfreyman Trust. | |
9 |
Received the report of the International Sub-Committee and agreed the selections for the Small Nations Match in Bedford; the names are embargoed until the walkers have been informed. | |
10 |
Received the report of the Midlands Area and noted that the Area Championships are not loss-making. | |
11 |
Received the Reports of the Northern and Southern Areas. | |
12 |
Received the Press and Publicity Officer’s report. | |
13 |
Received the latest version of the E.S.A.A./R.W.A. Joint Development Scheme booklet for 2010. | |
14 |
Delegated to the Officers the choice of the date of the next meeting. |
1 |
Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, with amendments. | |
2 |
Rejected
a motion to give retrospective recognition as a National Championship
to the Colchester 100 mile event. |
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3 |
Agreed that in future years the Association would pay from its central funds the costs of venue hire and officials for the Inter-Area Match. | |
4 |
Agreed that all efforts would be made in future to hold the Inter-Area match between mid-May and mid-June. [See also 7, below] | |
5 |
Agreed
the wording of the following motion for the A.G.M.: That the Rules of the Association be varied by the deletion of the words British Masters’ Athletic Federation in Rule 6(1)(v)(IV) and the insertion therein of the words England Athletics Masters Association. |
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6 |
Received the Honorary Treasurer’s Report. | |
7 |
Received
the Honorary Championship Secretary’s Report and confirmed the
following Championship details for 2011: 5/3/2011 U.K./R.W.A. 10 miles, Coventry 1/5/2011 R.W.A. 20k/Y.A.G. Redbridge Cycle Track 30/5/2011 U.K. 20k & Olympic Test Event The Mall, London 10 or 11/9/2011 U.K./R.W.A. 10k Victoria Park, London 2/10/2011 U.K./R.W.A. 50k Northampton Race Course The following fixture was also agreed: 22/5/2010 Inter-Area Match Tamworth |
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8 |
Noted
that the November Seminar was postponed until 2011 |
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9 |
Noted that Noel Carmody, Steve Taylor and Catherine Telling were to be candidates for the I.A.A.F. Level 3 judging examinations | |
10 |
Received Area Reports. | |
11 |
Received the Press and Publicity Officer’s report. | |
12 |
Agreed next meeting to be 12/12/2010 at Alexander Stadium, immediately preceding the A.G.M. |
1 | In the absence
of the Chairman, elected Glyn Jones to chair the meeting |
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2 |
Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting with minor corrections. | |
3 |
Received the General Secretary's Report for 2009-2010. | |
4 |
Received the Treasurer's Report. | |
5 |
Received the Championship Secretary's Report. | |
6 |
Agreed
that the Glyn Jones, would be nominated to chair the A.G.M. until the
election of the new President. |
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7 |
Received
Area Reports. |
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8 |
Received the
I.A.A.F. Report |
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9 |
Agreed on
procedure for A.G.M. |
1 |
Agreed
Minutes of the previous meeting, subject to small amendments and typing
corrections. |
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2 |
Agreed
the award of the following Annual Trophies: Lancashire Trophy Johanna Jackson Edgar Horton Cup Sandra Brown International Trophy Lisa Kehler Ken Smith Memorial Trophy Alex Wright |
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3 |
Accepted the Honorary Treasurer’s Report and Accounts. | |
4 |
Agreed that, when Areas hold their Championships in conjunction with National Championships, the Areas be allowed to raise entry fees to cover the costs of their own medals. | |
5 |
Approved
new signatories for the bank account. |
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6 |
Agreed
the ring-fencing for three years of £4000 from the Dennis Withers
bequest for the support of the Inter-Area Match |
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7 | Agreed that the
Treasurer would consult others on possible uses for the remainder of
the legacy. |
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8 | Approved
expenses rate of 22p per mile and that Officers may claim expenses for
Committee
meetings. |
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9 | Agreed to
contribute £600 to the costsof the Surrey W.C. Long-distance
event at Lingfield Park. |
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10 | Agreed that the
next Meeting would be on Saturday, 11th June at 12:00 noon in
Birmingham. |
1 |
Elected
Glyn Jones as Chairman for the Meeting |
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2 |
Agreed Minutes of the previous meeting, subject to small amendments. | |
3 |
Agreed that the
posts of Chairman and International Secretary remain vacant until the
A.G.M. |
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4 |
Received a paper
by Catharine Telling and approved the holding of a "taster day" for
officials, subject to fixing a date – provisionally 16th October –and
agreeing finance. |
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5 |
Agreed
to establish an ad hoc sub-committee to consider the funding of
walkers; membership to be Honorary General Secretary, Honorary
