SCOTTISH SWIMMING AGM 2012
AGENDA BUSINESS DOCUMENT
The Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling 25 th February 2012 11.00 am
Scottish Swimming AGM 2012
The Lecture Theatre, Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling Saturday 25th February 2012
List of Acronyms used in this Report
ASA Amateur Swimming Association BS British Swimming CEO Chief Executive Officer CPD Continuing Professional Development CPO Child Protection Officer FINA Federation Internationale de Natation LEN Ligue Europeenne de Natation STO Swimming Technical Officials
Scottish Swimming AGM The Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling Saturday 25th February 2012 – 11.00am
A G E N D A
1. President’s Address
2. Minutes of the Meeting of 26th February 2011
3. Business from Minutes
4. Correspondence
5. Address 5.1 Address by Company Chair 5.2 Company’s Annual Report, which will include reports from National Committees
6. Attendance & Apologies for Absence
7. Financial Report 2010/11 & Budget for 2011/12
8. Company Fees and Fines for 2012/13
9. Alterations to the Governance Documentation 9.1 SASA Constitution 9.2 SASA Articles 9.3 Company Rules
10. Matters the SASA needs to consider as sole member of the Company
11. Notices of Motion
12. Appointment of Members of SASA Council
13. Endorsement of Members of National Committees
14. Confirmation of Appointments
15. Installation of President
16. Presentation of SASA Life Membership: • Neil Valentine
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Index Item 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Welcome to the Annual Report for 2011-2012. Scottish Swimming continues to be the foremost sport governing body in Scotland, and that is reflected in the continued excellent relationship with sport scotland and their commitment to stable funding until 2014. Our principle sponsors, Scottish Gas, have increased their support of the sport in innovative ways including the Grand Prix events which will become a feature of the speed swimming calendar over the next few years as we continually improve the swimming structure and calendar towards the Commonwealth Games. We are also grateful to Kelloggs and Speedo for their continued sponsorship and support.
We haven’t had the excitement of the Commonwealth Games and the excellent medal winning performances in Delhi this year, however there is the undoubted excitement of the build up towards the London 2012 Olympics and of course the ever increasing local excitement as we work towards what I’m sure will be an outstanding Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. With that in mind, throughout the past year there have been excellent performances and achievements by athletes in all our disciplines. They are listed in detail elsewhere in this Business Document and it is my great pleasure to add my congratulations and a big “well done” to all!
A particular challenge this year has been the closure of our principal venue for Championship meets – Tollcross. The support and commitment of all at Tollcross is legendary and we will miss you until the pool re-opens in 2013. The refurbishment of the RCP and the new pools in Aberdeen and Dundee are progressing and will be a valuable asset when they are complete but that is a year or two away yet. Meantime that has meant a lot of work by a lot of people to organise venues for the Short Course Championships and the Age Group Championships. A heartfelt thank you to all those who have worked so hard to make these events happen in their new venues.
Throughout the year I have had the honour of representing the Association at the National Age Groups, the Diving World Series in Sheffield, the National Masters and the UK Masters in Leeds, Synchro Championships in Kirkcaldy and Drumchapel, the Scottish Schools Championships, our National Championships and Open Water Championships, the ASA National Age Groups and Open Water in Sheffield, the Intercounties, as well as some Commonwealth Games planning and awards events. I also represented the Association at the official opening of the new ASA and British Swimming offices in Loughborough attended by Julio Maglione, FINA President and Nory Krutchen, LEN President. I have also attended a delegates meeting in each district and always received a warm welcome as I did at the various District Championships I have attended. Unfortunately I was unable to accept all the invitations I received due to work commitments.
My heartfelt thanks go to my fellow Council and Board members for all their outstanding hard work, expertise and knowledge in all aspects of swimming and corporate organisation. A special mention goes to the Editorial Board for their expertise and commitment and very many thanks to our highly professional staff. Scottish Swimming’s greatest asset is undoubtedly the huge army of volunteers involved in the sport – over 4000 – who contribute vast amounts of time and expertise at all levels. A rough calculation last year valued that contribution at around £13,000,000 if it all had to be paid for so very well done and keep up the good work!
Finally it is with great sadness I report the deaths of the following during the past year, Jim Thomson, SASA LM and Julia Gilbert SASA LM, Keith Nichol 1930 ASC and Jack Grierson Gala ASC. Neil Valentine President
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Item 2 Minutes of the Scottish Swimming Annual General Meeting Saturday 26 th February 2011 Pathfoot Lecture Theatre, University of Stirling, Pathfoot Building, Stirling FK9 4LA
1. President’s Address: The President, Doris Mair before opening the meeting handed to Elaine Mackenzie, Director of Operations, who advised housekeeping rules for the duration of the meeting including Fire Assembly points.
Doris then opened the meeting welcoming Past Presidents, Life Members and Delegates alike, giving an extended welcome to John Lunn, sport scotland Partnership Manager. The President then went on to express her deepest regret at the deaths of former SASA members and asked that the delegates stand and observe a minute’s silence in the memory of: • Eileen Adams, Coach • John Neil, SASA Life Member and Past President • Charlie Grierson, SASA Life Member and 1954 East District President • Thomas Nelson, SASA Life Member and Past President • Mike Bryant, Monifieth President • Peter Laing, St. Thomas Life Member • Arlene Manson, Monifieth & District Life Member • John Barclay Rodger (Jack), West District President and Life Member • Helen Brunton, SASA Life Member and Past President
The President, then introduced the top table, Ali Russell(CEO(Interim)), Maureen Campbell (Chair), Elaine Mackenzie (Director of Operations), Neil Valentine (Vice-President) and Deborah McGinniss (Finance Manager), followed by Council members and Board members.
2. Attendance and Apologies for Absence: Attendance; • Club Delegates: 101 East (36), Midlands (16), North (18), West (31) • Life Members: 18 • Swim Schools: 4 • Council & Board of Directors: 9 • Total Voting Delegates: 132 Clubs Represented: 56 East (18), Midlands (9), North (12), West (17)
Also in attendance were: Staff - 21 Guest - 1 John Lunn, sport scotland
Apologies; Life Members - Bill Black, Mary Black, Stewart Davidson, David Dinnie, Winne Ferguson, Elenor Gordon McKay, Ian Martin, Doug Milne, Leslie Tuberville, Roy Wilson Swim Schools - Gillian Jones, Edinburgh Leisure; Gary McLean, Perth & Kinross Leisure Associate Members - Scottish Disability Sports Clubs – East; Dunfermline WPC, Dunfermline Synchro, Duns ASC, Edinburgh University, Eyemouth & District, Hawick, Kelso ASC, Ferry AST, Newbattle SC, Teviotdale ASC Midland; Angus Masters, Monifieth North; Bon Accord Thistle, Cults Otters ASC, Delting Dolphins, Dingwall, Freestyle, Huntly ASC, Inverness ASC, N airn District, Orkney ASC, Tain ASC, Westhill District ASC West; Bo’ness ASC, East Kilbride, Glasgow Western Masters, Helensburgh ASC, Inverclyde Masters, Islay & Jura Dolphins, Islay Masters, Lomond Masters, Merrick Mavericks, Milngavie & Bearsden, Skye Dolphins ASC
3. Minutes of Meetings held 27 th February 2010: 3.1 14 th Congress; Minutes were agreed as true and accurate record of proceedings. Proposed by Blair Prentice, Life Member and seconded by Allan Fletcher, Life Member. 3.2 111 th SASA AGM; Minutes were agreed as a true and accurate record of proceedings. Proposed by Elizabeth
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 2 Stewart, Renfrew Bath and seconded by David Downie, Dyce ASC. 3.3 7th SASA Ltd AGM; Minutes were agreed as a true and accurate record of proceedings. Proposed by Jenny Young, Garioch and seconded by Ian Fleming, Grangemouth ASC.
4. Business from Minutes: 14 th Congress : none 111 th SASA AGM: none 7th SASA Ltd AGM: none
5. Correspondence: Correspondence as noted below and listed in the Annual Business Document. • Letter from Elspeth Black accepting appointment as the Company’s Honorary Legal Advisor • Letter from David Booth accepting appointment as the Company’s Honorary Medical Advisor • E-mail from Alun Morgan, Walton Kilgour accepting appointment as the Company’s Independent Accountants
6. Address: 6.1 Address by Company Chair; The President handed over to the Chair, Maureen Campbell. Maureen advised that with positive feedback from the 2010 AGM for the Company presentations taking place at the start of the meeting, the same format would remain, and thanked the floor for the opportunity to present on the performance of the Company.
Maureen preceded the staff presentations by giving a brief overview of the 2010 highlights; funding of £800k from Scottish Government to top-up Local Authority programmes for entitlement to swim for all children, tutor training, re-launch of the awards scheme, integrated performance programme combining both disability and able-bodied swimmers and Commonwealth Games in Delhi where 7 medals were achieved in swimming, one of which was in disability, as well as a medal in Synchronised Swimming – a first for Scotland. In addition to winning medals, Alison Finlayson, STO attended as part of the International programme whilst Margaret Riach, National Championship Meet Convenor spent 3 months, prior to the Games working to help and gain an understanding of the organisation and development required to deliver international swimming programmes, which will prove invaluable in the preparation for Glasgow 2014. Maureen gave thanks to both for their contributions. She then went on to look ahead to 2011 and its challenges; continuing to develop and build on relationships with existing sponsors as well as looking to establish new ones, to work with partners to ensure access to facilities for clubs, to engage with communities and clubs developing plans and programmes whilst building on the positive relationships with RSDM’s and to focus on teachers and coaches. Maureen highlighted that finance is pivotal going forward and whilst we received the largest grant that sport scotland awarded this year we need to continue to demonstrate our ability to deliver in all areas in order to maintain the level of support awarded.
