Date
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Organiser
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Event
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Venue
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Entry
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Entry
Closing Date
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Thursday
24 April 2025
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East Surrey League
(VAC is a member of the East Surrey League)
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Ewell Four Mile Road Race
(Two laps of local roads)
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HQ: The Harrier Centre (Ewell track), King Georges Recreational Ground, Poole
Road, Epsom
KT19 9RY
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Start time:7pm
Course Map
.
Free entry.
1st and 2nd claim members are welcome to represent VAC. Just turn up and
report to the VAC rep.
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VAC runners declared on the day. Enquiries and advance notice:
Entries Secretary
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Saturday
3 May 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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BMAF Services
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Open 10 Mile Road Race including British Masters
Championships
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Mallory Park, Church Rd, Kirkby Mallory LE9 7QE
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Details and Online Entry on OpenTrack
Race start is 17:00.
10 mile (16 km) road run consisting of 3.33 laps of the undulating Mallory
Park motor racing circuit.
Course map
HERE
.
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27 April
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Tuesday
13 May 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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VAC
VAC 5 MILE Championships!
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VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 2
5Mile Masters Road Race
5Mile Open Race Walk
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Battersea Park,
London
SW11 4NJ
Race HQ at the Bandstand.
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7pm start for Road Race
6.50pm start for Race Walk.
Details and Online entry on OpenTrack
.
Medals for the first three in each 5-year age group.
Location/course map
Participants’ Instructions
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Midday
12 May
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Saturday
24 May 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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BMAF Services
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British Masters Throws Pentathlon, 10000m, 1Mile Track Champs & Open
Meeting
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Horspath, Oxford
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Details and Online entry on OpenTrack.
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14 May
11.59pm
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Sunday
1 June 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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Dorking & Mole Valley AC
VAC 10 MILE Championships!
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Dorking 10
Also part of the Surrey Road League.
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Race HQ at Dorking Rugby Football Clubhouse. Parking and the finish on
the Big Field, Kiln Lane, Brockham, RH3 7LZ.
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Details and online entry
on DMV website.
Start time 9am for the 10 Mile race.
VAC members enter for your First Claim club. Entry to VAC championship is automatic. VAC i
ndividual medals in five-year age groups (not awarded on the day). It’s helpful if VAC members
inform the
Entries Secretary
if you have entered.
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Tuesday
3 June 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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VAC
VAC 5Km Championships!
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VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 3
5Km Masters Road Race
5Km Open Walk Race
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Battersea Park,
London
SW11 4NJ
Race HQ at the Bandstand.
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7pm start for Road Race
6.50pm start for Race Walk.
Details and Online entry on OpenTrack
Medals for the first three in each 5-year age group.
Location/course map
Participants’ Instructions
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Midday
2 June
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Saturday
14 June
2025
NEW!
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Roundshaw Downs
parkrun
VAC gathering
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5km parkrun
Featuring VAC “mob match” gathering.
Come along and meet VAC members.
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Roundshaw Downs - off Purley Way, Croydon.
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Start time: 9am.
Course details.
The start is close to the access gate at the end of Imperial Way.
New parkrunners must register with
parkrun
to obtain a Barcode.
Look out for VAC vests!
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Enter on the day (but need your Barcode)
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Sunday
22 June 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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Ranelagh Harriers
VAC’s 10km Road Championships
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Ranelagh 10k
Also Surrey 10k Championships and part of the Surrey Road League.
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Race HQ, Kew and Ham Sports Association, Riverside Drive, Richmond TW10
7QA
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Start time: 9am
Details and Entry on the
Ranelagh Harriers website
VAC members enter for your First Claim club. Entry to VAC championship is automatic. VAC i
ndividual medals in five-year age groups (not awarded on the day). It’s helpful if VAC members
inform the
Entries Secretary
if you have entered.
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Race fills up early. Closes when full.
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Wednesday
25 June 2025
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VAC
VAC Championships!
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VAC 5,000m Track Championships OPEN TO ALL MASTERS
ATHLETES
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Tooting Bec Athletics Track,
Tooting Bec Road,
London
SW17 8AR
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Details and Online entry on OpenTrack
First race at 6.30pm (tbc)
Four seeded races,
slowest to fastest.
