Oxfordshire Athletics

The Oxfordshire AA Annual General Meeting is being held on Friday 2nd November 2018 at 7.30pm at Exeter Hall, Kidlington.

There are always important matters discussed and it is vital that a representative from each Oxfordshire club attends. So PLEASE ask your committee and members for someone can come along.

Oxfordshire AA is invited to submit teams in age groups U11 to U20 men and women, as well as Senior Women. As there are few events before the closing date for entries, the teams will be chosen based on results in the following fixtures: Chiltern League at Horspath on 13 October; SEAA relays at Wormwood Scrubs on 20 th October; ECCA Relays at Mansfield on November 3; OxMail fixture at Newbury on November 4; and Chiltern League at Milton Keynes on 10 th November. Anyone wishing to be considered should let the County Chairman know by Friday 9 November at the latest.

Congratulations to Sam Jonkers who has recently gained a Level 1 (Field Judge) qualification; to Richard Hart, upgraded to Level 2 Photofinish; and [putting all modesty aside] to Alan Vincent, now a Level 1 Race Walk Judge.

These championship races took place at the OCAC Midweek Open on the 18/07/2018.

Results are as follows:

Oxfordshire took a team of 32 athletes to the English Schools' Athletics Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on the 13th and 14th July 2018 to face the best athletes in the country.

Oxfordshires only medal came from Ella Turner in the Senior Girls 400m with a time of 54.74s winning the bronze. Trevorae Lumsden (JB) and Emily Thompson (SG) came within a whisker of being in a medal position.

All top eight finishers for Oxfordshire were:

Senior girls

The 13^th and 14^th July sees the annual English Schools' Track & Field Championships (being held in Birmingham). A timetable of events is attached and those chosen to represent Oxfordshire are:

Senior Girls
Rebecca Scott LJ (Girls’ Captain)
Abbey Anson 100m
Emily Thompson 800m
Ella Turner 400m
Petrina Chantler-Edmond SP
Becky Watkins 200m
Jasmine McCallum LJ

Entries are now open for the Neptune BMC Iffley Festival of Miles 2018, which will take place on Saturday 28th July at the Iffley Road Track. The event will also incorporate a series of Roger Bannister Memorial Mile races, as part of a BMC Regional meet.

At the Oxfordshire AGM in November our long standing Treasure Kate will be standing down.

For the County to function properly we need a replacement to take over from her, if no one takes on this job County activities will be less until a Treasurer is found.
I ask you all to report back to your committees and clubs and ask if there is someone willing to take on this role. We will ask Kate to put together a job description to give anyone interested an idea of what is involved.
Please let Lyn Hopkins know of anyone interested.

These races will be run on the evening of Wednesday 18 July at Horspath track, Oxford as part of the monthly Open Meeting. It is expected that the races will be run from about 8.00pm onwards.

All entries must be via the OCAC Website page, and made by Sunday 15 July at the latest. Athletes are asked to be at Horspath by 7.15 in order to sort out the race order. The entry fees on this occasion will be those payable to the OCAC Meeting. There will be NO ENTRIES on the night.

John Sear
Chairman OAA

Congratulations to Andrew Clough, upgraded to Level 3 Race Walk Judge, and to Tom Gould who has recently gained a Level 1 (Field Judge) qualification.