Oxfordshire Athletics

Congratulations to Barry Darvell (Banbury) on being upgraded to Level 2 Field Judge and to Greg Bennett (TVH) on adding a Level 1 FJ to his Coaching qualification.

Congratulations to Tom Gould, still a teenager (just!) - on being upgraded to Level 2 Field Judge.

This year’s Inter-County Meeting took place on Saturday 27th July at Kingston. The meeting is contested by leading athletes from 13 counties across the South of England and competition was of a very high standard.  After a week of sun and heat the dismal weather forecast for Saturday did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Oxfordshire teams, though it wasn’t conducive to fast times on the track. 

The team of 32 athletes set off for Birmingham to face the 2000 other county champions from 45 counties across England. This would be the last time the school’s competition would be held in Birmingham as the stadium is being redeveloped for the Commonwealth Games in 2022. 

29 members of the team had events on the Friday which meant we had an exceptionally busy day. 

Best of luck to the Oxfordshire English Schools' team who will be competing in Birmingham on the 12^th and 13^th of July.

The team is listed below:

Congratulations to Andy Scott on being upgraded to Level 3 Track Judge It is really good news to have another Track official appointed to this senior level.

There were few entries this year; but in the U15 Girls event, Olivia Martin (Abingdon) won in 10 min 16.93 - with Tilly Westbrook (Witney) recording 10 min 52.82.

John Sear
Chairman OAA

Congratulations to Emma Gould on becoming a Level 1 Field Judge.

Congratulations also to Andrew Clough on adding Photofinish Level 1 to his
impressive range of qualifications.

OAA County Championships: can any athlete who has not yet claimed their medal from the County Championships, please liaise with their team manager - who should then forward the list to me ASAP.

Thank you John Sear Chairman, OAA and Coordinator, Championships

As indicated at the recent championships, there are plans for the 3000m championships to be held at the Marlow Open Meeting on Sunday 16th June. I have previously asked for interested athletes to let me know that they wish to compete; so far, few have done so.
Unless there are more expressions of interest (to be followed up by entries on the day, entry fee £5), these championships will NOT take place. The timing of the races will be at around lunchtime.

John Sear
Chairman, OAA