Scottishathletics have released their coach education and officials training dates for early 2023. Coach Education The Assistant Coach award is suitable for existing helpers or athletes aged over 16. More info on what is involved is here but it is a mixture of online learning and attending a one day in-person workshop (no assessment) There are also mandatory … Continue reading Interested in becoming a Coach or Official?
Club Survey & Sub Groups
Club Members/Parents Survey We ran this survey about 18 months ago and we think it is time to revisit this to gauge our progress, and get some feedback from our newer members. The survey is split into seven sections with most answers being either tick box or linear scale. However, there is space for comments … Continue reading Club Survey & Sub Groups
New Publicity Officer
We are delighted to give a warm CAAC welcome to our new publicity officer Neil Hutton, who will help celebrate all our good news stories, and raise the CAAC profile with our wider community. If you have any stories you want to share or just to say hello, please drop him an email at publicity@caac.org.uk. … Continue reading New Publicity Officer
IAN MACRAE
Ian MacRae who sadly passed away last week was without question a colossal figure in the history of Corstorphine AAC. Ian joined CAAC in 1987 and was quickly immersed in all aspects of the club. Affectionately nicknamed “the puddin” it was clearly a misnomer as he was not averse to tackling any of the sprints … Continue reading IAN MACRAE
Volunteers
As National Volunteer Week draws to a close we would again like to thank our amazing volunteers for all their efforts. However, of course we would also like to invite more volunteers to come on board and develop the club and athletes even further. These can be from members, parents, families, friends and indeed the … Continue reading Volunteers
THANKS TO OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS
Without our amazing volunteers the club simply would not exist. Whether it is our coaches, officials, committee, web and social media admin or in other areas we owe them all a HUGE THANK YOU. To help celebrate National Volunteers Week (June 1st to 7th) we ask that our members thank our volunteers in person. This could … Continue reading THANKS TO OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS
Club Officials Mentoring Programme
Well done to all the athletes who took part in the recent match versus Harmeny AC, and to those parents who helped out. We will be looking to run more in-house events like this. In addition, we are also now in league season where we need to supply a quota of helpers. Of course all this takes … Continue reading Club Officials Mentoring Programme
HELP NEEDED
We need some help with our early Thursday session (6pm to 7.15pm) as the help we did have has moved onto the later session with their kids. This would be a great opportunity for parents to get involved, or older athletes before their own session. Please note: NO athletics experience is needed. You will always be … Continue reading HELP NEEDED
New Volunteer Web Section
We are delighted to announce a new online section covering volunteers. To launch this please read the article below to show how volunteers make a difference and follow the links at the end of the article to visit the new section. The Medal Bus Stop After waiting thirty-three years for a Scottish athlete to win … Continue reading New Volunteer Web Section
DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE……
To help the club develop further we are keen to engage with more volunteers from both within the club and indeed the wider community. Please note no athletics knowledge is needed for most of the roles and full support and training will be provided. In particular we are looking for further help with communications and … Continue reading DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE……