Australian Masters Athletics Inc

New AMA Forum

AMA Webmaster — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:17:13 +0000

As a couple have already discovered, there is now a forum on the AMA site. So what can it be used for? Really anything related to masters athletics in Australia. Some ideas:

Training tips and discussion
Share information on upcoming competitions
Requests to share accommodation at competitions
Keep in contact with far flung friends and peers

To post on the forum you will require to sign up for an account, and the only thing we ask is all discussion stay civilised and respectful of others. If you have a question that is best addressed to a specific member of the AMA executive, then a direct contact is still best.

Oceania 2010 results

AMA Webmaster — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:59:35 +0000

Full results from the Oceania Masters Athletics Championships 2010 in Tahiti are now through for track and field, and the half marathon.

Race Walking Championship Results

AMA Webmaster — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:56:45 +0000

Until this year this event had been held at the Nationals at Easter however in 2008 a 10 Kilometre option was added to the Easter program and last year with only 7 entrants in the 20k and about 45 in the 10k it was decided to trial holding the 20k championship in Melbourne in conjunction with the VMA 20k Championship. The event was held at Middle Park on Sunday 27^th June at 9.30am.

There had been a lot of rain in Melbourne in the lead up to the event but right on cue it all cleared to a “picture perfect” day ideal for race walking. The Victorian Race Walking Club are to be thanked for organising and conducting the event which was also held in conjunction with the Athletics Victoria Championship for men and women. In the end there were 22 entrants which is a vast improvement on the 7 last year, however 19 of them were Victorians and like other championships that are held in the same state each year I guess the likelihood is that this proportion will continue. It must be said though that there are probably more 20k Masters walkers in Victoria than the rest of Australia put together so this is not that surprising.

Full results are below and as expected judging was strict with 2 disqualifications plus 1 DNF and 3 DNS. The highlights of the events were a new World W60 record to Heather Carr, a new Australian W70 record to Marlaine Stanway and a new Victorian W50 record to Pam Tindal plus several other competitors with age graded percentages above 80% and up to 90%. As a matter of interest all finishers in the men’s and women’s AV competitions are VMA members so there were no competitors under 30 who finished.

Australian Masters Men 20km Championship

McDonough, Aaron	35-39	VIC	1.50.36	1
Van Dongen, Rupert	35-39	VIC	DNS
Kollmorgen, Stuart	40-44	VIC	1.46.09	1
Seid-Christmass, James	40-44	VIC	1.55.48	2
Donahoo, Mark	50-54	VIC	1.55.07	1
Skrucany, Rudolf	50-54	VIC	2.34.09	2
Heywood, Colin	55-59	ACT	1.47.11	1
Finn, Kevin	55-59	SA	DQ
Lucas, Alan	60-64	VIC	2.04.38	1
Dickenson, Russ	60-64	VIC	DNF
Bennett, Ralph	65-69	VIC	DQ
Gardiner, Bob	70-74	VIC	2.09.45	1
Summers, Harold	75-79	VIC	2.25.41	1

Australian Masters Women 20km Championship

Irshad, Kylie	35-39	VIC	1.55.50	1
Hammond, Nardene	35-39	VIC	DNS
Elms, Donna	45-49	VIC	2.21.04	1
Tindal, Pam	50-54	VIC	1.51.07	1
Ventris, Lynette	50-54	WA	DNS
Thompson, Alison	55-59	VIC	2.01.52	1
Carr, Heather	60-64	VIC	1.56.42	1
Feldman, Liz	60-64	VIC	2.02.51	2
Stanway, Marlaine	70-74	VIC	2.33.11	1

AMA on Facebook

AMA Webmaster — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:13:57 +0000

Australian Masters Athletics now has a fan page on Facebook for those who like such web sites. Let all your facebook friends & family know you are a proud masters athlete.

Record files updated to May 2010

AMA Webmaster — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:24:03 +0000

The master files for World and Australian masters records, multi event records and Australian Masters Championships have been updated, as at May 12th 2010.

