At the 2015 ESAA ACM the Association’s President, Pat Gillett, on her retirement from ESAA committees, was made the first Honorary Vice President of The English Schools’ AA for her services to the Association from 1985 to 2015.
ESAA Awards
At the 2016 November ESAA ACM the Association’s Secretary, Brian Baker, was awarded the first of the Association’s “Lifetime of Dedication to Schools’ Athletics” awards.
Unfortunately Brian was not able to receive his award until the ESAA Combined Events Championships in Boston in September 2017.
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Brian’s roles within SSAA and for ESAA are briefly: |
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1966 |
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1969 |
SSAA athlete |
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1975 |
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First SSAA Committee Meeting |
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1977 |
Match Manager 1977 SIAB T&F International |
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1981 |
Ground Secretary 1981 ESAA T&F Championships |
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1983 |
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1986 |
SW Regional ESAA T&F Schools Cup Co-ordinator |
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1982 |
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1987 |
SSAA T&F Boys' Senior Team Manager |
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1978 |
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1988 |
SSAA Assistant Secretary |
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1979 |
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1988 |
SSAA T&F Secretary |
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1984 |
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1988 |
SSAA Coaching Secretary |
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1988 |
Ground Secretary 1988 ESAA T&F Championships |
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1991 |
Assistant Organising Secretary 1991 ESAA XC Championships |
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2005 |
SSAA Life Vice-President |
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2005 |
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2007 |
SSAA Coaching Secretary |
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2002 |
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2011 |
Somerset Badge secretary |
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2012 |
Organising Secretary 2012 ESAA XC Championships |
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1996 |
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2015 |
SSAA Senior XC Team Manager |
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2015 |
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2017 |
SWSchAA Chairman |
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2006 |
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2022 |
ESAA Combined Events Championships - Chief of Results |
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2013 |
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2022 |
SSAA Joint Coaching Secretary |
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1979 |
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SSAA T&F Championships' Secretary |
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1988 |
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SSAA Secretary |
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1995 |
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SSAA XC Secretary |
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2001 |
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SWSchAA T&F Co-ordinator |
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2013 |
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SSAA XC Championships' Secretary |
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Pat's roles within County and English Schools Athletics |
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1953 |
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Young spectator at National Track and Field Championships in Uxbridge |
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1954 |
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1958 |
Competitor for Norfolk—Hurdles, Long Jump and 100 yards at ESAA Track & Field Championships |
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1958 |
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1961 |
Norfolk Team Manager at ESAA Track & Field Championships |
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1963 |
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Sussex Team Manager at ESAA Track & Field Championships |
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1980 |
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1981 |
Chairman of London Schools'AA |
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1976 |
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1982 |
London Team Manager at ESAA Cross Country Championships |
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1976 |
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1983 |
London Team Manager at ESAA Race Walking Championships |
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1966 |
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1985 |
London Team Manager at ESAA Track & Field Championships |
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1987 |
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England Track & Field Team Manager at Galashiels |
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1988 |
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England Track & Field Team Manager at Swindon |
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1988 |
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Team Manager at ESAA Athletes’ Easter Coaching Course at Loughborough |
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1989 |
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England Track & Field Team Manager in Dublin |
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1989 |
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England Team Manager at an event in Hull for BBC TV |
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1990 |
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Team Manager at ESAA Athletes’ Easter Coaching Course at Loughborough |
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1971 |
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1990 |
London Schools'AA Hon Treasurer |
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1992 |
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Officiated at ESAA Cross-Country Cup Final |
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1998 |
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SSAA Chairman |
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2001 |
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SSAA Chairman |
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2005 |
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SSAA Chairman |
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2008 |
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SSAA Chairman |
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1986 |
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2012 |
Officiated at ESAA Cross Country Championships |
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1981 |
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2014 |
Officiated at ESAA Track & Field Championships |
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1990 |
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2014 |
Officiated at ESAA Track & Field Cup Final |
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1990 |
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2015 |
South West Regional Secretary for ESAA Track and Field Cup Competition |
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1990 |
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2015 |
SSAA Officials' Secretary |
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1990 |
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2015 |
South-West Schools' AA Officials' Secretary |
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1985 |
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2016 |
Elected to the Executive Committee of ESAA |
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1981 |
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Vice President of London Schools' AA |
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2013 |
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President of Somerset Schools Athletic Association |
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2015 |
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Vice President of South-West Schools' AA |
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