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

Winter, Spring and Summer 2019 Fixtures

Date

Organiser

Race/Event

Venue

Entry

Entry Closing Date

Saturday

12 Jan

2019

Men’s Surrey League

Division 4

Cross Country Race Match 3

(VAC Men’s team)

Oxshott Woods

Oxshott

KT22 0TA

Close to Oxshott Railway Station

Start time: 2.30pm. 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

Online entry preferred (closing date 17 January). 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,

Coombe Road,

Croydon

CR0 5RA

Start time: 12.30pm. 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

Sunday

10 Feb 2019

SCVAC

SCVAC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Including VAC 3k track walk Champs

Lee Valley Athletic Centre Meridian Way, Edmonton London

N9 0NR.

VAC members welcome at all events. Enter via Member Login at BMAF OpenTrack

Closing date

27 January

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)

Sunday

17 Feb 2019

BMAF/VAC/EMAC/South of England

VAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with SoE Masters and EMAC Champs. Also BMAF Indoor

Pentathlon Championships.

Lee Valley Athletic Centre, Meridian Way, Edmonton London

N9 0NR.

Enter via Member Login at BMAF OpenTrack (not yet live)

Closing date

3 February

Sunday

24 Feb

2019

EAMA

(England Athletics Masters Association)

England Masters Indoor Track & Field Inter Area Challenge

(VAC team to enter)

Lee Valley Athletic Centre Meridian Way, Edmonton London

N9 0NR.

Expected events are 60m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 60m H, 2K walk, HJ, PV, LJ, TJ, SP, 4x200m relays. VAC members’ enquiries to Nick Lauder. the Team Manager.

Initial team selections made in Nov 2018

Saturday

9 March

2019

VAC

(With RWA Race Permit)

Cecil Gittins Memorial Walks (incorporates Enfield League 10k match)

Cyclopark

The Tollgate

Wrotham Rd

Gravesend

Kent DA11 7NP

Start time: 1pm

All ages welcome. Distances 2.5k, 5k,10k,15k (road)

Enquiries Dave Hoben

Closing date Fri 8 March (5.30pm). Entries accepted on the day.

9-10

March

2019

BMAF

BMAF Indoor Track & Field and Winter Throws Championships

Lee Valley Athletic Centre Meridian Way, Edmonton London

N9 0NR.

Entry via OpenTrack, not yet open.

Closing date

24 Feb.

Saturday

9 Mar

2019

BMAF

British Masters Open Cross Country Championships

Malone, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Entry via OpenTrack, not yet open.

3 March

Thursday

4 April 2019

East Surrey League

Match Three

(VAC is a member of the East Surrey League)

Four Mile Road Race

(Two laps)

HQ: The Harrier Centre (Ewell track), King Georges Recreational Ground, Poole Road, Epsom

KT19 9RY

Start time:7pm

Free entry.

1st and 2nd claim members are welcome to represent VAC.

Enter on the day

Wednesday 10 April 2019

VAC

10km TRACK WALK.

F eaturing the VAC, Surrey, Herts and Middlesex 10,000m Track Walk Championships.

Millennium Arena, Battersea Park, London

SW11 4NJ

Start time: 6.45pm

Details: David Hoben

Entries on the day allowed

Tuesday

16 April 2019 (also 11 June, 9 July, 6 Aug and 27 Aug)

VAC

Held under UKA rules. Course certified accurate

Battersea Park Summer Series

5 Mile Masters Road Race and Open Race Walk.

(5km race on 9 July)

Battersea Park, London

SW11 4NJ

Close to Millennium Arena

Start time: 7pm

Entry via OpenTrack, not yet open. Masters guests welcome.

Enquiries: Entries Secretary

Online entry by 15 April.

Entries on the day accepted.

Sunday

26 May 2019

Vitality Westminster Mile events

British Masters

One Mile Road Championships and VAC One Mile Championships

The Mall, London. Assemble in Green Park, London

SW1A 1AA

Medals in five- year age groups.

Details and online entry via Westminster Mile official website.

Entries will close in early May.

Sunday

14 July 2019

VAC

VAC Track & Field Championships

Kingsmeadow Stadium,

Kingston Road, Kingston upon Thames

KT1 3PB

Medals in five- year age groups.

Entry via OpenTrack, not yet open.

Closing date

30 June.

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, CR0 4RW

10 November 2018 (3pm): Epsom Downs, Tattenham Corner end, KT18 5PP

12 January 2019 (2.30pm): Oxshott Woods, Oxshott, KT22 0TA

9 February 2019 (12.30pm): Lloyd Park, Croydon, CR0 5RA

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.