Masters

Special Announcement

I am very pleased to announce that David Oxland has accepted the MMAC Committee’s invitation for him to be our President Elect for 2013/2014. David will take on the prestigious role of President of MMAC at the AGM in April 2014.

I reproduce below David’s profile on the Power of 10 ….

Started serious running in 2003 when I joined a club for the first time. 2003 to 2005 I developed as a local road and cross country runner, winning the Notts AAAs summer league over 50s Gold medal in 2005. By chance I entered a track time trial for 1500 metres in 2006 and was amazed to comfortably beat 5 minutes so I did 6 weeks training and entered the BMAF championships and squeezed a bronze medal in the 1500m in the Summer of 2006 when I was just 55. My five years as an M55 have been good years with 7 individual international medals including two at Ghent in the European Veterans Indoor championships in March 2011 when I was only two months short of 60. The new age band started well with a good time in the 10,000m track British Masters championship, in fact a lifetime PB at that distance and another comfortable win and also a course record for M60 at Horwich in the BMAF 5K road championships. Eventually a tally of 6 Golds at British Masters events in 2011. Best experiences in 2011 were two Golds at Sacramento in the World Masters Athletics Championships, including a narrow win against the great Nolan Shaheed at 5000m and also last year a British record outdoors at 3000m. However each year there is “young blood” entering the age band and it will be harder this year! 2012 has started quite well ,despite a few problems, with the highlight by a very long way being a very close tussle with the great Nick Rose at 3000m at the British Masters Indoors Championships. Nick is a truly great sportsman. The rest of 2012 went OK in terms of races although performances were well down on the previous year. 2013 on the other hand started well with an unexpected good time in the 1500m indoors at Cardiff which gave me hope that I might turn the clock back 5 years and run a World Record. The opportunity came at the British Masters Indoor championships at Lee Valley when none other than Mike Hager and Dave Butler both put their names down for this race. It was only a very fast kick finish over 120 metres which won me this race and shaved a whole second off the existing 4 year old record.

Thanks to Tom Phillips for providing the photo of the finish of this race.

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• British Masters Champs – 14/15 September (rscac.co.uk)

MMAC Flickr Group

We now have a Flickr Group dedicated to images of our members or events they are involved in. Please apply to join the Group and upload your own photos.

To view what is on there now, click the following link … http://flic.kr/g/kH5fG

Entries – MMAC 10k Road Championships

MMAC 10k Road Championships

Very Important News

The Race Director has informed us that the entry limit is approaching rapidly. MMAC members who HAVE NOT entered already (list of entries from www.wilne.co.uk/mmac ) should get their entires in pronto. All entry details from the following link http://tinyurl.com/bmnwof8

Please make sure you fill in the correct form for MMAC entries and NOT the Open Race or else you may not qualify for our championships even though you are a member.

If you have forgotten your membership number, this link will take you to the “Membership” page where you can access both the Men & Womens numbers … http://tinyurl.com/95b6d45

Let us get a good turn out in this popular and well organised race. We have well over 400 members registered with us as ‘road runners’ and wouldn’t it be nice to get a lot more entering and making it a true championship event.

Midland Masters Athletic Club 10k Road Championships

Midland Masters AC Flickr Group

After the recent Masters Inter-Area Match at Solihull, Louis Satterthwaite has kindly set up a Flickr Group for Midland Masters Photographs. If you have any images that are relevant to Midland Masters AC then you too can upload them onto the Group page after first joining the Group. Lou will administer this part of it. Go to http://tinyurl.com/mq8uzjl and take a look. Then consider joining the Group and add your pictures for everyone to see.

Midland Veterans Track & Field League Cup Finals

This information is for 1st Claim Members of MMAC Only

The MVT&FL Cup Finals are being held in Nuneaton on the 1st September. Here is a note from your Team Manager, Tony Porter…..

