SCOTTISH MASTERS ATHLETICS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Bringing premier quality championships
to Scottish heavy athletics at the masters' level

Scottish Masters Athletics International, LLC, or SMAI, is an organization of athletes for the purpose of
promoting and advancing Scottish heavy athletics at the masters' level. SMAI is also the proprietary owner
of the Masters World Championships. There is currently no charge for an athlete to "belong" to SMAI and the only requirement is that the athlete be over age 40.

For an athlete to belong to SMAI they need only complete the member registration accessed below.
The benefits of registration include:

        1. Listing in the membership pages of this web site.;
        2. Participation in the "Virtual Game" contained in the web site; and
        3. Inclusion in the SMAI email group which disseminates information to athletes on a timely basis.

The Athletes

SMAI represents over 480 masters athletes ranging in ages from 40 to 73 from 12 different countries.

SMAI Leadership

The Executive Director of SMAI is Bill "Angus Billy" Scruggs
Associate Executive Director is Kevin Rogers

Supporting Angus are the Regional Directors

         Pacific - Rick Baird, Carlos Borges
        Mountain - Jeff Loosle, Greg Bradshaw
        Mid West - Kevin Henderson
        South - Kent Durso, Kevin Youngberg
        Mid-Atlantic - Frank Henry
        East - Bill Crawford, Denise Houseman
        Canada - Harvey Barkauskas, Karyn Dallimore
        Scotland - Malcolm Claghorn, Gerry Reynolds

After the 2010 MWC Angus Billy will retire as the CEO of SMAI and will be succeeded by Kevin
Rogers.

Activities of the Scottish Masters Athletics International, LLC, include:

        1. Governing all aspects of the Masters World Championship games each year;
        2. Collecting and maintaining Masters' World records by age class;
        3. Maintaining a "virtual game" reflecting the best results of each registered athlete each
             year and resulting in an annual ranking of masters' athletes by age class;
        4. Sanctioning of other championship games which are conducted according to SMAI standards;
        5. Encouraging all games to include masters' classes in their athletic competitions;
        6. Aid athletic directors in publicizing their games to masters athletes;
        7. Promoting camaraderie and communication among masters athletes;
        8. Maintaining a database of masters athletes and publishing a masters roster; and
        9. Collecting and disseminating information of interest to masters athletes via this web site and email.

The World Championships

The Masters World Championships provides Scottish masters athletes with a high quality competition where athletes of all
abilities can meet and compete with their contemporaries from all parts of the Scottish games world. The games are held in
different countries and regions on a rotating basis providing athletes from all areas the opportunity to participate. The championships have become emmencely popular with athletes and spectators alike and has always helped the host
festival increase its gate and vendor revenues.

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