Date  

Organiser  

Event  

Venue  

Entry

 

Entry Closing Date 

Saturday  

7 March 2026 

NEW! 

Lordship Recreation Ground 

parkrun 

VAC gathering  

5km parkrun 

Featuring VAC “mob match” gathering. 

Come along and meet VAC members. 

Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane, 

London 

N17 6BQ 

Start time: 9am.  

Location and Course details. 

The start is near the Lordship Hub in the recreation ground. New parkrunners must register with parkrun to obtain a Barcode.  

Look out for VAC vests!  

Enter on the day (but need your Barcode) 

Saturday  

7 March 2026 

NEW EVENT! 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

London Masters International 

“Road to Torun” London Masters International Indoors 

Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Meridian Way, Edmonton London  

N9 0AR 

Enter on OpenTrack EMA "Road to Torun" - LONDON MASTERS INTERNATIONAL  

Track events : 60mH, 60m, 800m, 200m, 3000m, 400m, 1500m. Field events: Shot, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, High Jump, Long Jump, Pentathlon. 

Closes at the end of February. Individual events close when full. 

Saturday  

14 March 2026 

England Masters Athletics Association (EMAA) 

British Masters Inter Area Indoor Track & Field Challenge  

Competition for BMAF Area Clubs.  

Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Meridian Way, Edmonton London  

N9 0AR. 

Competition for BMAF area clubs. VAC team selected in advance (mid-February). Age bands 35-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. One person per age band. Usual indoor events (but not 3,000m races). 

Details on OpenTrack competition page  

Provisional Timetable . Note: The event is scheduled for 1pm to 9pm. 

VAC vest necessary.  

Expressions of interest to VAC Entries Secretary by the end of January  

Saturday  

21 March 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

BMAF Services 

British Masters Cross Country Championships

 

Faenol Estate, Bangor 

LL57 4BP 

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack. 

15 March 

27 March - 2 April 2026 

European Masters Athletics 

European Masters Indoor Athletics T&F Championships  

Torun Arena, 

Torun 

Poland 

Details on OpenTrack . 

More details on EMA website  

Closed 

Tuesday 

31 March 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

VAC 

Permit No RWA26027 Category B

VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 1 

5K Masters Road Race  

5K Open Race Walk  

Battersea Park, London 

SW11 4NJ 

Race HQ at the Bandstand. 

7pm start for Road Run 

6.55pm start for Race Walk. 

Details and entry on OpenTrack.  

Location/course map 

Participants’ Instructions  

11.59pm Sunday 29 March 

Thursday  

16 April 2026  

East Surrey League 

(Match 3) 

Ewell Four Mile Road Race 

(VAC is a member of the East Surrey League)  

HQ: The Harrier Centre (Ewell track), King Georges Recreational Ground, Poole Road, Epsom  

KT19 9RY 

Start time:7pm  

Course Map . 

Two laps of local roads. 

Free entry. 

1st and 2nd claim members are welcome to represent VAC. Just turn up and report to the VAC rep. 

VAC runners declared on the day. Enquiries and advance notice: Entries Secretary  

Tuesday 

5 May 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

VAC 

VAC 5 MILE Championships!

Permit No RWA26028 Category B

VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 2 

5Mile Masters Road Race  

5Mile Open Race Walk  

Battersea Park,  

London 

SW11 4NJ 

Race HQ at the Bandstand. 

7pm start for Road Race 

6.50pm start for Race Walk. 

Details and entry on OpenTrack.  

Medals for the first three in each 5-year age group. 

Location/course map  

11.59pm Sunday 3 May 

Saturday 

30 May 2026 

BMAF Services 

British Masters Throws Pentathlon, 10000m, 1Mile Track Champs & Open Meeting  

Horspath, Oxford 

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack in due course.  

To be announced  

Tuesday 

2 June 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

VAC 

VAC 5Km Championships!   

Permit No RWA26029 Category B

VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 3 

5Km Masters Road Race  

5Km Open Walk Race  

Battersea Park,  

London 

SW11 4NJ 

Race HQ at the Bandstand. 

