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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
Midland & SW Coaching Courses
Please find attached the latest flyer showing coaching and leadership courses in the Midlands and South West. 2010 Course Flyer – Mids.SW
The current UKA coaching courses are running till the end of March, prior to the start of the new coach education programme – details of this new system are on the England Athletics website in the ‘Coaching’ section and dates/venues for the new Athletics Leaders Award will be on the website soon.
We currently have spaces on the following courses for this weekend:
13 and 14 March – Strength & Conditioning – Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
13 March – Leadership in Running Fitness – Stroud
13 March – Leadership in Running Fitness – Lincoln
Phone Natalie Shaw on 0121 781 7223 to book on courses for this weekend.
To apply for other courses please download an application form from our website and forward with payment and photo (if applicable) to our Wellington House Head Office address.
www.englandathletics.org/coaching-courses
I would be grateful if you could circulate this information to your contacts.
Kind regards
Morag
Morag Ford
Education Co-ordinator
England Athletics – Midlands & South West
Wellington House
Starley Way
Birmingham Int Park
Solihull
B37 7HB
Tel: 07920 532558
Website: www.englandathletics.org
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,
THE MIDLAND MASTER ATHLETE #219
The latest edition of the MMAC Newsletter, “The Midland Master Athlete #219”, is now available to read/print on our website at http://www.midlandmasters.org.uk/newsletter%20february%202010.pdf
MMAC XC Championships
Results are now available on the “XC Champs” Page.
A set of images has now been uploaded to Flickr and can be viewed from the following link … http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockontom/sets/72157623157679811/
MMAC Road Relays
Please check out the new “MMAC Road Relay” page for details of this years event…..
rush for entries
RUNNING HOLIDAYS IN SPAIN
John Graham, the ex-international marathon runner from Glasgow, has written to tell me about the running holidays and running camps that he organises with business partner Frank McGowan also an ex-international runner. With a wealth of experience behind them ( John was second the fastest marathon runner in 1981 when winning the Rotterdam marathon in 2:09:28) an interesting and useful week or two’s training will be guaranteed.
John has offered discounts to MMAC members, please check out their website at http://www.jfpacemakers.com/
JF Pacemakers can be contacted on: –
(0034) 957 703116 or (0034) 620 681415
Email: johngraham56@live.co.uk
John Graham
VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON 2010
All runners competing in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon share the problem of how to get to the start in Greenwich/Blackheath in the early hours of Sunday 26th April and how to get back home again afterwards in a state of exhaustion. Couple this with the need to register at the Marathon Exhibition before the day and the logistics begin to look scary!!
Matt Graham Travel solves all these problems. For details of the 2010 Virgin London Marathon package contact—–
MATT GRAHAM TRAVEL
20 Birkland Drive
Edwinstowe
Nottinghamshire
NG21 9LU
Telephone: 01623 822190
Email: mattgrahamtrav@hotmail.com
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
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.
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