Maureen then handed over to the staff to deliver their various presentations highlighting the theme of coaching with it being the bedrock of the sport.
Sharon Macdonald, Healthy Living Manager, presented on behalf of the Healthy Living team advising the aim of the post is to increase the number of people swimming for fitness through the programme ‘Just add Water’. As part of this programme she spoke of the various pilots that had taken place focussing on pre-school children and cardiac rehabilitation in adults, with teachers and coaches being trained as part of the pilots. Sharon highlighted the governments top-up of £800k to increase opportunities for Local Authorities but stressed the importance of entitlement for all primary aged children to be able to swim, encouraging everyone to sign the petition in the foyer and take the message along with the posters back to their clubs. Sharon clarified a few points raised by the delegates, adding that the pilots were small with limited resources, but are successful in highlighting that they could have a major effect if rolled out.
Richard Gordon, Director of Coaching & Development, spoke of three key areas, Learn to Swim, Education and Club Development. He advised that the Teacher Aquatic Guide had been revised, with updated programmes and awards, progressing from beginners. As well as this a new Awards catalogue has been issued generating an increase in sales, including some 3 year agreements, the benefits of which are being ploughed back into the sport. On the Education Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 3 front he spoke of modern apprenticeships and the challenges faced with bursaries now being administered by sport scotland. He was pleased to report that club development was progressing in a positive direction with increased club visits, resulting in an increase in the number of clubs signed up to swiMark (50%). Richard added that incentives were available for achieving swiMark with further incentives for swiMark plus. Following questions from the floor Richard confirmed that 7 out of 32 Local Authorities were signed up to Scottish Swimming’s Awards scheme.
Ally Whike, Director of Performance, gave an overview on Swimmer Performances, Commonwealth Games Review, Performance Plan and Coaching. He first spoke of the swimmers performances highlighting the inspirational performances of the swimmers at the Commonwealth Games, along with the excellent results at both European Juniors and IPC Championships, not forgetting the excellent results in Diving and Synchro. He felt it important to mention Eileen Adams and the important role played in coaching Robbie Renwick on his journey to achieving gold in Delhi. He advised that a thorough review of the Commonwealth Games had taken place involving all relevant parties providing the opportunity to improve on the experience for Glasgow 2014. He then went on to speak of the Performance Plan and how it has evolved since its inception in 2006, the updated plan will include the recent Commonwealth Games review points, will be centred on a team ethos with the focus being on 2012-2014 and beyond. The updated plan is scheduled to be ready in September. Finally, the topic of coaching; this was addressed from a coaches perspective with video clips of both Patrick Miley, Garioch and Graham Wardell, City of Glasgow being shown. Ally concluded by responding to questions from the delegates.
Elaine Mackenzie, Director of Operations, highlighted the support role of the corporate team to both performance and development teams with customer service being high priority. She advised of work being carried out on membership, data protection and HR. She spoke of the support given to coaches through education and training, bursaries and local partnerships concluding with a video clip of Ben Higson, Coach at Dumfries Dolphins speaking of the support he had received from Scottish Swimming. Several questions were raised relating to coaching qualifications that Elaine passed to Richard providing him with the opportunity to respond.
Kirsten Phillips, Marketing and Communications Manager conveyed five key project areas being focussed on; sponsorship, awards event, hall of fame, branding/profile and the website. In relation to sponsorship she highlighted the need to retain existing sponsors whilst taking advantage of the unique opportunity of both 2012 and 2014 to attract new sponsorship. Kirsten then advised that the Awards Event having being moved to September to align with the athlete calendar will be held at the Science Centre, Glasgow on 10 th September 2011. She also advised that as an interim event the Hall of Fame had been launched in September 2010 and would be updated every 4 years in cycle with the Commonwealth Games years. Kirsten then spoke of the need to raise awareness of our profile and branding to maximise our potential to attract and retain sponsors now and beyond 2014 whilst also improving our potential to generate income. The last area of discussion was that of the website, an area of continual evolvement. Fantastic progress was made last year with on-line newsletters and a re-designed home page with Discipline tabs and ticker tape style headlines resulting in increased web traffic. Work continues to develop the website with discussions also taking place on the development and use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and You Tube. Kirsten finished her presentation in response to a delegate question, by advising that Kelloggs funding was specific to Healthy Living and Awards.
Deborah McGinniss, Finance Manager introduced her presentation with a brief overview of Scottish Swimming’s finances highlighting the financial challenges that lie ahead. She illustrated comparisons over the last 10 years with membership income and public funding highlighting the increasing gap over the last 5 years and the likelihood that the rate of growth in public funding will not be sustained. She spoke therefore of the need for Scottish Swimming to grow and generate income reducing their dependence on public funding. She then went on to speak of the importance of financial investment in clubs and coaching to ensure positive results and the achievement of medals required in order to attain public funding. Questions were raised on staffing costs and projections which Deborah along with Maureen Campbell responded to.
Ali Russell, Interim CEO summed up the presentations highlighting the investment in entitlement which was the result of 10 years work, the award of the largest ever grant received from sport scotland, both the RSDM model and the awards scheme being in their infancy and the great progress being made, the importance of coaching and the success of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He spoke of the current economic climate with higher inflation, increased VAT Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 4 rate, and static government funding all providing financial challenges for the organisation, making it essential to build on existing partnerships, whilst the unique events of 2012 and 2014 give opportunities to attract new sponsors and partners, putting swimming on the map. Finally, he thanked everyone for the opportunity to be involved in the sport of swimming, finishing off with a video clip of Hannah Miley swimming to gold in the 400IM at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
6.2 Company’s Annual Report (including reports from National Committees); Doris Mair advised the delegates that the reports were contained within the Annual Business Document, and asked if any Committee Chairs wished the opportunity to update their reports. Ken Fussell, Water Polo Committee National Chair, advised of a couple of changes to the Committee (noted under item 13) and Duncan McKinnell, Swim Committee National Chair, gave thanks to Stewart Ferguson for his time on Swim Committee from which he had recently retired.
Hammy Smith, Warrender Baths Club, highlighted a typographical error in the Water Polo Report and Helen Murray, Life Member requested that the Swimming Report be updated to include that 2 athletes were present in Delhi from Achieve 2014.
The President confirmed amendments would be made to both reports.
7. Financial Report, Budget and Membership Fees for 2010/11: The President introduced the proposal on Membership Fees advising that in depth discussion had taken place at both Board and Council and that the proposal was supported and endorsed by both groups. The proposal was presented by Elaine Mackenzie who recapped that last year it was agreed that the membership categories would be reduced to two, swimmer and non-swimmer. She advised that the proposal was for a fee of £33.00 for swimmer and £10 for non-swimmer, highlighting the need to set the fees at this level to; protect membership benefits, support the RSDM model, prepare for and support Glasgow 2014 and to ensure the long term stability of the sport. She advised of the cost savings being taken by Scottish Swimming and the need to cut core activities if the proposed fee is not attained. The meeting was adjourned for lunch, giving delegates the opportunity to discuss the proposal with questions being taken after the break.
After lunch, the President introduced John Lunn, Partnership Manager, sport scotland asking the delegates for a show of hands to permit him to address the floor. This was accepted.
John Lunn thanked everyone for the opportunity to speak and Scottish Swimming for their achievements. He highlighted that sport scotland reviewed governing bodies on annual basis and awarded grants according to a number of criteria e.g. the robustness of the organisation, ability to deliver, medal targets, good governance, improved membership growth etc., and it was important not to view the grant as an entitlement. He advised that sport scotland also invested in facilities and the infrastructure of sport across many areas, working with governing bodies to try and make them less dependant upon the funding given by sport scotland.
Doris Mair advised that the Finance Report would be dealt with prior to addressing any questions relating to the membership fees proposal. With there being no further questions the Finance Report was accepted and proposed by Margaret Somerville, Livingston and District Dolphins and seconded by Allan Fletcher, Life Member.
Elaine Mackenzie addressed the delegates clarifying a couple of points that had been raised during the lunch break regarding the time frames for Option 1 and Option 2 and clubs with membership years different to that of Scottish Swimming. She confirmed that Option 1 would be fixed for a 4-year period (confirmed annually at the AGM) with Option 2 being reviewed annually and advised that Scottish Swimming would work on a one-to-one basis with those clubs whose membership year were misaligned and required additional time to pay the fees.
A lengthy debate ensued with questions being addressed on the role of the RSDM, the potential effects of increased fees on clubs and membership, Swim Schools affiliation fees with Elaine confirming that a full review of Swim School affiliation was being addressed by Richard Gordon, Director of Coaching and Development, the timeframe for projections, membership categories, SASA constitution, cost saving measures being taken by Scottish Swimming and loss of funding from partners and sponsors.
