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Content 13 July 2009

2009-07-13 HOWGILL HARRIERS

COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 13th July 2009, The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale

Present: Fraser, Steve C, Sally, Jenn, Angela, Tanya, Alex, William, Simon

Apologies: Steve M

Treasurer’s Report: NatWest bank account balance currently £780.00. There are now 101 members and only 5 or 6 who have not paid their subs. Three new members have recently joined.

Website: William gave a presentation of his proposals for the new website. The website will provide services to three distinct constituencies: the general public, the members and the committee.

For the general public it will promote a positive image of the club, provide information and be a method of contacting the harriers.

For members it will provide up to date information on all aspects of the harriers, be a means of communicating with other members and facilitate the building of positive social relationships within the club.

For the committee it will provide a means of communicating and interacting with members, be a tool to manage membership and other administration and provide a platform to manage the external profile of the harriers.

William is still working on a few areas of development but most are ‘ready to go’ and potentially the site will be up and running in a few weeks.

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A web host is to be organised at a cost of £24.99 plus VAT per year (£12.50 plus VAT if organised before end of July).

Ideas for future development of the site included adding a gallery, calendar, advertising, sponsorship and links to external bodies.

Relays: FRA Relay on Sunday 18th October 2009, The Ennerdale Hills, West Cumbria. One team of 6 men will be entered, entry to be made by 1st September. Cost £60.00 per team

Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay on Sunday 4th October 2009, Sykeside Camping Park, Brotherswater. Two teams of 8 will be entered, 1 mens team (8 men) and 1 mixed team (a minimum of 4 ladies), entries to be made by 31st July 2009. As last years event was cancelled the entry fee has been reduced to £20.00 per team, normally £50.00 per team.

Weasdale Fell Race: From Ravenstonedale show ground on Saturday 22nd August 2009 at 2.30 pm.

Fraser will organise prizes.

Free entry into race for Howgill Harrier club members.

Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue will marshal the route.

Fraser requires help with entries/time keeping from 12.30 pm. Jenn and Sally offered to help.

The Great Westmorland Trail Race: Saturday 12th September 2009 at 2.30 pm from Crosby Garrett. Entries have started to come in. Help is needed on the day with time keeping/entries. Sponsorship has been received from The Fat Lamb (£100.00 cash plus £5.00 vouchers for runners to use against any meal taken at The Fat Lamb) and Westmorland Services (£100.00 cash plus vouchers to use to purchase prizes).

A fantastic tea will be provided by the committee of Crosby Garrett Village Hall for all runners.

Content Ravenstonedale 10K: Saturday 28th November 2009.

Jenn has had a favourable reply from Garth Steadman regarding his possible sponsorship of this race on the condition that his requirements are met. Jenn will liaise further with Garth and report the outcome at the next meeting.

Howlers: There was a breakdown in communication regarding the howler on 12th June from The Marton Arms, Thornton in Lonsdale with Jenn being the only member to turn up!

The howler on 10th July was cancelled due to the clubs busy schedule, the summer social being on the 11th and a club championship race being on 12th.

Fraser is organising a howler on Friday 31st July from Murthwaite (his home) at 7.30 pm. There will be routes available for all abilities, everybody welcome. He will organise a BBQ for after the run, take own drink! Sally will email all members with the above details asking them to contact Fraser if they are going so he has a rough idea of numbers to cater for.

Monday Night Runs: List of venues for future meeting places at 6.30 pm:

20th July Pendragon (NOT Dufton)

27th July Sedbergh, Dent Road carpark

3rd August Sunbiggin

10th August Stennerskeugh

17th August Crosby Garrett

24th August Smardale

31st August Kirkby Stephen

Sally to email members the above list.

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Club Championship 2009: 27 members have competed in 1 or more of the races. New names are appearing on the results board with close contests in some categories. Runners up prizes will be given this year aswell.

Jenn is leading senior ladies, Jayne leading fv40 and Menna leading fv50.

Phil, Sam and Eddie are in close contest in the senior male category with Fraser leading mv40 and Steve M leading mv50.

AOB: A ladies navigation event may be combined with the howler on 31st July from Murthwaite for those not wanting to be part of the main run.

August 12th has been confirmed as the date for the summer 10k at Ulverston.

A reccie of the Whernside fell race may be organised for interested members.

The meeting closed at 9.35 pm.

Next Meeting: Thursday 3rd September 2009, The Bull, Sedbergh3 September 2009


COMMITTEE MEETING

Thursday 3rd September 2009, The Bull, Sedbergh

Present: Fraser, Sally, Jenn, Angela, Graham, Tanya, Alex, William, Simon, Pauline Tyson

Apologies: Steve C

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Treasurer’s Report: £788.00 balance in NatWest account at date of meeting. Fraser will look into ordering more vests to replenish stock.

Weasdale: Successful event breaking even with incomings/outgoings. Fraser proposed a donation of £100.00 to be made to the Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team who kindly marshalled the event. William seconded this proposal. Sally will send a letter of thanks to Mountain Rescue along with the donation.

The Great Westmorland Trail Race: Pauline Tyson attended the meeting to help finalise the details of this event.

Sarah Dunning and Mr P Bonsall, The Fat Lamb have each generously donated £100.00 as sponsorship of the race. The Fat Lamb £5.00 discount vouchers, also generously donated by Mr P Bonsall will be distributed with race numbers at registration.

Pauline has 2 tshirts from New Balance and 2 Wenslydale cheeses towards prizes and Crosby Garrett Village Hall Committee have donated 6 bottles of wine for the team prizes. Pauline has also secured 40 boot bags and water bottles from Cumbria Sport for the childrens race.

The Village Hall Committee are catering for 100 plus for refreshments.

The hire of the hall is organised and 2 portable toilets will be in use for the day.

8 people are organised to marshal the route and car parking arrangements in Crosby Garrett are in hand.

3 people are to be organised to take entries/give numbers out/sort pre-entries. The numbers will be obtained from Pete Bland Sports by Fraser when he collects the additional prizes.

A tent will be in place outside the hall for entries to avoid congestion inside.

A time recording team is also to be organised with Angela, Pauline and Fraser all helping. Tanya will help after 2pm. It was decided to use the sticker method for recording results and not computers on

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The Yomp flags are to be used to mark out the course. Tanya will arrange these from Mountain Rescue.

The course will be marked out on Wednesday evening with the top path being used to avoid bog in Bents Farm region. Pauline has arranged helpers with quad bikes to assist in course marking and she will check the flags are still in place nearer the race time.

Trevor will clear the lane of stones/branches ready for the race.

So far 52 pre-entries have been received. (120 entries in total were received last year so on course to match that).

Website: After a few initial problems and a few simple changes the website is now up and running. Thanks to William for all his hard work over the last few months setting up the new website and thanks to Tom for assisting with the changeover and all his hard work over the last few years.

William stressed the importance of using the website to its full capacity to open up the club to a wider audience and to make all members aware of the value of the website as a means of communication.

He encouraged us to post information ourselves, eg: pictures, asking help for events, meeting places for runs, profiles, minutes, adverts for hoodies/vest, etc. The younger members of the club also need to be encouraged to post information.

Steve C sent a message via Alex to say that the website was excellent but why did it not fill whole screen? Best practice not to!

Ian Hodgson Relay: Angela has received only 1 entry for Howgill Harriers into this relay and has been told to expect a £20.00 refund. 2 entries were applied for and Fraser will speak to the organsiers (Jon Broxap, c/o Pete Bland) about the allocation of another entry.

K May and S Fisher (junior members) are keen to run in a team and will be eligible as long as their running partners are over 18.

Ravenstonedale Red 10K: Jenn has been liasing with Garth

Content Steadman regarding his possible sponsorship of the 2009 race and Garth has very generously donated £150.00 sponsorship money.

Fraser has included his sponsorship on the entry form along with The Black Swan and Stonedale Holidays sponsorship.

Sally will put the race details in the running magazines and on the website, complete the application for race permit and inform the Police and Council of the event.

Steve M will contact the local farmers to inform them of the event.

Tanya and Alex will get 200 entry forms printed.

Howlers: Steve C sent an email informing members of the Howler on Friday 4th September from Tebay, starting at 7 pm. He will be asked to post future dates of Howlers on the website.

List of Runs/Venues: Monday 7th September meet at KSGS, 6.30 pm.

William will put the list of runs/dates on the website replicating venues from the previous list. See website for more information.

He will also confirm the Thursday night Sedbergh meeting place on Busk Lane at 6.15 pm.

Further Events: Tanya is keen to organise a fell race to benefit the Mountain Rescue Team with the Howgills as a possible venue. The Mountain Rescue Team now have a public relationship committee who would help with organisation. Tanya will liaise further with them.

Fraser is keen to organise a short series of 3 runs, 1 in Sedbergh area, 1 in KS area and 1 in Orton/Tebay area with childrens events running alongside.

Possibly to be held in spring time prior to Round the Howgills or later in the year as evening events. The events would replace 3 Monday night runs instead of training.

Members are asked to post ideas/suggestions on the website about any of the above or contribute further ideas.

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AOB: Eaves Wood is probably Sunday 22nd November 2009. Confirmation ought to follow soon.

For next year the membership renewal procedure needs to be improved and needs to be set within a given number of weeks to assist in administration.

Sally will enquire about London Marathon club entries.

The meeting closed at 10 pm.

Date of Next Meeting: Monday 5th October 2009, Black Swan, Ravenstonedale, 8 pm after the run.

5 October 2009


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 5th October 2009, The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale

Present: Fraser, Steve M, Sally, Jenn, Angela, Graham, Tanya, William, Richard Staley,

Apologies: Alex, Steve C

Matters Arising: A number of emails have been received regarding the Westmorland Trail Race thanking the club and Crosby Garrett Village Hall Committee for an excellent event however there were a few gripes directed at the club regarding the delay of the publication of the results. For future events the results must be posted on the website within 24 hours.

Thanks were given to Alex and Tanya for sorting out the teams for

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Content Ian Hodgson relay and the club has gained 2 new members as a result. Two teams (1 mens and 1 mixed) ran successfully in the event.

Eves Wood trail race has been confirmed as 22nd November 2009.

Fraser is still looking to see if he can find out the clubs date of formation.

Sally has received a letter of thanks from KS Mountain Rescue for the donation.

Treasurer’s Report: £2000.00 balance in NatWest account at date of meeting. This includes the £800.00 due to be handed over to Crosby Garrett Village Hall committee as their share of the proceeds from the trail race. Fraser suggested purchasing more Howgill branded merchandise to sell. Sally will see what is available from our current supplier but suggestions included gillet, buff, car sticker, hat, bum bag and active top.

Ravenstonedale Red 10K: Richard Staley attended the meeting to represent the Ravenstonedale Millennium Committee. The Black Swan are involved again this year and have very generously donated prizes and will provide refreshments (soup/rolls) after the race. Stonetrail Holidays have declined to sponsor the event this year. Spot prizes have been donated from Room 19, Kendal. Further prizes will be obtained either via donations or purchasing vouchers from Pete Blands.

It was decided to use the Village Hall as the base for registration to avoid the congestion in the Black Swan before the start of the race. This will probably cost around £12.00

Sally will order the race numbers (Ravenstonedale Red 10k, Steadmans Butchers, Sedbergh and the number) from Running Imp. G Steadman to be given No 1 for his shop.

Richard is organising parking and race marshals.

The Police and Eden DC have been informed and have replied.

Pete Bland is going to attend with the mobile shop.

Sally to print fliers for Fraser and Steve to distribute at Pete Blands and Cumbria Run.

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Jenn to write an article for the Westmorland Gazette and the C&W Herald promoting the event.

After the race a swift turn around of race results/photos/report is needed for the website. Jenn will write a report and Pauline will take photos for the website.

Westmorland Trail Race: Excellent event taking £1200.00 in entry fees plus £230.00 sponsorship less £195.00 expenses (vouchers & numbers) leaving £1235.00 profit.

Crosby Garrett Village Hall Committee are to be given �800.00 and Howgill Harriers will keep £400.00.

A slight increase in the entry fee was proposed for 2010.

Next years event will be held on Saturday 11th September 2010.

Website: Improving all the time but members must be encouraged to use it. The committee members have been asked to add profiles to encourage others to do so. Five new members have joined via the website but Angela needs to chase payment of membership fees. As new members have to join online this process automatically generates their log on and adds their email to the list ensuring that their details are included in future correspondence.

A few members say that they don’t receive the emails but William suggested that they check their spam. William is also in the process of creating an advert for the hoodies/tshirst/vests and is looking into the possibility of new messages that are added to the message board being shown first. Members are to be encouraged to add photos of races/runs that may be of interest.

Spinning: A spinning class is being organised for a Monday evening starting after half term up until Christmas. 10 bikes are available to be booked on a first come first served basis. Sally will get the details from Jayne Bland and put them on the website.

Circuits: Fraser is hoping to run a circuits session on a Thursday evening in Sedbergh starting after half term up until Christmas

Content depending upon the availability of the sports hall. 5th November would be the first session. Jenn is going to enquire about this booking again, hopefully 7.00pm/7.30 pm for 1 hour.

Winter Social: Tanya made enquiries at Nateby Pub regarding the winter social. They can accommodate 40/45 for a sit down meal or more for a buffet. The Xmas menu is £18.00 a head or they could do a 2 course menu for £12.00 a head. The possibility of hiring a village hall, organising caterers, bring own booze, booking a band is also being looked into. Fraser is looking into hiring a hall (Newbiggin) and Angela will contact the Garsdale Street Band about booking them to perform. Sally will ask Lonsdales about the catering (pie and peas) for 50/60 people. The 30th January was suggested. Tickets would be one price, around £10.00 each.

FRA Relay: A mixed team is being entered and Jenn, Carl Bell and Steve M have said they will definitely run but three more members are required. They must have navigation skills. Alex and Tanya are sorting out the team. The event is in Ennerdale so requires an early start!

List of Runs/Venues: Monday 12th October meet at Nateby, 6.30 pm.

William will put this on the website.

Junior Training at Kirkby Stephen: Philip Cooper is keen to promote a junior training session on a Monday night and he will be asked to write a suitable advert/promotion for this training and William will put it on the website. Hopefully juniors will be encouraged to sign up for a training session. Other members will be asked to help on a rota basis.

The meeting closed at 10 pm.

Content Date of Next Meeting: To be confirmed.

