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Christine Dolan  740425
Jayne Caplen    769085

 
We meet every Tues and Thurs at Eastbourne Sports Park

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RULE 3 CLUB MEMBERSHIP (from UK Athletics Rule Book 2008)
(1) First Claim Club. The first Club joined by athletes will be known as their First Claim Club and will remain so until they give notice that they wish to terminate their membership of that Club. Such termination will only be effective once all outstanding dues to the Club have been paid. An athlete who is a member of a First Claim Club is defined hereafter as a First Claim member. If athletes wish to commence a new First Claim Club membership then they must comply with the requirements set out in Rules 5 & 6 below.
Once athletes have represented a Club in First Claim Open Team Competition they are ineligible to compete for another Club in Open Team Competition until the transfer process to that Club has been completed in accordance with these Rules (i.e. after six months or a period of partial or total exemption under those Rules).
(2) Second Claim Club. Notwithstanding athletes having a First Claim Club as defined in (1) above they are permitted to become a member of a Second Claim Club. Whilst this may be for social, coaching or other reasons that athlete may compete for that Club in competitions which specifically state in rules that its competition is open to Second Claim members. Such an athlete is hereafter defined as a Second Claim member.
(3) Higher Competition Club. Track and field athletes may apply for registration to compete for a 'Higher Competition Club' in Senior Track and Field league competitions only. The application, which shall be made to UK Athletics, must be accompanied by the requisite fee which will be determined annually by the Executive Board. The application will require approval and endorsement by UK Athletics. All applications must be received by UK Athletics 1st March in the year of competition and will be effective for that calendar year only. Such application will only be accepted from athletes who, at the time of registration, are eligible
to compete for their First Claim Club in Open Team Competition. (See Rule 4.3) The registration will take effect from 1st April of the year in question. The registration must be renewed with the same or another Club for each and every year that the athlete wishes to benefit from such higher level competition.
Three tiers of league competition are recognised:
(a) UK level (British Athletics League; UK Women's League)
(b) Northern Irish; Scottish; Welsh; Midland; Northern and Southern Leagues
(c) Other Lower Level Leagues
Athletes may only join the 'Higher Competition Club' if their own First Claim Club does not, in that season, compete in that league. Athletes may, at their discretion, decide whether to compete for their Higher Competition Club or their First Claim Club on any one day, but not for both. Athletes competing for their Higher Competition Club are hereinafter defined as Higher Competition Club members.
NOTE: Rule 6 is not applicable to this category of membership.(4) Open Team Competition. Only First Claim members of a Club may represent that Club in Open Team Competition, as defined in Rule 4.3 below,
unless the organisers have stipulated that such competition is open to either Second Claim members or Higher Competition Club members as defined in 3.2 and 3.3 above. (This option does not apply to Road Running and Rule 203.4 applies)
(5) Membership of a Club, whether under 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 above, commences on the actual date of election by the Committee of that Club at a properly convened meeting. To be valid the application for membership must
be made on a form approved by UKA and accompanied by the appropriate subscription. (6) An athlete who is not a member of an affiliated Club or Association shall be regarded as ‘unattached’. After one year of competition an athlete taking part in any event within disciplines listed in Rule 2.4 (a), (b), (d), (e) or
(f) must be a member of a Club affiliated directly or indirectly to UKA, and be individually registered with a National Association.
(7) A notice of resignation from a Club must be made in writing by the athlete or by a parent/guardian of the athlete concerned and shall be considered by the Club Committee within one calendar month of receipt.
Membership shall be deemed to have ceased on the actual date of posting of the notice of resignation, unless the athlete be financially indebted to the Club, In this case the acceptance of the resignation shall be withheld until the indebtedness has been met. Where such indebtedness relates to unpaid subscriptions then the Club must have previously given notice of such a debt prior to the date of receipt of the resignation. In other cases of indebtedness the Club must inform the athlete in writing of the specific details of the debt
within two weeks of the review of the resignation by the Club Committee. In the case of indebtedness the date of resignation shall be the date on which the debt is fully discharged. Members wishing to join another Club following resignation must comply with the conditions within Rule 5.7 below. (8) After 28 days from ceasing to be a member of a Club or Association athletes shall not be eligible to compete in Open Competition until they have again become members of an affiliated Club or Association. (9) Athletes may submit to the appropriate National Eligibility Committee that their membership of a Club shall be deemed to have ceased as
from two years since the payment of the appropriate annual subscription of that Club, provided they have not represented the Club in any Open Team Competition during that period of two years.
(10) In the case of a Club amalgamated with, or absorbed by, another Club, membership shall be regarded as continuous. If, however, members on receiving notice of the amalgamation or absorption of the Club, shall within 28 days notify in writing the Secretary of the Club, or other persons issuing such notice that they do not intend to continue in membership, such membership shall be regarded as having ceased on the date of amalgamationor absorption. The position of the athlete in regard to Open Team Competition shall be the same as if the original Club had been disbanded.
(11) Athletes whose former Club has been officially disbanded may seek approval from the appropriate Association’s Eligibility Committee to represent another Club in Open Team Competition forthwith.
(12) (i) The Management Committee of an affiliated Club shall have the power to expel any member whose membership subscription is twelve months in arrears, provided that a month’s notice in writing shall have been sent to the member’s last known address giving information of the proposed action of the Committee.
(ii) The name and address of any person so expelled from a Club shall be sent to the Honorary Secretary of the appropriate Association who shall enter the name in a book to be called ‘The Suspension Book’ kept for that purpose. Every person whose name has been entered in the Suspension Book shall be suspended from
competing at any meeting or event held under UKA Rules until the liability causing the expulsion, which shall not exceed one year’s membership subscription, shall have been discharged.
(iii) A Club Secretary sending a name for inclusion in the Suspension Book must send the Post Office Proof of Posting of the letter sent to the Club member concerned, or the name will not be entered.
(13) Disputes between athletes and their Clubs may be referred to the appropriate National Association Eligibility Committee for arbitration under its appeal procedure.
(14) Where the conduct of a Club member is deemed by UK Athletics to be sufficiently serious it may demand that the affiliated Club concerned expel that person from membership either in perpituity or for such a period of time as UK Athletics shall decide. This process shall only be adopted when the person concerned has not exercised any right of appeal, has exhausted any appeal procedure as laid down within the relevant Rules or procedures of UK Athletics or of the IAAF, or has waived that right, or where he or she has been found guilty of a serious criminal act. An affiliated Club which refuses to sanction the exclusion of such a person in turn renders itself liable to expulsion from membership of UK Athletics, as does any other affiliated Club which
allows the person concerned to become a member or to become associated with any of the Club’s activities.
(15) Composite Teams. Clubs may apply to UKA to become a Composite Team where from 2 to 5 Clubs wish to combine together for specific competitions. UKA will approve such registration if it complies with
application guidelines. Approved registrations will be forwarded to the relevant meeting organisers who may accept or reject such an application. Requests for the registration of a Composite Team must be received by UK Athletics no later than 30th September of the preceding year, and be accompanied by the relevant fee which will be determined annually by the Executive Board.
RULE 3NOTE: Such an amalgamation of teams for competition purposes specifically does not require the Constitution of the Clubs concerned to be amalgamated.