The fifth Officials' Forum was held at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, chaired by Chris Lockley, and once again a different mix of officials was invited to this event on 29th October 2011.  The topics were recruitment and retention. 

You can download presentations on the right.

You can read a summary of what went on in our news section.

The agenda was as follows:

9.30am – Arrival/Tea and Coffee
10.00am – UKA update – Paula Gowing
10.15am – EA update (including an update on the 2013-2017 Planning Process) – Chris Jones
10.30am – What are Athletics Networks doing for Officials? – Chris Jones & Network Coordinators
11.00pm – Youth Advisory Group
11.30pm – Brainstorming Session (Recruitment)
12.00pm – Feedback Session   
12.30pm – Lunch
1.00pm – Trinity Update – How Trinity is being applied at a county level (Peter Crawshaw)
2.00pm – Brainstorming Session (Retention)
3.15pm – Feedback Session followed by general questions
4.30pm – Meeting Close  

The next forum will take place on 1st April where endurance amongst other topics will take centre stage. Any suggestions can be directed to Nicola nevans@englandathletics.org