The club continues to be highly dependent on the willingness of members to contribute their time to support the running of the club and events.
It is easy to volunteer!
If you are interested in giving back to the club on an ad-hoc basis, we often need a group of willing volunteers on short notice to assist with various recurring activities. Volunteering announcements are published on our social platforms with details of what is needed. These often relate to:
- Marshalling and timekeepers at club hosted races, local events and organised league races
- Assisting and officiating at home track and field fixtures (some roles require formal training)
- Run leaders to facilitate the social group runs on Thursday evenings at the clubhouse
- Perform various roles to host the monthly club handicap on the last Thursday of each month
- Cooks to prepare food and bar staff to serve drinks at the clubhouse kitchen (open and close the kitchen) after the Thursday evening social group runs and training sessions
- Helping club captains and team managers to organise on the day race registrations and runner administration
- Contribute content and event reports for use on the club website and newsletters
If you are interested in volunteering your time and getting involved, please review the volunteers code of conduct.
Active Club Roles
Other club roles require slightly more time commitment. Below is a list of active club roles, fulfilled by existing members supporting the Board of Directors in the day-to-day operations of the club. We hope this showcases how the responsibilities are shared to deliver the training sessions and organisation of club events throughout the year:
* Star denotes replacement required for the outgoing volunteer currently in the role
| Club Roles | Current volunteers |
|---|---|
| Bar / social team | Susan Leese, Sophie Critchlow, Paul Turley, David Robinson, Marlis Hasse |
| Boswall League administrators | Naomi Bourne |
| Chingford league team managers | Lydia Briggs, Miry Meyer |
| Club 5000m Track Championship Committee | Jade Dos Santos |
| Club info@ mailbox administrator | Simon Wharton |
| Club handicap race director | Anna Fedlerova |
| Clubhouse Building Manager | David Robinson |
| Fixture Secretaries | Adam Millberry |
| Membership admin | Mick Cairns, Aminah Francois, Major Carr |
| Metropolitan XC league team managers | Aoife Murray, Adam Millbery |
| Mike Penman Open 5 Team | |
| “Run for You” Team | Mara Hafezi, Annie Gammon, Irthe De Jong |
| Spond events & Club XC admin | James Hirst, Jade dos Santos, Mick Cairns, Lydia Briggs, Adam Millbery |
| Three Bridges team manager | Lydia Briggs |
| Thursday Group run organiser | James Hirst, Jade dos Santos, Miry Meyer, Lydia Briggs |
| Timekeepers & results admin. | Major Tom Carr, Richard Hale |
| Trophy Secretary | Simeon Bennett |
| Project V organisers | Steve Hobbs, Miry Meyer |
Current Vacancies
As the membership has expanded quickly in recent years, we plan to keep this as an iterative process and grow the list of roles for volunteers based on upcoming club requirements and also informal feedback from the membership. Please see below for a list of current club role vacancies that are open to applicants. Handover and support is available to help with the smooth transition of knowledge.
If you are interested in applying for one of these roles, please send an email to the chairperson, Dave Robinson or the club Secretary Simon Wharton with a brief explanation to support your application: Reason for interest / outline potential suitability for the role / prior experience that may be practical and transferable for the role.
There are currently no vacancies available.
Volunteering at Junior club activities
To help expand our activities for this age group we would happily welcome more parents to come forward to get involved. If you do express an interest, you will be asked to complete our volunteer declaration form as part of our child safeguarding policy.
Please contact Alf Vickers or Cornelia Abe-Minale if you are interested in volunteering to support the junior training or event activities.
Track & Field officiating
Our great sport requires more volunteers than most. At the core, there are the technical officials – field judges, track judges, timekeepers, photo finish judges and endurance officials. Whether it is the Met XC league, Chingford league, Southerns Athletics league, any championship or open event you compete in, they all need qualified people to organise them.
UK athletics organises ongoing courses, many nowadays online. At the start you become a Level 1, doing local events. At Level 4 you are at the Olympics or World championships. The UK produces more world class officials than any other country and the chiefs last year in Belgrade, Oregon, Birmingham and Munich were all British.
If you are interested search on England Athletics website Officiating Qualifications to see the courses that are available. You should contact the club secretary Simon Wharton or Alf Vickers Head of Coaching and Performance. The club will cover course fees.