Pensby Runners AGM Held at Heswall Squash Club 25Th January 2019 1915H
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Pensby Runners AGM Held at Heswall Squash Club 25th January 2019 1915h Present John Keyworth, David Green, Gordon Scholefield, Roy Fisher, Andy Morley, Nigel Crompton, Ian Chalmers, Anthony Dala, Ruth Issacs, John Suckley, Colin Lamprey, Dan Bruffel, Ralph Pawling, Steve Roberts, Chris Marsland, Andy Sumner, Patrik Corrigan, Steve Tilby, Stella Elliott Apologies Rob Beech, Catherine Howell, Gary Johnstone, Lesley Cummings, Leslie Keyworth, Rob Chalmers, Mark Smith, Pat Peers, Mark Roberts, Rob and Lisa Grantham Charity Presentation Wirral Branch MS Society – John Galvin accepted a cheque to the value of £500 on behalf of the charity and gave a short presentation on the illness Wirral and North Cheshire Prostate Cancer Support Group – Calvin Wood accepted a cheque to the value of £500 on behalf of the charity and gave a short presentation on the illness Approval of Minutes of the last meeting 26th January 2018 These were approved by Gordon Scholefield and seconded by Ralph Pawling Matters arising There were no matters arising Chairman’s report - including 2019 adopted charity 2019’s nominated charity will be Wirral Branch National Deaf Children’s Society See appendix I Fell Race report See appendix II Cross Country report Rob Chalmers was unable to attend and provide a report. Briefly the numbers taking part are up with more new faces and lots of enthusiasm. Seaside Run report See appendix III Road Race report See appendix IV Treasurer’s report See appendix V Gordon Scholefield provided a summary to the meeting of the payment to Northern Athletics, the benefits to the members and how it is likely to reduce next year. Colin Lamprey asked for further details on the Christmas Party expenditure. The Treasurer advised that it was mainly food and room hire. Ian Chalmers commented that the food provided at the Christmas Party was poor. David Green said that arrangement would be made sooner this year which would hopefully lead to a better choice Ian Chalmers and Colin Lamprey suggested that members might wish to pay for the Christmas Party. The Treasurer explained that this was an attempt to distribute excess funds fairly which was accepted. John Suckley asked for the line item Stripe Fees/Domain to be explained. The Treasurer advised that this was to do with the on-line payments system and the upkeep of the web-site. David Green explained the basis behind the new fee structure i.e. these were pitched to cover only the direct costs of membership. Any other expenditure would be covered by the funds brought in by the Seaside Runs. The new subscription rates are:- Standard Membership £40 Full membership £113 Under 25 & full time student - standard £34 Under 25, full time student & 2nd claim - standard £19 Under 25, full time student – full £89 Under 25, full time student & 2nd claim - full £74 Squash Club member £17 Squash Club member 2nd claim £1 2nd claim - standard £23 2nd claim – full £97 Ian Chalmers commended the committee on the second reduction of subscriptions in two years. Colin Lamprey stated that he wasn’t aware of the large contribution made to club funds by the Seaside Runs. He felt that this was not appreciated by the membership. Colin Lamprey asked whether “club colours” could be given as part of the membership i.e. a running vest or training T-shirt as part of the membership fee. Ralph Pawling wondered if the lack on “on the night” entries for the Seaside Run would lead to less income in the future and thus impact the benefit to the subscriptions. Gordon Scholefield explained that there are pluses and minuses with the introduction but its impact would be monitored. Dan Bruffel suggested that other clubs require that members volunteer to help at at least one race during the years. The accounts were proposed by Nigel Crompton and seconded by Ralph Pawling. The revised subscriptions were proposed by Anthony Dala and seconded by Steve Roberts. Ian Shorrock has agreed to be the auditor again for 2019 Membership report See appendix VI Election of officers Chairman incumbent Roy Fisher Vice Chairman incumbent Gordon Scholefield Secretary Proposed Emily Astley Proposer David Green, seconder Iain Arnison Assistant Secretary incumbent David Green Treasurer incumbent Andy Morley Assistant Treasurer incumbent John Keyworth Membership secretary incumbent Andy Sumner Club captain incumbent Nigel Crompton Club vice-captain Proposed Dan Bruffel Proposer Nigel Crompton, seconder Pat Peers Non voting member(1) Proposed Ralph Pawling Proposer David Green, seconder Dan Bruffel Non voting member(2) VACANCY Motions from the membership a) Proposal to disband joint Birkenhead/Pensby Cross Country Team Proposer Ian Chalmers, seconder Rob Beech Before Ian Chalmers spoke to his proposal the