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Sunday
22 June
11.59pm
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Saturday
28 June 2025
ADVANCE NOTICE
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Eastern Masters AC (EMAC)
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EMAC Track & Field Championships
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Sandy Athletics Track,
Medusa Way, Sandy
SG19 1BL
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Details in due course. EMAC have invited VAC members to enter.
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To be decided.
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Sunday
29 June 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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Istead & Ifield Harriers and BMAF Services
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British Masters 30km Multi-Terrain Championships
Part of the North Downs 30k Trail Race
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Cyclopark, The Tollgate, Watling Street, Gravesend, Kent DA11 7NP
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Details and Online Entry for BMAF championship on OpenTrack
.
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Closing date for British Masters entries 15 June.
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Tuesday
8 July 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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VAC
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VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 4
5K Masters Road Race
5K Open Race Walk
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Battersea Park, London
SW11 4NJ
Race HQ at the Bandstand.
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7pm start for Road Race
6.55pm start for Race Walk.
Details and Online entry on OpenTrack
Location/course map
Participants’ Instructions
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Midday
7 July
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Sunday
17 August 2025
ADVANCE NOTICE
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England Masters Athletics Association
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British Masters Inter Area Outdoor Track & Field Challenge (VAC team to
enter)
Competition for members of BMAF Area Clubs.
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Costello Stadium, Anlaby Park Road North,
Hull
HU4 6XQ
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Men & Women
Age bands: 35-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+.
Events: 100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m, ShortH, 2km walk, 4 x 100m, LJ HJ TJ PV SP DT JT HT. Fewer
events for older age bands. One VAC person per event per age band. VAC vest necessary.
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VAC Team selected in advance.
Enquiries to
Entries Secretary
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Sunday
24 August 2025
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BMAF Services
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British Masters Pentathlon, 5000m Track Champs & Open Meeting
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The Pingles Stadium,
Nuneaton
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Details and Online entry on OpenTrack in due
course.
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To be announced
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Wednesday
10 Sept 2025
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VAC
VAC Championships!
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VAC 10,000m Track Championships
OPEN TO ALL MASTERS ATHLETES
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Millennium Arena, Battersea Park.
London
SW11 4NJ
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Details and entry on OpenTrack
in due course.
Three races seeded slowest to fastest.
First race at 6.00pm (tbc)
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Midday Monday
8 Sept
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12-14 Sept 2025
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BMAF Services
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British Masters Track and Field Championships
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Moorways Stadium, Moor Lane, Allenton, Derby
DE24 9HY
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Details and Online entry on OpenTrack in due course.
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To be announced.
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Saturday 27 September 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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Vitality Westminster Mile events
VAC One Mile Championships!
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Vitality Westminster Mile
VAC Medals in five- year age groups.
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The Mall, London. Assemble in Green Park, London
SW1A 1AA
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Info and entry on the Vitality
Masters Mile website.
VAC members should select Adult Wave One at 9.30am and select VAC or
Veterans AC as the Running Club (on drop-down menu). Please inform Maggie
entries@vetsac.org.uk
if you have entered.
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Enter early!
Entry closes a week before the event, but the race is usually full before
then.
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8-19 October 2025
ENTRIES ARE OPEN!
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European Masters Athletics
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European Masters Athletics Stadia (Track & Field)
Championships
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Madeira, Portugal
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Details on
Event website
.
Details and Online entry on OpenTrack
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Tuesday
2 Sept.
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Saturday
15 November 2025
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Country Associations of England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland and Republic of
Ireland
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British & Irish Masters Cross Country
International
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England is the host country.
Venue:
Roundhay Park, Mansion Lane, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 2HH
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Each participating country has a selection procedure. There will be a trial
race for the England team (no details yet).
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England team selection meeting one week after the trial
race.
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Sunday
30 November 2025
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Organised and hosted by VAC on behalf of BMAF Services
.
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British Masters
5k Road Championship
The premier Masters 5k road races!
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Battersea Park,
London
SW11 4NJ
Race HQ at Bandstand.
Medals ceremony at the nearby Pear Tree café.
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Location/Course Map
Details to be confirmed. Two races. Provisional start times 10.45am and
11.30am
Traffic-free on a flat circular tarmac course.
Individual medals in five-year age groups.
Team medals in ten-year age groups.
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Sunday
23 Nov or earlier if the races are full.
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