It was also great to see the effort that had gone into the Development Plans. Some of the thought that had gone into improving your clubs was impressive and it will be exciting to see how this will be built on in the coming months.

A reminder that the next stage is to breakdown your objectives into a three-year period.  To do this we will be sending out an editable (and, following feedback, slightly revised) document with all other club forms, which have a completion deadline of 23rd March. We will be running a workshop closer to the time should there be any questions or queries (see below).

Club Forms. A reminder that club forms will be sent out for you to fill in on Monday 13th February.  The deadline for submission of all forms is the end of term, Friday 23rd March.

To help with your club forms I will be running drop-in sessions for you to come and ask any questions that you might have.  The dates for both are below; all I would ask is that if you would like to come in that you let me know when on those days you would like to come in so that I can keep that slot free for your club.

• Development Plan sessions: Wednesday 29 Feb & Wednesday 7th March, 10:00-17:00
• Budget sessions: Thursday 1st March & Thursday 8th March, 10:00-17:00

The video clip of the performance can be seen below, but be wary, it is not for the faint-hearted: there are more thrusts than at a Red Arrows aerial show:

• Pussycats’ Soccer AM performance

As mentioned in the Club Development meetings with clubs, we are lucky to have John Rider as a guest speaker at our Employability Workshop. John is Chair of the Birmingham County Sport Partnership, Chairman of the Regional Institute of Directors and also does a lot of work promoting and enabling internships with universities in Birmingham, including UoB.

The workshop will look at how you can best represent the work that you’ve done on your committee on your CV and in interviews and we’ll look at how you can use your experiences to really stand out against the crowd.

The workshop is free and open to all club members, but will be aimed at the skills committee members will have gained during their time in post.

Club/team photographs are available on the above date and can ONLY be collected by a club committee member.  This will also be your  ONLY opportunity to collect the photographs.

Each order should be checked to ensure it is correct and then signed for upon collection by the committee member present. If you have a large club and know that a lot of frames have been ordered, be sure to bring along a couple of extra pairs of hands to help with the carrying.

There are a number of clubs that have members who have appeared in the photographs but not paid for their club fees. Clubs will not be able to pick up ANY of their club’s photographs until ALL individuals have paid.  A full list of clubs and unpaid members can be downloaded here, but the clubs affected are below:

• American Football; Athletics & XC; Cool Runnings; Basketball Women; Cricket Men; Cricket Women; Cycling; Fencing; Football Men; Golf; Gymnastics; Hockey; Lacrosse; Rowing; Rugby League; Rugby Union Men; Taekwondo; Tennis; and Water Polo

Alumni Sports day is a great way to get your alumni involved in the first instance and from there UBS Marketing will work with you to build an alumni programme. If you’re interested in entering your club into the Alumni Sports day programme, please email Kate (UBS Marketing) on k.allum@bham.ac.uk.

Such strength and depth should hold them in good stead for the annual University of Birmingham competition, which welcomes teams from around the country.  Held at the Munrow Sports Centre on Saturday 11th February, the club will compete to test their speed, stamina and ability to deal with a number of emergency situations.

But the club shows no sign  of being content with this success as the club turned up with one of the most comprehensive development plans of all clubs.

1st Feb: Club AGMs start. All the information you’ll need for AGMs including how to book rooms can be download here.

9th Feb: Team Captains’ Meeting, 17:00, Munrow Lecture Theatre.  A compulsory meeting for all Team Captains and your chance to give feedback on the season so far.

13th Feb: Club Form Distribution. The club forms that you need to fill in ready for your handover and 2012-13 season will be sent out via email.  The deadline for submission of all forms will be 23rd March.

14-24 Feb: Club Mini-Forums.  The second round of mini-forums chaired by VPS, Tim Smith span the latter half of the month.  All will be held in the Munrow Sports Centre Top Corridor at 13:00:

• 14th Feb: Small Teams
• 16th Feb: Martial Arts
• 17th Feb: Large Teams
• 21st Feb: Water Sports
• 23rd Feb: Indoor Sports
• 24th Feb: Outdoor Sports

16th Feb: Employability Workshop, 18:00, Muirhead Tower LT. As detailed above, the Employability Workshop will be held in the Muirhead Tower and is free to attend for all club members.

18th & 29th Feb: Sports Night, 21:00, Guild of Students. Sports Night continues... just remember that after you leave the venue on a Wednesday night you are still responsible for your club members’ actions. Please ensure your club members leave the venue and go home quietly without disturbing residents.

• RLF Campus Relays 2012
• Premier Squash League, 28 Feb
• PasSPORT newsletter January 2011