9 Novemebr 2009


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 9th November 2009, Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen

Present: Fraser, Steve C, Sally, Jenn, Angela, Graham,

Apologies: Alex, Steve M, Tanya, William

Ravenstonedale Red 10K: The Black Swan have very generously donated 2 packages of dinner, bed and breakfast for two and these will be given as the first prizes in both the mens and ladies race. They have also donated dinner for two and this will be given as a spot prize.

Howgill Harriers will purchase vouchers from Pete Bland Sports for the remaining prizes (both male and female): 2nd £15.00, 3rd £10.00, V40 £10.00, V50 £10.00, V60 £10.00, V70 £10.00, 1st local £10.00, 1st under 21 £10.00 (all 10K). 1st boy £10.00 and 1st girl £10.00 in junior race. Also first mens and ladies teams will receive a prize.

A plea for help on the day will be put on the message board of the website.

Angela and Jenn will process pre-entries, Trevor will take junior entries on day, Tom and Sally will help with entries on day, Pauline and Laura will help with timing, Jenn will help with prize giving and Steve C will organise water at finish line.

Club Championship: The last race of the 2009 competition is Eaves Wood on Sunday 22nd November.

Steve was having difficulty posting the results table on the website so he emailed all members with the up to date results table and will

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Content liaise with William to try and sort the problem for 2010.

He reported a similar uptake in numbers of club members participating in the 2009 championship as the 2008 one.

Possible runs for the 2010 championship were discussed:

� Keswick Round the Houses (road)

� Two Riggs (fell)

� Bampton (fell)

� Sedbergh 10 mile (road)

� Fell End Clouds (fell)

� Killington Gala Sports (fell)

� Wray, Lancs Scarecrow 10K (road)

� Gibson Grind, Kendal (trail)

Same format, run 5 out of 8.

Steve will advertise next years competition.

Winter Social: 23rd January 2010. Newbiggin-on-Lune Village Hall has been booked by Fraser (£25.00). Garsdale Street Band has been booked by Angela to provide the entertainment (£350.00) and Sally has booked E & M Lonsdale to provide the food. Final details for the catering will be arranged nearer the time and help will be needed in serving the food.

Jenn will produce the tickets and Angela will laminate them.

Tickets cost £10.00 per head.

Website: William is working on improving the message board and more members will be encouraged to post a profile on the website.

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Training Nights: These have started at Sedbergh Primary School on a Wednesday night 7pm - 8pm and will be run until Christmas. The hall is only large enough to accommodate 15 people maximum but there is no other venue available. John Chapman is organising the circuits. Members are providing weights and the school is kindly letting us use their floor mats.

Relays: A vote of thanks was given to Alex and Tanya for organising the two teams for Ian Hodgson and one team for the FRA. Both competitions were enjoyed by all members despite very foggy conditions on the FRA!

Howlers: Recent runs have been none events with only a couple of members turning up! Steve C will start and push the runs again. Friday 11th December from Kirkby Stephen Market Square will be the next run.

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 6th January 2010, The Bull, Sedbergh

11 January 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 11th January 2010, Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen

Present: Fraser, Steve M, Steve C, Sally, Jenn, Angela, Graham, William, Phil Cooper

Apologies: None

Winter Social: To date 37 tickets have been sold and there will be a

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Content final push on sales over the next few days. 50 tickets were originally printed and more can be produced if necessary. Final numbers are needed for Monday 18th January and Sally will then finalise arrangements with Lonsdales Catering. (A veggie option will be organised). Help on the night is organised and Fraser has the village hall arrangements in hand.

Treasurers Report: £1700.00 in bank account. This includes the £1100.00 profit from the 10k however the donations are still to be made to the Millennium Fund and the Black Swan.

Round Howgills: Saturday 20th March, an afternoon event. Proposed team captains are: Steve Crook, Tanya Mellor, Sam Fisher, Fraser Livsey, Phil Cooper, John Bannister and Kevin Hanna. 5 members per team. Steve Crook will distribute details/rules asap.

Website: As a large number of enquiries about the 10k were received via the website William suggested that for the 2010 event we need to improve the details that are available online so these queries can be dealt with much faster. To be discussed at a later date.

For the publication of the 2010 club championship results Steve Crook will provide William with a spreadsheet and he will post this onto the website.

William also suggested that somebody needs to take over the posting of race venues on the website (he is currently keeping it up to date). At the AGM a willing person will be asked to take over this task.

Club Championship: The presentation for the 2009 championship will be made at the winter social on 23rd January. A number of additional cups/trophies need to be purchased for additional awards to ladies vets 40 and 50 and overall ladies and mens club champion. Steve Crook will organise this.

He will also finalise the list of runs for the 2010 championship and this will be put on the website.

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Howlers: The next one is on Friday 5th February from The Fat Lamb before the AGM. All abilities will be catered for.

Steve Moffat suggested that the legs of the Ian Hodgson Relay be used as future Howler routes for familiarisation before the event this year.

Future venues will be advertised on the website.

Membership: Fees remain unchanged at £3.00 junior, �12.00 adult and �20.00 family.

At the AGM Fraser will encourage the prompt renewal of membership as this will assist Angela and Sally with the administration procedure. Angela needs to receive the renewal form accompanied with payment in order to process renewal and then she passes this information to Sally who deals with affiliation with England Athletics. A date will be set by which membership must be renewed or membership will be cancelled.

Juniors: Phil Cooper and Steve Moffat are to look into holding a junior training session at KSGS at 6pm for half an hour before the main run at 6.30pm starting after the clocks change. In order to host a junior training session the trainers must be CRB checked but they will check with Mr M Sunderland, KSGS to see if they will be covered via the school.

AOB: Spinning starts again next Monday.

Fraser gave thanks to Angela and Sally for their help with registration/race results at the 10k.

Circuits is starting again in Sedbergh on Wednesday thanks to John Chapman. A vote of thanks will be given to John at the social for all his hard work and Jenn will present him with a �bottle� by way of thanks.

The meeting closed at 9.30pm.

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The date of the next meeting is 5th February at The Fat Lamb (AGM).

5 Febuary 2010


AGM

5th February 2010, The Fat Lamb, Crossbank

Present: Graham Moffat (President), Fraser Livsey (Chairman), Angela Shuttleworth (Treasurer), Sally Hanna (Secretary), Steve Moffat (Male Rep), Jen Mattinson (Sedbergh Rep), Steve Crook (Championship Rep), Philip Cooper, Sian Chapman, John Chapman, Kevin Hanna, Juliette Proctor, Jim Fisher, Carl Bell, Pauline Moffat, Terry Roche, Adele Roche, Menna Lewis, Pauline Bainbridge

Apologies: Pauline Tyson, Tanya Mellor, Alex Birtles

Chairman�s Review of the Year: Fraser gave thanks to the outgoing committee for all their hard work over the last year.

He also gave thanks to Steve Crook who again organised the successful Club Championship with a total of thirty two members running at least one event. (See Championship Report).

Another successful year has been had by the club, reflected in the number of members now exceeding one hundred. The races run by Howgill Harriers have had excellent support and a number of members now take part in the Winter League.

The social events � the meal at The Cross Keys, Cautley and the

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Content ceilidh at Newbiggin-on-Lune were both well supported and enjoyed by those attending.

The new circuit training sessions in Sedbegh on a Wednesday night are proving very popular and will continue for the foreseeable future. Thanks to John Chapman for running these.

The club successfully competed in the FRA and Ian Hodgson relay events and Alex was thanked for organising these teams.

Subscription rates for 2010 remain unchanged.

Fraser is standing down as club chairman and Jenn gave a vote of thanks on behalf of all the members of the club for all the hard work and commitment he has given to Howgill Harriers over the years. (He has promised to carry on organising the races). He would like to see the continued growth of the junior section of the club and this will be discussed at future committee meetings.

Financial Update:

HOWGILL HARRIERS

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

Content 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2009

Balance b.f. 01/01/09 Expenditure

Cash in hand 30.00 Vests 384.00

NatWest 1,189.97 1,219.97 Hoodies/Tshirts 176.00

Subs/Affiliations 575.00

Income Race Entry Fees 155.00

Prizes/Trophies 720.84

Sponsorship 230.00 Race Donations 1,350.00

Vests 194.00 Stationery/Web 19.21

Hoodies/Tshirts 298.00 Social Events 1,192.10

Subs/Affiliations 757.50 Misc (pool, hall, hurdles) 447.80 5,019.95

Race Entry Fees 2,782.00

Social Events 1,287.15 Balance c.f. 31/12/08

Misc (Circuits etc) 135.00 5,683.65

Cash in hand 57.19

NatWest 1,826.48 1,883.67

�6,903.62 �6,903.62

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Election of Officers:

� President � Graham Moffat

� Chairman � Steve Moffat

� Vice Chairman � Philip Cooper

� Secretary � Sally Hanna

� Treasurer � Angela Shuttleworth

� Ladies Rep � Jenn Mattinson

� Male Rep � John Chapman

� Sedbergh Rep � Juliette Proctor

� Kirkby Stephen Rep � Carl Bell

� Championship Rep � Steve Crook

� Relay Rep � Alex Birtles

Howgill Harriers Club Championship Report 2009 Season:

2009 saw the 2nd consecutive year of our best 5 from 8 Club Championship format. Here is a summary of some of the statistics.

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The 8 counting races were split into two categories � road and fell - in order to force a bit of variety. They were :

Round the Houses � Keswick � Road

Two Riggs � St John�s in the Vale � Fell

Blencathra - Fell

Hawkshead 10k � Road

Bampton - Fell

Summer 10k � Ulverston � Road

Whernside � Fell

Eaves Wood � Silverdale � Fell

The final Championship standings are attached.

We chose to avoid Howgill organised events so that members did not have the dilemma of choosing whether to marshall on the day or run. We also avoided events such as the Yomp which many entered because it was the Yomp rather than a Championship event. These changes from 2008 resulted in a reduction in the total number of members who ran in Championship races � from 39 to 32. However if you discount those who ran the Yomp / Ravenstonedale etc in 2008 but ran no other Championship event then the year on year comparison is 25 to 32 � a reasonable increase.

The 2009 Blencathra race clashed with the Yomp week resulting in only 2 Howgill entries � something to avoid next season.

In 2009 we introduced LV40 and LV50 championships as well as a Ladies Club Champion to compliment the Men�s. we now have 8 Championship categories plus the Champion Howler Trophy.

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Best Attended � Round the Houses - 19

Worst Attended � Blencathra - 2

2008 2009

Ladies 17 12

Men 22 20

Completing 5 events 6 5

Attempting 5 events 10 9

As in 2008 there were only a few members who completed 5 or more events and not many more attempting to.

I would not recommend the lowering of the number of counting events but rather continue to fine tune the choice of events and to encourage participation. Maybe the introduction of a small prize for 2nd and 3rd would help with participation.

May I take this opportunity to thank all those who competed in the Championship and those who supported them on the day.

Howgill Harriers Club Championships 2009

Category Name round the houses two riggs Blencathra Hawkshead 10k Bampton Summer 10k Whernside Eaves Wood totals

15th Apr 26th May 3rd Jun tbc 12th Jul 12th Aug 26th Sep 22nd Nov

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Ladies Jenn Mattinson 20 20 20 20 19 99

Katie May 19 20 39

Cheryl Moffat 19 19 38

Sarah Taylor 18 18

Ladies V 40 Jayne Bland 20 20 20 19 79

Angela Shuttleworth 19 19 20 20 78

Adele Roche 19 19 20 58

Pauline Tyson 18 20 38

Lynn May 17 19 36

Juliet Proctor 17 18 35

Pauline Bainbridge 18 18

Ladies V 50 Menna Lewis 20 20 20 20 80

Senior Men Sam Fisher 20 20 20 20 20 100

Phil Cooper 19 20 19 19 20 18 97

Eddie Close 18 18 17 53

Paul Jackson 19 16 35

Carl Bell 19 19

Kevin Kendal 19 19

Men Vet 40 Fraser Livesey 19 20 20 19 20 20 20 100

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Simon Cummins 19 20 39

Steve Crook 20 20

Haydn Davies 20 20

Terry Roche 18 18

Kevin Hanna 17 17

Men Vet 50 Steve Moffat 20 20 20 20 20 100

Jim Fisher 20 19 20 19 78

Tim Ayre 18 18 19 55

Graham Moffat 20 19 39

William Bell 19 18 37

Mike Moss 19 19

Ian Baker 17 17

John Chapman 18 18

Number of Howgill Runners 19 10 2 15 9 6 7 13 32

Steve C.

AOB: Jim Fisher has made 300 flags for course marking and these are available to borrow for future events.

It was suggested that the club could host an event in Sedbergh with Holme Fell a possible venue.

A contact list for the club officers is required for the website.

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Phil Cooper was awarded his Howler trophy.

Date of next meeting: 22nd February 2010, The Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen, 8pm.

22 Febuary 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 22nd February 2010, Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen

Present: Steve Moffat, Steve Crook, Sally Hanna, Jenn Mattinson, Angela Shuttleworth, Phil Cooper, Juliet Proctor, Carl Bell

Apologies: Alex & Tanya

Treasurers Report: Thankyou letters have been received from Richard Staley and The Black Swan Hotel for the donations they received from Howgill Harriers after the Ravenstonedale 10k.

A large number of club members have already returned their club membership renewal forms to Angela. She will phone/email reminders to the members who have still to renew their membership. Sally will then register all members with England Athletics.

Round Howgills: Saturday 20th March. Steve Crook has emailed all team captains with an updated entry form.

The cricket pavilion at Sedbergh school is available to use as the finishing destination. There are facilities available for changing and refreshments. The school may also enter a team.

Angela will organise the prizes including an easter egg for all juniors taking part, a bottle/box chocolates for each leg winner and

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Content an overall prize for the winning team (beer or wine).

Website: Phil Cooper will contact William regarding the website and its further development.

Club Championship: 18 members took part in the first race of the 2010 championship � Fell End Clouds. The list of confirmed dates/events will be put on the website. Eaves Wood was suggested as the final race of the season.

Howlers: The next howler is on Friday 5th March from The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale, all abilities catered for. Meet at 7.15 pm.

Dates will be set soon for future howlers including using legs of the Ian Hodgson relay for familiarisation of the course.

Juniors: Discussions about the development of the junior section of the club are ongoing due to all the rules and regulations that need serious consideration before anything can actually happen.

However the club is going to look into the possibility of holding a competition for under 18�s over 3 � 4 weeks in the summer before school breaks up. The courses would be traffic free, entry fee �2/�3, prizes for all age categories.

