Welcome to Beeston Cycling Club

1.  Apologies                                                                                                               

2.  Minutes of the last AGM

• Circulated to all members prior to the meeting.

3.  Chairman’s  report  

Circulated to all members prior to the meeting. Handover to John McCay.

4.  Financial Report 

The financial report has been provided by club treasurer, Michael Hartley, and has been circulated via email prior to the AGM.

5. Club Subscriptions and membership   

·      2023 membership has been due since the 1st January, prices have remained at £15/pa (£45 for 5 years) and family at £25/pa. Thank you to those who have already resubscribed

·      Continued affiliation to BC, NDCXL & CTT in 2022. Members are free to take part in races and events in 2023

·      Thank you to Jim Wilson, who is stepping down as our membership exec.

·      Streamlining the membership process and the website

6.  Club Commitments 

• Harvey Hadden League                                                     
• East Midlands Road Race League  - what is EMRRL?       
• East Mids Youth League                                                               
• Cyclocross – volunteers needed                                                  
• BCC TT 10 – volunteers needed                                                   
• 2 Reliability Rides                                                                         
• Spring – April 2nd
• Summer/Autumn - TBC
• Russ’ Memorial Ride - still keen to put on a charity ride for Russ so we are hoping for a volunteer to help organise this.
• British Cycling are running BC Go Ride/Club Clusters again and we are looking for supporting with marshals over 2 dates in August
• BCC Hill Climb: September/October (We need someone to organise)
• Downhill championship: October/November (Now named the Stella Russ Downhill Trophy
• Club Cluster Sessions at Harvey Hadden

Alongside these events, we’d like to bring back the annual awards, which include

• Downhill
• Hillclimb
• TT
• CX
• Member of the Year

7. Club Kit

Michael Hartley – Review/move to Kalas Sportswear as club kit provider.

8. AOB – Members’ discussions for the future

How can we improve our website usability? And streamline ride organisation onto 1 platform?

9. Election of Officials 

We can’t start this part without thanking the current exec.
Their individual skill sets suit the different needs of the posts that are needed to run the club as smoothly as possible.. Their commitment has been fundamental to the successful running of the club.

The current exec below will stand down and the Chair will announce the full list of nominations. 

• Chair                      John McCay                             prepared to re-stand
• Secretary               James Miller                            prepared to re-stand
• Treasurer              Mike Hartley                           prepared to re-stand
• Membership         Jim Wilson                               standing down
• Welfare                 Sarah Danaford-Knight           prepared to re-stand

In the event of two nominations for the same post it will go down to a head to head vote by the members at the AGM. 

The new exec will then be formally elected for another year

10. Award presentation 

BCC Member Of The Year award – Voted by the membership – Please email secretary@beeston.cc, the last date for votes Wednesday 8th February.

11.  Meeting Closed - Food available at 8:30pm