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  The club has had many enquiries, both from current and prospective members, about whether we offer coaching. With World Championships coming up in October, athletes will want to achieve their very best, and this will involve either improving their technique, or following a tailor-made training regime. The club is pleased to announce that we…

The current published T &F programme finishes on 31st March. For most athletes it will be a long build-up to the World Championships and we believe that most of you, and also the organisers of our track meets will benefit from some time off. Therefore there will be no MAWA track and field meetings on…

We are aware that some members cannot access the online shop, or are not comfortable using it. John Allen has made a very generous offer that if any member wants to see him at a Sunday Run he will carry out their shopping for them on his iPhone and they can pay him in cash.…

A very exciting race had the following result: Pos Name Gender State Time H/Cap 1 Kernaghan, Barrie M W.A. 52.50 94 metres 2 Cortis, Henri M W.A. 54.48 90 metres 3 Smith, Colin M W.A. 55.22 20 metres 4 Till, Campbell M W.A. 55.23 25 metres 5 Cobby, Vicki W W.A. 55.58 70 metres 6…

The committee would like to introduce you to the MAWA Shop which can be accessed from the main menu tab. The shop will be used to sell MAWA merchandise, including uniforms, publications and tickets for social events. Presently just uniforms are on sale, but T-shirts will be added shortly. Some samples will be available at…

Reminder – entries close 11 March for the Australian Masters Athletics Championships in Adelaide 16-19 April 2016 – to enter click on the link below: Nationals 2016

In this issue: WA nominees announced for national awards. Record entries received for State Championships. Entries open for Perth 2016 as top official puts venues under spotlight. Records fall in heavyweight pentathlon Carmel Meyer’s column highlights the achievements of speed queen Wendy Seegers John Dennehy reports on Tuesday night action at WAAS. Head over to…

Wendy moved into the W40 age group this week. At Strive last night she broke the Australian 200m record with a time of 24.52s, beating the old record by a huge 0.58s. She achieved an age-graded score of 92.25%. Wendy will compete in the State Championships at ECAC over 100m and 400m on 20th March.

As Australia will have a large team in Perth next October, AMA has appointed four Team Managers. The attached newsletter introduces the Team Managers and the role they will play. For those that enter the Championships, the Team Managers will send you regular newsletters with important information. Perth 2016 Team Managers

Marion Buchanon has been appointed Chief Walks Judge for the World Masters Championships. This is a great honour for Marion, who regularly judges our Championship walks and is always ready to give members advice on their walking technique. Marion will have a panel of highly experienced International Walks Judges.