NEWS: Upcoming initiatives and next steps

A quick update to all members and prospective members. After the successful completion of the inaugural meeting, our provisional Committee will now meet with Wicklow County Board at 20:15 on December 2nd for formal ratification.

At this meeting the other clubs will have the opportunity to ask about our intentions for the future and assess the application. We expect this will be positively received for the reasons stated at the inaugural meeting and our club will be represented by the Chairman and Children's Officer (see below).

Next steps for us

The steps that follow are outlined below:

1. Provisional Committee meet for first Committee meeting to kickstart activities and planning (late November)
2. Bank account to be setup - expectedly with EBS Wicklow (late November/December)
3. Wicklow County Board to submit our application to Athletics Ireland (early December)
4. Athletics Ireland to formally ratify Glendalough AC
5. Athletics Ireland cover us from an insurance perspective and special indemnity is extended to Laragh GAA (late December, early January)
6. Glendalough AC's training sessions move to the flood-lit pitches (early January) at Laragh GAA
7. Setup of online registration and payment system for members (late December, early January)
8. Members begin to sign up and receive their AAI membership IDs (early January)
9. First official AGM to be held and permanent Committee for 2015 to be elected (mid-January)
10. Logo to be designed and revealed (pre-AGM is the goal - but note this may not happen)
11. Club gear to be sourced and made available for purchase (first quarter of 2015)
12. Official website launch (first quarter of 2015)
13. Junior section launch (summer 2015)

Provisional Committee

The Provisional Committee of Glendalough AC consists of:

• Chairman: René Borg (also Head Coach)
• Vice-Chairman: Jason Handyside/"Juju Jay" 
• Treasurer: Niall Corrigan
• Secretary: Donna Quinn
• Registrar: Eva Borkowska
• Children's Officer: Yvonne Brennan
• Designated Person: Ivan Mahon
• Public Relations Officer: Mairead Keenan

All committee members must stand down at the first AGM but are eligible for re-election. 

To submit proposals or intent to run for the Committee, please forward these to the Committee in advance. Note that all nominations must be seconded at the AGM.

Men's and Ladies' Captains

We need nominations for Men's and Ladies' captains. Please do not be shy to nominate yourself as many in the club will not yet know each other. 

The key skills for the captains are:

• Experience in a wide variety of competition on road, track, cross-country and mountain running (not all necessary, but competitive experience is desirable)
• Interest in motivating and helping out gathering teams for events such as the Wicklow Way Relay, Road Relays, County Championships and cross-country events
• Desire to learn or ability help with warm-ups and 'tactics talks' along with the coaches ahead of events

As captain you basically need to be able to show leadership, help out beginners with friendly advice and support the coaches as necessary.

All nominations, comments and submissions to rene@championseverywhere.com or mairead@gmail.com.