46th Club Newsletter August 2009 (incorporating the 56th Under 11 Newsletter)

The 4^th and final Cheshire League Meeting takes place at Salford on Sunday 6th September

The 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 also be handed their numbers before the actual day on this occassion. 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.

The first race starts at 1pm. Can all athletes please arrive for 12-00 at the latest, as we need time to declare our team and to warm up our athletes. This is earlier than I normally request as I will be dealing with approx 40 athletes, this being our home meeting, when every athlete is available and as always I will be under pressure to register all athletes as the clock ticks down to 1pm. Hopefully you will have no problems getting to the venue 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.

Tony & Scott 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 will be 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 necessary so if anyone is willing to help please approach Tony.

Due to my holidays in August the team for this meeting has been chosen before the 3rd round of matches have taken place and hence I do not know our exact league position albeit we will still be in contention but requiring a very strong performance at this last meeting. All the other teams still in contention to win the league will play each other in one of the other matches so all we can do is pick up as many points as we can and hope that its enough. Our opponents at this meeting are Manchester Harriers, St Helens, Altrincham, Dash and Bury. Should it be clear at the end of the day that we have won the league I will have the trophy with me to present so that photographs can be taken.

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. Please remember we compete as a team and all athletes are equally important.

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