We are also on Facebook

VMA now has a Facebook page [accessed by clicking on the Facebook button  at the top right of the page]. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Facebook, it gives us the ability to communicate with you more quickly and also offers you the opportunity to have a say about your club, or athletics in general. We can post photos on Facebook and it can be accessed with your smart phone. With the 2012 Championships looming, we can post useful or urgent information for our interstate visitors as well as our members.

Russ Dickenson is hosting this page, you can contact him on dicko@iinet.net.au or post a message on Facebook.

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Our Team – AV Shield – Round 10

VMA’s Summer Shield teams returned to the track on 21 January.

The men’s and women’s teams each recorded solid second place finishes for the day, and lead their divisions with two rounds remaining.

Stewart Dobrzynski (100m, LJ 5m), Liz Feldman (2k walk) and Judy Pfanner (Javelin 28m) all recorded impressive wins, as did the mens 4x100m relay.

For the men, Nigel Cooper and Geoff Whitehall . . .

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AMA Half Marathon Championship Results

The results of the 2012 AMA Half Marathon Championship, held in Hobart on 8th January 2012, are . . . here.

Entries were slightly up on previous years (67 in 2012; 64 in 2011; 64 in 2010).

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2012 AMA Multi-Event Championships – update

A revised Entry Form for the AMA Multi Event Championship has been uploaded [ 11 Jan 12 ]. Click on the event in ‘Upcoming Events’ listed on the right, to access and download the revised form.

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Exciting program ahead

Summer’s here and it’s competition time for members of Masters’ Athletics, who have an exciting few months ahead.
Most of our members have a relatively quiet winter but 2012 has arrived full of promise for those who love the sport and the challenge of competition on the track.
First up is Doncaster’s feature event, The Landy Trophy, on February 20, followed by the Victorian Championships at Doncaster on March 24 and 25, then the Australian Championships at Melbourne’s new Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park from April 5 to 9.
Obviously what all this means is . . .

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Masters Records – update December 2011

Our AMA-VMA statistician, Clyde Riddoch, has compiled the latest update to our masters athletics records and ‘bests’ – WMA, AMA, VMA.

Please access the lists via the Records tab above.

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Our Team – AV Shield – Rounds 8 and 9

AV has continued to take the finest over age athletics competition in Melbourne to the people – with rounds 7 and 8 of south east shield held at Mentone and Casey Fields – and the VMA squad didn’t let the promoters down.

The men’s team recorded another two wins, to extend their winning run to eight from eight rounds, while the women’s team traded wins in what is turning out to be a ding dong battle for the top of the table honours in their competition.

Stand out performances came from . . .

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