posted: 3 Jun 2009

Monday 1st June 2009

ERC Committee Meeting Minutes.

Mon 1 June 2009 Mercat Bar 19:30

 

Present: Simon Bullock, Ken Whitson, Jen Lang, Graham Jones, Jonny May, Kevin Tait, Colin Russell, Mark Finlay, Fiona Donaldson

Apologies: Peter Ness, Phil Darby

 

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and approved.

 

President’s report:

No ESCA meeting last month. Requested that all SCU Little Green Book errors be reported via ESCA for correction next time

VP report:

A further funding meeting with Martin Currie is to be held in the next 2 weeks. Artemis are being pursued as a possible sponsor

Secretary:

The club have been approached by Lucozade to hold a promo evening. After discussion it was agreed that this should coincide with the upcoming new members evening. Action CR to liaise with Lucozade rep and arrange.

Invitation to form a team to appear on the BBC show Eggheads declined.

Sydney cycling club website article on Bunch Etiquette discussed and agreed that a lot of good information could be used in a future ERC publication.

Ted Radford looking for drivers for the Lothian Flyer road race. Message sent to membership via mailing list.

Eastern Promise and Lammermuirs RR web pages need updating. Now done.

Agreed that Kirky 10TT series is not open to try for potential members before they join.

Do we need to register under the data protection act. Action MF to find out

Action JM to contact Ken Russell about mailing list abuse and suggest he posts a message directing people to the forum section for commercial adverts

Membership Services:

Action GJ to liaise with Gareth George on opening up ramp tests to ESCA members and making a claim for funding.

GJ to contact Oliver Brookes about free 5 year membership

Triathlon view of Membership database made available to Peter Ness and Alistair Crawford with the proviso that it was only to be used for their specific purpose – targeting triathletes.

Storage box for track equipment purchased and installed at Meadowbank. Oli del Corto & Paul Newnham are key holders. Email sent to members holding equipment to return to box.

Leisure wear web pages started.

Corex signs used at Nocturne were highly visible and should be used at future races where transporting them is possible. Possibly used next at the Lochore Triathlon

Magnetic car signs ordered

Handbook sent to printers

Website has been subject of external hackers recently. Ken Russell on the case with additional security measures.

Membership now over 400.

Team roof rack Thule bike holder failed. Future advice is to lock them whilst in transit.

Treasurer:

Bank balance now standing at £xk.

Income for the month £3.9k

Bicycle Repair Man invoiced and paid for advert in handbook

Action Jen to give access to Jonny to approve Paypal buttons for the leisurewear items

MTB:

SXC Round 3 Laggan

Anne Ewing, 2nd, female expert/elite

Oliver Young, 6th male sport

Francis Webb, 21st male juvenile

Sean Noon, 25th male juvenile

10 under the ben 2009

Solo:

36th Colin Reekie, 13th male vet, 7 laps in 10:10

41st Rosemary Byde, 4th female senior, 7 laps in 10:41

50th Fiona Donaldson, 6th female senior, 6 laps in 9:50

75th Stuart Nicolson, 41st male senior, 5 laps in 9:21

(There were 176 soloist in total)

Male Pair: Ken Russell and Rob Waller, 2nd vet male, 10 laps in 9:59

Male Trio: Andrew Whyte, Sandy Thomson, Chris Boustred, 3rd, 10 laps in 10:37

Agreed in principle to provide funding for Oli Young and Anne Ewing for races in England

 

RTTT:

Events:

Ingliston – good final night with the series ending with Ross Crook taking 2^nd overall and Paul Newnham taking 5^th in the main event, ERC taking 1st,2nd, 4th & 5^th in the women’s event with Anne Ewing, Chloe Bermudez, Katia Heirsemenzel & Karen Breneman

McCulloch 10TT – numbers down on the night. Course record broken by Evan Oliphant (21:47) of Ploughman Craven, Ken Russell 2^nd, Jessica Wilson-Young 1^st women

Spring Classic APR – Full field on an excellent night. 4^th James Whitworth, 5^th Ewan Macgregor & 6^th Alex Hilliam, 1^st women Claire Thomas and 2^nd vet Robert Bloor

British Eagle RR – Ali Easton 5^th, Ross Crook 7^th

SCU 10TT Champs – Jessica Wilson-Young 1^st women, Claire Thomas 4^th women. They won the team prize

Jessica Wilson-Young leading the Rudy Project time trial series after 4 rounds

Cheshire Classic – Anne Ewing 4^th, Claire Thomas 6^th

British Womens RR rnd 2 – Claire Thomas 2^nd, Anne Ewing 6^th. Lying 1^st and 3^rd in the series

Beattock 25TT – Ken Russell 3^rd

Dumfries Crits – Paul Newnham 1^st & 3^rd in 3^rd/4^th cat races, Lee Whitelaw 5^th. Alex Webb 1^st Youth.

Midlothian Triathlon – Alex Webb 1^st Youth

Mens team management meeting to be held w/c 22/6

Budget spend approaching £1700 initially agreed. Additional £500 sanctioned by the committee

Upcoming events: Eastern Promise RR 10/6 & Lothian Flyer RR 27/6

Multisport:

No report.

Coaching:

First aid course for MTB leaders venue sought. Meadowbank suggested.

SC have offered to sponsor Ingliston 2010

Action: CR to speak to Gareth George about reminding riders on the Tuesday night club run that it is for members only

Club kit:

Newest items of club leisurewear presented – black beanie, bag, sweatshirt & black polo. First order has now been received by PD.

Rebranding of club logo and kit discussed and dropped

Sportive:

Action: SB to draft an email to membership for volunteers to run a club sportive.

AOCB:

Action: All to review 3 year plan for next meeting.

New members night to be held 22 June. Action GJ to email membership

Graham Jones

4/6/09

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