Chairman’s Report 2008 – ‘People Make Clubs’
One overriding impression of the club’s year is that
there seems to be more people about. In part this is down to the
excellent work done by Trudi Carter and her team in bringing more young
athletes to the club on a Saturday morning and the mini competitions
that have been putting on. It is also a feature of Road Running where
the number of active runners keeps on growing down to the active support
of Jerry Shield and Ian Kennedy. That we were able to put 60 volunteers
to work helping with the highly successful Wimborne 10, and run teams as
well says a lot for the commitment and enthusiasm within and surrounding
the club.
We even managed nine people at a committee meeting
this year where in the past it has been reduced to three or four. The
Committee must be thanked by everyone for the work that they put in, and
special mention (and a round of applause) needs to go to Glyn Davies and
Richard Nunn for their work in gaining the Clubmark award. Richard is
also to receive an award for his work as an official and administrator
for club and county from the South West arm of UK Athletics.
We have a world record holder in Roz Hutton and a
host of athletes ranked in the region and nationally. In that respect we
can congratulate Kyle Wilson in the sprints and Hannah Winton who is the
top ranked Under-15 triple jumper in the UK. Our other rankings are
listed in the Autumn/Winter Wimborne A.C. News – (accessible
on the website).
In team competitions there was success for Team
Dorset to which a number of our young athletes contributed, Divisional
winners in the Young Athletes League with our partners Poole AC and
Dorchester AC. In the South West League we made our presence felt but we
still need athletes in numbers to make a lasting impression. The
Southern Men’s and Southern Women’s teams both struggled. In all these
senior leagues we lack throwers and that is something that we need to
address.
On the roads and in cross-country the level of
support remains high and in a new venture this year we are also tackling
the Hampshire Cross-Country League. The Ridgeway relays proved highly
successful for the club – a triumph of logistics as well as good
running.
Our thanks to Ed Arnold who has decided to step down
as Secretary to devote all his time to coaching. The role of Secretary
is not unduly onerous and would suit anyone who likes to communicate.
Thank you to everyone for their support. Lets go and
make 2009 even better.
Peter Impett
Club Chairman
