WELSH ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2013 AT ABERAVON RFC, PORT TALBOT
PRESENT: -
Alex Donald, Graham Finlayson, Kevin Evans, Kevin Tobin, Terry Alcock, Ceri Morris, Dic Evans Diane Hains
APOLOGIES: -
John Collins
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes of the meeting held on 4th September 2013 were accepted as a true record.
It was agreed that in future minutes would be emailed to committee members for comment. Any amendments should be notified to the Secretary as soon as possible, to enable the minutes to be amended, if necessary, and emailed to Welsh Athletics (WA) for publication on the web site. If no response was received it would be assumed that the recipients were happy with them.
MATTERS ARISING
Dealt with under the subsequent headings.
OFFICERS
Kevin Evans to continue as Chairman. Sharon Leech has offered to come on to the committee to fulfill the role of Secretary.
ENGLISH CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS
GF/AD noted that the English Cross Country Association (ECCA) had confirmed that Welsh teams would not be allowed to compete in their championships.
CELTIC CROSS COUNTRY TROPHIES
Confirmed that no further information had been found regarding the location of the Celtic Cross Country team trophies.
Noted that it was unlikely that this fixture would take place this season as Ireland had decided not to fully support it.
WELSH KIT
AD noted that WA was still negotiating with various kit manufacturers and that the existing contract with Under Armour was no longer in place. Concerns were raised regarding availablity of kit for the forthcoming cross country fixtures.
KT to email Matt Newman to raise concerns and to obtain further information.
NORTH WALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR CROSS COUNTRY COMMITTEE
AD to contact Sue Sayer regarding a North Wales committee member.
BUDGET & FINANCE
Budget presented to committee and accepted. Areas within budget to be reviewed as and when necessary.
FIXTURES
Inter-Regional
Confirmed as Saturday December 14th at Builth Wells, course as last year.
Welsh Cross Country Championships
Confirmed that these would be held on Saturday 15th February 2014 at Dinefwr Park, Llandeilo.
AD/GF and Steve Brace (SB) to confirm course details.
Noted that the Welsh Schools Championships would now be held on Saturday 1st February 2014 in Brecon
Representative and International Fixtures
Agreed as follows:-
UK Cross Challenge/European Cross Country Trial, 23rd November 2013, Liverpool
Agreed this would be a representative fixture and to take 4 each Male and Female, U17 and U20 Age Groups.
Team management to be agreed but to be kept to a minimum.
Teams to be selected in the next Cross Country Committee Meeting.
UK Cross Challenge, 18th January 2014, Cardiff
Agreed that this would be an inter-area fixture, 4 each Male and Female at Senior Age Group. GF confirmed that the various English regions had all expressed an interest.
Euro Cross, Sunday 22nd December 2013, Brussels
Agreed that this would be an international fixture and to send 4 each Male and Female at U20 and Senior Age Groups.
AD to investigate various options re. travel and accommodation.
Noted that the English Team were travelling on Eurostar.
Team management to be agreed but to be kept to a minimum.
Teams to be selected immediately following the 14th December event at Builth Wells.
Home Countries International Saturday 22nd March 2014
Agreed that this would be an international fixture and to send 4 each Male and Female at U20 and Senior Age Groups.
WELSH ATHLETICS WEBSITE
A proposed missive regarding fixtures and selection for publication on the WA website was read out and agreed in principle. AD to make any necessary amendments and arrange for it to be included on the website.
WELSH ATHLETICS AGM
Dic Evans confirmed that he would attend as the Cross Country Committee representative
MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL
Noted that GF had offered his assistance with organizational matters.
Unlikely that any financial assistance would be offered as the Masters are not affiliated to WA and had not put forward any form of business plan to justify a contribution.
DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING
Wednesday 13th November, Aberavon RFC, Port Talbot at 7pm
Distribution: -
Those present and Matt Newman, Scott Simpson, John Collins, Phil Banning / ACTION
ALL
KT
ACTION
AD
AD/GF/Steve Brace
Committee
AD
Committee