##### CHAIRMAN OF COACHES REPORT

########## Tony Ferguson - Chairman of Coaches

##### COACHING FINANCE OFFICER'S REPORT

End of year balance in Coaching Account - £800.

########## Derek Sizeland - Coaching Finance Officer

##### DISABLED ARCHERS' LIAISON OFFICER REPORT

I would like to pass on a message to all Counties and clubs within SCAS, to please make sure they are compliant with the Equality Act 2010, I have seen a few disturbing reports of treatment of archers with disabilities. If an archer with disabilities approaches a club, please don't just dismiss them as your club isn't suitable for them, maybe the terrain isn't suitable for them or access. Invite them to the club to see what you can offer or make reasonable adjustment to accommodate them, if you work with them and can't make reasonable adjustments, make enquires to other clubs and refer them if need be, include them in the decision, they may well draw there own conclusions of suitability of your range or even how to make reasonable changes, they are the experts about their disability and how it effects THEM. [Meeting commented that this is a legal requirement.] ~ 8 ~ The BWAA Championships are on the 14th - 16th June 19, to be held at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. The National Disability Championships are on 14th& 15th September 19 to be held at Lillishall If you have any tournaments you would like advertising, please contact the SCAS webmaster and if you would like any notes on the disability page please contact me. If you have any stories of encouragement about your club you would like to pass on, please do so and we can see about posting them on the website too. The standard tournament entry pro forma has been updated to include willingness to pull arrows for a disabled archer. Gary Bellamy - DLO

########## Gary Bellamy - Disabled Archer Liaison Officer

##### REGIONAL RECORDS OFFICER'S REPORT

Records for the Four Categories of Bow Style, as they stood in April, together with Record Application Forms for Target and Clout Archery and Rules for Valid Claims have been uploaded to the new website. One set of new claims has been submitted. There has been some correspondence with the Hertfordshire County Records Officer who has ~ 12 ~ expressed views on a number of details and eligibility points. One of the suggestions seemed to state part of the intentions better and is worth implementing right away, and I have informed the Webmaster of the revised text but it hasn't been edited yet. The additional text states that a 'properly organised match' must be between two or more teams who are actually physically present on the same field, to make sure Postal matches are not included. A total of three Counties have pointed out corrections or higher valid claims, but ten counties have not commented. The HCAA Records Officer is very keen to ensure that scores which were achieved on home club target days are not included; however there does not seem to be a practical way of distinguishing these if they are included, because they will have come from County Records which don't show the distinction. It would be very useful if the General Secretary could tell all Counties that the Records are now accessible and live, but any historic claims for higher scores which can be upheld and verified as valid in accordance with the rules will be accepted up until the