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Spring 2010 Page Id P from Our Officers WORID RECORO ERR THEFirm SCOTT. WORIOREGORO'S p Darren Scott by David Griffiths -t,.¥ imiiiPiMiHii A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR JULIA MACHm W40. WITH THIS CLEARANCE AT 1.78 WHIC ADDED 6cm TO DEBBIE BRILLS OLD RECORD, watched by BRUCE CHARLES. PICTURE: BY TOM PHILLIPS. f m MASTERS A THLETtCS SPRING 2010 PAGE ID P FROM OUR OFFICERS. PAGE 12P BMAFXC FROM STORMONT. PAGE 16PCONTACTS. ADVERTISING RATES PAGE 17P FIXTURES. FULL PAGES £ 600 PAGE 18P WORLD MASTERS INDOOR. HALF PAGE: £ 350 PAGE 23PBMAF INDOOR PENTATHLON. PAGE 24PBMAF INDOOR Items for inclusion in the "Summer CHAMPIONSHIPS. Edition"to reach the editor by the 10** JUNE 2010. THE PICTURES USED IN THIS ISSUE ARE BY LESLEY RICHARDSON JOIN THE 300 PLUS CLUB www.rikko2pho to. co. uk SHOULD YOU WISH TO JOIN PLEASE SEND JEREMY HEMMING YOUR DETAILS WITH YOUR CHEQUE FOR [email protected] £ 12, DIRECT to: http;//imagetogo.net/go/?19633 Danny Mullane, 34, Maiden Road, Tiptree, Colchester, Essex, COS OTN. TOM PHILLIPS iviviv.tomphiilipsphotos.co.uk Winners in the latest draws were: JULiA BUCKEL NOVEMBER: JOHN GLOVER £125- Jim Leith. DAVID GRIFFITHS £ 10- Betty Davidson, Ursula Duckworth, Barry Ferguson, Carole Filer, Dorothy McLellan, INDEPENDENT PANEL ISSUES TWO-YEAR DECEMBER: SUSPENSION TO U.S. TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE, £125- Peter Cartwright. BARNWELL, FOR DOPING OFFENCE Colorado £ 10- Bill Drysdale, Jackie Gilchrist, Springs, Colo.(March 3, 2010)- Len Parrott, Derek Smith, Mary Wixey. U.S.A.D.A announced that Va!Barnwell, a Masters JANUARY: track and field athlete, has received a sanction for £ 125- Jackie Gilchrist. testing positive for a banned substance at the 2009 £ 10- Alan Clucas, Chris Flint, Derek Nutley, Masters World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Mary Wixey. FEBRUARY: Barnwell, 52, of Brooklyn, N.Y., tested positive for £ 125- Malcolm Stewart. testosterone prohormones in a sample collected £ 10- Mr&Mrs Abell, Brian Holden, from him on August 3, 2009, after winning a gold Victor Murray, Graham Page. medal in the 200 meter event at the Masters World Championships. Testosterone prohormones are prohibited as Anabolic Agents on the World Anti- Doping Agency Prohibited List, which has been adopted by the U.S.A.D.A Protocol for Olympic PAGE 3^ NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF Movement Testing and the International MASTERS ATHLETICS. Association of Athletics Federations("LA.A.F") Anti-Doping Rules. PAGE6 P FROM OUR READERS. CORRECTED RESULTS FROM LAHTI PAGE 7 P iRiEHiLL & JAROSLAVHANUS M50 100 m Final Stadium Wind: -0,3 by ALASTAiR AiTKEN. 1. Jeff Battlsta Great Britain & Nl 11,87 2. Paul Emile Chenois Belgium 12,05 PAGE8 P DARREN SCOTT. 3. Gerhard Zorn Germany 12,09 PAGE 9 P BRITISH RECORD UPDA TE. 5. Peter HIckey Great Britain & Nl 12,14 PAGE 9 P OBITUARIES. MASTERS ATHLETICS SPRING 2010. A throw of 72.49 metres last year was the fifth best by a British athlete for 2009. FOUR TIMES WORLD GOLD "I grew up in Lea Valley and It would be a fitting end to compete Medail in London as a 50-year-old," Picture: Although he still trains every day, Bradstock admitted his f Tom training schedule has changed significantly since his early days Phillips. as an athlete. "On Mondays and Fridays I train twice a day, a couple of hours a session and nine in total a week," he said. "It's still a lot but nowhere near as much as I used to train. "I train very differently. Now it's about fitness, I still do throwing, M50 200 m Final Stadium Wind: -0,2 Bounding and piyometrics, but I really minimise how much 1. Jeff Battlsta Great Britain & Ni 23,94 2. Paul Emile Chenois Belgium 24,11 I do. 3. James Chinn United States 24,44 4. Peter HIckey Great Britain & Nl 24,61 5. Eric Smart Great Britain & Ni 24,78 M50 4 X 100 m Final Stadium. 