Masters (Veterans) Road and Cross Country 2006

At the Club’s recent AGM, I had the privilege of being elected your Masters (Veterans) Road & XC Team Manager for the next 12 months. I thank everyone there for his or her support. At this point, I think I should say a big thank you to John Matthews for his work over the last 6 or so years having to contend with the dwindling number of masters in the Club. Not always an easy task to get teams out and competing. 

I hope to be able to submit regular reports to the website on our Masters (Veterans) activities on the road and cross-country, so, please keep coming back to the site to get the latest information. 

Can I urge and encourage all the masters out there to join our local veteran organisation, the MVAC. This will enable us to be able to compete in more events for masters and open up a new world of competition. Please go to www.mvac.org.uk for more information. 

Over the next months I hope to rally a few more masters together to compete in team events. Any active masters out there please make yourself known. Remember, you become a master at age 35 now, whether male or female and there are an ever increasing number of events for M35’s. My aim is to enter a team in every age category in the BMAF National Open Road Relays on our own patch at Sutton Park next May. 

Dates for your Diary 

7th January                 The 3rd Birmingham League XC at Rugby 

22nd January              MVAC XC Championships at Perry Barr

                                    We are promoting this event and marshals are required 

28th January               MCAA XC Championships at Leamington 

5th February               MVAC 5 Mile Handicap at Kingshurst (entries to MVAC) 

11th February             The 4th Birmingham XC League at Wolverhampton 

5th March                    BMAF XC Championships at Bournemouth 

25th March                  MCAA Road Relays for both Men & Women at Sutton 

2nd April                      MVAC Road Relays (and AGM) at Chasewater 

23rd April                    LONDON MARATHON

20th May                     BMAF National Open Road Relays at Sutton 

25th June                    BMAF 5k Championships at Horwich 

Tom Morris - Masters (Veterans) Road & XC Team Manager

26th November 2005