THE NEWSLETTER FOR HAVERING MAYESBROOK AC MEMBERS
January 2004
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We
are pleased to tell you that the Club has been awarded £50,000 from Sport
England’s Community Athletics Refurbishment programme (CARP).
Together with funds already
allocated by Cleanaway Havering Riverside Trust, the London Marathon Charitable
Trust and the London Borough of Havering, the Club now has ALL the money (some
£258,000) needed to pay for laying a new track and refurbishing the field
facilities at Hornchurch Stadium.
The
hope is that work will commence in May when the football season has finished.
The local authority are busy appointing a project manager who will be
responsible for issuing tenders to appropriate contractors in the near future.
There
are still some hurdles to overcome including outstanding planning applications
by Hornchurch FC. We shall keep you all in touch with developments as we have
throughout the hunt for the funds to be able to bring competitive athletics back
to the Stadium.
In
the short-term, we shall also be planning for the 12-14 weeks period during
which we will be unable to use the Stadium. Inevitably, there will be some
disruption to training programmes but everything will be done to keep things
moving smoothly. It will all be worthwhile when we have a track worthy of our
name.
Doug
Tierney - Chairman
Membership Renewals are now being sent out. Please note that NO photographs are required for this year - please return your subscription to the Membership Secretary, Charles Mustoo as soon as possible.
Club Annual General Meeting - Friday, 19th March, 2004 at Harrow Lodge Bowls Club. Will all members please try to attend.
We are still trying to fill some
vacancies for this year:
Social and Fund Raising Officer
Catering Officer - Mayesbrook
Home Meeting Co-ordinator
If you are interested in any of the above voluntary positions or even if you are prepared to assist others with just a few hours please inform Club Secretary, Jean Tierney.
The
following were elected as full members at the December
F.& G.P. Committee:
Derek Pilgrim, Liam Pilgrim, Bria Pilgrim, Julia Gildea, Rachel Gildea, Christopher Clements, Rebecca Clements, Lee Acland, Helen McDonnell and Shay Healey. Aaron Edwards was elected as second claim member.
We wish them all every success.
Contributions
from Tony Williams
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Tony Williams from the Magno Cafe for his contributions to Club Funds, we appreciate his efforts very much.
Barking
& Dagenham Sports Awards
Congratulations
to the following Club members who were presented with awards by
Karen Pickering MBE on Saturday, 17th January:
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