Chuck McMahon masters meet? It’s on a need-to-know basis
What if they gave a track meet and only officials showed up? Don’t laugh. That’s the scenario suggested in San Diego County. The annual Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters Meet isn’t listed on the USATF events calendar or the San Diego-Imperial Association masters page. However, the officials page for San Diego-Imperial USATF shows the meet as being June 27, 2009, at Cal State San Marcos. It’s being called the Chuck McMahon Memorial & SD USATF Masters T&F Championships — same as in 2007 and 2008. The San Diego Track Club was listed as “host” those times. In previous years, the meet was run by the San Diego Senior Olympics. Chuck McMahon was a thrower who left a sum of money with the stipulation that a masters meet be held yearly in San Diego County. But maybe his will didn’t mention athletes. The only athletes calendar that lists Chuck McMahon is at the SoCal Track Club, where the meet is denoted as “June; location and date TBA.” My, that’s helpful. I’ve written to several San Diego USATF folks for details. So far, nada. I’ll keep trying.
Top secret (except to certified USATF officials): A meet is planned June 27.
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The South of England AA killed off their Veterans Championship by never publicising it, and then claiming that because nobody attended it, they should dispense with it. They used to put it on alongside their Combined Events championships, but never consulted the Veterans/Masters movement, so even if anyone got to hear about it, it often clashed with World or European championships. Since SEAA lost most of their responsibilities to England Athletics and became a competition provider only, they have consulted about reviving it, but nothing is going to happen this year.
Thanks for checking this out Ken. Are they trying to kill track and field here also?
i heard the date has been moved to July 11th.
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