1. Great Britain & Ni GBR 46,33( Jeff Battlsta, Kwei Sankofa, Ian Broadhurst, Eric Smart); 2. Russia RUS 47,24 3. Germany GER 47,51 MSG 4 X 400 m Final Stadium 1. Great Britain & Ni GBR 3.46,38 (Ian Broadhurst, Jeff Battlsta, Brian Matthews, Eric Smart) 2. Germany GER 3.46,48 3. Russia RUS 3.48,28 Javelin thrower Roald Bradstock is targeting a In her twelfth appearance at the European Cross remarkable comeback for the London Olympics in Country Championships, Hayley Yelling (Windsor Siough, Eton & Hounsiow) won 2012 - when he will be 50 years old. individual gold in the senior women's race a year Born in 1962, Bradstock twice competed for Great Britain at the after announcing her retirement. Emulating the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, but believes he still has the ability to sprint like pace she maintained throughout the trials in Liverpool, she controlled the race from gun throw world-class distances to tape with a 25 yard lead ail the way for an outstanding seven second victory. MASTERS A THLET/CS SPRING 2010 35 year old Yelling said: "I can't believe it, I feel sustenance allowance is paid and full instructions wiil be given. great. I'm in shock, but I said that after Liverpool Please contact Tom Morris on email at [email protected] as soon as possible. as well. I just wanted to go out hard, because I know that's how I race better, to just go out and Details of the event now be accessed on a blog at hang on for as long as possible. I expected them to http://britishmastersaf.wordpress.com/ here you will find details all come past me, but luckily they didn't. of location, entry rules and entry forms together with a chance to make comments! "I was running scared I think, I thought with two medium laps to go that they would come back but I BMAF Half Marathon 2009 at Stevenaee Herts. didn't know where they were or how far behind. I Sunday November thought they might have a quick last lap. The revised result provided by Mel James. "I had no expectation at all; I just wanted to enjoy MALE it. I was thinking about the team really. I've been M45: 1 .Viesters Dude Crawley AC 1 h-17 - 49s; 2. Len Reilly back doing training sessions for about a month. Kent AC 1:18:11; 3 Ian Aunger Nene Valley H 1h -23-39s; M50: 1. Peter Thompson Nene Valley H. 1h -19 - 59s: 2 Keith I might do a few more races and see how I'm doing McLellan Luton Ath. 1 h - 25 - OOs; 3. Tom Ulliott Brighton & but I'm not looking as far as the World Cross or Hove AC 1 h - 28 - 45; M55: 1. Des Michael Barnet & Dis. AC anything. 1h-26-01s; 2. Walter Hill Crawley AC 1h -27 -47s: 3. Peter Fitzpatrick Herts Phoenix 1 h - 32 - 40s: M60: 1. Geoff Newton Tadworth AC 1 h - 28 - 03s: 2. David Beattie Crawley AC 1 h - "I think it's just from all the years of training, 31 - 50s; 3. Richard Bloom Herts Phoenix 1h - 38 - 31s; M65: recently I have been ticking over running about 40 1. Martin Ford Chelt & County H. 1 h - 26 - 55s: 2. John Turner minutes a day. What was all that 100 miles a week Strat.-on-Avon AC 1h - 39 - 02s: 3 Glyn Jenkins Thanet about!? I'm enjoying it so much; I want to get out of R/Runners 1 h - 45 - 10s; M70: 1. Derek Surrey Shaftesbury B. AC 1 h - 54 - 23s: 2. Michael Miller Hillingdon AC 1 h - 56 - 35s: the door and run." M75: 1. Brian Campbell Midland VAC. 1h - 51 - 57s: 2. Malcolm Ball N. Norfolk BR. 2h - 00 - 24s; 3 Roy Stringer Ware 2:40:59; W35: Sara O'Callaghan Fairlands V Spartans 2h - 02 -39s: W40: 1, Philippa Taylor Stamford 1:25:50; 2 Sarah Vick Saxmundham SR. 1h - 44 -55s : W45: 1. Sarah Gee Reading New Year Honours R/R 1h - 19 - 53s: 2. Jenny Moore Wells City H, 1h - 23 - 26s; 3. Cathy Ulliot Brighton & Hove AC 1 h - 29 - 45s ; W55: 1. Zina thietics was well represented in the recent New Year's Marchant Team Bath 1 h - 37 - 26s; 2. DIanne Wooller Honours lists with several key officials receiving Colchester & T.AC 1h - 46 - 48s: W60: 1. Angela Copson Arecognition for their work following nomination by UKA. Rugby & North. AC 1h - 29 -31s: 2. Ann Bath 26.2 Club 1h - 58 -12s; W70:1 Pam Jones llford AC 1h - 59 - 27; 2 Valerie Chris Cohen - U.K.M.C member and high level official received Stringer Ware 2:40:28; a C.B.E for services to sport, whist David Littlewood and Jean Pickering received M.B.Es for voluntary services and services to athletics respectively. low ready. It can be obtained from Mrs Sally Gandee The honour marked a double success story for Jean Pickering Westfield Road, Hertford, Herts, SG14 3DJ who has seen the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund finalise the financial grant awards made for 2010 in recent weeks and "he cost is £3.50 for the book (cheques payable to reach a major milestone of Its own. The £51,000 awarded to the Irs S Gandee please) with an A5 envelope with a 47p (large recipients for this year means the fund has given away more than £1,000,000 to deserving young athletes since it was started following the death Ron Pickering in 1991. Having set a goal of reaching the £1million target by London 2012, the Mara Yamauchi won the trustees are delighted to have been able to achieve this ahead New York Half Marathon of schedule.
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