THE RACE WALKING ASSOCIATION
This page will contain a list of decisions, etc., taken at each General Committee Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the R.W.A.
The items listed do not contain any record of discussions, etc., and do not constitute formal minutes, but serve as an indication of what was done at the various meetings'
from May, 2009, onwards, "Items noted" as well as actual Decisions are included.
General Committee Minutes themselves are not publicly circulated but may generally be had upon request to the Honorary General Secretary.
Annual General Meeting Minutes are available during the period approaching the next A.G.M.
Sub-Committee Minutes will usually consist of recommendations to General Committee and are not circulated.
Each meeting will be added as soon as possible and will remain here while it is still relevant.
Click on the appropriate meeting title to see the Decision Sheet.

General Committee, 23/9/2007   General Committee, 2/12/2007   Annual General Meeting, 2/12/2007  General Committee, 2/3/2008  General Committee 6/7/2008 - No Decision sheet
General Committee, 21/9/2008   General Committee, 14/12/2008   Annual General Meeting 14/12/2008  General Committee, 22/2/2009   General Committee, 31/5/2009
General Committee,20/9/2009

Decision Sheet of General Committee, 23rd Spetember, 2007

1    Decline S.W.C. request for financial assistance with the 100 miles.
2    Hold 2008 Y.A.G.Championships at Victoria Park, London.
3    hold 2008 50k Champs at Ropner Park, Stockton on Tees.
4    Hold 2008 10k Champs at Earls Colne.
5    Hold 2008 20k Champs at Battersea Park, London.
6    Introduce 15k Champs for 2008.
7    Submit comments on Jack Buckner’s Competition review.
8    Chase up Athletics Weekly re publication of fixtures.
9    Support Nominations of Brian Adams and Reg Wells as Life Members.
10    Agreed to General Secretary’s Motions for A.G.M.
11    Transferred Nijmegen Shield to the 20 Champs.
12    Agreed  Rule Change for “B” Teams in National Champs.
13    Agreed several age qualifications and cut-off times for Champs.
14    Agreed Clarification of categories for Best Performances.
15   Next meeting to be 2nd December, 2007, immediately before A.G.M.

Decision Sheet of General Committee, 2nd December, 2007

1   Agreed on the desirability of having the Trophy Secretary at G.C  meetings; rules to be adjusted at A.G.M., 2008.
2   Agreed to have permanent Agenda Item Regional Relationships.
3   Approved Annual Report.
4   Financial arrangements for 10 miles Championships to be dealt with by P.Marlow & R.Wallwork.
5   P.Marlow to finalise arrangements for 50k Championships with Redcar R.W.C.
6   Approved C.Telling's proposals for development of 200 Club, with amendment regarding issue of extra numbers.
7   Agreed to provide 200 Club page on the R.W.A. web site.
8   Agreed to provide downloadable version of the Handbook on the web site (after incorporation of several amendments)
9   Agreed to consider position & status of Track Championships.
10   Next meeting to be 2nd March, 2008.

    Decision Sheet of Annual General Meeting, 2nd December, 2007

    1    Annual Report accepted
    2    Treasurer’s Report & Accounts accepted
    3    Officers elected    
        President    Glyn Jones
        Vice President    Ron Wallwork
        General Secretary    Peter Cassidy
        Treasurer    Bill Wright
        Chairman    Peter Markham
        Champs Secretary    Peter Marlow   
    4    Sub Committee Chairman elected
        Coaching & Development    Mike Fox
        F. & G.P.    Dave Ashman
        International    Peter Markham
        J. & O.    Peter Marlow
        R., R. & S.    Cecil Gittins
    5    Other Post Holders elected
        Minutes Secretary    Chris Flint
        Press & Publicity Officer    No nominations
        Auditors    Chris Berwick, Terry Morris
    6    Life Members elected
        Brian Adams, Reg Wells
    7    Motion on Rule 5 Finance carried as amended (unanimously) N.B.: wording & explanatory note can be viewed HERE.
    8    Motion on replacement of “A.A.A. of E.” by “E.A.”, etc. carried nem con (show of hands)
    9    Motion  on Rule 3 Membership carried nem con (show of hands)
    10    Motion on Rule 4 Eligibility carried nem con (show of hands)
    11    Agreed to hold next A.G.M. in December, 2008 in Birmingham on a date to be fixed by the General Committee, probably the 10th.

