V
S Update for Juniors/Parents- 7 October 2017
This V S Update is specifically for parents
of juniors. The normal weekly V S Update
will follow in a day or so.
Food menu
26 lasagne meals were served to parents and
juniors on 26 September and 34 "pie and peas" served on 3 October. During the food on 3 October we discussed
menu options and it was decided that the next date would be 17 October and on
the menu would be curry. Details to
order will follow soon.
I've now put a poll on the V S Juniors
Facebook group, please vote!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/369749209844475/permalink/892233584262699/
Junior facebook group (for
parents of juniors)
Click this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/369749209844475/
to join
Membership fees
During the food at the last two sessions we have
discussed membership fees.
Our year runs from 1 September to 31 August
and, for the year just ended, the junior annual membership fee was £21, with no
session fees. Moving back to Leos, our
expenses have increased, but we are trying not to increase the membership fees.
The proposal we discussed is that junior
membership fees will go up to £33, but this will include at least £13 of race
entry fees paid by the club, namely 5 Peco XC races, the Meanwood Trail Junior
Race from Leos in April or June, and the Eccup junior races from Adel in July. These races have been chosen because they are
(a) open to age groups starting school year 2 (which is our minimum age), (b) are
suitable for all abilities, and (c) have confirmed that they accept bulk
entries.
Please email comments to [email protected]
Membership for juniors with other commitments on Tuesdays
A few parents have juniors who now have other
commitments on Tuesdays so can only attend a limited number of training
sessions.
A suggestion is to have a membership fee of
£23 to cover a maximum of 10 training sessions, this to include the race fees
as listed above.
Please email comments to [email protected]
Junior Sports Day Part 2
On Tuesday 10 October, Junior Sports Day part
2 at GSAL will start at 6pm British Summer Time prompt (i.e. not 6pm Valley
Striders time); anyone arriving later risks missing their first sprint race or
long jump or throw. We have to start
early as it gets dark around 6:40 to 6:50 and there are no floodlights at GSAL.
Events at 6pm will be
- 100 metres boys and girls school years 6 to 12
- Football chest push girls school years 1 to 5
- Long jump boys school years 1 to 5
- possibly 800 metres boys and girls school years 6 to 12
Events at 6:20pm will be
- 100 metres boys and girls school years 1 to 5
- Shot putt girls school years 6-12
- Long jump boys school years 6 to 12
Hoodie orders - deadline extended
Hoodie orders deadline has been extended till
Wednesday 11 October.
See www.valleystriders.org.uk\up170930hoodie.htm
for details.
Please could those parents whose juniors
already have hoodies bring their hoodies to the session at GSAL so that others
can try on for size?
Admin
- A second reminder to all juniors to tick in
at sessions
- A second reminder for all juniors to register on parkrun as club name Valley
Striders
Parents Committee
Firstly to say that our Tuesday training
sessions could not take place without the support of so many parents leading
and helping with groups. Thank you!
18 months ago (whilst still at Leos) we did
discuss all the other support activities that take place within the junior
section of the club, see http://valleystriders.org.uk/Parents-Meeting-22-Mar-2016-Matters-Discussed-and-Actions.htm
. This lapsed during our time at Far
Moss.
We'd now like to reopen this discussion on 17th
October. Activities to discuss include
- meeting and greeting new members at training sessions
- collating fortnightly food orders
- hoodie collection contact
- juniors Christmas party organisation
- events publicity i.e. next races for juniors, post on parents Facebook
- team manager(s) on the day for races
- collection of data for awards e.g. attendance medals
- etc, I'm sure there are many more
If you are "up" for any of these or
wish to make other suggestions, please email [email protected]