- SEAA Annual General Meeting - Destructive Resolutions (pdf)
South of England Clubs are urged to send in their papers voting against the 5 Resolutions proposed by Kent County AA, and two Kent Clubs.
- Tony Shiret's last England Athletics Blog (html)
A response to the Tony Shiret blog on his departure from England Athletics and UK Athletics.
- John Bicourt article - London’s Olympic Games’s “Legacy” failure. (html)
An article about the failure of London's 2012 Olympic Legacy.
- Response to consultation about UK Sport and Sport England (pdf)
A response to the DCMS triennial review of UK Sport and Sport England which was launched just prior to Christmas 2014 (late November 2014), and ended on 4th January 2015.
- How the quangos have damaged the sport of Athletics. (html) or (pdf)
During 2013 two documents have appeared in the public domain which reveal England Athletics and UK Athletics, to be authoritarian and institutionally racist:
- Hugh Robertson MP exaggerates his achievements. (html)
Hugh Robertson MP, former Minister for Sport 2010 - 2013, with the help of the BBC give a lesson in how to fool the British public into believing sports participation is set to boom.
- UK Athletics CEO calls Olympic moto nonsence. (html)
Niels de Vos gave a talk at Keble College in Oxford where he said many silly things. He then went to extraordinary lengths to erase all references to this talk, aided and abetted by Keble College.
- UK Athletics Chairman's Secret OBE (html) or PDF Format
When someone is awarded an OBE, you presume someone somewhere would wish to sing the praises of that person. Not so in the case of Ed Warner, UKA's Chairman.
- The Relationship Between UK Athletics and UK Sport (html) or PDF Format
A freedom of information request to UK Sport requesting information submitted by UK Athletics is declined. The case is going to appeal, and this comprehensive (10,000 words) document contains the evidence that UK Sport pull the strings at UK Athletics. The HTML web page includes links to the sources of the evidence.
- John Bicourt holds UK Athletics To Account (html)
Double Olympian and coach to former world record holders, John Bicourt challenges UK Athletics Chief Executive Niels de Vos over whether £150 million pounds expenditure in ten years has proven to be value for money as far as Athletics is concerned.
- Athletics And The Big Society (html)
A debate taken from the Daily Politics Show on the BBC addresses the question of decentralisation. This film and article together addresses the issue of top-down control from an athletics perspective.
- The shame of British Athletics. (html)
The England Athletics registration scheme is being used to prevent athletes from competing. Paid up club members are being excluded from higher level competition, if they cannot quote a registration number.
Click Here for Acrobat PDF version. 10th November 2009.
- A response to the England Athletics announcement dated 22nd October 2008 (html)
England Athletics have decided to get rid of the professional Regional staff, and retreat to their bunker in head office. The Foster Review ideas are now fully dead and buried. Now the the organisations created by the process can concentrate on just preserving their jobs.
Click Here for Acrobat PDF version.
- A report into how UK Sport and Sport England harm athletics. (html).
The Funding Agreement between UK Sport and UK Athletics for the period 2005/2009, obtained using the Freedom of Information act, is linked from this page. This page also includes information showing how Sport England manipulate their own Key Performance Indicators to create the illusion that they benefit the sport of athletics. This web page includes a link to download the report at a printable PDF file.
- An open letter to AAA's Chairman, George Bunner. (html).
During his 3 year tenure as Chairman of the AAA of England, clubs at two EGM's have voted in favour of retaining governance, and preserving the Association. George Bunner has acted against the will of the membership, and caused huge damage to the historic Association.
Updated to include Jean Pickering's robust defence of George Bunner, and the reply.
- 9th January 2007 - UKA Appoint New Chairman. (html).
Edmond Warner is appointed the part time Chairman of UK Athletics. The finger prints of UK Sport are all over the appointment.
- SEAA EGM 2nd Dec 2006 - Result. (html).
A report on the SEAA EGM and the results to the 5 resolutions.
- SEAA EGM 2nd Dec 2006 - Debate. (pdf - 26,000).
Mr Chris Carter, the Honorary Secretary of the South of England AA distributed a letter to all Southern Clubs which represented a personal attack on the Web Master of these pages. This document reproduces the letter, and takes advantage of the opportunity to conduct an open debate between two individuals who hold opposing views on the "modernisation" process.
- SEAA EGM 2nd Dec 2006 - Resolutions. (html).
