MANX WEATHER

ISLE OF MAN SPORTS COUNCIL/IOMAA GRANT CLAIM FORM 2007/8           

 For the financial year April 2007 – March 2008 onwards the IOMAA hope to make Sports Council payments to individuals travelling independently to competitions and to athletic clubs who have organised  travel to competitions according to the following  2 tier scale: 

Level of Competition                           Over 21s                                Under 21s 

Club                                                  £10.00                                    £15.00 

County                                              £20.00                                    £25.00 

Higher Level of Comp                       £30.00                                    £40.00

Inter Counties                                    £40.00                                    £60.00 

National                                             £50.00                                    £80.00 

However, these amounts may be affected if the total amount of claims received exceeds our annual Sports Council travel allowance, in which case payments may be reduced by the necessary percentage in order to remain within the budget.

We are also restricted under Sports Council rules to pay a maximum of 30% of the costs incurred for seniors and 50% for juniors, e.g. if an under 21 athlete (as an individual or as part of a club team) competes in the Lancashire T & F championship he/she/they would receive either £25 or 50% of the cost of travel whichever is the lowest.

N.B Individuals travelling to club-organised competitions will not be able to apply for a refund as they will normally have benefited for a subsidised travel rate offered by their clubs and the clubs will apply to the IOMAA for grant assistance. 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1)             Section A to be completed for all competition and coaching claims 

2)             Section A 

                i)              Description of Event - Competition

                                Club = league events in the UK e.g. Junior athletes league

                                County = e.g. Lancashire Cross Country event, Lancashire T & F event

                                Higher Level of Competition = North of England championship

                                Inter Counties – representing Lancashire

                                National = National championships

                                International  

                ii)             Financial Assistance from elsewhere 

Please give amount and provider of funds, e.g. support from Lancashire to attend inter county events 

iii)            Numbers Travelling – we have included an under 16 category when travelling by boat.  It is necessary to be accurate with the age categories of those competing in order to comply with the 2-tier grant system above.   For under 18s travelling independently from their clubs and coaches to competitions but accompanied by a chaperone (e.g. family member), a claim can be made for one accompanying person. 

N.B.      Please note that under Sports Council rules, we are not able to refund any accommodation expenses when travelling to competitions. 

3)             Section B to be completed for coaching events on and off island 

We hope to refund all claims for coaching events in the current year in line with current Sports Council rules (between 50% and 100% of the costs) but, as with the competition travel grant, may have to reduce payments if the total claims received exceed our budget. 

Claims from individual athletes may be submitted at any time during the financial year, but claims for clubs may only be submitted once a year (forms will be sent to the clubs towards the end of the year).  Individuals are also requested to indicate separately to which address grant payments should be sent and to whom, in the case of young athletes,  the cheque should be made payable. 

Please send your completed claim forms and all receipts to: IOMAA, c/o Grianane, Back Shore Road, Laxey, IM4 7DH 

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