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Colin Kirkham’s Marathon Trudge

London Marathon 2010

You may be aware that two years ago I organised a marathon in Coventry which was run in 5 stages, part of the profit made was given to two charities for disabled children … well now I am trying something different. Refer to

colinkirkhamslondonmarathontrudge.blogspot.com

I am giving away my London Marathon medal, my t-shirt, foil blanket, runners bag etc.. To win the one of your choice you have to guess my finishing time!!! Oh yes, and you have to donate £1 for every guess.

Either donate to Just Giving/ Tim Tims Children Centre or Just Giving / Newlife.

Tiny Tims is a local Coventry charity providing free physiotherapy for disabled children, Newlife is a national charity providing equipment for disabled kids.

Never before have I asked to be sponsored …  but my suffering would appreciate a bit of support.

Colin Kirkham MMAC #M0976

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

Whittington Cricket Club Quiz 2011

Hello All,

Once again, I have produced a quiz to help raise some very much needed to funds for a second ground for my local cricket club.  Having bought the land, levelled it, seeded it and laid the square, we are now in the process of building a pavilion and, although we will be receving some grants and will be taking out a loan with the ECB, we will still be about £120,000 short, which we have to find somehow.  As they say at Tesco, however, “every little helps” and by purchasing a quiz, you could help us realise our dream.  It would also help if you tell your friends, colleagues, etc about it.

As in years before, all the answers are the names of places in Great Britain.  There are 100 questions and the closing date is 31st October.  Whoever gets the most correct answers will win £50.  Quiz sheets cost £1 each and may be obtained by sending a SAE and £1 (coin or cheque payable to Whittington Cricket Club) to me, Barrie Taylor, 23 The Spires, Lichfield, Staffs, WS14 9RP

Thank you,

Barrie

BMAF Marathon Championships 2011

URGENT INFO.
To all Regional Secretaries. ( Please alert your members)
As road race secretary, I am alerting the BMAF Regions that the entries for 
this year's BMAF Marathon Championships are now open. 
Entries are on a first come-first served basis and there are no guaranteed 
entries for BMAF members.

Should you intend to compete, please enter ASAP. Entry Forms are 
downloadable from our website at http://www.bmaf.org.uk. 
(or from this link bmafmarathon2011-entry )

Mel James (BMAF Road Running Sec) 

MMAC XC Championships

The results from yesterday’s XC Championships can be found on the dedicated page on this Blog http://wp.me/PDLtv-bu

This includes a printable PDF version.

Thanks to everyone concerned and all the athletes who took part. Please try to support all our events that are organised with you in mind…..

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

Swindon park run

Swindon parkrun results for Midland Masters AC for event #42

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

Cirencester AC’s Matt SHANNON was the first athlete across the finish line today, 8th January 2011. He completed the course in 18:06 and posted an age grade score of 71.27%. The first female athlete to cross the line was Emma JOHNSTON in a time of 20:43 posting an age grade score of 71.76%.

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

.. Swindon Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 13 Alan WEBB M 21:19 Midland Masters AC 75.92% VM60-64 1st run

URGENT REQUEST

Volunteers are urgently required to help set up the course for the MMAC XC Championships to be held at Droitwich on the 23rd January 2011. Any Midland Masters AC members who for whatever reason cannot run on the day then please consider offering your help. Anyone who is interested should in the first instance leave a comment on this Blog Post making sure to leave a valid email address and your membership number.

IMPORTANT for Road/XC Members

MMAC XC Championships, Droitwich, 23rd January 2011

It has been pointed out to me that there is a discrepancy between the team age groups published on the entry forms for the MMAC XC Championships in the Newsletter and that published on the entry forms which are on this Blog and on the MMAC & BMAF Websites.

The entry forms on the Blog & Websites are correct.

We are following the recent changes made by the BMAF Executive bringing the men’s team age groups in line with the women’s. These are: –

M35 – 44; M45 – 54; M55 – 64; M65 – 74; M75+ (depending on entries for this event M65+)

W35 – 44; W45 – 54; W55+ (depending on entries for this event W45+)

These will also apply to our Road Relays in April and the National Masters Road Relays in May. Any queries, please contact me on the usual numbers.