44th Club Newsletter June 2009 (incorporating the 54th Under 11 Newsletter)

The 2nd Cheshire League Meeting takes place at Crewe on Sunday 12th July

Under 11 scoring team members will receive the letters they need to wear from Peter before the actual day. These should be worn on the chest. Non counting numbers will be handed out on arrival on the day. The Under 11 team has been preselected as below. If any athlete cannot now compete can you please advise Peter or Tony at training or ring Peter on 07837127234 . This will enable a reserve to be advised.

All scoring athletes must wear club running vests. These can be purchased from Alan Cooper at a minimal price. A fee (£2) per athlete is payable to the host track and will be collected by the team managers on the day.

You are asked to arrange your own transport to the venue, however parents may wish to consider car sharing with other team members. No doubt you have your own particular friends and and hence please arrange this yourselves. Should your parents be unable to take you to a particular meeting please see one of the coaches and we will try and arrange transport, however due to Child Protection Rules this is likely to be with another family rather than one of our coach’s.

The first race starts at 1pm. Can all athletes please arrive for 12-15 at the latest, as we need time to declare our team and to warm up our athletes. This is always a pressure time for me as the clock ticks down to 1pm. Hopefully you will have no problems finding the venue (see directions below) however should something happen that means you are going to arrive late please phone my mobile 07837127234

Please find me as soon as you arrive. If you want to sit out you may wish to bring chairs, blankets etc. Essentially please ensure athletes bring with them warm, waterproof clothing whatever the weather forecast as the weather can change and our athletes health and welfare is paramount. From memory there is no covered stand at this track.

Scott & Eddie will take athletes through their warm ups prior to the first event which is the 75m. Approx times for all events are:-

1pm 75m

1-30pm Long Jump

3pm 600m

3-45pm Javelin

4-30pm Relays

Food and drink maybe available at the track however it is usually best to bring pack lunches. Whilst I do not want our athletes to starve I would advise against eating anything too heavy or sickly prior to the 600m race as this is a tough event and I would not like to see our athletes being sick. Likewise probably best to keep off fizzy drinks.

The last event for under 11’s is the relay which takes place between 4-30pm and 5pm after which athletes are free to leave. If however you intend leaving before the relays because of injury etc please let Peter know as the relay teams will need to be reviewed.

Our club usually provides officials for the Under 11 field events and for the long jump this requires 8 officials which means we do need assistance from a couple of parents. No experience is neccassary so if anyone is willing to help please approach Tony.

After the 1st round of matches we are top of the league with 113 points. The clubs in 2^nd place (Crewe 109 ) 3^rd place (Trafford 106) and 7^th place (Stockport 72) all take part in this meeting together with Dash (51) and Halton & Frodsham (57) so we should see some exciting races.

The most important thing on the day is to ensure that all our athletes enjoy themselves and over the last 6 years the only time this has not happened is when the clouds have opened and all present get drenched, so lets just hope for sun.

All athletes in older age groups should see Mike Lucas (females) or Debbie Hulme (males) if they wish to compete. Debbie in particular is keen to increase the number of athletes she has available.

Here is the team for this meeting. There are a few changes from the team for the first meeting as some non counters from that meeting have produced better performances than scoring athletes. As always we travel as a team and all athletes are equally important. Performances at this meeting will be used to select the team for the 3^rd meeting where we are missing several athletes due to holidays so some non counters will again move up to score for the team at the 3^rd meeting.

Please note that the B & C & D relay teams will only run if permitted by track officials on the day. No promises here. In addition I have included numerous non counters in the field events. Acceptance of these entries are subject to the judges descretion on the day. Again there is not much I can do if the judge declares non counters are not being accepted.

Many thanks, Peter