The SEAA called an EGM to allow clubs the opportunity to make changes to the articles of association which define the activities and procedure. This is guidance given to clubs on how to vote in order to preserve the athletics club system in England.
- SEAA EGM Consultation Document. (pdf - 10,000).
A well intentioned effort by the SEAA General Committee to consult with its membership was undermined when this document was distributed, which rendered any expression of a meaningful view impossible.
- The Development Plan. (pdf - 30,993).
The Development Plan is the mechanism through which Sport England is engineering Athletics towards promoting a social agenda. This file is a detailed review of the Hertfordshire County Development Plan.
- David Moorcroft Resignation. (pdf - 5,556).
Sport England and UK Sport force the resignation of David Moorcroft in an effort to distract attention from their own performance.
- Tony Ward Blog. (html).
Tony Ward was once the British Athletics Federation's Communication Director, and this is his well founded criticism of UK Athletics.
- An open letter from Zac to the SEAA Officers - 03/03/06. (html).
The SEAA are a Limited Company, and the elected officers do not own the business. The Clubs own the business, and the officers have a duty to protect the business. If the Association wishes to convert to a commercial enterprise outside of the control of the clubs, then it is the clubs that must decide that pathway.
- Press Release regarding the AAA's EGM on 10th Dec 2005. (pdf - 72k).
Please encourage your club to vote at this EGM. Download the PDF file for full resolution.
- An open letter from John Bicourt to UK Sport Chair, Sue Campbell. (html).
Sue Campbell stated "It takes about 8 years from the identification of an individual through to the podium".
- The Sport England take-over of athletics. (html).
"The Sport England tanks are on the lawn of the oldest sporting association in the world."
- A personal view of the changes by John Bicourt. (html).
"Athletics is in dire straits and being run by an administration seriously and disgracefully lacking in ability to deliver the sport over the last eight years, sponsored by Sport England, a government quango with it's head in the clouds and clearly with little idea about the success routes for athletics."
- Press Release from the Department for Culture Media and Sport - 16th Sept 2005.. (html).
This represents the Government's formal go ahead for the Foster Review implementation. It will not raise standards at elite level, and it will serve to reduce the grass roots to a series of athletic type games where the emphasis is on fun. The AAA of England must be preserved as the mechanism through which clubs can organise a meaningful competition structure.
- Comment on the referendum.. (html).
Is the referendum about gathering consent, or creating the illusion of consent.
- Referendum Press Release.. (html).
The cynical way forward. The referendum designed to undermine the AAA of England's EGM planned for 29th October 2005.
- AAA of England suspend the elected treasurer.. (html).
The management board have suspended an elected officer for simply expressing a view different to the official line. It is a disgraceful way for a democratic organisation to behave.
- A comment about the AAA's conditions to the Foster Project Board (See above). (html).
A cynical but honest assessment of the AAA of England's disingenuous conditions to the Foster Project Board.
- AAA of England's Conditions to the Foster Project Board dated 22nd July 2005. (Wordpad Doc 29,289 bytes)
A statement sent to all clubs outlining the terms under which they are prepared to throw in the towel.
- A personal view of the South of England Athletics Association. (Wordpad Doc 34,816 bytes)
Having spent 15 months sitting on the SEAA General Committee, I felt it was time to shine a torch on how your club can be directly represented on this committee, and why you might never have been informed about your rights to influence this important territorial association.
- Leaflet encouraging clubs to vote against the closure of the AAA of England. (pdf 9,255 bytes)
- A personal view of the Foster Report, written within 48 hours of the original publication (pdf 25,189 bytes)
Print as a double sided A4 sheet to be folded into an A5 booklet.
- An alternative to the Foster Review. (pdf 23,609 bytes)
This is an unattributed alternative to the Foster Review. There is nothing original in these ideas. It is simply a document to shine a torch on what is already good and working in our sport.
- The Annexes to the Foster Review. (pdf 942,671 bytes)
The Annexes attached to the Foster Review Document.
- The Original Foster Review. (pdf 544,963 bytes)
This is the original Foster Review Document released 10th May 2004.
- Belgrave Harriers assessment of UK Athletics in January 2004. (pdf 24,103)
Produced by the Sponsorship and Development Committee of Belgrave Harriers. January 2004.
- UK Athletics First Press Release. (html)
This is the press release which launched UK Athletics '98 on 28th November 1997, as originally published on this web site.
- Sign the "Save the AAA's" petition. (html)
Please sign up to this petition to save the AAA of England. It involves completing a small form.
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