Two amendments were proposed firstly; swimmer £25 and non-swimmer £10, proposed by John Sluman, Scorpion Swim Team and seconded by Ralph Payne, Carnegie Swimming Club. The second Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 5 amendment was for option 2, swimmer £30 and non-swimmer £10, proposed by Ed Adam, Life Member and seconded by Margaret Somerville, Livingston & District Dolphins.
The President advised that voting would proceed in the following manner, the two amendments would be given a vote and the successful amendment would then be voted for with the proposal.
The outcome of the vote of the two amendments was a majority in favour of option 2 (for: 81, against 33) The outcome of the vote of amendment, option 2 and the proposal was a majority in favour of the proposal (for: 89, against: 32). Option 1 was carried.
Both the club affiliation fee of £20 and the Swim School Affiliation fee of £220 were approved for 1 year.
8. Company Fees and Fines for 2011/12: The Company Fees and Fines for 2011/12 as detailed in the Annual Business Document were agreed and accepted by the meeting.
9. Alterations to the Governance Documentation: 9.1 SASA Constitution Before debating the proposals the President confirmed the voting rule; At least a two thirds majority of those present and voting must be secured before an alteration can be adopted.
The President then went through each proposal asking if further clarification was needed or if there were any objections from the floor.
Proposal A1: Carried Proposal A2: Carried with thanks given to Editorial Board Proposal A3: Carried Proposal A4: Carried Proposal A5: Carried Proposal A6: Carried Proposal A7: Carried Proposal A8: Carried with an amendment to the wording to allow for some form of recognition to be awarded to the successful nominees to be made before the next induction.
9.2 Company Articles Before considering the resolutions the President confirmed the voting rule; At least a two thirds majority of those present and voting must be secured before an alteration can be adopted.
The President then went through each resolution asking if further clarification was needed or if there were any objections from the floor.
Resolution B1: Carried Resolution B2: Carried Resolution B3: Carried Resolution B4: Carried
9.3 Company Rules Before debating the proposals the President confirmed the voting rule; A simple majority of those present and voting must be secured before an alteration can be adopted.
The President then went through each proposal asking if further clarification was needed or if there were any objections from the floor.
Proposal R1: Carried Proposal R2: Carried Proposal R3: Rejected (Amendment to proceed with Status Quo, proposed by Margaret Somerville, Livingston & District Dolphins was taken to a vote with the majority approving the amendment)
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 6 Proposal R4: Carried Proposal R5: Carried with a reminder to clubs to be aware of the automatic clearance line process Proposal R6: Carried with amendment to change wording to compete and/or train, proposed by Helen Murray, Life Member and seconded by John Bruce, Life Member
10. Matters the SASA needs to consider as sole member of the Company: None
11. Notices of Motion: None
12. Appointment of Members of SASA Council: The President advised that the appointment of members of SASA Council were as listed within the Annual Business Document with the exception of the Midland District, who still has to nominate one member. The AGM approved the nominations for the coming year.
13. Endorsement of Members of National Committees: The President requested any updates or further nominations to those listed within the Annual Business Document. Ken Fussell, Western Baths advised that both Charlie Dane, University of Edinburgh and Derek Docherty, Warrender Baths Club had been nominated to the Water Polo Committee. Nominations for National Committees were approved.
14. Confirmation of Appointments: All company appointments were approved.
15. Installation of President: The President, before handing over the chain of office, presented a Special Award to Ed Adam OBE, in his year of retirement from the Chair of the Editorial Board, for his dedication, excellent leadership and immense work over the last 17 years, adding that Ed was one of the great volunteers of our sport.
The President, Doris Mair then handed over the chain of office to Vice-President, Neil Valentine, commenting that she had worked closely with Neil over the last year and was delighted to be installing him as President for the forthcoming year.
Neil Valentine advised his first duty as President was to welcome John Deans, Vice President 2, to the Board of Scottish Swimming as Vice President 1 and to introduce and welcome Gina Logan to the role of Vice President 2.
16. Presentation of SASA Life Membership: Neil then presented Life Membership awards to Doris Mair, Past President and Duncan McKinnell, Swimming Committee Chair.
Neil went on to remind everyone of the Awards evening on the 10 th September at the Glasgow Science Centre, thanking everyone for attending the AGM and wishing them a safe onward journey.
With there being no further business, the meeting concluded at 4.00pm.
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Item 4 CORRESPONDENCE
1. Letter from Mrs Elspeth Black accepting nomination as the Company’s Honorary Legal Advisor 2. Letter from Mr David Booth accepting nomination t as the Company’s Honorary Medical Advisor 3. Letter from Allan Morgan of Walton Kilgour accepting nomination as the Company’s Independent Accountant Item 5.1 CHAIR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT Scottish Swimming is delighted to celebrate the support of our members in pursuing a long term strategy for growing the sport and delivering quality results in Glasgow 2014. Appreciating our new and uncertain financial pressures, we were delighted that Scottish Swimming’s members approved a new membership category structure including an increase in fees for swimmers at the 2011 AGM. The additional income generated through this new approach and our income and value in kind achieved through strong partnerships with sport scotland, British Swimming, our valued sponsors and Commonwealth Games Scotland has enabled the performance team to prepare better and make stronger 2014 focused plans. These plans benefit our national squad athletes, their coaches and club programmes. A number of successes to feature from the 2010-2011 Scottish Swimming year, also focused on building capacity and quality within our clubs: The regional swimming development managers built on the foundation they established in their earlier years, supporting clubs in working through SwiMark and offering assistance on matters such as learn to swim, pool programming, volunteering, child protection, performance development coach agreements and general coordination and support. The education team continues to support teacher and coach development with quality courses, licensing and continuous professional development, leading the way in Scotland in putting teachers and coaches at the heart of our sport. Our water polo programme continued to grow successfully, specifically with the development of grass roots activity through Mini Polo! , more junior polo within clubs, and a growth in the number of trained coaches emerging with the help of a licensed tutor. We are reviewing the water polo model in order to better support the other disciplines. Partners continued to get behind our aim of increasing regular participation in swimming through our Just Add Water campaign, including a swimming entitlement for our children, exciting fitness programmes for adults in the water, and aquahost, a programme to engage with Scotland’s pool providers.
The fitness, development and education work that we carry out with the support of our volunteers, pool providers and partners is essential for underpinning the success we experience on the national and international stage.
We are proud of our athletes, coaches, and support teams for their hard work and successes throughout the 2010-11 season. While heading into the London 2012 Olympic Games, the British eye will be on our top athletes. However, it is with the strategic approach our members demonstrated during last year that we can be confident of a strong Glasgow, a promising Rio, and an excellent long term future. Please join us in celebrating a successful 2011 for Scottish Swimming.
Maureen Campbell , Chair – Board of Directors Ashley Howard, Chief Executive
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SWIMMING REPORT
Championships The National Short Course, National Age Groups and National Open Championships were all held at Tollcross, Glasgow, with the National Open being the last event held there prior to its closure in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. All three events were successful, and, in particular, the “Come on feel the noize” theme for National Age Groups created a fantastic atmosphere.
2011/12 is proving more challenging. We had hoped to take the National Short Course Championships to Dumfries, but this proved impossible due to uncertainties with the pool. In the event, we are making a welcome return to Inverness.
Finding a venue for National Age Groups has also been challenging. After many discussions, we were not able to host the event at the newly refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool, with the result that, for the first time, these Championships will take place outside Scotland at the Sunderland Aquatic Centre. Although this will involve additional travel for many, I am sure that we will have a great meet there. We have agreed with Edinburgh Leisure to hold the National Open at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in June 2012.
Our experiences in recent months highlight the lack of top quality facilities in Scotland while Tollcross is out of action. Although this will be eased in time by the reopening of the RCP and the new pools in Aberdeen and Dundee, the current situation is far from ideal.
Elite Performances The headline event of the year was the World Championships in Shanghai. Seven Scots took part: David Carry Kris Gilchrist Michael Jamieson Caitlin McClatchey Hannah Miley Robbie Renwick Jak Scott
Two made finals; Michael Jamieson was 5 th at 200m Breaststroke while Hannah Miley took a magnificent Silver Medal in 400m Individual Medley as well as 7 th place in 200m Individual Medley. Five Scots were on the team for the IPC European Championships:- James Anderson Sean Fraser Andrew Mullen Scott Quin Craig Rodgie
Pride of place went to Jim Anderson with a Bronze Medal at 50m Freestyle (S2), adding to his already huge collection.
Three swimmers went to the World Deaf Championships in Portugal, Callum Ross, Jack McComish and Lucy Walkup. Callum took three medals, Gold at 400m Individual Medley, Silver at 200m Individual Medley and Bronze at 400m Freestyle. Jack took Bronze at 1500m Freestyle.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 9 Youth Elite Performances It was a busy year for our elite youth swimmers. Five Scots were on the British team for the European Junior Championships in Belgrade:- Craig Benson Fiona Donnelly Emily Jones Gareth Mills Dan Wallace
Dan and Craig both took Silver Medals (200m Individual Medley and 100m Breaststroke respectively) while Dan added a Bronze in 400m Individual Medley. Two Scots, Craig Benson and Emily Jones, went on to the World Junior Championships in Peru. With two magnificent performances, Craig came home with Gold in 100m Breaststroke and Silver in 50m Breaststroke.
