2014 AGM

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S CC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                                                22 JANUARY 2014

The meeting took place at the Auldhouse Arms.

The minutes of the 2013 AGM were read and proposed a true account by Jack Robertson and seconded by Andy Wilson. 

TREASURERS REPORT

Treasurer reported a healthy cash balance with,

£17.22 Cash in Hand

£1,138.02 in the account

a) 16 Club membership fees were reported for 2013 with 6 already paid for the 2014 season. 

b) The Auldhouse League took in £270 which was £90 up on the previous year.

c) The club received an SLC grant for £250

d) The income from the sale of clothing brought in £1,266.00

e) The Willie Rafferty 10 income amounted to £80

RACE SECRETARY REPORT

Andy reported that the Willie Rafferty open 10 was the best attended yet. The field for this event had over 60 participants. The event went smoothly with no major problems.

A new event on the back of discussions in 2013 has been confirmed. The club will hold a 25 mile TT on the Westferry course on 27^th April 2014. This has been approved and should appear in the racing handbook.

COMMITTEE

The only change in the committee for 2014 was the position of chairman. The current chairman, Colin Gillespie indicated that if anyone wanted to take on his role he would willingly stand down. Alan Rutherford voiced his desire to take on the role and was duly elected. The members present thanked Colin Gillespie for all his efforts in the position.

The posts of Treasurer, Race Secretary and Club Secretary remain filled by the same members.

The Committee for 2014 are,

CHAIRMAN - Alan Rutherford

TREASURER - Andy Wilson

RACE SECRETARY - Andy Wilson

SECRETARY - David Turner

IMPORTANT DATES 2014

The following key dates were decided at the meeting

Winter 10‘s continue to be the first Sunday of every month until April

The Auldhouse league, dry runs on 22^nd April and 29^th April. The official league start date is 6^th May

Open 25 Mile Time Trial at West ferry course on 27^th April 2014

Open Willie Rafferty Memorial 10 on A77 course 4^th June 2014

Confined 10 Championship on the A77 course 14^th August 2014

Hill Climb Championship on Ardoch Rigg 26^th October 2014

OTHER BUSINESS

GRANT

Secretary reported that the club had a grant application form to complete. However for the first time the council required receipts for the previous grant.

It was decided to try and obtain back dated receipts from the velodrome for around £300 to cover this. These could be sent in with the current application.

Amongst the items decided on for the forthcoming application were rollers, cycle lights, hi vis jackets, turbo trainers and posters made up to be used for advertising the club

YOUTH/ JUNIORS

On the subject of trying to achieve a higher membership and participation of junior and youth riders, it was decided to run in conjunction with the Auldhouse league a junior competition. The table of junior and youth riders would be updated on a monthly basis.

 This would give riders hopefully a competitive edge and keep them turning up every week. A trophy of some description could also be awarded to the overall winner.

The league will be advertised prior to it beginning with this in mind.

It was also discussed that the club should make a greater effort in keeping juniors and youths as club members. This outlook was also discussed with a view to track racing. A working volunteer group was to be set up to take this matter further. The group would consist of Keith Stoddart, Mandy Cullie, Colin Gillespie and Brian McKelvie.

CLUB RUNS

The club‘s Sunday Social runs topic created a lot of discussion. It was agreed to reinstate the monthly social Sunday run. One Sunday of every month, April - September would be devoted to a longish, sometimes distant venue with a café stop. This was to encourage an easier ride where everyone stayed together with the emphasis on social. The following dates and venues were agreed,

6^th April, Tak me Doon***

4^th May, 3 Ferries

1^st June, Peebles

6^th July, Moffat, Talla Wall

3^rd August, Hawick, the borders

7^th September, Arran

*** This date may have to change or the April winter 10 as both clash.

The normal Sunday runs would still have 2 groups a fast and slower one. This would continue to encourage more club members to participate. It was also discussed that every run should have a captain/leader on the road who made the decisions on route, etiquette etc. To combat the time wasted thinking of a route, it was agreed that a compilation of 3 or 4 routes were made up and one of these selected on the day.

PRESENTATION LUNCH

The date and venue for the lunch were as follows, Sunday 23^rd February at the Eglinton Arms. The club will subsidise each meal by £5 thus making it £12.95 per head. The meal takes its usual format, a 2 course lunch of soup or pate followed by a choice of steak pie or chicken for mains with tea and coffee to finish.  Deposits of £5 will be required to book and these will be uplifted at the Tuesday night training.

SOCIAL NIGHT

Keith Stoddart recommended a social evening to take place soon considering we missed out on the Xmas club run. A date and venue were to be decided.

WEEKEND AWAY

A few members discussed a weekend away for a good club run. The most popular venue seemed to be Pitlochry and the month July. It was agreed to stay at the youth hostel in Pitlochry. Jack also suggested that Straiton in Ayrshire may be a venue as the club stayed there in wooden huts in the past. This motion was to be looked at more seriously and further discussion to take place.