Australian World Records since January 2010

M80	4 x 800m Relay	Vic Beaumont	WA	16:01.8	-		18-2-10	Perth
		Stanley Lockwood	WA
		Cecil Walkley	WA
		Irwin Barrett-Lennard WA
W40	Pole Vault	Irie Hill	Vic	3.75m	87.8%	20-3-10	Melb Uni
W100	Shot Put	Ruth Frith	Qld	4.48m	204.7%	21-3-10	SAF Nathan
W50	Long Jump	Marie Kay	Qld	5.41	90.3%	2-4-10	Perth
W60	5k Walk	Heather Carr	Vic	26:29.26	93.3%	3-4-10	Perth
W60	10k Road Walk	Heather Carr	Vic	54:12.0	95.6%	5-4-10	Perth
W75	Weight (4kg)	Val Worrell	Vic	11.57m	-		5-4-10	Perth

Indoor World Records since January 2010

W50	Pentathlon	Marie Kay	Qld	4906pts	-		1-3-10	Kamloops
W60	3k Walk	Heather Carr	Vic	15:54.75	90.3%	3-3-10	Kamloops

Australian Records since January 2010

M30	800m	Scott Tamblin	WA	1:55.11	87.8%	22-1-10	Perth
M30	400m Hurdles	Cameron Yorke	WA	54.29s	87.4%	22-1-10	Perth
W65	1500m	Lavinia Petrie	Vic	5:56.1	97.5%	30-1-10	Doncaster
M45	4 x 800m Relay	Richard McMahon	SA	9:02.5	-		3-2-10	Adelaide
		Jonathon Wheatland	SA
		Kris Wolszczak	SA
		Mark Worthing	SA
M30	800m	Scott Tamblin	WA	1:54.31	88.5%	5-2-10	Perth
W50	4 x 800m Relay	Robyn Basman	NSW	11:08.12	-		5-2-10	Illawong
		Erika Bunker	NSW
		Deborah Drennan	NSW
		Robyn Sutter	NSW
W40	4 x 800m Relay	Lisa Harrison	NSW	10:04.48	-		5-2-10	Illawong
		Karen Herrmann	NSW
		Jane Boyd	NSW
		Nancy Newsome	NSW
W65	Pentathlon	Marge Allison	Qld	3882pts	-		6-2-10	SAF, Nathan
W45	60m	Gianna Mogentale	NSW	8.03s	95.5%	9-2-10	Campbelltown
W55	4x1500m Relay	Barbara Blurton	WA	26:26.9	-		11-2-10	Perth
		Carol Bowman	WA
		Margaret Saunders	WA
		Shirley Bell	WA
W65	4x1500m Relay	Christine Oldfield	WA	31:16.7s	-		11-2-10	Perth
		Peggy Macliver	WA
		Lynne Schickert	WA
		Lorraine Lopes	WA
M80	4x1500m Relay	Vic Beaumont	WA	34:04.8	-		11-2-10	Perth
		Stan Lockwood	WA
		Cecil Walkley	WA
		Irwin Barrett-Lennard WA
M80	4 x 400m Relay	Merv Collins	ACT	7:33.82	-		11-2-10	AIS ACT
		John Burns	ACT
		Michael Freer	ACT
		Rad Leovic	ACT
W75	Hammer (2kg)	Val Worrell	Vic	28.96m	-		14-2-10	Murrumbeena
W60	5k Walk	Heather Carr	Vic	27:04.50	97.1%	18-2-10	Olympic Park
W40	4 x 800m Relay	Katie Forestier	ACT	10:27.8	-		18-2-10	AIS ACT
		Amanda Walker	ACT
		Emma Adams	ACT
		Jane Zeller	ACT
W65	4 x 800m Relay	Peggy Macliver	WA	15:04.3	-		18-2-10	Perth
		Christine Oldfield	WA
		Lynne Schickert	WA
		Lorraine Lopes	WA
M30	800m	Scott Tamblin	WA	1:53.53	89.1%	19-2-10	Perth
W60	60m	Wilma Perkins	Qld	9.22s	95.8%	20-2-10	Southport
W60	Pole Vault	Wilma Perkins	Qld	2.25m	76.3%	20-2-10	Southport
M80	4 x 400m Relay	Vic Beaumont	WA	7:11.0	-		25-2-10	Perth
		Stan Lockwood	WA
		Cecil Walkley	WA
		Irwin Barrett-Lennard WA
M40	Pole Vault	Rob Hill	Qld	4.80m	86.4%	26-2-10	Perth
W75	Weight (4kg)	Val Worrell	Vic	11.33m	-		28-2-10	Murrumbeena
M40	4 x 800m Relay	Andrew Evans	Vic	8:46.68	-		28-2-10	Olympic Park
		John Schuijers	Vic
		Danny Hecker	Vic
		Paul Skipper	Vic
M30	800m	Scott Tamblin	WA	1:51.81	90.4%	5-3-10	Perth
W70	3000m	Lorraine Lopes	WA	14:47.8	88.9%	11-3-10	Perth
M60	4x1500m Relay	Noel Wright	NSW	21:31.2	-		12-3-10	Illawong
		Dennis Williams	NSW
		Donald Mathewson	NSW
		John Warren	NSW
M75	Javelin	Erkki Saarinen	Qld	37.12m			13-3-10	SAF Nathan
W65	4 x 400m Relay	Peggy Macliver	WA	6:25.7	-		18-3-10	Perth
		Christine Oldfield	WA
		Lynne Schickert	WA
		Lorraine Lopes	WA
W70	400m	Jan Morrey	Vic	82.94s	86.8%	20-3-10	Murrumbeena
M30	60m	Robert Vidler	Vic	7.03s	90.9%	21-3-10	Murrumbeena
W60	1500m Walk	Heather Carr	Vic	7:18.50	94.8%	21-3-10	Murrumbeena
W65	300m Hurdles	Marge Allison	Qld	58.04s	89.1%	21-3-10	SAF Nathan
W70	Shot Put	Helen Searle	Qld	9.92m	93.1%	21-3-10	SAF Nathan
M30	400m Hurdles	Cameron Yorke	WA	53.76s	88.3%	26-3-10	Perth
M75	Javelin	Erkki Saarinen	Qld	38.12m	79.0%	27-3-10	SAF Nathan
W45	60m	Gianna Mogentale	NSW	7.86s	97.6%	2-4-10	Perth
W65	60m	Peggy Macliver	WA	9.43s	98.9%	2-4-10	Perth
M65	60m	Rob McDonald	Qld	8.10s	99.2%	2-4-10	Perth
W40	800m	Suzy Cole	Tas	2:10.48	89.3%	2-4-10	Perth
M90	1500m Walk	Peter Kennedy	WA	16:11.60	60.5%	2-4-10	Perth
W50	High Jump	Marie Kay	Qld	1.45m	86.3%	3-4-10	Perth
W80	Javelin	Raema McMillan	WA	15.34m	69.5%	3-4-10	Perth
W60	Pole Vault	Wilma Perkins	Qld	2.33m	79.0%	4-4-10	Perth

