fuNE 1996 No. 3. THE MIDLAND VETERAN ATHLETE NO. 151
The official publication of the Midland Veterans' Athletic Club President : Norman Carter tit"ffihippt
Secretary: Edgar Nicholls, Rainbow Cottage, 15 Meadow Lane, Alvechurch 848 7LN Editor/Treasurer: Colin Simpson, 87 Willow Road, Solihull 891 1UF i x Typing & Layout: Margaret Simpson Chairman: fohn Topliss, 136 Hillhook Road, Sutton Coldfield 874 4XA
E.C.M 21 April 1996
The meeting agreed, unanimously, to amend the financial year to: 1 lanuary to 31 December, and the requirement for the A.C.M to be met within four months of the end of the financial year. This now clears the way for further A.C.M's to be held in April, hopefully after the relays, which have been held in Tamworth for some years and which we hope will continue at that venue.
Certainly, the attendance of 59 members was higher than anything experienced at Rugby in October and your committee look forward to a similar attendance in 1997.
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CLUB CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
18 .IANUARY 1997
Tamworth will again be the venue for our annual Social and Buffet. CAPTAIN SWINC will be repeating last year's successful Barn Dance.
Further details will, of course, follow...... MEANWHILE : BOOK THIS DATE!!!
BVAF CC CHAMPIONSHIPS : PRINCETHORPE feremy Hemming has many excellent photographs taken at this race and can supply a list if application is made with an s.a.e. His address is:
4O Balvernie Crove, London SW18 sRU - tel. 0181-874-1645 Fax. 877-1173
MVAC High quality embroidered cloth badges are available f rom: Peggy Taylor, 17 Poplar Farm Close, Milton-urder- BADCES Wychwood, Chipping Norton, OX7 5LX. Price: f2.O0 (including postage and packing) Cash with order Ctreques ard postal payable to MVAC please.
THE M.V.A IS PRINTED BY IMPACT PR]NT SERVICES LTD. UNIT 4, PERCY BUSINESS PARK, ROUNDS CREEN, OI.DBURY, WARLEY 859 2RD (0121-544-4513) WHO ARE VERY COMPETITIVE AND wlLL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE FOR CLUB REQUIREMENTS MVA 151 9age TAMWORTH WARM UP MEETING : SUNDAY 14 APRIL 1996
ALL TIMES AND DISTANCES ARE NETT OF HANDICAPS l5Om 2 mile walk High Jump
1 B Ariss t7 .7 I C Turner 2t.29.8 I R Chrimes 1 .70 2=J Cains 17.9 2 S Bull 2t.32.6 2 C Green l.6l 2=M Garvey t7 .9 3 D Withers 2t.34.3 3 J Quantrell 1.50 4 G Felton 18.1 4 W Rawlins 2t.39.9 4 M Garvey 1.50 5 R Cawson tE.2 5 S Haynes 2t.4t.2 5 P Garvey 1.45 6=J Bartlett I E.4 6 D Fall 21.42.1 6 B Abdy 1.45 6=O Codrington 18.4 6OOm 8Om l0OOm I M Smith 1.2E.6 I C Fairey 9.2 I M Perry 3.48.9 2 R Phipps I .30.0 2=A lovett 9.3 2 K Wood 3.49.9 3AOrr I .30. 3 2=B Maurice 9.3 3 J Hill 4.03.9 - 4 M Perry- t.32.7 4 B Ariss 9.1 4 D Fall 4.04.6 5 T Howarthg 1.33.E 5 R Cawson 9.5 5 C Turner 4.05..6 6 J Hill 1.34.6 6=M Levington 9.7 6=J Cains 9. Tscr Shot 3OOm Discus I C Fairey I 5.3E l=S McDonald 37 .3 I C Faire5r 41.30 2 T Clowry 14.04 l=J Cains 37.3 2 R Chrimes 37.6E 3 R Chrimes 13.54 3 R Cawson 31.9 3 C Dawson 34.7 8 4 J Bartlett 12.7 t 4 G Felton 3E. I 4 C Gammon 32.78 5 C Dawson 12.50 5 W Lewis 3E-7 5 C Smith 32.72 6 C Davey 12.2E 6 B Ariss 39.0 6 J Wakeman 32.68 [.ong Jump Prize Winners I C Green 6.10 Colin Fairey lE pts. 2 O Codrington 6.03 Rosemary Chrimes l5 pts 3 V Kirkland 5. EE Colin Green ll pts 4=J Bartlett 5.7E Joe Caines lol4 pts 4=B Taylor 5.78 Brian Ariss lO pts 6 M Garvey 5.7 7 Mike Garvey 9 pts Malcolm Perry 9 pts
NUNEATON'IO' BRAMCOTE BARRACKS SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 1996 LUTTERWORTH ROAD (B 4II4) NUNEATON ll.O0 am start
This race, which, as usual will include the MVAC lO mile road race, is being staged by Nuneaton Harriers -in-thir-new-vaG-whieh-ItrofEir-sEeh-a-Tumes"s-rtrrrear. --Prize-irr-tfre--rraditiomaHiquitrorm-wifl be awarded by MVAC in all the usual categories subject to entries, including team race (3 to count) and open age Sroups. All entrants MUST use the form below if they wish to be considered for club awards. The entry fee includes entry into the open race with its usual geoerous prize list.
