London Fields Triathlon Club was formed in October 2009 after a chance meeting between Chris Skinner and Guy Holbrow at London Fields Lido. Guy’s pal Tim Smith happened to be a triathlon coach, and the first seeds were sown. The club aims to promote triathlon through a variety of coached sessions and organised events, offering affordable, rewarding experiences in the sport for members of the local community.
In early January 2010, twenty enthusiastic members met in the snow for out first session. From these humble beginnings, the club has steadily attracted a growing membership base and now has many hundreds of members and is a thriving community of enthusiastic triathletes!
We offers training and competition in a friendly environment for everyone from complete novices to hardened Ironman veterans. We are a not for profit, community focused club run by volunteers and we like to think our members get out what they put in, which is often a lot of time, energy and love!
LFTC runs a full constitution, with volunteer members elected to a representative committee. We are members of the British Triathlon Federation, and we are committed to achieving the highest level of club mark and creating a thriving juniors section in addition to the adults wing of the club.
Club Committee
Chair
Molly Whitehall
Responsibilities:
- Provide vision and leadership to ensure the continued development of the Club for the benefit of all the members and the local community.
- Work closely with the Committee and other members of the Club to ensure that the Club operates effectively.
- Initiate succession planning, to ensure that the Club is never without volunteers in key roles.
- Provide leadership to the Club Committee on key aspects of the Club’s activities from training and racing to fundraising and social activities.
Secretary
Ellie Wiseman
Responsibilities:
- Communicate the Club’s aims and objectives to the membership.
- Answer or direct members’ questions to right places or people.
- Give notice of all Committee Meetings, the Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary Meetings, together with an appropriate agenda, record the proceedings of all such meetings and document them as minutes.
- Contribute to the good governance of the Club.
- Administer membership of BTF, ensure that the Club remains compliant with BTF’s standards of good governance, and take responsibility for implementing any reforms required or advised by BTF.
Treasurer
Fiona Martin
Responsibilities:
- Handle the Club’s accounts.
- Administer payment for bookings.
- Administer payment for coaches and facilities.
- Administer payments of subs from members.
- Prepare and submit annual accounts to the Charity Commission and present them at the AGM.
Head Coach
J-J Chan
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for leading and putting in place the schedule of coached sessions.
- Engage and collaborate with other members of the coaching team to prepare and execute an annual training plan and strategy that reflects the Club’s and the membership’s key goals.
- Work with and oversee other coaches in the preparation of execution of key coached sessions.
- Organise and chair regular meetings of the coaches and take responsibility for communication amongst the coaching team.
- Uphold and abide by the BTF Coaches Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Welfare Officer (Adults)
Marta Bertran
Responsibilities:
- Act as the first point of contact for individuals who have queries or concerns regarding safeguarding.
- Facilitate the process of DBS checks when required.
- Receive, record and forward to the Lead Officer of your Home Nation any concerns that are expressed to you.
- Keep confidential records of all related documents.
- Ensure that the Club has a safeguarding policy and that this is followed and accessible to all.
- Work with the Welfare Officer (Juniors) on all of the above.
Welfare Officer (Juniors)
Izzy Jones
Responsibilities:
- Act as the first point of contact for individuals who have queries or concerns regarding safeguarding.
- Ensure that all Club personnel who work with children / young people have received appropriate training.
- Facilitate the process of DBS checks when required.
- Receive, record and forward to the Lead Officer of BTF (England) any concerns that are expressed to you.
- Keep confidential records of all related documents.
- Ensure that the club has a safeguarding and child protection policy and that this is followed and accessible to all.
- Be familiar with national safeguarding and child protection policies.
- Work with the Welfare Officer (Adults) and the Juniors Lead(s) on all of the above.
Juniors Lead
Sean Parrett
Responsibilities:
- Provide support and work closely with the Head Coach and other coaches to provide structured and appropriate sessions for junior athletes.
- Work with the Club Chairperson, Club Captains and Head Coach to provide a vision for juniors’ development and progression, including to the adult section of the Club and/or to age-group competition at national level.
- Work with key partners in the local community to encourage and inspire junior participation in triathlon, including organising events with other clubs and taking a lead on recruitment to the Club.
- Working with the Events Officers to organise the Junior Aquathlon and other juniors’ events.
- Administer the running of a junior section of the Club.
Club Constitution
The club has a formal constitution which defines how it operates and is approved at an annual general meeting. The latest version of this document is attached here:
Club Rules
The following rules apply to all club members and must be agreed to in order to sign up as a member.
General
- LFTC and its members shall abide by the policies and procedures of the British Triathlon Federation including but not limited to its Safeguarding Policy, Equality & Diversity Policy and Anti-Doping Policy (copies of which can be found under the heading ‘Policy Documents’ by following this link).
- Members agree not to bring LFTC into disrepute.
- Members must treat other members, volunteers, participants, and families and friends of participants with courtesy and respect.
- Members must take responsibility for their own personal health, and notify the lead coach before every training session if they have a condition, illness or injury that may endanger themselves or those around them.
- Members must follow LFTC’s rules and procedures, including those relating to health & safety, safeguarding children, equal opportunities and use of personal information.
- Members should arrive no later than 5 minutes before the session is to begin and wait in the appropriate area according to the facility.
Training Rules
Swimming
- The local swimming pool rules must be adhered to.
- Members must not enter water until appropriate number of lifeguards is in place for all swim sessions.
- In open water members must make themselves aware of all specific dangers relating to the chosen location. Members must take their own appropriate safety precautions, and ensure reasonable safety cover is in place (see Open Water Gudielines, T17).
- Members must not swim in prohibited areas.
Cycling
- Helmets must be worn at all times.
- Cyclists must obey the Highway Code.
- Cyclists must be courteous to other road users.
- Cyclists must ensure that all bicycles and cycling equipment is in good working order and will satisfy the BTF rules for competition.
Running
- Members must have due regard for pedestrians and other legitimate users of foot paths, roads and bridleways, and any other users of the land especially farmers.
- When taking part in a long run, all athletes must notify the lead coach and one other person if they do not intend to complete the session in full – i.e. once you begin a session, you will be expected at the finish.
Competition
- Members must obey all rules relating to the event they are competing in and compete in a sportsman-like manner.