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Dates for Diaries Summary
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Wed |
30/06/10 |
MAC 5k - see below |
| Sat | 17/07/10 | Final Juniors' session plus athletics fun & games for all MAC members & friends. 10:00 to 12:00 at Braywick -contact Derek Clark for more details |
| Wed | 17/11/10 | AGM |
| Fri | 21/01/11 | Annual Awards Dinner at Maidenhead Golf Club |
see also fixtures page for other dates
MAC
5k - Wednesday 30 June 2010
We are hoping to have an entry of between 200 & 250
runners and need as much help as possible in all areas, including course
marking, car parking, refreshments and marshalling.
Please note that only those MAC members that have helped before the race (e.g. with course marking & car parking) will be allowed to enter.
We also need to provide the usual post-race refreshments, so please contribute sandwiches, cakes, etc. if you can.
Please add your name to the in the club house or:
Contact:
Justine Tooms
MAC Contact Information
The Club now has a registered postal address and a dedicated telephone number
with voicemail facility.
The following contact information should consequently be used and distributed
as required:
Maidenhead Athletic Club
The Pavilion,
Maidenhead
telephone: 07818 280466
email: info@maidenheadac.co.uk
website: www.maidenheadac.co.uk
Permit Parking at Braywick
The car park directly opposite our clubhouse, together with the
two other car parks adjacent to the
Permits are available at the club house for all paid-up MAC senior members
and the parents of junior members. Please see Sue Leigh, John Rickman or Dave
Dando at any junior or senior session meeting time.
The objective of this measure is to preserve as much parking space as possible for resident club members and force casual users to use the bigger main car park to the right of the park entrance.
However, as there will be more permits issued than permit only places available, a permit does not guarantee a parking place.
The WAMDSAD car park remains exclusively for the use of WAMDSAD members.
Enforcement, with fixed penalties for those not displaying permits has now begun.
When parking in the permit only areas, always check that your permit is prominently & obviously displayed, BUT: If after doing that a ticket is wrongly issued (as has unfortunately already happened to one of our members!), note (or better still photograph) the location of the permit and the car, getting the bay number if possible. Then take the the ticket together with the photograph and any other evidence (e.g. witness statement) to the Town Hall.
Members Services & Notices
As discussed at the AGM, the club want to encourage the
offering and recommending of services between members. To assist this, we have
provided a Members Services binder to be kept in the bookcase in the club room.
This can be used to advertise things as diverse as massage, physiotherapy,
household services, holidays & accommodation and other sporting events.
As space on the club room notice boards is now at a premium and required specifically at this time for the Maidenhead Easter 10, all personal items, currently occupying notice board space will be removed from the notice board and placed into the binder.
The club room notice boards are now to be used only for those items genuinely serving the club's interest. All other items will be removed.
Please check out the Members Services binder regularly and particularly when looking for a service. Personal contact and recommendation are worth a lot when investing.
Clubhouse Security
We have recently observed personal articles, (bags,
clothing, etc.) left unattended in the main clubhouse area.
Whilst the club can never guarantee the safety of such items, it must be
acknowledged that a chance thief would find it considerably easier to 'nip in'
and steal an item from the club room than to go through a closed door into the
changing rooms.
We ask therefore that bags and clothing be left only in
the changing rooms and not in the main club room of office.
There have also been several instances of park users wandering into to
the clubhouse to use the toilets. This must be
discouraged, as our toilets are part of our
changing areas, where at any time, there could be juniors and / or personal
possessions. We have agreed with the Bodyzone
Gym, that we will ensure that the public toilets (on the Astroturf side of the
building) will be opened whenever they or we are open and closed at other
times, particularly overnight. There is a key to the public toilets in the key
safe next to the large storeroom door. We also need to ensure that the
clubhouse is locked and made secure when we leave. Garry Jeffries will provide
a key for copying to any paid-up members needing access, and Garry has also put
up a notice containing 'Last Person to Leave' instructions. All members are
asked to familiarise themselves with these.
It has also become apparent that members without keys can be inadvertently locked-in!
To address this, a main door key has been left behind the picture in the
office. This should only be used in an emergency and returned to its place
immediately after use.
Contact:
Athlete Affiliation
The Athlete Affiliation requirement, introduced by
England Athletics in 2007, potentially affects ALL our members. For more
information please download our Questions and
Answers document.
We are finding that more and more road race online & paper entry forms
are insisting on an affiliation number being specified in order to attract the
associated discount and recognition of club membership. All members who
regularly enter UKA licensed races should now consider this option when paying
their subscriptions for 2010.
Contact:
John Rickman
MAC
Kit
The following items of MAC kit are now available from
Thames Valley Sports:
|
Club Vest (Male & Female, all sizes) |
£20.00 |
|
Junior Tee Shirt (Cotton) |
£10.00 |
|
Senior 'Performance' Tee Shirt |
£20.00 |
|
Tracker' style Running shorts |
£20.00 |
|
Eclipse Workout Shorts (ladies) |
£20.00 |
|
Eclipse 3/4 Tights (unisex) |
£25.00 |
TVS are at:
Telephone: 01628 630356
http://www.thamesvalleysports.co.uk/
MAC email
/ news facility
As many of you are now aware, sending news frequently & directly to members
via email became problematic to the point of
being impracticable.
To address this, we have been providing regularly updated club news on this
page on the club website and encouraging all member to
visit as frequently as possible.
We have now also introduced a 'Google Groups' based
email & web, free subscription service. All members should receive an
invitation to sign-up within the near future.
Contact:
Gill Evans
http://groups.google.com/group/maidenheadac
Next
Committee Meeting
Wednesday 11th August 2010 – 19:45 - WAMDSAD
Contact:
Gill Evans