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MASTERS ATHLETICS TRACK & FIELD
afternoon. It is encouraging to see 4 and 3 heats Peranez of Spain in the M50 3k. Ian Richards achieved the
respectively in the M/W35 400m as this much maligned age M65 double leading the strong M65 team to the 5km road
group continues to expand. The first World Record to go walk gold.
however was in the women’s shot where the Romania WMA
W60 champion Milaela Loughlin bettered her Budapest British men and women dominated the 60m after endless
13.39m in the 2nd round with a 13.70m heave. At the heats and semis. In what other major international
conclusion of the morning’s competition, the women’s 3000m championships would one find so many British vests in
races were dominated by BMAF members as W35 Joanne finals? Non-Europeans were allowed to enter here for the
Locker knocked over 10sec off her winning time at Picketts first time, but run in heats only. A questionable decision,
Lock, Louise Rudd took the W40 title, Bernadine Pritchett European Masters Athletics has now carried out a Survey,
won the W45 by a clear minute, Margret Phillips the W60 in we have said no to non-Europeans, and it would appear that
12.34.44sec. Ros Tabor dominated the W65 race and Betty the majority of Affiliates also ticked this box. It will be on the
Stacey took the W70 silver. Seeded races were needed in Agenda at their next Congress. A Canadian, Christian
some of the men’s age categories. Guy Bracken set off in the Lemassif, clocked 7.51 in the 5th heat of the M45, the same
M50 race looking as if he was after Nigel Gates’ 2004 time as the winner Eduard Gonaus, Austria, however 7.63
8.49.37 World mark but slowed over the last few laps. was needed to progress beyond the semis in a series where
Jason Carty and Mark Dunwell held pole positions
throughout culminating in Jason winning in 7.24 from Mark
7.29sec. Our Photographer, Tom Phillips, in top form here
got through to the M60 final this time finishing just out of the
medals. The Italian Mario Longo sped to a 7.18sec
European record only to break the World Record in the final
with 7.10sec. Donald Brown clocked 7.47sec in the same
heat and 7.50 in the final for a well-deserved bronze.
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The 400m heats were scheduled for the afternoon where the GU Y
M50 and W50 group necessitated six and three heats BR A CKEN
respectively. All eyes were on the M35-ies as NVAC’s Just3
Richard Beardsell clocked 51.16 in his heat and the new Kid seconds
on the Block, Poland’s Piotr Klimczak, ran 51.47 thus setting outside the
up what would be the race of the Championships scheduled W R inthe
for 21.00 the next day as Klimczak has a pending WR time in 3000 M 50.
this year. Outdoors, the M35-54 hammer and M55+ javelin
throwers had dry weather with a cold cross wind. As can be seen from the results, the women were incredibly
successful with a clean sweep in some age groups. Caroline
Our eleven Walkers were off to an early start on Day 2 where Powell continues to re-write the W60 records, here setting a
Francisco Reis had to give way to the remarkably youthful European 200m record and dominating the 400m.
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