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Indoor Inter Area Competition - women's team This is the last call for all female athletes for the Indoor Inter-Area Competition at Lee Valley on Sunday 13 March. Daphne Marler has circulated all the female athletes, including those who have not renewed their membership, but she still has a number of vacancies for the Welsh women's team. If there are any other female Welsh athletes who want to be considered for the team, she would like to hear from them as soon as possible so they may be included (dmmarler@virginmedia.com). Men's team news is that we have a strong team but a few gaps that will cost points! All members we need you to contact athletes at your clubs to see if these can be filled. Contact Brett Davis brett-davis1@sky.com Events needed - 2km walk M35 and 50, Hurdles M35 and 50, HJ M50, PV M35 and SP M60. Let's get a FULL TEAM.

William ("Bill") Davies, a successful and long serving member of Welsh Masters, sadly passed away on Sunday 13 February after a long race with illness. Apart from his medals at World and European Masters Championships, and heaps of them from the British Masters Championships, his achievements may be measured by the fact that he still holds no fewer than ten Welsh Masters records, as follows: M75 400 Indoor 78.88 M75 800 Indoor 3:08.57 M80 800 3:26.3 M80 1500 6:52.0 M80 1500 Indoor 6:54.67 M75 3000 Indoor 13:40.13 M80 3000 15:45.74 M75 5000 24:35.34 M75 10000 49:43.9 M80 10000 52:28.90 The M80 1500 Indoor mark is also the current British Masters record. All this was done with his own unique humour. He leaves three children, one of whom is our Membership Secretary. Bill's contribution to Welsh Masters is manifold.

Indoor Inter Area Competition - women's team This is the last call for all female athletes for the Indoor Inter-Area Competition at Lee Valley on Sunday 13 March. Daphne Marler has circulated all the female athletes, including those who have not renewed their membership, but she still has a number of vacancies for the Welsh women's team. If there are any other female Welsh athletes who want to be considered for the team, she would like to hear from them as soon as possible so they may be included (dmmarler@virginmedia.com). The Inter-Area match against the other Masters national teams and the English area teams has been fixed for 13 March 2022 and is to take place at the Indoor Lee Valley track. Brett Davis will be selecting the men’s team and Daphne Marler the women’s team. If you are not familiar with the competition, all the teams turn up each in their respective kit to battle for pride of place – and Wales has always acquitted itself well against the larger English clubs. The events are not in the usual 5 year bands, but 35+, 50+, 60+, 70+. The events are 60, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 2000 walk, 60 hurdles, 4 x 200 relays, HJ, LJ, PV, TJ, and SP. Due to time constraints there are restrictions on some events, so check the details. To maximise points, athletes can compete in a lower age group to their own, but have to stay in that age group (except for relays). As ever, it is the team who can get out competitors in every event which stands the best chance of winning … Both Brett and Daphne (brett-davis1@sky.com or dmmarler@virginmedia.com) have emailed members, but if you have not heard from one of them, please contact direct. Please write with your latest PBs and current training status for all the events in which you want to compete as soon as possible. If you can’t find your red Welsh Masters vest, then these are available for £10. The club can only offer a small amount of travel expenses, with an incentive to sharing cars to save costs and the planet.

Results are - Open Track https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/bmaf661/event/ 5th February Inter- Area Cross Country Challenge 2022 LOCATION Rising Sun Sports Ground Wallsend, NE28 9JJ WMAL men's team - Robert Prady , Simon Brewer, Adrian Lewis, Paul Flynn , Mark Shepherd, Elio Lepore, David Walker, Colin Williams, Andrew Reynolds and Paul Ross-Davies. WMAL women competing - Helen Blair, Joanne Hudson

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th March at Lea Valley 36 NOW WMAL members competing Entries close Sunday 20th Feb. Entries are .... MW35 Dasha Newington, Brian Dias and Michael Dickens. M40 Kieran Golding. MW45 Cath Alford, Ian Williams and Amanda Cook. MW50 Michelle Thomas, Peter Roberts, Adrian Lewis, Paul Flynn, Louise Kirby, David Glendower, Russel Whiting and Martin Tucker. M55 Chris Millard, Glyn Price, Eric Oram, David Owen Williams, Brett Davis and Colin Williams. MW60 Claire St.John-Coleman, Dave Shields, Angela Bryant, Mark Ellery, Keith Powell and Dave Stokes. MW65 Nicky Buckwell, Dave Marginson and Chris Pruski. M70 Mark Wyndham-Jones. M75 Terry Roberts and Barrie Roberts. MW80 Phil Rees, Dorothy Fraser and Iris Holder.

I now have confirmation of the date of the B&I Masters X/C International. It is scheduled for Saturday, November the 12th, once again at Santry Demesne, Dublin. ( Still subject to any Covid restrictions) Let's all keep our fingers crossed that our athletes can meet and compete this year, to continue the progress of this prestigious event. Mel James

Starting now you can see your results for 2022 on the website All fixtures and Result page. Cross Country events Park Run Track and Field - Indoors

Teams for the Inter Area cross country in Wallsend are being finalised now. If you are not in correspondence with your team manager now, please contact them immediately. dmmarler@virginmedia.com brett-davis1@sky.com

British Masters Indoor/Outdoor Throws Championships Friday 5th - Saturday 6th March Lea Valley 18 NOW WMAL members competing [so far!] - New Latest entry is Phil Rees to join the 17 of Dave Shields; Russell Whiting, Angela Bryant, Adrian Lewis, Paul Flynn, Eric Oram, David Owen Williams, Barrie Roberts, Brett Davis, Michael Dickens, Amanda Cook, Nicky Buckwell, Kieran Golding, Colin Williams, Peter Roberts, Dave Stokes and [me]Chris Pruski.

WMAL have entered the Indoor Interarea Challenge on Sunday 13th March. More details will be provided and team selection commenced once the exact timetable and events are confirmed.

Ceri Hooper [Les Croupiers] set a new W50 Marathon record at the London Marathon on 3rd October last year. Many congratulations Ceri.