AOB: Circuits at Sedbergh will continue until Easter.

Alex sent a promotional poster for the Sedbergh Three Peaks race on Tuesday 2nd March at 4.30pm. He is going to put the info on the website.

Angela and Pauline are holding a social event on 20th March at Newbiggin Village Hall to raise funds for their London Marathon sponsorship for SENSE.

Content The possibility of holding a race in Sedbergh was discussed. A date needs to be set for 2011 as the club already has a busy schedule. Fraser will be contacted regarding this.

Spinning will continue for the next 4 weeks, places booked up.

The meeting closed at 9.15pm.

The date of the next meeting is Wednesday 24th March, The Bull, Sedbergh at

8pm.24 March 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday 24th March 2010, The Bull, Sedbergh

Present: Steve Moffat, Jenn Mattinson, Angela Shuttleworth, Juliet Proctor, Carl Bell, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Fraser Livsey, Graham Moffat

Apologies: Steve Crook

Treasurers Report: Subs with England Athletics fall due on 1st April and Angela is contacting those members still to renew their membership to see if they wish to do so in order for Sally to register them with England Athletics.

Round Howgills: An excellent event even if start was a little chaotic.

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The cricket pavilion at Sedbergh school proved to be an ideal venue. If it is available next year a proposal for provision of a post race meal (eg chilli) was put forward by Jon Richardson.

In order to get to the end of second leg/start of third leg runners have to cross a field. This access is via a public footpath but as the footpath is not the most direct way across the field nobody followed it. The farmer pointed this out to a number of runners and for future events the footpath must be followed.

Monday Night Venues: The following have been arranged �

Orton 12 April, Soulby 19 April, Cautley 26 April, Brough 3 May, Pendragon Castle 10 May, Fat Lamb 17 May, Crosby Garrett 24 May, Weasdale 31 May, Sunbiggin 7 June, Great Asby 14 June, Borrowdale 21 June.

Website: John Chapman proposed that key contacts be made available on the club members part of the website, after login. It was agreed that a contact list for all committee members will be put on.

Sally will post the list of future Monday night venues on the website.

Sally will diary the date & venue of the next committee meeting on the website.

Howlers/Club Championship: Steve Crook had sent his apologies but will post the venue for the April howler on the website asap.

Juniors: Discussions are still ongoing. If parents are present at the event no CRB check is necessary for helpers but Fraser, Jenn & Juliet all have these in place.

Westmorland Trail Race: Fraser will email Sally the race details and she will put these on to Runners World & Running Fitness websites.

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The Fat Lamb has once again agreed to sponsor the event by providing all competitors with a �5.00 voucher to be redeemed against the purchase of food at The Fat Lamb. They have also generously donated �50.00 towards the race.

Westmorland Services will again donate a hamper.

Two previous competitors from Brighton have sponsored the race, donating �100.00. Many thanks to them.

The entry fee will be increased slightly to reflect the high standards of the race and refreshments available to all competitors.

Pete Bland Sports will also attend the event with their mobile shop.

Ravenstonedale Red 10k: Date set for 2010, 27th November.

AOB: Circuits will continue in Sedbergh on a Wednesday evening but for the summer months will be held outside on the sports field followed by a run.

Jenn will look into the possible resurrection of the newsletter.

Suggestions are needed for the summer social, a Friday night in July. Fraser is willing to host a BBQ.

Fraser is keen to see if the cricket club in Kirkby Stephen would allow a 400m running track around the perimeter of the field. He uses the track at Sedbergh for training and finds the timed runs beneficial to improvement especially for encouraging juniors.

Steve Crook knows a lady who is keen to try the club out and is looking for somebody to pair up with her to help with training for the Great North Run.

Running some of the classic Lake District routes was suggested for weekend club runs.

Sam Fisher (1st) & Katie Mai (2nd girl) are to be acknowledged by the club for their excellent results in the Sedbergh School Wilson 10 mile run. Angela will purchase 2 x �10.00 Pete Blands vouchers for them.

The Kendal winter league has finished for this season, Sam Fisher

Content 1st, Carl Bell 2nd and Jenn Mattinson 2nd lady. Well done.

The meeting closed at 10pm

The date of the next meeting is Wednesday 5th May at The Bull, Sedbergh

5 May 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday 5th May 2010, The Bull, Sedbergh

Present: Steve Crook, Jenn Mattinson, Angela Shuttleworth, Juliet Proctor, Carl Bell, Sally Hanna, William Bell, Si Cummins, Paul Jackson

Apologies: Steve Moffat, Graham Moffat, Alex Birtles, John Chapman

Treasurers Report: Subs with England Athletics are now paid for all the members who have so far renewed their membership. A few are still to pay. If everybody pays there are now 112 members of Howgill Harriers.

Sedbergh Venues: Jenn is going to put details of the Sedbergh Wednesday/Thursday club nights on the website after further discussions with Fraser and those who attend as to the format required for the summer months. As the Wednesday night circuit sessions are continuing, usually followed by a run the Thursday night runs may be incorporated in these for the summer.

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Content Howlers: Friday 7th May venue for Howler is Dufton, run High Cup Nick and afterwards in The Stag Inn. Steve Crook will send an email regarding this. He will also publicise the date/venue for the June Howler on the website asap.

Club Championship: So far well supported. A run still has to be chosen for the 6th event. Suitable suggestions considered for a fell/trail race, between 5 � 10 miles long sometime during August, September or October. Steve will email William the results table spreadsheet attachments so he can post them on the website.

Juniors: The club will continue to discuss the possibilities for junior development but is unable to develop this further at the present time.

Westmorland Trail Race: Sally has put the race details onto Runners World & Running Fitness websites. Juliet will double check the details are correct. Fraser needs to be present for further organisation of this race.

Newsletter: Jenn has sent an email to club members asking them to contribute an article/photo suitable for the newsletter. She is gathering these articles together and will then produce the newsletter which will be put on the external side of the website with a separate link for access. Juliet will download pictures for Jenn and email them to her for use in the articles.

Relays: Sally will contact Alex regarding him starting to drum up enthusiasm for the relays later in the year. If members who are keen to take part in the relay events sign up now definite dates can be set to reccie the various legs of the races.

AOB: Jon Broxop has approached Howgill Harriers (Angela) to see if the club would be interested in hosting the Sedbergh Hills race from 2011. This is usually held the day after the Weasdale race which Fraser organises so will have to be discussed at a future meeting when he is present.

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The meeting closed at 9.30 pm

The date of the next meeting is Monday 7th June at The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale at 8.15 pm.

7 June 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 7th June 2010, The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale

Present: Steve Moffat, Jenn Mattinson, Angela Shuttleworth, Karl Bell, Sally Hanna, William Bell, John Chapman

Apologies: Steve Crook, Graham Moffat, Alex Birtles, Juliet Proctor

Treasurers Report: Angela has purchased the vouchers for Katie May and Sam Fisher but they are still to be presented to them.

Club Championship: The Gibson Grind has been cancelled. The Hawkshead 10km on 23 June and Dentdale (short fell race) on 28th August have been proposed as championship races.

Juniors: As previous the club will continue to discuss the possibilities for junior development but is unable to develop this further at the present time.

Newsletter: Jenn and Karl have gathered sufficient information

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Content together and are working on the format of the newsletter. When this is near completion they will contact William who will post it on the external part of the website.

Website: William has paid (less 10% discount) the annual fee to the website host and Angela will reimburse him.

Two new runners attended the Monday night run after seeing the information on the website, a first.

The diary dates need updating for Sedbergh, Jenn to do. Sally will update the Monday night venues.

Weasdale: Fraser is asking for volunteers to help at Ravenstonedale Show with the Weasdale Horseshoe. He requires help with registration and timing. He is also asking Mountain Rescue to help with marshalling the course.

Circuits: The Sedbergh session is now to be held on a Thursday to coincide with the run. John is going to send out an email to all club members to gauge the interest in a Wednesday night session in Kirkby Stephen. This would be held outdoors during the summer season and possibly in the dome during winter.

Relays: To date Alex has had poor response (4) from club members wishing to take part in either of the relay events. He will send another email out to try and get more support then dates can be set to reccie the routes (possible Howlers). Entries need to be in during July.

Social: There will be a BBQ at Frasers house after the Howler on 23rd July. The club will buy sausages etc (let Fraser know if going so he can buy enough!), Phil Cooper will supply the BBQ, bring own booze/tents etc.

AOB: Joanne will be approached nearer September to see if she is willing to run another spinning session for the club.

Steve Moffat offered his congratulations to all members who

Content completed The Yomp. He is getting the team trophy engraved.

We need to push the sale of hoodies, vests and t shirts.

Sally will find out definite prices for a technical t shirt, hat and jacket printed with the club logo.


The date of the next meeting is Monday 5th July at The Bull, Sedbergh after the run.

5 July 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 5th July 2010, The Bull, Sedbergh

Present: Steve Moffat, Jenn Mattinson, Angela Shuttleworth, Karl Bell, Sally Hanna, William Bell, John Chapman, Steve Crook, Juliet Proctor

Apologies: Graham Moffat, Fraser Livsey

Club Championship: The up to date results have been published on the website. An increasing number of members are taking part in the races. Second and third place prizes will also be awarded in each category. These will be presented at the winter social. Small adjustments to the championship rules will be made for the 2011 competition e.g. the number of qualifying races may be increased.

Newsletter: Jenn and Karl now have the articles needed to create the newsletter but need more photos. Once these have been gathered together they will give William the newsletter and he will

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Content format it for the website and once Jenn and Karl have agreed the format William will put the finished article on the website.

Website: Sally to email William details of an amended Monday night venue so he can alter the list on the website.

Weasdale: Angela to put out an email to club members asking if anybody can help on race day. Steve Crook will liaise with Fraser about Mountain Rescue marshalling the course.

Circuits: Circuits in Kirkby Stephen will go ahead on a Wednesday night as there has been sufficient interest shown. Steve Moffat will contact Gary Payton about using The Dome during winter months. Permission to hold the sessions on a suitable field e.g. The Rugby Club or KSGS needs to be got. John will email members the start date once details have been finalised.

Relays: Angela will enter 1 mixed team and 1 mens team in to the Ian Hodgson Relay as entries need to be in by end of July.

Social: There will be a change of date to the planned social BBQ - check the website for more setails.

Howlers: There will still be a howler on 23rd July but venue to be decided � check website for more details.


The date of the next meeting is Monday 9th August, The Black Bull, Nateby, 8.15 pm after the run.

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COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 9th August 2010, The Black Bull, Nateby

Present: Steve Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Karl Bell, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Juliet Proctor

Apologies: Graham Moffat, Fraser Livsey, Jenn Mattinson, Steve Crook

Weasdale: Steve Crook has been organising volunteers for Fraser for the race on 21st August at Ravenstonedale Show. Registration, time-keeping and scoreboard are covered but anybody who would like to assist with marshalling is welcome. Mountain Rescue has been asked if they will marshal the route but confirmation of this is still needed.

Crosby Garrett Trail Race: Pauline Tyson handed over a cheque for �200.00 from �RTS Trailers� which they have very generously donated to the race as sponsorship. Pauline also has the race organisation in hand. Entries are starting to come in.

Relays: Angela has entered 1 mixed team and 1 open team into the Ian Hodgson Relay (8 per team, at least 4 ladies must run in the mixed team, a 16/17 year old may run accompanied by an adult on leg 3). Either the 18th or 19th September will be the date for course reccie. Sally will send out an email to all members reminding them to let Alex know if they can run in the event and which date they prefer to reccie the course. This reminder will also go on the website.

Social: This is now a post Weasdale BBQ on 21st August at Frasers house, 7.30 pm. Let Steve Crook know numbers and then sausages etc can be organised.

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Beginners Sessions: Pauline Tyson offered to help run a beginners session on a Monday night as a number of people are expressing an interest in joining. The first session will be Monday the 6th September meeting at Kirkby Stephen Cricket Club at 6.30 pm. Distances to suit. Steve Moffat and Sally Hanna will also help. The sessions will be held every fortnight. Sally will put this information on the website.

Howlers: Although future dates are still to be arranged it has been decided that there will also be a walking option available for those wishing to attend but not run. Therefore all abilities will be catered for making the Howler a social event, meeting in the pub afterwards!

AOB: Sally has ordered technical t-shirts and fluorescent woolly hats printed with the club logo. These will be on sale as soon as they have been delivered.

The club has been asked to put the �Orton Autumn Fair Fell Race� in our event calendar. Sally will put it on the website.


The date of the next meeting is Monday 6th September, The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale, 8.30 pm after the run.

6 September 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 6th September 2010, The Black Bull, Nateby

Present: Fraser Livesey, Karl Bell, Sally Hanna, John Chapman,

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Apologies: Graham Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Juliet Proctor

Westmorland Trail Race: Phil Cooper will get the markers to Pauline for Wednesday evening in order for the course to be marked out. Trevor Walton, Phil Cooper and Wayne Tyson are helping mark the course and Pauline has organised a quad bike for 6pm. The junior routes also need to be marked out, John Chapman will help with this.

The main race is well marshalled but Howgill Harriers members are required to marshal the junior routes, marshal jackets are required � Fraser has these.

John Tyson is organising the water stop half way round the main route.

Pauline has organised a prize for all junior runners (a gym bag and water bottle).

Pete Bland Sports is attending with the mobile shop. This will be situated in the yard.

Numbers have been collected from Pete Blands.

Angela and Sally will do race registration and Jenn will do junior race registration.

John will time the race with Jane Fisher writing down numbers.

Angela, Graham and Sally will record race results. Karl and Jenn will put these onto the website and compose a race report for the Herald.

Additional toilets have been organised.

After the race the numbers will be collected and drawn at prize giving for the spot prizes (hampers).

Trevor will take the list of required vouchers for prizes to Pete Bland Sports and collect them. Six bottle of wine are for the two team prizes.

There are 150 Fat Lamb vouchers to hand out to runners when they

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Poor pre-entry by Howgill Harriers members.

Trevor will make sure road signs are up directing people to Crosby Garrett/car park/caution runners.

Helpers try and start at 11am.

Circuits: Fraser is continuing to run a circuits session at Sedbergh on a Thursday night incorporating it into the running session. The club may purchase additional weight bars for this session if necessary. The circuits session in Kirkby Stephen is still held outside on a Wednesday night from 7pm to 8pm but members are starting to look into hiring a local hall for the hour class (as the Dome is not yet up). It is hoped more members will attend once the session is held indoors (to avoid the midges!).