Finally, a team of 10 made the short trip to the Isle of Man for the Commonwealth Youth Games. Star of the show again was Craig Benson with three Breaststroke Gold Medals, making him the Athlete of the Games. Bronze medals were won by Mark Szaranek, Alistair Stirling, Fiona Donnelly, Emily Jones (twice) and Charlotte McKenzie.
Grand Prix In a new initiative for 2012 we are instituting a Grand Prix series with prize money provided by Scottish Gas. The inaugural event takes place in East Kilbride in January with the second in Edinburgh in June. In future years it is planned to hold an event in the North as well. They should be exciting additions to the swimming calendar and I am grateful for the support of the District Swimming Committees and event organisers for taking the lead with these events.
Committee Two members of the Swimming Committee stand down this year. John Deans moves on to greater things as he takes up the Presidency while John Bruce, a co-opted member, will focus his activities on meet management. I am grateful to both of them for their wise council over many years.
Duncan McKinnell, Swimming Chair ______
WATER POLO REPORT
Scottish Water Polo has continued to develop and grow throughout 2010/2011. Development targets continue to be achieved and surpassed.
The Water Polo Development Officer (WPDO) has continued to be highly effective working on the development of Mini Polo, development and delivery of the UKCC as well as the development of new and existing clubs.
In the last year three new water polo clubs have been established.
St Andrews University formed at the end of 2010 and have participated in the Scottish National League and Scottish Championships in both Men’s and Women’s competitions.
Two swimming clubs, Stirling and Falkirk Otters, have formed Water Polo sections in their clubs. They will be involved in 2012 competitions.
Dunfermline was the first Water Polo Club to gain the Polo Mark accreditation with two other clubs to gain accreditation soon.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 10 Our volunteers were all involved with the Scottish Schools Water Polo Championships as well as the BAA Games for Schools with 60 and 100 students involved respectively.
The WPDO is now qualified as a UKCC Tutor and has delivered the Level 1 Water Polo unit.
With the WPDO working alongside the Scottish Water Polo Committee and volunteers the development pathway of the sport from Mini Polo, Domestic competitions, National competitions and Inter Regional competitions has become well established.
Scotland had 4 teams competing in the Tri Nations tournament in Ireland with good results. The Men’s team won their competition with the Women coming second by a narrow margin. The junior teams put up a good performance against strong opposition with the Girls coming second and the Boys third.
The NSA has been shared between all the Scottish National Squads and the Scottish Competitions. Other pools are also used for National competitions providing a full calendar of domestic games. Due to the exceptional winter weather last December the 2010 Scottish Championships games were rescheduled individually in 2011.
Water Polo Officials development has been significant this year with another Officials course run in Aberdeen qualifying 12 new officials. Scottish officials continue their presence at GB level with the 2 referees and 4 table officials in the British Water Polo League and 3 officials working at a number of international games. Three table officials and a goal judge will represent Scotland at the 2012 London Olympics
The general feeling within the Water Polo community is still very positive, acknowledging that the work being done has greatly improved Water Polo in Scotland.
Ken Fussell, Water Polo Chair ______
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING REPORT
During 2011 we held another UKCC Level 1 Synchronised Swimming Course. This was held over two weekends and has produced 12 new coaches, 5 of whom were new to the sport and belong to Local Authorities. However, disappointed that a year on we still need to find our own Synchro tutor.
Our Academy programme has continued to be popular with both swimmers and coaches. We have had very good links with the Scottish Gymnastics and Cheerleading this year who have taken the athletes through various sessions.
We had two of our Judges (Elizabeth Bowman and Emma Miller – Clydebank ASC) go down to Fina Judges School at Sheffield just prior to the Junior European Championships. Both passed the exam and we can only hope that a space will become available to allow them onto the Fina list. Three other judges (Linda Atkinson, Anne Kane - Clydebank ASC and Margo Wimberley - Edinburgh SSC) completed an ASA Judges course at Loughborough and passed in October. All these judges have been invited down to the ASA National Age groups Championships in December.
Our National Assessment Days which are held twice during the year saw clubs again from Scotland and England travelling to join us. The standard is being maintained and most all of our Scottish clubs attend at least one if not two of these Assessment Days.
The Inter District Championships was won by the East District who won the Skill1/2 category while also retaining the 3/4/5 Skill category. The Mary Black Trophy awarded at our Club Championships was won by Nairn SSC. Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 11
The Scottish Gas Nationals and Age Group Open Championships were held in Glasgow. This year was our biggest entry yet, it is very encouraging to see so many athletes attend this meet. Our National under 12 year old Scottish winner was Chloe Hunter from Nairn SSC who finished a very creditable 10 th position in the Open figure event, Chloe finished 7 th in the Open Solo event. Nairn SSC dominated the 13, 14 15yr age groups with all three swimmers claiming medals along the way. Aileen Morrow (Edinburgh SSC) was the highest placed Scottish swimmer in the Junior figure event. There was a significant rise in Scottish swimmers entered into this year’s Nationals.
Lauren Smith our Bronze medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games has decided to retire this year. We still maintain excellent links with GB and it is hoped that in the near future we can utilise Lauren to assist with our Academy/Squad programme.
I would like to thank all the work that our small committee has taken on this year, along with all the volunteers who help assisting with events etc. Also to Win Hayes our Board Liaison and Mrs Mary Black for her expertise as our referee at our events. Thanks also to all the staff at Scottish Swimming, for their continued assistance throughout the year.
Phyllis McLean, Synchronised Swimming Chair ______
OPEN WATER SWIMMING REPORT
There were a number of changes in the Scottish domestic season in 2011. The Scottish Championships were moved to Loch Tay and held over two days rather than separate weekends at different venues. A 10 km championship was added to the programme. Despite a few teething problems the new venue and format was judged successful and is likely to be repeated in future years. The West and North Championships both moved to new venues at Loch Eck and Loch Morlich respectively.
The cool air temperatures experienced this summer had an effect on the water temperatures which on occasions got close to the minimum for racing. This resulted in the cancellation of some races at both the East and North District Championships.
In the domestic season, Mark Deans (City of Glasgow) proved dominant winning all three Scottish titles and the Senior Men’s Grand Prix. James Leitch (Ren 96) took second place in each of these. The honours within women’s events were more evenly spread. Ishbel Rodger (Swim West Lothian) took the top place in the Grand Prix which was aided by a victory in the Scottish 2 km Championship. Megan Donnelly (Milngavie & Bearsden) won the 10 km championship and was also a joint winner of the 5 km along with Helen McRoberts (Warrender) and Alice McCall (Wigan BEST).
Scottish Teams and Squads competed abroad on a number of occasions in 2011 including the International German Championships held in Rostock in June. A team of 5 represented Scotland and returned with two bronze medals; Mark Deans in the open 25 km and Megan Donnelly in the 16-17 year division of the 5 km.
The Scottish development Squad undertook a training and competition camp in the south of France at the beginning of July. The 15 strong squad trained and competed at two venues where they amassed a total of 42 medals between the open and age-group categories.
At the end of August, a Scottish team were selected to compete in the Dutch National Championships over both 5 km and 10 km. The team produced some excellent performances with Stephen Waterhouse (City of Leeds) winning the gold medals in both events. A further open championship was won by Ishbel Rodger in the 10 km. Camilla Hattersley (Perth City) contributed three medals to the overall tally of 4 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals between open and junior categories which matched the total from the host country. Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 12
On the endurance “challenge” side of the sport, 2011 saw the first successful crossings of the Pentland Firth. In July Coleen Blair made the first crossing from Orkney to mainland Scotland and her time was bettered a few weeks later by Andrea Gellan.
The structure of open water committee changed in 2011 with responsibility for key areas of development being given to four individuals recruited into specialist positions. This has laid the foundation for further development in the years to come. I would like to thanks the members of the committee for their efforts over the year and to the growing number of volunteers who have assisted in staging events and assisting in overseas tours.
Brian Bain, Open Water Chair ______
MASTERS REPORT
This has been a year where perhaps less is more. The events calendar started with the popular Silver City Blues event held in February where Masters Swimmers got their first idea of how their winter training had gone. The programme includes a “do or die” sprint knockout designed to test the best laid plans. More training would have been a good idea!
The season finished with the East of Scotland Open Masters held in Prestonpans and the event was oversubscribed which is very encouraging when considering the challenging times and in looking forward to 2012
The season had been typified by slightly reduced entry numbers perhaps reflecting prudent financial planning rather than some malaise in our Discipline.
The Scottish Masters Nationals, held at Tollcross in April (Splash News April 2011) were down slightly in numbers but well on target for new Scottish Masters records with 49 over the weekend. Nancy Scott cleaned up 10 records in the 80-84 group while Ian Milne celebrated his arrival in the 60-64 group with 5 records including an irrepressible 200 Fly.
