BEDFORD & COUNTY AC
Masters Competition
Masters Athletics is designed to provide competition for Men & Women over the age of 35 at track and field athletics, road racing and cross country running. Most road and cross country races have Masters (or Veterans) age categories. The main organisation is the British Masters Athletic Federation (BMAF).
The BMAF is responsible for all representative teams for World & European Masters competition and it organise many championships itself or through its Regional affiliated clubs. The affiliated club for Bedford’s region is Eastern Veterans Athletic Club. To join BMAF you must join one of the Regional affiliated clubs, this provides you with automatic membership of BMAF.
There are BMAF track and field championships, cross country championships and road race championships, you can find details of the fixtures on the BMAF website.
EVAC also organise a track and field league and various road and cross country championships, you can find details of the fixtures on the EVAC website. You can also find details of how to join EVAC on the EVAC website. As a member of Bedford & County AC you join EVAC as a second claim member. Many Bedford & County members are also EVAC members so you can ask “older” club members for more information.
There is further information about BMAF and EVAC competitions on this web site under the competition button.
Members of EVAC receive a regular newsletter from the club and copies of the BMAF magazine as part of their subscription.
EVAC Magazines
Summer 2010 113, Autumn 2010 114 (1) (2), Winter 2011 115, Spring 2011 116,