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Circuit sessions are making a return from Monday 18th October
Open to all members of the club the sessions are at Hervines Park Pavilion between 7 and 8pm and are to develop strength and conditioning of athletes and to help prevent injury. The sessions are to suit all abilities. For more information, see here Annual General Meeting of Chiltern Harriers Athletic Club will be held on-line on Zoom on Monday 8 March 2021, commencing at 7.30pm.
Log-in details: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99856825161?pwd=NWF5ZXFSTHV6anR6VVliaHllZm5NUT09 Meeting ID: 998 5682 5161 Passcode: 744318 Log in five minutes before start, 100 places available Please advise the Club Secretary, Tony Molesworth, in advance if you can attend, preferably by Sunday 7 March, details below. The agenda for the meeting and the minutes of the 2020 AGM can be downloaded HERE or from the About Notices section of the Club website. The Chairman’s report and the Athlete performance report can be downloaded HERE from the About Notices section of the Club website. All members, except associate members and honorary members, of the Club have the right to vote at the AGM Parents of young athletes who are members of the Club are also invited to attend the meeting and act as proxy voters for their children. AGM Agenda 2021 Chairman's Report AGM 2021 Notice is hereby given and Members are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Chiltern Harriers Athletic Club that will be held on-line on Zoom on Monday 8 March 2021, commencing at 7.30pm.
The meeting shall receive reports from members of the Management Committee and a statement of the independently examined accounts. Election of Officers, Management Committee Members and an Independent External Examiner will take place. Nominations for Officers and members of the Management Committee must be sent to the Secretary by Monday 1 March 2021. Nominations for Life Members can be made by two members of the Club and must be received by the Secretary by 9 February 2020. All members, except associate members and honorary members, of the Club have the right to vote. The agenda for the meeting and the minutes of the 2020 AGM can be downloaded from the About Notices section of the Club website. Please register with the Club Secretary (secretary@chilternharriers.com) if you can attend the AGM and the Zoom log-in details will be sent to you. Parents of young athletes who are members of the Club are also invited to attend the meeting and act as proxy voters for their children. Tony Molesworth Secretary As the Guidance from England Athletics stands at the moment we are not able to continue with our normal programme of Sunday social runs for the senior members.
Hopefully , this will only be a temporary issue . In the mean time if you are missing your regular mud paddle, why not take advantage of the Route Map library to down load one of the routes either as a PDF or to your wearable tech (Christmas present ?). There are a few new ones. There are easily adapted to suit requirements. It would be good to build on this library , so if you have a favourite route – road or trail – why not share it . Happy to help or go direct to Matt Channer and cut out the middle man ! Happy New Year This year the Bran Tub Relay will not be happening as normal but 70 Chiltern athletes divided into 15 teams have entered a virtual version with a competition window from 21st to 30th December.
Athletes should send in their times to Steve Perkin at steve.perkin@chilternharriers.com Results to be published on New Years Eve. DOWNLOAD TEAMS FOR THE VIRTUAL BRAN TUB RELAY Hi Everyone
With Hervines Pavilion closed and social distancing a priority we will, unfortunately, not be able to hold the Bran Tub Relay as normal this year. However, we are instead having a Virtual Bran Tub Relay which athletes can attempt over the Christmas period. Katie Royals has kindly created a google entry form . Please use this to enter and insert an approximate time for 1500m (the Bran Tub course is 1450m). https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdp8kxbzByfjwY8iCqXHwLoYkPhLJiTX7IhJ9IHvya8WqTQlQ/viewform Closing date for entries is Friday 18th December. Over that weekend I will divide up the entries into, hopefully, evenly matched teams of five (or other multiple depending on the number of entries) with the help of other coaches. I will publish these so athletes can see who is in their teams Athletes should attempt the course between Monday 21st December and Wednesday 30th December. I will try and get results out on New Years Eve. Please feel free to send me photos that I can add to the club website along with my report. For those that haven’t taken part before the course begins at the bollards at the end of Devonshire Avenue. It follows Devonshire Avenue and turns right along the main Chesham Road, before taking a sharp right into Hervines Road. The finish is level with the right hand bollard back towards Hervines car park. Those with strava or other GPS facility can use that, others can use a coach, parent or friend to time them. I live nearby and am happy to pop up to time athletes. Athletes could opt to run together but in very small groups only please. Coaches - please forward to your groups. Please let me know if you have any queries. Regards Steve Members will remember the Chiltern Way exercise looking at the future management of the Club.
The committee have continued working on this initially in conjunction with England Athletics and have produced a Vision for the Club incorporated into a Development and Action Plans for the period to the end of 2024. Progress has been slowed by the constraints of the pandemic which has taken away the EA resources on furlough. Nevertheless, progress has been made to ensure the Club maintain high standards of governance and member experience. Once more progress has been made further updates will be circulated. In the mean time if any member would like to see copies of the Plans please let me know via graham.palser@chilternharriers.com or if you would like to offer much needed help in the running of the Club please contact Trevor Davies on chair@chilternharriers.com. Steve Perkin’sexcellent report detailsour Club’s superb athletic achievements during 2019.
