Carlisle Canoe Club

Committee meeting minutes 27th August

Present:

Tony Colla (Treasurer), Zoe Southern (Secretary), Walter McPhee,John McAllister (Chairman), Mike Saunders, Antony Pike-Bowyer, Tom Fisher, John Storr, Faith Cook, Ben McAllister

Apologies:

Kenny Park

Minutes of last meeting:

Seen and agreed.

Matters arising:

  • Vice chairman. We are still looking for a vice chairman. See John if you are interested.
  • Slalom: Walter is still looking for volunteers to help out on the Saturday 5th September to set up and the Sunday 6thSeptember to help run the event. Walter will buy some supplies to put up the slalom gates which Tony will reimburse him for. Ray has sorted some prizes.
  • Satellite clubs: we are still being asked to set up satellite clubs however it was discussed and decided that this is not manageable and that the club members would rather dedicate their time to helping out our club. John will write a letter explaining the clubs position.
  • Leaflets are being finalised and will be ready soon for distribution.

Treasurers report:

Accounts/finance:

Current Account: £ 4950.49

Business Account: £ 3210.81

Petty Cash: £ 302.00

Total: £ 8463.30

Still to send cheques for sponsored roll however accounts are looking healthy. Insurance and affiliation is due soon. Membership is quite steady. Beginners’ courses have been rather quiet this year.

Recent trips:

Family day paddle on Ullswater

Eden Lazonby to Armathwaite

Greta

Safety kayaking events on Coniston, Semer water

A.O.B.:

  • Tony
  • Tony mentioned that simple river trips needed such as Annan, Esk and Eden. Antony will look at suitable dates.
  • Mentioned that the coaching rota is looking sparse and the lack of availability of coaches was raised as an issue. Antony will organise a coaches meeting to try and improve
  • Tony queried that his and Walter’s first aid training may need renewal soon. Faith will check the spreadsheets and see when they need to renew their training.
  • John
  • Safety at the get in and get out. Glass bottles have been found and removed from the river bank. Be careful and let a coach or committee member know if you find anything that needs removing.
  • John mentioned that it might be a good idea to start looking at booking some club winter river trips. Some suitable dates will be arranged.
  • Kenny will miss 2 sessions of lifeguard training due to his recent operation and has been told he will have to retake the whole training course. John will talk to the pool to see what can be done.
  • John will speak to the Trinity pool to see when we can start pool rolling sessions.
  • John asked if there is some funding for smaller paddles. This was discussed and agreed. Antony will order some new paddles.
  • John Storr
  • John mentioned that the club website requires updating. Zoe will check and update the contact details of the committee members.
  • Raised that the person in charge of safety at the rapid during club sessions is not always obvious and asked if the named person to take care of the safety on a club session could be made more obvious.
  • Mike
  • Mike mentioned that ASDA have offered for the canoe club to have a stall at their supermarket to promote the club. There would be space for an ergo machine. Mike will contact them to see which dates they can offer and how much room we will have and then we can ask to borrow the ergo machine from British canoeing. The new club leaflets will be handed out to promote new club memberships.
  • Ben McAllister
  • Ben has made a new poster to promote the club with up to date photos and information. He will bring this down to the club next weekend
  • Zoe
  • Discussed arranging the next AGM. Tony will look into booking the church hall and then a date will be set.
  • Walter
  • Asked if the fishermen had been made aware of the slalom. Tony will make them aware.
  • Faith
  • Jim has won the coach of the year award for Cumbria and has now been put forward for the national awards. Well done to Jim and good luck for the national awards!

Rota

Antony will finalise the coaching rota and circulate. Contact him if you can do any coaching.

Next committee meeting will be the AGM. Tony will check the availability of the church hall and a date will be set.