BMAF XC Championships – Results

A successful championships took place yesterday in Perry Park, Birmingham. I have reproduced a message from the MMAC Chair, Irene Nicholls, to the organisers….

“Hello everyone, congratulations on a most successful Championships today.
Please accept my personal thanks and that of BMAF & MMAC for once more providing a very supportive and professional team effort – I hope that the athletes appreciate the work and planning that goes into these events.  It has been a pleasure working with you all.
Wishing you a successful season and again many thanks” ………………..Irene
A full set of results can be seen on the XC page on the BMAF Blog, please go to http://wp.me/PQ0Ea-4a

Marshals for BMAF XC Champs, 12th March 2011

There are still volunteers needed to help with marshalling the BMAF XC Championships to be held on the 12th March in Perry Park, Birmingham.

Birchfield Harriers who so kindly agreed to co-organise this event with Midland Masters AC, have a very big XC event the week before and cannot be expected to supply all the marshals for both events on consecutive weekends. I am therefore once more appealing to any members who perhaps are injured and cannot compete in the event to consider helping us out. The first of 2 races starts at 12 noon and marshals will be required to “sign” in at no later than 11.15 am in the Birchfield Harriers Club Room at the Alexander Stadium.

It is an easy course to marshal but we do need at least another 10 volunteers.

If you can help then please either make a comment on this post giving your email address or contact me at mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk

Cannon Hill park run

Cannon Hill parkrun results for Midland Masters AC for event #21

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

Steve BROOKES was the first athlete across the finish line today, 15th January 2011. He completed the course in 17:23 and posted an age grade score of 74.21%. The first female athlete to cross the line was San Domenico RRC’s Sally HASELHURST in a time of 21:00 posting an age grade score of 70.56%.

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

.. Cannon Hill Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 27 John KEEGAN M 21:54 Midland Masters AC 70.17% VM55-59

Cannon Hill park run

Cannon Hill parkrun results for Midland Masters AC for event #20

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

Halesowen A & CC’s Marc TURNER was the first athlete across the finish line today, 8th January 2011. He completed the course in 17:23 and posted an age grade score of 77.37%. The first female athlete to cross the line was Bournville Harriers’s Laura Jane LESLIE in a time of 21:20 posting an age grade score of 69.38%.

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

.. Cannon Hill Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 24 John KEEGAN M 21:36 Midland Masters AC 71.14% VM55-59 New PB

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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Missing Page “Secretary’s Spot” MMA #222

London Marathon

Owing to a production error, the second page of my “Secretary’s Spot” in the latest Newsletter mailed out to members was missing. I don’t want members to miss out on any information contained in it, so I have arranged for the missing page to be added onto the online version on our website at http://www.midlandmasters.org.uk/newsletter%20september%202010.pdf and I have also reproduced it below.

Secretary’s Spot

I recently attended the EAMA Inter-Area Challenge at Solihull and I must congratulate Paul Tasker and all of the team for winning the overall match in what was a hotly contested competition with 10 area masters clubs taking part. Thanks must also go to Arthur Kimber who organised such a successful event. The results, no doubt, are reported elsewhere in this newsletter. One observation was that more of our athletes could have worn our official competition vest. Once purchased this vest makes a good training vest as well as one to wear at all the MMAC/BMAF Championships. Details on how to obtain one (a must have for our 1^st Claim Members) can be seen on our website at http://www.midlandmasters.org.uk

London Marathon Club Entries 2011

I shall be applying as usual for Club Entries to the London Marathon and the members chosen will have to get their entries in by the 8th January 2011. For those of you who are not lucky to get a place in the normal way, you will hear early in October, must get your evidence of “rejection” to me on or before the 1st November 2010. If I have more “rejections” than entries, I will arrange for an independent draw to choose the places as soon as I can after then.

Evidence of “rejection” must be sent to me, preferably by email (scanned copies) or through the post. My address appears on the front cover and my email is mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk

Membership Cards

I have thought for some time that a membership card would be a good idea but the thought and expense of sending out 700+ each year proved to be a block! Then I hit on the idea of “membership participation”. Obtaining a membership card will be voluntary and up to the individual member who may or may not think it a useful idea. After getting support from your committee, the scheme will work like this: –

Every member who wants a membership card should contact me by email, see above. I will then produce a personalised membership card and send it back as an attachment. Important: Please state file format e.g. “.docx”; “.doc”; “PDF”. The member is responsible for printing the attachment either on card or paper and preferably laminating it or covering it with transparent sticky plastic (available from stationers). This can be kept safely at home or in the wallet and can be referred to when necessary. If the scheme proves successful, it will be extended for 2011. For those NOT on the internet or on email then please ask friends who can do it for you. This way the administration of the scheme is kept to a minimum.

Yahoo e-Group

This is taking off very slowly with currently 134 joining out of a potential 450 or so. I am regularly posting information/news on all sorts of items of interest on both the blog and e-group and many of you are missing out with some not even reading the Newsletter online after opting out of receiving it! If you haven’t yet registered on the e-group, I urge you to do so. It’s free and easy to do. Please go to: –   http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/mmac/ If you have problems, let me know and I will send an invite to join.

Physio World

If you are suffering with niggling injuries, then Physio World may be able to help. They are offering a substantial discount on their normal charges for MMAC members and details can be found on their website at http://www.physioworld.net or please contact me. Another reason why a membership card will be useful!

Social Evening

Adrian Lloyd, who became a committee member at the AGM, is organising a social evening at the Solihull Indoor Bowls Centre on the 14^th January 2011. Further details are to be announced but please consider supporting Adrian in his first venture

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Many of our 1^st Claim members continue to compete regularly, some in the increasingly popular Park Runs around the country. I now get notification of all who compete under the MMAC name and post the results up on our Blog. Park Runs in the West Midlands take place every Saturday morning starting at 9.00 am at Coventry Memorial Park; Brueton Park, Solihull and Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham. They are free to enter, once registered online, just turn up and go!!

Thank you and congratulations to all of you who competed in the BMAF/MMAC 10k Road Championships at Wolverhampton. I haven’t yet obtained the exact figure but it was good to see so many there and prominent in the results.

Future events to look forward next year will be the cross country championships at Droitwich, our own relays and track 7 field championships and of course the National Masters Road Relays in Sutton Park. With all these events we can always use more help with marshalling/officiating. Don’t be afraid to volunteer your help.

Tom Morris – 13^th September 2010

Hello world!

Welcome to the Midland Masters Blog. This is meant to supplement our website not to replace it and will be used to announce details of special events such as the Home International Cross Country (see separate page on this blog) and news that is not neccessarily suitable for the Newsletter. As they say… watch this space.