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MASTERS ATHLETICS SPRING 2014.
The Veterans Athletics Association North East England OBE: David Bedford - For services to Athletics and
have altered their name. Following an Extraordinary charitable fundraising. And Shona Malcolm - For services
General Meeting their new name will be “NORTH EAST to Athletics.
MASTERS ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION (NEMAA).
MBE: Mark Shearman - For services to sports photography.
Lisa Webb was the number 53 in the picture on page 18 Mike Dooling - For services to Athletics in Merseyside.
of the autumn issue. Not Anna Critchlow who ran in the John Roberts - For services to Athletics and to the
3000 metres. community in Oswestry, Shropshire. Norman Brook (former
Head of Endurance at UK Athletics) - for his community work
in South Africa.
Bridget Cushen advises there were changes to I have just received the BMAF magazine (a bit late for me to
equipment specifications at the congress in Brazil they respond to an article) and I’m somewhat dismayed that there
were; is nothing at all from the Northern Ireland Masters AA
Male Shot maximum diameter of 110mm. reported in the Magazine. Why is this? Is it because nothing
Women’s 0.75k Discus maximum diameter of 182 mm. has been submitted to you from them? I presumed there
Women’s 60-74 Javelin changes to from 400g to 500g. would be some mention of results, because of its affiliation
Changes effective 1st January 2014. with the BMAF!
Puerto Rican 4×400 team loses gold I’m again put out because there is no mention at all of UK
Medal in W55 at worlds throwing records being broken at the NIMAA championships
in August 2013. Surely as an affiliate member the results
should be taken as official and recorded.
My 75+ "Weight Throw" of 15.24m according to the Power of
10 is a Record for the UK!
Also it does seem that there is little to no notice given to
throwers. The only mention of one's records for comparison
is in the power of 10.
ERNEST TAFF.
You are right nothing has been reported from Northern
Ireland.
Records need to be submitted to Bob Minting,
with the correct paperwork for ratification. These can be
downloaded from the \BMAF Web Site.
EDITOR:
WMA reports two months after the event “Following a JOHN GILMOUR born May 1919, is still running or at least
protest made concerning the W55 relay result in Porto jogging at 90½!
Alegre, not dealt with by officials at the time.
The matter was registered but not dealt with by the Jury of Gilmour suffered from malnutrition in a Japanese Prison
Appeal during the championships, therefore it has now has Camp in the last 'Great' War, which caused him to
been dealt with retrospectively. Statements and official have single vision. However he set World Masters Records
pictures show that the athlete from the [Puerto] Rico team and had Championships wins in his 50's, 60' '70' and 80's.
had clearly infringed the rules of competition, and therefore a
retrospective decision has been made and the results of the Writing to Alastair Aitken from his home in Leeming, South
W55 4x400m will be revised as below, with the team from Western Australia, just having lost his wife Alma after a long
Puerto Rico being disqualified.” The new results award the illness " I am doing a slow jog for one hour most mornings
gold to Britain, Australia second and Colombia third. which works out at about 5k, but I had not been doing
Picture shows the Puerto Rican incoming runner hands anything for a couple of years when Alma was very sick but
over (illegally) from the infield in 4×400. at least I am alive and trying."
Six people who have worked to support the sport of Athletics OBITUARY CHRISTOPHER CHATAWAY
have received an MBE (Member of the Order of the British 1931-2014
Empire) or OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in
the New Years Honours. Chris Chataway represented GB at the Olympic Games
in 1952 and 1956. He was a high achiever who excelled
in a number of fields. An Olympic athlete and one-time
world 5,000m record holder, he was also a television
reporter, a Conservative MP and a government minister.
Having also been a successful businessman and
Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority
Born in Chelsea in January 1931, he was educated at
Sherborne School in Dorset, and after National Service,
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