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PLEASE NOTE CIRCUIT TRAINING RESTARTS SEPTEMBER 2009

Oswestry Olympians Juniors Newsletter March 2009
Membership forms will be sent out shortly. 
To be able to compete for Oswestry Olympians, you must be a member.

 
Age groups: 
U11's - School Years 4 and 5         U13's - Years 6 and 7        U15's - Years 8 and 9    U17's - Years 10 and 11
U20's - Years 12 and 13 (college/6th form)
 
Summer Training 
Sessions start on 21st April -  (All sessions £1.50 for club members unless otherwise stated):
Tuesdays      - Shrewsbury Track - 6 - 7.30pm  all ages. Transport from Pedigree, Oswestry at 5.15pm - £3
Wednesdays - Wrexham track      - 7 - 8pm     all ages. Contact John Roberts for details on 01691 773202
Thursdays    - Marches School      - 6 - 7pm     Under 11 and Under 13's with Ellie and Tracy
                                                      6 - 7pm     Year 8 and above - Circuit training - Ends in June restarts September
                                                      7 - 8pm     Under 13 and Under 15's Hurdles with Natalie
                                                      7 - 8pm     Under 15's with Ellie and Tracy
There will be no training on 23rd April, 21st May and 18th June due to competitions on these days
 
Competition dates (athletes will be selected by team managers):
SYAL (U11-U17)                                               NYAL (U13-U17)                                        NJAL (U17-U20)
Shropshire Young Athletes League                      National Young Athletes League                   National Junior Athletes League
23rd April Telford                                           3rd May Deeside (Oswestry host)                26th April Tipton
21st May Cosford                                              31st May Deeside                                       24th May Cheltenham
18th June Shrewsbury (Oswestry host)               21st June venue to be arranged                   14th June Hereford (Oswestry host)
16th July Shrewsbury                                        19th July Crewe                                         26th July Tipton
 
Although the club was promoted to Division 1 in the National Young Athlete's League last season, we decided to remain in the second Division for this year due to the proposed distances we were expected to travel and the costs involved.
There are plans for the National League to be restructured next summer and we hope to move up to a higher Division in 2010, visiting venues with less travelling time and so reduced costs.
 
Championships for Juniors in Shropshire
9th and 14th May  Shropshire Track and Field Championships at Telford - Under13's entry forms on website
18th and 19th May Shropshire Schools Combined Events Championships at Telford
13th June              Shropshire Schools Track and Field Championships at Telford
4th July                Shropshire Schools Yr7/8 County Championships at Shrewsbury
 
For Open meetings dates see calendar
 
Parents
We rely on parents to volunteer to help our team of officials to rake the sand pit, retrieve javelins and replace high jump bars etc. This year we would like to be prepared before the season starts and are asking each family to supply an adult helper at one meeting during the summer.  We appreciate that parents come to competitions to watch and support their own children so the more volunteers we have the easier it will be to enable this to happen.
In particular, we will need as many volunteers as possible at the meetings we host on 18th June at Shrewsbury and 3rd May at Deeside. Please complete the attached proforma stating your preferred date(s) to help. 
Please do not worry about not knowing about the rules our qualified officials leading the events will provide guidance. If anybody is interested in finding out more about track and field events an officials course is planned for Shropshire soon. It provides basic knowledge about how to time and measure various athletics disciplines and helps you to understand some of the main rules. Please ask Tracy for details.
 
Team managers for track and field season:
U11 Boys and Girls - Ellie Johnson 
U13 Girls - Natalie Bathers                         U13 Boys - Tracy Bathers
U15 Girls - Tracy Bathers                           U15 Boys - Sandy Ogden
U17 Girls - Tracy Rowson                            U17 Boys - Sandy Ogden
 
In previous years the club has been very lucky to receive a grant towards funding a coach to transport athletes to Shrewsbury track each Tuesday. This year we have been unable to access this money due to changes at UK Athletics, although we are grateful to Oswestry Sports Council who donated £200 to the club. Therefore, we plan to hold a fundraising event sometime in the summer. All ideas welcome.
 
Good luck for the season 
Tracy and all at Oswestry Olympians
 
 


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