Relays: Only one team entry has been accepted for this year�s event � the open team. (The entry for the mixed team is on a reserve list). Sally will let both Alex and Steve know this as they are responsible for organising the team and course reccie.

One team has been entered into the FRA relay.

Social: The BBQ was a success with around 25 people attending. Many thanks to Fraser and Linda for hosting the event. It was suggested that next year it could be held on Saturday or Sunday afternoon to encourage more to attend.

Beginners Sessions: The first beginners session held tonight was a great success with 17 people turning up to run. About half were new runners with the remainder being existing runners using the session to get back running again after injuries etc. The same route (Stenkrith/Railway/Hartley) was used by everyone and suited all abilities. It was decided to hold these sessions weekly (not fortnightly as advertised) meeting again at the cricket club.

Spinning: Joanne Marston is willing to run another session of

Content spinning for club members on a Monday night. Sally will ask Jayne Bland to confirm with Joanne the start date (provisionally 1st November) and number of sessions (6?).

Ravenstonedale 10K: 27th November 2010. Sally will ask Angela if she would go and see Garth Steadman to find out if he is willing to sponsor the race again this year. If he is Sally will amend the race entry forms and have them available for distribution at the trail race on Saturday. The entry fee for the 10k is to change to �8/�10 for affiliated runners and �10/�12 for non-affiliated runners but is free for Howgill Harriers members. Sally will apply for the race permit and inform EDC and Cumbria Constabulary about the event.

AOB: Sally will set an agenda for the next meeting.


The date of the next meeting is Monday 27th September, The Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale, 8.30 pm after the run.

27 September 2010


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 27th September 2010, The Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale

Present: Steve Moffat, Eddie Close, William Bell, Juliet Proctor, Angela Shuttleworth, Fraser Livesey, Sally Hanna, John Chapman,

Apologies: Graham Moffat, Steve Crook, Jenn Mattinson, Carl Bell

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Westmorland Trail Race: Successful event again this year with 150 entries, 10 more than 2009.

Income �1310 entries plus �250.00 sponsorship. Expenses �255.00 prize vouchers. Split proceeds �1000.00 to village hall & �305.00 to Howgill Harriers.

A few suggestions for next year:

� Avoid ford river crossing in directions to get to Crosby Garrett.

� Accurate distance indication (measured by runners Garmin at 7.35 miles this year) especially for junior races.

� Updated route map on the day.

� Have a list of event facts available on the website to answer competitors questions, eg maps, directions, race results. (If this information is sent to Will now he will start to create the list for the website).

Next years event to be held on 10th September 2011. Try and get race sponsors information soon so can get entry forms out in good time. Entry fees will be �8 and �10.

Relays: Ian Hodgson. Meet in Kirkby Stephen Market Square at 7.30am on Sunday morning to make race registration for 9am/race start 9.30am.

Angela will let race organisers know that we are only entering one team (no reserve).

Runners need to carry full kit/maps.

Team members are: Eddie, Fraser, Carl, Al, Jenn, Richard Tyson, Steve M plus one more.

FRA. Proposed team members are: Carl, Richard Tyson, Steve M, Eddie, Fraser plus 1 and reserve.

Ravenstonedale 10k: Club members must pre-enter in order to qualify for free entry. Sally will send round an email letting members know.

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Angela will take Garth Steadman a formal letter regarding his sponsorship.

Richard Staley will attend the next meeting to organise race details. Juliet will try and get some race sponsorship in the form of prizes.

Winter Social: Proposed Saturday 5th February as date of next social. Possibly a Ceilgh again but using outside catering, venue to be decided. Prices will be discussed at the next meeting.

Beginners Sessions: These are a continued success occurring every week and not fortnightly as originally proposed. From 4th October they will now meet at Kirkby Stephen Grammar School.

Circuits: Juliet has secured Settlebeck School Hall for the Sedbergh Sessions on a Thursday evening (term time only) and The Dome at KSGS is to be used for the Wednesday night sessions as from 29th September. Duplicate equipment is to be purchased for the Sedbergh group and John will duplicate the exercise cards for Fraser so both groups can follow a similar format. The cost of the Dome is �12.50 per hour session. This will be covered by charging �2.00 per session per member and Gary Payton will invoice the club. Sally will contact Gary to find out if there is an electric supply for music and to see if mats are available.

AOB: Sally will set an agenda for the next meeting.

Spinning will start again but waiting for final confirmation of details.

Sally will apply to Virgin London Marathon for club entries for the 2011 event.


The date of the next meeting is Thursday 4th November, The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale, 8.00 pm.

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COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 8th November 2010, The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale

Present: Steve Moffat, Graham Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Fraser Livsey, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Phil Cooper, Carl Bell

Apologies: Steve Crook, Juliet Proctor, Jen Mattinson

AGM: Friday 28th January at The Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale. 7pm Howler, 8.30pm meeting.

Ravenstonedale 10k: 110 pre-entries to date (14 of these online).

Angela has received a letter from Garth Steadman regarding his attendance on race day. Pauline Moffat will take the required photos. Angela will give him the No 1 race number for display in his shop.

A press release will be organised for The Herald and The Gazette.

The Black Swan have donated Dinner, Bed & Breakfast for 2 for the male and female 1st prizes and Dinner for 2 for the male and female 2nd prizes.

Juliet has secured additional prizes including Sedbergh Fish & Chip Shop supper for 2 x 2.

Phil Cooper will provide �50 High Street Vouchers (from J T Atkinson) as prizes.

Race numbers will be collected after the race for the spot prize draw (a hamper).

Prize categories are: Male & Female 1st, 2nd, 3rd (�15 voucher),

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Male & Female V40, V50, V60, V70, V80 (�10 voucher).

Male & Female U21 (�10 voucher)

Male & Female fastest local (�10 voucher)

Male & Female team (socks).

Juniors, U15 & U12 male & female. Angela sorting junior prizes (includes 2 hats).

All the vouchers will be purchased from Pete Bland Sports, Kendal. Some vouchers left over from the trail race will be cashed in and re-issued for this event.

Registration Team: Pre-entry � Pauline Moffat & Sian Chapman. Entry on day � Sally Hanna & Leanne Cooper. (Sally will print some entry forms for entries on day). Juniors � Juliet Proctor.

Time Recorders: Pauline Moffat (numbers), Phil Cooper (watch), Carl Bell (funnel).

Results: Sally Hanna, Jane Fisher, Graham Moffat (places).

Carl Bell will create a spreadsheet to record results on to run along side manual results board to try and create a better method of time recording for the future.

Sally will ask Mark Walsh about his timing chips and cost of using them for future events.

Level 1 medical cover is required � Carl Bell is a trained first aider.

Relays: Steve Moffat offered his congratulations to the relays teams who took part in the Ian Hodgson & FRA events for their superb performances.

Winter Social/Ceildh: This has been booked for 12th February 2011 at Newbiggin-on-Lune village hall, 7pm for 7.30pm. The Garsdale Street Band have been booked by Angela and Farm Harvest have been booked by Steve Moffat to provide the food. Provisionally this will be pie, peas and gravy with pudding

Content including serving and washing up. Bring own drink.

Angela will make tickets and distribute these between the committee members to sell at �12.00 per ticket. This information will also go on the website. Carl to do this.

Virgin London Marathon 2011: The club has been allocated 2 marathon places. Sally will email all members and ask them to submit their name if they are interested in being added to the draw for a place. This will be drawn at Ravenstonedale 10k.

AOB: Phil Cooper will ask Jeanette to put Howgill Harriers club details on the Kirkby Stephen website.

Monday night venue will be Kirkby Stephen Grammar School at 6.30pm for the foreseeable future.

Pauline Tyson suggested holding a separate event to raise funds for Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Sports Hall equipment. This will be discussed at the AGM.

Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team will be given a donation for their help at Weasdale.


The date of the next meeting is Thursday 9th December, Red Lion, Sedbergh.

10 January 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 10th January 2011, The Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen

Present: Steve Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John

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Apologies: Graham Moffat

AGM: Friday 28th January at The Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale. 7pm Howler, 8.30pm meeting. Phil Cooper will send out an email to all members inviting them to attend the Howler and meeting. Sally will contact The Fat Lamb to make sure that they can accommodate the meeting and provide refreshments (chips and sandwiches). Numbers attending will be confirmed with The Fat Lamb nearer the date.

Ravenstonedale 10k: Event cancelled due to bad weather but a challenge was held over an alternative route. �1114.00 income from entry fees and donations made on day for challenge participation less �196.00 refunded entry fees (due to event cancellation) and �51.87 cost of race numbers. The profit made will be given to the Ravenstonedale Millennium Fund. Altering the terms and conditions regarding making entry fees non-refundable will be discussed at a later date for the 2011 event. Also the need for a contingency plan was highlighted for future events should they need to be cancelled again.

Winter Social/Ceildh: 12th February 2011, Newbiggin-on-Lune Village Hall. Angela has printed the tickets and these are available from Fraser, Sally, Philip, Steve Moffat and Angela at a cost of �12.00 each. Under 16�s �5.00 each. Sally will send out an email reminding club members to purchase them as soon as possible as numbers will be needed early February. Steve Moffat will liaise with Farm Harvest once final numbers are known. Sally will take coffee, tea, milk and sugar otherwise provide own drinks.

Virgin London Marathon 2011: Terry Roche and Jim Fisher were the lucky members who got the marathon places. However it came to light on Sunday 9th January that Jim Fisher was not taking part in the event. The closing date for entry was Friday 7th January. Sally will contact the London Marathon office to find out if the place has been wasted.

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Subscriptions: To remain the same for the coming year at �12.00 senior, �3.00 junior and �20.00 family. Angela will organise renewal forms/letters. There are currently 129 members (95 seniors and 34 juniors).

Round the Howgills: Date set for 26th March 2011. Juliet will enquire about using the cricket pavilion again as the venue. Refreshments will be organised once the venue is confirmed and Juliet has offered to provide these (eg chilli) at cost. This (and prizes) will be discussed further at the next meeting.

Website: Carl will update the diary for the Monday night runs and add Sedbergh circuits to the diary aswell. A notice board on the front page of the website is needed where important information can be prominently displayed for a short time (eg event cancellation).

Club Championship: Steve Crook is gathering in the various cups and trophies to enable engraving the 2010 winners names. These will be presented at the social with 2nd and 3rd placed runners also being mentioned. The 2011 championship will follow the usual format and Steve will finalise which eight events are to make up the championship and then put this information on the website/send out an email.

AOB: Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team will be given a donation of �100.00.

Philip will speak to Joanne Marston to see if she is willing to run another spinning session for club members and he will see if there is still interest among members to attend spinning.

Steve Moffat offered his thanks to everybody for all their help over the last year as he is not able to attend the AGM. Philip Cooper (vice-chairman) will stand in for him at the meeting. Steve also proposed that Philip become chairman of the club and that he become vice-chairman. This will be finalised at the AGM.

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The date of the next meeting is Friday 28th January (AGM) at The Fat Lamb

28 January 2011


AGM

28th January 2011, The Fat Lamb, Crossbank

Present: Graham Moffat (President), Philip Cooper (Vice-Chairman), Angela Shuttleworth (Treasurer), Sally Hanna (Secretary), Sian Chapman, John Chapman, Kevin Hanna, Juliet Proctor, Carl Bell, Terry Roche, Adele Roche, Menna Lewis, Pauline Bainbridge, William Bell, Fraser Livesey, Paul Jackson, David Appleby, Eddie Close

Apologies: Steve Moffat (Chairman), Steve Crook, Pauline Tyson, Tanya Mellor, Alex Birtles, Jayne Bland

Chairman�s Review of the Year: Steve Moffat sent his apologies for not being able to attend the AGM and sent his thanks to the outgoing committee for all their hard work over the last year. As Vice-Chairman Philip Cooper stood in.

The club has once again grown over the last year with the junior membership also increasing with 6 � 8 juniors regularly attending the training sessions on a Thursday evening.

The races hosted by Howgill Harriers were once again successful. Crosby Garrett Trail Race had a record entry and despite the

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Content weather the Challenge held to replace the cancelled Ravenstonedale 10K was enjoyed by all who took part. The alternative course used for the Challenge was praised and will possibly be used in the future for a club handicap event. New terms and conditions will be drawn up for the 10K 2011 event. The Round the Howgills relay race proved popular and having the use of Sedbergh School pavilion as a base made for an enjoyable social event too.

The summer BBQ held at Murthwaite was well supported with thanks to Fraser & Linda for hosting this social.

There are a number of additional classes now being organised by the club for members to compliment running. Several courses of spinning run by Joanne Marston at KSGS have been well supported and circuits are now held both at Kirkby Stephen and Sedbegh once a week. Thanks to John and Fraser for running these classes.

The FRA & Ian Hodgson relay events were once again successfully entered by the club.

Subscription rates for 2011 remain unchanged.

Financial Update

HOWGILL HARRIERS

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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

1st January 2010 to 31st December 2010

Balance b.f. 01/01/10 Expenditure

Cash in hand 57.19 Clothing 840.00

NatWest 1,826.48 1,883.67 Subs/Affiliations 690.00

Race Entry Fees 186.00

Income Prizes/Trophies 504.79

Race Donations 1,600.00

Sponsorship 400.00 Stationery/Web 58.33

Vests 198.00 Ravenstonedale Refunds 196.00

Hoodies/Tshirts 408.50 Social Events 798.00

Subs/Affiliations 895.50 Misc (pool, hall, hurdles) 672.44 5,545.56

Race Entry Fees 2,636.00

Social Events 460.00 Balance c.f. 31/12/10

Misc (Circuits etc) 510.95 5,508.95

Cash in hand 146.80

NatWest 1,700.26 1,847.06

�7,392.62 �7,392.62

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Election of Officers:

� President � Graham Moffat

� Chairman � Philip Cooper

� Vice Chairman � John Chapman

� Secretary � Sally Hanna

� Treasurer � Angela Shuttleworth

� Ladies Rep � Adele Roche

� Male Rep � Eddie Close

� Sedbergh Rep � Juliet Proctor

� Kirkby Stephen Rep � Carl Bell

� Championship Rep � Steve Crook

� Relay Rep � Steve Moffat

� Events Rep � Fraser Livesey

Howgill Harriers Club Championship Report 2010 Season

Steve Crook sent his apologies for not making the meeting but also sent the following report:

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8 races as usual with 4 new ones � Fell End, Wray 10k, Killington and Dentdale.

