Ben Daniels's Posts - Forum - Windrush Triathlon Club2024-03-29T05:47:17ZBen Danielshttps://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profile/BenDanielshttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/136785301?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profiles/blog/feed?user=2nrfp7ytyki3s&xn_auth=noNotice of AGM & Request for Nominations - 4th November 2021tag:clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk,2021-09-15:3279285:BlogPost:2385242021-09-15T19:30:00.000ZBen Danielshttps://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profile/BenDaniels
<p>Hello fellow Windrushers!</p>
<p>This is your formal notice that the Windrush Triathlon Club AGM is taking place on Thursday 4th November 2021 at 19:00.</p>
<p>Please sign up below to allow us to book the correct venue for the number.<span> </span><strong><u>Please do this by the 4th October! <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=4381">Click here to sign up now!</a></u></strong></p>
<p>Venue TBC.</p>
<p>The end of the triathlon season is almost here and so is…</p>
<p>Hello fellow Windrushers!</p>
<p>This is your formal notice that the Windrush Triathlon Club AGM is taking place on Thursday 4th November 2021 at 19:00.</p>
<p>Please sign up below to allow us to book the correct venue for the number.<span> </span><strong><u>Please do this by the 4th October! <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=4381">Click here to sign up now!</a></u></strong></p>
<p>Venue TBC.</p>
<p>The end of the triathlon season is almost here and so is the time of the year when we look to our members to consider putting their hands up to stand for Committee and co-opted roles at the AGM in November (more on that below).</p>
<p>So, if you’re feeling the Windrush love, have had some brilliant times or have benefitted from being in the club this year (or before) - or are just starting out and want to get more involved/want to give something back, why not think about<span> </span><strong>putting your name forward</strong><span> </span>for one of our many, varied positions?</p>
<p>The club is entirely dependent on brilliant volunteers giving a little of their spare time in order to keep it running as efficiently and successfully as it does. The Club's<span> </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://windrushtri.co.uk/committee/" target="_blank">Committee</a><span> </span>and co-opted roles have done a fantastic job in 2021 under tough conditions, but as per usual protocol, everyone will be standing down from their position at the AGM. This means that<span> </span><em><strong>all</strong></em><span> </span>roles are vacant for<span> </span><strong><em>anyone</em></strong><span> </span>to stand for – with no concerns about stepping on toes!</p>
<p>Every year we encourage our members to consider standing for committee and co-opted roles (because without volunteers giving up a little of their time to keep things running, the tasks those positions are responsible for just won't happen). We also often hear that people feel hesitant to nominate themselves, for fear of stepping on people's toes, but this is not what we want! We want all positions to be contested, so that the we all benefit from having the best people (and new energy/ideas!) running the club.</p>
<p>So far, there are a few Committee members<span> </span><strong>not</strong><span> </span>re-standing and therefore we are asking you to please consider putting your name forward for a position if you think you can. I’ve listed all the roles below – so why not have a read through and think about whether there’s something there which you’d enjoy doing and help us continue to make Windrush great in 2021/2? I’ve listed the current holder of the post against each role in the link below in case you want to reach out and ask any questions.</p>
<p>The current Committee Members NOT re-standing are:</p>
<p>Secretary - Ben Daniels</p>
<p>Treasurer - Jake Booth</p>
<p>IT Officer - Colin Merton</p>
<p>Welfare Officer - Jen Clark</p>
<p>Marketing Officer - Laura Hamilton</p>
<p>We're hosting a '<em>Meet the Committee' </em> session after the Cross Country on 16th October, where you’ll have the opportunity to join many of the Committee and co-opted roles to ask us any questions you may have about our roles and what we do behind the scenes. Of course, feel free to reach out directly to anyone on the Committee (or in a co-opted role) to ask questions.</p>
<p><strong>THE AGM</strong></p>
<p>This will be your opportunity to hear from the Committee in terms of what we’ve been doing over the past year and it will also be the occasion where we vote in the new Committee and any proposed changes to the constitution. An agenda will follow nearer the time, but for now, three things for you all to think about:</p>
<ol>
<li>Do you want to put yourself (or someone else) forward for a<span> </span><strong>Committee or co-opted position?</strong></li>
<li>Do you want to suggest<span> </span><strong>changes to the Club Constitution?</strong></li>
<li>Would you like to suggest an<span> </span><strong>Agenda item for the AGM?</strong></li>
</ol>
