Carolinas Track & Field Club e-News 3/25/2008

CT&FC Members Competing This Week at 2008 USATF Masters Indoor Championships

CT&FC will be represented by Michael DeBo, Wayne Fisher, Bill Gramley, Jim Russ, Tony Searles, and Gregg Swindlehurst at the 2008 USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Boston March 28-30.  Best wishes to these members, and bring home those medals!

CT&FC to Host 7^th Annual Carolinas Masters Invitational on April 19, 2008

PLEASE SEND IN YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE – THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 16

The Carolinas Track &Field Club, along with the Charlotte Department of Parks and Recreation, will host the 7^th Annual Carolinas Masters Invitational on April 19, 2008 at the Irwin Belk Track facility at the Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte North Carolina.  This meet is open to USATF members age 30 and older, will be sanctioned by USATF, and will include FAT timing.  Medals will be awarded in each age division for all events.  There is no cost for 2008 CFT&FC members, and the cost for non-members is $20.  The meet registration form (attached below) has also been be posted on the CT&FC website.  Anthony James will be the meet director.  The meet has been advertised on the USATF and Masters Track websites, in the National Masters News, in the Charlotte Observer, and in the Senior Games mailings.  Your assistance is spreading the word and inviting your masters track and field friends to our meet is needed.  We regret that the JCSU venue cannot accommodate the hammer throw event as has been requested by some members.

For those of you that are not competing in the meet, the Club really needs you to volunteer at the meet.  All you need to do is show up at 9:00 at the JCSU track on April 19.  We need volunteers for running and scoring the field events, for posting results, for handing out medals, for answering questions, to help the meet director, etc.

USATF and CT&FC Membership Dues for 2008

The Board of Directors has set the Club membership dues for 2008 at $20 per family.  Membership is restricted to age 21 or older and resident in the U. S.  Note that the cost of joining the Club offsets the cost of participating in the April 19 2008 meet at JCSU.  Checks made out to CT&FC can be mailed to Ken Bender at 1104 Bellegrove Place, Charlotte, NC 28270.  You can join USATF via their website (www.usatf.org).

Club Membership

The CT&FC membership at this time consists of 33 athletes that have paid their 2008 membership dues, and 24 2007 members that have not yet paid for 2008.  New members can join through the Club website www.carolinastrackandfield.org.  If you are receiving these e-mails and do not plan to re-join CT&FC in 2008, please let us know and we will take you off the membership and e-mail distribution lists.

2008 Schedule

There are no changes to the schedule this week.

March 28-30     USATF Indoor Masters Championship  (Boston MA)

April 11-12     USATF Georgia Association Masters T&F Championships  (Savannah SC)

                        (Registration cutoff date is April 8 / www.millenmilers.com)

April 12        Throwers Meet  (Winston-Salem NC)

(Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com))

April 19        Carolina Masters Invitational  (Johnson C. Smith U / Charlotte NC)

(Registration cutoff date is April 16)

April 24-26     Penn Relays  (Philadelphia PA)

May 2-3 USATF NC Association Masters Outdoor T&F Championships  (Raleigh NC)

(Registration cutoff date is April 18 / www.geocities.com/southeasternmasters/EntryForm.pdf)

May 17&18       USATF Southeast Region Masters Championship (Hoover AL)

May 24  SC Open and Masters Track Classic (Greenville SC)

                        (www.greenvilletrackclub.com)

May 24  Throwers Meet  (Winston-Salem NC)

(Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com))

June 7&8        Atlanta Track Club Track &Field Classic  (Atlanta Georgia)

June 22-27      Volunteer at UNCC for Youth Nationals  (Charlotte NC)

June 28 USATF SC Open and Masters Track and Field Championships  (Rock Hill SC)

July 12 Throwers Meet  (Winston-Salem NC)

(Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com))

July 19 USATF East Region Outdoor Masters T&F Championships (Columbia MD)

August 2        Throwers Meet  (Winston-Salem NC)

(Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com))

August 7-10     USATF Outdoor Masters Championship  (Spokane WA)

August 28-31    North American (NCCWMA) Track & Field Championships (Clermont FL)

USATF NC Association Masters Outdoor T&F Championships - Raleigh May 2&3

This meet is an excellent meet that has been held in Durham the last few years.  This year it will be at NCSU.  The registration form is http://www.geocities.com/southeasternmasters/EntryForm.pdf.

Practice Schedule

The regular Club practice schedule is 9:00-11:00 Saturday at the UNCC track.  Several members are also practicing at UNCC on some weekday evenings from 4:30-7:00.  Come join us!

Club Website

The Club website is www.carolinastrackandfield.org.  There is a new “Important Link“ on the website “Masters T&F History”  This link was recently set up as an archive of masters track and field.  You may be interested in the impressive times and marks of some of our elite CT&FC members in prior years.  We really need to add some more pictures of members in action.  Please send your electronic photos or scanned images in reply to this e-mail.

Questions/Comments

Contact the Club President, Todd Haire (truckintodd07@hotmail.com / 704-301-2184)