Midland Masters Athletic Club
MMAC
40th Anniversary Celebration
40th Anniversary Celebration
Our celebrations took place yesterday at the Tamworth AC’s headquarters. An afternoon of fun and frolics was planned by a small team headed by our current President, Adrian Lloyd.
The weather was kind and the forecast of light rain fortunately didn’t materialise. John Walker, our Road/ XC Secretary, organised a “Torch” Relay from Halesowen ( the place where it all began) to Tamworth, timed to perfection, arriving at the start of the meeting and ending with a lap of the track consisting of a genuine Olympic Torch and plethora of past Presidents.
Seconded at the last minute for timekeeping duties with fellow past President, Derek Fellows, we were grateful that our tasks were not too onerous. The show kicked off with a two- man Paarlauf, 12 minutes in duration. What a pity only two teams participated because once everyone had ‘sussed’ out how it worked it proved to be quite a close fought contest. A mixture of techniques was used, run 300m; jog back 100m or run 200m; jog across grass, adding to the interest.
On the track, 1 mile handicap races followed both for race walkers and runners, whilst field events consisted of long jumps and shot put plus welly wanging, the latter proving the most popular! Obstacle races and family shuttle relays rounded of the track events and a demonstration of tug- a – war being the afternoon’s highlight.
After all these efforts everyone fed themselves on jacket potatoes with various fillings and a substantial buffet.
Presentations to the winners were then carried out by Sue Kneill-Boxley, one of the organising team who sorted all the obstacle races, bouncy castle and who contributed in such a tremendous way.
With darkness falling, our Treasurer, Martin Wilkinson, and small team prepared the firework display. Wow! What a way to see off our 40th year, a really beautiful display and I’m sure Tamworth enjoyed it too!
The evening was rounded off with music and dancing.
All in all a very enjoyable and entertaining day. Congratulations to Adrian and his team for organising such a great event.
I’m off now with a little break with the family in Cornwall, so the full report with pictures will appear on the dedicated page in a couple of weeks, my apologies for this delay. But I thought it important to get this post uploaded.
Please feel free to make comments on this or the dedicated page and I’ll do my best to get them all approved before I am back in action.
Tom Morris – Secretary
1st October 2012
40th Anniversary Celebration
The programme has now been finalised although it will have to be remain flexible depending on the weather etc.
Full details can be seen on the dedicated page on this website, a quick link to it http://tinyurl.com/d3fat8x 
Please take a look and download the programme.
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40th Anniversary Celebrations
40th Anniversary Celebrations, 30th September 2013
2.30pm – 9.00pm
Tamworth Stadium, Marlborough Way, Tamworth B77 2HF
Please note that the advanced booking closing date has now been extended for a further week until the 23rd September 2013. RESERVATION FORM
Fun for everyone, either take part or come along for a chat.
Please read the “Comments”
Torch Relay to celebrate the MMAC 40th Anniversary
As part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations, John Walker, our Road/XC Secretary, is organising a ‘Torch Relay’ from our birthplace at Halesowen to Tamworth where we are holding our celebrations. John is hoping that the whole relay (not a race) can 
be run in pairs for safety reasons and currently we are short of runners. The total distance will be in the region of 26 – 30 miles and will start at around 9.00 am from Halesowen and is aimed to finish with a lap of the track at Tamworth Athletics Stadium.
So, we are after volunteers to run to make this venture a success. Please contact John Walker on 07831592327 and leave a message if necessary stating the minimum distance you would like to run and John will contact you with all the details. Let’s make this venture, which is part of our celebrations, a total success….. contact John Walker NOW.
MMAC 10k Road Championships
Time is rapidly running out!!!!
Please note that a late entry fee will apply after Wednesday 16th August. If you have been teetering on sending in an entry, then DO IT NOW. A full list of entries so far for MMAC members can be found at http://www.wilne.co.uk/mmac/mmac.html
Entry Form for MMAC entry … http://tinyurl.com/95t5c85
Warwickshire Road Race League 2012
The latest results from the WRRL, which includes the Arden 9 from last Sunday, can now be found on the “Results (Various)” page under “NOTICE BOARD” http://tinyurl.com/69lzecc
Very Important Notice
Important Notice
Please note that the closing date for Online Entries to the European Masters Track & Field Championships in Zittau is the 31st May 2012.
It’s important to realise that the closing date for paper entries, 16th May, has passed and no longer applies.
All links giving details of how to enter and the online entry can be found on the BMAF website at http://tinyurl.com/5r9k3on
Town Hall Zittau, Saxony, Germany (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
For a direct link to “How to Enter Online”, click here http://tinyurl.com/8x6wpyq
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Conducted a site visit yesterday with our Chair, Irene Nicholls; Derek Johnson, who is looking after officials and Phil Owen, announcer, meeting up with Nick Wilson, Manager of the venue. Everything looks on course and the venue promises to be ideal for our purposes. All we want is a good entry list and beautiful weather! 
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