Treasurer, Ann Perry, Pam Ficken. |
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6 |
Agreed
to consider a contribution of £100/Area toward expenses of the
Inter-Area match. |
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7 |
Agreed
that the Inter-Area match should be in May or early June and that it
would be treated as equivalebt to a National Championship by being
protected by the refusal of permits to clahing events. |
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8 |
Endorsed
the proposal that Ann Perry be nominated for election to Life
Membership of the Association. |
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9 |
Accepted the
Honorary Treasurer's Report and Accounts. |
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10 |
Received the
Reports from the C. & D. Sub-committee and the South. |
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11 | Agreed in
principle to include the Inter-Counties Championships with the National
10k Championships at Victoria Park. |
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12 |
Agreed that the
next General Committee Meeting would be on the 30th October and the
A.G.M. on the 11th December, both at Alexander Stadium, subject to room
availability. |
1 |
Elected
Glyn Jones as Chairman for the Meeting |
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2 |
Agreed Minutes of the previous meeting, subject to small amendments. | |
3 |
Received the
Report of the Honorary General Secretary |
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4 |
Received the
Report and Financial Statement of the Honorary Treasurer |
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5 |
Received
the Report of the Funding Subcommittee and, subject to some amendments,
agreed to the implementation of the scheme |
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6 |
Received
the Reports of the Midlands, Northern and Southern Areas. |
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7 |
Received
Reports from Martin Rush and Andi Drake |
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8 | Received Report
from the P. & P.O. |
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7 |
Agreed
that the Inter-Counties' match should continue to be organised as in
2011, with the National 10k and Y.A.G. races. |
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8 |
Endorsed
the proposal that Roy Thorpe be nominated for election to Life
Membership of the Association. |
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9 |
Instructed the
General Secretary to obtain more details from M.Yves Talagrand on his
proposal for a European 100k Championship. |
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10 |
Deferred a
decision on the future of the National 50 Championship. |
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11 | Fixed the next
General Committee meeting for the 11th December at Alexander Stadium,
Birmingham at 12:00 noon, with the A.G.M. at 2:00 p.m. |
1 |
Elected
Glyn Jones as Chairman for the Meeting |
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2 |
Agreed Minutes of the previous meeting, subject to small amendments. | |
3 |
Received the
Report of the Honorary General Secretary |
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4 |
Received the
Report and Financial Statement of the Honorary Treasurer |
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5 |
Deferred to the
next meeting the consideration of travel expenses |
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6 |
Agreed
to pursue the possibility of including walks in the proposed Young
Athletes' Development League |
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7 |
Received
the Area Reports. |
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8 |
Received
the Reports of the Championships Secretary |
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9 |
Agreed to
provide financial support for the Olympic Lunch |
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10 |
Received the
Report of the P. & P.O. |
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11 |
Received the
Report of the E.S.A.A. representative. |
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12 | Fixed the next
General Committee meeting for the 26th February, 2012 at Alexander
Stadium |
1 |
Noted the death
of Alan Hall and the illness of John Constandinou |
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2 |
Agreed the Minutes of the Meeting of the 11th December, 2011 | |
3 |
Received the
Honorary General Secretary's Report on progress of the Funding Scheme;
four grants had been agreed; agreed to add the Chairman to the Funding
subcommittee. |
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4 |
Agreed the award
of the following annual trophies: International – Jo Jackson for her
performance in the World Cup; Lancashire – Jo Jackson; Edgar Horton –
Dominic King, for his performance at Dudince; Ken Smith – Jamie Higgins |
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5 |
Received the
Honorary Treasurer's Report |
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6 |
Received the
Honorary Championship Secretary's Report. Agreed to recognise the 100M
race (22-23/9/2012) as the R.W.A. Championship. Agreed to hold the
National 50k (as Category A) at the same time and place, subject to the
receipt of a minimum number of entries, to be determined later.
Noted the difficulty in finding a date for the Inter-Area match;
R.Jackson, P.Marlow & P.Cassidy to consult. |
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7 |
Agreed to retain
the International Subcommittee but to review the situation at a future
date. |
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8 |
Agreed to let
the Midland Area motion on officials' uniforms lie on the table
pending further research, costing, etc. |
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9 |
Received the
Coaching & Development Subcommittee Report. There were to be
training weekends on the 4th-6th May and the 9th-11th November at
venues to be determined, but probably in the Midlands. The total cost
was expected to be of the order of £3000, but most would be
recoverable from athletes' contributions and grants, together with
drawing on the C & D. reserves. Agreed that the Preliminary
Teaching Certificate of the English Schools' A.A. would be useful if
walks were included in the Youth Development League; noted D.Hayward's
offer to organise sessions. |
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10 |
Received reports
from the E.S.A.A. and the three R.W.A. Areas. |
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11 |
Considered Race Walking Record. P.Cassidy to
contact the Editor. |
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12 | Agreed the date
of the next meeting as the 27th May; P.Marlow to approach R.Wallwork,
with a view to holding it at Newmarket. {N.B.: Subsequent external
events have made the date impossible and a new one is to be sought.] |
1 |
Noted the death
of Philip Malins, M.C., O.B.E., and greeted Peter Marlow on his return
after recent illness. |
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2 |
Agreed the
Minutes of the Meeting of the 26th February, 2012 |
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3 |
Agreed that the
National 50k Championship would take place only if there were ten
entries by the closing date. |
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4 |
Agreed that the
North would promote the Inter-Area Match in 2013. |
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5 |
Received the
Honorary Secretary's Report, including: |
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A: Agreed
that Catharine Telling would produce fliers to be distributed at the
Olympic Walks and would look into having hand-held banners. |
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B: Agreed
that John Constandinou would consider the possibility of producing Race
Walking record bi-monthly. |
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6 |
Received the
Honorary Treasurer's Report, including: |
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A: Current
financial statement. |
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B: Agreed
that the Dennis Withers Legacy would be used to underwrite the cost of
the Olympic Lunch, to a maximum of £1000. |
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C: Agreed
that the Olympic Booklet would be presented at the Lunch (30 copies)
the rest being sold. |
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D:
Appointed the Chairman, Glyn Jones, as a signatory for the Santander
Bank account |
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E: Agreed
that a grant should be made to the Isle of Man in consideration of
their particular travelling difficulties. |
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F: Agreed
to rationalise the management of themonies raised by President's Appeal. |
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G: Peter
Marlow to pursue the question of officials' uniforms via U.K.A. |
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H:
Travel expenses for officials at National Championships to be 22p/mile. |
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I: Agreed
to ask the Areas to provide copies of their Constitutions and of their
latest annual accounts. |
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7 |
Received reports
from the E.S.A.A. and E.A. |
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8 |
Received Reports
from the three Areas. |
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9 |
Received Report
from the E.A.M.A., including information that the Northern Vets had
dropped walks from their Championships |
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10 |
Agreed that the
next Meeting would be held on the 7th October, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. at
Alexander Stadium |
1 |
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Agreed the
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2nd June, 2012, with minor amendments |
2 |
Agreed to call
to P.Marlow’s attention the matter of Health and Safety courses |
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3 |
Received the
Honorary Secretary's Report, and agreed: |
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A: To seek
information on the cost,of judges’ batons, with a view to the purchase
of 36 sets |
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B: Agreed
that John Constandinou would consider the possibility of producing Race
Walking record bi-monthly. |