committee gave a short report on the matter We initially contacted their Birkenhead’s president Andy Wareing who replied as follows: “ I and the few members that have competed in the NW Sunday Cross-Country League are very pleased for Pensby to take on the challenge alone, thanks for asking us. We will still take part and enjoy the challenges each course presents, hopefully we may get a surge as well. I and my committee wish you and Pensby every success and if you need assistance at Arrowe Park please ask.” Andy Wareing (08/01/19) Since receiving this positive response, we have contacted the League coordinator, John Cheetham, to formally propose the change and he has replied as follows: “There’s no problem with splitting the clubs, but can I suggest we leave it until next season so that we don’t have to re-jig the results.” (John Cheetham, 14/01/19) Ian Chalmers spoke to his proposal……. Each year, I participate in the inter-club Cross Country race series. To score, each club needs six runners for a men’s team and three runners for a women’s team. 11 years ago, neither Birkenhead AC nor Pensby Runners could raise enough runners to form a team on their own. The good news was that by merging, they could field a joint team but the not so good news was that any Pensby Runners who raced, found their team results under the heading “Birkenhead and Pensby”. This arrangement took place in time for the 2007/8 season. Since then, Birkenhead’s numbers have decreased whilst Pensby’s have increased dramatically. At last month’s Arrowe Park race, Pensby fielded 16 men and 8 women. Birkenhead fielded just 2 men and no women. The women have fared worse with no Birkenhead women running in cross country for a while. I wish to propose that from next season we compete in the cross country series as Pensby Runners. The proposal was unanimously agreed by those present b) Proposal that the family runs are adopted as official club events Proposer Stella Elliot, seconder Simon Rogers Before Stella Elliot spoke to his proposal Roy Fisher outlined the work already undertaken on this matter by the committee. Stella Elliot spoke to the proposal… The family runs have now taken place on the last Sunday of the month for over 18 months. Early concerns relating to potential safeguarding issues, though understood, are fully mitigated by the organisers being in possession of full DBS clearance, and parents/ grandparents accompanying their children at all times. The family runs are fun, introducing running with a mixture of warm up exercises that entails children loving their parent/grandparent also doing star jumps and press ups, coupled with games during the runs of around 2 - 3 miles. The runs are proving to be an effective springboard. Children are now entering a variety of more arduous races, with some furthering their running skills with specific coaching at Wirral AC. The proposal is that the club adopt the runs formally. This will support better communication by inclusion on the clubs website, and demonstrate how as a club we can contribute to 'growing our own' The proposal was unanimously agreed by those present Rob Beech withdrew his proposal before the meeting c) London Marathon place for 2020 – Rob Beech Proposer Rob Beech, seconder Jayne Price Ian Chalmers asked had all avenues been explored in trying to get the winner of the club Christmas Raffle a 2019 London Marathon place. The committee explained what had been done to try and secure a place but with no success. Patrik Corrigan (the winner of the 2019 place) suggested that he would feel uncomfortable where the club to commit to a £2000+ charity place on his behalf and was happy with the committee’s alternative approach Presentation to Achiever of the year This year’s committee choice for Achiever of the year arguably goes to one of the best athletes Pensby Runners has had. This award doesn’t always go to the best runner. Achievements come in many forms but this year the committee felt that this person was a very worthy recipient. This member has won several fell races during the year including Hotfoot up Famau, Green, green grass of Home and the Clwydian Hills race to name a few. His most memorable win of the year, in my opinion, was winning the Welsh 1000metres race on the 7th June. This is a race starting in Abergwyngregyn on the North Wales Coast and finishing on the top of Snowdon. 22 miles over the Carneddau mountain range, the Glyderau mountain range and then summitting Snowdon, some 7,500ft of ascent. But it is not just on the fells that he excels. In November he came third in the Cyprus Running Challenge – a series of races over several days. He came second in the Sandstone Trail race (17.1 miles). He recently came 61st (out of 20,000 runners) in the Dublin marathon and was 1st placed V45 (out of 1919 V45s) and was selected to run for the Police for the UK.