Summer and Autumn 2017 Fixtures
For other regional/national/international masters events refer to the BMAF website here For enquiries and further information please contact the Entries Secretary or the relevant race secretary. VAC Battersea Park Masters road race and race walk series: April to August 2017
The 2017 dates and details are: · 18 April: 5 mile road race and 5 mile race walk · 9 May: 5 mile road race and 5 mile race walk · 13 June: VAC Championships for both 5 mile road race and 5 mile race walk · 11 July: VAC Championship for 5 km road race and non-Championship 5 mile race walk · 22 August : 5 mile road race and 5 mile race walk The races are held under UKA Rules (Runbritain Licence Number 2017:28174), also with a Race Walking Association (RWA) Permit. Times achieved are eligible for Power of Ten profiles and Runbritain rankings and handicaps. Here are Instructions . The flat, accurately measured 5 Mile and 5 Km courses offer great opportunities to post fast times and to go head-to-head regularly with fellow Masters athletes across the age-groups. There is also a road race “Grand Prix” for VAC members (see below). The runs and walks take place entirely on Battersea Park’s traffic-free, tarmac, perimeter roads. The three lap (5 miles) and two-lap (5km) courses are shown on the Course Map. The races take place on Tuesday evenings each month, starting at 7pm. Registration and pick-up of numbers is outside the Millennium Arena track in Battersea Park. The starts of the races are close by (see Course Map). Online entry through the OpenTrack Member Login on the BMAF website is preferred. Entries on the day are accepted, but please allow plenty of time for this. The charge for UKA-registered VAC and BMAF members is £4 for each race (£6 if not UKA-registered). Masters guests are welcome (£5 for UKA registered, £7 for non-registered). There is a race limit of 100 runners. Enquiries : Race Secretary
VAC Battersea Park road race series Grand Prix 2017
Starting in 2017, to add spice to the Battersea Park series, there is a “Grand Prix” to reward the VAC member with the highest average of their best three age-graded performances set during the series. To be eligible, members must register finishing times for at least three of the five races from April to August. The winner will be presented with the “Snow Cup”, a magnificent long-standing VAC trophy which had fallen into disuse.
VAC “mob match” parkruns We combine VAC get-togethers with selected parkruns, three or four times a year. Many VAC members are regular parkrunners, who enjoy an early start on Saturday mornings and the conviviality and informality of the weekly runs in all sorts of locations, whilst benefiting from free entry and a measured 5k course. All ages and abilities are represented at these timed runs. The VAC targeted parkruns are an opportunity for VAC’s first and second claim runners to meet up, run and chat afterwards. We hope to see a good show of VAC vests so we can cheer each other on and raise the profile of the club. If members have recommendations or favourites in and around the London area, with good links to public transport, please make suggestions to Maggie Statham, the Entries Secretary. If you are new to parkruns, you must register in advance on the parkrun website and obtain your individual barcode, which must be shown at the end of the run in order to register your name and time. Entry is free. You do not need to pin on a run-number. Just turn up, line up at 9am, run, take a numbered disc when you finish and then take the disc and your barcode to the recorders at their table. Your time, position, age category and age grading will appear on the parkrun website later in the day. If you are already registered with parkrun, there is no need to change your club affiliation to VAC for the purposes of these “mob matches”. We can usually pick out the VAC members. Surrey League Men’s Cross Country 2017-18 VAC men, first and second claimers, please consider running in the VAC team. VAC’s team is in Division Four of the Surrey County Athletics Cross Country League. There are four matches in the series: 14 October 2017 (2pm): Wimbledon Common 11 November 2017 (3pm): Epsom Downs, Tattenham Corner end (venue to be confirmed) 2 December 2017 (2.30pm): Roundshaw Playing Fields, South Beddington 10 February 2018 (2pm): Lloyd Park, Croydon First-claim VAC members are eligible to run for VAC. Also second claim members are allowed to run for VAC as long as they do not compete for their first claim club in any of the four league matches. This rule recognises that some athletes would prefer to provide much needed support and score for their Masters club in the less pressurised, but still highly competitive, races in Divisions Three and Four (run as one combined race of approximately 5 miles). Ten men are needed for a full scoring team, but there is no limit on the numbers in each team. The more runners we have, the greater the impact and team spirit. Every VAC runner is appreciated. Paddy Clark is the team manager. On the day, look out for him next to the big wooden VAC sign. The team declaration is made online beforehand, so please let him or the Entries Secretary know in advance of each race if you are planning to run for VAC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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