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							                               University of Leicester

                 Sports & Recreation Users’ Consultative Group

               Report of meeting held on Thursday, 9 June 2005.
          In the Haldane Committee Room, Fielding Johnson Building


Present
Colin Hide                   Sports & Recreation Manager                   Staff
Annie Morgan                 Permanent Secretary, Sports Assoc             Staff
Elizabeth Wood               President, Sports Association               Student
Chee Seng Koh                International Student Representative        Student
Angela Wortley               Director of Physical Education                 Staff
Juliet Bailey                Research and Business Devel’ Office           Staff
Wayne Golby                  Site Supervisor, Manor Road Grounds           Staff


Apologies
Madeleine Rydread            Casual User Representative                  Student
John Lees                    Dept. of Physics                               Staff
Luke Allen                   greenhouse Health & Fitness Club               Staff
Sally Lui                    greenhouse Health & Fitness Club User       Student
Fran Powell                  Casual User Representative                  Student
Jenny Mitchell               Sports Association                          Student




Minutes of the last meeting
The minutes of the last meeting were accepted as a true record.


Matters arising from the minutes of the last meeting (3.03.05)
    The President of the Sports Association had spoken to the Manager of the
     Student Union regarding the provision of lockers within the Student Union
     Building. None would be provided within the immediate future. The Sports &
     Recreation Manager reported that new daily lockers would be provided certainly
     within the men’s changing rooms of the CW and hopefully within the women’s
     changing rooms when both areas were refurbished.



Report by the Sports & Recreation Manager
   Vertidraining and sand top dressing completed at a cost of £14k on 7 pitches at
    SR
   Rugby pitch at MR vertidrained and top dressed
   Changing rooms at MR and men’s at CW to be refurbished this summer
   Childrens Sports Camps much better at MR this last half term
    Roof on CW to be replaced this summer and air handling gear work starts early
     June
    E focus survey positive report on activities.
    Sports Development Officer working with Rugby Club has secured £2,300
     funding from the RFU for club development
    Walkabout with local residents’ group had gone very well.
    An open day at the MR site had been held for local residents, although had not
     drawn huge numbers


Report by the Sports Association
 Men’s Football 1st & 2nd XI’s completed their Saturday league (MUCL) fixtures
   at the start of term. The 1st XI played Warwick away in the semi-finals of the
   league knockout and lost 6-2. The 2nd XI were already through to the Division 2
   finals. They played Nottingham at home and away, and won 4-1 on aggregate.

   The Volleyball Mixed team completed their East Midlands Division 2 league
    fixtures. They won 11 of their 12 matches to win the league and gain promotion
    for next season.
   Ladies’ Basketball competed in the final of the LWBBL Cup against Cannons at
    Fullhurst College just before the start of term but lost to a stronger team.
   Rugby League organised a successful Old Boys’ match on Victoria Park,
    followed by a reunion dinner.

   Men’s Cricket 1st & 2nd XI’s completed all their BUSA league matches despite
    the weather. Neither team has qualified for the knockout competitions. Some
    friendlies are to be played before the end of term.

   James Lewis, now an American citizen, paid a visit to the Boat Club on 26th May.
    He was a student at the University College during 1955-1958. He was also a
    member of the Boat Club at that time, and the Club Captain. He was shown a
    round the campus, had lunch with members of the Boat Club and went for a row
    with them on the Soar.

   The Annual Sports Awards Presentations were held in the Students’ Union on 8th
    June to recognise the achievements of clubs, teams and individuals during
    2004/2005. The awards also recognise the effort and commitment given by
    students to their clubs. The guest presenter was Alec Stewart.
   Sports bursaries for the summer term have been awarded to Alexandra Sheard for
    her continuing involvement with the GB Lacrosse squad, and to Simon Harris for
    representing his county in the National Hockey Championships.
   Two postgraduate students have entered the BUSA Outdoor Archery
    Championships at Lilleshall on 18th June.

   The Sports President and Sports President-Elect will be attending the BUSA
    AGM and General Council in London on 17th June. The Sports President-Elect
    will also be attending the BUSA Midlands Divisional Training in Nottingham,
    and the BUSA Convention in Preston for incoming officers.
   Many clubs and individuals has achieved success in the academic year 2004/05.
    A full list is appended to these minutes.



Report by Luke Allen, greenhouse Health & Fitness Club Manager
 Andy Creed is the latest member to the Gh2 Health & Fitness team taking over
   from Michael Keenan. He has proved to be a valued member of the sports & rec
   service so far.

   All clients old and new have welcomed the new resistance machines and cardio
    machines with open arms. Very positive feedback all-round!

   Images have been taken of the new kit and have been sent to AVS to be shown on
    the posh new plasma screens at main site.

   Sam Winters will be taking on the role as sports administrator at GH1 for an 11
    week period whilst Carol Herbert goes into hospital.

   Gym usage figures so far this year = GH1 = 25,402 - GH2 = 15,167

   6 Month membership offered to public is proving very popular so far this year
    with 11members of the public joined up so far.

   There have been 84 new gym users enrolled so far this year.