Decision Sheet of General Committee, 2nd March, 2008

    1   Agreed a trophy insurance strategy for the Association
    2   Noted start times of 1:00 p.m. for both Championship days at Earls Colne
    3   Agreed to recognise Milton Keynes 100 miles as National Long-distance Championship, subject to certain conditions
    4   Agreed to send monthly fixture lists to Athletics Weekly.
    5   Agree to support the Schools and Clubs Walking Challenge (SCWALK) with Derek Hayward as co-ordinator
    6   Approved Emergency Committee Decision on 10 mile standards.
    7   In response to Eauropean Athletic Association's initiative to review the rules of race walking, accepted the proposal of the R.W.A. Seminar of 24th February that the I.A.A.F. definition should be changed to "continuous contact + knee straight in the upright position" and to progress this through the appropriate channels.
    8   Approved new letterhead
    9   Next meeting to be 6th July in Birmingham.

Decision Sheet of General Committee, 21st September, 2008

    1   Confirmed the appointment until the A.G.M. of John Constandinou as Press & Publicity Officer
    2   Agreed provisional dates and venue for National Championships, 2009:
          10 miles            21/2/2009          Pickett’s Lock
          20k                    18/4/2009          Coventry or Leamington Spa
          50k                    26/4/2009          Stockton on Tees
          Y.A.G.                 3/5/2008          Victoria Park, London
          L.D. (100M)    11/12/7/2009     Newmarket
          10k                     5 or 6/9/2009   Leicester or Leeds
    3   Agreed General Secretary's draft of Rule on Areas to go to A.G.M.
    4   Agreed to reconstitution of the Development Plan Group .
    5   Agreed to investigate possibility of Small Nations' match in Dublin,2009
    6   Agreed to follow up Health and Safety Courses
    7   Agreed to poduce proposals for 50k and Long Distance Trophies for women
    8   Agreed to support the nominations of P.J.Cassidy and P.A.Wilson as Life Members
    9   Approved President's proposal to use his Appeal Fund for support of walkers at National Squad session
 10    Agreed to consider moving Committee Meetings round the Areas
 11    Next meeting to be on the 14th December, 2008, immediately before the A.G.M.

Decision Sheet of General Committee, 14th December, 2008

    1   Agreed to include Annual Trophies in future Annual Reports
    2   Agreed to examine Subcommittee structure during the coming year
    3   Agreed to accept Catherine Telling's resignation as 200 Club Organiser; Bill Wright to take over
    4   Confirmed that National 10k would be on Saturday, 5th September, in Leicester
    5   In response to requests from walkers, agreed to change National 20k from 18th April to 11th April to give more time between it and the 50k
    6   Agreed to look at Shrewsbury as possible venue for the National 20k
    7   Agreed in principle to vary the venue for future General Committee meetings
    8   Notwithstanding Item 7, next meeting to be on the 22nd February in Birmingham.

