What is Masters Athletics?
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 of over a thousand, whilst the total for all Australian state clubs is over 3,500.
Mentone Venue 100m - allcomers
Everyone, from beginner to elite is welcome. Standards and performances are recorded in five-year age groups. Age-graded events are especially popular, encouraging and rewarding improvement and fitness gained through the years.
The philosophy of the Masters movement is PARTICIPATION.
Come along and enjoy yourself – running, walking, throwing or jumping.
Why not view the membership details, check the venue schedule then contact a VMA venue or a Committee member.
2008 AV-VMA Half Marathon Championships
Sunday, 7th September 2008
The VMA Half Marathon Championship starts at 8:00am at Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. See "Event Info" for details.
2008 Melbourne Marathon
Any Masters athlete entering the 2008 MELBOURNE MARATHON, please let our Club Captain, Lavinia Petrie, know [Tel: 9728 3929 or Email: ljpetrie@alphalink.com.au] so that we can collate the 2008 VMA Marathon Championship Results from the official Melbourne Marathon results.
D & C Browne Shield - update Aug 08
Updated scoring for The Browne Shield and individual competitions including the result of the 10 miles at Princes Park on 17th August is available via the VMA Championships link. In the men’s competition Paul Twining is edging away from Bob Lewis but still needs to finish the half marathon in a respectable time to be assured of victory. In the women’s section Bronwen Cardy continues to set a stunning standard but like Paul also needs to finish the half marathon to seal the result. Petrina Trowbridge has done wonderfully well and although trailing Bronwen by 38 points her total is higher than the leader in the men’s comp. In the inter-venue comp Collingwood put in a huge effort with 14 of the 50 competitors and picked up 10 points on leaders Knox but with only 1 race to go the task may be too great to make up the difference, though stranger things have happened. At the venue manager’s meeting in early September we will be discussing ways to make the competitions even more closely contested so keep an eye out for changes in that area. The final event in this series is the half marathon to be held at Burnley on Sunday September 7th with an early start at 8am. We look forward to seeing as many members as possible there. - Alan Lucas
2008 VMA 10 Miles Road Championship
Sunday, 17th August - Princes Park
Results are available via the 'VMA Championships' link.
VMA Annual Report 2007
The consolidated VMA Annual Report (2007)
is available as a 345kb pdf format document [left-click to view, right-click to save].
Updated 26 Jul 08 - to include the Collingwood Venue Report.
The Treasurer's Report is not available on-line.
VMA, Australian Masters and World Masters Athletics Age-Group Records
Clyde Riddoch has provided a comprehensive update to the records lists. . . more >>