Hawkeshead most popular with 20 entrants and Dentdale being the least with 5.

41 club members took part � the most since we resurrected the Championship in 2008.

16 ladies and 27 men with the biggest change being the increase in MV50.

First and second in each category were generally a lot closer than in previous years.

Winners will be awarded trophies at the social

This year�s Championship race calendar will be available at the social in February. It will include some old favorites and some new.

AOB: Fraser would like to see the club hold a new race/event in Sedbergh.

KSGS are fund raising for the new Sports Hall and it was suggested that the club make a donation of �500.00. Further enquiries will be made into this to see how the club would be able to utilise the new hall. Pauline Tyson suggested the club hold a race to raise funds for the Sports Hall but holding a one off event was thought to be too complicated.

A formal back runner is needed on the Monday night run to ensure nobody is left behind.

Fraser thinks the club is nearing its 25 year anniversary and that something should be done to mark this. A club photo was suggested.

Content Date of next meeting: 28th February 2011, The Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen, 7.30pm

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COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 28th February 2011, The Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen

Present: Steve Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Phil Cooper, Carl Bell, Juliet Proctor, Steve Crook, William Bell, Eddie Close, Adele Roche, Fraser Livesey


Round the Howgills: 26th March 2011. Start at 1.30pm from Lofthus Hill carpark. Juliet has provisionally booked the cricket pavilion at Sedbergh school as race finishing point but as there are no kitchen facilities she will enquire about booking the Methodist Hall instead as this has all the facilities required to provide hot food after the race. Juliet is also organising the food and Sally and Sian (and possibly Juliet�s Mum) will help serve it. Proposed team captains are: Phil, Fraser, Carl, Eddie, Kevin May, Jim and Squash Club.

Steve Crook will send William the fact sheet regarding leg routes etc and he will put this on the website.

Names of all those club members wishing to take part in the race (including cyclists) will be gathered together and then teams sorted out nearer the day. Angela will purchase the prizes.

Club Championship: Steve Crook has finalised the details of the 2011 championship and is forwarding this information to William who will update the website. The proposed events are: Round Houses, Keswich � Marathon, Killington Sports, Hawkshead 10K, Bampton Sports, Beetham Sports, Latrigg and Eves Wood.

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Howler: Next date is Friday 18th March from Winton. Meet at 7pm around village green.

Ian Hodgson/FRA Relays: Reccie runs are essential and weekend runs are to be arranged in order to do this. Dates set at next meeting.

Membership: 20 members are still to renew their membership and Angela is chasing this. Sally and Angela will then organise renewal with England Athletics.

Treasurers Report: Balance held to date is �1683.00 with �635.00 to pay to England Athletics when membership is renewed. A profit of �43.00 was made at the social.

KSGS Sports Hall: Philip Cooper is to arrange a meeting with David Keetley (headmaster) about the possibility of Howgill Harriers holding a 10K run in order to raise funds for the sports hall. To be discussed further at the next meeting.

Great Westmorland Trail Race: Date set for 10th September 2011. The Fat Lamb is sponsoring the event again for 2011. Fraser will email Sally the flier and she will send the race details to the running magazines for event promotion. Fliers will also be distributed asap at further events.

Website: William will update the Monday and Thursday night run meeting places until the end of March when the clocks change. From then on meeting places will differ each week. The Kirkby Stephen and Sedbergh reps (Carl and Juliet respectively) will then update the website with this information.

Sedbergh Sports: A new event is to be held on 1st July in Sedbergh

Content in partnership with the local schools and land owner Andrew Pratt. A number of different events will be held on the night including a fell run, childrens and adults races/sports with the intention of getting as many people as possible to take part and have fun. Hopefully a marquee will be available for use as the date coincides with Sedbergh Folk Festival. Outside catering will be present. Each event will have individual sponsorship. If you would like to help contact Fraser.

25 Year Anniversary: As 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of Howgill Harriers a club photo is to be arranged. Hopefully this will be taken on 24th April at a social to mark Frasers 50th. Further details will be available on the website.

AOB: An award for recognition of their achievement over the last year will be presented to a junior boy and girl at Round the Houses.

Ravenstonedale 10K date set for 19th November 2011.


The date of the next meeting is Thursday 24th March at The Bull, Sedbergh, 7.45pm.

24 March 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

Thursday 24th March, The Bull, Sedbergh

Present: Philip Cooper, Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Carl Bell, William Bell, Eddie Close, Fraser Livesey, Steve Moffat, Sian Chapman, Paul Jackson

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Content Apologies: Graham Moffat, Steve Crook, Adele Roche

Round the Howgills: 26th March 2011. Details were finalised for the event, everybody meeting at 1pm for 1.30pm start on the day. Refreshments to be available in the Methodist Church Hall after the race has finished. Prize giving will also be held there.

Howler: Next date is Friday 15th April from Cross Keys, Tebay (Tebay fell race route with shorter alternative available). Meet at 7pm.

Ian Hodgson/FRA Relays: Dates to be set at future meeting for reccie runs.

KSGS Sports Hall Fund Raising: Philip Cooper met with David Keetley (headmaster) and the school are keen for the fund raising race to go ahead. Possible dates were discussed with Saturday 3rd September chosen as most appropriate. Phil will contact the school again to see if this date is ok. Once a date has been confirmed further arrangements will be discussed.

Website: The Monday night venues will be updated by Carl and the Sedbergh meeting place is now 6.30pm from Busk Lane, again to be updated on website. It was noted by John that a link does not exist from the FRA website to Howgill Harriers website. Angela will ask for this link to be added.

Sedbergh Sports: Friday evening, 5.45pm, 1st July 2011. Killington Marquees have very kindly agreed to leave a marquee up from Sedbergh Folk Festival (the previous weekend) for use at Sedbergh Sports. Paul Jackson will get a licence for a bar, John & Linda Bannister will run a BBQ. The fell race distance is to be measures by Fraser, Carl & Andrew Pratt (land owner). All the proceeds made from the event will go to Sedbergh Primary School. Charge onto field is �3.00 per adult & �1.00 per child.

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25 Year Anniversary: Club photo to be taken at Fraser�s 50th birthday party on Easter Saturday combined with fell run and BBQ

Kirkby Stephen Circuits: As the Dome is being dismantled and club members wish for circuits to continue for the summer, a new venue needs to be found. Sally will contact Gary Payton to see if the gym is available and how much it costs to hire. If non-members wish to join circuits they will be asked to join the club in order to be covered by our insurance.

Monday Night Venues: April 4 Soulby, April 11 Orton, April 18 Fell End Quarry, April 25 Brough, May 2 Great Asby, May 9 Weasdale, May 16 Nateby, Mat 23 Borrowdale, May 30 Pendragon, June 6 Crosby Garrett. (See website to confirm).

AOB: Sally will order some more medium hoodies and t-shits as these are in demand.


The date of the next meeting is Monday 18th April at The Fat Lamb, 7.30pm

18 April 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 18 April, The Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale

Present: Philip Cooper, Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Carl Bell, Eddie Close, Fraser Livesey, Sian Chapman, Steve Crook, Jenn Mattinson, Juliet Proctor

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Apologies: Graham Moffat, Steve Moffat

Howler: Next date is Friday 13th May from The Stagg Inn, Dufton. Meet at 7.15pm. There will be a shorter run available.

KSGS Sports Hall Fund Raising Run: Saturday 3rd September. Philip Cooper is waiting to hear back from Mike Sunderland regarding potential sponsors for the event. The school are catering for the event. Entry fee agreed on - �8.00/�10.00. Minimum age 16 years but there will be a fun run for younger runners. Steve Priestly will be contacted to try and get him to officially measure the course.

Website: Further development of this facility was discussed and is ongoing.

Sedbergh Sports: Friday evening, 5.45pm, 1st July 2011. Fliers are now available for distribution. Volunteers on night required for 5.30pm start. Fraser will arrange the schedule. The primary school will organise the races on the field and Fraser will organise the fell race. Carl and Fraser have measured the fell race route, a challenging 3.5 miles all in view of the field. A letter has been sent to local business asking for sponsorship/prizes. Sally Davies is organising this. Howgill Harriers may need to provide fell race prizes. The sports committee are holding a meeting on 19th May if you would like to attend. Contact Fraser for further details.

25 Year Anniversary: Jenn is going to write a press release highlighting the 25th anniversary of the club. Founder members will be contacted for information. Harry will provide old photos.

Kirkby Stephen Circuits: The gym at KSGS has been booked for the next term, Wednesday nights 7pm � 8pm at a rental cost of �7.20 plus VAT for the hour. Members attending will still pay �2.00 per session. John is going to look into the cost of mats for

Content floor exercises as both Sedbergh & Kirkby Stephen groups would benefit from them being available.

Weasdale 2012: This event will be an FRA championship race again in 2012. The date is 18 August 2012. Pre-entries only, �6.00 including tea & cake. Number of competitors normally 60 but likely to rise to 600 as championship event. Ravenstonedale Show committee meeting Monday 25 July at 7.30pm to attend to further discuss arrangements including provision of marquee, catering and promotional material. Proceeds to be split between show and Howgill Harriers.

Ravenstonedale 10K: Saturday 26 November 2011. Angela to contact Garth Steadman to see if he is interested in sponsoring the event again. Fliers will then be finalised for distribution. A disclaimer/alternative route/contingency plan will be included on the entry form in case of poor weather conditions again.

Club Championship: 21 members ran in Keswick Round The Houses event. The next event is Keswick half marathon on Sunday 1 May.

AOB: Kendal 10k series begins on Wednesday 11 May, 7.30pm Kendal Leisure Centre.

Frasers 50th party fell run begins at 7pm (walkers 6.15pm), Sunday 24th April.

Thank you letters received from Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue & Ravenstonedale Millennium Fund for donations made.

The meeting closed at 8.45pm

The date of the next meeting is Monday 23 May at The Cross Keys, Tebay, 7.30pm

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COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 23 May, The Cross Keys, Tebay

Present: Philip Cooper, Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Carl Bell, Eddie Close, Fraser Livesey, Sian Chapman, Juliet Proctor, Adele Roche, William Bell, Menna Lewis, Steve Moffat


Howler: Next date is Friday 17th June. Start Nateby, catch train from Kirkby Stephen to Garsdale, run back along Lady Anne�s Highway. Times will be confirmed nearer the date and be available on website (Carl).

KSGS Sports Hall Fund Raising Run: Saturday 3rd September. Philip has course measuring organised. Fraser and Philip are to meet with staff from the school to go over a few items, date to be arranged but possibly 6th or 13th June. Philip has organised a banner (provided by J T Atkinson) to be displayed at one end of Kirkby Stephen on the permanent advertising scaffolding.

Website: An informal method of sharing information about races other club members are participating in via the website was discussed. At present, other than putting them in the races/run/diary section of the website no solution was found. To be discussed further.

Sedbergh Sports: Friday evening, 5.45pm, 1st July 2011. To date �700.00 sponsorship from local business has been received. Looking for �1000.00, hopefully. The club probably will have to provide fell race prize money of �450.00. Details of the fell race

Content are available on the website. Barclays Bank will match any profit made on the night. (Also look into this for KS run). Volunteers required: parking � Eddie & Simon, gate � Terry, Leanne, Juliet, fell race entries senior � William, Adele, fell race entries junior � Angela, Pauline (?), marshall � Juliet�s husband, race results � same as entries. Volunteers need to be on field by 5.15pm.

Disclaimer form and labels (Juliet) to be sorted. Philip has sorted wheelbarrows. Take fliers to Killington Sports.

25 Year Anniversary: Jenn is still trying to get together info from club members (past & present) inorder to write newsletter for Fell Runner magazine. 1st June is deadline to get info to her.

Kirkby Stephen Circuits: The gym is not available on Weds 13th July so this will be an outdoor session. Still meet at KSGS as normal.

Ravenstonedale 10K: Saturday 26 November 2011. Garth Steadman will sponsor the event again.

Summer Social: A BBQ after Sedbergh Sports or Westmorland Trail Race will be organised.

Relay Reccies: A request for names of those club members interested in running in the relay events will be made via the website and once numbers are known dates will be set in order for the various relay legs to be reccied. Steve Moffat will then email the relevant dates to those participating.

AOB: New timing machine is required (old one broken). Angela to purchase. �554.00 in bank at moment.

A club photo is still to be organised. As all club members are never together all at the same time William suggested that each member

Content provide a photo of themselves and a montage be produced.

Fraser is assisting in a Bob Graham attempt on 18th June � if anybody would like to help contact him.

Hazel Jackson sent her thanks via Juliet for leaving the church hall very tidy (after Round the Howgills) � we are welcome back!


The date of the next meeting is Monday 27th June, Red Lion, Sedbergh, 7.30pm after run in Sedbergh at 6.30pm from Busk Lane

27 June 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday 27 June, The Bull, Sedbergh

Present: Philip Cooper, Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Carl Bell, Eddie Close, Fraser Livesey, Juliet Proctor, Adele Roche, William Bell, Steve Moffat, Graham Moffat, Sally Davies

Apologies: None

Sedbergh Sports: Friday evening, 5.45pm, 1st July 2011.

After a wet folk festival the field is in a mess (very muddy/churned up) and Mr Pratt (land owner) is not sure that the field can now be used for the sports. The land will be inspected and a final decision will be made on Wednesday 29th June. The weather forecast is not

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Content too bad so hopeful. Alternative venues were discussed (Settlebeck/Peoples Hall) and whatever the outcome some kind of event will be held. If a contingency plan is needed the information will be posted on the website.

�1000.00 sponsorship now raised. Pratts have donated �60.00 worth of food for BBQ.

Juliet is making laminated arrows/signs for signing route to field.

Car parkers needed on site by 4.45pm. Helpers and marshals all organised and to wear Howgill Hoodies if possible.

Fell race starts at 7.15pm.

Howler: Next date is Friday 15th July, Haweswater.

KSGS Sports Hall Fund Raising Run: Saturday 3rd September.

The course still has not been measured but Philip has had assurance that it will be done in time for the event. Sally will apply for the licence. Philip has ordered 2 banners (the club may have to pay for the extra one) and these will be in place by July. He is also trying to get local businesses to provide prizes for the event. The Eden Fitness Room (1 months free membership for one) and Platform 3 have both donated prizes. Philip will order race numbers.

