Elizabeth (Liz) Taylor
Tuesday 22 November 2011
We shall be seeing a lot more of a new face that has been seen at the club recently.
Liz Taylor has recently taken up a position with Welsh Athletics as the Club Network Officer for South East Wales with special responsibility for assisting clubs with their development and has already created a good working relationship with Cardiff.
In addition to Cardiff, Liz has responsibility for Aberdare AAC, Barry & Vale Harriers and Bridgend AC and will work with these four clubs as well as the six local authorities and two schools districts that fall within her area.
She will be working closely with the clubs and all key partners to assist them with a structured approach to the development of athletics locally. One of her objectives is to support and build up long term good relationships between clubs and schools.
Cardiff AAC has long recognised the need to support all our volunteers and to encourage others to come and help. We should like to have a specific "Volunteer Coordinator" who is a 'recognised point of contact' within the club and can also work with Liz to develop the role. Volunteers are the lifeblood of the club and we are sure that Liz will prove to be a very valuable help to us.
We are very fortunate that we already have so many excellent people willing to put in many hours as coaches, team managers and administrators; but we can always do with more, especially as our membership is growing and is currently bigger than it has been for many years. By taking advantage of Liz's services and utilizing schemes such as Clubmark, we can continue to grow and become even more successful.
Liz comes with a background of good experience in a local authority and a keen interest in sport. She is clearly determined to make a success of this new challenge and we wish her every success.
She attended our general committee meeting recently to explain her role and said:
"I look forward to working alongside you all and I want to ensure that club to school links go from strength to strength; what better legacy will there be from 2012 than an extensive network of clubs offering high quality athletic opportunities for young people, supported by a valued and ever growing volunteer workforce."
A warm welcome to Liz.