Another busy weekend just passed with a good number of Master Athletes travelling abroad to compete Internationally. At the European Masters Mountain Champs in Rosnov, Romania, the Irish Team finished a highly creditable 9^th Nation overall in the medals table, winning 3 Golds, 3 Silvers & 4 Bronze.  Another successful haul by the Athletes who competed at the British Masters T&F Champs in Derby, winning a grand total of 15 medals. A word of thanks here to Stephen Monaghan who compiled the full details of all Athletes who competed, see below

🥇 Des Crowe (M65) — Gold, Vertical Race

🥉 Des Crowe (M65) — Bronze, Classic Up&Down

🥇 James Kevan (M35) — Gold, Classic Up&Down

🥈 Brendan Forrester (M40) — Silver, Classic Up&Down

🥉 Brendan Forrester (M40) — Bronze, Vertical Race

🥈 Joe Gough (M70) — Silver, Classic Up&Down

🥇 Team Gold, M70, Classic Up&Down — Joe Gough, Matthew Alexander, Peter Bell

🥈 Team Silver, M70, Vertical Race — Matthew Alexander, Gerry Brady, Peter Bell

🥉 Philip Goss (M40) — Bronze, Classic Up&Down

🥉 Paul Faulkner (M50) — Bronze, Vertical Race

Other finishers: Stephen Montgomery, Peter McEvoy (M40), Mike Kelly (M50), Graham Bushe, Paul Flynn, Ger O'Toole (M55), Aengus Burke (M60), Kevin Dillon (M70), Paula Donnellan Walsh (W45)

BMAF T&F Derby 2026 — Irish Results (updated)

🥇 Ger Cremin (M45) — Gold, 110m Hurdles (17.09)

🥇 Tom O'Brien (M55) — Gold, High Jump (1.55m)

🥇 Damian Crawford (M55) — Gold, Javelin

🥇 Anne Gilshinan (W60) — Gold, 800m (2:27.85)

🥇 Anne Gilshinan (W60) — Gold, 1500m (5:02.01)

🥈 Noelle O'Regan (W35) — Silver, 400m (1:01.20)

🥈 Tom O'Brien (M55) — Silver, Long Jump (5.24m)

🥈 Lynsey Glover (W35) — Silver, Weight Throw

🥉 Eoghan Murphy (M35) — Bronze, 800m (2:22.45)

🥉 Keith Pollard (M45) — Bronze, 200m (23.88)

🥉 Keith Pollard (M45) — Bronze, 400m (54.15)

🥉 Robert Bruce-Brand (M55) — Bronze, 400m (58.50)

🥉 Ciara Burrows (W40) — Bronze, Discus

🥉 Ciara Burrows (W40) — Bronze, Shot Put

🥉 Alison Beck (W45) — Bronze, High Jump (1.40m)

Now that the T&F season has drawn to a close, we can look forward to the cross country kicking off. To recap, IMAA will this year host the British & Irish Masters CC Champs in Abbottstown on Sat 14^th Nov. In advance of this Irish Teams from 35 to 75 incl will be selected following trial race held also in Abbottstown on Sunday 18^th Oct. This will be run in conjunction with AAI Autumn CC, see flyer plus link below for full details. Selection criteria are as follows.

Age groups 35 to 50 incl, teams of 5 to run, first 3 home in the trial automatically selected, with the option of 2 wildcard selections

Age groups 55 to 75 incl, teams of 4 to run, first 3 home in the trial automatically selected, with the option of 1  wildcard selection.

Ind medals only will be awarded in 80 plus category in the Champ race. These Athletes can also compete on 75 age teams if finish in the top 3 in the trial race.

Any Athlete who competes in their relevant age group on trial date, but are eligible for next age group by 14^th Nov, please ensure that you inform selectors, so they are aware of this.

Athletes who are unable to compete in trial race but wish to be considered for selection must submit in writing reason unable to compete, plus also recent race results from Aug up to Oct by Wed 14^th Oct to International Sec, Pat O’Grady @  internationalsecimaa@gmail.com  Verbal requests will not be entertained.

All Athletes must be registered with IMAA, membership fee €20. Again, please see link below.

https://irishmasterathletics.clubzap.com/membership_signup

https://www.athleticsireland.ie/competitions-events/fixtures-results/national-autumn-open/

Michael Fennell,

IMAA Comm.