Apologies for the lateness of putting these results onto the website. You can now find the results of MMAC’s 10k Championship (incorporated within Wilne 10k) at:
https://midlandmasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mmac-wilne-10-results.pdf
Many congratulations to the winners in each age category.
Also, many congratulations to both men’s and women’s MMAC teams for their performances in the C Final of the Midland Vets Track & Field League. The men came 1st, the women 3rd and the MMAC athletes won the combined competition.
EAMA Inter-Area Cross Country Challenge
To all BMAF Area Clubs
England Athletics Masters in collaboration with Veterans AC are staging a trial Inter-Area Cross Country Challenge on Wimbledon Common, an historic and classic cross country venue. The date for this event was 24th September but due to clashes with other events and a low entry level so far the decision has been taken to put this back two weeks to Saturday 8th October.
The format of the event will be:
Venue: Wimbledon Common, Camp View/North View end, London SW19 4UL.
Post-race reception and prize giving at 4pm in the Swan pub, 89 Ridgway, London SW19 4SU
Provisional booking at this stage
Events: Race 1 M65, M75+, Women; 1:30 pm
Race 2 M35, M45, M55; 2:30 pm
4.5 miles cross country
Age Groups 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65-74; 75+ men and Women
Eligibility: BMAF Area Club members only, UKA affiliation mandatory
Individual entry, no team selection necessary
Entry fee £10 online by BMAF OpenTrack only
Awards: Trophy for the wining Area Team, certificates for scoring runners in the winning team
The teams will be scored by points for 4 runners in M35 and M45 categories, 3 runners in M55+ and all women’s categories.
There is a link to a picture of the Trophy for the event:
Please can you circulate this information with the link to the picture of the Trophy to your club members and encourage them to enter this new event.
This is a trial for this year and we would like it to be successful and grow in future years, when it can be held in a different region each year.
Many thanks,
Alex Rowe
Cross Country Secretary
England Athletics Masters Association
Additional Track events at the Decathlon weekend
(A great summer of athletics – your opportunity)
Please be reminded or aware of additional Track races, the Outdoor Classics, at the above Championship weekend.
Due to increased numbers of entries for the Decathlon/Heptathlon over the last few years. and the increase in the lack of facilities elsewhere, has meant we had to move to Alexander Stadium. To make full use of the Field Events facilities we have included the Throws Pentathlon Championships in this weekend and also the 10kM Track Run and Walks Championships. This however leaves the track empty during a large part of the middle of the day on Saturday.
Needing a fairly large contingent of Track Officials, including photo-finish, it was obvious we had to make use of that time and the officials expertise.
The first two years had a fairly small uptake for the various events on offer., although to be fair, this weekend has been in September, which is after the main International Championship of the year. However this year, as the WMA Championships are in Australia in October/November the British Outdoor Championships are in September, which save for VAC/SCVAC, Area Club Championships tend to be over by the end of June, there is a large gap between domestic Championships.
The Outdoor Classics being at the end of July, will be a good opportunity to check out how your training is going or gone, by getting some high class races against same age ‘friends and foes’, with electronic timings and full listings on Power of 10.
The various events, 100m, 200m, 400m, Short Hurdles, Long Hurdles and Mile, are spread over the day, partly around Decathlon/Heptathlon track events, to enable athletes to compete in more than one event, and get the most out of their trip to Birmingham. Between your events you will have a plethora of events to watch, as there is also the various groups of Throw Pentathletes competing on the Infield as well as Decathletes and Heptathletes, which also now includes an Inter Services Championship.
So have a look at the various timetables on the BMAF website, talk to your friends and gee up your foes and get entering. You are already paying for the provision of the facility and officials, as this weekend still loses money, so please make use of those expenses and use the day as part of your preparation for the National Championships in September and the Worlds in October.
Hope to see you at Alexander Stadium on 30th July.
Arthur Kimber, Meeting Director
Entry is now available for the MMAC 10k and 10 mile road championships on 4th September (incorporated into the Wilne 10k) and 2nd October (incorporated into the Rugby 10 mile):
MMAC 10k Champs (Wilne 10k). Online entries at http://www.wilne.co.uk. See attached information:
Wilne 10k 2016 Poster
Wilne 10k 2016 Info
MMAC 10 mile Road Championships (Rugby 10 mile). Awards in the usual 5yr age groups. Teams M35 – 44 & M45 – 54 x 4 / W35 – 44, W55+, M55 – 64 & M65+ x 3
Enter online here (make sure you click 3rd registration button down.
https://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/event/TheRugbyTenmile or download Tenform-2016 to enter by post.
Midland Masters Athletic Club 