Oxfordshire Athletics

These races will be run on the evening of Wednesday 18 July at Horspath track, Oxford as part of the monthly Open Meeting. It is expected that the races will be run from about 8.00pm onwards.

All entries must be via the OCAC Website page, and made by Sunday 15 July at the latest. Athletes are asked to be at Horspath by 7.15 in order to sort out the race order. The entry fees on this occasion will be those payable to the OCAC Meeting. There will be NO ENTRIES on the night.

John Sear
Chairman OAA

Congratulations to Andrew Clough, upgraded to Level 3 Race Walk Judge, and to Tom Gould who has recently gained a Level 1 (Field Judge) qualification.

Due to growing popularity, and a steadily growing amount of pre-competition admin, our open graded meetings  are going to become online booking only, with immediate effect.

Another fine weekend of athletics at Horspath Road was marred only by steady rain later on in Saturday’s timetable. With photofinish and electronic distance measurement now firmly established, there were some great performances on both track and field in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire joint County Championships.

This years Midland round of the ESAA combined events takes place at Tilsley Park on the weekend of the 23/24 June.

Events start on both days at 10.00am and registration for teams/individuals will be open from 9.00am.

Oxfordshire hosts this years event and entries for the 24 team places are still open (closing date is 12 June). The boys entries are particularly light.  This is a great opportunity to take part in a combined event meet, representing Oxfordshire and potentially qualifying for the national finals in September.

Attached are the results for the County Track and Field Championships that took place at Horspath on 12th and 13th May 2018.

The following document is the timetable for the Town vs Gown.

Besides the Town vs Gown fixture, there are two championship events - 5000m and 3000m WALK. All county athletes are welcome to enter PLUS guests; but can I have a note from people wishing to enter by Monday 28th May? All ages in the WALK, but only under 17 years and upwards for the 5000m. Entry fee of £5 - payable on the night, please!

John Sear

Entries are invited for the County Championships 5000m, and 3000m walk, at the University track, Iffley Road, Oxford, on Wednesday evening 30 May. These are also open races, so all are welcome. Entries for the County Championship races close on 23 May, and deadline for open entries is 30 minutes before the race. Complete the entry form and email it to town.gown@yewneek.com. These races are included in the Town vs Gown match, organised by the University.

At this year's County Championships at Horspath there is no parking available at BMW. Instead we are arranging for overflow parking on the Horspath site playing fields. Please follow signs for parking when you arrive. There must be no parking on road verges - and infringers will be notified to the police. And please think about car-sharing wherever possible to minimise the amount of traffic arriving on the Horspath site.

Find attached timetables for the County Champs.

(The first page lists Saturday events and the second page lists Sunday events).