VENUE

Finally it was agreed that the Auldhouse Arms was not a suitable venue to hold an AGM. The Meeting next year should be held in the hall where we train on a Tuesday night.

There was no further business.

WINTER ACTIVITIES
September 2013

At the recent meeting held to discuss the club's winter activities and other subjects, the following list was created.

WEEKLY TURBO/CIRCUIT AND STRETCH SESSION 
These sessions are now every Tuesday evening from 7.30 pm. The first one of the winter is Tue 1st October. Mandy is going to create a 6 week training schedule and hopefully Derek will provide the circuit training one.
As usual there will be tea/coffee and chat available at the end of every session.

WEEKLY OUTDOOR EVENING TRAINING RUN.
Starting on Friday 4th October there will be an evening run, lights essential. The intention is to meet on the Sainsbury's circuit 7 - 7.30 pm. If there are enough riders with the strongest lights then we could go round the lanes and return to the Sainsbury circuit. The alternative is to stay on the Sainsbury route. The good thing about it you can take a lap out and rejoin when it comes round again!

WINTER CLUB RUNS
Now that the racing season is all but over we hope to see more riders taking part in Sunday runs. There will be a fast group and a slow group so no excuses. We will decide on the morning where and what mileage. The idea is to keep it to fairly local circuits so if you are pushed for time or have other commitments you can easily jump out at an appropriate place. The meeting place is the entrance to Calderglen park for 9.30am

WINTER 10'S
Usual place on the A77, first rider off at 10.00am

OCTOBER 13TH 2013
NOVEMBER 3RD 2013
DECEMBER 1ST 2013
JANUARY 5TH 2014
FEBRUARY 2ND 2014
MARCH 2ND 2014
APRIL 6TH 2014

TRACK NIGHT
Mandy is organising this and there are plenty of takers. No date as yet, cause SCU being SCU make it very difficult.

HILL CLIMB
The date for this has already been posted, Sunday 27 th October. Meet at Auldhouse Cross at 11am and take it from there.

CHRISTMAS NIGHT OUT
Proposed Xmas night out on the last weekend in November 29th or 30th. Venue TBA

CLUB RUNS
I have saved this issue until last. As you know there has been some talk about this recently, members complaining quite rightly about the lack of support for these runs. For next year it was decided to pick out one Sunday in every month from May - September and target this as a social club run. This may solve some of the problems with this event. It was decided to wait and see the racing calender for 2014 before confirming these dates. Venues suggested were Moffat, 5 ferries, 3 ferries and the Dunoon circuit.

Another suggestion was during the summer to have a club run on a Thursday evening. This might compensate those who miss the weekend. There was also a third option, to target a sportive every month and use this as a Sunday run.

Anyhow we have a bit of time over the winter to mull this over. In the meantime I think you'll agree the winter activities will keep us pretty busy.

WINTER 10 March 3rd 2013

Thankfully the snow decided to stay away as did the rain and left the dozen riders taking part with reasonable time trialling conditions. The only bugbear was the cold.

It was nice to see some faces who made a welcome return, notably Bob Scott, John Donnell, Ali Bean and Keith Stoddart. Bob was back to try and finish this time, a puncture putting paid to his effort last month. John was out trying to forget his fractured ribs after an altercation with a tree. Anyhow it was good to see everyone.

As I said earlier, most riders agreed conditions were not to bad, 'quite enjoyable'  someone said. Are we talking about the A77 here?
So to times, I think everyone was happy with their times.

Times
Bomb Scott DNF
Harrison Ewart 35.19
John Donnell DNF
Mandy Cullie 35.15
David Aitken 31.25
Alan Rutherford 31.10
Andy Wilson 31.49
Ali Bean 30.40
Alan McAulay 29.30
Alan Graham 29.19
Colin Gillespie 28.48
Colin Meikle 27.03

Fastest on the day was Colin Meikle with a 27.03. Unfortunately Bomb Scott punctured AGAIN as did John Donnell. Thanks to Roberta and Andy for the refreshments. Well if you liked it so much, you can do it all again next month, 7th April for the final Winter 10 this year.

TROPHY WINNERS 2012

Below is a list off all trophy winners in 2012

CLUB CHAMPION -  DEREK McMILLAN
RUNNER UP - ANDY WILSON

JACKIE CONNOR TROPHY - COLIN MEIKLE
(Best on handicap 10 & 25 miles)

VETERAN CHAMPION - ANDY WILSON

100 MILE TT - DEREK McMILLAN

LADIES CHAMPION - MANDY CULLIE

AULDHOUSE LEAGUE - COLIN MEIKLE
RUNNER UP - DAVID TURNER

10 MILE CHAMPION - DEREK McMILLAN
RUNNER UP - COLIN MEIKLE

10 MILE HANDICAP - DAVID TURNER
RUNNER UP - ALAN McAULEY

HILL CLIMB CHAMPION - COLIN MEIKLE
FREEWHEEL - COLIN GILLESPIE

CLUB MEMBER 2012 - ANDY WILSON

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
21 JANUARY 2013

MINUTES

Please see below for minutes taken at the above meeting.

