Veterans

MMAC XC Champs 2011

Entry Forms are now available for our Cross Country Championships next January at Droitwich Spa. Please go to the “Championsips” page http://wp.me/PDLtv-bu

Tom 11/10/2010

WMA Stadia Championships – London Bid 2015

Dear Fellow Athlete [I live in hope, but I do now have an EA Competition Licence]

SO THAT YOU ARE THE FIRST TO KNOW:
I have just submitted the paperwork to WMA for a prospective bid for the WMA Stadia Championships of 2015 in LONDON.

After my DREAM and efforts to bring the WMA Stadia Championships to London in 2011, in the proposed new London Olympic Stadium as a precursor to the Olympics, turned into a nightmare and failure, I withdrew to re-energise. I kept returning to the Third Way, this can work, we can make it work.

So, over the last couple of years, following Championships in one horse towns in the back end of beyond, with farcical [I am being kind] officiating, a few of us have continued to pursue the DREAM.

We have now elicited the approval of our exuberant Mayor of London and UK Athletics to support the BID, which gets us to the alleged Start Line. Ken Livingstone has also added his support today.

In reality, all that has happened, hopefully, is like you have all done, is filled in the Entry Form. In doing so, as I have done over more years than I would care to admit to, is that I assume I will find the time to do the training and go through the Call Room [you know that funny thing that some people still think is stupid] thinking I can win this – DREAM PART 2.

We [and not the Royal this time] now have 10 months to prove we are the best thing since sliced bread – which we know we are – you an’ me Bruv.

The downside is there are a couple of hurdles on the way, but our record in hurdles in previous Championships, shows we are simply the best, and we will overcome, with faith and the other two.

The hurdles are – UKA have to lose the vote for the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2015 – sorry Ed and Cherry, I am not trying to put the mockers on things, just stating the fact – and the Stadium track and associated facilities are retained after the Olympics by the selected operating company.

We also have the small question of finding a few £100k’s from funding and sponsorship, which is where you come in [remember Teamwork in action].

A small team will be assembled to set out the parameters for Phase 1 of Project London Foremost 2015. Should we negotiate the hurdles, we need to hit the ground running [sorry throwers, it is just an expression, not a fact] in December/January when Phase 2 – funding and sponsorship becomes the priority. Strangely enough, the organisational side of the actual competitions appears to be the relatively easy bit – is it because we have seen how not to do it to many times for it to cause any fears, or is it that males are so crap at multi-tasking my brain will not let me get past the Presentation in Sacramento – so probably the latter.

So let’s get down to the nitty gritty – YOUR BIT.

Team Management are not going to be able to all of this on our own, not only are there not enough hours in the day, but we do not have all the expertise. So what we are looking for, is your speciality – be it legal, financial, linguistics or are you a web site designer, bona Blogger, Facebook fanatic or Twitter[ing] twit. A few hours of your input, from your home via e-mail etc., will make a difference. Like the relays without the fourth you cannot finish, so the 100th expert could be the difference between Winning and a DNF.

Sponsorship will be obtained if we can present OURSELVES as something worth selling – could it be numbers. Can we get thousands and thousands of Friends [Masters Athletes] on Facebook from around the World? A London Foremost 2015 Blog that people want to read, that they fully hook into and ultimately persuades them that London in 2015 will be the MUST place to be. Dialogue and the numbers will matter.

I need you to tell me. I am just a single tasking grumpy old man, prone to the odd rant, so humour me. What ideas or skills do you have, come back to me – between us we can make this work.

We need London to do for Masters Athletics, what Los Angeles did for the Olympics – MAKE IT SALEABLE – we must put Ageism to the sword, once and for all.

No more One Horse towns, in the back end of beyond – we have had our full of those – that is all you have to lose, not so hard a choice then. So volunteer your ideas and a little bit of your time.

Great Britain at the head of the Medal Table cannot happen without you, in more ways than one. The ULTIMATE DREAM – being chucked in the Water Jump Pit because we succeeded – bring it on.