Decision Sheet of Annual General Meeting, 14th December, 2008

     1   Annual Report  accepted
     2   Treasurer's Report and Accounts accepted
     3   Officers elected
           President   Glyn Jones   unopposed
           Honorary General Secretary   Peter Cassidy   unopposed
           Honorary Treasurer    Bill Wright   unopposed
           Chairman    Peter Markham   unopposed
           Honorary Championships Secretary   Peter Marlow   unopposed
      4   Subcommittee Chairmen elected
           Coaching & Development   Mike Fox  unopposed
           Finance & General Purposes   David Ashman   unopposed
           Internaional   Peter Markham   unopposed
           Judges' & Officials'   Peter Marlow   unopposed
           Rules, Records & Standards   contested: voting figures: Mark Wall 14; Peter Marlow 14: Peter Marlow elected on the Chairman's casting vote
      5   Other Post holders elected
           Minutes Secretary   Chris Flint   unopposed
           Press and Publicity Officer   John Constandinou   unopposed
           Honorary Auditors   Chris Berwick and Terry Morris   unopposed     
      6   Motion in the name of the General Committee [subject: Race Walking Record] voting figures: For 27; Against 0: carried
      7   Motion in the name of Enfield & Haringey A.C. [subject: Event categorisation] Withdrawn by the mover
      8   Motion in the name of the General Committee [subject: Pauline Wilson, Life Membership] Carried on a show of hands
      9   Motion in the name of the General Committee [subject: Peter Cassidy, Life Membership] Carried on a show of hands
           [N.B.: although the two meotions on Life Membership were carried on shows of hands, no hands were shown against and the Chairman was satisfied that the required three-quarters of the votes had been cast in favour.]
    10  Date of the next meeting: date to be determined in December, 2009

Decision Sheet of General Committee Meeting, 22nd February, 2009

    1    Agreed to put the following Rule Changes before the next A.G.M.:
        (a) Rule 6(a)(v)(I) Replace “A representative of the National Event Coaching Scheme for Race Walking” by “The NAtional Coach or the equivalent thereof.”
        (b)  Rule 6(r) Delete the Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committee and combine Rules, REcords & Standards Sub-Committee and Judges and Officials Sub-Committee by “Rules and Officials Sub-Committee, to be chaired by the Honorary Championships Secretary.
    2    Agreed that the Honorary General Secretary would produce draft Terms of Reference for the Officers and Sub-Committees.
    3    Agreed to the award of Annual Trophies:
        International: Johanna Jackson
        Edgar Horton: Daniel King
        Lancashire: Johanna Jackson
    4    Accepted Honorary Treasurer’s Report.
    5    Agreed that in the case of National Championships where the L.O.C. was not paying officials’ expenses there will in future be a cap of £500 overall for such expenses.
    6    Agreed that there will be a standard list of instructions for referees.
    7    Agreed that a set of instructions and guidance notes be produced for recorders.
    8    Agreed that support from the President’s Appeal Fund would again be given to allow additional young walkers to attend National Coach’s training sessions.
    9    The following changes were agreed to the Rules for Competition:
        Rule 1 Replace by “All competitions must be conducted under IAAF/UKA/RWA Rules of Competition. All Officials shall be licensed.”
        Rule 4(a)(ii) Replace Parts (I) and (II) as follows:
                (I) National and Area Championships;
                (II) any County or open event declared by the promoter to be Category A
                with the remaining text unchanged.
        Rule 4(b) Delete the words “where appropriate provisions made be made by the promoters
        Rule 4(c)  Replace “If the Chief Judge is of the opinion” by “if the Referee is of the opinion”
        New Rule 4(d) The race result must state whether the race was held as Category A or Category B.
        New Rule  4(e) Referees must be appointed for all events.
        New Rule 4(f) Coaches should not judge when their athletes are competing.
        Rule 6 to be deleted, with subsequent renumbering.
        Rule 8(a) to be deleted with subsequent renumbering.
        Rule 14 add the words “as determined by the referee”
        Rule 16 replace by “The International System of Judging shall be used in National Championships.”
        Rule 17(d) Delete the second sentence.
        Rule 18(a) Add 10 Miles for Men and Women; Add 50k for Women.
        Rule 18(b) Delete the reference to overseas entries.
        Rule 18(b) Add “When fewer than four teams enter and event, then only one set of medals will be awarded.
        Rule 19 Under “SENIORS” add “Men/Women 15k Have attained the age of 15 years on the day of competition.
        Rule 19 Change Women’s Age Limits to be the same as Men’s
        Rule 20 Change “may” to “shall”
        Rule 21(a) Change “badges” to “certificates”.
        Rule 21(a)(ii) Add Women’s 50k Standards of 1st Class 5:30 and Second Class 5:45
        Rule 21(a) Delete the final sentence.
        Rule 21(b) MEN Delete 20k reference  WOMEN Delete 10k reference and add “50 kms 6 hrs 15 minutes”
        NOTES TO Rules (b) replace “badge” by “Certificate”
    10    Agreed that the Honorary General Secretary be provided with a cheques book on the Association’s account, to expedite the making of pressing payments and particularly those for Championship Officials.
    11    Next Meeting to be held on the 31st May, 2009 in Newmarket.

