Masters (35+)
Welcome to the BCA Masters Page
In this section:
Who is a Master? | Age group results - age graded results |
Reasons to join BC Athletics - Masters |
Masters achievement awards | Masters
Events |
Results |
Records |
Links & Miscellaneous
Who is a Master?
Your entry to an Athletics event could be simply to have fun, have a
healthy workout, pick up an attractive t-shirt, support a charity or, as
a serious competitor, attempt a personal best performance.
The only requirement for being a masters member
in any BC Athletics sanctioned event is to be 35 years of age or older.
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Age
group results—age graded results
Proposed
and Unapproved New Masters Age Graded Tables: 2006
Competition results can be calculated on an overall performance basis
where athletes compare their performance to how other competitors in
their age group performed. Some events now provide age
graded results. These results are generated from tables developed by
reviewing the performances of a large number of athletes over a long
period of time, in each of the age categories, as well as the world
records by age groupings. The tables then indicate an ultimate
performance that could be expected from any age. There are separate
tables for males and females.
Age graded results can be used in several ways. Using
these tables, each athlete's performance can be calculated as a
percentage of these extremely high standards for both male and female at
each age. New results are then processed based on percentage
achievement. Hence the playing field is leveled by compensating for age
and sex. These age graded results can be very different from the overall
results. It's possible that a 45-year old woman would displace a 28-year
old male overall winner as the age graded winner. This, of course, is
competitive and many (in fact most) participants don't enter events
solely for competition. There are other effective ways of using
performance percentages.
For example: if your performance in a 5K race was @
78.3%, you could apply this percentage to the table for 10K at your age
and calculate your expected finish time at 10K for the same effort. This
would enable you to establish your mile pace to ensure that you don't go
out too fast in the 10K event.
As you age you can use age graded results to compare
your fitness and conditioning from one year to any other year. It's also
useful in tracking your progress over any number of dissimilar events.
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Reasons to join BC Athletics - Masters
- Receive the annual publication of the Events Calendar
- Liability and Sport Injury/Accident Insurance
- $3.00 deduction from entry fees at BC Athletics sanctioned events
- Discounts on merchandise from selected sports stores
- Registered member of BC Athletics
- Branch member of Athletics Canada
Supporting BC Athletics through an annual membership
fee of $40 + GST (for Masters athletes) helps to fund the governing body of
our sport and helps to ensure that:
- BC Athletics sanctioned events meet standards for
safety, officiating and organization
- workshops and seminars are provided to enhance the
overall well-being of athletics as a sport
- there is co-ordination of the many volunteer
efforts provided by the athletics community
- there is direct contact for Athletics information
by telephone or the internet
As a member you are welcome to attend the Masters
Committee Annual General Meeting or stand for election to the Masters
Committee Board itself.
For coaching, for group workouts, for increased social
activities and for team events such as the
Haney
to Harrison Relay, there are a number of BC
Athletics affiliated clubs that welcome all levels and all ages of
Masters Athletes.
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Masters achievements awards
These awards are in the form of pins in bronze, silver and gold which represent
increasingly higher standards of performance. These pins are available for
purchase by masters who have achieved the required standards. The standards are
adapted from those that the Canadian Masters Athletics Association used to have
for their crests, and cover a wide range of events.
The standards may be viewed by clicking on one of the following links:
To apply for a pin
Please print the Masters
achievement award application form (
16 KB) and mail (with the $9.04 fee) to BC Athletics, 120 - 3820 Cessna Dr., Richmond, BC
V7B 0A2.
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Masters Events 2009
- Front Runners Island Race Series begins January 11 with Prairie
Inn Pioneer 8k BC Championship
- Canadian Tire Interior Road Race series begins February 15
- Lower Mainland Road Race Series (NEW) begins March 14
- Northern Road Race Series begins in March
- USATF Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships Landover,
Maryland March 20-22
- Ontario Masters Indoor Championships, Toronto March 29
- Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run April 5 - BC Half Marathon
Championship
- 2009 BC MASTERS Track and Field Championships, Nanaimo May 23-24
- AMBLESIDE Masters Mile, West Vancouver June 6
- Chemainus Twilight Shuffle 5k BC Championship June 16
- USATF Masters Outdoor T&F Championships Oshkosh, Wisconsin
July 9-12
- CANADIAN MASTERS Track and Field
Championships, Kamloops, BC July
17-19
- 18th WMA World Masters T&F Championships, Lahti, Finland July
28-August 8
- BC SENIOR GAMES, Richmond Sept. 16-19
- BC Marathon Championship Victoria October 11
- World Masters Games, Sydney, Australia October 10-18
- BC MASTERS Cross-Country Championships Vancouver Oct. 31
- MASTERS ONLY Cross-Country, Vancouver Nov. 11
- CANADIAN MASTERS Cross-Country Championship, Guelph Ontario Nov.
28
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Results
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Records
With the drop in masters minimum age from 40 to 35, we would
like to start collecting road records in the 35-39 age category. Please
send record applications for the 35-39 age group, including old results,
using the Masters
road running record application form.
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Links & Miscellaneous
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