NORTH OF ENGLAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
CHESHIRE  COUNTY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the Meeting held at Frodsham Community Centre on Wednesday 14.7.04
Apologies: AG Bunner, E Gore, W Smith, M Hunt (RDO), AFJ Thiemicke, J Ashton & S Yeomans.

The Chairman began by welcoming  3 new members:
Leonie Lightfoot – Athletics Development Officer for Cheshire. email: leoniel@sportcheshire.org. Tel: 01606 871812 ext 242
Leonie introduced herself by saying that she was only employed part time, working Wednesday to Fridays. She wished clubs to know that Sport Cheshire would contribute 50% of the cost of Coaching courses. J Shellhorn asked if some financial support could be given towards the cost of the Officials courses. This will be processed. There were some organisational problems with the Youth Games this year which will not recur.
Andy Smith- Chairman of Helsby Runners email :runners@helsbyrun.freeuk.com
Andy Ault- VRAC email: andy@ault763.fslife.co.uk

1.Present: JL Driscoll (Chairman), S McGrath, A Ault, Leonie Lightfoot, A Smith, R Lynch, P Allen, Marian Allen, J Shellhorn & BJ Warren.

2.Minutes of the Meeting held on 9.6.04
Approved after Item 5, last sentence was altered to read ‘It was agreed to make a £15 contribution to each of the 5 athletes etc’ and Item 8 d) Last sentence to read:’First Aid, barriers and food will cost about £400, and results will be free if done manually’.

3.Matters Arising from the Minutes
a)	The subject of the development of Knights Grange is carried forward.
b)	T&F Championship awards to be brought forward.
c)	NoEAA has not yet approved the Photograph Registration form.
d)	Rule change regarding U17s is still with UK Athletics. It would appear to be wrong.

4.Correspondence
a)	Changes to the Disability Discrimination Act –relates to employers.
b)	NoEAA Anual Merit Award to be presented at the NoEAA AGM on 16.10.04.
Nominations sought.
c)	NoEAA News July 2004. Because the Leeds lease ends in Nov. 04 they are seeking new premises, possibly in Dewsbury where costs are much lower.
d)	YAL Newsletter July  2004
They are reviewing the event make up of the League. Comments from clubs are sought. Race Walk is being considered- competent judges would be required. If steeplechase is introduced adjustable barriers would be required which few tracks have.
e)	UKA information pack with update on clubs:future which is being resurrected and  an Approved Code of Practice, the Safe Conduct of T&F Events ( a detailed risk assessment).

5.Financial Matters
   Current Position:		Current A/C	1429.61
				Deposit A/C	  712.67
				Building Soc.	3854.94
				Total		5997.22 
Bills outstanding (approximate values):
		Warrington Track hire + refreshments	600.00
		Ribbons					100.00
		Macclesfield Track hire (Relays)		100.00 (This had a discount)
		Total						800.00
Income outstanding: Track Relay fees.

6.Officials Report
A meeting took place in Birmingham recently at which County Officials Officers from selected Counties were advised of proposed changes to the tutoring and examination procedures for Officials. The intention is to move to a modular system where Officials will deal with selected events at a time and not try to cover everything in one course. The down side of course is that training will take much longer.

7.Coaching Report
  Sport Cheshire will soon issue a new coaching Programme.

8.County Championships
a)	Track Relays at Macclesfield on 11.7.04
The Committee thought it was a good meeting with 125 team entries and 97 there on the day bringing in £400. There were no guest teams this year.
b)	Junior Multi Events at Macclesfield on 12.9.04
Entry forms are available and a copy will soon appear on the County web site.
c)  NW Road Relays at Birchwood, Risley, Warrington on Sat. 18.9.04
       A sponsor will cover the cost of the numbers. Results will be done manually, thereby    reducing costs. Cheshire will have to provide a good number of Officials.
c)	NoEAA Inter County Meeting at Cudworth on 21.8.04
Entry forms are still awaited for this one day event this year. We still lack team managers for Cheshire. If they can not be found in the next few days, regrettably, the County will have to withdraw.	NoEAA have been advised.
d)	Cross Country at Knights Grange, Winsford on Sat. 15.1.05
It is understood that the sponsor to this year’s event (who operates a shop) incurred a bad debt from a member of one the affiliated clubs. We have also received no payment from the sponsor. S McGrath will get details from the sponsor in writing and the County will try to resolve the matter.  
Next year there will be a charge of about £200 for the use of facilities which was not charged this year. Because of this it was agreed to increase fees by 50p next year.

9.Road Race Matters
Medals are required for the Cheshire 10K at Birchwood on 22.8.04.
10. NoEAA Matters
Nothing to report.

11.Any Other Business
a)	There will be no Meeting in August. Next meeting is on 1.9.04.

BJ Warren, Secretary, 15.7.04