Annual General Meeting
| Date: | Wednesday, 5th September 2012 |
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| Venue: | Meeting Room 109 Jurys Inn Glasgow 80 Jamaica Street Glasgow G1 4QG |
| Time: | 19:30 – 21:30 |
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AGM Agenda | Download |
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AGM Agenda | Download |
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Amendments to Voting Rights | Download |
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Amendments to Voting Rights | Download |
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Annual Report | Download |
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2011 Accounts | Download |
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2010 Accounts | Download |
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2009 Accounts | Download |
Consultation Meeting
SWA will be holding a Public Consultation Meeting on Wednesday 29th September 2010.
The meeting will be held from 7pm – 9pm, the venue is:
Athletes Lounge
Palace of Art
1121 Paisley Road West
Glasgow
G52 1EQ
Agenda
1. Club/Grass Roots Development
i. UKCC
ii. Training Officials
iii. Active Schools
iv. Mini-league
v. sportScotland funding
2. Development Squad
i. National Talent Squad
3. Talent transfer
4. Performance programme
5. Proposed Facilities
6. AOCB
Handouts and notes from the meeting are available for download on the Meeting Minutes page of the website.
Scottish Wrestling AGM Agenda
The Agenda for the Scottish Wrestling Association’s 2009 Annual General Meeting is as follows:
AGENDA
1. Apologies
2. Minutes from 2008 AGM
3. President’s Report
4. Vice-President’s Report
5. Secretary’s Report
6. Treasurer’s Report and 2008 Accounts
Meeting agendas are also available as a pdf here.
The AGM will be held on Wednesday, 14th October 2009 at 7pm, venue address below:-
Athletes Lounge
Palace of Art
1121 Paisley Road West
Glasgow
G52 1EQ
Scottish Wrestling AGM rescheduled
The Scottish Wrestling AGM has been rescheduled for the 14th of October, venue to be confirmed.
Scottish Wrestling AGM
Due to low attendance, the AGM scheduled for 25th August was not quorate. A Council meeting was held, minutes of which will be published on the site later in the week.
BWA Talent Squad Selection, White Award & Recreational Membership
The British Wrestling Association have issued details of the Talent Squad Selection Event and a briefing on squads, awards & membership
It is available for download from the British Wrestling Association Website here and the text is reproduced below for information.
Talent Squad Selection Event and briefing on squads, awards & membership
Dear N&R Committee members, Coaches and Welfare Officers, (and readers of the British Wrestling website)
Members of the Nations & Regions Committee, Coaches and Welfare Officers are invited to attend one of two briefing sessions that will cover:
- A new Talent/Development Squad structure
- A new British Wrestling White Award that will align with the FILA colour awards
- A new Recreational Membership level
The briefing Q&A sessions will be at:
- Wigan and Leigh in parallel to weighing-in on 4th Sept at 7:30-8:30
- Leytonstone, in parallel to Referees Course, 12th Sept 12:30-13:30
- British Wrestling Academy, Salford, on 19th Sept 12:30-13:30, alongside the Development Squad event
After the first briefing session I will circulate a summary of the briefing and Q/As that came up there.
Below, is a short summary on each topic:-
Talent/Development Squad structure
In line with the performance pathways in all other Olympic sports, there will be a talent, development and performance squad structure. It is also intended to have a regionally based Club/School squads for 10-13years. As well as having a consistent pathway, it is important that to ensure we have a transparent selection and development process for our young athletes who are aspiring to achieve domestic and international success.
The current Performance structure remains unchanged, at Salford. However, the current Development Squad will be disbanded and replaced by a Talent Squad (14-19yrs) and new Development Squad (18+ yrs). These national squads will be brought together on a regular basis, approx 5-6 times per year. The finer detail of the logistics and dates of the squads coming together across the year has still to be worked through, but it is expected that athletes would arrive on Friday night, train on Saturday, have a short session on Sunday and return home. Only athletes who are part of these squads will be considered for international tournaments
Club Coaches that want athletes to be considered for the new Talent Squad should send them up to attend the last current Development Squad date of 19th September, (for males & females), where they will be assessed by a panel consisting of Performance Director, National Coach, Scottish Coach and Steven McKeown. This panel will be part of an overall assessment as they will also consider previous performance, and performance in international tournaments. To ensure that only those eligible come to the session, athletes should have finished in the top 3 at the British Junior Championships and the minimum age that will be assessed is 14, (and those coming up for 14 by British Juniors in May 2010). Also, athletes need to be eligible for international weight classes (min 40kg male, 36kg female). Detailed selection criteria for all squads, is given below.
Coaches need to communicate about these changes and the 19th September selection event to their athletes and parents. Current Development Squad parents should also receive a letter by end-August.
