Rugby Oldham Elections

2010 RUGBY OLDHAM AGM & ELECTIONS – IMPORTANT UPDATE

The AGM and elections will now be held on Sunday May 23rd prior to the Roughyed vs. Hunslet Hawks game.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

 

The Trust is a democratic organisation, and its members have the opportunity to elect representatives to the Trust’s board each year. When it was first established, a steering group ran the Trust and established its Constitution with considerable guidance from the national Supporters’ Direct organisation, but as soon as was possible, at the first AGM, held in April 2006, eight members were elected to form the Trust’s board. They were :

Michael Ackroyd
Iain Ashworth
Geoff Cooke
Ian Etchells
Linda Mills
Iain Taylor
Brian Walker
Simon Winnard

These eight then elected Iain Taylor to be their Chair, Ian Etchells to be Deputy-Chair and Michael Ackroyd the Trust’s Treasurer. In addition, they co-opted representatives of Oldham RLFC, the Oldham Amateur League, the Oldham Service Area and the Heritage Trust - respectively Roger Halstead, Phil Bradbury, Don Yates and Michael Turner - to the board, on which Ian Wilson also sat, as Secretary.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Trust, Geoff Cooke, Linda Mills, Iain Taylor and Simon Winnard stood down as board members after one year, and in May, 2007, Geoff Cooke, Charlotte Deakin, Iain Taylor and Simon Winnard were elected to the board to serve up to 2009. On the sad death of Don Yates, Garry Hepworth replaced him as the nominated representative of the Service Area on the Trust’s board.

In 2008, again in accordance with the Constitution, Michael Ackroyd, Iain Ashworth, and Brian Walker stood down as elected board members. In addition, Ian Etchells and Simon Winnard resigned from the board during 2007-08. Accordingly, in May 2008, the following were elected to the board, to join Geoff Cooke, Charlotte Deakin and Iain Taylor : Iain Ashworth, Dave Blackburn, Steve Brown and Brian Walker. Alun Goodwin has also replaced Phil Bradbury as the nominee of the Oldham Amateur League.

Further elections have been held each year since 2006, and the current board is made up of the following:

  • Iain Taylor (Chair)
  • Iain Ashworth
  • Dave Blackburn
  • Steve Brown
  • Geoff Cooke
  • Charlotte Deakin
  • Tim Hughes
  • Brian Walker
  • Phil Whitworth
  • Ian Wilson (Secretary / Acting Treasurer)

plus, as-opted members

  • Roger Halstead
  • Phil Bradbury
  • Garry Hepworth (who replaced the late Don Yates as the representative of the Service Area
  • Michael Turner

The Trust's next AGM will be held in May, 2010, and details of the 2010 election process will be posted on this site in due course.