Sports Conference Agenda Tuesday 12th April 2016; 5.30pm; Room 2Q50/51; Frenchay Campus Apologies: Welcome and Introductions 049/1516 Minutes from previous Meeting 050/1516 Matters Arising 051/1516 Welcome from the VP Sports & Health 052/1516 Club Ratifications None 053/1516 AGMs and Development Meetings 054/1516 End of Year BUCS Update 055/1516 Centre for Sport Update 056/1516 Joint Committee for Sport Update 057/1516 Eleanor Rose Ellis Scholarship 058/1516 Off The Wall Update 059/1516 Sports Strategy Breakout Session 060/1516 Bournemouth 7s 061/1516 Sports Ball 2016 062/1516 Elections Student Council Elections Thursday 14 th April 2016 063/1516 UWE Raising and Giving Sports Fundraising 064/1516 Sports Volunteering in the Community 065/1516 Sports and Sustainability 066/1516 The Big Review 067/1516 AOB (Any Other Business) 068/1516 Date of Next Meeting / Upcoming Events Page 1 of 7
Agenda Item 049/1516 The Students Union at UWE Sports Conference MINUTES Thursday 21st January 2016 Room 1L01 Frenchay 5.30pm Present: American Football, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boat, Cheerleading, Cricket, Dance, Fencing, Golf, Hockey, Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing & Muay Thai, Lacrosse, Netball, Pool & Snooker, Rugby Union Women, Skydive, Snowsports, Squash, Sub Aqua, Swimming & Waterpolo, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee and Windsurf & Kite (26) In attendance: Vice President Sports & Health and Sports Co-ordinator Absent: Basketball, Canoe, Climbing, Cycling, Football Men, Football Women, Gliding, Polo, Riding, Rugby Union Men, Sailing, Surf and Trampoline (13) Apologies for absence: Volleyball (1) Adam Brittain - VP Sports & Health chaired the meeting 029/1516 Minutes of the Previous Meeting (Sports Conference - 29th October 2015) No points of action required attention 030/1516 Matters arising and actions from minutes No matters arising and minutes adopted as true record 031/1516 Welcome from VP Sports & Health Written report submitted and circulated prior to the meeting. Items contained therein were presented. 032/1516 Club Ratifications None 033/1516 Centre for Sport Update See 035/0516 034/1516 BUCS Administration Colin Stevens, reminded those clubs with teams competing in BUCS of their administrative responsibilities with specific relation to Team Sheets, advising results and ensuring were provided in a timely and accurate manner. Page 2 of 7
035/1516 Centre for Sport Update Alex Isaac, Head of Sport, addressed Conference and provided information on the following key areas of development: A full review of the Universities Sports strategy is underway with the development of 5 Core Themes. Conference was invited to feed into the groups via the VP Sports. Social Sport: Currently in excess of 1500 students are taking part in this programme across a Variety sports. Funds are still available for students to pursue Coaching or Officials qualifications by way of the EDGE programme 036/1516 Joint Committee for Sport The primary focus of this group currently is reviewing the Universities Sports Strategy. 037/1516 Eleanor Rose Ellis Scholarship The Winner of the award for 2015 was Annette Cook, Basketball. Conference was advised that details as to how individuals could apply for consideration for the 2016 award and that the result would be announced at the end of season Sports Awards. 038/1516 Off The Wall VP Sports advised that this Sport England backed initiative was continuing to grow proving with memberships now in excess of 380 and all activities full subscribed. 039/1516 Feel Good February Plans for the first event of FGF the Feel Good Festival on 1 st February 2016 are well underway and Clubs should advise VP Sports and Health if they would like to get involved. Colour Run also scheduled for the 26th February 2016 so please get involved. 040/1516 Varsity 2016 Varsity day will be Wednesday 9 th March 2016. Any current BUCS matches scheduled for that day will be re-arranged. Plans for another exciting Varsity Series are being finalised. Go to varsityseries.com for full details on the dates and times of the various events. 041/1516 Bournemouth 7 s Information for this great event can be found on line. If you are planning on taking a group please advise VP Sports and Health. 042/1516 Sports Ball 2016 Tickets for this event, provisional booked for Wednesday 25 th May 2016 will go on sale soon. Watch out for further announcements. Page 3 of 7
