Volunteers
Help run the club. We need parents, former athletes and friends of the club to keep things going.
Our club is run entirely by volunteers — we have no paid staff, and the governing bodies can inadvertently create as much administrative bureaucracy as they give practical assistance. For us to progress we need more volunteer assistance from parents or former athletes.
Help is very welcome in any of the following areas. You don't need experience or qualifications to get started — we'll provide guidance, and we'll fund formal qualifications for anyone who wants to take things further.
Coaching
Either in the various track & field disciplines, or in distance running (road and/or cross country). We can arrange practical guidance on how to carry this out — from our own members or invited specialists from outside. If you're keen to take things further, we'll finance you in gaining formal qualifications.
Technical Officials
The track and field leagues that we compete in require us to provide both qualified and unqualified field judges, track judges and timekeepers at each league meeting. This is not an onerous job, and may simply involve holding a measuring tape, raking a sand pit or recording competitors' numbers — but we can also assist volunteers both practically and financially in becoming formally qualified.
Event Organisation
Road and cross country events need a host of helpers, including:
- Marshalling out on the course or at the finish
- Processing entries or registrations
- Providing refreshments (also at track and field meetings)
- Moving equipment (also at track and field meetings)
- Processing computerised results (also at track and field meetings)
Administration & Maintenance
- Maintaining membership records
- Minor maintenance work — electrical, plumbing, joinery
- Fundraising — we try to support our teams in travelling around the country to events
- Social events — we'd like to restart our popular annual Presentation evening
- Writing reports on competitive events for our website and the local press
- Plus whatever else you're interested in or might be helpful to us