GW meets EAC

This evening Scottish Athletics Chief Executive Geoff Wightman meets the Committee of Edinburgh AC in Edinburgh. The meeting is in response to a letter sent to SA bu the club Committee with no fewer than nine points for clarification or explanation. For instance they start with the point that motions for debate at the AGM must be in 60 days before the meeting BUT the SA only have to give clubs 42 days notice! How does the one square with the other?Lack of consultation is also the basis for two separate items - specifically there was no consultation about the 6 year plan and also there was no consultation about curtailing the competition opportunities for Under 13's at National level. There is also a lot of greeting about bad English clubs luring Scots athletes to compete for them down South when Scottish clubs can't afford to compete - but they themselves are often accused of just that within Scotland. What's sauce for the goose, etc. Their last point is about the lack of courses for coaches in Scotland and the appropriateness or otherwise of what there is.

The meeting of individual clubs seems to be GW's chosen method of getting his way - divide and rule and that kind of thing. Remember the meeting with Pitreavie AC a few months ago??? Why does it matter for us? It matters because it affects all Scottish athletics when the executive gets away with what is unelected dictatorship and the results of their activities affect our athletes. If you go to the Edinburgh AC website (edinburghac.org.uk) and then click on Club Executive Meeting.