Decision Sheet of the General Committee Meeting, 31st May, 2009

1    Approved the Minutes of the previous meeting, with minor corrections.
2    Received the General Secretary’s Report.
3    Received the Treasurer’s Report and up-to-date Accounts.
4    Received Report by President and Treasurer of meeting with John Graves of England Athletics.
5    Agreed to invite Martin Rush to meet the Officers to discuss the relationship with him and to regard him as "National Coach or Equivalent" for the purposes of membership of the General Committee.
6    Agreed the following Championship dates for 2010, the venues, where not indicated, to be determined later.
    20/2/2010    10 miles    Pickett’s Lock (Lee Valley Centre)
    10 or 11/4/2020    20k & Y.A.G.
    12 or 13/6/2010    10k
    11 or 12/9/2010    50k
    Instructed the General Secretary not to issue Permits for clashing events.
7    Received reports on Championships since last meeting and noted donations of £25 from the 20k and £100 from the Y.A.G. events.
8    Noted that The E.S.A.A. Palfreyman Trust was willing to contribute towards the costs of the Coaching Weekend(s) provided that it or they would be open to all Areas, which they will be.
9    Agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, to hold National Long-distance Championships, 2009, with the Newmarket event subject to course inspection by P.Marlow.
10    Agreed that the Local Organisers of the 100 miles would be asked if they were paying the Judges’ expenses.
11    Agreed to support the Small Nations match in Dublin on the 27th June and to host it in 2010.
12    Noted that next year all Officials will need to have received C.R.B. clearance. Instructed the General Secretary to include this point on the permit Application Form.
13    Noted that there will be a seminar for Judges and Officials in September or October.
14    Agreed on a majority vote to award the Ken Smith Trophy for 2008 to Ben Wears.
15     Noted the future plans of the Editor/P.& P.O. and expressed its support.
16    Agreed to consider at the next meeting the Committee Meeting Cycle, with the possibility of reducing the number of meetings from four to three.
17    Agreed that the next meeting would be held on the 20th September at Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham.

N.B.: To avoid subsequent confusion, it should be noted that, although the arrangements given in Item 6 were decisions taken at the meeting, it was subsequently necessary to make some changes; the details, which appear in the Fixture List are now:
    20/2/2010  10 miles:  Pickett's Lock (Lee Valley Centre)
    10 or 11/4/2010 20k/ Junior 10k and Y.A.G.:  Victoria Park, London
    19 or 20/6/2010 E.A.A. Permit Meeting, including Small Nations Match and National 50k: London
    11 or 12/9 2010 10k: Midlands

Decision Sheet of the General Committee, 20th September, 2009

1   Approved the Minutes of the Previous Meeting with a typing correction.
2   Received the General Secretary's Report.
3   Received the Treasurer's Report and latest accounts.
4   Committee Cycle; agreed to move the September meeting to October and to have a thorough discussion of a topic at the February/March meeting.
5   Agreed that there should be a written cotract between the R.W.A. and the promoters/organisers of National Championships.
6   Agreed to include on the A.G.M. Agenda a motion to elect  Mr.Ken Munro to Life Membership.
7   Received written reports on Championships and referred to the Areas a proposal to charge a fee to any Area incorporating its Championships with a National.
8   Agreed to the fix the National Championship Entry Fees at £10 for Seniors and £6 for others.
9   Agreed to follow up the availability of up to £500 from the Palfreyman Trust of the E.S.A.A. for coaching/development if matching funding can be provided.
10   Received Area Reports.
11   Agreed that the next meeting would be held on the 6th December, 2009, (the day of the A.G.M.) at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.


   



         



 
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