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C: To
consider how best to use the funds of the Dennis Withers Legacy |
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D: To put
on the A.G.M. Agenda the nomination for Life Membership of D.Ainsworth |
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E:
To make a grant of £150 to the Isle of Man to assist in their
travel to England |
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4 |
Received the
Honorary Treasurer's Report of the Income and Expenditure since the
last meeting. |
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5 |
Received reports
from E.A. |
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6 | Received the
Honorary Champonship Secretary's Report and agreed: |
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A:
To change the Rules of Competition so that classified finishersin the
National Championships would no longer be eligible for indivdual medals |
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B:
That at National Championshipsthe Referee is to send a written report
to the Honorary Championships Secretary |
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7 |
Received Reports
from the Midland and Southern Areas. |
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8 |
Received Report
from England Athletics |
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9 |
Received Reports
from the Coaching and Development Secretary and the Press and Publicity
Officer |
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10 |
Agreed that the
next Meeting would be held on the 9th December, 2012 at Alexander
Stadium, immediately before the A.G.M. |
1 |
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Agreed the
Minutes of the Meeting of the 7th October, 2012, with minor amendments |
2 |
Agree that Bob
Wheeler will produce sample judges' batons; they will be paid for by
the R.W.A. |
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3 |
Received the
Honorary Secretary's Report, and agreed: |
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A: To pass
the Annual Report to the A.G.M. |
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B: To
renew the Race Walking Record contract with John Constandinou, with a
review at the February General Committee meeting |
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C: To
decline the offer from Charles Fogg to develop the R.W.A. web site. |
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4 |
Received the
Honorary Treasurer's Report of the Income and Expenditure since the
last meeting and agreed |
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A:
To pass the Audited Accounts to the A.G.M. |
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B:
To raise with the Areas the possibility of produing 1-mile Certificates
to encourage people to try race walking. |
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5 |
Received the
report of the Honorary Championship Secretary and agreed to introduce a
League based upon the National 10k, 10 miles and 20k Championships,
with cash awards for the first six individuals overall, with
consideration to be given to team awards. |
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6 | Received the
Reports of the Midlands and Northern Areas |
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7 | Received the
Report of the Coaching and Development Subcommittee |
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8 |
Agreed to pursue
a disciplinary matter arising from the Jeff Ford Walks by writing to
the club of the walker involved. |
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8 |
Agreed that the
next meeting would be held on the 24th February, 2013 at Alexander
Stadium. |
1 |
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Agreed the
Minutes of the Meeting of the 9th December, 2012, with minor amendments. |
2 |
Received the
Honorary General Secretary's Report and agreed: |
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A: To refer the Southern Area motion on competition in two
concurrent championships to the Rules and Officials Sub-Committee. |
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B: To
terminate the current contract with John Constandinou as Editor of Race
Walking Record. |
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C: To
appoint Catherine Telling as Editor of Race Walking Record. |
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D: To
award the Association's annual trophies as follows: |
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Lancashire Trophy: Johanna Jackson |
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Edgar Horton Trophy: Dominic King |
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International Trophy: Dominic King |
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Ken Smith Trophy: Cameron Corbishley |
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E:
Following an incident at the Jeff Ford Walks in 2012, agreed to bar a
named athlete from all competition under the Association's control
unless and until an apology is forthcoming and to inform the athlete's
national governing body. |
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3 |
