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Important Information
COVID-19 Update
Sunday March 15, 2020

The PCCCT committee is monitoring the current COVID-19 situation. As the club races attract less than 500 people we do not feel the need to cancel races at this stage. This decision is based on current Department of Health recommendations. We will continue to monitor the situation for any changes. We will act on advice from the local Department of Health to ensure that our response to this ongoing and developing pandemic is appropriate and in line with the most up-to-date advice and guidelines.

The health and safety of our members is our number one priority and we will act on advice and directions from the Health Department if and when they change.

The PCCCT is taking measures to ensure we have a safe environment for our members. Consequently, the morning tea normally held after race 1 is cancelled.

We will have hand sanitiser available for use at races

We urge our members and supporters to adopt the following recommendations from the Department of Health:

1. Do not shake hands or otherwise contact one another.
2. Try to keep a distance of 1.5m from other people.
3. Cover nose and mouth with tissue or flexed elbow when coughing or sneezing.
4. Wash your hands with soap and water and dry with paper towel.

If you are displaying symptoms that are associated with COVID-19 you should seek medical advice. For the health and safety of other members we encourage you to refrain from attending any races when unwell.

The committee will keep you updated both on Facebook and our website if any new information comes to hand.

Orders from our first batch of tops have arrived! Please check your emails for more information on collection, or you can collect at Race 1 (Wivenhoe).

Orders from the second batch have been received and are processing. 

We are currently not taking any orders. We anticipate to reopen after the season starts. 

You will be able to get your name on the back, and your race number on the front. This number will be able to be used for races, so you won’t have to pin a bib onto these tops for PCCCT races.

Singlet – $33

Shirt – $38

Fill out this form to place an order

This form only submits an order for one person. If ordering for multiple people, please fill this form out for each person. This ensures we are getting the right details on the right tops. 

Orders for the this batch will close on the Wednesday 12/3/20 at 8pm. More orders will be made throughout the year depending on demand.

We will notify you by email, and post on our Facebook page and website once the orders are ready for collection.

President’s Report and minutes

Pres report 2019

MinutesAGM2019

The AGM of the PCCCT will be held at the Ulverstone SLSC on December 3rd starting at 7:00pm.

Below are the documents you will need.

As for all general meetings, current 2019 members and life members are welcome. We would like to see good numbers so please attend if you can.

2019 AGM Agenda

MinutesAGM2018

Rod Viney

Secretary

Results of meeting

At the Special General Meeting of the Club tonight, members voted as follows:

A majority of members present voted in favour of lifting the penalty (suspension) of the member who had been suspended. That member may now continue as a member of the PCCCT.

A majority of members present voted in favour of confirmation of the penalty of the member who had been expelled and appealed. That member now ceases to be a member of of the PCCCT.

Rod Viney (Secretary)

Your Committee would like all 2019 members and Life Members who can possibly attend to do so.

Some unfortunate incidents occurred after race 25  on September 15 at Burnie Netball Centre (the Big Six), involving three Club members.

As per the Club Constitution Section 31 (link below), your Committee investigated and found all three had breached the Club Code of Conduct (link below).

Consequently, two members were expelled from the Club and the third suspended.

The Constitution allows suspended and expelled members to appeal their sanctions to a special general meeting and two of the three have appealed.

Agenda:

1. Welcome and brief explanation of proceedings
2. Details of the penalties imposed by the committee and the reason for the penalties
3. Up to five minute break for the appellants to prepare to be heard by the meeting
4. The member suspended may speak to the meeting, should he wish
5. The member expelled may speak to the meeting, should he wish
6. Vote scrutineers appointed
7. Voting slips distributed and members vote to endorse each penalty or lift each penalty
8. Votes counted by scrutineers
9. Count result announced
10. Meeting closes

NB As per the Constitution:

(8) If at the Special General Meeting a majority of the members present vote in favour of the lifting of the penalty, the penalty shall be deemed to have been lifted and the member is entitled to continue their membership of the Association.