Spring Marathons On Tuesday evenings early in 2019 a group started using the ‘Hanson’s Marathon Method’ initiated in the club by Tom Powell. This is a structured progression of interval based training.A group of some 20 runners enjoyed this different approach to training for a Marathon. The initiative was very successful and is being repeated again this year. There were some great Marathon performances during the year including Ben Alexanderrunning 2.37 and Ali Young 3.01 in London, Mike Turney 2.54, Richard Clark 2.56 and Ross Jarman 2.59 in Manchester and Aran Davidson 2.37 in Berlin. Track and Field Our Young Athletes continue to perform very well despite the lack of a local track. The Seniors will again be using the track at Merchant Taylors on Thursday evenings during early to late summer. There are also opportunities for all members to make use of the Watford Open Graded Meetings which are on alternate Wednesdays from 8th. April. Please check Watford Harriers website for full details. Ridgeway Relay For several years Roger and Sue Ellerby have been organising and managing a team from the club to take part in thisrace which consists of 10 ‘legs’ over a distance of 86 miles from Ivinghoe Beacon to Marlborough.The club had its best result last year finishing 3rdout of 40+ teams. Each team must include at least 2 ladies. Roger hopes we can field a ladies team as well this year. Two of the ‘legs’ can be run by a male.This year’s race is on Sunday 28thJune. If you are interested in taking part and have not previously been involved please tell Roger.Being a ‘point to point’ racethere is a lot of organisation neededto ensure the ‘baton’ is successfully delivered to Marlborough. Chiltern Cross Country League As recently as Feb. 2020 we saw the conclusion of the Chiltern League season and wonderful to report that our club won the final fixture by over 200 points, a staggering performance.Our Young Athletes again dominated the day but there were also huge contributions from both our Senior Women and our Senior Men. James Repper is the Men’s Team Manager and he attended all fivefixtures but because of his devotion to doing the job thoroughlyfeltunable to run himself. As he is one of our faster runners thisis a shame. Is there someone who could share the task with him so he can compete as well as the person helping? Please letme know or contact James. Circuit Training A few members have suggested it would help them if we provided Pilates, Core Strengthening and Injury Prevention sessions etc. We do already have Circuit Training on Monday evenings in the Pavilion in Hervines Park and organised by Jamie Shepard. Full details are on the web site. Look under Seniors or ‘Juniors’.The session is graded to suit both Senior and Junior athletes and could be classified as ‘cross training’ and formulated to increase general, core and body condition, strength and flexibility.Just turn up and introduce yourself to Jamie. It is free for members. Web Site You will have noticed has been updated and is continuing to be improved. Our thanks to Howard Cave who has been our webmaster for ages and Matt Channer who is designing the new site and Andy Hickman who is also assisting. Many Senior athletes are now making use of the socialmedia application ‘Slack’ to share information about the club sessions, races, etc. Facilities We continue to use some sixteendifferent locations and I am very aware that for parents with siblings,training at different venues,is tiresome.We continue to strive for better facilities and fewer of them but there are no obvious opportunities at the moment although this could change. Please contact me immediately if you get to hear of any developments which may involve a school, sports club or a redevelopment of a brown field site. We have a working party already set up. Coaches and Officials Every year in my Chairman’s Report I have appealed for more help with coaching in particular. I am pleased to report that in the last twelvemonths we have been helped by a positive rush of volunteers albeit we have lost a few who have retired or relocated, but we still need more. We think the most likely candidates are in the 16-25 age group or aged over 50 or a parent. Are you in this range and could you help? There is great fulfilment in seeing younger and older athletes striving to reach their potential.If you are interested please let me know or speak to one of our coaches. Training courses are available and are paid for by the Club. Development Plan A new FiveYear Plan has been prepared and will be discussed by the Management Committee and will be placed on our website shortly.We anticipate the Club will continue to grow but there is still a need for more coaches and better facilities. We will also need help from many members to drive the club forward. Chiltern Way-Consultation Thank you for your responses and suggestions,manyof whichare reflected in the new Development Plan. Social and Awards Night Our ‘social’ team led by Ellie Bates continue to work tirelessly and a date for this year’s event will be advised shortly. Defibrillator We have purchased an AED and as the Seniors are likely to be the most vulnerable group this will be available at Tuesday and Thursday evening training sessions. The custodian is Mike Shrive and Andy Hickman is the organiser. Other groups can always borrow the equipment. Just contact Andy.Full training is being given and further details will be placed onourweb site shortly. Junior Training Camp We held our first ever training camp at Phasels Wood Activity Centre near Hemel Hempstead. Nearly thirtyYoung Athletes attended the threeday residential course which included running/group exercises /football/yoga and lectures. Thanks to Nic Hughes, Becky McCall and Katie Doran for organising.Another camp is being arranged for this summer. Volunteers A huge thank you to all the people who help at our training sessions, at our races, and who support and organise our eventswhatever the weather;and also members of our Management Committee. Ellie Bates who has been a substantial member of the Committeefor 5 years is standing down but will continuetoorganise our annual social and prepare weekly race reports. Thank you Ellie. Martyn Cartwright has retiredfrom coaching Young Athletes and I would like to thank him for his huge contribution over many years. Hopefully we can now look forward to another Olympic year which will again put our sport under the spotlight. Many of us were volunteers in London in 2012 and it would be fabulous if that ‘feel good’ factor could be repeated. Good luck with your endeavours in 2020. Trevor Davies-Chairman |
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