Midland Masters Athletic Club
Track & Field
EAMA Inter-Area Challenge – Results
The EAMA Inter-Area Challenge Track & Field Match took place last Sunday, 8th August in Solihull.
Full Results both Women & Men plus overall results can be downloaded here…..
InterAreaResults Women 2010 V4
InterAreaResults Men Overall 2010 V4
Amended 19/08/2010
MVT&FL Latest…
Please check out the “MVT&FL Page” on this Blog for the latest on Meeting 3 Results and for details of Meeting 4
Old Guard Winter Competition
I know the Summer T&F season has hardly got under way but here is some advanced news for next Winter!! The “Old Guard Winter Competition” will once again be organised by Tony Crocker for some good old out of season contests. The first meeting will be held at Stourport on the 17th October 2010. The date of the second meeting still has to be confirmed but will be in March 2011.
Entry forms will be available later but in the meantime make a note in your diaries and watch this space!!
MMAC 10k Track Championships
Please note that the 10,000m Championship event is incorporated with the BMAF 10k Track Championships taking place on the 23rd May at Horspath Athletics Track, Horspath Road, Oxford OX4 2RR. An entry form specifically for this event can be downloaded here…. http://www.bmaf.org.uk/fix/bmaf201010ktrk-entry.pdf
See also the “Track & Field Champs” Page.
Important:
This event also includes the 10k Track Walk
Old Guard T&F Event – Results & Report
Tony Crocker invited us all to his “Old Guard” Winter Track & Field meeting held on the 14th March at the Kidderminster & Stourport AC track. This informal meeting open to non MMAC members as well as members was designed to give t&f athletes competition outside their normal season
in a friendly environment. This, Tony believes, was achieved. Anyone who competed, please post your comments here.
A set of results and a small report by Tony on the plans for next season can be downloaded here
Advanced Notice – Inter Area T&F Match
Inter Area Challenge Sunday 8th August 2010 Norman Green Stadium, Solihull, Birmingham
South v Eastern v South West v North v Scotland v Welsh
Please make a note in your diary
Team Selected from Midland Masters Championships Sunday 13th June 2010
Saffron Lane, Leicester
M35 M50 M60 M70 W35 W40 W50 Most Events Covered
Team Manager Paul Tasker 07760 298089 email sportbilly@shaka.eclipse.co.uk,
Winter T&F Meeting, 14th March 2010
Please note that the incorrect date for this meeting appeared in the “Secretary’s Spot” in the latest Newsletter.
The correct date is the 14th March at Stourport. Details and an entry form are on the MMAC Website at http://www.midlandmasters.org.uk and also can be downloaded here……Winter T&F Stourport
Apologies for this error.
Tom
Midland Veterans T&F League
I attended the AGM of the Midland Veterans Track & Field League (MVT&FL) last night where there were items on the Agenda to be discussed that affected MMAC. Without going into detail, these items were unnecessary and were deliberately aimed at MMAC, making us out as different to any of the other Clubs in the MVT&FL. The proposals put us under the heading of “joint clubs”, thus inferring that we are made up from more than one Club! And other proposals sought to change what in effect are the UKA Rules on second claim members.
Needless to say I defended our position as a “proper” Club saying that we affiliated to England Athletics the same as any other UKA Club and that we register members with EA as 1st Claim Members if they wish to compete but not belong to a UKA Club. Further more, we can use members who belong to a Club NOT affiliated for track & field who wish (their choice) to compete for us at track & field. Other Clubs admitted to using athletes in the MVT&FL under this rule, so we are no exception.
I’m glad to say that MMAC received plenty of support and these ridiculous proposals; all aimed at MMAC were dropped. I did point out that athletes from road running clubs wishing to compete in track & field for another club MUST fill in the UKA Form, “Other Discipline Application” for them to be eligible and this should be done pre-season. All MMAC members in this position will go through this procedure.
I now hope we can go into a third season in the MVT&FL without this underlying vendetta against us and we can allow our team managers to get on with it and for the athletes involved to compete and enjoy it, which is what it all should be about.
(I must point out that the above views are purely my personal ones and not necessarily those of the MMAC also the Midland Veterans T&F League is a completely different organization to MMAC)
The MMAC team manager for 2010 will be Tony Crocker assisted by Alan Mellett. Tony is also taking over the role of Divisional Secretary for the South and will be assisted by Eric Horwill and I wish them all well.
Provisional details of the dates for the 2010 season appear on the “Vets League” Page. Please keep returning for further updates as I get them.
The “Other Discipline Application” Form can be downloaded here: – http://www.midlandathletics.org.uk/PDFS/ELIGIBILITY_NA_Other_Disciplines_2NDClaimform.pdf
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