It's nice to see Paul Groves getting the recognition that he deserves. Having spent the weekend at the ETU Technical Committee meetings he ends up getting elected Chair of the Committee which can only be a good thing when it comes to harmonising the rules across the frederations. Alan Spelling, another of the GB senior referees and well-known for his age group activities, he competed in all the major international championships this year, is named as the referee for the European Championships in 2002. Paul is also up for election to the Executive Board here in the UK and based on his performance at National and International level certainly deserves to be elected.