Kirkby Stephen Circuits: The Wednesday night sessions need promoting in order to boost numbers. Philip will see Neil Marston to try and get Rugby Club members to attend for pre-season training. Other local sports clubs such as Hockey Club should be approached too.

Summer Social: Fraser offered Murthwaite as the venue for the summer social on 20th August after Weasdale fell race. Everybody to provide food/drink. Camping available!

Relay Reccies: No response yet from members interested in running in relays but 18th September is date set for reccie of Ian

Content Hodgson couse. 2nd October is race date for Ian Hodgson and Angela will try and get 2 team entries. 16th October is FRA relay race date and only 1 team will be entered. A message will be put on website message board asking for interested members to put their names forward if they are keen to take part in these events.

Yomp: Fraser is meeting with Rotary Club to advise on the safety aspects and implications of possibly turning the event into a fell race as well as a challenge.

Monday night venues: Smardale 4 July, Cautley 11 July, Orton 18 July, Pendragon 25 July, Brough 1 August

Junior Members: Erin Proctor came 4th in County Trials. Catherine Lawson, Annabelle Brewer and Katy Woof all attended district athletics. Well done to all of them, brilliant.

AOB: Angela priced a new timing clock, cost anywhere upwards of �300.00. William suggested using a laptop to time record before purchasing a new one. As the club is borrowing one for the sports no final decision was made.


The date of the next meeting is Thursday 28th July, The Bull, Sedbergh, 8.00pm

28 July 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

Thursday 28 July, The Bull, Sedbergh

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Present: Angela Shuttleworth, Sally Hanna, John Chapman, Carl Bell, Fraser Livesey, Juliet Proctor, Adele Roche, Steve Moffat

Apologies: P Cooper, G Moffat, Eddie Close

Treasurers Report: Balance held at 31st July 2011 was �275.95. Relatively low but funds will be generated when the club holds its annual events in the next few months.

Angela has been in touch with Emma, England Athletics rep about possible funding from the Club Innovation Fund for a new timing clock. She will report back when she knows what is available.

The club has a stock of clothing available for sale and a push will be made to sell items.

Website: A lot of photos are available to go on the website and John will contact William to ask his advice on improving the site in terms of speed/user friendliness in order to download the photos. Everybody to look at other club websites for ideas for improvements, to be discussed at next meeting.

Sedbergh Sports: �2400.00 raised. �2000.00 for the school and �400.00 kept aside in a kitty as they want to hold the event again next year! The school governors have thanked the club for all the hard work and support given and they are delighted with the result. The event has also raised the profile of Howgill Harriers in the area and it is hoped that the number of runners in the fell race will grow upwards of 40. A wet weather contingency plan is in place for 2012 thanks to Mr Airey. Mr A Pratt is finalising a date for next year for use of his land after the folk festival.

Howler: Next date is Friday 12 August from Murthwaite (Fraser�s home) at 6.30pm followed by summer social.

Summer Social: Change of date from 20th to 12th August at

Content Murthwaite after the howler � Jacobs Join. John will send out an email informing club members of the event. He will also put it on the website. Those attending have to let Fraser know and also what food they are contributing to the Jacobs Join. They will also have to provide their own drinks.

KSGS Sports Hall Fund Raising Run: Saturday 3rd September.

The course has been measured and Philip is waiting for the official confirmation of the distance. Once this is received Sally will add it to the licence application. The application is on going with the club in correspondence with Noel Hakeman (licence officer) about a couple of points which will hopefully soon be resolved.

About 100 runners are needed to make the event a success but so far no pre-entries have been received. A push for club members to pre-enter is needed and Philip will bring fliers to Beetham Sports on Saturday. He is also going to do a press release.

Weasdale: Fraser attended a Ravenstonedale Show committee meeting and they are happy for the 2012 fell race to be a championship event.

About 60/70 entries are expected for 2011 event. A registration team and a time recording team are required. Adele and Angela (& possibly Laura Smithson) are available to help. Angela will put out a message asking for additional helpers. Terry will marshal Randygill Top. The Mountain Rescue Team are around on the day but can�t commit to marshalling the route. Fraser will purchase prizes as normal. There were 40 bottles of beer/cider/larger left over from Sedbergh Sports so the club has bought these from the committee for �80.00 and some of these will be used as prizes.

Kirkby Stephen Circuits: The sessions were extended to KS Hockey Club and a few players attended but have now started pre-season training again! John will approach Mountain Rescue to see if any members are keen to join in. They must pay the �12.00 joining fee in order to be covered by the club�s insurance. Sally will contact Gary to make sure the gym is available all summer. Hopefully numbers attending will build up.

Content Relay Reccies: Ian Hodgson 2nd October and FRA SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER.

Philip is providing Steve Moffat a form to circulate to members in order to get a definite list of those willing to run. So far the following are keen � John Richardson, Dave Hetherington,Haydon Davies, Dick Gorst, Pat Hanna, Ali Hanna, Carl Bell, Graham Moffat, Robert Moffat, Fraser Livsey, Steve Moffat, John Chapman, Joss Livsey, Jen Mattinson, Adele Roche, Kate Donovan. Two teams are entered for FRA and Angela is waiting for confirmation of two team entries into Ian Hodgson.

Monday night venues: From 8th August meet at KSGS. Carl will put this on the website.

AOB: The trail race is in hand and Pauline is putting out a press release. Pre-entries are low compared to last year (5 this year, 30 last year at same time).

Adele has kindly agreed to take over as club secretary from Sally.


The date of the next meeting is Thursday 25th August at The Red Lion, Sedbergh, 8.00pm

(John & Juliet both gave their apologies)25 August 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

25TH AUGUST 2011.

8.00PM THE RED LION SEDBERGH.

Apologies; John Chapman, Juliette Proctor, Steve Moffett.

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Content Present; Phil Cooper, Frazer Livsey, Angela Shuttlesworth, Adele Roche, Carl Bell, Leanne Cooper.

Kirkby Stephen 10KM Race ; (Harriers 25th Anniversary) 03/09/11, 1.00pm fun run ,4.oopm start for 10Km. So far there has been limited interest, the committee was asked by Phil Cooper to encourage pre- race entries, Leanne was promoting the race via Facebook, and it was hoped that write ups in both the Gazette and the Herald would also be useful. There was a degree of concern that information in the Gazette posted after the Weasdale Fell race, may have been unclear regarding the date of the race. Phil cooper has worked hard to organise the race, securing �500.00 sponsorship and generating welcome donations /support from local businesses to provide prizes for all the various race categories and spot prizes for the fun run. Numbers will be needed for the BBQ afterwards. Phil still needs volunteers to help with entries, marshalling and timing.

Westmorland Trail Race; 10/09/11,2.30pm start. Frazer is set to organise prize, timing, markers etc, again members were asked to encourage pre-race entries.

The Ian Hodgson Race is scheduled for 2/10/11. Angela confirmed that the Harriers have only been allocated one open team. Carl will organise a team for the race, Angela will forward a list of contacts to make this easier. There will be recci of the route on 18/09/11 for anyone that is interested.

The FRA will be organised by Bingley Harriers this year, the event will take place in Wharfedale and requires 2 teams of 6,( this includes two solo legs.) Check points can be found on the web site.

The Ravonstonedale 10 Km has a flier to promote interest, the race cost �82.00 to be measured and still needs a licence (to be organised by Adele as club secretary).

Club Website; it was felt that the website needs to be updated, Tom Higgs may be able to help achieve this and it was proposed that he be approached by Phil and William initially then be invited to the next meeting to discuss further options.

Next meeting

Mon 26th Sept 2011, 8.00pm at the Kings Arms Kirkby Stephen.2 December 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

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8.00pm 1ST DECEMBER 2011 THE BULL SEDBERGH

Present; Steve Moffat, Juliette Proctor, Fraser Livesay, Carl Bell, Angela Shuttlesworth, John Chapman, Adele Roche, Phil cooper.

Apologies; Eddie Close.

Ravenstonedale 10 Km: V good feedback, despite the weather, the race was a success.150 runners completed the course. Fraser has written a short report for the Gazette and Adele; one for UKA. Photos from the race will be delivered to Terry so some can be uploaded to the website.

The school made �110.00 from the sale of refreshments.

�1127.00 was taken in entry fees

�177.00 expenses

�200.00 made from sponsorship. (The new owners of Steadmans butchers seem keen to continue to commit to the race. It was suggested that they might raise their profile further by supporting a BBQ next year.)

�800.00 of the proceeds will be donated back to the Millenium fund in Ravenstonedale. Consideration was given to :

1) Charging a reduced entry fee to HH club members (?�5.00).

2) Breaking down the age categories still further

3) Keeping back some of this years proceeds to pay for prizes next year.

4) Provision of a shelter over the prize giving area, (using the school was an option though it was felt that this would be to the detriment of the Black swan.) David Ramsbottom was suggested as a contact for fold-away canopies.

5) Improving the results method by using a longer funnel at the finish and using a laptop as the race was in progress to collate the

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6) Using the entry forms rather than vest numbers to draw the spot prizes.

7) Improving the co-ordination of race volunteers by using e-mail to let people know whether or not they were required. There was feedback re the value of the prizes given to the 3rd overall, as compared to winners of the different age categories. It was agreed that this would not be changed.

Recruitment; John was concerned that the club missed a recruitment opportunity by not organising the family 3 mile run from the cricket ground in Spring. Fraser suggested using the Sedbergh speed session/circuits as a good example of how things might work. Adele is keen to encourage new female runners who might feel intimidated about joining a club. John will send an e-mail requesting any ideas/suggestions as to how we might improve things. It was felt that a sweeper be appointed on each club run so that no individuals were left behind.

Circuits: Will continue to be in KS school gym on Weds 7.00 to 8.00pm. The new sports hall is more expensive and is fully booked. Plans to put spinning bikes in the gym are on hold as the club has already prebooked the space. John was given the go ahead to purchase more heavy bars.

Relays: The Pennine Bridleway will be 5th Feb. Legs range from 5 to 10 miles. Ten people are required for a team.(over 18yrs) Carl will send e-mails to rally the troops.

Crosby Ravensworth Race: We have been asked to promote this race which will be in early Jan, approx 6 miles on rolling fell it was suggested that we use it as an early championship race.

Weasdale: Will be an England championship race, as such we need to be considering effective systems for recording finish time and results. Suggestions were made re using Sportident; though the �3.00 cost per head for this was felt to be excessive. Thoughts

Content were given to purchasing a system, maybe using recording chips, so this could then be leased to other clubs to make it more cost effective. Sponsorship and provision of a marquee were also discussed.

Winter social: First choice of venue was the Rugby club, suggested date Friday 20th Jan, with food provided by Farm Harvest ( Adele to contact re menu and availability). Fraser will contact his birthday bash band in Carlisle as it was felt they did such a good job!

AGM: Will be Friday 13th Jan at the Fat Lamb. The meeting will start at 7.45/8.00pm (after the Howler at 6.30pm). Steve Moffat will contact Angela re availability of food.

Howlers: The next Howler is 9/12/11, meeting 6.30pm in KS market sq, for a 7.15pm start in Murton. Recovery and refreshments will be in the Royal Oak afterwards. All welcome, including those just wishing to walk.

Round the Howgills: 17th March and afterwards at the Methodist Hall. Juliette will check availability and again organise food.

Sports Relief; A national event on the 25th March. Suggestions were that the Harriers use this as a promotional event to encourage new members by organising a 3 mile run from KS Market square around the Hartley line. Jeanette Cooper will contact sports Relief to gather more details.

Club sponsorship: Suggestions were made that we encourage local firms to sponsor the club, this might include logos on our club vests etc.


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Date and Time next meeting

Monday 19th Dec at the Fat Lamb after the Club run.26 September 2011

2011-09-26 Howgill Harriers Committee MeetingMonday 26th September 2011Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen 7.45pm

Present: Steve Moffat, Fraser Livesey, Angela Shuttleworth, Phil Cooper, Carl Bell, Eddie Close, John Chapman, Juliet Proctor, Jenn Mattinson

Apologies: Adele Roche

1. Relays Ian Hodgson2nd October. Due to weather conditions and course changes, we definitely only have one team. From those who expressed an interest in taking part, Carl selected what he feels is our strongest team:

Steve Moffat & Al Hanna Phil Cooper & Rob Moffat Paul Brittleton & Pat Hanna Carl Bell & Pete Brittleton

Lots of other local clubs get two and three team entries and Carl will put pressure on for us to have a second team next year.

FRA 15th October at Kettlewell.We have two teams � a senior and a vet � with 6 in each. Carl will email to invite expressions of interest and Carl & Coops will select and organise teams.

2. Ravenstonedale 10KFlyers to be circulated wherever we can. Fraser proposed next committee meeting to be held at the Black Swan.

3. Great Westmorland Trail RaceSuccessful day once again. Income was approx.. �1650 and expenses �230. It was agreed to donate �1000 to Crosby Garrett Village Hall.

4. Timing Clock The money has arrived and Angela will order the clock.

5. Kirkby Stephen 10K We need to recoup �100 from KSGS to cover costs for the

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6. Sedbergh Sports This will be on 5th July 2012.

7. Weasdale 2012This will be a championship race, so a very large field of runners. Suggestion was made for separate mens and ladies races to ease congestion. To be decided at a later date.

8. London MarathonWe need to apply for our two club entries asap. Coops will contact Adele re this.

9. Howler Next Howler is Friday 21st October, 7pm at Borrowdale, Tebay.

Next meeting Monday 31st October (Halloween costume optional!) at the Black Swan, Ravenstonedale.

31 October 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

31st OCTOBER 2011.

8.00PM THE BLACK SWAN RAVENSTONEDALE.

Apologies; John Chapman, Angela Shuttlesworth.

Present; Phil Cooper, Frazer Livesey, Adele Roche, Carl Bell, Eddie Close, Simon Cummins, Jenna Wood ,Robert Moffat, Juliette Proctor, Terry Roche, Richard , Tom Higgs, Steve Moffet

FRA Feedback from the race at Kettlewell was very good, the two Howgill Harrier teams finished approximately one minute apart. Plans are to hopefully include a ladies team next year.

CLOCK Purchased by Angela from UK Athletics at a cost of �380.

RAVENSTONEDALE 10KM RACE 26TH NOV Adele now has the race license, Frazer reported approximately 70 pre-race entries to date. Registration will be in the school, and soup and roll will be available to runners after the race. The Black Swan has kindly donated a number of prizes (to be confirmed); two sets of evening meals and two sets of B&B (each for 2 people). Local businesses will be asked regarding donations for smaller prizes. Should the weather be inclement, the plan is to replace the race with a Challenge run, ( race entries state that there will be no refunds.)

