Oxfordshire Athletics

The Oxfordshire AA AGM is being held this Friday 13th November on Zoom starting at 7.30pm (meeting details have been emailed out)

We hope to have lots of people join us for the annual update.

The agenda is as follows:

There’s been a suggestion that we hold a Zoom meeting specifically for County officials. This might be particularly welcome during the current lockdown. It would be nice to see all those familiar, friendly faces, even it only virtually, wouldn’t it?

Kay Reynolds is willing to prepare a quiz, while I could offer an update on stuff that has been going on during the past few months of comparative inactivity on the officiating front. I am also wondering whether a brief Q & A slot might be helpful. Any other ideas would of course be very welcome (see below).

For the past few years coordination of coaching in the County has been the preserve of the Local Athletics Network, but that has now disbanded.  Some of its remaining funds have come to Oxfordshire AA and have been earmarked for coaching.  The purpose of the letter is to ask the clubs and especially their coaches what support they would like from the County.  It is addressed not only to track & field clubs and those with junior sections, but also to adult running clubs in the County.

With some reluctance, the clubs in Oxfordshire have made a unanimous decision against running any track and field competition in Oxfordshire in the current season.

Read the more recent statement on competition in 2020

I hope you are coping in the continued lockdown and that the movement towards some relaxation is going to help you.

I thought it time to offer an update on where we are with plans for what remains of the 2020 season.

Warm congratulations to Andrew Clough who has been awarded the Level 4 qualification as a Race Walk Judge.

In light of the latest developments regarding the COVID-19 virus, the organising group from the Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire AAs has made the decision to cancel the joint County Championships, scheduled for 30 - 31 May 2020.

The organising group from Bucks & Oxon AA fully appreciate and understand the concerns that are being expressed about this year’s Championships. The situation is under constant review and a firm decision about whether to go ahead or to postpone or cancel will be made by the beginning of April at the latest.

In line with the England Athletics statement of 17th March - https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/news/coronavirus-statement/ - we can confirm that all track and field events planned for April in Oxfordshire have now been cancelled (or postponed).

There has also been confirmation of some later cancellations, including:

Amidst all the bad news, we’d like to extend our belated congratulations to Richard Hart who has added Level 1 Starter/Starter’s Assistant to his armory of officiating qualifications.