MMAC

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.

Related articles

• 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

10k Track Run – Member Poll

Please go to the “10k Track Run Poll” page or click http://tinyurl.com/moefdks to fill in our very important Poll.

We are already looking at our Championships Track programme for next year and were contemplating re-introducing a 10,000m. However, with a congested fixture list, this is not a simple task. Would we get support for this? Would athletes double up with the 5000m? Would it be a disaster for entering other events on the day? How can we get more members to enter a 10,000m track? This is becoming a rare event on the track, so why didn’t more members support it this year?

To help us answer at least a couple of these questions it would be a great help if members completed the Poll.

The Poll closes on the 1st October 2013

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 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)

BMAF 5k Championships 2013

These championships took place yesterday, 16th June, at Horwich. A dedicated race just for these championships meant a small but very experienced field. MMAC were very well represented with 26 athletes finishing, 17 men and 9 women out of the 152 finishers.

Congratulations must go to our Gold Medalists in the various individual age categories, 5 in total, as follows:-

M40 Mark Johnson; M45 David Smith; M60 Mike Hager; M80 Brian Campbell

W60 Christine Kilkenny

Full Results … http://tinyurl.com/msqshqd

In the team awards, MMAC came away with a total of 6 team medals, an excellent performance.

MEN

1st M35-44 team: Mark Johnson 1; Mark Dalkins 5; Dean Richardson 6

3rd M45-54 team: David Smith 1; Russell Parkin 14; Robert Fox 17

1st M55-64 team: Mike Hager 1; David Oxland 2; Dave Hollins 3

2nd M65-74 team: Mick Smedley 4; Roger Wilson 9; Alex Davidson-Elliott 16

WOMEN

2nd W35-44 ‘A’ team: Ruth Watchorn-Rice 4; Michelle Buckle 5; Steph Spencer 8

3rd W35-44 ‘B’ team: Wendy Swift 9; Debbie Hope 10; Deborah Blakeman 11

Full Team and Age Category Results … http://tinyurl.com/m63ftlx