043/1415 Elections Club AGM s/club Development Meetings/Club Position Elections Sports Coordinator reminded committee of the timetable and the processes to be undertaken in respect of Club AGM s during February. Club Development meetings will take place from the 4th April 2016. Clubs can book slots via the SU Reception Desk or by emailing suopportunities@uwe.ac.uk Student Council Elections - Thursday 18th February 2016 The following were duly elected to represent Sports Committee at Sports Council: Name Harry Fairclough Jordan Crouch Patrick Edwards Rhys Heslington Daniel Moss Bhareth Azabath Harvey Plant Ainsley Hinshull Henry Scott Megan Habgood Club Lacrosse American Football American Football Cheerleading Ultimate Frisbee Kickboxing & Muay Thai Badminton Jiu Jitsu Swimming & Water Polo Rugby Union Women SU Elections These will be held from Saturday 5th March with results on Friday 11th March 2016 and VP Sports & Health encouraged members to consider standing. Information is available on line or through one to one discussion with the current elected officers. Students can put forward their nomination from Thursday 5th February 2016. 044/1516 UWE Raising and Giving (RAG) Sam Ansdell addressed conference and provided information on the RAG targets for the remainder of the academic year along with useful tips as to how clubs can get involved. A league table of achievement has been created. 045/1516 Sports Volunteering in the Community Sam Ansdell addressed conference and provided information on the volunteering opportunities that exist along with useful tips and advised how clubs can get involved. 046/1516 Sports and Sustainability VP Sports & Health outlined how clubs can get involved with the Greener Futures Initiative Interested clubs should get in contact with Laura-Kate Howell for further information Small Things Count! Page 4 of 7
047/1516 AOB (Any Other Business) None 048/1415 Date of Next Meeting: Tuesday 12th April 2016 Meeting finished - 18.40pm Report from VP Sports & Health Agenda Item 051/1516 So this is the last one of these from me. The last 9 and a bit months have flown by! I want to take this time to thank all of you for giving me this opportunity - it has been a real privilege to represent you all. There are some really exciting changes happening at UWE especially in sport and I am really looking forward to seeing the positive changes that are in place. Congratulations to Serena who will take over from me in the summer - I know you will do an awesome job! For my last three months I will remain dedicated to fulfilling the work that I have undertaken with the sports strategy to ensure that we get better facilities and we are able to change the way sport is delivered at UWE for the better! Sports Ball Tickets are now on sale! The UWE Sports Ball and Awards celebrates the achievements of all the fantastic athletes that have represented the University in the academic year. The ceremony will again take place at the City Centre Marriot, located near Cabot Circus. Guests will arrive in style for a sparkling drinks reception, this will be followed by a three course sit down dinner. A number of different awards will be presented to members of UWE Sports Clubs during the night. We are all very much looking forward to the night! We hope that TeamUWE will join us to celebrate in style! Varsity So that little thing called Varsity has been and gone. Unfortunately we lost quite a few fixtures to the weather which was a real shame. However, this year s series was a great success. We didn t get the overall result we would have liked but the events ran smoothly and we had some fantastic first time events. I would like to take this time to personally thank all of the Opportunities Team who help put Varsity together. And lastly I would like to thank you, without the students we would not be able to put Varsity together. Page 5 of 7
Eleanor Rose Ellis Scholarship We are once again launching the Eleanor Rose Ellis Scholarship! The Students' Union at UWE & UWE in partnership is offering a 1,000 scholarship with a maximum single award of 750. The successful UWE student will have to demonstrate that they have made a significant contribution to student sport as a competitor, official, referee umpire, coach or volunteer. Both undergraduates and postgraduates are eligible to apply. Closing date for applications: 29 April 2016 The Scholarship will be awarded at this year s Sports Ball and Awards on 25 th May 2016! Page 6 of 7
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