Athletics Weekly

RtR . Do not exaggerate our protection under English law. The British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) is formally subject to the Data Protection Act (DPA). BMAF however is on record as deeming itself above the DPA provisions concerning my personal data. For BMAF has previously been pronounced i...

Sidelined . How on earth can you assume that? I had not used the word "hag" to her, or any insult. So I was indeed surprised at her rudeness to me. A definition of a hag is "an unpleasant or ugly old woman." This one is probably more unpleasant than ugly (which does not matter t...

Thans Geoff. Wow! Go Wales. As an Englishman, I now appreciate better the non-economic rationale for Celtic devolution. The British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) deliberately withheld what was written to the minutes about me, while informing all 11 British Masters regional clubs (with the resu...

Geoff, I am truly fascinated by this unexpected British athletics glasnost. How come you have access to internal Welsh Committee minutes, Welsh General Council Minutes and UKA Members Council minutes?

Thanks Paul. Happy Athletics New Year to all!

28 January 2012, Stockholm Masters Indoors: M70 400m, only. I cannot run fast because of injury. So I will relax, think of England and enjoy it. Happy New Year to all my fans.

OK RTR. But I suspect that Christian Malcolm was not even "complaining" (a word with negative connotations - as I have experienced.) He could have been just responding to questions. I don't get Sky News here. Can someone tell me: did Christian Malcolm actually take the initiative to making...

RTR. Unless you are an elite athlete yourself, please do not say that our elite athletes are "moaning" as in: Comment on athletes view on BOA position. In short moaning that they have not been consulted of late. http://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&...

Entertaining and inspiring. Thanks again Charleton.

rtr. Absolutely no need to apolologise for:

readtherules wrote:

readtherules wrote:Fangi.

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Sorry,it was Big g who raised lino ,not fangio.
So,genius Big g then.

fangio is BigGut-lite.

fangio: 1. You confirm that your British athletics club - just like the British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) - discusses its athletes behind closed doors, communicates the conduct of the athlete in writing to a select audience and does not inform the athlete. Wow. That is unfair to the athlet...

Is this practice confined to the British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF)?

Or do other British clubs - BigGut and fangio's Leamington then - also treat their athletes in this way?

I do not like BigGut.

My unfortunate experience at the hands of the British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) indicates that something must be done about meetings behind closed doors of British athletics bodies. If you recall, a year ago I submitted a subject access request for the minutes of the 5 November 2006 BMAF D...

Alright, alright. But who has jurisdiction? UKA or British Masters Athletics Federation?

Yes Geoff. Somebody at Birmingham University could do a masters thesis on it.

No. Nobody needs coaches. They are against masters athletes because they are envious of our waistlines.

If the grass throwing area at Birmingham is uphill, what about the track? Is the track uphill (downhill) as well?

mump boy. Thank you. Delighted you noticed.

I do not give a fig for these people. However uniform treatment is a good thing. It is also a good thing that unequal/unjust decisions can be reversed. Pity such restitution only applies to druggies and not to a previously unjustly banned British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) athlete. (Again, ...

That was actually very good BigGut. When you are not blinded by your need to insult people, you can be quite sensible. And you are much nicer at something you obviously know something about. As BigGut says, there are multiple ways of being a coach. Forgive my clips. ...... ---- I completely agree wi...

Thanks Kermit. Time someone put pressure on BOA. I am otherwise in favour of a lifetime ban for drug cheats. But obviously there should be one rule for drugs bans that applies to all international sports organisations. Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) is...

(Although of course the British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) will be best known for banning the complaining athlete without any hearing or appeal.)

Pursuing my well-documented complaint about the British Masters Athletics Federation (BMAF) has proved a fascinating experience. I ask AW Forum readers:

1. Is it wrong in principle to complain about a sports body?

2. Is it wrong specifically to “criticise BMAF Officers in public“?

It's the minion fangio,
defender of the athletics status quo.

Unless it recants, the British Masters Athletics Association (BMAF) will always be known for deliberately taking an athlete past the Call Room in defiance of the IAAF rules.

Liam , one could also say that this all stems from my complaint about BMAF Team Manager Maurice Doogan’s rules infringements and verbal abuse at 2006 WMA Linz. Prior to my complaint, nobody had any objection to me. How could they? If I had not complained, BMAF would not have banned me. But more to ...

I will be privileged to run against the legendary German athlete Guido Müller, M70 400m world record holder (59.34 sec), at Lignano.

Registration (entry) to the 10-20 September 2011 European Masters Games (EMG) is still formally open. So pile in. The more the merrier.

oKRamXII. What does this guy's coach father say?

Colin Jackson? Someone has asked me for my opinion of Colin Jackson’s athletics commentaries. Unfortunately I cannot answer because I don’t get them in Sweden. Could anyone direct me to some representative urls for Colin Jackson’s athletics commentaries, perhaps on Youtube or the like? (I have seen ...