Midland Masters Athletic Club
road running
Edinburgh Half Marathon
| Chris Hoy Edinburgh Half Marathon
18th April 2010 Please can you forward entry information to the Chris Hoy Edinburgh Half Marathon to all your club runners? Entries to the 2010 Chris Hoy Edinburgh Half Marathon continue apace with over 2,500 runners already entered, and a 4,500 entry now predicted. If you have not already entered please go to www.edinburgh-half.co.uk to enter online or alternatively print off the application form and post it to our event admin team. Usual discounts for affiliated runners apply. We look forward to receiving your entry for this fantastic, fast and flat Capital City Half Marathon. All finishers receive a New Balance Tech T-Shirt, Medal and Goody Bag. If you do not wish to run but would be interested in volunteering to help us on race day please do not hesitate to contact myself, Mike James (mikej@gbevents.net) or our course director Bob Lobban (bob.lobban@interloq.co.uk). All volunteers will receive a £20.00 cash in hand payment on the race day for Marshal support. All volunteers who agree to help out will also receive a New Balance Technical T-Shirt to the value of £15.00. Kind Regards Contact the Event Team If you have event questions please feel free to contact the Event Team direct admin@edinburgh-half.co.uk or call our hotline number 0870 122 2003. Leave a message and we will call you back. |
National Open Masters Road Relays 2010
All the entry details can be downloaded from either: –
The MMAC Website….. http://www.midlandmasters.org.uk/midland_m_009.htm
The BMAF Website….. http://www.bmaf.org.uk/fix/fix.asp
Or SportSoft Website together with an online entry at http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2010/index.htm
Please also see the “National Road Relays” page on this Blog
RUNNING HOLIDAYS IN SPAIN
John Graham, the ex-international marathon runner from Glasgow, has written to tell me about the running holidays and running camps that he organises with business partner Frank McGowan also an ex-international runner. With a wealth of experience behind them ( John was second the fastest marathon runner in 1981 when winning the Rotterdam marathon in 2:09:28) an interesting and useful week or two’s training will be guaranteed.
John has offered discounts to MMAC members, please check out their website at http://www.jfpacemakers.com/
JF Pacemakers can be contacted on: –
(0034) 957 703116 or (0034) 620 681415
Email: johngraham56@live.co.uk
John Graham
VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON 2010
All runners competing in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon share the problem of how to get to the start in Greenwich/Blackheath in the early hours of Sunday 26th April and how to get back home again afterwards in a state of exhaustion. Couple this with the need to register at the Marathon Exhibition before the day and the logistics begin to look scary!!
Matt Graham Travel solves all these problems. For details of the 2010 Virgin London Marathon package contact—–
MATT GRAHAM TRAVEL
20 Birkland Drive
Edwinstowe
Nottinghamshire
NG21 9LU
Telephone: 01623 822190
Email: mattgrahamtrav@hotmail.com
Midland Veterans T&F League
I attended the AGM of the Midland Veterans Track & Field League (MVT&FL) last night where there were items on the Agenda to be discussed that affected MMAC. Without going into detail, these items were unnecessary and were deliberately aimed at MMAC, making us out as different to any of the other Clubs in the MVT&FL. The proposals put us under the heading of “joint clubs”, thus inferring that we are made up from more than one Club! And other proposals sought to change what in effect are the UKA Rules on second claim members.
Needless to say I defended our position as a “proper” Club saying that we affiliated to England Athletics the same as any other UKA Club and that we register members with EA as 1st Claim Members if they wish to compete but not belong to a UKA Club. Further more, we can use members who belong to a Club NOT affiliated for track & field who wish (their choice) to compete for us at track & field. Other Clubs admitted to using athletes in the MVT&FL under this rule, so we are no exception.
I’m glad to say that MMAC received plenty of support and these ridiculous proposals; all aimed at MMAC were dropped. I did point out that athletes from road running clubs wishing to compete in track & field for another club MUST fill in the UKA Form, “Other Discipline Application” for them to be eligible and this should be done pre-season. All MMAC members in this position will go through this procedure.
I now hope we can go into a third season in the MVT&FL without this underlying vendetta against us and we can allow our team managers to get on with it and for the athletes involved to compete and enjoy it, which is what it all should be about.
(I must point out that the above views are purely my personal ones and not necessarily those of the MMAC also the Midland Veterans T&F League is a completely different organization to MMAC)
The MMAC team manager for 2010 will be Tony Crocker assisted by Alan Mellett. Tony is also taking over the role of Divisional Secretary for the South and will be assisted by Eric Horwill and I wish them all well.
Provisional details of the dates for the 2010 season appear on the “Vets League” Page. Please keep returning for further updates as I get them.
The “Other Discipline Application” Form can be downloaded here: – http://www.midlandathletics.org.uk/PDFS/ELIGIBILITY_NA_Other_Disciplines_2NDClaimform.pdf
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