Coaches
Report 2006-07
Coaching Sessions on both
the early and late slots have been very well attended throughout the year and
when combined topping around 40 runners on at least one occasion. Long gone are
the days when we had numbers in single figures.
Congratulations to Ian Pitt
who has gained his Coach Level 1 award and in doing so brings our number of qualified
and active coaches to three. Tony is on the brink of gaining his level 2 award
and I am still part way through my level 3. However I must also thank the more
experienced members of the club who have given their time in encouraging the
newer members and helping the coaches, especially at the early sessions..
With the increasing size of
our club it is becoming more difficult for only three coaches to cope
effectively and offer adequate coaching and I would like to see at least
another two members go down the coaching path and ideally at least one of these
to be a female. So if you feel you could help in this way the club is willing
to pay for your training.
As the dynamic of the club
has changed in the past two or three years it has become apparent, from a
coaching point of view, that the present set up is perhaps not serving the club
in the best way to encourage a more seamless and integrated progression for
members and to make best use of the three coaches we have so the coaches have
discussed some changes that you might like to consider.
More of that later but I
would now like to move on to the Coaches award for this year. There have been a
number of very strong contenders trying to catch the coaches eye this year but
the person who fits the award best was in the beginners section just over a
year ago, won our London Marathon ballot and since then has gone from strength
(hill reps) to strength (more hill reps). The coach’s award this year goes to
Caroline Brogan.
Club Championship
First apologies for the lack
of championship updates throughout the year, in defence I do require input and
submissions from you and very little data appeared readily to hand until the
last few weeks. My apologies also if your name does not
appear in the championship table. The main reasons for this are that you
have overlooked paying your club dues for the year, (I was asked that only paid
up members be included), you have not run any races this year or if you have I
have not been able to find them or knew about them.
After much digging and
delving (there was no bribing) I have managed to come up with our champions for
2007. Dealing with the men first as they are less
interesting. In the first half of the year Ewan Barnfather seemed to be running
races here there and everywhere and looked to be a certain champion, however a
new arrival in the Barnfather household curtailed some of his activity later on
and in the end Ewan has finished up in third place. This left the field open to
two old hands to contest the number one spot. Both of these ran the
Now for the ladies and the
number of ladies appearing in the championship table far outweighs that shown
by the men and it is great to see so many new names beginning to make an
impact. Concentrating on international duties Elaine (Calder) has not been able
to run as many races as usual and has consequently slipped down the list a
little bit. However her achievements at representing the club at International
level undoubtedly make her our International Champion, congratulations on your
achievements throughout the year Elaine. Last years champion Rosie (