Committee Corner

A new club logo was agreed. The club will be re-branded with the new logo – website, correspondence, uniform, certificates, Sunday tags etc. The new logo will be placed on future orders of uniforms. Opportunity is being taken to look at alternative suppliers – WA supplier is preferred to reduce shipment times. Most suppliers now…

Registrations now open for WMA Indoors Torun, WMA Cross Country Bathurst and AMA Nationals Sydney. Oceania Champs will be North Mariana Islands in June. Electrolyte drinks to be available at water stations on very hot days. Club will start keeping a log of incidents where first aid was required. Welcome Steve Travell to the committee.…

My apologies that I have been rather lax with this slot over the past year – Richard. As a number of councils now prohibit the use of stakes in the grass we have retired the roped finish chute and will use cones at all runs We met with the Road Run finish team and agreed…

Membership peaked at 770 at the end of September but is now just under 600 in the new membership year. This large drop was expected due to covid-related reasons. The new Sunday helper registration is working well – members need to remember to sign up as new runs appear on the list. Agreed with VenuesWest…

The 2021/22 Sunday programme has been agreed and will be published in August. It contains several new runs following member suggestions The membership form was removed in early July and prospective new members advised to pay visitor fees until the 2021/22 form is available in late August A new arrangement will be introduced for booking…

Surpassed our all-time membership level of 703 in January Encouraged to see a lot of new young Track and Field members February and March saw very large participation at ECAC on Thursdays To save on cups members are requested to bring their own water bottles for use at the finish Slower runners and walkers doing…

Sunday tags to restart 4th October. Sunday visitors to restart 15th November, with requirements for exact cash put into tin and cut-off 10 minutes before run start. Agreed to purchase time display board linked to photofinish. Agreed to purchase one-piece soft top cover for high jump mat. Committee roles for next 12 months: Silke –…

The new member additional fee has been raised to $20 to reflect increased costs for bibs and tags. There will be no winter meets at WAAS this year ahead of Toronto World Champs. We held such meetings in 2018 and they were very poorly attended. McCallum Lakes again impacted by Australia Day preparations. Timing will…

The AWA Heptathlon/Decathlon events in January will also be MAWA State Championship events. The 2020 Handicap trophy will conclude with City Rail in August. Entries for the 2020 AMA Postal Half Marathon will open in early February. Agreed to purchase a new big clock for ECAC – partly funded by the generous bequest from the…

Welcome to new members Pam Thonell and Silke Peglow Committee roles agreed. Janne will continue with trophies, Pam will be Sunday run co-ordinator, Silke will do Sunday equipment and share visitor table with Andrew, Mark will continue with track and field Mark Kerr will handover facebook administration to Silke, Maureen Kershwar and Jenn Parker Super…