World Masters Indoor Championships

SVHC members featured prominently in the World Masters Indoor Championships held recently at Jyvaskyla, Finland. These indoor championships feature selected outdoor events also and pride of place goes to Andy McLinden who won the M60 Half Marathon in 1:20:13 to become World Champion. Susan Ridley increased her collection of international medals with some fine performances; Sue took 4th in the W45 1500 metres in 5:02.73, 2nd in the 3000 metres in 10:50.53 and 2nd in the 8Km Cross Country. In the M50 events, Alex Bryce made the final in the 800 and 1500 finishing 6th in both events with times of 2:10.96 and 4:28.61, while Lynne Marr finished 15th in the W50 Cross Country.

RUN & BECOME SERIES

It appears that some SVHC members are not aware of the RUN and BECOME SERIES or how it operates. The event carries a prize list of over £600 plus trophies and covers 12 races over various distances, disciplines and surfaces. Of the 12 races, each competitor's best 8 results score. Points are awarded using the International Age Graded tables with 10% of each runner's age grading being awarded per race. Bonus points can be gained by running more than the required 8 races, 1 additional point being awarded for each race over the required 8.  The full list of races and the current points table can be found elsewhere on this website. Fiona Matheson and Robert Gilroy are the current leaders and winners over the last two years were Ian Stewart and Marie McChord in 2010 and Andy Law and Susan Ridley last year.

RUN & BECOME RACE SERIES 2012 - Lochaber Marathon update

Congratulations to Stuart Kerr and Megan Wright on their outstanding running in the Lochaber Marathon; as well as becoming SVHC Marathon Champions for the year they added to their points total in this year's Run and Become Series.  Check the Run and Become Series points table for all the latest positions.

SCOTTISH MASTERS INDOORS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMBINED EVENTS

KELVIN HALL GLASGOW 11/12 FEBRUARY

There was one British Record from John Scott (Shettleston Harriers) with a throw of 12.24m in the M70 category when competing as a guest in the female shot competition. John also set a Championship best performance of 11.62m when competing officially in the male shot competition. In total, twelve Championship Best Performances were achieved or equalled, five of which equalled or bettered Scottish Masters best performances. New marks were set by Willie Russell in the M80 200m, Desmond Fitzgerald in the M35 Pole Vault, Bobby Stevenson in the M55 Triple Jump and Jimmy Christie in the M80 Shot, while it is good to see Brian Whittle back in action and equalling the M45 High Jump best performance.

In the Combined Events, Colin Christie (Montrose & District AC) was the winner of the Masters Heptahlon with a total of 3845 points picking up the Ian Steedman medal.

MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS

Members are reminded that annual subscriptions are now overdue and should be sent to Dave Fairweather as soon as possible. It would be appreciated if members would set up a Standing Order to cover subs. See the Members Info section for Dave's contact details.

   Fixture List

Check the Fixtures page for the updated list of events for 2012 including the Run and Become Series

BRITISH AND IRISH MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL 

Congratulations to all the team who won 9 Individual medals, including 2 Golds, and team medals in 10 of the 15 age groups.

Full results are available on the SAL website and also in the Newsletter which will be with you shortly.

There are well over 1000 photos of the event on the official event photographer's website  www.chrisclarkimages.photoshelter.com