Collect numbers on the day. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES : 2 September 1996
TO: NUNEATON'10'RACE lll COOKS LANE, KINCSHURT, BIRMINGHAM B37 6NU
SURNAME MVAC NO ..... DATE OF BIRTH ....
FIRST NAME AGE GROUP ADDRESS
TEL. NO m/t
Please enter me for the MVAC and Nuneaton Harriers lO mile road race. I enclose I4.OO entry fee (9x4" sae for travel details if required) Cheques/p.o payable to MVAC please. MVA 151 pase 3
RENEE SCOTT
Renee Scott collapsed whilst taking part in an open race walk at Chesterfield on Saturday, 13 April 1956. She later died from a massive brain haemorrhage. She was aged 67 years- I was privileged to enioy Renee's friendship and competitive rivalry for more than forty years. I shall miss her heavy breathing coming up behind me, but in our younger days we were much more evenly mathced! Renee was a first class administrator and organiser across a wide spectrum of athletics at local, regional and national level She also coached. At the tirne of her death, and for as long, as I can remember, she was Secretary of (;reater Manchester AA. She was a past-president of her club, Bolton Harriers, and indeed was its current Chairperson. She was a past-president of ttre Womens Cross Country Association and apst president of the Northern Area Race Walkin6 Association. During her presi- dential year in 'l 991 she was responsible for the main organisation of that area's Diamond Jubilee.celebtrations. Her death leaves many gaps. Renee had remained an athlete all her life, but with the growth of Veterans athletics she enioyed a resurgance of her race walking. She was able to travel the world enjoying the wonderful cameraderie of the Vets movement and was a frequent medal winner on ttre world stage within her age category' I think her greatest athletic achievement was to become a (lenturion' at the age of 52, the oldest woman ever to do so I don,t know how she did it and am still full of admiration for her commitment and determination. Renee had no immediate family. only cousins, but she was a very special lady to a Sreat many people- Bolton Harriers and Creater Manchester AA are to set up Trust Funds in her name to help young athletes. Donations are welcome. I know Renee would wholeheartedly approve. Renee,s most precious legacy was to donate all her organs including the cornea thus enabling several people the prospect of a brighter future. What better testimony could one have? Renee enioyed a rich, full life and we should be grateful that she died doing what she loved most - race walkint!
