Membership

Membership of the Isle of Man Veteran Athletes’ Club is open to runners, walkers and track & field athletes aged 35 and over. The membership year runs from April to March; the current year is April 2026 – March 2027.

Membership fees

TypeWho it’s forFee
First claimIOMVAC is your only athletics club, or the first one you joined£35
Second claimYou’re first claim to another club (give its name and your England Athletics number on the form)£17
SocialYou’re not active in veteran athletics competition (agreed by the committee)£10

Join or renew online

Fill in the form below. We’ll email you a copy with the payment details, and your membership is confirmed once payment has been received.

Membership for April 2026 – March 2027

Your details

Gender

Helping at club races

We ask every member to help at at least one of our races each year: on the day, or with jobs like putting up and taking down Caution Runner signs. Tick any you could help at.

Payment

We will email you the payment details when you send this form.

Declaration

New members: please also email a copy of your passport, as proof of date of birth, nationality and veteran age (35+), to the membership secretary. We do not take passport copies through this website.

First claim members are registered with England Athletics, who will invite you to their myAthletics portal, where you can set your privacy settings (questions: dataprotection@englandathletics.org). All members are registered with BMAF and invited to its OpenTrack portal.

Prefer paper? Download the 2026–27 form (PDF) and return it to the membership secretary, Dave Lawrie, at IOMVACMembership@gmail.com.

What you get

  • Entry to British, European and World Masters Championships through our affiliation to the British Masters Athletic Federation
  • Free entry to the Veterans’ Mile, in your club vest
  • Discounted physio rates with Focus Physiotherapy (focusphysiotherapyiom@gmail.com)
  • The Running Shield and Walking League competitions through the year

Good to know

First claim members are automatically registered with England Athletics, who will invite you to set up a myAthletics account and choose your privacy settings.

The club runs on volunteers. We ask every member to help at at least one of our races each year — on the day, or with jobs like putting out “Caution Runners” signs.