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We are sad to make you aware of the death of Maurice Doogan. Please click the link to go to the BMAF site to read the obituary. Maurice Doogan. September 1939-April 2021 - BMAF - British Masters Athletic Federation

Thank you Glyn Price for providing details and evidence of the records Set by John Howe - Rhondda AC - in the DecM55 with score of 5894 in 1997 and DecM60 6610 in 2002. WMAL records exist for us all to wonder at and as a target to measure ourselves against. WMAL directors are working to arrange Covid compliant fixtures/meets for us in 2021 - KEEP SAFE - KEEP FIT.

The WMAL board are working to arrange a Championship and return to T&F events when regulations around Covid restrictions allow. It has been a long time since we were all able to get together, compete and enjoy our sport. As hopefully we move from Phase 1 restrictions to Phase 2 on the 22nd April, where 30 can gather and compete, we have to look forward to the more realistic Amber Alert Level 2 where up to 50 can. At this time, it will be more feasible to arrange some events and later in the year we hope to be able to have a Championship when the Alert level goes to Green and up 100 people can gather to compete. The provisional date for the Championships is 8th August. Don't forget that you will need to be a member to compete. Keep a look out on the WMAL website, Facebook and Twitter feed for confirmation of dates and entry details. The Inter Area Track and Field challenge is set for 18th July so it would be good to get some Return to T&F events on the calendar before then. The BMAF Championships are set for 21/22 August.

Allan Cheers - new record performances found! Long Jump - M65 4.85m at Battersea on 4th September 2005 M70 4.06 at BMAF Champs in Birmingham on 9th August 2014. Congratulations Allan you are a WMAL reco rd holder.

Mel James is promoting a Masters "Back to X/Country" event at Wotton-under-edge on the 11th of April. Wotton is easily accessible it is 5 miles from Jct 14 -M5. The competition is a chance to get back to competing, away from the current virtual stuff. It is open to all Masters with a reduction for current BMAF members. Entries details can be found on the BMAF website, under fixtures (National) Mel James (BMAF X/C Sec.)

Former Ireland prop [Irish Times] and Brecon AC thrower Gary Halpin dies at the age of just 55. As a former Irish rugby international he scored a famous try against the All-Blacks in 1995. Gary was a member of Brecon AC from 2010-2016 and during this time took part in Welsh Masters league events as well as Championships. He was a very pleasant and entertaining guy who was always willing (and able!) to help fellow throwers. The Christ College pupils who came to the club said that he was an inspiration - an old fashioned character who perhaps didn't worry too much about protocols and administration! Gary had represented Ireland in the hammer at the 1987 World Athletic Championships and 24 years later at the age of 45 he finished 2nd in the World Masters Championships at Sacramento with a best throw of 53m71. A larger than life character taken too early! Gary in the middle, with John Davies on the right and Phil Olsen on the left.

Click here to see the Newspaper article.... It’s 2008 Swansea: The Team include: Pauline Thomas, Denise Sanders, Cynthia Cooper, Brenda Jones, Ann Thomas, Ann James, Edwina Turner, Frances Gill, Clare Johnson, Maggie Oliver, Annie Conroy, Ann Saxena, Hazel Dirkson, Cath Wheeler, Melissa Watson, Margaret Docking, Shelagh Adkins, Satu Haikala, Bernie Jones, Peter Norman, Dic Evans, George Nixon, Darren Rowlands, Mick McGeoch, Rob Sheen.

The first time I went to Ballymena was in 1997, I was running in the W35 Team and Liz Clarke was the Team Manager. This was in the days when Welsh Masters organised transport to the event and they had arranged for a bus to leave Cardiff and pick up runners from North Wales at Knutsford Service Station on the M6. Then the bus would travel upto Stranraer in Scotland, and catch the ferry to Larne and then onto Ballymena. This must have taken an awful lot of organising and I was looking forward not only to the weekend running for Wales but the journey itself was going to be an adventure. CLICK HERE to read the full article

The event celebrates the masters 1 mile championships finishing at Buckingham Palace, London, which were cancelled due to coronavirus. Contact Details: mgraz@bmaf.org.uk Please contact the organiser, not OpenTrack, for all queries https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/bmaf-virtual-1m/ Teams: Entry is FREE to UKA affiliated clubs for as many UKA-registered masters athletes as they wish. They will be grouped automatically into multiple teams in 10-year age bands (down-aging allowed), based on their ages as of 24th February: M35-44, M45-54, M55-64, M65-74, M75+, W35-44, W45-54, W55-64, W65-74; W75 with 3 in each team. Individual entries also welcome from anyone. Entries close on 27th Feb. Course: Performances on routes where the TOTAL drop in elevation exceeds 10m are not eligible for ranking. Submitting Results: Athletes must record their performances using GPS devices and submit evidence with their result submission (via Strava or Garmin Connect). Anyone not physically able to do this should contact us. For more details refer to the OpenTrack documentation here. If this is not possible, then ask someone to witness your “race” and send an email to confirm your time. The team results exclude performances of anyone or did not comply with the rules for the course. Awards: Certificates to each member of the first three teams in each age group based on sum of times, to the fastest three athletes in each age group and to those with the three best age-graded performances by men and women. There will be separate rankings for runners and teams from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland if there are sufficient entries. Celebrating the success of the Event: Please send any stories of what this event has meant to you, together with any photos you may have, to news@bmaf.org.uk or to the BMAF facebook group. Contact Details: mgraz@bmaf.org.uk Please contact the organiser, not OpenTrack, for all queries