' Centurions Club is for athletes who have walked an Pam Horwill approved 100 miles within 24 hours or less' Dudley & Stourbridge Harriers
READERS WRITE .... o TERRY PRESTON, well known Nuneaton Harrier, has been seriously ill, but writes to say I am feeling much better after Hospital treatment and chemotherapy and my cancer is in remission. So I am back in training, and despite being over weight and cracking Pavements as I try to run instead of iog I hope to get back to racing again soon. I need regul; checkups io I have to gear my training around this. But with luck I hope to race later in tie summer or autumn and ag;in get some xc races in. All being well I hope to see all my old Midland Vets during 1996. Rob Suddens from my ;lub had better watch out because I will be after him come the xc season HA HA. STEVE MASON, RSC writes.. I could not resist the challenge laid down by loe Day to say how many different canntries Midtand Vets have run in. 5o here's my personal contribution, trying to work from North to South: Norway & Sweden - but don't go out on a windy day in winter! Canada - lonely, Cermany best place, Denmark and Holland, boring, Belgium, Luxembou.rg, France, Switzerland, 'ltaty,probabty the iugoslavia icoutd now count as at least two bit one at the time), that matches Joe's twelve- The rest-are all hot or very hot - Creece, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia (where a fat burning run became speed work when I was chased by a pack of wild doSt - only recommended if you tiought you couldn't prduce adrenaline any longer) South Africa, Malaya and Singapore - that's twenty three. Oh! I forgat Finland andSpain - 25. For the-most company go to South Africa (Durban) or Singapore; most traffic and stares, Cairo. But for the most inconiiderate motorists and dog owners England easily tops the league table. Best regards and many thanks MVA 151 Page 4 READERS WRITE (cont).
MARY WIXEY has also responded to foe Day's article and writes as follows: Reminiscing - With regard to ioe Day's interesting list of the countries he has run in, l'll challenge him: '85 ltaly (Rome) (Verona '86 & 88) '86 Sweden (Malmo) '87 Yugoslavia (Split) Australia (Melbourne) Sardinia (Cagliari) '88 Holland (Niimegen) '89 USA (San Diego) (Eugene, Oregon &'94) ('95 Michigan, Buffalo) '90 Hungary (Budapest) also '91 & '93 '91 Finland (Turku) '92 Norway (Kristiansand) '93 Japan (Miyazaki) '94 Canada (Edmonton) '94 Creece (Athens)
Thanks, foe, for reminding me of the very happy times I've had in company with the Veteran Athletes, with a special mention for MVAC. Mary
ERRORS & OMISSIONS
GEORGE CHAPLIN (of all people) was left out of the list of world age besrs ar rhe Indoor T&F. George, M65, walked 15.39.6 for 3000m thus continuing his wonderful tradition of top class performances from the age af 17 onwards.
DAVE BLOCKLEY, M45 Huncote H. was left out of the list of MV members performances in the BVAF CC Championships. Dave finished 18th in 38.46. His club mate JOHN HEYWOOD M50 finished 19th in 39.58. DAVE BENDY M50 Sw Road Runners and Leamington AC was 54th in 44.36...... Sorry lads!
BOSTON MARATHON
Norman Jordan, M70, has recently completed the Boston Marathon and has sent this excellent report:
In three words 'What a day!' 38,000 runners including 'Bandits' the officials were very concerned as they were expecting 100,000 people at the start, but after telling spectators to keep away the start area was manageable. They fully thought that up to 7,000 unofficial runners would infiltrate but the Military weeded out the majority and in the event some 2,000 bandits did run but mostly at the rear.
We were bussed to the start and I got up at 5.00 am with my very good room mate Ron Blastland and we managed to get on the l5th or l6th bus and on entering the start area were issued with a wrist band letter A. These went up to the letter G so we secured the first corral and went over the start line in about 18 minutes. The whole of the huge field were over in 29 minutes and as the start line was not much more than 35 ft across, this was a stupendous achievement. The start line had antennae under a tartan strip - we had a chip tied to our shoe and so the actual start time and finish times were recorded.
The city was bright, not a cloud in the sky. With a strong sun behind us our necks and shoulders became quite scorched but at 16 miles the cold biting wind hit us and I was soon looking round for a discarded t-shirt and was fortunate to get a space blanket to wrap round me at the 18 mile mark, otherwise I am quite sure I would have suffered very badly with hypothermia. As it was I managed, with the help of an enormous crowd of lt/z million to reach the end in 5.21..00 or thereabouts. All in all a most memorable day.
