The 2025 Inter-Area T&F Challenge is taking place 16 Feb 2025 at Lee Valley Athletics Centre. The Provisional Timetable has been published. Do please note that only the following spikes are allowed on the indoor track: Omnilite Ceramic Pyramid or Christmas Tree 5mm or 7 mm; Steel Christmas Tree 6mm, Steel RT Compression 6mm.
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EMAA Vacancy – Cross Country Secretary
EMAA are looking for someone who has a reasonable knowledge of Cross Country Running either as a competitor or as an administrator.
The secretary will have responsibility, along with other EMMA committee members of organising the Selection Trial, the selection process, liaising with the area selectors, and the selection meeting in order to pick the England Masters team to represent England in the British and Irish Masters Cross Country International. They will also liaise with the Team Manager to inform those who have applied for selection how successful/unsuccessful they were in their quest for selection.
Those willing to be considered for the post should send their expressions of interest to Kim Matthews
England Masters XC Team Selection 2024 Now Published
The EMAA cross country team selection will follow a similar process to last year with selection races held
on Saturday 28th September 2024. Teams will be selected for the British & Irish Masters’ Cross Country
International, which will be held in Belfast on Saturday 16 November 2024. The teams will be selected in all five year age categories from 35 to 80 plus. The venue for the trial races is Betley Court Farm, Main Road, Betley, Crewe, Cheshire CW3 9BH. The races will be held in conjunction with a North Staffordshire Cross Country League meeting.
Much more info on Cross Country page.
The Selection List is now published
Inter-Area Outdoors Track and Field 2024
The 2024 Inter-Area Outdoors Track and Field Challenge was held on Saturday 7th Sept 2024 at the Rockingham Triangle Athletics Stadium, Jimmy Kane Way, Rockingham Road, Corby, NN17 2FB.
The results have been published on OpenTrack and are linked available from the Track and Field page. The Competition Rules and the CBPs for the 2024 competition were also published and available on the T&F page.
EMAA Indoor Inter-Area Challenge 2023
The EMAA Indoor Inter-Area Challenge 2023 will be held at Lee Valley Athletics Centre on Sunday 26 February 2023.
Please note that there are no individual entries and that you should contact your masters area club if you wish to be selected. .
Inter-Area Outdoor T&F challenge 2022
The EMAA Inter-Area Outdoor Track & Field Challenge 2022 held on 31st July 2022 results now published
31 July 2022 Results
England Athletics Masters Indoor Inter-Area Track and Field Challenge 2022 – Lee Valley 13 Mar 2022
Full results have now been published linked from the T&F Page
Inter-Area X-Country – 5 Feb 2022 – Full Results
Results are available on OpenTrack at :
Men https://bmaf.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/bmaf661/scores/all-men-all/
Women https://bmaf.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/bmaf661/scores/all-women-all/
Results and some pictures at NEMAA News https://www.nemaa.co.uk/news
Race 1 – All women and Men 65+
Winning team of six scorers – NEMAA 86.32%
Carol Page 88.66%, Allie Wilson Craw 88.16%, Katherine Davis 88.06%, Jane Hodgson 85.48%, Jackie Murdy 84.03%, Maggie Lorraine 83.48%
Race 2 – Men 35 to 64
Winning team of 6 scorers – NEMAA 81.90%
Brian Martin 84.91%, David Nicholson 84.73%, Gavin Bayne 82.22%, David Graham 80.68%, Mark McNally 79.50%, Jarlath McKenna 79.36%
Runners up team – Welsh Masters Athletics Ltd. 76.37%
Combined overall female top age graded result – Carol Page NEMAA W60 – 88.66%
Combined overall male top age graded result – Stanley Owen NMAC – 87.49%
18 of the top age graded results were by NEMAA representatives.
EMAA Outdoor Inter-Area Challenge 2021
The full results of the EMAA Outdoor Inter-Area Challenge 2021 at Nuneaton held on Sunday 18 Jul 2021 have been published and available on the Track and Field Page.
Edgar Nicholls 1924 – 2020
It is with great sadness that we record the passing of this much loved man. You will remember him handing you your number as you registered at our Track & Field Championships and always wishing you good luck. For years he officiated at the popular Road Relays in Sutton Park.
War deprived him of Olympian status; he was a Reserve for the 1948 London Olympics. He had such a pile of Worcester County AA medals before he reached Masters age that he offered them back to the County, he had won 38 Gold. He never retired, not even from earning a living and contributing hugely to our sport whilst his wife Irene did the Seeding, Recording and other tasks for us. He won numerous BMAF age group events on the track and as a cross-country runner. As a 70-year old he was still helping a local farmer and could be found hunking bales of hay etc.
He and Irene have given their time and expertise generously not only to our sport, but to their community, local schools etc. Without such volunteers, we would all be so much poorer. At 96 he leaves us after a very fulfilling life.
We offer our sincere condolence to Irene and his family.
Bridget Cushen