Congratulations to Edel Maguire, Clonliffe Hrs who was named Master Athlete of the Year at AAI Gala Awards last week. Edel has had a fantastic year, winning both World & European titles, as well as continuing to post National records. A worthy winner after 2 previous nominations.

Wed 3^rd Dec saw the start of Track & Field live from the NIA in Abbottstown & this kicked off in style with 2 World Records, (subject to ratification) by F40 & M80 4 x 400m relay Teams. The Women clocked a time of 3:57.61 taking just over 6 secs off the existing WR held by U.S.A & Men stopped the clock at 5:26.61 knocking just over 30secs off previous record held by German quartet. A big thank you to the Athletes who travelled, Dublin Athletic Board, David Matthews & all the Officials & Volunteers involved. Am sure Ronan is still browsing through the record books to see what other Athletes he can cajole and attack more records.

Further afield, entries are now open for European Masters Indoor Champs in Torun, which take place between 27^th Mar to 2^nd Apr 2026. This has proved to be a very popular Champs. for Irish Master Athletes, so we anticipate another huge number of participants travelling. Again, see link below for additional info & entry

https://emaci2026.com/

Still have a few medals on hand from British & Irish Masters CC Champs, all Team medals, broken down as follows: 2 x M40, 1 x M40, 1 x F35 & 1 x F40. Any Athletes who did not receive these medals, the will be available for pick up in Abbottstown this Sun at AAI Novice CC Champs. Please contact Mike Fennel to arrange pickup. We are also missing the following 2 medals, M35 & F45 Team silver medals. Any Athlete from those Teams who has the additional medal, can you please let us know or bring along on Sunday so we can pass on.

Michael Fennell,

IMAA Comm