OFFICIALS
Suffolk County Officials Secretary: Tony Cheatham
13 Longfield Rd., Capel St Mary, Ipswich IP9 2UA
Telephone: 01473 311290
Email: anthonycheatham1107@btinternet.com
AFTER AN INTERESTING SESSION AT THE 2011 SEAOA CONFERENCE
PLEASE FIND A PAGE OF USEFUL LINKS BY CLICKING HERE
PLEASE CONTACT MIKE OAKLEY IF YOU FEEL THERE ARE WEB SITES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LINKS.
Suffolk Essex Athletics Network with Ipswich and South Suffolk School Sports Partnership
for
Discovery Project Athletics Festival
(which aims to encourage disabled athletes to participate in sport)
on Friday 4th February
from 9.45am-3pm
at David Lloyd Leisure, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich
The Discovery project, is a programme in mainstream schools which identifies young people with disabilities and encourages participation in Sport. The festival will enable ‘Discoverers’ to represent their school and be part of a team, participating in various athletics events including 75m Sprint, 400m Run, Turbo Javelin, Long Jump and target throw.
It is appreciated that this is a mid week event and is quite short notice but if you would possibly be available to help officiate at the competition please contact:
Tania
Spurling
Athletics Network Activator
Suffolk Essex Athletics Network
Mobile: 07824414510
E-mail: tania.spurling@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
ENDURANCE OFFICIALS
URGENT
ANNUAL RETURNS
It is essential that Endurance Officials send their completed log sheets to Joe Mower as soon as possible. The new grading system will come into force in January and to ensure the correct grading, Joe needs to have the most up tom date list of officials' duties.
Click HERE to access the log sheets.
Development update November 2010
| Endurance development work is developing
albeit slowly
| December will see the second batch of Level 2
Training for new tutors
| On the same day there will be a pilot RA
course for the new Tutors.
| The new courses will be rolled out in the new
year.
| We now have some key
positions filled - Nick Folwell is the Tri-regional Endurance Secretary for
the South - he is supported by a Peer Group of Chris Harbord, Martin Howard
and Graham Jessop.
| Volunteers are being sort from County
Officials to act as the Endurance COFFSECs - response has been good but we
still have some gaps - in particularly we have a vacancy in Hertfordshire
| Duty sheets are coming in slowly - contact
points are on the web site but if in doubt they can be sent to Nick Folwell
| The Endurance Year is 1st September to 31st of
August.
| An Endurance Section is being developed on the
Officials' Section of the EA web site
| Re-alignment notification for Endurance
Officials together with the new licences start in January 2011. All
Endurance Officials should have received a letter in October
explaining the process.
| Currently the data base of Endurance Officials
is being cleaned up to ensure duplicate entries and non active officials are
removed.
| An appeals process will be open from January
to March 2011.
| I am happy to be a point of contact for any
Endurance matters as the Endurance Officials Coordinator for England. | |
Endurance Officials Coordinator for England
RACE REFEREES
THE COUNTY HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF
"QUALIFIED" RACE REFEREES FOR ENDURANCE EVENTS IN SUFFOLK.
IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH BEST PRACTICE,
THIS SITUATION MUST NOT CONTINUE.
JOE MOWER AND PAUL FELTON ARE, THEREFORE, OFFERING
THEMSELVES AS "MENTORS" TO ENDURANCE OFFICIALS IN THE
COUNTY WHO WISH TO PROGRESS TO AND ACT AS, RACE REFEREES.
TO EXPRESS AN INTEREST, PLEASE MAKE CONTACT WITH:
JOE MOWER Tel: 01473 216289 or Email: joseph.mower@ntlworld.com
PAUL FELTON Tel: 01787 376617 or Email: raceres@lineone.net
2010 - UKA- ENDURANCE OFFICIAL
Photograph by kind permission of Mark Shearman - Athletics Images
At the 2010 Annual UKA Officials Conference at Solihull on Sunday 18th April 2010, Joe Mower, Hon. General Secretary of Suffolk County Athletics Association, was called to the stage to be presented with an award by former International Runner Iwan Thomas as the Off Track Official of the Year.
The presentation Chairman, Malcolm Rogers, gave the following citation:
Member of Ipswich Harriers since 1963 - Cross Country/Road Secretary and organiser of Cross Country Championships
Member of Suffolk County Association since 1972 - Hon, Secretary since 1983 and organiser of Cross Country Championships
Member of English Cross Country since 1998.. Championships Secretary since 2007. Joe also was one of the main contributors to the English Cross Country Manual, designed to help promoters of the National,
He became an Endurance Official in 1988 and has been an official at the whole range of events from clubs races, county Championships, area and national road races, European Cross Country Championships, World Cross Country Championships in Durham and Edinburgh and the World Half Marathon in Birmingham, where he was the Finish Coordinator.
Cross Country Secretary since 1998 for the CAU
He has organised the Margate Cross Country races for many years
Joe is an excellent official and always happy to help out any of his colleagues or newcomers.
Many Congratulations, Joe, from all your colleagues and friends in Suffolk Athletics.
ENGLAND ATHLETICS 2009 - OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR
PAUL RUTTER - LEVEL 5 - FIELD OFFICIAL
IPSWICH HARRIERS & ORWELL PANTHERS AC
A delighted Paul Rutter having received his trophy
from Katherine Merry on behalf of England Athletics.
Many Congratulations, Paul, from all your colleagues and friends in Suffolk Athletics.
COURSES
To find available courses for Officials:
Level 2 and below see England Athletics Events Page
Level 3 and over see UKA Education & Training
CONFERENCES
UKA OFFICIALS CONFERENCE 2010
SEAOA OFFICIALS CONFERENCE 2011
FORMS
Annual Returns
Track & Field Click HERE
Endurance Click HERE
Track & Field Officials
Annual List of Duties Performed (Form 10)
to be submitted a.s.a.p. after the end of the track season
Levels 1 & 2 return completed form to County Officials Secretary (address above)
Levels 3, 4 & 5 return completed form to Wendy Haxell preferably by email to: wenden@ntlworld.com
or by post to 5
Nursery Gardens, Horndean, Waterlooville, Hants, PO8 9LE
Word File pdf file
Click on a logo to download the form
Endurance Officials
Annual List of Duties Performed (Form 10)
to be submitted to Joe Mower a.s.a.p. after 31st August annually
Word File pdf file
Click on a logo to download the form