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The following officers have been elected for the current season:
 Dr. Norman Poole |
Roles: President Bio: I first joined the BMC in 1968 as an athlete and ran a PB one mile in one of the Trafford Tuesday evening meets. During the following years more PBs followed in BMC competitions and I knew for certain that the BMC was a very special organisation. |
 Tim Brennan |
Roles: Chairman, Grand Prix Director Bio: I joined the BMC in 1975 as a 13 year old to run in the races organised by Frank Horwill at Crystal Palace, in my first race I broke my 800m PB by 6.5s and was sold on the benefits of the BMC! I have maintained my membership ever since. When my racing career was winding down, I wanted to stay involved in the club and in 1995 offered to organise a race for the opening of my hometown track Sutton Arena. Since then I have organised at many venues particularly Watford which has built a legendary status for fast times. As Grand Prix director since 1999 I have overseen the meetings across the country and seen a huge number of personal bests and qualifications achieved. I became chairman of the club in 2006 and have sort to keep the club as relevant to today’s athletes, as it was to me when I joined, modernising what we do but staying true to core principles. |
 David Lowes |
Roles: Academy: Chairman, Coaching Committee, National Secretary Phone: 0191 384 6592 Bio: Former GB and England international runner at distances from 3000m up to half-marathon and cross country and a former English Schools champion in a bygone era. GB and England Athletics Team Coach. Former Coaching Editor at Athletics Weekly and writer of well over 600 articles and editor of three bookazines. Winner of the 2012 Valencia Sports and Tourism ‘Best Sports Article, Newspaper or Magazine’ for Valencia Marathon. Guest speaker at the European Coaching Conference in Pajulahti, Finland and venues across the UK. Ex-National Coach Mentor at England Athletics. Recipient of Frank Horwill Award for Outstanding Service to BMC and also Lifetime Services to Coaching. Course Director of 22 Academy Residential Courses at four different venues. Coached 19 athletes to England or GB status. BMC photographer at Grand Prix Meetings. |
 Matthew Fraser Moat |
Roles: Treasurer Phone: 07802 501895 Bio: Matthew joined the BMC Committee as BMC News Editor in 1990. He has been a race organiser since 1993 and was one of the founders of the BMC Grand Prix series in the 1990s. He received the Frank Horwill award for outstanding services to the BMC in 2000. A qualified accountant, Matthew has performed a number of roles on the Committee and his current role is Treasurer. |
 Paul Hayes (Membership) |
Roles: Membership Bio: Taken over from Pat Fitzgerald from 01 Jan 2022. |
 Steve Green |
Roles: BMC News Editor Phone: 07881 099305 Bio: Steve Green is a sub- four minute miler and two time commonwealth games 1500m finalist (1994 and 1998). He is also Jamaican 1500m record holder (3:39.19) and former AAA 3000m champion. He has been a BMC Race Organiser for Trafford Gold Standards and Sheffield Indoor GP since 2011. |
 Neville Taylor |
Roles: Coaching Committee, Coaching and Sponsorship Phone: 07753 70885 Bio: My early athletic career began as a sprinter. I gradually moved up in distance, was mainly carried out on the black cinder track at Battersea Park. I have been coaching a number of sports for almost 50 years. The coaches that have mainly influenced my practical coaching philosophy |
All official correspondence to the BMC should be addressed to the National Secretary at the above address. All matters so received will be addressed by the national committee at their next meeting
Matters concerning specific areas of the club should be sent to the relevant person from the above list.
Coaching Sub Committee
The Coaching sub-committee set and implement the coaching strategy for the BMC. This includes national and regional coaching events, online events, and publications. The committee also make annual coaching and scholarship awards.
The coaching sub-committee is also responsible for arranging regional training courses. Again details can be found on the home page or by contacting one of the members of the committee in the list below.
Neville Taylor |
Roles: Coaching Committee, Coaching and Sponsorship Phone: 07753 70885 Bio: My early athletic career began as a sprinter. I gradually moved up in distance, was mainly carried out on the black cinder track at Battersea Park. I have been coaching a number of sports for almost 50 years. The coaches that have mainly influenced my practical coaching philosophy |
 James Thie |
Roles: Coaching Advisor, Coaching Committee Bio: James is a senior lecturer and Performance Director for Athletics at Cardiff Metropolitan University. A former International middle-distance runner, who was a finalist at World, European and Commonwealth championships. To add to this, a multiple British champion and sub 4 minute miler both indoors and outdoors. Not done with running in to his 40’s, he is the current World masters indoor 1500m champion. In 2010, James started coaching through his first athlete, David Bishop, who would go on in 2014 to run for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games and run a 3:56 Mile and 3:37 for 1500m. Since then James has coached 3 more sub 4 milers; Jake Heyward 3:54, Tom Marshall 3:58 and Ieuan Thomas 3:59. Other successes have ranged from distance at and between 800m to 50km, with over 12 Great British Internationals and taking various National titles and records. With recent successes including Jake Smith’s 60:31 Half marathon Performance at the 2020 World half marathon championships. These successes led to being named 2017 BMC coach of year and Welsh Athletics awards in 2018 and 2020. A Great Britain team staff for World Juniors, European U20’s and European U23’s Championships as well as currently completing his Doctorate in Sport Coaching. |
David Lowes |
Roles: Academy: Chairman, Coaching Committee, National Secretary Phone: 0191 384 6592 Bio: Former GB and England international runner at distances from 3000m up to half-marathon and cross country and a former English Schools champion in a bygone era. GB and England Athletics Team Coach. Former Coaching Editor at Athletics Weekly and writer of well over 600 articles and editor of three bookazines. Winner of the 2012 Valencia Sports and Tourism ‘Best Sports Article, Newspaper or Magazine’ for Valencia Marathon. Guest speaker at the European Coaching Conference in Pajulahti, Finland and venues across the UK. Ex-National Coach Mentor at England Athletics. Recipient of Frank Horwill Award for Outstanding Service to BMC and also Lifetime Services to Coaching. Course Director of 22 Academy Residential Courses at four different venues. Coached 19 athletes to England or GB status. BMC photographer at Grand Prix Meetings. |