Received the
Honorary Treasurer's report and interim accounts. |
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4 |
Received the
Report of the Rules and Officials Sub-Committee and agreed: |
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A: To hold the National Long-Distance Championship in the Isle of Man in August. | ||
B: To
contact the E.S.A.A. regarding the new "pit-lane" penalty system. |
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C: To
purchase an electronic timing device. |
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5 |
Received the
Report of the Coaching and Development Sub-Committee, noting the
arrangements for coaching weekends and the Nihill Shield match. |
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6 |
Received the
Reports of the Midlands, Northern and Southern Areas. |
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7 |
Received the
Reports of the General Secretary and M.Rush on relations with England
Athletics, including a summary of the meeting between representatives
of the R.W.A. and E.A. in January. |
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8 |
Received the
Report of the English Schools' A.A. |
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9 |
Received the
Report of the E.A.M.A. |
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10 |
Agreed that the
next meeting would be held on the 1st June, 2013 at Moulton Village
Hall. |
1 |
Annual Report accepted | |
2 |
Treasurer’s Report & Accounts accepted | |
3 |
Officers elected
President Glyn Jones Vice President Ron Wallwork General Secretary Peter Cassidy Treasurer Bill Wright Chairman Peter Markham Champs Secretary Peter Marlow |
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4 |
Sub Committee Chairmen elected Coaching & Development Mike Fox F. & G.P. Dave Ashman International Peter Markham J. & O. Peter Marlow R., R. & S. Cecil Gittins |
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5 |
Other Post Holders elected Minutes Secretary Chris Flint Press & Publicity Officer No nominations Auditors Chris Berwick, Terry Morris |
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6 |
Life Members elected Brian Adams Reg Wells |
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7 |
Motion on Rule 5 Finance carried as amended (unanimously) | |
8 |
Motion on replacement of “A.A.A. of E.” by “E.A.”, etc. carried nem con (show of hands) | |
9 |
Motion on Rule 3 Membership carried nem con (show of hands) | |
10 |
Motion on Rule 4 Eligibility carried nem con (show of hands) | |
11 |
Agreed to hold next A.G.M. in December, 2008 in Birmingham on a date to be fixed by the General Committee, probably the 10th. |
1 |
Annual Report accepted | |
2 |
Treasurer's Report and Accounts accepted | |
3 |
Officers
elected President Glyn Jones unopposed Honorary General Secretary Peter Cassidy unopposed Honorary Treasurer Bill Wright unopposed Chairman Peter Markham unopposed Honorary Championships Secretary Peter Marlow unopposed |
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4 |
Subcommittee
Chairmen
elected Coaching & Development Mike Fox unopposed Finance & General Purposes David Ashman unopposed Internaional Peter Markham unopposed Judges' & Officials' Peter Marlow unopposed Rules, Records & Standards contested: voting figures: Mark Wall 14; Peter Marlow 14: Peter Marlow elected on the Chairman's casting vote |
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5 |
Other Post
holders elected Minutes Secretary Chris Flint unopposed Press and Publicity Officer John Constandinou unopposed Honorary Auditors Chris Berwick and Terry Morris unopposed |
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6 |
Motion in the name of the General Committee [subject: Race Walking Record] voting figures: For 27; Against 0: carried | |
7 |
Motion in the name of Enfield & Haringey A.C. [subject: Event categorisation] Withdrawn by the mover | |
8 |
Motion in the name of the General Committee [subject: Pauline Wilson, Life Membership] Carried on a show of hands | |
9 |
Motion in the name of the
General Committee [subject: Peter Cassidy, Life Membership] Carried on
a show of hands [N.B.: although the two meotions on Life Membership were carried on shows of hands, no hands were shown against and the Chairman was satisfied that the required three-quarters of the votes had been cast in favour.] |
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10 |
Date of the next meeting: date to be determined in December, 2009 |
1 |
Agreed Minutes of the A.G.M., 2008 | |
2 |
Accepted the Honorary General Secretary’s Report. | |
3 |
Accepted the Honorary Treasurer’s Report and Accounts. | |
4 |
The
following were elected: President Pam Ficken Vice President Ray Pearce Honorary General Secretary Peter Cassidy Honorary Treasurer Bill Wright Chairman Peter Markham Honorary Championships Secretary Peter Marlow Coaching and Development Secretary Mike Fox International Secretary Peter Markham Minutes Secretary Chris Flint Press and Publicity Officer John Constandinou Honorary Auditors Chris Berwick, Terry Morris |
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5 |
Motions
on the Agenda were dealt with as follows.