   Both gh1 + 2 have been extremely busy during the summer term, lots of training
    programmes being taken daily from clients wanting to improve health to
    competing in triathlons

   Due to the ever-increasing demand for new and advanced tanning products, usage
    of the greenhouse sunbeds has taken a heavy decline over the past year and a half.
    We have decided to look at removing two of the sunbeds in the hope of launching
    a sports therapy and massage clinic in its place for autumn term. This service will
    be aimed at everyone from the athlete to the recreational user.



Report by the Site Supervisor
The Site Supervisor’s reported the following;-

    The MR site had been quiet during the summer term
    Sue Whitehouse, a member of staff at MR had left to go travelling. The Sports
     Development Officer had picked up her membership manager responsibilities
    KPMG had recently held a large evening event at the MR site
    Harvey Ingrams were to be with us for a similar event in the near future
    Maintenance tasks have been taking a long time to complete although this week
     a carpenter had been on site to complete tasks
    School’s use of MR had been extensive during the summer term
    Champion Soccer will not be with us this summer
    Oadby Owls had a huge mini soccer fun day on Sunday 5 June at SR
    The IM rugby 7’s had just been held at the SR grounds.


Proposal to increase the cost of a student Sportscard
The group considered the paper by the Sports & Recreation Manager proposing to
increase the cost of a student sportscard to £47 for the next academic year.

After some discussion this was agreed by all the committee.


Any Other Business
   The signs asking people to park only on the sports facilities side of Manor Road
    were considered a good idea. It was considered that the particular problem of
    parking too close to entries/exits was the real issue. It was considered whether
    the kerbs could be marked to discourage this
   Juliet Bailey asked if people could have plenty of advanced notice as to when
    the changing rooms at MR would be closed for refurbishment
   The squash courts were in good condition with everything working
   The Sports Association in conjunction with the Alumni association were
    entering a team into the Edinburgh Marathon to be held in June 2006 to raise
    funds for the Alumni Student Hardship Fund. So far 50 had signed up, either for
    the full marathon or to run 5k within the full distance. It was hoped to form
    running groups to aid training.


Date and time of next meetings
Thursday 1 December 2005 commencing at 4.30 p.m. Haldane Committee Room.
Thursday 9 March 2006 commencing at 4.30 p.m. venue tbc.
Thursday 8 June 2006 commencing at 4.30 p.m. venue tbc.




Duration of the meeting : 60 minutes.              Chairperson


University of Leicester
Sports Association
CLUB AND INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS 2004/2005


ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
1st XI               MUCL Division 1
                     semi-finalists

2nd XI                 MUCL Division 2
                       Plate winners

3rd XI                 BUSA Midlands 5B
                       league winners

BADMINTON
Men's 1st Team         BUSA Shield
                       semi-finalists

BASKETBALL
Women's Team           LWBBL Cup
                       Runners-up

FENCING
Men's Team             BUSA Shield last 16

                       David Brenda
                       Bronze at Leicestershire
                       Open, 2nd in Norfolk Open

HOCKEY
Men's 1st XI           BUSA Midlands 3D
                       league winners
                       BUSA Plate
                       semi-finalists

JIU JITSU
Anna Christie          Bronze medalists at SMRTJ Nationals
Edward Reader-Moore    Bronze medalists at SMRTJ Nationals
Matthew Bull           Bronze medalists at SMRTJ Nationals
Ian Snowsill           Bronze medalists at SMRTJ Nationals

Tom Hoyle              Silver medalist at SMRTJ Nationals

Ben Rogers             Gold & silver medalist at SMRTJ Nationals
LACROSSE
Alexandra Sheard   European Championships
                   with England Seniors
                   & Home Internationals

ROWING
Women's Squad:     Wins at BUSA Head of River & new course
record
Hannah Boyd        Wins at BUSA Head of River & new course
record
Keira Mackey       Wins at BUSA Head of River & new course
record
Sarah Jones        Wins at BUSA Head of River & new course
record
Marie Paine        Wins at BUSA Head of River & new course
record
Lucy Allen         Wins at BUSA Head of River & new course
record

Helen Gilbert      Third at BUSA regatta
Lindsay Morton     Third at BUSA regatta
Kate Evans         Third at BUSA regatta
Elizabeth Wood     Third at BUSA regatta

Victoria Tatman    Senior Two win at Trent Head
Sasha Stevenson    Senior Two win at Trent Head

RUGBY LEAGUE
Robert Mitchell    Ireland National
                   Student team

TAE KWON-DO
Kayleigh Wilson    Gold & silver medalist at BSTF Midlands
Open

Rob Simpson        Silver medalists at BSTF Midlands Open
Julia Soulsby      Silver medalists at BSTF Midlands Open
Yan Vin Ng         Silver medalists at BSTF Midlands Open

Charlie Hallam     Bronze medalist at BSTF Nationals

Mumtathil Ali      Gold & silver medalist at BSTF Nationals

Rob Derbyshire     Gold medalists at BSTF Nationals
Ivan Richardson    Gold medalists at BSTF Nationals
Duncan Gibbons     Gold medalists at BSTF Nationals
VOLLEYBALL
Mixed Team                    Winners of East Midlands Division 2

SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Jenny Mitchell (Netball Club)

MOST IMPROVED CLUB OF THE YEAR
Mixed Hockey Club

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Men's Cricket 1st XI, Summer season 2004

CLUB OF THE YEAR
Fencing Club

Guest Presenter
Alec Stewart