West Highland Wheelers Committee Meeting Tuesday 11th Feb 2025

1. Present

Gregor Muir, Henry Cairns, Norman Clark, Marian Austin, Dave Parfitt, Jacqui Parfitt

2. Apologies – Steve Bradley, Claire Abernethy, Mark Clark

3. Minutes of Last meeting

Wed nights

– Date tbc for Weds evening ride at Achaderry in the spring, Ruari Watt liaising

Winter league

– No one has volunteered to take over from Marian as coordinator yet

– NACC S. Grove 2nd March – kids race tbc (Sam Wood)

– 16th March Achaderry then Wolftrax 6 April – potential prize giving (last one) – Lance org. permissions in place

Kids Club

– Potential start after Feb half-term tbc…

– NR funded uplift days can’t convert to coached days …potentially 2 days…ask again in the Spring…

3. Replacement gazebo leg

– we think it’s been done by CW

MA BC affiliation all done

– BC dashboard management changing but unlikely to affect us much

GM pumptrack

– Chris doing intro 17th Feb (Adult) 6:30pm – 8pm

– Annual maintenance done

– Spring Jam 28th Feb (everyone) bikes, ramps, music

– Adaptive sessions for summer

– Action GM chase school/Eric Groat about adaptive bike sessions

MA Neil at Scottish cycling has changed job, Lewis is now contact, Dave has spoken to him already. Marian has not had response from MW re races so it was agreed we would look to organize kids race as part of a North series. DP to liase with Lewis re SC involvement and to see if Neil already had a plan in place for this?

4 Gazebo and Flasks

– New gazebo NC to find details of last one ? LSA funding DP

– New catering flasks x 2 JP

5. Level 2 Assessments and 1st aid

– Anna Trafford has done 1st Aid

– KB Organizing another course in October tbc KB to inform club when date confirmed

– L2 assess. Candidates x 4 (Cameron B. another possibility) hopefully date end of March, CA coordinating with Tansy, Es, Robbie, Sean. ? possibility of a 5th (/Cameron) JP to check

6. LSA funding

– Gazebo, flasks, L2 course DP

7. AOCB

– PVG ok

– Get back to Lewis re SC providing a coach for the leaders DP

– Karl is now a Bikeability trainer and is also undertaking a study on the peninsular regarding provision for cycling within the community

– ‘Shed Maintenance Day’ – date tbc, DL to liaise with Stewart re suitable date as would be good to have Stewart along to help with roof

– Potential of HWA shed? DP

8 Date of Next Meeting

– Thurs 24th April