Hi Guys,

If you are interested in competing in the Cup Final at Nuneaton on Sept 1st., please click on the link for the timetable ………..MVTFL_Cup_Final_timetable_2013

If you are interested I have till August 9th. to submit a team. It will be all hands to the pumps so it’s up to you guys.

I am aware that it is late and the cross country has started and it also clashes with the MMAC 10k road Championships but please consider this representing us in this match.
See you on 1st September
Tony
antonyporter1@aol.com

MMAC 10k Road Championships

MMAC 10k Road Championships 2013

The MMAC championships are being held within the Wilne 10k on Sunday, 1st September 2013. Entries for the Open Race are filling up fast and it is highly likely the maximum entries will be reached well before the closing date. I urge all members who might be ‘thinking’ of entering to do so NOW. Full details on this website at http://tinyurl.com/prjb8ca Please make sure you tick the MMAC entry box and include you membership number.

A list of male and female members numbers can be accessed by going to the “Membership” page; click on subpage “Membership Renewals” or click on this short link http://tinyurl.com/d2prlmn

This is a popular, well organised race. Let us see a lot of support from Midland Masters. Get your entries in  today……………

Announcement of Inter-Area Team Manager

Inter-Area Challenge Match, 21st July, Solihull

I am happy to announce that Elaine Mee has very kindly taken on the role of our Team Manager for the above event. Elaine is a very experienced athlete; official and club team manager and we are very pleased that she has filled this gap in our setup. Many of our members will already know Elaine who will be ably assisted on the day by Tony Porter.

Elaine will be receiving the list of members who have already declared their interest to be selected for the team by previously contacting either Irene Nicholls or Lou Satterthwaite. Any members who have NOT done this so far, then please contact Elaine on jandemee@btinternet.com

I must stress that Elaine will be contacting the athletes who are selected. The compiled list of members who have declared an interest in competing does NOT mean that they will necessarily be selected for the team.

Related articles

• Inter-Area Challenge Match (englandathleticmastersassociation.wordpress.com)

Latest Goings On!!!

Yesterday, 9th June, our Track & Field Championships took place at Nuneaton. A depleted entry list owing to clashes with other events didn’t spoil the day however and quite a few members did in fact double up by competing at more than one meeting.

LOST PROPERTY

A pair of Brookes running shoes, white & yellow; size 9, was left at the Stadium yesterday. Will the owner in the first instance contact Nick Wilson, the Stadium Manager on Nick.Wilson@nbleisuretrust.org

Results will be posted very soon on our dedicated “T&F Championships” page but in the meantime please take a look at some excellent photos taken by Louis Satterthwaite….

https://picasaweb.google.com/115820135440202230482/10June2013

As a taster here is our Treasurer running the 5000m

Martin Wilkinson, MMAC Treasurer, competing in the 5000m race at the MMAC T&F Championships 2013

MMAC T&F Championships 2013

The online entries for our Track & Field Championships at Nuneaton on the 9th June have now closed. The paper entries close on Saturday, 25th May.

Can I thank all the members who tried out the new system and much appreciate their patience when the bugs started biting!! Inevitably teething troubles are bound to happen and we all have learnt from it. Hopefully for the next event that goes online we will have more time and be able to get the best out of it.

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• Final Reminder – MMAC Track & Field Championships (midlandmasters.com)
• MMAC Track & Field Championships – Important News (midlandmasters.com)

Final Reminder – MMAC Track & Field Championships

MMAC Track & Field Championships, 9th June 2013, Nuneaton

This is the final reminder to MMAC members that the closing date for the online entries to our 2013 Track & Field Championships is strictly next Wednesday, 22^nd May.

Please go to http://areg247.co.uk where you can logon and enter our event. If you have entered BMAF events previously then simply logon using your normal username and password.

For the members new to the BMAF online system, then you will need to register, email me for your username and temporary password first.  BUT do this right away

The closing date for paper entries is strictly Saturday, 25^th May.

Related articles

• MMAC Track & Field Championships – Important News (midlandmasters.com)