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A date has now been set for the next Oxfordshire AA Committee Meeting.

Friday 11th October 2019, 7.30pm in the Small Hall at Exeter Hall, Kidlington.

Of course the main topic for discussion will be a replacement Chairman, as John Sear is standing down at the AGM in November, and no one has expressed an interest as yet.

Congratulations to Andrew Clough who has added yet another qualification to his Official’s licence. Andrew is now a Level 1 Starter.

Congratulations to Paul Groves (Bicester) on being upgraded to Level 2 Field Judge.

England Athletics will be running Level 1 courses for 4 disciplines in Oxfordshire this Autumn. They will take place at Horspath Road on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November.

Details do now appear on the EA booking website now, so you can book at: https://www.athleticshub.co.uk/course-list/eng

You can log in using existing details (URN and password) or set up a new profile.

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: