Midland Master Athlete # 243 December 2014

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1 MMA 243 Midland Master Athlete # 243 December 2014

2 MMA Welcome to the Christmas 2014 edition of the MMAC newsletter! Slightly less serious than usual, but a little more seasonal, we hope. Our Treasurer, Martin Wilkinson has brought to our notice the quiz designed as a fund raiser for Macmillan Cancer Support. JUST FOR FUN, if you wish, or if anyone would like to submit their answers for a prize a personal donation of 2 is required, as shown. There has been a response to the appeal for volunteers to fill vacancies on the committee, but more are still required. If you feel you can offer your services please contact Tom Morris. Warmest wishes to all our readers. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy ======================================================================================== USEFUL CONTACTS President David Oxland Life Vice-President George Phipps Chairman: Irene Nicholls, Rainbow Cottage, 15 Meadow Lane, Alvechurch B48 7LH IRENENN@aol.com Secretary/ Tom Morris, 391 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich B36 OJH mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk Membership Treasurer: Martin Wilkinson, 249 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5LL mmac.treasurer@virginmedia.com T&F Manager: Tony Porter antonyporter58@gmail.com Editor: Margaret Simpson, 87 Willow Road, Solihull B91 1UF colmarsimpson@btopenworld.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: MIDLAND MASTERS AC COMPETITION VESTS AVAILABLE FROM SUTTON RUNNER The MMAC vest has been updated to include the club badge. It is white with red vertical band bearing The club name. This is a must for your kit bag. The mini-mesh vest is (plus postage and packing) Women s vests to order at the same price. Members with existing vests can have the new badge put on at the shop for a charge of 2.00 Please send your order to: Sutton Runner, 268 Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5XL Telephone first to confirm sizes in stock ( ) Shop open: MON-SAT 9.00am 5.30 pm :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

3 MMA Subscriptions This is the second Newsletter reminder for members to pay their subscriptions for Please do not leave it until the 1 st January. Membership subscription for 2015 is or if you opt out of receiving a postal newsletter. Payments can be easily made using our online system. All members with internet access can login at click on Member Login and this takes you to the Athletes Registration System Home Page. Click on Login/logout, click on Area Club Membership and make your appropriate payment. If you have forgotten your password then please let me know and I can re-set your account, this is easier than following the online system for forgotten passwords. It is possible that by the time you read this there will be a new BMAF online system, details are to be announced and members will be notified. For those of you who paid by cheque in 2014, please consider paying online, I can help you through this if you are unsure. Members without internet access can send me a cheque as normal with any changes in member details and don t forget this applies to MMAC competition entries that are also on AREG. England Athletics Registration Fee This has increased to for the period 1 st April 2015 to 31 st March For our 1 st Claim Members, this is payable with the 2015 subscriptions. Full details are on our website at Half Marathon & Marathon Road Championships Submissions for this competition have been very slow to come in so far. Please remember that you can submit times for both events that you have competed in from the 1 st April 2014 to date. I will accept submissions by but they must include either a link to your result or the full results published on the appropriate event website so that they can be verified. Full details appeared in the last Newsletter and are on our website. MMAC Cross Country Championships 2015 These will take place from the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton on the 18 th January Full details appear on our website and in the last Newsletter. Entries are available online at Closing date is strictly 10 th January For members with no internet access then send a cheque payable to MMAC to me please. The Colin Simpson Memorial 5 Mile Handicap 2015 Our traditional annual road handicap, The Colin Simpson Memorial Handicap will be held on the 1st February 2015 Start Time: 11.00am. This will, as in the previous few years, be within the Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile Series, held in Kingshurst, North Solihull on Sunday, 1st February Race HQ is at the John Henry Catholic College, Chelmsley Road, North Solihull B37 5GA Members who already have entered the GP Series only have to pay MMAC 3.00 for the handicap but they will have to pay the full 8.00 for entry to the Open race. We will then refund the Please inform me beforehand so that I can arrange the refund. mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk Entries are available online at click on Member Login and this takes you to the Athletes Registration System Home Page. Click on Login/logout, and click on Competition Entry. Please make sure you fill in your estimated finishing time for the 5 miles. Closing date for MMAC entries is strictly the 23rd January There are no MMAC entries taken on the day because of the handicap calculations. Members with no internet access should send me a cheque payable to MMAC with their estimated time. Race numbers to be collected on the day. In previous years we have had members running who have not registered for the handicap. Let us make this a good fun; enjoyable and sociable event. Please support us in 2015.

4 MMA AGM & Annual Relays Advanced notice that the AGM will be held after our Annual Relays on the 26 th April 2015 from the YHA National Forest, 48 Bath Lane, Moira, Swadlincote DE12 6BD at 11.00am. Formal Notice will be in the next edition of the Newsletter. Full details of the Relays are on our website and entries are now open online at: - New Members We welcome the following new members who have joined us since the publication of the November Newsletter MMA 242: Alison Robins Wigston Phoenix: Mary Ross Birchfield Harriers: Rebecca Selvey Bromsgrove & Redditch AC: Ged Naylor Clowne RR: Darren Potter Notts AC: Richard Wallace Manchester Triathlon Club (Notts AC, track): Andrew Parkin Heanor RC: Scott Hazell Coventry Godiva Harriers: Tom Morris 5 th November 2014 England Athletics Registration A word of warning As I mentioned previously, we are going to be using a different system for our online subscriptions and competition entries. A critical part of this is that all competing athletes MUST be registered for competition with UKA, either England (EA); Wales; Scotland etc. This means that your UKA Club has to be paying your registration fee or your entries to BMAF or MMAC will be rejected. We know that around 22% of you are NOT currently registered, which probably means that you are not paying your subs to your UKA Club. Some of you may no longer be competing and do not have to pay the registration fee, if this is the case then it s important to let me know. For those of you competing then please contact your UKA Club Membership Secretary as soon as possible or you may find that you cannot enter our competitions. There are also cases we know of where members have never been registered by their UKA Club, again entries will be rejected. From April 2015 all competitors in registered races will not be allowed to compete unless they are paid up members of EA or one of the other regions. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED Members will be contacted with further details of the new system. Members no longer competing, please contact me at mmac.sec@blueyonder.co.uk or on Tom Morris 16 th November 2014

5 MMA THE OBSESSIVE RUNNER Oof, wow, endorphin rush, mind if I take off my shoes? Looks like the Achilles tendinopathy is back, would you believe, after all those plasma injections, but nothing I can t run through now that the core strength is there. Go on, punch me. Hey, not that hard! No, it s just tender from that last rupture, I ve never felt healthier. You really should just get out there and run. Changed my life. OK if I leave my knee support there it s antibacterial while I flex my calves for a second? Ever had plantar fasciitis? Well, if you don t overpronate, you might be lucky, let s see your supination, oh dear, my tip, never stint on your trainers. Or socks, you ll want wicking and anatomically correct, obviously, for ventilation and reduced friction, unless you re going the barefoot way, great if you can afford the technology. The blood? That s just where I m moving to more of a forefoot from a naturally midfoot strike, the new goal is bounce and cadence. Sorry, that s SPM. Steps per minute, no need to stress about it, the human body was naturally designed to run, but if you can t hit 172, forget it, bear in mind I m competing. Just with Dad for now. When you start, there s this brilliant phone app that uses built-in GPS to customise your music to your SPM s, look at Palaeolithic man, we were never designed to adjust our cadences to Don t Stop Me Now, that s definitely one for your playlist. Though you might prefer a GPS-enabled watch for lightness and immediate data up-loading what? Looks like I just added 4.5 seconds to my 5K time, got to be a GPS fault. See this two-year spreadsheet, that s the exact moment, just before my knee op, when the Kenyan diet gave me an all-time PB. Mind if I do some stretches while we re chatting? One, two, - ow, aargh did you hear something crack? I hope it s not that bastard hip again. No, I ll just lie here for a bit, the Tarahumara Indians don t spend a fortune on physio, could you reach in my rucksack for the ibuprofen? With ack. To Catherine Bennett/Guardian (Roger Simpson)

6 MMA CHRISTMAS QUIZ You are invited to complete this quiz, designed as a fund-raiser for Macmillan. If you wish to submit your answers for an individual prize, these must be sent to: Joyce s Quiz, c/o Y Roberts, 40 Priorsfield Road, Kenilworth CV8 1DB, including your name, address and where you saw the quiz, together with a donation of Prizes: 1 st prize 35 2 nd prize 20. Everyone submitting ANSWERS to Joyce s Quiz will be entered into a draw for one of three 10 Marks & Spencer vouchers. CLOSING DATE 9 January 2015 If you would like a copy of the answers, please provide a stamped addressed envelope, or your address. OR YOU CAN DO IT FOR FUN. NO PRIZES!! The answer to each clue is a single compound word, made up from two separate words which have been joined together, Some clues define a new compound word, while other clues, separated with a comma, describe the two separate words. The types of clues are mixed. Eaten on Shrove Tuesday : PANCAKE Tip of the ICEBERG Bowl,H2O : DISHWATER Rocky shelter, male : CAVEMAN Thrown in the winter : SNOWBALL 1.Catch your flight from here 2. Strict time limit. 3 Boundary bush, pig. 4. Typically used for bedspreads 5. Ocular, whip. 6 Placed on a saucer. 7. Has rotating sails. 8 Cuts the grass. 9 Bird covering, mass. 10. Not deciduous. 11 Comfortable seat. 12 A place to sleep. 13. Angry, bend from waist. 14. Drop, heather. 15. Man, cruise liner.` 16. Grow grapes here fingered marine invertebrate. 18. Canine, home. 19. Receptacle from smokers.20. Goes over the moat. 21. Brings the correspondence. 22. Nasty, duration. 23. End of the arm, end of sleeve. 24. The present. 25. Stumble, dismissed in cricket. 26. Arena of war. 27. Bill and Ben were these men. 28 Extracts in a spiral. 29. Dropped again. 30. Third planet, tied. 31. Feline, ambulation. 32. The Harmonious A digit, headgear. 34. Clothes fastener, cavity. 35. Supporter, price of a ticket. 36. Naphthalene. 37. Place of eternal rest. 38 Two weeks. 39. Buttress those pages. 40. Built on the beach 41. Vehicle, leave. 42 Behind the scenes at the theatre. 43, Corporate recruiter. 44. Bottom and left on the compass. 45. Smile, birthday treat. 46 A swine, long period of time. 47. A design plan. 48. Central region of a country. 49. Needed to cross borders. 50 An inexpensive session at the rink. 51. See, observer of a crime. 52. R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. 53. We all have one once a year. 54. Consumed in cinemas. 55. Say what you see 56. Accurate timekeeper 57. Wicker holder, dance. 58. Hind leg of swine, minced patty. 59. She sells. 60. Digit, hit with hammer. 61. Used for violin bows. 62. Deodorant target. 63. Seen on good quality paper 64. A messy type if comedy. 65. Spreads as you age. 66. Eye protection for the summer. 67. Replaced by computers. 68 Truck used to raise heavy items 69. Saturday and Sunday. 70. Aquatic creature, could be caught in this. 71. Listening organ, timpani. 72. X, street 73. Unexpected fortune. 74. Baby s toy, reptile. 75. Floorcovering. 76. Container, stops the drips. 77. Points of the compass, stationery. 78. Dark teaching aid. 79. Pm. 80. Approximate range. 81. Ordinary, riches. 82. The Last Supper. 83. Pushed in the garden. 84. Measured by the Richter scale 85 Hotel porter. 86. and forget. 87. Illicitly distilled. 88. Deprive a mortgagor. 89. Capital letters 90. Seen on November 5 th. 91. Grows from follicles, tool with bristles. 92. Furrow, divide equally. 93. Animal home, 3 feet. 94. Young boy, portion. 95. Without loopholes. 96. Uncompleted work. 97. Farm trailer, old invention goes round. 98. Banned in periods of drought. 99. Avid reader Holiday after a wedding. Thanks to Martin Wilkinson for bringing this quiz to our notice. A donation from MMAC has been sent to the organisers in support of Macmillan Cancer Care. Answers will appear in the next newsletter. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO ALL OUR READERS

7 MMA Wilne 10k MMAC results Martin Whitehouse, Rob Keal Gordon Lee, Mark Johnson Mark Couldwell, Stuart Hawkes Paul Butcher, Gary Burnett Paul Thompson, Gordy Smith AndrewWetherill, Claire Martin Iwan Jones, Lisa Palmer Rob Sheen, John Sanders David Oxland, Jason Brotherhood Russell Parkin, Martyn Brunt Anthony Weatherson, Louise Insley Joseph Devlin, Stephen Jennings Monica Williamson, Dicky Wilkinson Joseph Mulenga, Sarah Everitt Clare Jolliffe, Ed Murden Rob Fox, Richard Brittain Peter Savill, Ian Gower David Spencer, Jill Burke Penelope Barber, Chris Gunstone Geoffrey Aston, Steph Spencer Mick Smedley, Kathryn Morton John Keegan, Paul Winfield Anthony Edwards, AndrewJohnson Jackie Mather, Adrian Lloyd Ken Allen, Eric Robathan Jeanette Robathan, Dot Fellows Derek Poole, Lynne Park June Johnson, Brian Worthington MichaelButterly, Lesley Pymm Sandra Poole, Michael Elwell Ivor Denning. Well done to the MMAC members and the England team at the International CC MMAC was well represented in the Int. CC and warmest congratulations are sent to them for their excellent performances. Individual MMAC performances by race position, age group position and race time, :23 Phil Gould V35, :12 Susie Tawney V :35 Michael Aldridge V40, :22 Andy Wetherill V :54 David Oxland V60, :36 Lisa Palmer V :10 Nicki Nealon V45, :35 Monica Williamson V :01 Martin Ford V70, :01 Chris Mason V :45 Angela Copson V65, :31 June Johnson V70

8 MMA The England Team Results at the International CC Men aged 65 to TEAM RESULT 2nd England 4 Michael Mann 5 Roy Teadwell 10 Christopher Mason Men aged 70 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Martin Ford 4 Peter Hall 6 Tony Brackstone Men over TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Fred Gibbs 4 Tony Berry 5 David Spencer Ladies aged 35 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Louise Rudd 2 Lisa Palmer 5 Stephanie Dann Ladies aged 40 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Claire Martin 2 Louise Insley 3 Nicola Brookland Ladies aged 45 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Julie Briggs 2 Nicki Nealon 3 Philippa Taylor Ladies aged 50 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Clare Elms 3 Catherine Newman 4 Monica Williamson Ladies aged 55 to TEAM RESULT 2nd England 4 Jill Harrison 7 Penelope Barber 9 Gail Duckworth Ladies aged 60 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Marian Hesketh 2 Maggie Statham 3 Ann-Marie Jones Ladies aged 65 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Angela Copson 2 Ros Tabor 3 Margaret Moody Ladies over TEAM RESULT 1st England 3 Lesley Bowcott 5 June Johnson 7 Christine Lee Men aged 35 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Matt Barnes 6 Kevin Jeffress 8 Phil Burden 10 Luke Humphreys Men aged 40 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 C Greenwood 2 Michael Aldridge 3 Mark Johnson 5 Mark Couldwell Men aged 45 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Tim Hartley 2 Paul Ward 3 John Scott 14 David Lockett Men aged 50 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Ben Reynolds 2 Guy Bracken 3 Paul Butcher 5 Simon Wright Men aged 55 to TEAM RESULT 1st England 1 Robert Atkinson 4 Andrew Wetherill 7 Richard Drage Men aged 60 to TEAM RESULT 2nd England 4 David Cox 5 Gavin Dalton 7 David Oxland

9 MMA MMAC FIXTURES 18 January 2015 CC Champs Wolverhampton. WV will supply marshals. First Aid booked. 1 February 2015 Colin Simpson Memorial Handicap, Chelmsley Wood. (IN not available) 26 April 2015 AGM and Relays Conkers. Room available for meeting. 7 June 2015 T&F Championships, Nuneaton. 6 September 2015 Wilne 10K. Rugby 10 mile TBA BMAF FIXTURES 15 February 2015 Indoor Pentathlon, Lee Valley 1 March 2015 Indoor Inter-area, Lee Valley 7/8 March 2015 Indoor Champtionships, Lee Valley 16 May 2015 Road Relays, Sutton Park, Birmingham 21 June 2015 Outdoor Pent. Horspath 19 July 2015 Inter Area T&F champsionships, Solihull 25/26 July T&F Championships, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham 1 August K Track 19/20 September 2015 Dec./Hept. Alexander Stadium, Birmingham ========================================================================================= Fauja Singh, still rocking at 103 years old 103 Sāla purāṇē dauṛāka

10 MMA FAUJA SINGH (103) MARATHON RUNNER ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Fauja Singh, 103, former farmer and marathon runner, was born in the Punjab, India, where his father was a farmer. He married Gian Kaur in 1928 and was widowed in He has four surviving children, Jaswinder, Parminder, Sukhjinder and Harvider (his daughter Gurbash died in 1977; his son Kuldip was killed in 1994). After moving to England, he ran the 2000 London Marathon his first at 89. He lives with Sukhinder, who runs a plumbing business, in Essex. Fauja does not speak English so his story is translated by Harmander Singh, his friend and former trainer. I couldn t walk until I was five. My legs were so spindly, I was nicknamed danda (stick). I couldn t even walk a mile at 15. I went to live with my aunt her husband had died and she wanted someone to look after her. Because I had been so weak, I was indulged and became naughty and spoiled. I used to push other children around, thinking nobody was going to believe them if they complained. I worked for many years as a farmer. I spent my time tilling the land with oxen. By my 80 s all was going well. I had bought a tractor and rented more land. In August 1994 there were strong monsoon winds and Kuldip, my middle son, who was living with me, went to check on his new venture a roadside restaurant being built near our house. The wind picked up the corrugated iron sheeting from the roof and flung it at his head, killing him instantly. I was devastated. You love all your children equally, but I had a special bond with Kuldip, since my other children had moved abroad. Friends said the only way to save me was to get me away from the village, so Sukhinder brought me here to forget. At first I didn t like it. I was bored. I m a very fidgety person and can t sit still. Sukhinder s always taking things away from me, like the phone cord, bits of paper, staying stop fiddling. Then I started socialising in the Sikh temples and there were tournaments, with running, wrestling and kabbadi it reminded me of being in India. I used to challenge OAP s to 100m sprints, then we doubled the distance. I started running for charity, for cancer research, 5K and 10K and built up. One year of serious training with Harmander turned me into an athlete. Of course, running used to hurt a lot, but it distracted me from my grief; the fact that it gave me health, recognition and helped others is what kept me going. I retired last year after competing in a 10K run in the Hong Kong Marathon. I ran it in 93 minutes. My best time was 64 minutes, and Harmander thought it was a signal I shouldn t do any more. [Singh s last full marathon was London in 2004; he achieved a personal best of five hours 40 minutes in the 2003 Toronto Waterfront Marathon at 92]. I know I m getting weaker but my mind and spirit are still strong. I used to run or jog 10 miles a day. Now a do the same, but walking and maybe some jogging. I only eat in moderation and that has contributed to my long life. In poor countries, people die of starvation; in rich countries, people die from overeating. If you ve got your health, you ve got everything. Without it, your wealth, bungalow and big car are meaningless. My only extravagance is clothes and shoes. I have 50 pairs of shoes and eight pairs of trainers. I like to look Dapper. Ack to Sally Willims/The Guardian (Roger Simpson) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::