1. Because of various reasons there were no minutes from the 2012 meeting available There was however a Treasurers report. Andy reported that at the time of last years AGM the club held £175.94 in total

2. Race Secretary's report.
    Andy reported the club's Willie Rafferty Open 10 attracted a good field of 57 riders. A profit was also made this time around of £11.49. The income from the Auldhouse League was slightly down this year, probably the wet summer had something to do with that. The confined 10 though was extremely well attended this year.

3. Committee
The committee for 2013 was as follows,
CHAIRMAN Colin Gillespie
TREASURER Andy Wilson
SECRETARY David Turner
RACE SECRETARY Andy Wilson

4. Treasurers Report
Cash in Hand £81.29
Account £965.66

The main reasons for a healthy bank balance was the fact that a good deal of club kit had been sold, £266 worth. Added to that was the club received a grant form SL council for £300. A full financial report was made available to view.

5. Other Business
DATES,  The dates for the 2 trials before the Auldhouse league kicked off in earnest are the 23rd and 30th April. The league starts officially on 7th May.

Other dates,
Confined 10, 15th August
Hill Climb 27th October
Winter 10's 3rd March and 7th April

ACTIVITIES
It was agreed as part of the process of raising the club's profile, we should take part in certain events. These events were identified as the Georgetown Cup and the Rothseay Weekend. Further to this a long weekend training camp was voiced for Mid May. This would be put to the forum and taken from there.

The club had an application for a Community grant to complete and return. It was decided to try and obtain funds for junior riders wishing to take part in the track racing and accreditation in the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome.

Further discussion was to take place to look into the possibility of obtaining funding for a youth/track coach. Mandy Cullie voiced her interest in this position.Other funding avenues were to be explored by the secretary to cover these potential costs.

There was no further business.  

   

WINTER 10 JANUARY 6TH 2013

Considering we were not going to hold a 10 in January there was a good turnout for this event. As usual the weather on the A77 played it's part, stiff breeze and the rain came on just as we were about to start.

It was good to see a couple of new faces taking part to, father and son Bob and Alex Scott who rode as a 2 up and Gregor Cameron who just managed to make the start. The general consensus of the riders was " what the bloody hell are we doing here." But of course that didn't stop anyone from riding.

Fastest man on the day was Colin Meikle with the only ride under 30 minutes. Some other riders posted good times for this early in the year notably Alan McAuley, Colin Gillespie and Gregor Cameron. Unfortunately for the father and son team a puncture each put paid to their times but better luck next time.

TIMES
Colin Meikle 28.07
Alan McAuley 30.26
Colin Gillespie 30.47
Gregor Cameron 32.00
Alan Graham 32.34
David Aitken 33.39
Alan Rutherford 34.07
Andy Wilson 34.13
Tim Ewart 36.56
Bob & Alex Scott DNF

The date for the February 10 will have to be changed as it clashes with the presentation lunch on 3rd February







  

WINTER 10 NUMBER 2
2 DECEMBER 2012

The second winter 10 of the year was not as well attended as the first I am afraid. Safe to say there were more spectators (mince pie hangers on) than riders.

I think the weather and a few injuries, colds etc diminished the field somewhat. There were only 3 idiots....sorry riders willing to brave the icy conditions, Colin (it's no that bad) Meikle, David ( nae gloves and nae feet warmers) Aitken and Alan ( I'm totally lost here) Graham.

So with a bootful of coffee, shortbtead, fairy cakes and mince pies, yes the ones with the icing, the timekeepers etc were keen to get the riders off and get back to Andy's cafe. Needless to say they did a bit of damage including David's dog at the picnic. Manners prevailed and a small amount of nosh was left for the needy riders.

First man back and with the only sub 30 minute time was Mr. Meikle with a 28.58. A minute slower than last month but still going well. David Aitken was the next man accross the line, his time 33.09. There was a bit of a wait for Alan Graham to come home and in that time those pies and biscuits left were getting mighty tasty looking!

However news came through that Alan had punctured and not far from home either. Never mind Alan, a puncture repair kit is now on your Christmas list. Thanks to all that showed, Jack for his timekeeping and Andy and Roberta for the much welcome food and drink.

There was talk at the end of the day about running the event in January! Jack said he was willing to time keep and Andy said something about getting rid of some old turkey or was he talking to Roberta, I don't know. Anyhow we will leave it to the riders to decide nearer the time.