Agenda Item Numbers are given in bold, with a brief indication of the
purport of the motion 8 Election of Ken Munro as Life Member of the Association: Carried unanimously 9 Rewording of designation of Coaching Representative on General Committee: Carried unanimously 10 Deletion of Finance and General Purposes Subcommittee: Carried by 27 votes to 7* 11 Merging of Rules, Records and Standards & Judging and Officials Subcommittees: Carried by 28 votes to 12* 13 Improvement of Administrative Timetable for the Annual General Meeting: Carried by 42 votes to nil.* 14 Clarification of arrangements for the Chairing of General Meetings: Carried by 39 votes to nil.* 15 Change of Definition of Race Walking: Lost by 24 votes to 19. 16 Refusal of permits to "restrictive" events: Leave given to Northern Area Delegate to withdraw the motion. Note: The items marked * received the required two-thirds of the votes cast to effect the Rule Changes indicated. |
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6 |
Agreed to hold the next A.G.M. on a date to be determined in December, 2010. |
1 |
Agreed
Minutes of the A.G.M., 2009, subject to small amendments. |
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2 |
Accepted the Honorary General Secretary’s Report. | |
3 |
Accepted the Honorary Treasurer’s Report and Accounts. | |
4 |
The
following were elected: President Ray Pearce Vice President Ken Matthews Honorary General Secretary Peter Cassidy Honorary Treasurer Bill Wright Chairman Peter Markham Honorary Championships Secretary Peter Marlow Coaching and Development Secretary Mike Fox International Secretary Peter Markham Minutes Secretary Chris Flint Press and Publicity Officer John Constandinou Honorary Auditors Chris Berwick, Terry Morris |
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5 |
Motions
on the Agenda were dealt with as follows.
Agenda Item Numbers are given in bold, with a brief indication of the
purport of the motion 8 Election of Peter Selby to Life Membership of the Association; carried unanimously. 9 Replacement of the British Masters' Athletic Federation by the English Athletics Masters Association on the General Committee; carried unanimously |
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6 |
Agreed to hold the next A.G.M. on a date to be determined in December, 2011. |
1 |
Elected Glyn
Jones as Chairman for the Meeting |
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2 |
Agreed
Minutes of the A.G.M., 2010, subject to small amendments. |
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3 |
Accepted the Honorary General Secretary’s Report. | |
4 |
Accepted the Honorary Treasurer’s Report and Accounts. | |
5 |
The
following were elected: President Ken Matthews, M.B.E. Vice President Mark Easton Honorary General Secretary Peter Cassidy Honorary Treasurer Bill Wright Chairman Glyn Jones Honorary Championships Secretary Peter Marlow Coaching and Development Secretary Mike Fox International Secretary Pam Ficken Minutes Secretary Chris Flint Press and Publicity Officer John Constandinou Honorary Auditors Chris Berwick, Terry Morris |
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6 |
Motions
on the Agenda were dealt with as follows.
Agenda Item Numbers are given in bold, with a brief indication of the
purport of the motion. 8 Election of Ann Perry to Life Membership of the Association; carried by the required 75% of votes cast. 9 Election of Roy Thorpe to Life Membership of the Association; carried by the required 75% majority |
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7 |
Agreed to hold the next A.G.M. on a date to be determined in December, 2012. |
1 |
Agreed the
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, 2011 |
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2 |
Received
the Annual Report of the Honorary General Secretary |
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3 |
Received
the Annual Report and Audited Accounts from the Honorar Ttreasurer |
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4 |
The
following were elected: President Mark Easton Vice President Eric Horwill Honorary General Secretary Peter Cassidy Honorary Treasurer Bill Wright Chairman Glyn Jones Honorary Championships Secretary Peter Marlow Coaching and Development Secretary Mike Fox International Secretary Pam Ficken Minutes Secretary Chris Flint Press and Publicity Officer John Constandinou Honorary Auditors Chris Berwick, Terry Morris |
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5 |
Elected Dave
Ainsworth to Life Membership of the Association |
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6 |
Gave
leave for the Southern Area to withdraw the motion in its name on the
understanding that it would be referred to the General Committee |
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7 |
Asked
the Honorary General Secretary to draft a motion bringing uniformity to
the method of making nominations for national office (Voting: 17 for, 4
against, 1 abstention) |
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8 |
Agreed that the
next Annual General Meeting would be in December, 2013 on a precise
date and at a venue to be determined by the General Committee |
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