Janet Stobie (Motherwell and Wishaw) and Judy Hattle (Carlisle) were presented with Certificates of Commendation for Services to Masters Swimming while Ren 96 won the club trophy seeing off a spirited challenge from Silver City Blues
The big International event for 2011 was the 13 th European Masters Championships held in Crimean city of Yalta, in Southern Ukraine on the north coast of the Black Sea. A modest contingent of 10 Scots made the tortuous journey to join around 2000 like minded Masters Swimmers. Well done to Carnegie Masters collecting 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze and to Sandra Lee, a lone traveller from Inverness who collected a silver and two bronze. (Splash News Oct 2011).
A few hardy Masters Swimmers took to Loch Ness for the 1 st “Monster Swim” in a cool and refreshing 11C temperature. Helen Beveridge (Inverness Masters) won the non wet suit category while Jenni Riach (Glasgow Western Masters) perhaps more sensibly won the suited event!
The big event for 2012 is the 14 th World Masters Championships being held in sunny Riccione, Italy including a balmy Open Water 5k swim in 20C coastal water. No Monsters there. Previous host to European and World Masters events this will be well run and popular with an expected 4500 competitors with good Scottish representation.
Eddie Riach, Masters Chair ______
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 13 SWIMMING TECHNICAL OFFICIALS’ REPORT
Several changes took place on the committee this year. Chris Wilkinson took over as STO Convenor for Midland District from Susan Coe. At the AGM I became Chair of the STO Committee taking over from Bill Murdoch after Bill’s seven years as National Convenor. David Downie took up my previous position as Minute Secretary. At the Seminar this year Elizabeth Stewart was re-elected to the position as STO Member for the next two years.
The STO Committee continued to work hard during the year to train, examine, advise and assist officials throughout Scotland and I thank them all for their efforts. I would also like to express thanks on behalf of the Committee to all Technical Officials who have assisted and mentored candidates through the courses for Judge 1, Judge 2 and Judge 2S.
Numbers of registered officials following the membership renewal showed we had 769 registered officials, significantly down on last years’ figure of 811. However as of the 6 th December this had risen to 817 on the database and continues to rise. The number of Licensed officials also continues to rise and now stands at 394 – 71 up on last year so far.
International Appointments Tom Mills to the World Short Course Championships in Dubai David Downie to the LEN European Juniors in Belgrade and Barbara Murdoch to the FINA World Championships in Shanghai
All three above plus Alison Finlayson look like they will be officiating at the pool at the London Olympics in 2012. Joining them will be Ralph Payne and Lesley Prentice who have been invited to be officials for the Open Water Event.
The Committee are already looking forward to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and discussions have now started with the Commonwealth Games Council 2014 Organising Committee for Scotland regarding the officials which will be required from the home nation. They have asked us for our views on the selection process and have advised on some mandatory requirements which they have put on all sports taking part. So this list of these and the ones put forward by the STO Committee are as follows:- You must be a member of Scottish Swimming You must be a British Swimming Licenced Official You must be prepared to do all 6 days of the Swimming Events. Minimum qualification is Judge 2. Attendance at District and National Events up to 2013 will be taken into account 2 years’ experience at closing date for applications – Spring of 2013.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 14 Registered Officials (* to date) Licensed Officials 2010 2011* 2010 2011 East 133 135 East 57 71 Midland 76 71 Midland 32 34 North 390 380 North 147 177 West 212 231 West 87 112 Total 811 817 Total 323 394
Timekeeper Assessments Certificates Awarded 2010 2011* 2010 2011* East 198 172 Judge 1 73 87 Midland 35 73 Judge 2 20 45 North 253 311 Judge 2S 17 20 West 207 221 Referee 1 5 Total 683 777 Recorder 9 7 AOE 1 4
Judges Assessments Recorders Examination Passes 2010 2011* 2010 2011 Judge 1 159 219 Recorder 19 21 Judge 2 48 57 Judge 2S 19 26 Total 226 302
Brian Hendry, STO Chair ______
DIVING REPORT
An interesting start to 2011 with the National Novice’s Thistle Trophy and the National Scottish Highboard events from 2010 being held in March this year owing to the terrible weather conditions of late last year. An enjoyable event hosted by Dundee who also hosted the Nationals 9 months later for the 2011 event. It was great to see divers from Montrose and Tynemouth competing against Ayr, Dundee and Edinburgh. Sadly, Montrose pool will be closing with no replacement facility. Edinburgh Diving Club remain the ones to beat, continuing to win the Thistle Trophy in 2010 and retaining it this year.
Facilities remain a key challenge in Scotland, however, progress on the RCP in Edinburgh continues with opening scheduled for March 2012. Edinburgh Diving Club is keen to reinstate their presence there and leave a strong diving legacy at Newbattle who have been wonderfully supportive during the past 2 years. Work on the new pool in Aberdeen has commenced. This will be at least a 2 year project, however, the Sports Village have already approached the diving community with a view to planning a diving programme in the North. Sadly, the Olympia pool in Dundee will be closing, however work is underway for a replacement facility. Unfortunately there is not a separate diving pool, however we are relieved that boards remain in the design.
A Level 1 Diving Coaches course was run during August which resulted in 12 newly qualified coaches from across East, West and Midlands districts. Further courses will take place next year and plans are also afoot to deliver a Level 2 course.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 15 The National Squad were able to continue during the summer break with two weeks of training at Newbattle, before a week of competition in Barcelona. A team of 8 National Squad members attended the Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona de Salts event, which had many European Junior divers competing. There were 5 top 10 finishes from the three elite squad members: James Heatly, Anna Sless and Charlotte Briggs.
Only one diver was able to compete in this years GB National Junior Elite Championships. James Heatly dived well throughout the week and qualified for two finals: 5 th in the 1metre & 3metre springboard and 7 th in the platform.
In the GB National Championships Grace competed well finishing 6 th on 1m and 5 th on 3m. She paired up with a new partner, Chloe Hurd, and with only 2 weeks training, won bronze in the 3m synchro. This partnership was also used in the European Junior Championships and won the silver medal on 3m. In the individual 1m event Grace acquitted herself very well, attaining another silver medal.
In September, the National Squad testing took place in Leeds. Unfortunately, the lack of diving facilities in Scotland, school exams and the departure of more experienced divers have impacted adversely on the overall standard. The National Diving Committee has maintained a squad and in an effort to align to English standards, only 4 divers have been selected for the squad; Grace Reid, Anna Sless Charlotte Briggs and James Heatly.
Jane Ogden, Diving Chair ______
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 16 Item 7 FINANCE REPORT The enclosed accounts are extracts taken from the certified accounts of Scottish Amateur Swimming Association Limited (SASA Ltd). A copy of the statutory accounts can be obtained from the Finance Manager at the National Swimming Academy should any member or partner of the Association wish to review them.
The main highlights to report are the final accounts show a profit totalling £57,647 and an increase in our turnover giving a total of £2.7M for 2010-11. There were a number of factors that contributed towards this growth. Alongside education and awards increases, membership income was key to this growth with an additional £118k of new income being generated to support our core areas as well as our plans for future performance investment agreed with the members at the 2011 AGM. In addition, we released a number of ring-fenced funding streams that had been deferred from 2009-10 to support the financial activities that took place during 2010-11.
We achieved our reserves target (£40k), however, we did not achieve on our membership income target (£525k). This will have an impact on the £250k pot to fund our four year plan to support London 2012 & Glasgow 2014. The reserves are ring-fenced to support two specific planned areas. Having secured £40k, we are left with a balance of £210k needed for the remaining three years.
The accounts presented to our members are in the same format as previous years. For this year I have expanded on the notes from the certified accounts in order to provide a comprehensive summary of the accounts to our members. The business has grown considerably over the years and the notes will help in comparing this year’s figures to the previous.
The additional notes to the accounts are as follows:-
1. The final accounts show a surplus of £57k which will be ring-fenced to support two areas. The aforementioned sum of £40k will be held in a separate High Performance Reserve pot and will be allocated towards the £250k pot needed to fund our four year plan. The balance of £17k has also been ring-fenced to support the costs of Olympic tickets that were purchased during 2010- 11 (some of which have been allocated to volunteers and staff and the rest which will be sold to interested members). The Olympic ticket payment was committed during 2010-11 but as this activity relates to 2011-12, we report it in the year in which the activity takes place. 2. The total grants received from sport scotland as shown on the accounts relate to the grants that were fully utilised during 2010-11. This is different to the amounts that were awarded during the two financial years; for 2010-11 amount was £1,255,000 and for 2009-10 the amount was £1,331,242. The variation is due to the reduction in UKCC grants with level one grants being paid directly by sport scotland. 3. The grants from sport scotland support various posts and programmes across all areas of our Association. For example, looking at Development under Education (UKCC & CPD), income reads £215k with expenditure being £261k. On paper, it appears that UKCC is running at a loss. However the expenditure for 2010-11 includes UKCC bursaries totalling £139k which is funded by sport scotland. For the year ending 2012, I will be including notes within the certified accounts that explain the makeup of the sport scotland funding. 4. Under Performance the reports shows the grants from sport scotland being less this year (£624k) compared to last year (£666k). The reason for this is due to deferred grants being carried forward to support 2011-12. 5. Under Performance the funding from British Swimming is higher this year (£189k) compared to last year (£48k). The main reason for this is due to increased activities associated with ITC programme (£105k) compared with last year (£11k). This increased activity impacts across a number of performance budget lines (for example, Performance Programmes is £289k compared with £151k last year). 6. Under Development the grants from sport scotland show (£377k) compared to last year (£469k). There a number of reasons for this; the reduction in UKCC bursaries paid out this year of £139k compared to £170k last year, deferred grants totalling £17k carried forward to support the development of an online tool for UKCC courses and SwiMark and reallocation to Performance of the grant to support the Disability Officer’s Post and Programme. 7. Staffing costs are shown as being higher than the previous year as they also include future job posts (SCVO – posts covered purely by external funds) and maternity cover. Under
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 17 Development, it appears that staffing costs are down on previous year however this is not a true account due to the transfer of the disability officer’s post to performance. 8. The balance sheet continues to show our strong cash flow position. The main variance is shown under debtors and includes one invoice totalling c£40k. However as this relates to one of our valued customers there are no concerns that this invoice will not be paid. 9. The balance sheet also highlights an increase under prepayment during each of the financial years and includes the Olympic tickets (£17k) mentioned above. There is a further prepayment totalling £21k relating to warm weather training and prepaid membership fees (£12k) for the period November 2011 – February 2012.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board, Council, committees, budget holders, commercial partners and all our supporters for their cooperation and support during 2011.