(9) If at the Special General Meeting a majority of the members present vote in favour of the confirmation of the penalty, the penalty takes effect, and the member ceases to be a member of the Association without entitlement to refund to registration monies paid.

(10) Persons expelled from the Association will not be eligible to reapply for membership at any time, except with the consent of the Committee.

Following the incidents which occurred at the Club race on 15 September, your committee acted according to the Club constitution, Section 31.

The matter was investigated by your committee and found that three members had breached the club Code of Conduct.

As a result, one member had his Club membership suspended for six months and the other two were expelled from the Club.

The member suspended and one of the two expelled have, according to the constitution, asked the Committee to call a Special General Meeting to which they wish to appeal their sanctions.

Please note that the third member has until October 17 to lodge a requisition to appeal, also.

Consequently, you are advised:

Notice of Special General Meeting

Professional Cross Country Club Inc. has called a Special General Meeting at 7.00 pm, Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 at the Ulverstone Surf Lifesaving Club. Agenda: Suspension and/or Expulsion of Members as outlined in the PCCCT Inc. Constitution. Attendance at the Special General Meeting is open to life members and all current members of the PCCCT Inc. 

Rod Viney Secretary

Please see Section 31, paragraph 7 of the Club constitution for information on how the meeting will be conducted.

Your committee would like all current members and life members who are able to attend, to do so.

Please note: you can also donate by direct deposit to:

BSB: 067010
Account: 28005745
Please put “Troughton Appeal” as the reference.

For those who may not be aware: Isaac Troughton and his fiancée, Maddi, had a baby boy 4 weeks ago who was born at 24 weeks gestation – so very premature.

While he is making progress, Maddi and Isaac are facing big hurdles in the near term as mum and bub need to remain in Hobart with Isaac travelling.

Your committee has decided to organise a cash collection for the young family. So if you would like to contribute, please bring some money in an envelope to the run at Molly Malone’s this week or to Gunns Plains next week. It can be handed to me or Barry.

If you would like to include a note or card feel free. The donations will be pooled and forwarded to Isaac and Maddi in a couple of weeks.

Many thanks, Rod.

The Burnie Trophy Centre/Troy Atkins Accounting “Ironman Classic” 25km at Forth will be run on July 7th. Entries are now being taken for this event and must be in before Monday July 1.

You can enter on Sunday June 30 at the Club race at Burnie or on-line by using the form below. If you have any issues, email pccctentries@gmail.com.

General race queries can be directed to me, Rod, at Rod63@bigpond.com.

The Club would like to thank Hayden Bishop for his work to enable on-line entries.

Ironman entry: http://bit.ly/pccctim19

Season Registration: http://bit.ly/pccctrego19

At the committee meeting last night (May 13th) some decisions were made that we would like to share with you.

First, there was strong support from members for the 5 km Fish Frenzy race on July 14 to be a massed start, sealed handicap event. This race doubles as the Club 5 km championship. The committee decided to make this race a sealed handicap for this year.

Second, Hayden Bishop had offered to set up a system to enable us to take on-line entries and registrations. He kindly attended and demonstrated how it would work. The committee agreed to trial the system for the Ironman Classic, run on July 7. Stay tuned for more information.

Like other running organisations we are keen to reduce our impact on the environment. Consequently we are going to try to limit the use of disposable plastic cups in our events.

Could runners in the Mountain Classic on Sunday please provide their own drinks in drink bottles, labelled with your name and race number (see example). There will be a box at the start in which to place them. Please have them in the box by 10:00am.

They will be taken to the drink station for you and then to Ridgley for you to collect.

Also there will be a soup lunch provided after the event. A big thank you to our soup makers.

It has been suggested to the Committee that we consider running Race 16, Fish Frenzy 5km as a sealed handicap.

This event doubles as the Club 5km championship.
So, it would be a mass start and the first three men and women across the line would be the championship placegetters.