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Absolute Triathlon Club, C/O 31 Penarth Gardens, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG5 4EG |
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+44 (0) 115 9607912 / 07795 342639 |
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Jayne@absolutetriathlonclub.co.uk |
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Nottingham Sports Club of the Year 2011
Club Beginnings
Absolute Triathlon Club was formed by Triathlon Coach Steve Lloyd and his wife Jayne in April 2009.
Steve had been involved in triathlon for a number of years both working for himself as a professional tri coach as well as being employed by the British Triathlon Federation. When Steve, his wife and baby twins moved to Nottingham in 2008 Steve felt that there was no provision in the area for a tri club that catered for juniors and so the first seeds were planted about creating a brand new club in Nottingham.
Although during the planning stages Steve & Jayne discussed the option of having a privately owned club, it was quickly decided that the club would be a community project to provide opportunities in triathlon to local children and would be ran by a volunteer committee who would receive no financial remuneration. The club is therefore ‘owned’ by its members who are able to vote at the annual general meeting.
With the help of Nottingham City Council Steve & Jayne secured a Community Sports Fund grant of £1500 to launch the club helping to pay for facilities and other costs such as marketing and coach education. It was during the early part of 2009 that interest started to grow about the club providing adult sessions so it was decided that the Thursday evening swim session would be for adults as well as juniors (who were to also have a specific session on a Sunday.)
The club grew quickly and with the adult sessions developing at a fast rate additional swim sessions were included on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s as well as run & bike sessions.
Steve always had a very strong ethos that the club should be self sustaining and not rely on grant funding, and within the first 6 months of launching the club reached this goal with swim sessions breaking even and income generated from membership fees.
The club remains a volunteer organisation ran on a ‘not-for-profit’ or more accurately ‘non-profit-distributing’; this does not mean that the club cannot generate revenue from sessions and memberships it simply means that we do not / cannot distribute any of the clubs surplus income (profit) to the committee or members and any money is ploughed back in to the club.
Another key decision from the start was to ensure that all club coaches were rewarded for their time and each one receives either payment for delivering sessions (at a rate depending on their experience Level 1 £10, Level 2 £15 and Level 3 £20 per hour they are actually coaching), gets free sessions in return or is expected to volunteer their time free of charge if the club pays for their qualifications. This system is ran by most other tri clubs in an effort to increase commitment and professionalism within a club environment as well as retaining & rewarding coaches.
Fast forward to 2011 and the club continues to grow and thrive with almost 180 adult and junior members, several sessions across the week and a junior club welcoming 36 enthusiastic children every week during term time.
Steve and Jayne remain active in the club as Chairman and Secretary and have been joined by a great team of people prepared to give their time to help develop the club further. Steve receives payment for the majority of the coached sessions he delivers in exactly the same way as any other coach at the club does, apart from this there is no cross over either financially or organisationally with the club and his business.
Steve does continue to run his own coaching business and privately coaches numerous duathletes and triathletes across the UK; those living within the Nottingham area also have the advantage of being able to join Absolute Triathlon Club and access all the great benefits that all of our other members are entitled to.
The club is always looking for new blood to join the committee or undertake coaching qualifications, if you are enthusiastic and would like to be involved in the continued development of a dynamic and active club we would live to hear from you.