Since February 1999, I’ve been an active member of the masterstf mailing list (or listserve) on Yahoo Groups. (It started out as egroups but was bought by Yahoo!) Starting today, I will no longer post messages to that group. I
Sacramento Bee track writer John Schumacher wrote a little piece on Sacto’s bid for the 2011 World Masters Athletic Championships, and quotes the city’s sports czar as saying: “That was kind of the appeal, the international attraction. They tend to
National Masters News is in good shape, says Publisher Suzy Hess, but her decision to sell the Eugene-based monthly is simple: “We just want to do something else with our lives at this point,” Suzy wrote me today. She cited
Nadine O’Connor can run fast and jump high (in the vault). Now we know she can put those two velocities together. At last weekend’s USATF-sanctioned Rocky Mountain Masters Games, Nadine long-jumped 4.55 meters (14-11) to smash Barbara Cleveland’s listed W60
It’s almost springtime in Aussieland. But folks in Adelaide, South Australia, are already talking up a meet more than a year from now. It’s called the Australasian Masters Games. Paula Stankiewicz, marketing coordinator for the Confederation of Australian Sport Events,
This just in! “Page 3 of the September 2006 NMN has a small ad in the top left corner titled, National Masters News Seeks Buyer. It states in the second of two paragraphs, “Individuals or groups seriously interested in purchasing
Sometime in September 2007, delegates to the WMA General Assembly attending the world masters championships in Riccione will hear presentations from two Western Hemisphere cities. Porto Alegre, Brazil, will have the backing of powerful WMA President Cesare Beccalli. Sacramento, California,
Yup, Sacramento is making a race of it. Today, Pete Mulholland in Britain sent me a note that quotes WMA Secretary Winston Thomas as saying: “As of the 1st September, two bids have to be considered for Stadia Championships in
The local newspaper in Canton, Ohio — The Repository — ran a nice slice-of-life piece today on two masters decathletes. One is M50 James Reinhard. The other is M80 Denver Smith. The article (reproduced below) tells how Denver inspired Jim
My sources in Sacramento say the Brooks Fleet Feet Racing Team raised more than $7,200 via team members scoring at the Charlotte masters nationals. Together with local fundraisers, more than $10,000 has been raised to help defray expenses involved in
Willie Banks held the world record in the triple jump for 10 years — from June 16, 1985, until July 18, 1995, when his 17.97 (58-11 1/2) was surpassed by Briton Jon Edwards. But not even Jon’s current 60-foot jump
Contrary to some reports, Jan Zelezny has not yet retired from the javelin game. At age 40, he still has some good throws left in him — maybe even another M40 world record. The Cape Times of Cape Town, South