I wish clubs, members and all connected with Scottish Swimming a very successful 2012.
Deborah McGinniss, Finance Manager
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 18
Scottish Amateur Swimming Association Limited
Overview of Income & Expenditure for year ending 31/10/11 2010-11 2009-10 *Area of Investment (Summary) Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Corporate Development £ 917,206 £ 666,909 £ 757,961 £ 645,652 Performance £ 1,051,965 £ 1,224,226 £ 894,208 £ 1,035,438 Development £ 812,413 £ 832,803 £ 891,372 £ 860,882 Total Income/Expenditure £ 2,781,585 £ 2,723,938 £ 2,543,541 £ 2,541,972
Excess to High Performance Reserves £ 40,447 £ 1,570 Excess to Olympic Ticket Reserves £ 17,200
*Total grants received from sport scotland £ 1,202,481 £ 1,320,127
Corporate Headings Analysis for Period to 31/10/11
2010-11 2009-10 Corporate Development Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Membership £ 498,554 £ 379,919 £ 2,837 Grants - sport scotland £ 200,000 £ 185,000 - Scottish Government £ 54,078 £ 67,867 Sponsorship & Donation £ 97,056 £ 82,780 Merchandise/Healthy Living Products £ 22,285 £ 2,929 £ 1,962 £ 1,833 Fundraising/Bank Interest £ 16,420 £ 2,405 £ 23,105 £ 3,819 Staffing £ 5,540 £ 431,689 £ 7,920 £ 400,316 National Swimming Academy £ 15,787 £ 137,740 £ 9,409 £ 142,000 Committee Expenses £ - £ 27,787 £ - £ 32,542 Marketing & Communications £ 7,487 £ 31,148 £ - £ 39,990 General Overheads £ - £ 33,210 £ - £ 22,315 Total Corp Dev Income & Expenditure £ 917,206 £ 666,909 £ 757,961 £ 645,652 Surplus/Deficit £ 250,297 £ 112,309
2010-11 2009-10 Performance Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Grants - sport scotland £ 624,894 £ 666,084 - British Swimming £ 189,052 £ 75,980 £ 48,310 £ 72,359 Staffing/Coaches £ 41,763 £ 337,128 £ 20,640 £ 268,380 Athlete Training & Competition Costs £ 169,786 £ 352,137 £ 129,417 £ 317,253 World Class Competitions £ 1,845 £ 9,728 £ 29,756 £ 93,397 Performance Coaching & Development £ 10,220 £ 157,251 £ - £ 129,773 Performance Programmes £ 14,405 £ 289,807 £ - £ 151,443 Committee Expenses £ - £ 2,195 £ - £ 2,833 Total Performance Income & Expenditure £ 1,051,965 £ 1,224,226 £ 894,208 £ 1,035,438 Surplus/Deficit -£ 172,261 -£ 141,230
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 19
Development Income Expenditure Income Expenditure Grants - sport scotland £ 377,587 £ 469,043 - British Gas & Other external agencies £ 45,799 £ 32,120 Swimming Awards & Products £ 109,429 £ 47,091 £ 93,941 £ 63,311 Education (UKCC+CPD) £ 215,050 £ 261,938 £ 236,701 £ 258,514 Staffing £ - £ 368,270 £ 7,358 £ 402,818 Club Development £ 1,795 £ 28,420 £ - £ 20,609 Discipline Support £ 58,882 £ 124,239 £ 49,546 £ 106,612 National Committees/Swimmer Pathway £ 3,872 £ 2,846 £ 2,664 £ 9,018 Total Development Income & Expenditure £ 812,413 £ 832,803 £ 891,372 £ 860,882 Surplus/Deficit -£ 20,389 £ 30,491
Total Income £ 2,781,585 £ 2,543,541 Total Expenditure £ 2,723,938 £ 2,541,971 Excess to High Performance Reserves £ 40,447 £ 1,570 Excess to Olympic Ticket Reserves £ 17,200
Balance Sheet as at 31/10/11 Fixed Assets 2010-11 2009-10 £ 17,868 £ 24,772 Current Assets Stock £ 34,701 £ 32,980 Debtors £ 175,624 £ 120,880 Prepayment £ 74,595 £ 23,768 Short & Long Terms Loans £ - £ - Bank & Float £ 978,650 £ 1,119,838 £ 1,263,570 £ 1,297,466
Current Liabilities Creditors £ 245,484 £ 286,582 Grants c/f & Other Deferred Income £ 619,801 £ 677,150 £ 865,285 £ 963,732
Current Assets Less Current Liabilities £ 398,285 £ 333,734
Total Assets less Current Liabilities £ 416,153 £ 358,507
Represented by:- Retained Reserves £ 358,507 £ 356,937 Surplus to Reserves / High Performance Reserves £ 40,447 £ 1,570 Surplus to Olympic Ticket Reserves £ 17,200 £ 416,153 £ 358,507
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 20 Notes to Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2011 1. These accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention. 2. Fixed assets are depreciated over three years. 3. The Association holds under Trusteeship a Swimmers' Grants Bank Account which has a balance of £4,617.49. 4. Stocks are valued at cost. 5. At 31 October 2011 the Association had a financial commitment of £11,550 p.a. plus VAT for a period of fifteen years for the rental of premises at Stirling.
6. Fixed Assets Equipment & Fittings Cost: At beginning 1 November 2010 £ 47,279 Additions £ 4,878 Disposals -£ 3,516 £ 48,641
Depreciation: At beginning 1 November 2010 £ 22,505 Charge for Year £ 11,002 Disposals -£ 2,736 £ 30,771
Net Book Value 31/10/11 £ 17,870
Net Book Value 31/10/10 £ 24,773
2010-11 2009-10 7. Legacies and Donations £ 176 £ 176 Bell Legacy £ 308 £ 308 J Y Coutts Fund £ 484 £ 484 Report of the Accountants to the members of Scottish Amateur Swimming Association Limited We have examined the financial statements for the year end 31st October 2011 and are satisfied to the best of our knowledge and belief, that in accordance with the information and explanations supplied to us, the financial statements have been properly prepared from the accounting records of the company.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all of the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts."
Walton Kilgour, Chartered Accountants, 2 Marshall Place, Perth PH2 8AH Item 8 COMPANY FEES FOR 2012/2013 Fees 2012 Protests £25 Complaints £50 Appeals £100 Special Meeting of Council £250 Special District Meeting £100 Composite Team £150 Meet Licence Applications £10
If Proposal PC5 is accepted Temporary Membership Fee £15 Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 21 Item 9
Proposed Alterations to Scottish Swimming Governance Documentation
Introduction This year there are 15 proposals and resolutions to amend Scottish Swimming Governance Documentation. Some of the proposals are to “tidy up” the Governance Documentation. The proposals can be broken up into 4 areas. • 4 proposals are to tidy up the documentation or improve wording to make it clearer. PC1, PR1, PR3 and PR4 • 2 proposals are to bring the governance documentation into line with current practice. PC2 and PC4. • 4 proposals are to make changes to current governance documentation. PC6, PC7, PC8, PR2 and PR5 • 3 proposals are to introduce new procedures into the governance documentation. PC3, PC5, PR6 and PR7
The Proposals are categorised depending on the Governance Document being changed. 1. Proposals to change the Constitution - prefixed by “PC”. 2. Resolutions to change the Company Articles - prefixed by “RA”. 3. Proposals to change the Company Rules - prefixed by “PR”.
Each proposal/resolution contains 3 elements 1. The proposal identity, proposer and seconder 2. A briefing note to explain the context of the proposal including the relationship, if any, to other proposals or resolutions- 3. The proposal itself
The voting rules for each set of proposals are 1. Amendments to the SASA Constitution (“PC”s) At least a two thirds majority of those present and voting must be secured before an alteration can be adopted. 2. Amendments to the Company Articles (“RA”s). At least a two thirds majority of those present and voting must be secured before an alteration can be adopted. 3. Amendments to the Company Rules (“PR”s). A simple majority of those present and voting must be secured before an alteration can be adopted.
Please note that any alteration to the Governance Documents shall take immediate effect unless otherwise decided by a simple majority.