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Water station will be at the end, Richard is to organise cups.

Last years numbers will be used, and new number �1� will be made for Garth Steadman to place in his shop window!

Bigger arrow signs need to be organised.

Volunteers to help with Registration, timing and Marshalling are required please.

The Black swan will provide a revised menu for anyone wishing to eat after the race: this will be for early evening around 6.00pm. Advanced booking is essential, so numbers can be catered for.

WEASDALE FELL RACE Next year will be an England Championship race, there will be separate male and female races to ease congestion, approximately 400+ runners expected.

WEBSITE Tom Higgs has kindly agreed to help revamp the Harriers site, though he will be unable to start until after the New Year. Various packages could be considered to suit the club�s needs. It was acknowledged that the Domain name will need to be renewed in Jan. Good example of sites which seem to work well are Dallam and Helm Hill.

KIRKBY STEPHEN 10 KM RACE SEPT A deficit of �100 prize money needs to be validated ; Angela will write a cheque to the Grammar school to cover this. Suggested dates for next year will be discussed further at the next meeting.

LEAGUE TABLE This does not appear to be working well at the moment. Juliette pointed out that Pauline Bainbridge had not been acknowledged for running in the Beatham Sports, when this is corrected, Juliette will need her points reducing.

AGM and WINTER SOCIAL Will be discussed at the next meeting.

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HOWLERS 11th November, meet Jos lane CP Sedbergh 7.15 pm.9th December will be Murton Fell, Frazer will post a grid ref on the web site. Recover in the Royal Oak afterwards!

2012 LONDON MARATHON Adele confirmed that the club has been allocated 3 places:, a notice on the website welcomes anyone interested to let Adele know. The three lucky winners will be drawn from a hat after the Ravsnstonedale race.

CLUB RUNS Mon 6.30pm club runs at Kirkby Stephen will be from the Grammar school until Christmas.

NEXT MEETING THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 7.45pm AT THE BULL IN SEDBERGH

19 December 2011


COMMITTEE MEETING

8.00pm 19th Dec 2012, The Fat Lamb

Present Steve Moffat, John Chapman, Phil Cooper, Frazer Livesay, Terry Roche, Adele Roche, Carl Bell, Jen Mattinson, Eddie Close.

Apologies; Angela Shuttlesworth, Juliette Proctor.

Winter Social; Friday 20th Jan at the rugby club ; 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Farm Harvest will provide hot, ready to serve food at a cost of �4.00 per head, plus a further�1.50 for puds. Phil will organise the printing of tickets which will be sold at a price of �12.00 to cover costs. committee members to encourage sales! Anyone requiring a ticket is to contact Phil

Crosby Ravensworth Fell race ; this is scheduled for the 21st jan, the committee decided not to use it as a championship race , but agreed to promote it and encourage harriers to enter.

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Message of thanks'; was read from Cheryl Crooks in which she thanked the club for the gestures of support received from members.

Christmas handicap race; This will be on Thursday 29th Dec, starting from the black swan in Ravenstonedale at 2.00pm. There will prizes , including one for the best fancy dress. Phil will put details on the web site message board and send e mails. anyone interested is to contact Frazer on 07971446143.

Nine Standards; 12.00pm new years Day, starting from the market place in Kirkby. Volunteers to help marshall etc should contact Steve Moffat.

Kirkby Stephen 10km race; Suggested possible dates are the 12th or the 19th of may. Adele will e mail Noel Hakeman to check there is no problem with clashing dates, before organising the race permit. A BBQ will be organised for after the race.

Race Timing Systems. Terry presented a computer programme to assist in recording race times and results. The plan is to automate the results, making it quicker and easier to identify category winners.

there is also a possibility of making pre ace applications electronic , and to link the system to the clock and possibly a camera. If all goes well with development then it could be used for the Weasdale race next year.

A.G.M. Scheduled for friday 13th Jan, meet at the Fat Lamb 6.30pm for the Howler, the meeting will be at 8.00pm, food (chips) will be provided though a rough ideas of numbers would be helpful.

Round the Howgills; At the minute, this is scheduled for March

Content 17th , 1'.00pm start in Sedbergh.

The Pennine Bridleway run; Feb 5th, a map is available on the Bridleway website. Anyone interested needs to contact Carl Bell

NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE A.G.M. JAN 13TH 8.00PM AT THE FAT LAMB FOLLOWING THE HOWLER.

13 January 2012

2012-01-13 Howgill Harriers AGMFriday 13 January 2012 � Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale

Present: P Cooper, F Livesey, J Chapman, S Chapman, E Close, S Moffat, P Moffat, J Proctor, C Bell, S Crook, P Hanna, G Moffat, R Moffat, J Wood, J Hosker

Apologies: Adele & Terry Roche, Angela Shuttleworth, Jen Mattinson

1. Races/RunsMondays at KS � 15-20 runners most weeks. Need to encourage new runners and youngsters. Consider putting beginners running with Wednesday night circuits session. A ladies only session as also been suggested as they may feel daunted running with men/experienced runners.

Thursday at Sedbergh � a regular core of 12-14, with many more some weeks (sometimes 26 or more). Sessions are inside in winter and out on field in summer with speed sessions.

KS circuits are going well.

S Moffat has received letter from Young Farmers asking HH to help organise a race at their Field Day on 19th May. Good PR for us.

Discussion about whether we need to do more to promote HH.

Howlers � it was suggested a Club mobile phone be purchased to make meeting up easier. There have been a couple recently when only one person turned up � would be useful to know there would be at least someone to run with and save wasted trips. Also, maybe make Howlers more local for time being.

Round the Howgills � 17th March, 12.30 for 1pm start at Loftus Hill car park, Sedbergh.

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Weasdale � August 2012. Championship race this year.

K S 10k went well in spite of the weather. Discussion about changing date for this year � suggested Sunday 27th May. Need to check if this clashes with other major races.

Sedbergh Sports � went very well last year. Date for this year, Friday 1st July.K S Primary School are very interested in doing something similar.

Need to try to share the workload more evenly at events so that the same people are not always doing it.

Coops has managed to secure �1,000 of sponsorship for 2012 from A T Atkinson, to be used for prizes, etc. A T Atkinson will be promoted on race numbers, banner, press releases, etc.) A main cash prize was suggested for the best runner who participates in all the races organised by HH (Trail Race, 10k, etc.) � open to anyone, they do not have to be club members. Also consider prizes (t-shirt?) for those who compete in all the races.

Ian Hodgson and FRA � it was suggested that we choose the race with best chance of success and the captain selects the best team possible from club members. For other races, perhaps choose teams from those who would like to run but may not be the best. A ladies team was also suggested.

2. Club ChampionshipNumbers of those taking part have been fairly constant over the last 5 years. In 2011 a lot more did 5 out of the 8 races than previously.Results to be announced at Winter Social on 20th January.Suggested potential races for 2012 championship: Long Marton 10k, Settle Hills, Hawkswick, Ingleborough, Eaves Wood, Dockray Hartside, Round the Houses.

3. Financial StateFinances fairly healthy at the moment. 2012 will generate extra income from Weasdale entries.Suggestion to spend something on incentive for juniors - possibly vouchers. Perhaps they could be offered to those juniors competing in races.It was also suggested that money be invested in overhauling the website.

4. Membership FeesAngela will be sending emails re subs for this year shortly.There was a discussion about what constitutes family membership

Content and fees. Agreed no increase in subs for now but suggested a small increase every other year rather than nothing for several years, then a big increase. To be decided by newly elected committee.

5. Impending Costs/PurchasingNeed to order more club vests.Club mobile phone. Juliet has one for sale which club can look at and decide if suitable.

6. ElectionsThanks to last year�s committee and club success, especially the Chairman.Graham Moffat stood down as President. Juliet resigned from the committee but will continue to be Sedbergh Rep and attend meetings when necessary and is happy be a �helper� if needed at events.

Elections for new committee as follows:

President Fraser LiveseyChairman Phil CooperVice Chairman John ChapmanTreasurer Angela ShuttleworthSecretary Adele RocheKirkby Stephen Rep Eddie CloseSedbergh Rep Juliet ProctorTeam Co-ordinator Carl BellChampionship Co-ordinator Steve CrookPublicity John Hosker

7. A.O.B.Next committee meeting Monday 20th February, Kings Arms, Kirkby Stephen � after Monday night run.For discussion at meeting � do we need to change our rules for the draw for London Marathon entry?Next Howler Friday 17th February 7pm at Black Bull, Nateby.

22 March 2012

2012-03-22 Howgill Harriers Committee Meeting

Thursday 22 March 2012 - Bull Hotel, Sedbergh

Present: Fraser, Livesey, Phil Cooper, Angela Shuttleworth, Juliet Proctor, John Richardson

Apologies: Steve Moffat, Eddie close, John Chapman, John Hosker

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1. Sedbergh Sports - discussed at separate committee meeting beforehand.

2. Methodist Hall booked, food and prizes organised by Angela, Juliet and Karen Brewer. Phil and Fraser to start organising teams after committee meeting.

3. Kirkby Stephen Sports - Friday 6th July.

Phil has been to one of their meetings and arrangements, funding,etc. well under way. Howgwill Harriers really just needed to help on day.

4. Kirkby Stephen 10K - 27th May

It was agreed to again give profits to KSGS.

5. 2113 subs

Talked about increasing subs for next year. Because there were so few at the meeting, proposals were made for discussion at next committee meeting:

Family (to comprise 2 adults and children at home in full-time education) �25

Extended family �30

Individual �14

Junior �5

Also to circulate new form so we get up to date email addresses.

A.O.B.

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Patrick Hanna wanting to do some coaching for his Duke of Edinburgh - contact him to attend next meeting

Promote junior coaching sessions - John Hosker has put details in Sedbergh Lookaround.

Howler - Friday 4th May. 7pm in Kirkby Stephen square followed by takeaway.

Next committee meeting - Monday 16th April 8pm at Fat Lamb.14 May 2012


COMMITTEE MEETING

8.00PM MON 14TH MAY, THE FAT LAMB SEDBERGH

Present; Phil Cooper, Angela Shuttlesworth, Jenna Woods, Rob Moffat, Steve Moffet, Adele Roche, Frazer Livesey, Terry Roche, John Chapman, John Hosker, Alvina Labsvirs.

Apologies; Eddie Close, Carl Bell.

Website Design; Alvina Labsvirs was invited to outline suggestions for the design of a new Harriers Website. The idea most favoured was to use a word press template as a start point then adapt it to suit the Club�s needs; keeping it simple and easy to use. A list was made of specifications and design features required. The committee felt that work on the site should start as soon as practicable, Avira felt that a couple of days would be required to undertake most of the changes. The Domain name will be unaffected, William will e mail the name of the Web Host through so work can start.

Kirkby Stephen 10 km race; Scheduled for May 27th, Phil has a meeting this week with Dave Keetley, since proceeds from the race are offered to the school, we have been given permission to use of the sports hall. Joyce Keetley may organise cakes etc but if not, then Harriers may need to start baking. Race prizes will be funded from the �1000 donation from Atkinsons, though it was felt that the school should also contribute .Adele has the race License. So far there are only a few pre-race entries; hopefully there will be more on the day.

Frazer and Phil will mark the course, Frazer and Adele registration,

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Health and Safety; It seems that a Risk assessment will be required, Adele has info from UKA regarding this, she and John Chapman will try to draft a working document.

Kirkby Stephen sports; Friday 13th July at the cricket ground. Some sponsors, fliers and press releases have been organised. Helpers will be required on the night, Donald Marsden was suggested as a compare. Adele will approach the Marsdens regarding this.

Sedbergh sports ; Fri 6th July . Has been well publicised and is coming together. Again, helpers will be required on the night, races start at 5.30pm.

Weasdale Horseshoe Fell Race; Frazer has numerous pre-race entries already. There will be separate male and female races, no entries on the day,HH members race for free! Timing will be with traditional clock and Terry�s Laptop system as back up. The Brownies are unable to do refreshments; suggestions are required for other groups/organisations that might want to use the opportunity to fund raise.

Ravenstonedale 10km race. The Black Swan will be unable to host the event on that date though they will still be supportive and offer prizes. The kings Head has agreed to co-sponsor the event and also provide soup. There is a query regarding Steadman�s Butchers sponsorship (we are still owed last year�s �200). Registration will be at the primary school, Adele will organise the race license.

AOB; KS juniors have started meeting 5.45pm at the Grammar school, numbers are low so far. It was felt that numbers might be boosted if we amalgamated a warm-up session with the juniors prior to the usual 6.30pm runs.

Killington sports will be 7th June starting 6.30sedbergh and pm.

Howlers; Friday 8th June 7.00pm Jos Lane CP Sedbergh, and Friday 27th July, meeting in KS market square7.00pm

A number of Dallam runners have just run the coast to coast in 5 days raising money for MS. The committee agreed to make a �200 contribution to the fund from the Harriers.

DATE AND TIME NEXT MEETING ; 11TH JUNE FAT LAMB. 8.00PM

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Pennine Relay � 5th February. Carl has sorted the team.




Need to try to share the workload more evenly at events so that the

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4. Membership FeesAngela will be sending emails re subs for this year shortly.There was a discussion about what constitutes family membership and fees. Agreed no increase in subs for now but suggested a small increase every other year rather than nothing for several years, then a big increase. To be decided by newly elected committee.


6. ElectionsThanks to last year�s committee and club success, especially the Chairman.Graham Moffat stood down as President. Juliet resigned from the

Content committee but will continue to be Sedbergh Rep and attend meetings when necessary and is happy be a �helper� if needed at events.




14 April 2012


COMMITTEE MEETING

8.00pm 16th APRIL 2012 THE FAT LAMB SEDBERGH

Present; Fraser Livesay, John Chapman, Adele Roche, Phil cooper, John Hosker, Eddie Close

Apologies; Angela Shuttlesworth, Carl Bell, Steve Moffet

Subs; Reminder to all club members to pay subs to Angela. A number are still outstanding.

Treasury report: At present, there is �1,207 (after expenses) in the Howgill account. There is some uncertainty regarding the circuit-

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London Marathon: The committee agreed to continue to discuss the way club places might be allocated at a future date.

Juniors: As part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award, Alistair Hannah is to start a session for junior members, this will be at KS prior to the normal club run on Mondays.

