Meet your Team Anstey Committee

Meet the Team Anstey Committee

Club Captain:
Frankie Sutherington

Role:

As Captain, Frankie will be providing guidance and motivation on training events, ensuring that all new and existing members are well informed with regards to training on the night and future activities. Also, Frankie will arrange training events and the routes that runners will take on training nights. She will ensure routes are varied in terms of how challenging they are, and will be there to provide motivation and guidance along the way, as well as warm-up and cool down exercises.

Club Vice Captain:
Andy Cooper

Role:

Andy will work alongside Frankie with regards to ensuring that as a club we are supporting, inspiring and motivating members on training events. Andy will act as a leader for the club in the absence of Frankie at league races or other events.

Committee Chairperson:
Ella May

Role:

Ella will chair all Committee meetings for the club, as well as raise the agenda and set the dates for each meeting. As Chair, Ella will make sure that the Committee follows through on all our actions and ensure we maintain focused on the priorities decided at committee meetings.

Club Social Secretary:
Heather Micallef

Role:

As a club, we want to ensure that it’s not all work and no play and that members get to know each other well and become a team who will go on to support each other in whatever direction your running takes you. For that reason, we will arrange social events throughout the year – Club presentation nights, socials, Christmas parties etc. Heather will ensure arrangements are sorted for any social events, and that all members are aware of dates/times and costs.

Female Welfare Officer:
Sarah Stainton

Role:

We are keen to ensure our club offers support and guidance to all of our members. Members can raise any issues they might be facing with our welfare officers, who will be providing crucial support to suit the needs of our members.

Male Welfare Officer:
Jon Norwell

PR & Media Officer & Race Director:
Dani Wright

Role:

It’s great to see how members are encouraging, supporting and inspiring other members through our Facebook page and other Social media. With this in mind, Dani will monitor this to ensure all content within the page is appropriate and of benefit to its members in relation to running and club activities/values. She will also seek to promote the club and membership to ensure that the club continues to grow.

As Race Director, Dani is in charge of organising the Team Anstey Gaddesby 7 Race which will be one of the Leicestershire League races for 2019 - more information on the fixtures can be found here.

Kit Manager & Treasurer:
Elizabeth Smeeth

Role:

As our Kit Manager, Liz will be the person to speak to with regards to purchasing the Team Anstey vests required to compete in League Races, as well as all the rest of our Team Anstey kit. She will liaise with suppliers and ensure all purchases are ordered and delivered.

As Club Treasurer, Liz will ensure that the club finances are all in order, and that we remain a financially viable club.

Membership Secretary:
Becky Jehu

Role:

Becky will be taking in the membership forms our new members fill out, and ensuring that their payment is received by the club. She will also be actively promoting club membership, and reminding existing members about renewal dates.

Cross Country Captain:
Neil Gillet

Role:

Neil's role is to promote club activities related to cross country running and events, as well as to act as a leader at XC races by submitting team lists and collecting payments for XC races.

Webmaster:
Will Butler

Role:

Will is working on our website and Social Media pages - looking after them to ensure everything is working smoothly. He'll also be making sure that up-to-date content is posted to keep new and existing members posted on club activity and information.

Club Secretary & Junior Coach:
Kimberley Angell

Role:

The role of Club Secretary involves Kim being the clubs contact to England Athletics in regards to ensuring that guidance and protocols are followed. She is responsible to for taking the minutes at our committee meetings, handling any inquiries, and with the membership secretary support arranges the London Marathon Ballot. She attends the LRRL committee meetings, feeding back any changes in their rules and regulations to the team.

Kim's role as Junior Coach is to plan training schemes for the junior members of the team that will be of benefit to them and to support and encourage them in their personal development.