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9.1 Proposed Alterations to the SASA Constitution
Proposal PC1 Proposed by Blair Prentice, Life Member (Editorial Board) Seconded by Anne Hendry, Life Member (Editorial Board)
Briefing Note. To amend the wording for Club Volunteer Technical Official to include Scottish Swimming as one of the recognised governing bodies.
“”Replace the text as detailed.” C3.3.3(ii) Club Volunteer Technical Official - A member who volunteers for their club and who holds a current technical official qualification issued by a recognised governing body for aquatics i.e. Scottish Swimming, British Swimming or international equivalent.
Proposal PC2 Proposed by Gina Logan, Cupar ASC Seconded by Phil Cartwright, Thurso ASC
Briefing Note. The proposed change is to amend the number of signatories from three to two on the Club’s Annual Return to the Company. This is what the current Club Annual Return to Scottish Swimming requests.
“Replace the text as detailed.” C3.3.4 Each Affiliated Club shall by the 31 March in each year, send to the Company an Annual Return of members names, certified as correct and signed by two executive officers of the Club.
Proposal PC3 Proposed by John Deans, Hamilton Baths ASC Seconded by Cath Fleming, Portobello ASC
Briefing Note. The proposed change is to prevent organisations affiliating to Scottish Swimming as a Club when they are not operating as such but want to receive the benefits that being an affiliated Club would give them. Benefits could be from Scottish Swimming or another body, e.g. a local authority. This proposal will introduce a minimum number of Executive members and swimmer members which the club must have to remain an Affiliated Club.
“Insert new paragraphs as detailed.” C3.3.10 New Clubs affiliating to SASA must have a minimum of 4 Executive Officers at outset and a minimum of 10 swimming members within 6 months. Failure to comply with these minimum numbers will result in their affiliation being cancelled.
C3.3.11 Any Club failing to meet the number criteria in paragraph C3.3.10 must apply to the Chief Executive to be allowed to remain an affiliated Club. Such application must state the grounds for an exception being made.
C10.1.3 Refer to C3.3.10 for the criteria for minimum number of members required for new Clubs to affiliate to SASA.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 23 Proposal PC4 Proposed by Gina Logan, Cupar ASC Seconded by Phil Cartwright, Thurso ASC
Briefi ng Note. The proposed change is to amend the number of signatories from three to one on the Swim School’s Annual Return to the Company. This is what the current Swim School Annual Return to Scottish Swimming requests.
“Replace the text as detailed.” C3.4.4 Each affiliated Swim School shall by the 31 March in each year, send to the Company an Annual Return, certified as correct and signed by one executive officer of the Swim School. The Annual Return shall include all Members registered in accordance with Section C3.4.2. The annual Swim School affiliation fee to SASA must also be included in the Annual Return.
Proposal PC5 Proposed by Brian Bain, Chair, National Open Water Committee Seconded by Eddie Riach, Chair, National Masters Swimming Committee
Briefing Note. The proposed change is to introduce a temporary membership category to allow interested competitors to take part in a limited number of Open Water or Masters Swimming meets organised by Scottish Swimming. There are now a substantial number of people taking part in open water events run by other organisations who may be interested in competing in meets organised by Scottish Swimming. Currently this would require them to join a club and become normal members of SASA. Many find this a big step if their initial intention is to take part in only one or two meets. There are also several Triathletes who may be interested in taking part in a limited number of Masters Swimming meets. The ASA have addressed this issue by introducing a temporary membership category to allow participation for a fee in addition to the normal event entry fee. This appears to be acceptable to Perkins Slade. This proposal is to allow the addition of a similar temporary membership within Scottish Swimming for participation in a single Open Water or Masters Swimming meet as a stepping stone to eventual membership of a club and thus Scottish Swimming.
If this accepted Scottish Swimming will be proposing a fee of £15.
“Add new section as detailed (and update the Index).” C3.8 Temporary Competitor Members C3.8.1 A Temporary competitor membership will be available to anyone who wishes to take part in a Scottish Swimming Open Water or Masters Swimming meet and who is not a member of an affiliated SASA club or other Federation affiliated to FINA.
C3.8.2 The competition promoter can decide to apply for permission to accept entries from temporary members and, if so and if granted, must include details of temporary membership in the meet information.
C3.8.3 The Chief Executive must give permission for the competition to accept entries from temporary members.
C3.8.4 The temporary membership forms must be completed by the individual and returned along with the competition entry to the promoter along with the entry and temporary membership fees.
C3.8.5 The promoter is responsible for considering the applications, forwarding accepted ones to Scottish Swimming and confirming to the applicant that temporary membership has been granted.
C3.8.6 An applicant can only apply for 2 temporary memberships in a calendar year.
C3.8.7 The temporary membership fee is applicable to only one meet and shall not be refundable against a full membership if one is subsequently taken out.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 24 Proposal PC6 Proposed by Lynn Alderton, Alford Otters ASC Seconded by Ian Fleming, East Kilbride ASC
Briefing Note. The proposed change is to amend the timing by for paperwork for the District AGMs to be determined by the Districts own Governance Documents rather than the fixed date of 1 November. This is as a result of some District AGMs being held on the 2 nd Saturday in December. There is no change to the 1 November deadline for nominations for SASA Vice President (C9.7.4).
“Replace the text as detailed.” C9.2.3 Nominations for office, proposed alterations to District Governance Documentation and notices of motion must be in the hands of the District Secretary, in writing as determined by the District’s Governance Documentation.
Proposal PC7 Proposed by Lynn Alderton, Alford Otters ASC Seconded by John Deans, Hamilton Baths ASC
Briefing Note. This proposal is to ensure that all District Office Bearers and Committee Members must be members of SASA by the time they take up office. At the moment District Life Members, who need not be members of SASA can be appointed to District posts.
“Add new paragraph as detailed.” C9.6.7 All individuals elected as District Office Bearers as per paragraph C9.6.1 must be a member of SASA at the time of taking up their appointment.
Proposal PC8 Proposed by Gina Logan, Cupar ASC Seconded by Cath Fleming, Portobello ASC
Briefing Note. This proposal is to widen the criteria for Achievement and Commendation Awards to cover service as well as performance.
“Replace the text as detailed.” C11.5.2 Achievement and/or Commendation awards can be awarded to members of Scottish Swimming who have performed an Outstanding Sporting Achievement relevant to the Aquatic Disciplines or have given outstanding service to Scottish Swimming.
9.2 Proposed Alterations to the Company Articles
There are no Resolutions to Change Company Articles this year
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 25 9.3 Proposed Alterations to the Company Rules
Proposal PR1 Proposed by Blair Prentice, Life Member (Editorial Board) Seconded by Ron Taylor, Life Member (Editorial Board)
Briefing Note This proposal is to move the “unattached” rule to R5.2 (Change of 1 st or 2 nd Claim Club). However, a cross reference to the new location is being inserted as it is also an eligibility condition.
“Replace the text as detailed.” R4.5.5 Refer to Section R5.2.5 for "Unattached" criteria.
R5.2.4 An individual shall be able to compete for their new club(s) when notification is issued by the Company, provided they are not in breach of Section R5.2.5 or Sections R5.1.4 or R5.1.5.
R5.3.4 An individual shall be able to compete for their new club(s) when notification is issued by the Company, provided they are not in breach of Section R5.2.5 or Sections R5.1.4 or R5.1.5.
“Insert a new paragraph as detailed.” R5.2.5 A Competitor who has changed their club and is not eligible to compete for their new club may compete as “Unattached”. An unattached competitor cannot compete for a club in a relay event.
Note Paragraphs R5.2.4 and R5.3.4 are only changing the Section reference (refer to proposal PR4).
Proposal PR2 Proposed by Ian Fleming, East Kilbride ASC Seconded by Joanna Maguire, Heart of Midlothian ASC
Briefing Note This proposal is to ensure that Scottish Swimming and Clubs are aware when their members join other clubs by clarifying that the relevant documentation has to be completed. The proposal does not remove the right of members to join other clubs, however, it is trying to ensure that due process is followed.
“Replace the text as detailed.” R5.1.1 An individual may be a member of one or more clubs, subject to completion of 1 st and 2 nd Claim Club forms as per Section R5.2.
Proposal PR3 Proposed by Blair Prentice, Life Member (Editorial Board) Seconded by Margaret Somerville, Livingston & District Dolphins (Editorial Board)
Briefing Note This proposal is to remove paragraphs R5.1.4(e) and (f) as it they longer appear to be applicable or to serve any purpose.
“Delete the entire paragraphs R5.1.4(e) & (f) and renumber paragraph R5.1.4(g) to be R5.1.4(e). R5.1.4 An individual may compete for one club only in each of the disciplines of Swimming, Masters Swimming, Water Polo, Synchronised Swimming, Diving or Open Water Swimming during the period 1 January to 31 December in any one year with the following exceptions: e) Where a person has changed residence to an other SASA District, they may join a club in the new District provided that they have the permission of their former principal competitive club and District. f) When a person has represented their District in competition but not their Club. e) Swimmers may compete in a composite team in an invitation one off meet with the permission of their club.