<p><strong><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://forms.gle/HRzY5RZvPuu8eSvk6" target="_blank">If so, please complete the form here</a></strong></p>
<p>You can find a description of each roles<span> </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VKNi6rzhRFWh1CI7oqtF2IrlhnHGESEH/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. The Club's constitution can be viewed<span> </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://windrushtri.co.uk/our-constitution" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The deadline for suggestions for changes to the Constitution is the 9th October 2021.</p>
<p>Any questions, please let me know</p>
<p>See you in November.</p>
<p>Ben</p>
<p>Secretary@windrushtri.co.uk </p>
<p></p>England Athletics - Athlete Registration for 2021-2022tag:clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk,2021-04-17:3279285:BlogPost:2375982021-04-17T07:44:27.000ZBen Danielshttps://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profile/BenDaniels
<p><b>The window for (re-)registration as an England Athletics member is now open.</b></p>
<p>The portal for renewing (or buying) your EA membership is now open for the 21-22 season. As you'll see below EA have extended the renewal window until 31st August. But please do renew as soon as you are able. <span>For the 2021/22 year, from 1 April 2021, the fee for athlete registration will remain at £15 (for the fifth consecutive year). We add a small fee on MyClubhouse to cover the payment…</span></p>
<p><b>The window for (re-)registration as an England Athletics member is now open.</b></p>
<p>The portal for renewing (or buying) your EA membership is now open for the 21-22 season. As you'll see below EA have extended the renewal window until 31st August. But please do renew as soon as you are able. <span>For the 2021/22 year, from 1 April 2021, the fee for athlete registration will remain at £15 (for the fifth consecutive year). We add a small fee on MyClubhouse to cover the payment fees.</span></p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE YOU DO THIS VIA MYCLUBHOUSE (see instructions below). NOT VIA EA.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/athlete-registration/benefits-of-registration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benefits are all noted here.</a></p>
<p>Remember the more members we have the more marathon places we get for 2022: <span>1 </span><em>entry</em><span> allocated to clubs with 10-150 first claim registered members. 2 entries allocated to clubs with 151-250 first claim registered members.</span></p>
<p><span><strong>1. Timings: </strong>The deadline for Athlete Registrations for 2021-2022 will be extended from 30 June until 31 August 2021. </span></p>
<p><span><strong>2. Athlete fee reduction:</strong> The individual EA Athlete Registration fee will be fixed at £15 for 2021-2022</span></p>
<p><span><strong>3. Athlete Eligibility:</strong> In the event of a licensed competition taking place during the summer (prior to 31 August) all athletes who were registered during 2020/2021 will be eligible for competition up until 31 August. Competition checker facilities will be amended to reflect this decision. Any new athletes entering competition will need to be registered prior to the date of the event. </span></p>
<p><span><strong>HOW TO (RE-)REGISTER:</strong></span></p>
<p><span>1) Purchase EA membership from the club shop <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Shop/Browse/ViewProduct?id=151" target="_blank">here.</a></span></p>
<p><span>2) Fill in the England Athletics Registration Form - 2020/2021 form <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Forms/View/MyForms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> (ONLY once you have purchased membership).</span></p>
<p><span>3) I will be doing a bulk purchase once a month, on the 2nd May, 6th June, 4th July and 1st Aug. Once I have done this you will receive your digital (renewal) packs.</span></p>
<p><span>Any questions or problems please let me know.</span></p>
<p><span>Ben</span></p>Notice of AGM & Request for Nominations - 1st November 2020tag:clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk,2020-09-16:3279285:BlogPost:2224422020-09-16T08:30:00.000ZBen Danielshttps://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profile/BenDaniels
<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span>******* Notice of AGM ********</span></b></p>
<p><span>Hello Windrushers!</span></p>
<p>This is the formal notice that the Club's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be taking place on <b>Sunday 1st November at 7pm via Zoom (please <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=3631" rel="noopener" target="_blank">sign up</a> here)</b></p>
<p><span>The end (well, the beginning and the end!) of the triathlon season is almost here…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span>******* Notice of AGM ********</span></b></p>
<p><span>Hello Windrushers!</span></p>
