Meet the Committee

Your Committee, and other Turbo Support Teams 2009/10

Chairman: Nigel Clemens - chairman@thamesturbo.co.uk Thames Turbo is a large and busy club serving a very wide spectrum of nearly 400 members, from those at the top of the game through to a thriving youth section. To keep the club moving and ‘ahead of the game’ we have a large elected committee and support structure. It is my pleasure to introduce the new committee and a number of significant others to you for the  for 2009/10 season.

Letter from the Chair: February 2009

Treasurer: Martin Walsh - treasurer@thamesturbo.co.uk Martin looks after our large turn over, makes projections on our financial stability and future, advises the committee. He pays the bills (a very large number), checks that you are paying yours, looks after facilities and bookings, works with the bank and keeps our accounts.

Club Secretary: Jeff Grimes  - secretary@thamesturbo.co.uk Jeff is the formal face of the club, corresponding with a wide range of people, sorting out affiliations, memberships, insurances and bookings. Acts as scribe and keeps all the records.

Senior membership: Charmaine Sainsbury/Ben Unsworth - membership@thamesturbo.co.uk
Lifeblood of the club. Ben and Charmaine respond to a large number of enquiries, meeting and greeting, keeping on top of the trialists and processing memberships on a weekly basis. Their big job is to process the annual renewals to which you will all respond promptly!

Junior membership: Linda Clemens - youthmembership@thamesturbo.co.uk
As above but for our now flourishing Youth section (8-16 yrs) with a substantial waiting list.

Race Director: Heather Barclay - race_director@thamesturbo.co.uk All things race, and it is not possible to even begin listing them here. Just imagine what you think might need to be done then multiply by 10 and add a few challenges. Heather Heads Up the Race Team Committee. We ask two things of all members enjoy the racing and make sure your marshal at as many races as you can. Thames Turbo as we know it is based on this work.

Sponsorship: Jon Heasman (Supported by Ali Griffiths)  sponsorship@thamesturbo.co.uk The club is keen to promote the sport of Triathlon in it’s widest sense and are keen to work with a selected number of partners.

Welfare Officer: Kim Rowe - welfare@thamesturbo.co.uk This is an essential role in the realm of child protection. KIm is responsible for ensuring that our youth section are looked after to the highest standards.

Kit: Heather Barclay/Richard Gower - kit@thamesturbo.co.uk You bought it from Heather and you will have seen the amount of posting, chasing, sorting, sizing etc that she gets involved in. Behind the scenes Richard works tirelessly with our suppliers, brokering deals, checking quality sourcing suppliers. It is no accident that we have the best kit on the block.

Health & Safety: Michael-James Hay Heads up the clubs responsibilities in this area, Risk assessments, legislation and advice to the committee

Web: Roger Barr - webmaster@thamesturbo.co.uk Anything online. Responsible for the website, members only forum, race online entry system…..anything online and club related really.

Head Coach: Michael Holden - mickieholden@btinternet.com Mike is responsible for all coached training sessions across the club, the recruitment, organisation and deployment of our coaches, coach training and chairing coaches meetings.

PR: David Spencer - press_publicity@thamesturbo.co.uk David never fails to impress with the many news/mag articles that he is behind. He designs many aspects of our club image including membership cards, exhibition materials, photo displays, t shirts and banners to name a few.

Youth Section Rep: Sally Rowe Sally represents the views of the youth and juniors to the committee. She has an overall view of the direction of this section of the club.

Social Team: Katherine Lueth/Nick Cox/Marcus Allon - social_sec@thamesturbo.co.uk
Support this fantastic team at the events of the year, BBQ’s, informal races, EOSA and others that they are planning for the forthcoming year. Give them your ideas, sign up to enjoy!

Men’s & Ladies Team Captains: Ryan and Holly Tomlinson:ladies_captain@thamesturbo.co.uk &  mens_captain@thamesturbo.co.uk The Club Captains are responsible for drumming up support for races, particularly the Club Champs and National Relays, Sorting out teams, posting, encouraging and working on the stats.

Race Team Captains: James Brown & Nick Clements: Work on schedules, logistics, sponsorship, planning and all things race team. The team put TTurbo ‘on the map’ raising our profile and contributing t the genuine claim that we are the GB Premiere Triathlon Club.