Oxfordshire Athletics

Update (05/11/15): The new date for the Oxfordshire AA AGM is Friday 4th December 2015 at 7.30pm at Exeter Hall, Kidlington. After the AGM there will be a short Committee meeting.

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances the Oxfordshire AA AGM has had to be postponed.
It was due to be held this Friday 6th November, the new date will be published here as soon as it has been agreed with the other Officers of the Oxon AA Committee.

Oxfordshire Athletics Network is organising a Coach Development Day on Sunday 15 November 2015 at Tilsley Park, Abingdon (10:15-15:00).

Mike Leonard (sprints), Paul Weston (horizontal jumps) and Sarah Graham (nutrition) will be taking sessions.

The objectives of the day are:

• to develop coaches’ knowledge and understanding of relevant coaching topics
• to provide a structured opportunity for coaches to network with other local coaches
• to provide an opportunity to introduce local coaches to LCDP and NCDP coaches

Attached are the Oxon individual and team standings for the Abingdon marathon which took place on Sunday 18 October 2015.

The Oxon GP Series standings have also been updated on the Road Running page incorporating these results.

The upcoming series of England Athletics coach development workshops have recently been announced – attached is a flyer for the local movement skills workshops (designed for Run Leaders, Coaching assistants and athletics coach keen to refresh/update their knowledge) as well as the Regional technical workshop days (for those with the Athletics Coach, Coach in Running Fitness or Level 2 or above qualification).

UKA is to adopt the IAAF rule book from April 1, 2016. Recently there has been an extensive survey as to whether the adoption of the IAAF rule book should include changing UKA age groups from the current U20, U17, U15 and U13 categories to the IAAF’s U20, U18, U16 and U14 categories. The result of the consultation is below,

Would you like to help raise money to buy an essential piece of equipment for a new medical centre in rural western Kenya by running a mile on the historic Roger Bannister track?

The County has archived the best track & field performances achieved at the County Championships. The CBPs updated to include the 2015 event are now available from the Track & Field page.

The AGM has been postponed, see this article for more information.

The Oxfordshire AA AGM is to be held on Friday 6th November at Exeter Hall in Kidlington at 7.30pm. Each club is invited to send representatives to attend. An agenda will be sent out to club secretaries prior to the AGM.

The next Oxfordshire AA Committee Meeting is to be held on Friday 11th September 2015 at Exeter Hall in Kidlington at 7.30pm. Each club is invited to send representatives to attend. An agenda will be sent out to club secretaries prior to the meeting. If you do not normally attend and wish to receive an agenda please contact Lyn Hopkins the County Secretary.

We are now advertising Level 2 courses at Horspath Road on Friday 23 October - in Health & Safety, Field, Starter/Marksman and Timekeeping. Further details are on the England Athletics website (links below). Please do encourage any would-be officials to apply asap: we do need these courses to run, if our clubs are to be well provided with officials in the years ahead.

England Athletics course links: