At a glittering dinner in Adelaide last night MAWA members were recognised for their contribution to Masters Athletics in Australia and for their superlative performances.

Barbara Blurton was thanked by AMA President John Clark for her work as Registrar and International Entries Coordinator.

Richard Blurton was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame Administrator category for his work as AMA and MAWA Presidents and particularly for heading the LOC in the highly successful Perth 2016 WMA Championships.

Melissa Foster is Athlete of the Year in the jumps category with particular recognition of her Long Jump World Record.

Jo Peters is Athlete of the Year in the throws category following his string of M70 Australian Records. Jo was our flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.

The last uniform orders are now ready to collect. As there is no run on Easter Sunday they can be collected from Delia the following Sunday at Kings Park run, as well as any older orders still waiting to be collected.

Long-standing members will be saddened to learn of the passing of former member number 115 Cedric (Shorty) Turner.  Known as Shorty in his earlier days with Masters he and his wife Ann were regular competitors and Race Directors.  Shorty encouraged and helped train other members for longer distances and formed ‘Shorty and his Sheilas’ to compete in the Perth Marathon Relay for several years.  Cedric had a great sense of humour and enjoyed the twice yearly camp away with the Masters group – running, eating and laughing a lot.

Our condolences to Ann and the family.

We have over 40 athletes from Masters Athletics WA travelling to Adelaide this week to take part in the National Championships over the Easter Weekend.  We wish them all every success in their event/s and hope they achieve the PBs they deserve after all their dedication and training.

This year’s event is at ECAC on Tuesday 29th April starting at 6:30pm.

If you wish to compete please email Richard at r.blurton@iinet.net.au. However you can register on the day.