<p>This is the formal notice that the Club's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be taking place on <b>Sunday 1st November at 7pm via Zoom (please <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=3631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sign up</a> here)</b></p>
<p><span>The end (well, the beginning and the end!) of the triathlon season is almost here and so is the time of the year when we look to our members to consider putting their hands up to stand for Committee and co-opted roles at the AGM in November (more on that below).</span></p>
<p><span>So, if you’re feeling the Windrush love, have had some brilliant times or have benefitted from being in the club this year (or before), and want to give something back, why not think about <b>putting your name forward</b> for one of our many, varied positions?</span></p>
<p><span>The club is entirely dependent on brilliant volunteers giving a little of their spare time in order to keep it running as efficiently and successfully as it does. The Club's</span><span> </span><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://windrushtri.co.uk/committee/" target="_blank"><span>Committee</span></a><span> and co-opted roles have done a fantastic job in 2020 under tough conditions, but as per usual protocol, everyone will be standing down from their position at the AGM. This means that <em><strong>all</strong></em> roles are vacant for <b><i>anyone</i></b> to stand for – with no concerns about stepping on toes! </span></p>
<p><span>Every year we encourage our members to consider standing for committee and co-opted roles (</span><span>because without volunteers giving up a little of their time to keep things running, the tasks those positions are responsible for just won't happen). We also often hear that people feel hesitant to nominate themselves, for fear of stepping on people's toes, but this is not what we want! We want all positions to be contested, so that the we all benefit from having the best people (and new energy/ideas!) running the club. </span></p>
<p><span>So far, there are a few Committee members <b>not</b> re-standing and therefore we are asking you to please consider putting your name forward for a position if you think you can. I’ve attached a description of each of the roles below – so why not have a read through and think about whether there’s something there which you’d enjoy doing and help us continue to make Windrush great in 2020? I’ve listed the current holder of the post against each role in case you want to reach out and ask any questions.</span></p>
<p>We're hosting two '<i style="font-weight: bold;">Meet the Committee' </i> Zoom meeting on the 11th and 18th October, where you’ll have the opportunity to join many of the Committee and co-opted roles to ask us any questions you may have about our roles and what we do behind the scenes. Of course, feel free to reach out directly to anyone on the Committee (or in a co-opted role) to ask questions.</p>
<p>You can sign up to these here:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=3632" target="_blank">SIGN UP FOR THE 11TH NOVEMBER</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=3633" target="_blank">SIGN UP FOR THE 17TH NOVEMBER</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>THE AGM</strong></span></p>
<p><span>This will be your opportunity to hear from the Committee in terms of what we’ve been doing over the past year and it will also be the occasion where we vote in the new Committee and any proposed changes to the constitution. An agenda will follow nearer the time, but for now, three things for you all to think about:</span></p>
<ol>
<li><span>Do you want to put yourself (or someone else) forward for a <strong>Committee or co-opted position?</strong></span></li>
<li><span>Do you want to suggest <strong>changes to the Club Constitution?</strong></span></li>
<li>Would you like to suggest an <strong>Agenda item for the AGM?</strong></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://forms.gle/HRzY5RZvPuu8eSvk6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">If so, please complete the form here</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span>You can find a description of each roles <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uV-obNtIGq4ALXxdJtyzFSMqA5O4TfX_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. The Club's constitution can be viewed <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://windrushtri.co.uk/our-constitution" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span></p>
<p>The deadline for the nominations is the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">16th October,</span> whilst the suggestions for changes to the Constitution is the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">9th October</span> 2020.<span> </span></p>
<p><b>Whilst, for obvious reasons, we will not be able to host this at Pizza Express this year, we're going to try and make the meeting more interesting than just your usual Zoom call. Feel free to send any suggestions you have to me!</b></p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Ben </p>
<p>Club Secretary</p>
