MMAC

MMAC XC Championships 2012

A very successful event took place on Sunday, 22nd January at Droitwich. Full results (version 2) are now available at http://wp.me/PDLtv-CR

Indoor Training

Members may be interested in the chance to train on the indoor track at the NIA, Birmingham at certain times during February. You should visit http://tinyurl.com/7edswxq for all the details which can be accessed by clicking “read more”.

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MMAC Cross Country Championships

Volunteers are required to marshal the cross country course at Droitwich on the 22nd January 2012.

If you are injured and can’t run and would like to help or just would like to help then please in the first instance contact Tony Crocker on tonycrok@aol.com

The whole thing should only take a couple of hours and will greatly help your fellow members.

Full details of this event can be found on this website at http://tinyurl.com/chkfzmw

Results from the MMAC 10 Mile Road Championships

Results from the MMAC 10 Mile Road Championships 2011 are on the appropriate page « Midland Masters Athletic Club – – http://ow.ly/7WBkN

Centurion RC 2nd Team M35

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• MMAC 10k Championships (midlandmasters.wordpress.com)
• BMAF Half Marathon Championship Results (midlandmasters.wordpress.com)

Fixtures Updated

Our fixture list has just been updated mainly for the BMAF dates for 2012. Some of these are provisional so it’s very important for you to note this in case of any future changes of date.

Please click on the “FIXTURES” tab for a full list.

Oh! Don’t forget to partake in our ‘social’ Poll in the previous post.. two clicks is all that’s needed… simples! And it will help us tremendously.

Also, spend a few minutes answering the BMAF Road Questionnaire

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• BMAF Road Survey (britishmastersaf.wordpress.com)

Virgin London Marathon 2012

Virgin London Marathon 2012
Club entries have been applied for.
Members who have applied for a marathon place will hear if they have been successful or not during early October. Those of you, who are unlucky to get a place in the normal way, can apply for a Club place with evidence of your “rejection” to me on or before the 30th October 2011. If I have more “rejections” than entries, I will arrange for an independent draw to choose the places as soon as I can after then.
To qualify for a Club place your membership should have started before 22nd April 2011 and priority will be given to members who haven’t previously had a Club place.
Evidence of “rejection” must be sent to me, preferably by email (scanned copies) or through the post. Click “Contact” on main page.
Tom Morris – Secretary   mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk

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BMAF Half Marathon Championship Results

At the BMAF Half Marathon Championships held on the 21^st August 2011 at Leek, Staffordshire, MMAC was well represented with 20 out of the 53 contesting the event.

Full BMAF Championship Results have been posted on the “Results” Page but our 15 medal winners (subject to scrutiny) are reproduced below: –

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MMAC 10k Championships

This is a reminder to everyone that our 10k Championships take place on the 11th September 2011 within the Wolverhampton & Bilston AC’s Goodrich 10k at Wolverhampton. Last year this was also the BMAF Championships and many of our members (64) competed. Let’s see another large turn out to support this event. Full details can be read by going to the “Championships” Page – “2011” – “10k Road”.

To help those not already entered, here is a link direct to the entry form …. http://tinyurl.com/694bbxw

Remember that if you want to compete in the team event but have to down age, then you must declared this beforehand.

Jo Ogden

We have just heard the sad news that long serving member Jo Ogden died of cancer on the 30th May 2011 in Lincoln Hospital. Jo joined MVAC, as it was then, in 1989 and still holds 6 Championship Best Performances in our Track & Field Championships, the earliest from 1990 and the latest from 2003. In recent years her health had deteriorated but she was always looking forward to competing again, maintaining her competition licence with England Athletics.

Colin Simpson writes:

“I was sorry to learn of the death of Jo Ogden.  We corresponded for many years, particularly after she moved to Sleaford at Cranwell Village.

We shared a common hatred of the EU and she gave me a supply of stickers with “GB out” emblazoned prominently.  After she moved to Sleaford, she complained that she could no longer practise her javelin throwing because the ground was too stony and it bent the point of the javelin!

A charming woman”.  CS

Her Championship Best Performances are:

R.I.P.

WMA World Championships, Sacramento

State Capital Building, Sacramento

WMA World Masters T&F Championships, Sacramento, USA

News is filtering in from the Masters World Championships of terrific performances by Midland Masters AC members. Early known performances are David Oxland; a Gold Medal in the 8k M60 XC, Jane Pidgeon; a team Gold in the W45 XC and Louise Oliver; a Bronze in the W40 Heptathlon.

Apologies to anyone I’ve missed. There is a rolling results service on the WMA website which is updated regularly, so you have to keep looking. There are 4 venues being used, so check them all… a direct short link to the appropriate page follows: http://tinyurl.com/6dttlfw