Earn Money for your Club

A new way of accessing funds…

England Athletics are pleased to be able to tell you about a new partnership with Athletics Weekly which will help our club to access funds. The partnership means that if club members subscribe to Athletics Weekly money can be paid back into the sport. This money, £5 per subscription, is paid to the club that the athlete is a member of. To find out the terms and conditions associated with this offer as well as the details of how you can access the offer please go to www.athletics-weekly.com/cluboffer.php

Our 1st Claim Members can help MMAC enormously by subscribing to AW. A downloadable form to subscribe is available here… http://www.athletics-weekly.com/images/clubofferform.pdf

Please take advantage of this offer and help your Club.

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members.

I hope all your aims for 2011 will be fullfilled.

IMPORTANT for Road/XC Members

MMAC XC Championships, Droitwich, 23rd January 2011

It has been pointed out to me that there is a discrepancy between the team age groups published on the entry forms for the MMAC XC Championships in the Newsletter and that published on the entry forms which are on this Blog and on the MMAC & BMAF Websites.

The entry forms on the Blog & Websites are correct.

We are following the recent changes made by the BMAF Executive bringing the men’s team age groups in line with the women’s. These are: –

M35 – 44; M45 – 54; M55 – 64; M65 – 74; M75+ (depending on entries for this event M65+)

W35 – 44; W45 – 54; W55+ (depending on entries for this event W45+)

These will also apply to our Road Relays in April and the National Masters Road Relays in May. Any queries, please contact me on the usual numbers.

Marathon Talk

Paula Radcliffe - New York Marathon 2007

Dear runner/triathlete,

We thought you might like to know that Marathon Talk (the UK’s number 1 running podcast) has recently interviewed legendary global leader in running research and author of the ‘The Lore of Running’ Professor Tim Noakes.  The podcast is available to listen to for free via itunes or directly from the web and is a great resource for runners & triathletes.

Website is HERE http://www.marathontalk.com/

iTunes page is HERE http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/marathon-talk/id350035346

Facebook page is HERE http://www.facebook.com/marathontalk

Marathon Talk is a weekly online magazine style radio show by Martin Yelling & Tom Williams. Each week they interview a wide range of guests, including the fastest female marathoner of all time, Paula Radcliffe, the current men’s Olympic Champion, Sammy Wanjiru, the fastest American born runner of all time, Ryan Hall, the British Paralympian and gold medalist at five Paralympic games, Noel Thatcher, and some of the Worlds greatest ultra runners including Bruce Fordyce and Scott Jurek.

It would be great if you could share the latest interview and links within your running club and wider running network.

Regards

Martin & Tom
www.marathontalk.com

Brueton Park Run #20

Brueton parkrun results for Midland Masters AC for event #20

This free event is brought to you by our volunteers and our sponsors:

Centurion RC’s Andy MONEY was the first athlete across the finish line today. He completed the course in 19:01 and posted an age grade score of 73.97%. The first female athlete to cross the line was Midland Masters AC’s Sheila Janet CAREY in a time of 23:43 posting an age grade score of 86.44%.

The following athletes from Midland Masters AC from took part in today’s Brueton parkrun, Saturday 5th December 2010.

.. Brueton Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 8 Sheila Janet CAREY F 23:43 Midland Masters AC 86.44% VW60-64

London Mini Marathon 2011

WEST MIDLANDS REGION

2011 LONDON MINI MARATHON

(Incorporating UKA Age Group Road Race Championships)

TRIALS

(Under UKA Rules)

(Licence applied for)

Saturday 12^th March 2011

First race 11.00am

Stourport Cycleway,

Kingsway, Stourport,

Worcestershire

DY13 8BQ

The races will be open to all West Midlands qualified athletes under UKA Rules.

Entry will be free and accepted on the day.

Timetable: – All races will be over 3 miles on traffic free roads.

11.00am Under 13 Girls             11.30am          Under 13 Boys

12.00noon   Under 15 Girls             12.30pm          Under 15 Boys

1.00pm        Under 17 Women           1.30pm          Under 17 Men

Date of the London Mini Marathon – Sunday 17^th April 2011

The first five finishers in each race will be automatically selected as the ‘Team’ the next four will be non-travelling reserves.  There will be one place in each team left for Team Management selection.  That athlete will be advised nearer to the date of the London Mini Marathon itself.

Team Manager Rebecca FREEMAN.  Emails to Becky to show intention to compete would be appreciated please, specifying age group.

For full details please contact: – Rebecca Freeman

Telephone:  07834 087834.           Email: westmidsminimarathon@hotmail.co.uk

British & Irish Masters Cross Country International

British & Irish Masters Cross Country International

Congratulations to the following Midland Masters AC members who represented England in the Cross Country International races in Santry Park, Dublin on the 13^th November 2010.

*Northern Ireland

A full set of results can be downloaded from the Power of 10 website at http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/masters-international-results.pdf

MMAC VLM Club Entries

The succesfull applicants for the London Marathon Club entries have now been announced. Please go to http://wp.me/PDLtv-bY for details.

BMAF XC Championships 2011

Entry forms are now available to download from http://wp.me/PQ0Ea-2x

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Owing to unforseen circumstances the BMAF Cross Country Championships 2011 due to be held in Luton will no longer take place. The event has been re-scheduled to take place on the same Perry Park circuit in Birmingham used for the 2009 Masters International Cross Country on the original date of 12th March 2011.

Midland Masters AC together with Birchfield Harriers will be putting on the event on behalf of the BMAF.

As details emerge the dedicated Blog http://wp.me/pQ0Ea-2C will be kept up to date. Please  make repeat visits and don’t forget to share with your friends & contacts by clicking the Facebook; Twitter and Email links below each post.

Tom Morris

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Braunstone Park Run #6

Braunstone Park

Braunstone parkrun results for Midland Masters AC for event #6

This free event is brought to you by our volunteers and our sponsors:

Hinckley RC’s Thomas SHARDLOW was the first athlete across the finish line today, 30th October 2010. He completed the course in 16:16 and posted an age grade score of 79.61%. The first female athlete to cross the line was Leicester Triathlon Club’s Gina VAUGHAN in a time of 20:08 posting an age grade score of 85.10%.

The following athletes from Midland Masters AC from took part in today’s Braunstone parkrun.

.. Braunstone Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 21 Sheila Janet CAREY F 21:24 Midland Masters AC 95.79% VW60-64 1st run