Sedbergh Sports: Will be Friday 13th July 2012, races starting at 5.30pm, the fell race at 7.00pm. This will be advertised in the local press (Frazer to organise this week), and the website. The headlining event this year will be the traditional Westmorland Wife Carrying championship race, complete with obstacles. It was suggested that Sally Davies be contacted to promote in �Lookaround�. As usual, volunteers will be needed to help.

Kirkby Stephen Sports: Will be Fri 6th July at the cricket club. Possible suggestions for a short fell race were discussed; including running to Birkett common (Paul Brittleton to seek permission from landowner).Volunteers will be required and a compare for the event is still needed.

Kirkby Stephen 10km Road Race: 27th may 2012. Flyers have already been printed and distributed by Phil. It was felt that a press release would be useful, plus extra publicity via the school newsletter, Runners word, athletics weekly and direct links to other running clubs; (William possibly has a list of contacts). Details are also on the John Schofield Website. Mike Sutherland at the school will be asked to be involved with organising food.

Westmorland trail race; Sponsorship has been confirmed, and a flyer sent to UK athletics.

Ravenstonedale 10km : Frazer to check that the Black Swan is still interested in being involved with the race.

Weasdale Horseshoe fell race; Arrangements are coming together, all entries will be registered in advance with no entries on the day. There will be separate male and female races, HH club members will have free entry, and the cost to others will be �7.00. Timing will be with traditional race clock and Terry�s computer system alongside as back-up..

Website; This is still an ongoing issue, other sites (Dallam, Helm Hill Keswick) were cited as good examples. The Harriers site needs to be improved, John Hosker has a Web designer contact who could

Content provide a quote, this to be done ASAP and committee members e mailed so a decision can be made. Phil will contact William to check he is OK with this.

Howlers;

1) Friday May the 4th, meeting in KS market sq 7.00pm. The plan is then a take-away possibly to be eaten at Phils house.

2) Friday 8th June 7.00pm at Jos lane CP Sedburgh.

AOB Frazer proposed that the Harriers were involved in organising/developing a series of races possibly next year. The committee also discussed the issue of parental consent for young runners. A list of start points fro runs in the summer season will be posted on the web site, starting with Orton next week.


Date and Time next meeting

Thursday May 14th Fat Lamb at 8.00pm.11 June 2012


COMMITTEE MEETING

8.00PM 11th June 2012 THE FAT LAMB RAVENSTONEDALE

Present; Phil Cooper, Frazer Livesey, Angela Shuttlesworth, Adele Roche, Carl Bell, Terry Roche, John Chapman, John Hosker, Steve Moffat.

Apologies; Eddie Close

Kirkby Stephen 10KM Race; May 27th. On a very hot day for competing, 36 senior runners and 22 juniors were registered and timed by Terry�s electronic system. It was generally felt that although the Grammar School had provided a few helping hands and cakes; there had been rather a lack of commitment and communication considering they were set to benefit from the proceeds of the race. It was decided to discuss details of how the fixture will be managed next year, at a future meeting. Phil suggested a mailing list for publicising events might be useful.

Junior section KS ; Mon eves 5.45pm at the G school. Numbers

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Website; Alvina and John are working on improving the site, there are problems with the web host and this will need to be changed. It is hoped that the new site will be up and running soon with little, if any, down time.

Kirkby Stephen Sports. 6th July 2012. Plans are going very well. The HSBC has donated �500, and storey homes �1000.The fell race route has been sorted and will be marked by Steve and Paul; approx 7 marshals will be needed. (Details on website). Don Marston has confirmed that he will act as compare. Junior race categories are u9, u12,u 14,and u16 and will run on a similar format to Sedbergh sports. Mountain Rescue are to use the event as an exercise, Scouts will man the gates, Adele and Terry will be on the registration team, Angela and Terry timing, all help appreciated.

Sedbergh Sports 13th July 2012; Plans are coming together, volunteers will be need for gates, parking , registration and timing etc. A Summer Social gathering of Harriers on the site has been suggested following the event.

Weasdale; Frazer has received lots of pre race entries. Scouts will now probably be organising refreshments as a fundraiser (? �1.00 per head).

Ravenstonedale 10km; Scheduled for the last Saturday in Nov, the Black swan is prebooked but the kings head are co-sponsoring the event. Angela has at last received the �200.00 from Steadmans for last year, they will again sponsor the race in 2012, it was suggested that they could make more of the event by providing BBQ?

Sedbergh Club Meetings; Frazer taking responsibility, new mats are requested.

Howlers; Next meet 27th July. This is the same day as the Olympics open and there is a suggestion that there is an Olympic theme to the run. Exact route is still to be confirmed.

AOB

Tebay fell race is this wed 13th June 7.00pm

FRA Website is recommending that clubs use the full version of the disaclaimer when organising races

Content Settle 11 km fell race is a championship race scheduled for Sunday July 17th, start ?10.30am.(check website)

Risk Assessment; Adele and John are to sort out.

Yomp; Congratulations to great Harrier performances again this year.

Howgill Harrier Banners; to be ordered by Phil.

Date and Time next Meeting

Monday July 9th Fat lamb at 8.00pm.9 July 2012


COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY 9TH JULY 2012 FAT LAMB RAVENSTONEDALE

Apologies; Carl Bell, john Hodkiss

Present; Philip Cooper, Eddie Close,Terry Roche, Steve Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Frazer livesey ,John Chapman, Steve Crooks, Adele Roche.

KIRKBY STEPHEN SPORTS 6th July. Unfortunately continued rain meant that all events except the fell races were cancelled. Though numbers were small (14 juniors, 23 seniors) the general feeling was that the venue was excellent. Thanks go to all helpers. There will be a decision as to whether the sports go ahead later in the year ? September.

Sedbergh Sports. Was scheduled for the 13th July, but now , due to wet weather the sports are cancelled The fell races will go ahead, but will start from Low Garth Farm on the Sedbergh road. Races will star 7.15pm and all help will be appreciated. Adele ,Terry,Menna,Pauline, Juliette and Erin to do registration. Steve Moffat will set the markers on the course. Angela,Frazer and Terry will do the timing. There is no social planned afterwards but a suggestion to decamp to a pub in Sedbergh was made.

Weasdale fell race Sat 18th. Mountain Rescue will provide some emergency cover. Club members will be needed to help with registration, marshalling and timing. Male and female races will be run separately, with women starting at 12.30 pm , men at 2.30pm.

WEBSITE; The new site is up and running alongside the old one.

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Content RISK ASSESSSMENT. Now downloaded from UK Athletics site. An assessment will need to be done for each of our races.

CHAMPIONSHIPS; Co-ordinated by Steve Crooks, a few names from the Hawks head race were entered incorrectly as HH members, this has been corrected. Generally there has been a v good turnout of members for all the races .There are 3 races still to run; Ingleborough, Eaves wood and Latrigg. The format seems to work well, suggestions were made as to the possibility of inter-club championships.

COACHING; There is a coaching course in Ilkley in September.Costing �90.00. It was agreed that places would be offered to; Olly Roberts, Sam Fisher, Kate Donovan, and Al Hanna.

HOWGILL PHONE; Runs on a text only system, now out of credit. Quite a few members not receiving messages.

HOWLER; 27th July from Fat Lamb. Since this is the same day as the Olympic opening ceremony there will be an optional Olympic theme to the run, with a challenge to create the best Olympic torch. Meet 7.00pm for a 7.15 pm start.

Kirkby Stephen 10km; Small turn out on a hot day, profit of �282.00 it was agreed to give �250 of this to the school.

AOB; Jim Mattinson has kindly offered to donate some money towards a fell race prize of some kind. This will be discussed later.

DALLAM; Angela read a letter of thanks from the Dallam runners who recently completed the C2Cin 3 days to raise money for MS, aknowledging the �200.00 donation made by the Harriers.

NEXT MEETING; MON 6TH AUGUST 2012 AT THE FAT LAMB

HOWGILL HARRIERS

COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY 9TH JULY 2012 FAT LAMB RAVENSTONEDALE

Apologies; Carl Bell, john Hodkiss

Content Present; Philip Cooper, Eddie Close,Terry Roche, Steve Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, Frazer livesey ,John Chapman, Steve Crooks, Adele Roche.

KIRKBY STEPHEN SPORTS 6th July. Unfortunately continued rain meant that all events except the fell races were cancelled. Though numbers were small (14 juniors, 23 seniors) the general feeling was that the venue was excellent. Thanks go to all helpers. There will be a decision as to whether the sports go ahead later in the year ? September.

Sedbergh Sports. Was scheduled for the 13th July, but now , due to wet weather the sports are cancelled The fell races will go ahead, but will start from Low Garth Farm on the Sedbergh road. Races will star 7.15pm and all help will be appreciated. Adele ,Terry,Menna,Pauline, Juliette and Erin to do registration. Steve Moffat will set the markers on the course. Angela,Frazer and Terry will do the timing. There is no social planned afterwards but a suggestion to decamp to a pub in Sedbergh was made.

Weasdale fell race Sat 18th. Mountain Rescue will provide some emergency cover. Club members will be needed to help with registration, marshalling and timing. Male and female races will be run separately, with women starting at 12.30 pm , men at 2.30pm.

WEBSITE; The new site is up and running alongside the old one.

RISK ASSESSSMENT. Now downloaded from UK Athletics site. An assessment will need to be done for each of our races.

CHAMPIONSHIPS; Co-ordinated by Steve Crooks, a few names from the Hawks head race were entered incorrectly as HH members, this has been corrected. Generally there has been a v good turnout of members for all the races .There are 3 races still to run; Ingleborough, Eaves wood and Latrigg. The format seems to work well, suggestions were made as to the possibility of inter-club championships.

COACHING; There is a coaching course in Ilkley in September.Costing �90.00. It was agreed that places would be offered to; Olly Roberts, Sam Fisher, Kate Donovan, and Al Hanna.

HOWGILL PHONE; Runs on a text only system, now out of credit. Quite a few members not receiving messages.

HOWLER; 27th July from Fat Lamb. Since this is the same day as the Olympic opening ceremony there will be an optional Olympic theme to the run, with a challenge to create the best Olympic torch. Meet 7.00pm for a 7.15 pm start.

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Kirkby Stephen 10km; Small turn out on a hot day, profit of �282.00 it was agreed to give �250 of this to the school.

AOB; Jim Mattinson has kindly offered to donate some money towards a fell race prize of some kind. This will be discussed later.

DALLAM; Angela read a letter of thanks from the Dallam runners who recently completed the C2Cin 3 days to raise money for MS, aknowledging the �200.00 donation made by the Harriers.


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1. Races/Runs

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4. Membership FeesAngela will be sending emails re subs for this year shortly.There was a discussion about what constitutes family membership and fees. Agreed no increase in subs for now but suggested a small increase every other year rather than nothing for several years, then a big increase. To be decided by newly elected committee.




President Fraser LiveseyChairman Phil CooperVice Chairman John Chapman

Content Treasurer Angela ShuttleworthSecretary Adele RocheKirkby Stephen Rep Eddie CloseSedbergh Rep Juliet ProctorTeam Co-ordinator Carl BellChampionship Co-ordinator Steve CrookPublicity John Hosker


6 August 2012


COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY 6th AUGUST 2012 FAT LAMB RAVENSTONEDALE

Apologies; Carl Bell, Phil Cooper, Frazer Livesey.

Present; Eddie Close, Terry Roche, Steve Moffat, Angela Shuttleworth, John Chapman, Adele Roche, John Hodkiss, Sian Chapman.

WEASDALE SAT AUG 18th. First aid at the showground will be provided by Mountain Rescue. Howgill Harriers will need to organise marshalls to adequately cover the course. An E Mail will be sent requesting names of anyone available to help, to be sent to John Chapman. Eddie and Adele will do registration, timing Angela, Terry, John H, Frazer. At least 10 marshalls will be needed,Paul Brittleton is helping organise marshalls for the tops.Steve Moffat and eddie will set out the mrkers frot he course on Thursday. The ladies race will start at 12.30, the mens at 2.30pm.

Contact details for members. Spread sheet has been sent from Angela to John H so that details of members might be transferred to the new web site. It was felt that members ought to be responsible for updating their own profile.

Website; This is now up and running with just a few problems to iron out. It provides a framework for developing the site in future with options for example for a junior section. Most options within the site will not require a log in. A user�s guide is being developed by John H and will be available soon.

Content RISK ASSESSSMENT. Downloaded from UK Athletics site, An assessment will be completed for each of our races. Adele will be responsible for the Weasdale race assessment.

RELAYS;

1) IAN HODGSON; 7/10/12. We have applied for 3 team places 2open and 1 mixed. There are 4 legs of various lengths and 8 runners will be needed for each team. Carl Bell co-ordinated the teams last year and it was felt that he might do the same this time.(�70.00 per team)

2) THE FRA RELAY. 14/10/12. This is in Church Stretton Shropshire. We have applied for 3 teams (6 per team); 2 open and ? one female team. There are 4 legs and the start time is 10.00am.(�75.00 per team)

ROUND LATTRIGG; Championship race on wed eve 22/08/12.

CROSBY GARRATT; WESTMORLAND TRAIL RACE. Sat 8th Sept. Organisation done by Pauline.Flagging to be organised and arrangements for timing to be sorted as Terry will not be there. The programme on the PC is easy to use and needs to be transferred to another user PC for the race.

HOWLER;24th August. Will be from Dufton with options for easier road , fell, bike or hikes, ending up in the pub. Meet 7.oopm.

AOB; The offer of a donation towards a fell race prize is still to be discussed.

Carl Bell, to be congratulated on a hugely successful run in Snowdonia in an England vest.

Juniors, New KS is doing very well.

Suggestion for using sponsors on the website.

LONDON MARTHON it was agreed that the system for drawing places for the club should be revised. Anyone who has applied for a place through the London ballot and been refused will be offered first chance in the draw for club places as it shows a degree of commitment.(Refusal letters will be in the hat initially) Beyond that, others can apply for remaining places. The club is still awaiting further info on the marathon website regarding applying for club places. We are hoping that we will be allocated 3 places. 2 of last year�s entrants had to defer their places to next year.

NEXT MEETING. MONDAY 3RD SEPT FAT LAMB.

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DALLAM; Angela read a letter of thanks from the Dallam runners who recently completed the C2Cin 3 days to raise money for MS, acknowledging the �200.00 donation made by the Harriers.


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