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British Athletic League Squad for 2009

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February 2009   Dear squad member,   British Athletics League 2009   If you receive this in the post or just read it on the website it means I have not got, or am not confident I have got, your e-mail address. If you have an e-mail address please advise as this is the cheapest and most convenient method of distributing circulars.   The bulk of the Winter indoor and outdoor season is now complete and it was good to see a number of the squad in action. Congratulations to Scott Huggins on becoming the Scottish Senior Champion in the pole vault. Also well done to Dan Putnam for a fine silver medal in the 400 at the National Under 20 champs in an indoor pb of 48.71; and to Kola Adedoyin and Tremayne Gilling who picked up bronze medals in the triple jump and 60 metres. It was also pleasing to see athletes such as Alloy Wilson and Dominic Parsons returning to competition after long breaks. Perhaps I’ll start a come back too.   Summer season   You will find attached/with this newsletter an availability form for the Summer fixtures and I would be grateful if you can complete this. Obviously if you are a Higher Competition Athlete we appreciate that you will not be able to take part in the Southern League and Cup matches.   A few notes on the matches   General   Please be mindful that it is not always easy to get teams out. One of the biggest problems for team managers is athletes not returning calls, e-mails or responding to letters. This just slows everything down and can lead to short notice of selection being given to others.   British League   *The match in Cardiff is a double with our UK Womens team. One option is to go by coach. Do people think this worth pursuing? Any views? Because traffic is heavy on a Friday we would need to leave early afternoon.* Don’t forget the 4th of July, the first ever British League match at Norman Park. Preparations are progressing. A number of former British League athletes have already confirmed they will be attending and this includes some who will have travelled some distance to attend. I hope that all our current squad will make the effort to be there as well whether as competitors or supporters.   Southern Mens League   As I mentioned in the last newsletter, the Southern League eligibility rules have changed and you are not barred if you have competed in the previous British League match. Just to clarify, we would not want this to mean that regular Southern League athletes are missing out on competition so we will be selecting teams that allow the greatest number of people to compete. We have a Competition Policy at the Club which aims to give appropriate levels of competition to all. We will review at the end of the season and if necessary we can enter another team in the League in 2010. If you do not feel you are getting enough competition then please let me know. I will be looking after the Southern League team for the first couple of matches and it will be covered from then on. However the ideal would be to have one person in place as Team Manager. If you feel you would like to be considered for this role or you know someone who might then please advise. We came close to promotion last year and I am sure we have a good enough squad to go up this year. Again we will try to pick teams a couple of weeks in advance to give people time to prepare properly.   Sward And Kinnaird Trophy   As many of you know we are allowed to use as many athletes as we like in this match. There is an A string and B string in each events and as many non scorers as we like. Everyone is welcome to compete. This would be an opportunity for students to get some competition prior to the British University Championships and good preparation for the County Championships.   Other Dates 2nd to 4th May – British University Championships 9th and 10th May – County Champs 20th and 21st June – Senior and Under 20 Area Champs 27th and 28th June – National Under 20 and Under 23 Champs 10th to 12th July – World Trials.   Junior League Fixtures 2009   Sunday May 24th, Copthall Sunday June 14th Eton Sunday July 26th Norman Park Sunday August 16th Lee Valley   We will have a full draft fixture list in circulation soon.   County Championships   Entry forms for the Kent and Surrey Championships are now available from the respective websites. Let me know if you require a copy.   Hope your training is going well   Regards   Pat Calnan   patcalnan@zoom.co.uk 07779 052286 January 2009   British Athletics League, 4th July 2009 at Norman Park   On the 4th of July the Club will be hosting an Athletics meeting at Norman Park. There is nothing unusual in this, it is something we do year after year. What is different is that this will be the first time in the 40 years of the British Athletics League that we have been allowed to host a fixture on our home track.   The BAL held its first fixture in our Centenary Year in 1969. We were one of the founder members of the League but we did not survive long, being relegated in successive seasons. We were soon demoted to the Southern League. Fast forward to 1979 and we celebrated a return to the British League and there followed an extraordinary run of four successive promotions which took us back to the top division. After seven years in the top flight we have moved between divisions but remain in the League and have potential to gain promotion in 2009.   40 years of the BAL 30 successive seasons in the BAL Our first ever match at Norman Park   All this seems a suitable reason to celebrate and we are planning to make the 4th of July more than an average Athletics meeting. We would love to see as many of our former BAL athletes there as possible.   Further details to follow.