Ennerdale Trail Run – Sunday 20th October, 2013

The High Terrain Events Ennerdale Trail Run Entries are now open…
Let’s have some more people this year!!!

10Km: The Course is flat’ish around Ennerdale Lake, but technical trail conditions & one crag small’ish to contend with in the letter stages

25Km: The Course is undulating around the Ennerdale Valley, with wide forest access track/road but technical trail conditions & one small’ish crag to contend with in the latter stages…. AMAZING scenery further down the valley!!!

50Km: 25Km x2

A good average pace could see 2hrs10mins – 3hrs running time, with a stop for refreshments (+ cake & tea etc…) half way at Black Sail YHA

Start training now!!

Link for entries online: http://www.highterrainevents.co.uk/17.html

Club subscriptions for 2013

Our membership secretary, Steve Hall, has asked me to post a message to members to say, “that your Annual Subscriptions are now due. Please complete the membership form (a copy can be found > here < ) with your details and return together with your cheque to

Stephen Hall
40 George Street,
Skipton,
BD23 2PN

as soon as possible, thank you.”

Any queries email: Paul pdqnorman@gmail.com and/or Steve hall312@btinternet.com

Cheers

Paul

POSTING NOTIFICATION PROBLEMS??

Hi, this post is a ‘test’ to see if all skiptonac@yahoogroups.co.uk subscribers are receiving their NEW WEBSITE POST emails correctly…

There is NO Forum, just this Website & the Yahoo! Groups email for all Correspondence / News.

Please be aware that as the skiptonac Yahoo! Group email is a MASS email, sometimes it can fall into your ‘junk’ folders, so please check here too. You may have to update your email settings / permissions to avoid the email being ‘junked.

 

Regards & happy soggy running!

Dentdale Run – March 2013

The Dentdale Run is a 14 mile (approx) run which a number of us have run before (notably Clare Pearson who was first female last year).  It is an undulating road race through lovely countryside starting and finishing in the village of Dent.  Tea, sandwiches and cakes usually provided post race as part of entry fee.  All proceeds go to Dent Primary School.

It will be held on Saturday 9th March 2013 at 1 pm.  Entry forms will be available from the pool and should be accessible from the link below:

Dent-entry-2013

 

 

Training Dec ’12 into Jan ’13

The more observant of you may have noticed that Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday so we will give ourselves the day off from a club training night that day. On Thursday 27th the suggestion is that those who can run during the day meet at the pool at 10 am to run wherever and those working during the day meet at 7 pm to do the Town Circular (forwards) route. (The pool is unlikely to be open at that time so we can’t use lockers for storing kit whilst running.)

New Year’s day falls on a Tuesday so we’ll say that we won’t meet that day. Thursday 3rd we meet as usual at 7 pm.

If you are out doing events (e.g. Chevin Chase, Jolly Holly Jog(full), Ribble Valley 10k) have fun and good luck!

Cheers, Paul

Update on England Athletics affiliation:

Hi folks. Further to the discussions we had at the AGM and the consultation between EA and clubs, I have just received the following communication sent out to club secretaries. Best wishes, Paul

 

England Athletics – Membership consultation

Statement from England Athletics Chair, Peter King, and Chief Executive, Chris Jones on behalf of the Board of England Athletics.

We write to you on behalf of the board of England Athletics to provide information, as promised, relating to affiliation fees that will take effect from 1st April 2013.

Following what we recognise to be an inadequate consultation process regarding affiliation we set up the three regional meetings and facilitated emailed submissions to hear views about this and the general concerns over consultation and representation in our sport.

We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to make their views and constructive contributions known to us over recent weeks at meetings, via email and by post. This reflects an incredible dedication to the sport by so many.  We have taken these comments, views and opinions seriously. We are grateful for the way so many people have, in turn, been receptive to hearing what we have had to say about the challenges, in terms of budgets and provision, our sport faces as we look to the coming years, and how we must work together to address them.

Sport England this week announced their plans for funding for 2013-17. You can read more about this at www.englandathletics.org/wsp2013

Sport England funding is allocated for specific areas of work that are ring fenced and will support our delivery in these areas. Because it is allocated for specific uses this funding cannot be transferred for use elsewhere. For example £8.8m is allocated to bringing more people into recreational running.  We will continue to work with UKA to identify new sources of commercial revenue but, at present, there is not the level of commercial funding available that there has been in the past.

Based on consideration of all the comments received we have made the following decisions. For the affiliation year commencing 1st April 2013 the following will apply:

  • All individual athletes will pay a flat fee of £10 irrespective of age or discipline. (The £10 fee will also apply to the optional Under 11s scheme. Details on the benefits pack for this scheme will be communicated in the New Year.)
  • The club and affiliated bodies registration fee will remain at £50.
  • The processes for clubs to affiliate and register athletes will be as in the current year.
  • Upgrades to the ‘Trinity’ member portal for clubs and athletes will be undertaken to make it more ‘user friendly’. We would like to thank those people who have given specific input on this matter.

In coming to the above decision, we have been through a challenging process.  This has made us clearly aware that, amongst other things, we need to review our approach to consultation and the democratic system of England Athletics that helps to shape and inform decision making. With this in mind we will carry out further consultation with member clubs during 2013 which will include consultation around plans for affiliation and membership in the future.  This will include the following:

  • How we provide best value to members,
  • How we achieve further cost savings,
  • How we continue to provide and safeguard the services the sport values most.

Details will be provided in due course, with the first meetings likely to be in early 2013.

A number of themes outside of affiliation fees were also raised through the recent consultation:

  • Desire for increased communication, consultation and engagement with the sport around membership and the wider work of EA (including costs and funding of delivery)
  • Earlier communication regarding any proposed change
  • Desire for any fee increases to be gradual, phased in and/ or subject to greater notice
  • Need for improvements to the Trinity membership portal to help volunteers in clubs
  • That the more athletes that clubs register the lower the price can be per athlete
  • There were very mixed views on whether affiliation should be through the club or individual which require further discussion.

In 2013 we will be looking at ways in which we can strengthen the democratic processes of England Athletics. With this in mind we would like to continue the discussions on Regional Councils and how they can be more effectively utilised.  At this time that means making them as representative as possible and capable of both sending ideas and comments up to the National Council and the Board, and being a strong conduit back from the Board and National Council to Clubs for consultation and information purposes.  Nominations for the forthcoming elections will shortly open and we will be sending nomination forms to clubs as well as making them available at www.englandathletics.org/elections.

At the consultation meetings we committed to transparency, this included a commitment to making information on comments and views given at the meetings available on the website. These are available at www.englandathletics.org/membership2013.

We apologise for relaying this information to you late in December but have sought to act as swiftly as possible after the final consultation meeting and closing of online submissions.  We are therefore contacting club secretaries by email where possible, posting information and placing information on the England Athletics website at www.englandathletics.org.

Yours Sincerely,

Peter King, Chair, England Athletics

Chris Jones, Chief Executive, England Athletics

On behalf of the Board of England Athletics

Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of UKA.

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