The American people I found to be wonderful and friendly. The food was out of this world and I really had a most wonderful four days in the good company of Ron and a MVA 151 page 5
Boston Marathon (cont).
certain Dave Dowdell from Glos. who no doubt you all know as a very good Ultra runner. With a good supply of souvenir t-shirts etc and the rest of the usual goodies I returned very tired but very happy. and I think that the event will remain in my memory for a long time to come. I wish I could do it again but 3.50.00 for 0/70 is a bit much. I secured my place two years ago as one of the un-qualifiers for this special event. This was my 5lst full Marathon and perhaps my last but I'm sure I have a few more left in the old legs and there are at least two or three I would like to run. I intend to keep running up to 80 and I have been at the sport since I began in the Middle East aged 22 and am now in the 51st year of active Athletics. No problem of any sort to worry about, everything is as sound as a bell, resting pulse 46. Speed, of course, has dropped a lot since I was able to do 13.08.00 at 60 but with lots of Vzm and shorter distances to take part in I can look forward to many more years of good sport.
MVAC ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS : TAMWORTH : 2I APRIL 1996
Thanks to the usual stirling work put in by lrene Nicholls, assisted by Margaret Simpson, the results were available far quicker than had hitherto been the case, for this race.
Tamworth AC supplied the organisation and Colin Simpson wenr totally 'ape' with the prizes a bit OTT according to a certain Mike Wrenn who shall remain anonymous! Your editor came home with a NATIONAL ZOO t-shirt which was not his property and which he will be happy to return upon application.
Results: LEG ONE LEG TWO 1 D Jones W Brom M40 14.57 1 P Yeomans Omega M40 14.34 2 T Bishop Omega M40 15.02 2 R Rubery Tipton M40 15.06 3 B Young Tipton M40 15.14 3 G Patton Massey F M50 I 5.39 4 P Keary RSC M40 15.26 4IRedford " M40 15.45 5 K Brailsford Derby & C M40 15.44 5 B Wareing Sparkhill M40 15.45 6 A Edwards Sparkhill M40 15.48 6 C Brown B&R M40 15.47 7 T Meechan Massey F M40 15.50 7 M Smedley Derby &C M40 15.50 8 R Wills Nuneaton M50 15.52 8 M Robinson Derby &C M40 16.29 9 M Ellerd-Elliott Nuneaton M40 16.00 9 D Bouldstridge B'field M50 16.40 l0 I Miller Omega M40 16.18 l0 S Canavan RSC M40 16.49 11 I Kiltie Derby &C M40 16.38 11 T Howarth Massey F M40 16.54 12 P Croxford Massey F M40 t6.41 12 B Cox Mixed teamM50 17.24 13 M O'Neill Massey F M50 16.42 13 C Turner Nuneaton M50 17.25 14 J Wright Tipton M50 16.51 14 R Clayton Derby &C M50 17.26 15 P Coventry Mixed Team M40 16.54 15 B Moran Tamworth M40 17.27 16 T Young Derby &C M50 16.56 16 R Yeomans Omega M40 17.30 17 T Simpson Derby &C M50 17 .ll 17 D Hindley Stoke AC M50 17.47 18 B Worthingron B'field M40 17.18 18 D Smith Massey F M40 17.48 19 M McCabe W Brom M50 17.35 19 J Matthews B'field M40 17.51 20 M Brown RSC M40 17.52 20 M Stroud Nuneaton M40 17.59 2l M Sharland B'field M40 17.54 21 J Stott W Brom M40 18.05 22 J Jackson Derby Ladies W35 17.58 22 M Smith W Brom M50 18.19 23 T Faulkner Tamworth M40 18.03 23 M Sadler RSC M40 18.29 24 C Rollason B'field W35 18.04 24 B Cull Derby &C M40 18.42 25 G Latham Stoke M50 18.09 25 K Scarff Sol&SH L W35 19.03 26 J Cox Mixed Team M50 18.29 26 J Mullis Tipton M50 19.13 27 L White Sol&SH L W35 18.3s 27 P Gorman RSC Ladies W35 19.14 28 C Smith B&R M40 18.48 28 M Knight Derby &C M50 19.1s 29 A Ogtesby Massey F M50 18.50 29 R Spears Derby LadiesW35 19.37 MVA151 page 6 MVAC relay championships (cont).
