Editorial

So we are at the sharp end of the season! Swimming have already brought home the bacon and we have a host of other World Championships to look forward to with Canoeing, Judo, Triathlon, Modern Pentathlon, Athletics and Rowing (to name a few!) all coming up in the next few weeks. If you want to keep up to speed on everyone's progress, just subscribe to our twitter feed and facebook page.

As usual we've been busy here at the BAC, and you will notice that there are new benefits and offers coming on stream for you to access We've also been busy behind the scenes and I'd ask anyone who is supposed to sign a deed document for team 2012 (and has not yet done so) to read the few words below.

I'd also ask you to keep Oct 1st free in your diaries for our conference and AGM. This year it will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, and is the same date as the Sports Aid ball, so all attendees can stay on after if they wish, more details below.

Have a great sumer!

Pete Gardner, CEO.

This months competition!

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To enter simply answer the question below:

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Email your answer to paul@britishathletes.org and the first correct answers received will win a prize so act quick!

BAC Conference

This year the conference will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane on Thursday 1st October.

The conference is your opportunity to get involved in the running of the BAC. Part of the day is given over to our annual general meeting and elections of new board members, both of which are opportunities to get involved. There will also be information from our partners on the benefits they can offer to you.

For full details, please visit the BAC website next week when booking forms will be available. Forms will also be sent out to athlete reps and NGBs

The conference will be on the same day, and at the same venue, as the SportsAid ball. The BAC works in partnership with SportsAid and we are delighted that we will be able to support the event. There will be a number of places available at the ball for conference delegates, so book your places quick.

team 2012

This has become an increasingly hot issue over the past few weeks, especially with newspaper articles in recent days. It appears that most athletes have now signed the deed document, though there are a number still outstanding. The BAC was involved in the discussions over the document and we feel that the vast majority of athletes can sign it without any concerns that it will substantially affect them commercially. We realise that there maybe a small handful of you who have concerns about aspects of the deed and how it may affect you. However, if that is the case, we urge you to contact the team 2012 administrators via the uk sport email address sponsorship@uksport.gov.uk so that those concerns can be addressed directly and we can all get on with focussing on the job in hand.

We are also extremely concerned about newspaper articles accusing individual athletes of delaying the team 2012 project. This is unacceptable, as any teething problems being encountered by this project are not the fault of any athletes. The BAC will continue to moitor the situation and ensure that athletes are not being put under undue pressure.

Cheap Car Insurance for members

The BAC has been in detailed discussion with our insurance broking partner Towergate tlc regarding the creation of insurance related benefits for our members. The first product, which is unique to BAC members, is a motor insurance scheme. This has taken a while to negotiate but that has been to make sure that we have the right insurer prepared to take a realistic view about the risk that our membership presents to insurers.   (The issue we faced for a long time was the fact that most insurers thought athletes earned huge sums of money!) The scheme will be launched later in August so visit our website for further details and the phone number to call.

At the same time Towergate tlc will be launching a sports specific travel insurance product for BAC members that will cover annual and single trip and participation in a number of sports whilst on holiday. This will be available for family as well as BAC members and again the details of how to get a quote will be available via our website.

Beijing Reports

All athletes who competed in Beijing were asked to complete the BAC Olympic athlete survey on how they found the Games. This has now been collated into the Beijing Olympic Athlete Report and the Beijing Paralympic Athlete Report. Click the link below to read the report:

- Beijing Olympic Athlete Report

- Beijing Paralympic Athlete Report

This report is important as it enables the BAC to represent your views effectively with the governing bodies in sport and feed the athlete views into the BPA, the BOA, UK Sport, Government, and for the next few years, LOCOG.

The reports have once again highlighted the strong stance taken by British athletes on doping. The Olympic athletes again showed their strong support for the BOA byelaw with 93% stating they wished it to remain in place.

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http://www.britishathletes.org/resources/view/surveys

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- 1 Lucozade Sport recovery bar

BAC has joined the online community

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- Join the Facebook group BAC Elite Athlete Supporters Club

or alternatively

- Sign up and follow the BAC Twitter feed

And keep updated with the latest results in British Sport.

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