MEMBERSHIP FOR 2010/2011 SEASON

PAYMENT IS NOW DUE ON 1ST APRIL

Please see Club Treasurer, Sally Bones, for renewal of membership. Club Treasurer will be available to deal with renewals every Tuesday training session, Winter Warm Up on 28th March and every Thursday training session from 15th April.

Alternatively, please post a cheque payable to Scunthorpe & District AC to c/o 34 Manley Gardens, Brigg, DN20 8LW. If any member is having difficulty paying the whole amount in full, please make an arrangement with the Treasurer to pay in instalments.

Please read the following rules which were agreed by the Track and Field Committee at the AGM on 17th February 2010:

Rules for Renewal of Membership/ Application for New Members

ALL EXISTING AND NEW MEMBERS will automatically be affiliated to England Athletics regardless of age or status within the club.

A fee is only payable by the club for athletes aged 11 or over and therefore the fee will be collected as part of the membership fee which is due on 1st April. All athletes aged 10 or over on 1st April will pay the higher membership fee. The England Athletics Affiliation Secretary (EAAS) will be responsible for maintaining the Track & Field Members records at England Athletics and will ensure that when athletes turn 11 years of age they are moved from social status to competitive status.

RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP FOR EXISTING MEMBERS –renewals are due on 1st April. There is no need to complete new membership forms but any existing member who did not have a URN with England Athletics for the 2009/2010 season will need to complete an England Athletics Membership Form.

Existing Members must ensure that membership fees have been paid (or an arrangement to pay has been agreed with the Treasurer) at least 48 hours before any member wishes to compete for the Club, so that the EAAS has the opportunity to renew their URN with England Athletics.

NEW MEMBERS- must have joined the Club and paid all fees in full at least 14 days before competing for the Club to enable the EAAS time to register their details with England Athletics and to obtain them a URN.

Team Managers will not be able to select athletes to compete in team competition for the Club if the athlete has not completed the appropriate paper work/paid the appropriate fees.

This new procedure will help prevent the Club and Athletes from falling foul of England Athletics rules. England Athletics have made it clear that any athletes competing without a paid up URN may face a 12 month ban from competition.

November 2009 - Scunthorpe youngsters amongst the regions Elite

a report by Matt Hammond

Following on from a superb season which has seen Scunthorpe and district Athletics club promoted in both the senior and young athlete’s leagues. Eight of their young athletes have been rewarded with selection to the Yorkshire and Humberside Elite training squads.

The squads are run throughout the winter by The Regional Council, and the Coaching Committee of Yorkshire and Humberside. They are selected on performances from the summer track and filed season with the intention of improving the development opportunities for Athletes and coaches.

The squads are held at the English Institute of Sport regional centre at Sheffield. Sheffield is one of nine centres throughout the country that have  been established Under Chairman Steve Cram, former world mile record holder and Olympic medallist, and National Director Conor O’Shea, the English Institute of Sport (EIS) is a nationwide network of sport science and sports medical support services, designed to foster the talents of elite athletes. It was opened in 2003 at a cost of 24 million pounds and is now recognised as one of the premier indoor training facilities in the country. One of its aims is to nurture talent for the upcoming 2012 Olympics

Selection for the squads is based around the National rankings and Athletes must appear in the top 100 nationally in their age group and in their particular event and must reside in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region.

Initially 4 training days are set up throughout the winter where athletes and coaches get a chance to train and discuss training theory and approaches. The EIS will also include guess speakers featuring successful senior athletes.

The successful Scunthorpe youngsters are

Ashley WREN – Sprints and Long jump

Josh BONES – Long jump and triple jump

Alice KAYE – Sprints

Sophie CROFT- Sprints

Kate PATTISON – Discus

Kieran BURR – Javelin

Rachel ROBINSON – Endurance

Callum SMITH - Sprint