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Take a deep
breath...
Whether you are reading this as a newly elected committee member or as an
outgoing one, congratulations, you made it to the Easter holidays!
With the knowledge that the majority of clubs will have held their AGMs, this
is as good a time as any to thank you for all the work that you have put in
so far. It has been a big year for sport at
Birmingham, with the announcement of the new £50m sports facilities to the
imminent arrival of the Jamaican track and field team prior to the London 2012
Olympic Games being just two of the bigger developments.
What has been great from my point of view have been the changes that I’ve seen in
clubs this year. From the improved management of your budgets to the greater
engagement of committees it has been an even more exciting time to be involved in
a sports club.
Add to this that all clubs now have a three-year development plan in place and you
can start to see the foundations that you have put in place on which your
successors will hope to build. There is still work to be done, however, in terms
of handovers to ensure that your new committees get the best possible start and
that your legacy continues to be built upon. Anything London 2012 can do...
In this month’s newsletter:
- New Clubs
- Club Forms
- Award Nominations
- New Website
- Club of the Month
- Upcoming Dates
- Also in the News
Chris Anthony, Club Development Manager
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New Clubs
From 2012-13, UBSport will be welcoming four new
clubs from the Guild. These are:
Each club will be at Committee Training in June
so please help them feel at home by welcoming them to UBSport and check out the
links above for more information on each of them now.
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Club
Forms
Thank you to all that handed in club forms at the end of the term; it was
especially appreciated that nearly everyone made the deadline for the budgets.There are a number of clubs, however, who still have forms to submit and the
list can be found
here. If you are on the list then
please ensure that your club fills in the paperwork as soon as possible. This is
especially important for Committee contact details as we need to contact new
committees with regards to Club Conference very soon. Unless it has been agreed,
no clubs will have access to their budgets until all forms have been handed in.
Budgets 2012-13
With all budgets now in, the incredibly fun process (no really, it’s like a big
jigsaw) of fitting all requests into the overall Club Development budget has
begun. A few stats to put things into perspective:
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6.3%: the effective reduction in the Club Development budget from
2011-12 due to inflation and rising costs
- 4: number of new clubs the budget is supporting for 2012-13
- £55,432
: amount requested beyond what there is to distribute
- 22.6%
: the average increase in grant requested by
individual clubs compared to last year’s requests
So, as you can see there is quite a lot of work to be done over the Easter
break. I have already been in contact with a number of you in relation your
requests, but don’t worry if I haven’t - it’s a long process.
Once all budgets fit into the overall Club Development budget the next step is
for them to be confirmed by the Sport Development Manager, Director of Sport and
VP Sport. Once this has happened, budgets will be emailed out to you and your
new committees in May ready for Club Conference in June.
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Award
Nominations
With the Sports Ball (4th June) and the Sports Awards Evening (12th June) fast approaching, now is the
time to start thinking about who you want to nominate for awards. The
nomination form was attached to last month’s Club Update (email if you can’t
find the original) while the award criteria and
eligibility information can be found
here. Please read carefully!Nomination
Deadline
The deadline for nominations for all awards is: 5pm on Monday 23rd April 2012.
Late forms will not be accepted. All nomination forms must be returned via email to:
c.j.anthony.1@bham.ac.uk
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New Website
If you haven’t seen the new website design then please take a look:
It now provides a much more rewarding user experience for anyone interested
in University sport and should allow UBSport to take full advantage of the prospective students hoping to come to
Birmingham. The Marketing form you filled in will be the basis of your
club pages but if there are any changes that you would like to make then please
let me know at any time.
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Club of the Month:
Squash
BUCS Championships was always going to make this month’s decision difficult.
Over the course of 5 days, UBSport had 135 competitors competing in 11 sports
across 2 cities in 9 different venues in what was a hectic few days in the BUCS
calendar. There were medals for Badminton, Fencing, Hockey, Judo and Lacrosse,
but the standout performance club performance came from Squash.
Following on from a successful league campaign that saw all men’s teams finish
first and both women’s teams second, the Championships gave the club the chance
to prove what they could do when the pressure was really on.
The W1s came up against a tough Leeds Met team and bowed out in the semi-final
to pick up a Championship bronze medal. The M2s had already set up a Trophy
final before coming to Sheffield swept aside Surrey 5-0 in a show of class to
pick up Gold. Finally the M1s, having overcome Loughborough in tight semi-final,
came up against a UWE team that included players ranked 8 and 35 in the world.
Birmingham performed superbly, but ultimately lost out 2-3 to pick up silver.
Read more about there efforts
here.
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Upcoming
Dates
A few upcoming dates to be aware of over the next few months:23 Apr: Term
starts. Don’t forget.
23 Apr: Award Nomination Deadline. All nominations forms must be
emailed to me by 5pm on the 23rd. Don’t let your club go without the
nomination they deserve.
4 Jun: Sports Ball.
Part One of the Awards Season, one of the highlights of the sporting year! If you need any information
contact
Tim Smith on
t.smith@guild.bham.ac.uk
9 Jun: Alumni Sports Day. If your club is
taking part then keep up to date with all the information
here.
11-12 Jun: Club Conference. Mandatory
training for new committee members, covering everything from Finances to
Development Plans. A full timetable will be released closer to the date.
12 Jun: UBSport Awards Evening. Part One of the
Awards Season, celebrating the highest levels of sporting achievement from the
year.
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Also In the News
To keep you up to date with all that is happening with UBSport and any other
relevant news stories, each month we’ll give you links to the stories that will
have an impact on you and your club.
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University of Birmingham Sport
Tel: 0121 414 6712
Fax: 0121 414 4764
Email:
c.j.anthony.1@bham.ac.uk
Web:
www.sport.bham.ac.uk
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