<p>secretary@windrushtri.co.uk</p>England Athletics - Athlete Registration for 2020-2021tag:clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk,2020-04-28:3279285:BlogPost:2214722020-04-28T08:30:00.000ZBen Danielshttps://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profile/BenDaniels
<p><b>The window for (re-)registration as an England Athletics member is now open.</b></p>
<p>The portal for renewing (or buying) your EA membership is now open for the 20-21 season. As you'll see below EA have extended the renewal window until 31st August. But please do renew as soon as you are able. The price rise has been delayed until 2021, so it remains at £15.</p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE YOU DO THIS VIA MYCLUBHOUSE (see instructions below).…</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>The window for (re-)registration as an England Athletics member is now open.</b></p>
<p>The portal for renewing (or buying) your EA membership is now open for the 20-21 season. As you'll see below EA have extended the renewal window until 31st August. But please do renew as soon as you are able. The price rise has been delayed until 2021, so it remains at £15.</p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE YOU DO THIS VIA MYCLUBHOUSE (see instructions below).</p>
<p><a href="https://d192th1lqal2xm.cloudfront.net/2020/03/England-Athletics-At-A-Glance-March-2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benefits are all noted here. </a>One new benefit is includes their recent announcement of a 30% discount at DWSports.com for all registered athletes – meaning if you spend £50 then you save £15 - the equivalent of your registration fee.</p>
<p>Remember the more members we have the more marathon places we get for 2021 <span>1 </span><em>entry</em><span> allocated to clubs with 10-150 first claim registered members. 2 entries allocated to clubs with 151-250 first claim registered members. 3 entries allocated to clubs with 251-350 first claim registered members.</span></p>
<p><span><strong>1. Timings: </strong>The deadline for Athlete Registrations for 2020-2021 will be extended from 30 June until 31 August 2020. </span></p>
<p><span><strong>2. Athlete fee reduction:</strong> The individual EA Athlete Registration fee will be fixed at £15 for 2020-2021 effective from 1 April 2020 instead of being set at £16 as previously communicated to all clubs.</span></p>
<p><span><strong>3. Athlete Eligibility:</strong> In the event of a licensed competition taking place during the summer (prior to 31 August) all athletes who were registered during 2019/2020 will be eligible for competition up until 31 August. Competition checker facilities will be amended to reflect this decision. Any new athletes entering competition will need to be registered prior to the date of the event. </span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>HOW TO (RE-)REGISTER:</strong></span></p>
<p><span>1) Purchase EA membership from the club shop <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Shop/Browse/ViewProduct?id=151" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a></span></p>
<p><span>2) Fill in the England Athletics Registration Form - 2020/2021 form <a href="https://myclubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/Forms/View/MyForms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> (ONLY once you have purchased membership).</span></p>
<p><span>Any questions or problems please let me know.</span></p>
<p><span>Ben</span></p>Crystal Palace Triathlon - Sunday 17th Maytag:clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk,2020-02-09:3279285:BlogPost:2211312020-02-09T18:36:35.000ZBen Danielshttps://clubhouse.windrushtri.co.uk/profile/BenDaniels
<p>The lovely folks over at CP Tri have kindly reserved 10 spaces for us in the Crystal Palace Triathlon on 17th May.</p>
<p>It's a great way to start the year's racing - a sprint race around the lovely Crystal Palace park followed by a BBQ and a couple of cold beers.</p>
<p>Entries are now open - so do sign up! We had an amazing turnout last year, and once again it's our club champs sprint race. Make sure you select Windrush as your club as we'll then all be put in the early waves…</p>
<p>The lovely folks over at CP Tri have kindly reserved 10 spaces for us in the Crystal Palace Triathlon on 17th May.</p>
<p>It's a great way to start the year's racing - a sprint race around the lovely Crystal Palace park followed by a BBQ and a couple of cold beers.</p>
<p>Entries are now open - so do sign up! We had an amazing turnout last year, and once again it's our club champs sprint race. Make sure you select Windrush as your club as we'll then all be put in the early waves together.</p>
<p>The race hasn't sold out yet, so just sign up via the link below. If it does sell out, we have 10 places allocated for us just in case, so please let me know (secretary@windrushtri.co.uk) if you don't manage to sign up in time and I'll sort you out.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.crystalpalacetriathletes.com/crystalpalacetriathlon/2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.crystalpalacetriathletes.com/crystalpalacetriathlon/2020/</a></p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you there.</p>
<p>Ben</p>