■T • T , ^ British ^ , , Masters Bthletic MfiST€RS Federation fiTHL€TICS OO The Neajspoper of the British Masters Bthletic Federation Summer 2004 Number 68 W.M.A. WORLD NGN STADIA NEW ZEALAND B.M.A.F. MASTERS ROAD RELAYS, i SUTTON PARK. B.M.A.F. THROWS DECATHLON B.M.A.F. HALF MARATHON, BLACKPOOL. amo B.M.A.F. TRACK & FIELD, BIRMINGHAM. READERS WRITE, CLUB RESULTS. TRACEY MORRIS FIRST BRITISH WOMAN IN THE LONDON MARATHON AND IS OUR FIRST MASTER TO WIN OLYMPIC SELECTION MASTERS ATHLETICS SUMMER 2004 Donations Masters Athletics Many thanks for the kind donation from: Andy Turner, NEW ADVERTISING RATES IN THIS ISSUE COMMERCIAL COLOUR Page 3 Addresses. FULL PAGE £600:00 Page 4 Secretary's report. HALE PAGE £350:00 Page 5 B.M.A.F. Road Relays QUARTER PAGE £200:00 Page 9 W.M.A. Non Stadia. Page 10 B.M.A.F. Half Marathon COMMERCIAL BLACK & WHITE Page 12 B.M.A.F. 10k Road Entry Form. FULL PAGE £420:00 Page 13 Half Marathon Report. HALF PAGE £250:00 Page 14 B.M.A.F. Track & Field. 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NP26 3JH masters athleticsATHLETICS. is The an ediionalomcial publication policy is not. otTbe unless BRI'i Oihevwiseslaicd.lhatollSII MASTEIRS ATllLHTItS the BMAf-01 KEDERATi()N \V MA and,,.v- of the \\'()RLD4 . u i i i i Unsolici.cd material would be welcomed, preferably M.erosofi Word or Te.M. Copy submitted on "[■loppy Disc C D . needs to be aecompamed In a hard cop>. Email attachments are aceepiable in any Microsoft format. II you require the return of your infonnation and phoioaraphs. please enclose a "siarnped .Addrc.ssed l-.melope . mi . MASTERS ATHLETICS cannot accept anv rcsponsihil.tv for items lost or damaged in transit, and any concspondcnce published at the Fdnors discretion. This Maga/inc is posted to die home address of all remslered BMAE memhcis. based on tbe intbrmauon supplied _b\ Atfihatcd ( lubs and Associations. Athletics will take every care to ensure that advice gi\en to assist reader s with training, diet and injuries is safe. I .ters ,\lhletics or its contributors cannot, however, accept any respoiisihB for injiiin. loss or damage caused l)\ such advice. .SHOl l.n ^ Ol R ADDRESS BE 1NC ()RRE( T PI.EASE COM AC T THE EDITOR 3 MASTERS ATHLETICS SUMMER 2004 and still farm in the old traditional ways. They use no up to the surrounding hills. One day aHer an early Secretary's report electricity, no motorised vehicles and no artificial or competition we went up the gold mining route to some Sirir AndrewAtidrcw Foster was appointed by UK forced methods in their fanning. Their fanners of the small towns. Many grew to be successful towns. Sport and Sport EnolandEngland last November to markets are very popular. Their home baking sells well others are ghost towns but interesting to visit. carry out an indcDcndemindependent review of UK: as does their grain The men drive their families in ^ little black covered horse drawn cabs and their clothes After the final competition (2 firsts, 1 second. 1 third) Athletics. His terms of reference fell within UK are home made from home woven cotton or woollen we drove back to Lake Tahoc to prepare for the US Sport's modernisation programme that look.s at materials. When a man marries he stops shaving, so Masters National championships in Eugene. Oregon, the nation's governing bodies and the way they the men have round the face Huffy beards. (Easy to This was to be a beautiful but long 101 hour drive, run their sports with a view to developing more spot a bachelor!) The mountains in the distance were still snow covered effective ways of working. As UK Sport has no and the tinder dry grass plains gave way to slopes and remit for any masters sport, we were not Training for this competition and the nc.xt one up near then everywhere was tree covered: we were in Oregon. consulted, but Sir Andrew did attend one of the Boston was carried out at 6.30am in a public park near meetingsmootina.: I waswns atai with 1UK. IK- AthleticsAtblrtirs in FebruaiyFfhnmt^ Flushing. NY. Wearound did theshot park, and throwing discus from on to off grass, the checkedThe next out day the wc circles. registered, They met are up excellent, with friends designed and and 1 had an oppoitimity to briefly outline our not lawns wilh "Keep OfT like British parks, but and built by Stuart Toglicr.