30 D Fownes Tipton M50 19.14 30 A Hewitson Mixed teamM50 19.5 t 31 A Roberts RSC Ladies W35 19.23 31 G Smith Tipton M50 19.s2 32 R Froggatt s&sH M60 20.17 32 D Batsford Birch. W35 t9.s2 33 T Ducker Derby &C M40 20.40 33 P Ronan RSC M60 20.33 34 H Lyons RSC Ladies W35 20.43 34 R Argyle Derby &C M60 20.35 35 M Heffernan Derby &C M60 20.55 35 M Perry RSC LadiesW35 20.52 36 D Weston Derby &C M60 21.06 36 C Simpson S&SH M60 21.o3 37 W Rawlins B&R M60 21.1s 37 M Harris RSC M60 21.17 38 T Wyer RSC M60 22.18 38 D Ashton Derby &C M60 21.30 39 N Slide West Brom M50 22.35 39 E Nicholls B&R M60 21.47 40 L Foulger RSC Ladies W35 23.10 40 G Clough West BromW40 22.54 4l R Baker RSC M60 23.28 41 B Chapman RSC Ladies W35 28.26 LEG 3 I P Buckley Omega M40 15.34 20 K Hemmings RSC LadiesW35 19.01 2 P Smith West Brom M40 15.57 21 C O'Dell RSC M40 19.02 3 J Millward Derby &C M40 16.02 22 L Bates S&SH LadiesW35 19.15 4 J Simmons Derby &C M50 16.02 23 D Burns Massey F M40 19.38 5 J Peavoy Massey F M40 16.12 24 C Smith B&R M40 t9.33 6 P Hahn Omega M40 16.18 25 L Willmott S&SH M60 t9.44 7 M Wrenn Tipton M50 16. t8 26 J Farrow Derby &C M40 19.51 8 P Bowen Sparkhill M40 16.29 27 R Farndon Nuneaton M50 20.12 I J Taylor Tipton M40 16.40 28 J Raw Derby &C M60 20.13 10 D Hyde RSC M4O 16.41 29 T Frain B'field M40 20.32 11 M Smith Massey F M40 16.56 30 C Brennan Mixed teamM50 20.34 12 A Price Birchfield M40 16.58 31 S Hawes West BromM5O 20.42 13 S Tattersall Derby &C M40 17.06 32 M Robertson Tamworth M40 20.42 14 B Owen RSC M40 17.36 33 N Deam B&R M50 2l.ls t5 T Jukes Stoke Mso t7.41 34 G Travers Derby &C M60 21.28 16 M Butterley Derby&C M50 18.05 35 G Chapman RSC M60 21.33 17 Y Crawley Derby Ladies W35 18.20 36 L Green RSC LadiesW35 21.35 18 R Ladbury Massey F M50 18.32 37 K Westley West BromM60 2s.36 19 L Horton Nuneaton M40 18.42 TEAM PLACINGS : Distance 4.65 x 3 I Omega M40 A 45.10 1 Derby M50 A 50'24 2 Tipton M40 A 47.00 2 Massey F M50 A 50.34 3 Derby M40 A 47.36 3 Tipton M50 A 53'01 4 Massly F M40 A 47.41 4 Nuneaton M50 A 53'29 5 Spark[ill M4o A 48.02 5 Stoke M50 A 53.37 6 RsC M40 A 48.56 6 Derby M50 B s4-31 7 West Brom M40 A 48.59 7 Mixed M50 58.54 8 Omega M40 B 50.06 8 B&R M50 A 64.17 9 Derby M40 B 50.13 9 W Brom Mixed 71.05 10 Massey F M40 B 50.31 11 Birchfield M40 A 50.56 I S &SH M60 A 61.04 12 Nuneaton M40 A 52.41 2 Derby M60 A 62.49 13 RSC M40 B 53.57 3 DerbY M60 B 62.58 14 B&R M40 A s4.08 4 RSC M60 A 64.24 15 West Brom M40 B 54.36 16 Massey F M40 C 56.06 Fastest Man : P Yeomans Omega 14.34 17 Tamworth M40 A 56.12 Fastest Woman : Jackie Jackson 18 Birchfield M40 B 56.17 Derby Ladies 17.58 19 Derby M40 C 59.13 Many thanks to Tamworth AC who have once I Derby L W35 A 55.55 again hosted a well organised, popular event 2 S &SH W35 A 56.53 aild to all who supported the race. 3 RSC W35 A 57 .38 4 RSC W35 B 63' 10 MVA 151 PACE 7