Oxfordshire Athletics

Congratulations to Richard Hart who has become a Level 1 Photofinish Judge - some formal acknowledgement of his considerable experience in this discipline.

It was good to see so many Oxfordshire athletes competing in the British Outdoor Championships and Olympic Trials at Birmingham. Pride of place went to Nathan Douglas, still an OCAC athlete, for his popular victory in the Men’s Triple Jump. Nathan’s winning leap of 16.58 signalled a return to form and may have revived his hopes of making this year’s Olympic Games. One athlete who is Rio-bound is Lawrence Clarke (WSEH), an Oxfordshire champion in 2012, after taking silver in the 110H with a time of 13.44.

15 very committed Oxfordshire athletes striving to get through the regional round, of this year's, ESAA combined events (Midland Div) to secure a place in the national finals in September at Exeter.

Some athletes were quite experienced whilst 6 athletes were making their debuts including the entire u15 boys team.

Congratulations to the three Oxfordshire Field Officials upgraded since the start of the 2016 season:

• Jackie Breslin to Level 3
• Claire Lacey to Level 3
• Tracy Woodcock to Level 2

The ESAA Regional Combined Events competition takes place at Derby on the weekend of 25-26 June. Expectations are high for the 3 complete teams (U15 girls and boys and the U17 women). These 12 athletes along with 2 U17 men 1 U19 man and U19 woman all have realistic expectations of making the national combined events finals in Exeter in September.

The U15 girls are all Radley athletes, Zoe Lovibond, Holly Griffiths-Brown, Kylah Rowlands and Matilda Donaghy. All the girls are in great shape and many PBs are expected in the competition.

Results for the Oxfordshire Schools' district championships held on 12 June 2016 at Horspath, Oxford are attached.

I am aware that some athletes placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the U13, U15, U17 or U20 age groups, and Senior 1st place athletes may not have collected their medals after the championships. If they would like to e-mail their requests to john.sear@gtc.ox.ac.uk, we will arrange for their clubs to be given the medals for onward distribution.

John Sear
Entries secretary, and Chairman OAA

Attached are the results from the Town vs Gown match which took place on 18 May 2016 at Iffley Road, Oxford.

The results from this year's County track & field championships have now been published.

Those who have won medals, as first three in finals and first in SM and SW events, AND still need to collect them: we try and get the medals to your clubs by next week. Individuals will get them sent directly.

Find attached details of where everyone (with the exception of a few officials) are expected to park for the County Championships this weekend. Park in the designated areas in the nearby MINI car park (enter through gate 7).