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WWW.VICMASTERSATHS.ORG.AU DECEMBER 2017 The Coach talks about Shoe lacing VMA Results From Australian Masters Games Be involved in the 2019 AMA Championships You’ve All Heard - If you wait until you’re thirsty to drink, it’s too late ! Oh Yeah ?? Read this 2 CONTENTS P.3-5 Masterpieces P.6-7 East Burwood - Doug Orr Results P.8 Ad - AMA Multi Events - Bendigo P.9 VMA holds Mullum parkrun P.10 VMA Team in XCR. Volunteering P.11 Springy Stories This has been such a difficult issue to pro- P.12 Clyde’s New Record Report duce thanks to the NBN. P.13 Countdown to Melbourne 2019 When I was connected to the NBN a few P.14-15 Glen Eira - Living Legends months ago, the sub-contractor, obviously being P.16-17 Results - Australian Masters Games paid per job, connected me to the wrong pole. P.18 Ask the Coach - Lacing your Shoes Ten days ago, a contractor also being paid per job, P.19 Browne Shield Review & Coordinator disconnected me and left the cable hanging in the P.20 Kees Zwynenburg breeze. Since then I have been trying to get recon- P.21 Ad - Andy Salter nected but you can’t speak directly to the NBN, P.22 Ad - Lindsay Thomas you have to go through your internet provider. In P.23 Overhydration my case, iiNet, has their call room in Cape Town, P.24 Results - AMA Winter Throws South Africa and they don’t seem to understand P.25 Tan Lines what they are there for. They have managed to get P.26 Ask the Coach - Cricket. Wind Consultant 2 visits from NBN people but, you see, they need a P.27 Vale - John Waite crane truck to do the job, and they have only sent P.28 Ad - Flight Centre AMA Travel Partner me guys who, ..........well my point is, if you can P.29-31 Ad - Tour to WMA Malaga 2018 avoid switching to the NBN for as long as possible it P.32 2018 Membership Form might be a good idea. Maybe someday we can have P.33-35 Venues, Officials etc. a decent service. P.36 Celebrity Runners You will notice that I’ve moved Clyde Rid- doch’s New Record Report up front, not only in recognition of the great work Clyde does year in NAG FILE and year out, but also to acknowledge the World Athletes Moving into a New Age Group records set by Mentone’s Gwen Steed. Gwen is a Karen Archer into W55 most deserving WR holder and she has immediately Margaret Beaumont into W80 knocked 20 seconds off her record 2 weeks later. Pau Connor into M55 Now getcha,getcha selves in gear and put Connie Davy into W65 your hand up to help out with the 2019 AMA T&F Tony Dell into M55 Championships that we will be hosting. If you Elwyn Egan into M75 haven’t been a part of an LOC it is a chance to Kevin Esmore into M70 make a contribution to something you can be proud Gerard Feain into M55 of. Russ Haines into M65 Also, VMA Secretary Phil Urquhart may have Shawn Hennig into M50 been to your Venue (or will be soon) to talk about Liza Henshall into W40 doing the courses to become an AV/AA official. He’s Sandra Howorth into W55 not being paid to do this. It’s called “volunteering” Daryl Hurst into M65 and the country is built on it. Believe me, you will Nicole Johansen into W45 get a kick out of being an accredited official. Bernard Leddin into M70 Now, because our new dispatcher applies Toni Matters into W50 a seperate mailing sheet, I can use the last page. David Mellings into M50 Those of you who get Footprints online, make sure Chris Murphy into M60 you have a look and not stop when you get to the Graham Philpott into M75 boring last pages. For those who get the print copy John Pocock into M75 - you can’t miss it. Stephen Sellick into M45 Jane Sturzaker into W65 Christine Wille into W60 Once I used to be connected, sigh Ewen Wilson into M65 Russ Dickenson Judith Wines into W80 3 Masterpieces I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 I must renew before January 1 There is no VMA Gift Card. I must renew before January 1 Just an imaginary one. Ask someone to renew you as a Here’s the link : Christmas present https://www.registernow.com.au/se- cure/Register.aspx?E=27590 What’s On any queries on VMA running races can be directed to our Secretary Phil Urquhart 0419357823 or [email protected] 2017 2018 January 6-7 AMA Decathlon and Heptathlon Championships - Bendigo - [email protected] January 17 Lindsay Thomas Memorial 10k Run & 5k Walk - Braeside Park - See ad this issue January 20-27 Oceania Masters Championships - Dunedin NZ - www.oceaniamastersathletics.org ENTRIES CLOSE 8th DECEMBER 2017 February 7 Andy Salter Memorial Team Relay - Springvale Venue - See ad this issue March 4 2018 VMA T&F Pentathlon - Tom Kelly Doncaster March 18 2018 VMA Throws Pentathlon - Venue TBA March 24-25 2018 VMA T&F Championships - TBA March 30 - April 2 Easter April 4-15 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast April 15 or 22 VMA AGM and 3000m Championship - Venue TBA April 26-29 2018 AMA T&F Championships - Perth - http://www.mastersathleticswa.org/perth2018/ August 5 AMA 20k Road Walk Championship - Adelaide - Details TBA August 19 AMA Half Marathon Championships - Canberra - Shane Hutchinson 0419009403 Sept 4-16 World Masters Athletics T&F Championships - Malaga, Spain - www.malaga2018.com/ 2019 March 24-30 World Masters Indoors Championships - Torun, Poland – www.wmaci2019.com April 19-22 2019 AMA T&F Championships - Melbourne 2020 TBA World Masters Athletics T&F Championships - Toronto - www.wmatoronto2020.com/ 4 Masterpieces Found this photo of our esteemed VP Tony Brad- ford recently, back in 1992 when he was Victo- rian Veterans (now VMA) president.Tony was in the M50’s then. Yes, the official uniform then allowed white bike shorts as an option. Always a fashionplate, Tony dove right in. Unfortunately, when he dove into the Steeplechase pool the pants came up transparent. Worse still, Tony had worn his favorite underpants that day with “Hello Sailer” written across the bum. On a serious note, this was in fact Tony’s first National medal and he placed behind Paul Critchley NSW 1st and Alan Pollock 2nd. First person to congratulate him was David Sheehan. And David can still be found standing at the finish line !! Julie Norney at age 49 has won this year’s City2Sea fun run. Allan Cook has been on a holiday in the USA and found time to run the Crissy Park parkrun in San Fran- cisco. Naturally enough, the “Cookie Monster” set a new M55 record for the course running 18.34 minutes. 5 DONCASTER VENUE Masterpieces 7.30 Monday Nights - Tom Kelly Athletics Track George Street Doncaster Winter Series Winners! Over winter at Doncaster, 3 series were in progress: 300m handicap, 1000m estimated time handicap and Pentathlon. Each series lasted 6 months with 1 round each month, and the athlete’s best 5 rounds to count for final score. All were very close and a huge thank you to Graham Ford who did all the organisation, including keeping tabs of results. Doncaster 300m handicap Doncaster 1000m ET handicap Equal 1st Phil Rosevear Equal 1st Elizabeth Grover Graham Ford Gary Zuccala 3rd Jeffrey Sim 3rd Kath Gawthorn Pentathlon Individual prizes Matt Scholes (1500m) Equal 1st David McConnell Marla Trautman (javelin) Graham Ford Winners were presented with Runner’s World vouchers by Treasurer David McConnell. Congratulations to all winners and all who participated in these series. Remember that our summer series have now com- menced. 120m gift (handicap – 4th Monday of month), 800m estimated time handicap (2nd Monday) and summer pentathlon (3rd Monday) all in progress. Anyone wishing to test themselves out against Doncas- ter’s best are welcome. Thank you again to Graham Ford for his work in organising these events. Melbourne Marathon - VMA Results The Melbourne Marathon is also the VMA Marathon championship. This year thirty six members completed the marathon run in good conditions which were conducive to good times. Notable performances included Liam Delaney (M40) in 2 hours 36 min 52 secs (5th in overall age group); Peter Rushen (M55) 2:55:52 (2nd in overall age group) and Gregory Moore (M65) 3:33:24 (1st in overall age group). Congratulations to all VMA members who competed. Nicola Hamilton-Morris W30 03:10:22 Chris Grafen M50 03:21:55 Emma McCann W30 03:35:49 Peter Rushen M55 02:55:52 Kuniko Bowden W50 04:07:28 Peter Gaunt M55 03:07:20 Tanya Fiore-Yatomi W50 04:16:41 Bruce Venables M55 03:37:07 Jane Sturzaker W60 04:47:41 Albin Hess M55 04:46:49 Karyn O'Neill W60 05:14:09 Russell Moore M55 05:31:48 Vicki Thompson W70 06:22:47 John Signorini M60 03:30:34 Katie Duncan Assoc 02:56:31 Mark Travill M60 03:30:38 Peter Black M60 03:44:12 Chris Worsnop M60 04:47:54 Gregory Moore M65 03:33:24 Adam Gregory M30 03:10:49 Jim Hopkins M65 04:15:15 Jamie Rae M35 03:36:23 Peter Moore M65 04:28:21 Liam Delaney M40 02:36:52 Len Hallett M65 05:10:12 Brad Buyck M40 03:02:01 Kari Jortikka M70 04:31:05 Corey Lawson M40 03:15:27 Rod Bayley M70 04:44:56 Michael Camilleri M40 03:47:46 Stephen Barker M70 05:09:55 Peter White M40 04:02:49 Neville Gardner M70 06:12:39 George Dyer M50 03:08:08 Ashley Page M75 06:02:51 Derek Couper M50 03:13:02 6 EAST BURWOOD VENUE - DOUG ORR HALF MILE Half Mile Hopefuls It has been a busy few months at East Burwood.