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  Some members are receiving emails from Athletics WA confirming their registration and this is causing some confusion. MAWA members are now automatically registered with AWA for insurance even if they don’t compete on the track so these emails can be safely ignored.

Ed Whitlock of Canada was a legendary masters athlete. This obituary published in a UK club magazine may be of interest to members Ed Whitlock

The MAWA committee last night approved the following nominations: Sprints/Hurdles. Wendy Seegers. Another amazing year for Wendy with 2 W40 Australian records and 2 World Titles Middle Distance/Steeples. Rob Nichols. Great year for Rob in the Steeplechase with a State Record, a National title, and a bronze at Worlds Distance. Janet Ferguson. What a year…

Last night the committee agreed the following arrangement: ECAC. Full winter track programme 6th April and then late April through September. No throws. No jumps competition but equipment is available if members want to come and practice. WAAS. For the period leading up to the Nationals in Darwin, (ie 4th April and then late April and all of…

The Oceania Masters Athletics Championships are held every two years and include Australia, New Zealand and all the Pacific Islands! In 2018 they will be held on 20-27 January in Dunedin, New Zealand – a beautiful location so you can combine the event with a stunning holiday! For more information please click on the link…

Due to extensive path works under the Causeway, the age-graded event on 19th March will be moved to Burswood. The 5k turn will be on the path towards Belmont racecourse while the 8k turn will be towards Mercy Hospital

We have now migrated our website to a new host, and introduced a new, more modern look. There are a few formatting issues to fix, but from a user perspective the functionality is unchanged. The change will give us improved performance for the website administrators, and will now enable us to fully utilise the function…

For the latest on club and state track and field news and information. In this edition: Records fall at multi-events Matt Staunton stars with record throw Mark Dawson profile Margaret Saunders writes on negative self-talk. Todd Davey’s breaks national record

For the latest news from Australian Masters Athletics including information on Daegu and Darwin please click on the following link: AMA ENewsletter March 2017