The Veterans Athletic Club (VAC) is the oldest, Veterans or Masters only, athletics club in the UK

Summer, Autumn and Winter 2018/2019 Fixtures

Date

Organiser

Race/Event

Venue

Entry

Entry Closing Date

Sat/Sun

25-26 August 2018

BMAF

British Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2018

Alexander Stadium

Walsall Rd

Perry Barr Birmingham

B42 2LR

100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 5000m shortH longH 3km walk 5km walk SC LJ TJ HJ PV SP DT JT HT WT

Provisional Timetables: Track --- Field

Closed

Sunday

16 Sept

and

Sat/Sun

22-23 Sept 2018

Kent County Athletics Association

Masters Track & Field Championships (for Kent qualified athletes) and Open Meeting (for all Masters athletes)

On 16 Sept: Medway Park, Gillingham - ME7 1HF

On 22/23 Sept: David Ives Stadium (Erith Stadium), Avenue Road,

Erith, Kent,

DA8 3AT

Full programme of Masters T&F events.

Jumps (HJ, LJ, PV & TJ) on 16 Sept.

Track and Throws on 22-23 Sept.

VAC members are invited to enter.

Details and online entry.

Closing date:

30 August.

No late entries

Wednesday

19 Sept 2018

VAC

VAC 10,000m track championships

Two seeded races.

Limit of 20 runners in each race.

Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, London

SW11 4NJ

First race: 6.30pm

Second race: 7.30pm. Faster runners in the first race. Enter via Member Login at BMAF OpenTrack . Enquiries: Entries Secretary

Closing date:

Friday 14 Sept.

No entries on the day.

Saturday

22 Sept 2018

Gunnersbury parkrun

5km parkrun

Featuring VAC “mob match” gathering.

Gunnersbury Park, South Ealing,

West London

Course details

Start time: 9am

New parkrunners must register with parkrun to obtain a Barcode.

Enter on the day (but need your Barcode)

Saturday

29 Sept 2018

England Athletics Masters Association

Hosted by Eastern Masters Athletic Club

England Masters Inter Area Cross Country Challenge

6km cross country

race.

Race information

Nowton Park, Bury Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

IP29 5LU

VAC men’s and women’s teams. Team selection automatic. Points for first 10 Male and 10 Female club members, based on age-adjusted times. Individual entry via Member Login at BMAF OpenTrack .

Closing date:

23 Sept.

Saturday

13 October 2018

Men’s Surrey League

Division 4

Cross Country Race Match 1

(VAC Men’s team)

Roundshaw Playing Fields, South Beddington, (to be confirmed).

Approx. 5 miles (two laps)

Start time: 3pm

All VAC men (1st and 2nd claim) are eligible, subject to conditions (see text below). VAC vest necessary.Enquiries: Entries Secretary or Team Manager Paddy Clark

Enter on the day. Advance notice to Paddy Clark

Saturday

3 Nov

2018

Loughton Athletic Club

Annual Vets Inter-Club Cross Country race

IG10 3LG.

Start time: 11am

Five mile course. Men and women. VAC members are invited to take part and form a team.

Enter on the day.

Saturday

10 Nov 2018

Men’s Surrey League

Division 4

Cross Country Race Match 2

(VAC Men’s team)

Epsom Downs

(Tattenham Corner)

Approx. 5 miles (two laps)

Start time: 3pm

All VAC men (1^st and 2^nd claim) are eligible subject to conditions (see text below). VAC vest necessary.

Enter on the day. Advance notice to Paddy Clark

Saturday

17 Nov 2018

BMAF and Country Associations of England, Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland and Republic of Ireland

British & Irish Masters International Cross Country Champs.

Swansea

South Wales

England team application forms are on EAMA website . See VAC website news item .

Closing date for England applications: 3 October.

Saturday

12 Jan

2019

Men’s Surrey League

Division 4

Cross Country Race Match 3

(VAC Men’s team)

Oxshott Woods

Elmbridge

Start time: 2pm (tbc). All VAC men (1^st and 2^nd claim) are eligible, subject to conditions (see text below). VAC vest necessary.

Enter on the day. Advance notice to Paddy Clark

Saturday

19 Jan

2019

VAC

VAC Cross Country Championships and Masters Open race (approx. 7km)

Men and women run together.

5 year age bands.

Medals for first three VAC/BMAF finishers in each age category

Wimbledon Common (Camp View end) SW19 4UL. Location and course map

After race: refreshments and awards at Belgrave Hall Denmark Road, SW19 4PG

Start time: 2pm

Cost £4 for VAC/BMAF area club members. Masters guests welcome: cost £5. UKA Permit: entrants must be registered with England Athletics. Enter via Member Login at BMAF OpenTrack (not yet open)

Online entry preferred but entry on day accepted

Saturday

9 Feb

2019

Men’s Surrey League

Division 4

Cross Country Race Match 4

(VAC Men’s team)

Lloyd Park, Croydon

Start time: 12.30pm (tbc). All VAC men (1^st and 2^nd claim) are eligible, subject to conditions (see text below). VAC vest necessary.

Enter on the day. Advance notice to Paddy Clark

Saturday

16 Feb

2019

Hackney Marshes parkrun

5km parkrun

Featuring VAC “mob match” gathering.

Start near to Hackney Marshes Centre, Homerton Road, E9 5PF.

Course details

Start time: 9am

New parkrunners must register with parkrun to obtain a Barcode.

Enter on the day (but need your Barcode)

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.

Surrey League Men’s Cross Country 2018-19

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:

13 October 2018 (3pm): Roundshaw Playing Fields, South Beddington (to be confirmed)

10 November 2018 (3pm): Epsom Downs, Tattenham Corner end

12 January 2019 (2pm – to be confirmed): Oxshott Woods, Elmbridge

9 February 2019 (12.30pm – to be confirmed): 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 in the first team 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. Please wear a VAC vest, obtainable from the VAC kit supplier. Details are on the Club Kit tab on the VAC website.

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.