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 26 Proposal PR4 Proposed by Blair Prentice, Life Member (Editorial Board) Seconded by Anne Hendry, Life Member (Editorial Board)
Briefing Note This proposal is to clarify the wording in Section R5.1.4 which has become muddled over the years by the increase in exceptions. It does not alter any of the membership criteria for any of the disciplines. The final wording is subject to all other consequential changes (eg PR3).
“Replace the entire paragraphs R5.1.4 and R5.1.5 as detailed.” “Insert new paragraphs R5.1.6 and R5.1.7
R5.1.4 In Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Diving or Open Water Swimming the following shall apply: a) An individual who is a member of only one club and changes clubs can compete for their new club in the month following confirmation of the receipt of the information by the Company. b) An individual who is a member of more than one club can declare to the Company, on the appropriate form, which is their First and Second claim club. Such individuals shall be eligible to compete for their second claim club with the written permission of their first claim club. c) An individual who has a first and second claim club and changes either club can compete for their new club in the month following confirmation of the receipt of the information by the Company.
R5.1.5 In Water Polo the following shall apply: a) A Water Polo player may only represent one District during the period 1 January to 31 December in any one year. b) Subject to Rule R5.1.5(c) and R5.1.5(d) a Water Polo player may play for their first or second claim club in any Scottish competition. Once committed to a team for a particular age group in that competition, they cannot play for another team in the same age group within that competition for the duration of that competition. c) A Water Polo player may (i) represent a Combined Team in a different age group of that competition provided that his first or second claim club form part of the combined team; (ii) play for their second claim club in any Scottish competition, if the first claim club does not enter a team into a particular age group. d) Notwithstanding Rule R5.1.5(b), a Water Polo player may represent a Combined Team or Combined Club in any competition without prejudice to their District and/or National club. (A Combined Team or Combined Club is a combination of players from two or more clubs for competition purposes as approved by the Company’s Water Polo Committee).
R5.1.6 In Masters Swimming the following shall apply: a) An individual may compete for one club only during the period 1 January to 31 December in any one year.
R5.1.7 The following exceptions apply to all disciplines. a) A member whose registered club is part of a team may also compete in meets confined to the team. b) Providing that the promoting body concerned does not take part in open competition, an individual may also take part in the annual gala and local, district, national and international competitions of their appropriate: i) Occupation, trade, profession or business ii) School, college, further education establishment, university iii) Youth organisation provided the individual is under 18 years of age on 31 December An individual may also take part in one-off events approved by the Company. c) Swimmers may compete in a composite team in an invitation one off meet with the permission of their club.
Note Final wording for R5.1.7 is dependent on proposal PR3. References to R5.1.4 and R5.1.5 will need changed or expanded to include R5.1.6 and R5.1.7 R5.2.2 (proposal PR6), R5.2.4 (proposal PR1) and R5.3.4 (proposal PR1) R13.5.4 (which is currently incorrect – should be R5.1.4(d)!).
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 27 Proposal PR5 Proposed by Cath Fleming, Portobello ASC Seconded by Joanna Maguire, Heart of Midlothian ASC
Briefing Note This proposal is to increase the number of authorised signatories in Change of Club forms to prevent delays when a Club Secretary is not available. It does not remove the need for Clubs to sign Change of club forms.
“Replace the text as detailed.” R5.2.1 An individual wishing to change their 1 st or 2 nd Claim Club must complete the appropriate form (available from the Company), and obtain the signature of the Secretaries, or other Club Officers, of the clubs involved. The form shall then be sent to the Company.
R5.2.2 An individual shall be entitled to obtain the signature of a Club Secretary (or other Club Officer) or a reason for refusal within 14 days of the request being made.
Note Final wording for R5.2.2 is dependent on proposals PR6 and PR7.
Proposal PR6 Proposed by John Deans, Hamilton Baths ASC Seconded by Elizabeth Stewart, Renfrew Baths ASC
Briefing Note This proposal is to allow individuals to compete as unattached when there is a delay in the processing of a Change of Club form or in giving a reason for refusal by their current club. This is to stop individuals being prevented from competing by a club’s lack of action. It does not give individuals the right to compete as unattached when they have not submitted a change of club form or where they have had a refusal for a signature.
“Replace the text as detailed.”
R5.2.2 An individual shall be entitled to obtain the signature of a Club Secretary (or other Club Officer) or a reason for refusal within 14 days of the request being made. a) If no response is received by the individual within 14 days the individual can compete as unattached as per R4.5.5.
Note Final wording for R5.2.2 is dependent on proposals PR1, PR5 and PR7.
Proposal PR7 Proposed by John Deans, Hamilton Baths ASC Seconded by Elizabeth Stewart, Renfrew Baths ASC
Briefing Note This proposal is to allow individuals to compete for a new club when there is a long non-constitutional delay in the processing a Change of Club form or in giving a reason for refusal by their current club. This is to stop individuals being prevented from competing for their new club by a club’s lack of action. It does not remove any liabilities that an individual may have with their existing Club nor does it give an individual the right to compete for their new Club when they have not submitted a change of club form or where they have had a refusal for a signature.
“Replace the text as detailed.”
R5.2.2 An individual shall be entitled to obtain the signature of a Club Secretary (or other Club Officer) or a reason for refusal within 14 days of the request being made. a) If no response is received by the individual within 28 days the individual can compete for their new Club, provided they are not in breach of Section R4.5.5 or Sections R5.1.4 or R5.1.5.
Note Final wording for R5.2.2 is dependent on proposals PR1, PR5 and PR6.
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Item 10 MATTERS THE SASA NEEDS TO CONSIDER AS SOLE MEMBER OF THE COMPANY None
Item 11 NOTICES OF MOTION None
Item 12 APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF SASA COUNCIL
Council President John Deans All Districts Vice President Gina Logan All Districts Vice President David Downie All Districts District Reps Joanna Maguire East District Cath Fleming East District Danny Rankin West District Ian Fleming West District Phil Cartright North District Lynn Alderton North District Gareth McClure Midland District Iain Meldrum Midland District Board Reps Maureen Campbell Chair Danny McGowan Director
Scottish Swimming Annual Business Document 2012 Page 29 Item 13 NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES
All National Chairs and Staff Nominees are listed for information only.
Swimming Committee Chair Duncan McKinnell Committee Elizabeth Stewart West Helen Smith North Helen Murray East Marion Durham Midland National Championships/ Meet Convenor Margaret Riach Technical Officials Rep Brian Hendry BSCA Rep Phil Potter Staff Nominee Ally Whike
Open Water Committee Chair Brian Bain Committee Carol Gallacher West Jennifer Ewen North Andrea Gellan East Joyce McIntosh Midland Squad/Team Manager Elspeth Black Events Co-ordinator Lynne Deans Technical Officials Co-ordinator Les Rodger Health & Safety Co-ordinator Jim Gallacher Staff Nominee Ally Whike/Gillian Innes
Masters Swimming Committee Chair Eddie Riach Committee Mac Fleetwood West Keith Dunnett North Laura Crawford East Alastair Caird Midland Events Co-ordinator Margaret Riach Technical Officials Co-ordinator STO Committee Staff Nominee James Ashley
Synchronised Swimming Committee Chair Phyllis McLean Committee Margo Wimberley Edinburgh SSC Irene Glen Dunfermline SSC Debbie MacLeod Nairn SSC Emma Miller Clydebank ASC Events/Assessor Co-ordinator Elizabeth Bowman Director of Technical Officials Elizabeth Bowman/Phyllis McLean Staff Nominee Mandy Church
Diving Committee Chair Jane Ogden Committee Vicki Tomlinson Edinburgh Diving Club Kay Neale Dundee City Peter Smith Ayr Diving Club Events Co-ordinator Mary Sless Director of Technical Officials No Nominee Staff Nominee Sarah Pryde
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Water Polo Committee Chair Ken Fussell Committee Richie Metcalfe Dunfermline WPC David Walker East Dunbartonshire Chris Henning Edinburgh University Alan Reed Falkirk Otters Paul Dunbar Hamilton WPC David Balbirnie Menzieshill Whitehall Neilson Rutherford Portobello James Dickinson St Andrews University David Dalziel Stirling Swimming Iain Wooley Warrender Baths Club Richard Wakefield Western Baths WPC Domestic Co-ordinator Charlie Dane Director of Technical Officials Derek Docherty Board Liaison John Deans
STO Committee Chair Brian Hendry Committee Stewart Finlayson West Kevin Paterson North Andrew McRoberts East Chris Wilkinson Midland STO Member Liz Stewart Staff Nominee Eilidh McCall-Lawrie/Elaine Mackenzie
Coaches Technical Panel sport scotland Rep (Chair) Phil Reid Coach Laurel Bailey Coach Gordon Glasgow Coach John Szaranek Coach Steven Tigg Coach Graham Wardell Coach Ian Wright Performance Director Ally Whike National Coach Doug Campbell Swim Programme Manager Dot Roberts Staff Nominee Anna Cummins Item 14 CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
Appointments at AGM Independent Examiners Walton Kilgour Honorary Legal Adviser Elspeth Black Honorary Medical Adviser Dr David Booth
FOR INFORMATION
BRITISH SWIMMING JUDICIAL PANEL MEMBERS Ron Taylor Eddie Wilmott Pam Thomson Tom Tracey
BRITISH SWIMMING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS PANEL Blair Prentice
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