7pm start for Road Race 

6.55pm start for Race Walk. 

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack.  

Medals for the first three in each 5-year age group. 

Location/course map  

11.59pm Sunday 31 May 

Wednesday 

24 June 2026 (TBC) 

VAC 

VAC 5,000m Championships!  

VAC 5,000m Track Championships OPEN TO ALL MASTERS ATHLETES  

(To be confirmed). Millennium Arena, Battersea Park. 

London  

SW11 4NJ  

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack in due course. 

First race at 6.30pm (tbc) 

Four seeded races,  

slowest to fastest.  

To be announced 

Sunday  

28 June 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

Istead & Ifield Harriers and BMAF Services 

British Masters 30km Multi-Terrain Championships 

Part of the North Downs 30k Trail Race  

Cyclopark, The Tollgate, Watling Street, Gravesend, Kent DA11 7NP  

10.30am start. 

First enter the North Downs Run itself on the race website .
Then enter the BMAF championship via the OpenTrack competition page  

(“early bird” free entry to the BMAF championship for members of Area clubs until the end of February) 

14 June 

Sunday 

5 July 2026 

BMAF Services 

British Masters Pentathlon, 5000m Track Champs & Open Meeting  

Yate Outdoor Sports Complex, 

Yate BS37 7LB (near Bristol).  

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack in due course.  

To be announced 

Sunday  

2 August 2026 

NEW VENUE!  

ADVANCE NOTICE  

England Masters Athletics Association  

British Masters Inter Area Outdoor Track & Field Challenge (VAC team to enter) 

Competition for members of BMAF Area Clubs.  

NEW VENUE 

Yate & District AC, Yate Outdoor Sports Complex, 

Yate BS37 7LB 

(near Bristol). 

Men & Women  

Age bands: 35-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. Events (provisional): 100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m, 3000m, ShortH, 2km walk, 4 x 100m, LJ HJ PV TJ SP DT JT HT. Fewer events for older age bands. One VAC person per event per age band. VAC vest necessary. 

VAC Team selected in advance. 

Expressions of interest in due course to Entries Secretary  

22 Aug - 3 Sept 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

World Masters Athletics Stadia (Track & Field) Championships  

World Masters Athletics 

Daegu, 

South Kor ea  

Details on Event Website. 

2026 Daegu World Masters Athletics WMAC 

Registration and Entry  

23 June 

Tuesday 

8 Sept 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

VAC 

Permit No RWA26030 Category B

VAC Battersea Park Summer Series: Race 4 

5Km Masters Road Race  

5Km Open Walk Race  

Battersea Park,  

London 

SW11 4NJ 

Race HQ at the Bandstand.  

7pm start for Road Race 

6.55pm start for Race Walk. 

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack .  

Location/course map  

11.59pm Sunday 6 Sept.  

11-13 September 2026 

BMAF Services  

British Masters Track and Field Championships  

Moorways Stadium, Moor Lane, Allenton, Derby  

DE24 9HY  

Details and Online entry on OpenTrack in due course. 

To be announced. 

Wednesday 

16 Sept 2026 

VAC 

VAC 10,000m 

Championships!  

VAC 10,000m Track Championships  

OPEN TO ALL MASTERS ATHLETES  

Venue to be decided.  

Details and entry on OpenTrack in due course. 

Three races seeded slowest to fastest.  

First race at 6.00pm (tbc) 

11.59pm Sunday 13 Sept. 

Saturday 26 September 2026 

ENTRIES ARE OPEN!   

Vitality Westminster Mile events 

VAC One Mile Championships!  

Vitality Westminster Mile 

VAC Medals in five- year age groups.  

The Mall, London. Assemble in Green Park, London  

SW1A 1AA 

Info and entry on the Vitality Masters Mile website. 

VAC members should select Adult Wave One at 9.30am and select VAC or Veterans AC as the Running Club (on drop-down menu). Please inform Maggie entries@vetsac.org.uk if you have entered.  

Enter early! 

Entry closes a week before the event, but the race is always full before then.