AGM 2025
Minutes of MPBA Fast Electric Section AGM 2025
Friday 27th June – attendance list was passed around for signature
Meeting opened at 5:27pm
People present
Pete Barrow, Martin Marriott, Chris Pheasey, Jonnie Pheasey, Paul Heaton, David Harvey, Ashley Wilson, Paul Wilson, Stephe Hart, Rob Physick, Mike Gelson, David Clay, Gary Westwood.
No apologies of absence
Chairmans report
Pete Barrow started the AGM and welcomed all those in attendance.
Overall, there was not much to report on, it was noted that we’d had some good racing at Northern Amp Draggers leading up to Nationals and that both Pete and Ashley would be participating at the upcoming World Championships in Poland straight after the event. Those in attendance wished the pair good luck.
Secretary’s report
This was unavailable on the day as unfortunately the Secretary was not in attendance. Chairman stated this would be addressed later in the AGM.
Treasurers report
The Treasurer, Chris Pheasey advised that the closing balance at the end of last year was £660 and as of week commencing 16 June 2025 we currently held £630 in the account.
The balance of £630 included a grant of £460 from the MPBA but did not include the cost of trophies, hire of the lake or NAD’s equipment hire for the event.
Taking this into account it was noted there would still be sufficient funds to cover these outstanding costs and central fund was still available. The application to setup online banking as discussed last year was still ongoing and in progress.
International officers report
Paul Heaton provided a general overview of this year World Championships and along with Pete Barrow they both advised how the duration of the event had changed compared to previous years.
The 6 second mill time was queried as there was no mention of this within the Naviga rules. Both NADs and UK Nationals had adopted this to align ourselves with Naviga.
It was agreed by all competitors we would stick with the 6 second mill time, however if any changes needed to be made for future events changes would be made. All competitors were happy.
National Officers report
Nationals Officer, Martin Marriott had advised there’d been no changes from previous years and that all entrants had successfully been registered on the system for the upcoming event.
The website had undergone a minor change in that it was now using a secure connection protocol (HTTPS).
It was suggested that for future events perhaps a little more time could be allocated before registration closed to allow schedules to be released slightly earlier and competitors time to obtain their numbers. Those in attendance agreed 7-10 days before the event would most likely work better for all involved.
Election of Officers
Pete asked all those currently on the Committee if they were happy to stand for re-election. All were happy to stand again and there were no opposes from those present.
Those that wished to be re-elected:
Chairman – Pete Barrow
Nationals Officer – Martin Marriott
Treasurer – Chris Pheasey
Safety Officer/International Officer – Paul Heaton
It was noted that the Secretary position was currently un-occupied the Chairman had sent an email out to all competitors prior to the event inviting those interested in the position to apply.
Ashley Wilson had expressed his interest in fulfilling the role and had contacted both the Chairman and Nationals Officer in advance.
It was put to the vote, proposer David Harvey seconded by Paul Heaton.
All in attendance were in favour of Ashley taking on the position. No abstainers.
Proposals
Proposal 1 – Pete Barrow proposed SR65 Racing at 2026 UK Nationals to help encourage new talent into the hobby and generate interest.
It was agreed that we would invite SR65 owners from Bridlington who already race the class to next year’s Nationals to see how popular it would be. It was also agreed that people could also pitch the idea to other SR65 owners at their local clubs such as Bury, Darlington, Kings Bury Water Park etc to gage if there was any further interest from outside Bridlington.
It was emphasised that the racing for SR65’s must keep it’s current fun factor and that costs etc would be kept to a minimum. Boats would be covered under Bridlington’s own insurance and that Nationals would provide a trophy. Racing for SR65 would be held over one day.
No other proposals.
Chairman opened the floor to members for any other business, nothing was raised.
AGM ended.