MASTERS ATHLETICS the Official Magazine of the British Masters Athletic Federation - Spring 2018 - Issue 119
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MASTERS ATHLETICS The official magazine of the British Masters Athletic Federation - Spring 2018 - Issue 119 Angela Copson www.tomphillipsphotos.co.uk Dalbir Singh Deol www.tomphillipsphotos.co.uk MASTERS ATHLETICS SPRING 2018 03 Jun 2018 - British Masters Pentathlon Championships - Horspath Athletics Ground Oxford Rd Horspath Oxford OX4 2RR 17 Jun 2018 - BMAF 5km Road and 5 km Road Walk Editor: Paul Smith Email: [email protected] Championships - Horwich Festival of Racing Horwich Leisure Centre Victoria Road Horwich BL6 5PY Contents 24 Jun 2018 - South of England Masters T&F Championships - Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, Page 3 - Fixtures London, SW11 4NJ Page 4 - Secretary’s Report 24 Jun 2018 - BMAF Multi-Terrain Championships - Page 4 - BMAF Constitution Cascades Leisure Centre, Thong lane, Gravesend, DA12 4LG Page 7 - EAMA Indoor Track and Field 08 Jul 2018 - England Masters Inter-Area T&F Page 10 - BMAF Indoor Pentathlon Challenge - Norman Green Sports Centre Blossomfield Road Solihull B91 1NB Page 11 - BMAF Ten Mile Championships 14-15 Jul 2018 - North of England Masters T&F Page 12 - EMACI Madrid Championships (TBC) - Sheffield Hallam University, Page 22 - BMAF Indoor Championships Woodbourn Road, Sheffield, S9 3HL Page 27 - Regional News 14-15 Jul 2018 - British Masters Combined Events Championships (TBC) - Sheffield Hallam University, Page 31 - BMAF Contacts Page Woodbourn Road, Sheffield, S9 3HL International Fixtures 22 Jul 2018 - BMAF Half Marathon Championships - Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5YP 18-20 May 2018 - European Masters Non Stadia Championships - Alicante, Spain 05 Aug 2018 - BMAF 10 km Championships - Tittensor Village Hall, Winghouse Lane, Tittensor, Stoke on Trent, 4-16 Sep 2018 World Masters Track & ST12 9HW Field Championships - Malaga, Spain 25-26 Aug 2018 - British Masters Track & Field 17 Nov 2018 - British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships (TBC) - Alexander Stadium Walsall Rd International - Swansea, Wales Perry Barr Birmingham B42 2LR 24-30 Mar 2019 - World Masters Indoor Track & Field 29 Sep 2018 - England Masters Inter-Area Cross Championships - Torun, Poland Country Challenge - Nowton Park, Bury Road, Bury St 5-17 Sep 2019 - European Masters Track & Edmunds, Suffolk IP29 5LU Field Championships - Jessolo, Italy 07 Oct 2018 - BMAF Marathon Championships - 20 Jul - 01 Aug 2020 - World Masters Track & Chester Racecourse, Chester, CH1 2LY Field Championships - Toronto, Canada 27 Oct 2018 - British Masters Cross Country Relays - National Fixtures West Park Long Eaton NG10 4AA 28 April 2018 - British Masters Road Relays - Sutton Regional Fixtures Park Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B74 2YT 11 Apr 2018 - NMAC Track and Field Series - Princess 27 May 2018 - Vitality Masters Mile - Westminster Mary Athletics Stadium, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, Mile Race information Race assembly area is in Green WF15 6LW Park, London W1. Start on The Mall. 17 Apr 2018 - VAC Battersea Park Road & Race Walk 03 Jun 2018 - British Masters 10000m and 10000m Series 2018-1 - 5m road race, 5m race walk - Track Walk Championships - Horspath Athletics Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ Ground Oxford Rd Horspath Oxford OX4 2RR 3 MASTERS ATHLETICS SPRING 2018 15 May 2018 - VAC Battersea Park Road & Race Walk The European Masters marathon, held away from the Series 2018-2 - 5m road race, 5m race walk - main Track & Field Championships in Poland last year, Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ may not be held at the same venue this year as apparently EMA had some admin problems. Our Team 03 Jun 2018 - MMAC & WMAA Track & Field Manager there, Dave Beattie, gave a positive feedback Championships - Pingles Leisure Centre Avenue Road and ran in it himself. The Ukraine has expressed an Nuneaton CV11 4LX interest to host. 10 Jun 2018 - SCVAC 10k Championships 2018 - Torun, Poland, is hosting the next World Masters Athletics Surrenden Road Playing Fields, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 Indoor in 2019. A half marathon will also be included. The 0LY Organisers are inviting runners to compete in this year’s Open half on 28 October over the same course. 19 Jun 2018 - VAC Battersea Park Road & Race Walk Series 2018-3 - 5m road race, 5m race walk. VAC Masters athletics is being overwhelmed by our own Championships. Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, success - a wonderful problem for any sport to have. We are primarily an unfunded sport run by volunteers, but London SW11 4NJ with record entries now the norm, finding enough 30 Jun 2018 - NIMAA Track and Field Championships - Officials to cover shifts, as in the UK there is a work time Mary Peters Track, Belfast limit, would virtually be impossible for us should we ever now be in a position to host a European or World Masters 10 Jul 2018 - VAC Battersea Park Road & Race Walk Athletics Championships. It did not appear to be a Series 2018-4 - 5km road race, 5m race walk. VAC 5 km problem in Madrid with the full backing of the National championships - Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, Governing Body and good facilities, they had plenty of volunteers. UK Sport has a budget available to the various London SW11 4NJ Sports Bodies here to host International events; 11 Jul 2018 - NMAC Track and Field Series - Princess unfortunately no veteran or Masters sports qualify. Mary Athletics Stadium, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, WF15 6LW The BMAF Constitution - Past, Present and Future 07 Aug 2018 - VAC Battersea Park Road & Race Walk Series 2018-5 - 5m road race, 5m race walk - At the last AGM when I was elected as Vice Chairman – Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ Policy and International Affairs, I said that I would make it a priority to review the Constitution to ensure that it is fit for purpose for the way that the BMAF needs to operate in today’s world and is adaptable to meet future needs. This article is a brief up-date on the progress so The 300 plus club exists to provide financial support the far. Masters Athletics magazine. For £15 per year you can purchase a share numbered between 1 and 999. Once a The Constitution has changed little since the BMAF was month one of these numbers is selected at random to receive formed more than 50 years ago and the first a prize of £125, and five runners-up each receive £10. consideration has to be its legal status and whether that is still appropriate. The BMAF is a federation of self- If you are not already a supporter and wish to purchase one governing master’s athletics clubs and associations. It has or more shares, then please get in touch at a Council that is responsible for the affairs of the [email protected] Federation. That Council is made up of representatives of Recent Winners: the affiliated clubs and associations. It has no members January: Ian Jolliffe £125, Arnold & Brenda Bradshaw £10, and is run by an Executive that is elected at its AGM each Derek Smith £10, William Drysdale £10, Midland Masters year by the members of the affiliated clubs. At Council AC £10, Dot Fraser £10 meetings the Officers of the Executive do not have a vote unless they are an official representative of an affiliated Secretary’s Report - Bridget Cushen Club or Association. The principle purpose of the BMAF is:- The BMAF AGM will be held on Saturday evening, 25 August 2018, in the Alexander Stadium at the Track & (a) to encourage, organise, regulate and administer Field Championships. Any nominations for Office or athletics for men and women of not less than 35 years of Proposals must reach me by Friday 25 July. age (b) to co-ordinate the work of the constituent Associations and Clubs 4 MASTERS ATHLETICS SPRING 2018 (c) to be responsible for National Masters Championships lead to formal proposals being recommended. The final (d) To ratify and register National Masters five-year age- proposals will need to be agreed at an AGM or EGM. group records. Reviewing the Constitution has opened the door to a huge Many of the things that athletes say the BMAF should be opportunity to make Masters Athletics even more doing do not fall within its Constitution. Its legal structure successful than it currently is. I hope that many will want as an unincorporated association with no legal status also to share their ideas. makes it difficult to enter into large contracts or to Ian Richards OLY employ anyone should it wish to do so. For example, it is most unlikely that any organisation of size would be Vice Chairman, willing to enter into a meaningful sponsorship Policy and International Affairs arrangement and obtaining funding from a government source is almost impossible. For most purposes The Superlative Angela Copson unincorporated associations are a collection of individuals with liabilities held by individual committee members. This structure has enabled the BMAF to help establish and grow master’s athletics in the UK to become one of the most successful in the world. However, it has reached a size where it is questionable whether it is still appropriate. Almost all sports governing bodies have changed to become a legal entity with a company by limited guarantee the most common. Becoming a trust or a charity are other options. Work is underway with legal advice being taken on the most appropriate form and the implications of what a change might mean. The key is not to decide what entity the BMAF should become but to determine initially what is it the all involved in masters athletics want and then to find the structure that will enable it. For example it might be more beneficial to have a number of committees such as Track and Field, Endurance and Field Events with athlete Photo courtesy of www.fotosjjvico.com representatives. However, we are a national body which makes meetings difficult and so often committees while We have and have had many wonderful men and women being very good from a democratic point of view are often over the years who achieved brilliant performances for slow to make and implement decisions.