Midland Masters Athletic Club
Midland Masters
MVTFL
The Midland Veterans Track & Field League, South Division, Match One, takes place on the 1st May at Stourport. If you are a 1st Claim Member to MMAC then you can compete for us. Please contact your Team Manager, Tony Porter at antonyporter1@aol.com immediately to see how you can help us out.
Full details can be found on the MVTFL website at http://mvtfl.wordpress.com
Members whose UKA Club does not compete in the league may be able to qualify under the 2nd Claim Rule. Please check with Tony because numbers are limited by the MVTFL Rules.
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Midland Veterans T&F League
Midland Masters AC will once again compete in the Midland Veterans Track & Field League (MVTFL); South Division during 2014.
Fixture details can be found at http://mvtfl.wordpress.com/south-division
Only 1st Claim Members can compete in this league and members of road running clubs who have registered with UKA as 1st Claim Track & Field only. If you fall into the latter category; have not registered and are interested in competing in track events then please contact me at mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk for details.
There are exceptions to the above; we can use 3 male & 3 female 2nd Claim Members during the season. Please check with your team manger or myself.
Communication is a two way thing; please contact your MVTFL Team Manager, Tony Porter, if you want to compete in the league. His contact email is antonyporter1@aol.com
MMAC Open Relays, Donisthorpe
Please note that the closing date to enter the MMAC Open Relays at Donisthorpe Woodland Park on the 13th April is……….
Midnight on the 5th April 2014
We will accept mixed teams i.e. men & women if you cannot field enough names from one category.
Entries at http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2014/mmacr14e.php
The Colin Simpson Memorial Handicap
MMAC Annual 5 Mile Handicap
This is being held, as in the previous few years, within the Centurion Grand Prix Series, held at the John Henry Newman Catholic College, Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5GA on Sunday, 2nd March 2014. Start 11.00am
Members who already have entered the GP Series only have to pay MMAC £3.00 for the handicap but they will have to pay the full £8.00 for entry to the Open race. We will then refund the £5.00. Please inform me beforehand so that I can arrange the refund. Email mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk
Further details at http://tinyurl.com/6thbsz7
Entries are online only at http://areg247.co.uk
Closing date for MMAC entries is strictly the 22nd February 2014. There are no MMAC entries taken on the day because of the handicap calculations.
If you have not used AREG before and require your login details then please contact mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk
Your details will be emailed to you.
In previous years we have had members running who have not registered for the handicap. Let us make this a good fun; enjoyable and sociable event. Please support us.
MMAC Events
10 Mile Championships
Entries are now CLOSED. Go to “Championships” – “10 Mile Road” or click on tweet…..
Cross Country Championships 2014
Entries are being taken for this event on the 19th January 2014. Closing date 11th January.
Colin Simpson Memorial Handicap
Entries are open also for this event on the 2nd March 2014. Closing date 22nd February.
Online entries at http://areg247.co.uk
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MMAC 10 Mile Championships 2013
10 Mile Championships – Online Entry
A reminder that entries to this event are for MMAC Members only and are applied for online at http://areg247.co.uk Full details are on our dedicated page at http://tinyurl.com/mylonqj
Current entries as at 12th November 2013 are now on that page
The members who have not used the AREG site before should email me on mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk for their login details. They will then be able to view their membership profile, keep it up to date as well as enter this and other events.
It is important that as many as possible should do this in readiness for paying 2014 subscriptions.
Tom Morris – Secretary
Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sports Awards
Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sports Awards
Leamington C & AC’s Sue HARRISON (MMAC Member #90754) is one of three who have been shortlisted for the CSW Sportswoman of the Year Award.
MMAC Member, Sue Harrison; Leamington C & AC
In April when running for Great Britain Sue won the bronze medal in the IAU European 100km Championships in France. Her time of 7:48:12 puts her 6th on the UK ‘all-time list’ as well as being a UK W40 record. Additionally it ranks her 4th on the IAAF World rankings for 2013 and No.1 on the UK rankings. After winning the Perth Open 50km Sue also heads the 2013 UK 50km rankings with the time of 3:41:56.
Sue won the Midland Masters AC’s 10 mile road race title last December and currently is top of the W40 UK 2013 lists at 10km track, 50km and 100km road as well as 4 other top 10 masters W40 rankings for this year. Included in her race open race wins this year are half marathons at Warwick Castle, Kenilworth and Cheltenham.
The Award is decided by public vote. Voting can only be done by going to http://tinyurl.com/njcdeu9 and scroll down the page to find Sue. Click on VOTE NOW
One vote is allowed per email address. Voting will close on the 20th October.
Many thanks…Best Wishes…Les Barnett 3rd October 2013
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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