British Wrestling White Award
This award is intended as an introduction to the FILA Award scheme and gives an attainable target for school sessions and the earlier club sessions. Children are then well placed with a more standard foundation knowledge of grips, stance, basic exercises and moves, which will equip them progress in clubs to the FILA Yellow Award and upwards. Some athletes who have already been wrestling for a few months will not necessarily take the White Award but go straight to the yellow FILA Award. Any present Level 2 coach will be able to assess the White Award. However, assessors of the initial stages of the FILA awards need to be Level 2 coaches qualified under the new scheme. Link to June website announcement http://britishwrestling.org/plibrary/docs/FILAawards09.pdf
Recreational Membership level
This level of BWA membership will be required for people taking part in the British Wrestling White Award, (to be eligible for a British Wrestling Award, an athlete needs to be a member of the BWA). It will lead to a consistent approach to membership and consistent application of the White Award. It is expected that many on current Block Memberships will transfer to the Recreational Membership. Current competitive membership remains unchanged and Recreational Memberships applies to the FILA Awards as it does to the White Award if an athlete does not compete at competitions. Recreational membership will cost £5, with £4 being returned to the Regions, £1 being retained for postage and administrative costs etc.
I look forward to seeing as many as possible of you at the briefings, but any immediate questions on the above should be addressed, in the first instance, to the BWA Administrator.
Colin Nicholson
Interim Chief Executive
7th August 2009
Scottish Wrestling AGM Agenda
The Agenda for the Scottish Wrestling Association’s 2009 Annual General Meeting is as follows:
AGENDA
1. Apologies
2. Minutes from 2008 AGM
3. President’s Report
4. Vice-President’s Report
5. Secretary’s Report
6. Treasurer’s Report and 2008 Accounts
Meeting agendas are also available as a pdf here.
The AGM will be held on Tuesday the 25th of August 2009 at 7pm, venue address below:-
Manager’s Office,
East of Scotland Institute of Sport,
c/o Centre for Sport and Exercise,
Heriot-Watt University,
Riccarton Campus,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AS
British Wrestling Modernisation Process
The British Wrestling Association have released a Members Update on the Modernisation Process.
It is available for download from the British Wrestling Association Website here and the text is reproduced below for information.
News Release
British Wrestling Association Members’ Update on Modernisation Process
Background to Modernisation
In mid-2006 the British Wrestling Association (BWA) embarked upon a modernisation process that would move away from a traditional Council of elected members towards a structured governance model of competency-based Officers.
A new set of Articles of Association was drawn up by a steering committee, and unanimously agreed at the BWA’s Annual General Meeting in September 2008.
It was agreed that the new BWA Board would comprise the following:
Chair; Chief Executive Officer; Performance Director; Chair, Nations & Regions Committee; Nations & Regions Directors (Nominees 1 and 2); Non-Executive Directors x3 (Finance; PR& Communications; Commercial)
Following the AGM, the process of appointments to the new BWA Board began. In January 2009, Malcolm Morley was successful at interview to take the role of BWA Chairman, followed by the interview and appointment of two Non-Executive Directors, Gregor McNeil (Finance) and Peter Jones (PR & Communications). In February, they were joined by the Chief Executive, Colin Nicholson.
During April 2009, each Nation and Region voted representatives to serve on the new Nations & Regions Committee: Gerry Malone (Scotland); Barry Pollin (Northern Ireland); Balvinder Matharu (Wales); Roy Wood (England-Northern); Trevor Hoskins (England-Midlands); Mansoor Eslami (England-Southern).
Where are we up to
In May 2009, The Nations & Regions Committee held its first meeting to nominate a Chairman and two others (Nominee1 and Nominee2) to serve as Directors on the BWA Board. The new Articles of Association require ratification of the three nominations by The Board.
The Nations & Regions Committee meeting was a charged affair, with several tied votes. Following the meeting, half the members wrote letters of complaint to the BWA Chairman and legal advice was sought for clarification.
The Board ratification process took place on 17 July by telecon with agenda items covering the Nations & Regions nominations and due process for subsequent Nations & Regions Committee nominations. Gerry Malone was ratified as Chairman, Nations & Regions Committee. However, Barry Pollin and Roy Wood were not ratified. Non-ratification was not related to their qualities as individuals, or whom they represented on the Nations & Regions Committee. It appeared, in the eyes of The Board, that the process as a whole (of nominating Nominee1 and Nominee2) was unsatisfactory, thus necessitating in the re-run of the process.
What next
The Nations & Regions Committee will be meeting again, shortly, to go through a nomination process; this time following the more detailed guidance agreed at the 17 July Board Meeting. The Nations & Regions Committee’s nominees will then go to a meeting of The Board to be ratified.
Colin Nicholson
Published by the British Wrestling Association Website: 23rd July 2009
Scottish Wrestling AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Wrestling Association will take place at 7pm on Tuesday the 25th of August 2009. The meeting venue is:
Manager’s Office,
East of Scotland Institute of Sport,
c/o Centre for Sport and Exercise,
Heriot-Watt University,
Riccarton Campus,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AS.
