NORTH OF ENGLAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
CHESHIRE COUNTY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the Meeting held at Frodsham Community Centre on Wednesday, 1.9.04.

Apologies : M Lamb, E Gore, J Aston & AG Bunner.

1.	Present: JL Driscoll (Chairman), W Smith, Marian Allen, P Allen, J Shellhorn, R Lynch & BJ Warren.

2.Minutes of the Meeting held on 14.7.04
Approved.

3.Matters Arising from the Minutes.
a)	Item 3a) A letter has now been sent to VRBC regarding development at Knights Grange.
b)	 Item 8c) The sponsor will not cover the cost of the numbers but will donate prizes.

4.Correspondence
a)	Medical catalogue from Allsport Medical. 
b)	Sportstalk from Sport Cheshire. Contains an article on Child Protection and profile of Leonie Lightfoot.
c)	Seminar at Lakeside Conference Centre, Birmingham on 17.11.04 on Child Protection for Sport and Leisure Managers. Cost- Voluntary Sector £195 +VAT.
d)	Athletics NW Aug. 04.Articles on ‘clubs future’ and Michael Hunt our RDC.
e)	NoEAA AGM will be in 16.10.04 at Leeds. Nominations from the Counties are called for: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer & Secretary. The Committee did not make a nomination. 
f)	Invitation to join the Sports Massage Assoc. Cost £45, but to only receive their magazine the coast is £26.
g)	NW Performance Centre Information Booklet 2004/5.
h)	Notification of Cheshire CC League AGM at Macclesfield on 27.9.04.A new Treasurer and Secretary is required. 
i)	A book called ‘the Road to Athens’ by Bill Adcocks price £9.95 is advertised.
j)	On 9.10.04 at Loughborough there is a conference plus workshops on Combined Events sponsored by Rover. There is no charge.
k)	Nigel Gardener of Crewe & Nantwich is a useful contact on 01270 625277 in the absence of a secretary.

5.Financial Matters		               £
		Current A/C			909.98
		Deposit A/C			712.67
		Building Soc.		          3854.94
					          5477.59
Agreement was given to the purchase of 18 more Cheshire vests.
Payment has been received for the medals for last year and this years’ Multi Events from Handforth.
 
6.Officials Report
UKA is proposing to change the Officials awards procedure to a modular type. For the First level there would be 4 hours of tuition and the charge would be £10. Help for this would be available from local authorities and local community funding schemes.
Tutors will receive training and be given a tutor pack to guide them through the course. Comments have been sought from County Officials Officers. The proposals were generally acceptable but it was thought that special measures should be made to bring in teachers and include 16-18 year olds.
A ‘Guide for Time Keepers’ has been produced by the Lincs. Officials Sec.

7.Coaching Report
Relevant local coaching courses will be listed in the Sept. `04 Newsletter.

8.County Championships
a) Junior Multi Events at Macclesfield on 12.9.04
A programme has been provided. 
b) NW Road Relays at Birchwood on Sun 19.9.04 (Note date change from Sat.)
Entries are being received by Bill Smith who is the Race Secretary.
The question was raised of whether a team of mixed county qualifications could receive an award. They clearly cannot receive a county award, nor should they receive a NW award but of course they would be eligible for the NoEAA Road Relay Championships which occur soon afterwards.
c) NoEAA Inter County Championships at Cudworth  on 21.8.04
Our thanks to Bob Lynch and Pauline Lynch who took on the job of team managers at short notice and still managed to recruit 40 athletes to participate. The performances of several were down on standards achieved earlier in the season, however, the teams put on a good show of behalf of Cheshire. If the event is staged next year a request form must be handed out at the County Championships.
d) Cross Country at Knights Grange on Sat 15.1.05
The entry form is almost ready. One matter to be decided is do we line up with the age group changes under the new rules? It is not clear if there is a sponsor.
It is understood that AG Bunner will sponsor the U11 age groups.
e) Cheshire 10K at Birchwood on 22.8.04
Some non -Cheshire athletes participated mainly from Stockport. Because JL Driscoll and A Thiemicke were not present they were not sorted out before the race began. The Birchwood 10K attracted about 1000 runners.

9.Road Race Matters
It was agreed to award next year’s Half Marathon to Congleton. The Sept.`04 
Newsletter will once again seek a host for the Cheshire 10K.

10.NoEAA Matters
Nothing to report.

11.Any Other Business
a)	P Allen reported that Gwylam Jones, former Secretary of AAA of Wales had died.

BJ Warren, Secretary, 2.9.04 

PS Since this meeting Andy Jones has resumed as Secretary, tel 01270 589470.