AMA Awards 2010

AMA Webmaster — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:52:44 +0000

From the previously announced list of nominees, the AMA awards for performances during 2009 were announced at the dinner in Perth. The list of winners and performance recap is attached courtesy of Wilma Perkins.

AMA Champs 2010 Wrap Up

AMA Webmaster — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:42:56 +0000

The AMA champs are sadly over for another year. Great organisation, weather and a super quick track provided by MAWA & Perth.

UPDATE: Results booklet is available to view online.

Photos

A vast number of photos from the championships are available to view.
There are also links to a number of other albums of photos listed after the results.

Over to Brisbane.

Australian Masters Athletics Awards Nominees

AMA Webmaster — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:53:51 +0000

The nominees for AMA awards based on performances achieved in 2009 have been announced. Winners will be announced at the dinner function at the Perth Championships.

SPRINTS / HURDLES

M70 David Janssan SA
M60 Alan Coleman Tas
M65 Col Buyers Qld
M70 Don Chambers Vic
W45 Gianna Mogentale NSW
W40 Julie Brims Qld
W60 Kate Johnstone Tas
M60 Keith Howden Vic
M65 Neville McIntyre NSW
W65 Peggy Macliver WA
W45 Debbie Lance Tas
M75 David Carr WA
W60 Margaret Taylor ACT

MIDDLE / STEEPLE

M65 Peter Sandery SA
M70 Alan Bradford Qld
M65 Bert Carse WA
W50 Cris Penn NSW
M70 David Carr WA
M65 Don Mathewson NSW
M60 John Lamb ACT
M60 Kevin Solomon Vic
W35 Suzy Cole Tas
W65 Betty Menzies Qld

DISTANCE

M80 Irwin Barrett Lennard WA
M65 Peter Sandery SA
W60 Petrina Trowbridge Vic
W45 Glenda Banaghan Qld
W60 Sue Archer ACT
M55 Dennis Wylie NSW
M50 Peter Lyden Tas
M35 Brendan Whelan Qld

JUMPS

W50 Dawn Hartigan Vic
W60 Margaret Taylor ACT
M40 Rob Hill Qld
W70 Miriam Cudmore SA
W35 Lynette Smith NSW
M55 Clay Tompkins NSW
M70 David Clive WA

WALKS

M60 George White SA
M60 Andrew Jamieson Vic
W55 Heather Carr Vic
W60 Liz Feldman Vic
W65 Val Chesterton ACT
W50 Lyn Ventris WA
W70 Margaret Beaumont Vic
M50 Mark Donahoo Vic
M70 Murray Dickinson Vic
W40 Suzanne Brown NSW
W75 Jean Albury Tas
M80 Richard Lynch Qld
W65 Sally Lynch Qld

THROWS

M70 Kana Nathan SA
M55 Andrew Farr Vic
W30 Karyne Di Marco NSW
W30 Byrony Glass WA
W75 Heather Doherty Qld
M65 Graeme Rose Vic
M45 Stuart Gyngell NSW
W65 Mary Thomas NSW
M65 Ray Green ACT
M75 Jim Davis Qld
W70 Helen Searle Qld
W100 Ruth Frith Qld

MULTIS / RELAYS

W40 4 x 100m Aust
W45 Marie Kay Qld
M65 4 x 400m Aust
W40 4 x 800m Tas
W30 Byrony Glass WA
M60 Viddy Jermacans Qld
M70 Don Fraser ACT
W40 4 x 1500m Qld
M35 Ashgrove Rangers 4 x 1500m Qld
M35 4 x 800m Qld

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

W45 Gianna Mogentale NSW
M45 Stuart Gyngell NSW
W100 Ruth Frith Qld
M75 Dennis Peck SA
M75 David Carr WA
W45 Marie Kay Qld
W65 Val Chesterton ACT

MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE ATHLETE

W45 Marie Kay Qld
W70 Miriam Cudmore SA
W45 Gianna Mogentale NSW
W50 Lyn Ventris WA
W65 Marge Allison Qld
W65 Val Chesterton ACT

MOST OUTSTANDING MALE ATHLETE

M60 Andrew Jamieson Vic
M65 Peter Sandery SA
M45 Stuart Gyngell NSW
M75 David Carr WA
M75 Bob Chapman ACT

ADMINISTRATOR / OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR

Geoff and Pat Peters SA
Ernie Leseberg NSW
Heather Doherty Qld
Ray Green ACT

Web site features and improvements

AMA Webmaster — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:38:01 +0000

The Australian Masters Athletics site has moved to a new hosting platform. Visible changes at this time are minor, but it does allow greater scope for new features. There is new site search functionality, and for those who are technically inclined, they can follow content updates through an RSS feed.

So what ideas do Australian masters athletes have for their site? Leave a comment, send an email to the webmaster, or tap me (Ernie Leseberg) on the shoulder between track events in Perth.

Postal Relay Results 2010

AMA Webmaster — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:52:13 +0000

The results for the 2010 AMA postal relays are now available. This year 187 teams were entered up from 104 in 2009. A fantastic result. There were 42 new best performances produced although some of these occurred where a relay was conducted in an age category for the first time. eg M80-89.