Annual Conference

The 2022 AGM and Conference was held at the Holiday Inn, Brighouse on Sunday 2 October 2022.

Guest Speakers:

Chris Moss (UKA, Interim Development Director) he provided an update on UKA’s Officials Strategy “a year on after its launch”

Marc Ritchie (EA, Technical Officials Development Manager) Marc talked about the background data on the volumes of officials and training courses completed in the past few years

Chris Cohen (Competition Director and Technical Delegate) he spoke about his year of athletics.  His presentation was enlightening.

Minute of Silence: Paul Yates asked for a minute’s silence for our officials who died in the past 12 months and these were Diedre Clayton, Andrew Clatworthy and John Howley.  This should have included Ted Butcher too.

Terry Bailey, Malcolm Brooks and Andy Parker have decided to step down from the Northern Athletics Official Association committee. During the conference Paul Yates on behalf of the membership and committee thanked them for their decades of service to NAOA and Athletics.

The 2023 AGM and Conference will be held on Sunday 1st October 2023