Maurice Doogan

MVT&F League – Cup Finals

The Cup Finals of the Midland Veterans Track & Field League take place in Rugby on the 5th September 2010.

Midland Masters have decided not to contest this event because we have so few athletes available to compete. We will however continue in the MVT&F L next year

Relays 4x800m & 4x1500m

Relays at Horspath – 11/12th  September

In conjunction with the combined events at Horspath, Oxford on September 11th and 12th, it has been decided to add a series of 4x800m and 4x1500m relays to the programme. This will give our athletes an opportunity to fill in the gaps in the British records, and possibly even mount an attempt on the world record in one or two age groups.

At the moment we are canvassing for interest, so there is no specific timetable set down. Meet Manager Bruce Charles has asked me to coordinate the relay entries so that we can establish a timetable of events.

I would be grateful if regional secretaries would publicise the relays within their area, and ask interested athletes to contact me directly. They can either organise a team of four themselves, or just enter individually and I will combine into teams’ cross-area.

Information I need is athlete’s name, region, age group on September 10 and email address.

Entry cost per athlete will be ₤2.

Many thanks

John Oldfield (MMAC)

Oldfield.jc@gmail.com

(Amended dates 19/08/2010)

Park Run – Cardiff

BMAF 5k Champs – MMAC Results

Results for the MMAC Members who competed in the BMAF 5k Championships in Horwich on the 20th June 2010 can be downloaded here: – BMAF 5K 2010 MMAC Results

Eric Horwill’s Report on the BMAF 5k Road Walks at Horwich together with the results can be viewed here… BMAF 5k Road Walk Championships Report

MVT&FL Latest…

Please check out the “MVT&FL Page” on this Blog for the latest on Meeting 3 Results and for details of Meeting 4

Little Aston 5 Mile Road Race

Results of the Little Aston 5 Mile Race can be downloaded here…..Little Aston 5 Mile Results

Below is an email I have received from Royal Sutton Coldfield AC: –

Hi to all of our friends at local running clubs. Please find attached entry form for this year’s Little Aston 5 mile road race (& 2m fun run). It will be held this year on Sunday 5th September 2010. The entry form will also be available to download from our club’s website, rscac.co.uk
asap. We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Best Wishes,
Michael Browne
Entries Secretary
LA5
Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

Entry Form… LA5 Entry Form

Park Run

Forest of Dean AC’s Ann NIXON was the first athlete across the finish line today, Saturday the 3rd July 2010. She completed the course in 20:17 and posted an age grade score of 86.69%. The first male athlete to cross the line was Hereford Couriers RC’s Nigel CLARKE in a time of 20:25 posting an age grade score of 67.35%.

The following athletes from Midland Masters AC from took part in today’s Forest of Dean parkrun.

.. Forest of Dean Results by Club … Position Athlete Sex Run Time Club Name Age Grading % Age Category Personal Best 26 Len CREO M 37:19 Midland Masters AC 70.08% VM85-89 New PB

The British & Irish Masters Cross Country International 2010

The Home Countries International XC race will be held at Santry Park, Dublin on Saturday the 13^th November 2010.

The criteria for selection are based on National BMAF events, especially the Cross Country Championships as well as the 5k & 10k Road and track championship races. Competing in BMAF rather than local events gives the selectors an opportunity to compare athletes over the same courses.

You MUST be a currently paid up member of MMAC to qualify.

An application form for consideration to be selected can be either downloaded from the BMAF website at http://www.bmaf.org.uk or from the MMAC website at http://www.midlandmasters.org.uk or from the link below.

Alternatively, send an sae 9″x 6″ (correctly stamped) to Mick Smedley, MMAC International XC Selector (England), 12a Bagshaw Street, Crewton, DERBY DE24 8TX for an application form.

All applications MUST be received by Mick Smedley (England only) no later than Friday, 24^th September 2010.

Late applications will NOT be considered.

Yours in Sport,

Mick Smedley

Application Form available here… Selection Criteria Form 2010