New members will be registered from date of registration through to 31/12/23
Member enquiries: Ewen Wilson
registrar@vicmastersaths.org.au
The VMA
Masters Athletics offers fitness, fun and fellowship across a range of athletic activities for men and women aged 30 and over. Victoria boasts a membership approaching a thousand, whilst the total for all Australian state clubs is over 3,500.The philosophy of the Masters movement is PARTICIPATION.
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FEATURE ARTICLES
- Vision 2032” – VMA blueprint for a sustainable future
- VMA Track & Field Championships
- VMA Organisation “Revamp
- VMA New Organisation – List of Roles
- VMA T&F Pentathlon Lakeside Feb 2023
- Andy Salter 2023
To find out what's ahead and catch up on recent results download the latest edition of Around the Grounds
Sunday 16 April 2023@ Tom Kelly Athletics Track Doncaster
Early bird entries close:Monday 27 March 23:59 (Melbourne Australia) $10 entry
Late entries close:Thursday 6 April 23:59 (Melbourne Australia) $20 entry
Events: 110m Gift, 1600m Walk, 4800m, 1200m, “The Landy” 200/1000/400, 2 Throws, Jumps
To the online VMA 30+ Gift registration
VMA Throws Pentathlon Championship
Sunday 26 March 2023@ Duncan McKinnon Reserve Athletics Track
Early bird entries close:Sunday 12 March 23:59 (Melbourne Australia) $10 entry
Late entries close:Sunday 19 March 23:59 (Melbourne Australia) $20 entry
Events in order: Hammer, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Weight
VMA news
VMA members collect 7 AMA 2022 Awards
VMA members performed at the elite level during 2022 with two world records and numerous Australian records as well as a plethora of Victorian records being broken. As a result, five members took out Athlete of the year awards along with two AMA Distinguished Service awards
Athlete of the Year Distance – Steve Moneghetti
Athlete of the Year Walks – Kelly Ruddick
Athlete of the Year Throws – Phil Spivey
Athlete of the Year Jumps – George Schillinger
Athlete of the Year Sprints/Hurdles – Rob Mayston
AMA Distinguished Service Award – Clyde Riddock
AMA Distinguished Service Award – Phil Urquhart
| Walks | ||||
| Kelly Ruddick | ||||
| WR/AR/Vic Rec 5km W W45 | 22.47.17 | 93.84% | 26/2/2022 | Albert Park |
| Vic Rec 20km W45 | 1.36.58 | 95.03% | 13/2/2022 | Adelaide |
| AR/Vic Rec 30km W45 | 2.33.22 | 96.22% | 15/5/2022 | Fawkner Park |
| AR/Vic Rec 35km W45 | 3.00.04 | 15/5/2022 | Fawkner Park | |
| oldest ever female competitor at the World Athletics Championships, aged 49. | ||||
| selected by Athletics Australia for the 35km race walk at championships in Eugene, […] | ||||
Inaugural Victorian Masters 30+ Athletics Gift
Sunday April 16th 2023 at Doncaster’s “Tom Kelly” Athletics Track (from 10am)
Victorian Masters Athletics (VMA) is pleased to present the inaugural (“first edition”) of the VMA Athletics Gift, which is touted to be the first event of its kind to feature all Track & Field Disciplines in a single competition event for prizemoney. And to make it even more interesting, the events will see athletes competing against handicaps of different types. A description of all the events that will be contested on the day, maximum field sizes, the types of handicaps and the indicative event prizemoney, is shown below. Click on the link here to view the draft program. On the day, competition will get underway at 10am (allowing time for near country athletes to travel to Melbourne). The finish time will be somewhere between 3pm – 6pm, as […]
VMA T&F provisional Teams results
& top 10 estimated time/distance rankings
Post the event there has been a lot of feedback – mostly very good – but also some suggestions as to how to make it better. My motto is “all feedback is good feedback”. But of course many have been asking “when will we hear the results for the additional individual competitions we had (besides the medals), as well as the team results for the three competition groups.?” Well the good news is that what I am presenting here are what I will call the “provisional results”. I have decided that because what we are doing in relation to the scoring of the event is “brand new”, it is best to give everyone (who wants to !) the opportunity to see how things have been calculated. Of course this maybe of no interest to some and so those can just refer to the summary below. But for others who love getting into the detail there is a spreadsheet […]
AMA Track & Field Championships – SYDNEY
DRAFT TIMETABLE
March 10 – March 13
at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic centre
Championship website https://sydney2023.com.au/
Future events
Location- Duncan Mckinnon Reserve athletics track Murrumbeena
The Victorian Masters Throws Pentathlon Championship is another event in VMA’s “Masters 30+ Team Championship” series.
As well as individual competition, Victorian based teams will be competing for points that
- will decide both the winning […]
Interstate & National News
AMA News February 2023
AMA managers for Bathurst & Torun announced
Amanda Coombes Has been appointed manager for the AMA team competing at the World Masters Cross Country Championship in Bathurst February 18, 2023.
Steve McGugan has […]
World Masters Australian appointments to committees & panels
The World Masters Athletics (WMA) has recently confirmed the following appointments of Australians nominated and supported by AMA to the WMA Committees […]
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Combined World Athletics & World Masters CC championship
Bathurst NSW 18-19 Feb 2023
Together with World Athletics, The World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 […]
AMA standards explained
The AMA Standards are a way to recognise the performances of Australian Masters athletes. The AMA Standards Certificate becomes permanent recognition of such […]