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You may have been to one of Alex Rotas’s Photo Exhibitions or you will certainly be familiar with the presence of this wonderful supporter of our sport at our major T&F Championships as well as the European and World event. She has again excelled in producing 12 captivating shots, all taken at our Championships in…

2020 Outdoor M50 British 100m Record broken from 11.40 to 11.29+2.0 23rd of August 2020 Dagenham Indoor M50 British 60m Record broken from 7.24 down to 7.17 19th of February 2020 Newham open Indoor M50 British 60m Record broken from 7.35 down to 7.24 9th of February 2020 Sutcliffe Park 2019 Torun Poland World Masters…

Jason Carty: Champion, coach, friend, team-mate, leader, educator, student, and all-around nice guy. He came, he saw and he conquered from 60 to 200m (included – but not limited to – the bench press, squats, plyo jumps, hex-bar, circuits, abs, arms, and generally everything else he put his mind to). What a truly tragic loss…

Kay Reynolds with 20% of the votes In 2nd place with 17% is Maurice Doogan and in 3rd place is Sara Avery with 15% (The other votes make up the other 48%) A HUGE thank you to everyone that voted and we’ll be doing this all over again a few weeks after the indoor champs.

Introduction I was sorry not to be able to take part in the British Masters Athletic Federation (BMAF) Track and Field Championships this year. A slightly odd thing to say as I never have taken part in it before, but this year (and last) have been rather special. It has been a time when the…

My name is Lyn and a few years ago in a moment of madness, I decided to take up Masters Athletics. I have had so much fun and done a lot better than I thought I would. However, just over a year ago, out of the blue, I got the devastating news I had stage…

A podcast of an interview with Ian Richards has been posted today by a weekly sports podcast “The last Wednesday of the week”. It has been timed to coincide with the 20km walk in Tokyo tomorrow and the 50k on Friday. It covers his journey from being useless at sport at school to the Olympics,…

(A letter to all our athletes that helped raise money for this excellent charity) Good morning Peter I hope this email finds you well. My name is Sue Reece and I am your local Relationship Fundraising Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support in Wales. I contacted you today to express our thanks and appreciation for your…

Are you ‘new’ (over 35 and new!) to athletics and want to try your hand at either the 100 metres, 800 metres, long jump, or shot put? Do you want to chance to see some of the world’s best masters athletes compete and be part of two exciting events organised by British Masters Athletics? Well,…

Are you ‘new’ (over 35 and new!) to athletics and want to try your hand at either the 100 metres, 800 metres, long jump, or shot put? Do you want to chance to see some of the world’s best masters athletes compete and be part of two exciting events organised by British Masters Athletics? Well,…

Louise Rudd talks us through the importance of our habits and how they can impact our running Habits – we all have them both good and bad. When you woke up this morning what did you do first? grab a coffee, go to the toilet & check social media (you know you all have so…

Do you need to renew your Area Club Membership? Looking to enter an event? Well, everything you need is right here. https://bmaf.opentrack.run/en-gb/

I was just about 50 when I first discovered “Veteran Athletics” as it was then known by, and being a lover of running and athletics I was astonished that I had never heard of it before, admittedly I had retired from senior level around age 31/32 ish, when I started dropping down the field, but…