AGM Minutes : 2014

Minutes of the:

Cycling Ireland Off-Road Commission

Annual General Meeting

Location: Bewley’s Hotel, Newland’s Cross, Dublin

Date: Saturday, 25th October, 2014

The meeting was called to order at 1:00pm. In attendance from the Offroad Commission were:

• Aine Conneff – Chairperson / Treasurer

• Conor Farrell – Secretary

• Maciej Staroniewicz – XC Coordinator

The 2013 AGM minutes were made available for consideration and accepted.

Aine gave an update as to the commission structure since the departure of a number of commission members in addition to the further departure of BMX from the Commission in early 2014.

Max gave a round up of the XC NPS Series including the and gave some insight to the planned Calendar for the 2015 Series including motivations for specific dates etc, due to other event clashes etc.

It was also noted that this year had been a very successful one for Offroad Cycling in Ireland and Irish Cyclists abroad with specific events of note including the European Marathon Championships organised by Biking.ie and team and individual performances on National, British, European and World stages.

Nominations

Aine Conneff has agreed to continue in the role of Chairperson on an interim basis until a replacement can be found, either for the role of Chairperson, or Treasurer.

Kevin Ryan and Jon Hynes both tendered their resignation from the commission during the course of the year. We would like to thank them for their service and assistance during the year and hope they will remain in contact with the Commission in the future.

The current team will continue in their current posts as follows:

• Aine Conneff – Chairperson / Treasurer
• Conor Farrell – Secretary
• Maciej Staroniewicz (Max) – XC Co-ordinator

Prior to the AGM a new structure for the Commission was circulated via the website and Social Media outlining the new plan. A fantastically welcome interest in the commission was received in the form of a number of Nominations.

Following the nomination and conferring process, with no objections, the Commission is delighted to welcome;

• Robin Seymour – Discipline Coordinator CX
• Paul McEneaney – Discipline Coordinator DH
• Sinead Waters – Development Officer Connacht
• Brian Roban – Development Officer Leinster
• Noel Doherty – Development Officer Munster – Joint
• Chris O’Callaghan – Development Officer Munster – Joint

• Stephen McDonald – Development Officer Ulster
• Iain Smith – Post TBC

The point was made to the floor that a number of nominations to the commission were of members from Team MOCO. There were no objections received with regard to same.

The role of Chairperson (or Treasurer as per notes above) is still available and we welcome any interested parties to make contact with us regarding same.

 

Motions

The following motions were submitted for consideration by the members at the AGM and were debated and resolved as follows (resolutions in Red):

I, Adrian Finnegan, 14LC0050, propose that the Irish NPS Series have standardised prize money for the Senior 1 categories. For example, Sterling 1st £100, 2nd £75, 3rd £50 and similarly Euro 1st: €125, 2nd €95, 3rd €60Revised motion of standardised prizes for each round of the series was passed (as per 2013 motion previously passed) Max & Paul to co-ordinate this with the respective hosting clubs of XC and DH Races.

I, Adrian Finnegan, 14LC0050, propose that each club hosting an NPS pay a fee to join the league. There are 5 rounds for 2015, each club pays £200 to join (totalling £1000). At the end of the season a prize pot is divided amongst the Senior podium such that: S1: 1st = £300; S1:2nd = £150; S1: 3rd = £50. To qualify for the Prize Fund you must compete in ALL ROUNDS. You cannot drop one. Best (n-1) results count for the league win, meaning you might get first place on race day, but if you dropped a round, you wouldn’t be eligible for the Prize Fund as you must do all rounds. S1 women receive the same Prize Fund, based on same rules. Defeated

I, Adrian Finnegan, 14LC0050, propose that the NPS Series be won by attending ALL of the rounds. There is no “Best of X”. if there are 5 rounds, its is all the points accumulated from 5 rounds. Motion revised to allow Youth Categories have a ‘Best of X’ but all senior / elite classes to have no minimum number of rounds and point accumulated from all rounds. Passed.

I, Iain Smith, 14LC0095, propose that a minimum age limit for sponsorship is adopted for riders in all Offroad disciplines. As a number of us are worried about ”sponsorship” of riders with some as young as 12 now being sponsored which is irresponsible, by placing very young riders in a position, where placings in races is put before having fun,which at that age is what the basis of the sport is about. Withdrawn due to a lack of ability to enforce.

I, Gary Williams, 14LC0794, propose that The seeding run in the downhill series should carry points. Passed

I, Gary Williams, 14LC0794, propose that the practice of xc riders should not interfere with people already on the track racing, anyone caught getting in racers way should incur a time penalty. Passed – Race Commissaire to determine penalty – First offense, Back of the field – Repeat offenders to face possible expulsion from the race.

I, Gary Williams, 14LC0794, propose that the iDMS should go out to tender and be run by an independent body as in 2012. Whilst overall it was generally agreed that an independent / specific body would be a preferred ultimate way to run the NPS / iDMS, with the Commission being responsible for the National Championships, this years DH and XC Co-Ordinators will be responsible for each series respectively.

 

AOB

Additional Information:

After the AGM, there was an awards ceremony for DH and XC NPS