Procedure and Forms for Claiming Masters Athletics Records
Prepared by:
The Victorian Records Officer
5/1236-1238 Old Burke Road
Kew East, VIC 3102
Phone: 03 9859 9855
Note: For Pentathlon, Decathlon and Heptathlon scores "h" & "e" denotes hand and electronic timing respectively. For other events, a second decimal place indicates electronic timing to l/lOO of a second.
Claims for Victorian and Australian or World Records
Either download the appropriate form [in MS Word .doc format] by right-clicking on the appropriate arrow and clicking "Save Target As.." on the drop-down menu that will appear:
State and Australian
Record Claim Application form 
World Masters Age-Group
Record Claim Application form 
Or, request a form from Clyde Riddoch, VMA Records Officer [contact details above].
Please obtain copies of all relevant slips used at the meeting, such as print-outs of timing, field games officials' sheets, lap scoring sheets, etc. Obtain the signatures of all relevant officials on the day, as it may be difficult to validate the claim later. Hand timed claims should have three stop watches. Electronic timed claims must be set at a meet with a fully electronic start-finish timing system. Claims for throws must be measured with a steel tape. Send the record claim form and any attachments to:
Clyde Riddoch,
5/1236-1238 Old Burke Road,
Kew East, VIC 3102.
Record claimants must be financial members of an Australian State Masters' club.
