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- 1 Spikes
- 2 What could
Olympians do for your Children - 3 Medicine
or Banned Drugs? -
4 UKAthletics
Official Publications - 5 Notices
- 6 Registrations/Eligibility
- 7 Grants
& Funding
- 8 Juniors Annual
Report
Reports from other years
- 2008 - 2006
- 2005 -
OSWESTRY OLYMPIANS
JUNIOR ATHLETES ANNUAL REPORT 2005
GOTO
>>>> SPORTSHALL
- INDOOR MEETINGS
- TRACK AND FIELD -
CLUB RECORDS - BORDER
OLYMPIANS - COMBINED
EVENTS - NATIONAL RANKINGS
- INTERNATIONAL HONOURS
- OTHER
AWARDS
- CONCLUSION
JUNIOR
CROSS COUNTRY 2004 to 2005.
Oswestry
Olympians enjoyed another successful cross country season with both
individual and team successes to celebrate.
In
the Shropshire Young Athletes XC League the club pulled out all the
stops to win the overall Bristow Trophy for the first time since 1999
after an exciting tussle with Telford which went right to the final
league meeting. Olympians took the Boys overall trophy, retained the
Under 11 Bays trophy for the sixth consecutive year and also won the
Under 13 Boys trophy. Five young athletes received individual awards; Ryan
Stokes
- 2nd Under 11 Boys, Rory
Jones
3rd Under 11 Boys, Rowan
Dell
- 1st Under 13 Boys, Zack
Swannick
3rd Under 13 Boys and Toby
Griffiths
- 1st Under 15 Bays.
Olympian
Under 17 and Under 20 athletes competed in the North Wales X-C
League during the winter season.
Several
young Olympians won medals at the Shropshire AA X-C Championships at
Lilleshall. Rowan
Dell
took the Under 13 Boys title with Zack
Swannick
3rd Alison
Lavender
took the Under 17 Women's title in her first year in this age group. Toby
Griffiths
was second in the Under 15 Boys race and Dan
Evans
was 4th in the Under 17 Men's race. Ten young Olympians were selected
to represent Shropshire in the Reebok Inter Counties X-C
Championships at Nottingham. The Midlands X-C Championships were held
of Stafford with several Olympian athletes taking part. Highest
Olympians finishers were Ollie
Blake
21st in the Under 17 Men's race and Alison
Lavender
and Zack
Swannick
- 22nd in The Under 17 Women's and Under 13 Boys races.
There
was success for Olympians athletes in the Shropshire Schools X-C
Championships and seven Olympian athletes - were selected to
represent Shropshire Schools in the English Schools X-C Championships
at Norwich.
The
Shropshire AA Under 10 and Under 11 X-C Championships were held at
Newport where Lauren
Bathers
was 3rd and Georgina
Butler
6th in the Under 10 Girls race,
SPORTSHALL:
Oswestry
Olympians finished in second place overall behind Telford and won
the overall Girls trophy and The Under 11 and Under 15 Girls team trophies.
Thirteen
young Olympians represented Shropshire at the Under 11 Fun in
Athletics meeting held at Cannock and seven Olympian athletes
represented Shropshire at the Under 13 and Under 15 Regional
Sportshall Finals at Worcester where Toby Blake won The gold medal in
the Under 13 Boys 6 laps.
INDOOR
MEETINGS:
During
the indoor season several Olympians competed in events at the NIA or
in Cardiff. In December 2004 Gemma
Weetman
was selected to represent England in an Under 18 Indoor Multi-Events
match in Glasgow where she finished in 5th place overall out of 16 competitors.
In
the Welsh Indoor Championships Jen
Corbett
was 1st in the Under 20 Women's Long Jump and 3rd in the Under 20
Women's 400m.
Gemma
Weetman
was 1st in the Midlands Combined Events Indoor Championships and 1st
in the Under 20 Women's Long Jump at the Midlands Indoor
Championships. She then competed in The AAA Combined Events
Championships at Cardiff where she finished in 2nd place overall in
the Under 20 age group. Gemma finished in 4th place in the Under 20
Women's Long Jump at The AAA Indoor Championships at the NIA.
Sian
Davies
won the Under 17 Women's High Jump at the Midlands Indoors Championships.
Hannah
Wood
finished 4th in Wales at the AAA Indoors Multi-Events Championships
in Cardiff.
JUNIOR
TRACK AND FIELD REPORT 2005
The
season got off to a good start with the Shropshire AA Track and
Field Championships held at Telford in May.
A
number of Olympian athletes put in good early season performances
with the top performance coming from Under 15 Toby
Griffiths
who won four medals. Toby was awarded The Clements Cup for the best
male performance in the championships for his performance in the 800m.
Gemma
Weetman
set a new Championship Best in the Junior Women's Long Jump. Ben
Richards,
Cherida
Lauriello,
Charlotte
Roberts,
Alison
Lavender
and Jason
Green
all won three medals each. Kez
Ogden,
in her first season as an Under 13, won gold medals in the High Jump
and 70m Hurdles.
As
a result of the Shropshire Championships a number of Olympian
athletes were selected to represent Shropshire AA in Inter County
meetings at Cosford.
Jen
Corbett
competed in the N. Wales Track and Field Championships and won gold
medals in The Junior Women's 400m and Triple Jump and bronze in the
200m. Jen
was also 3rd in the Welsh Schools Senior Girls 400m and Triple Jump.
Several
Olympian athletes competed in the Midlands Under 20 Track and Field
Championships at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Sian
Davies
won The Under 17 Women's High Jump. Gemma
Weetman
finished in 2nd place in a high quality Under 20 Women's Long Jump
competition. Cherida
Lauriello
was 3rd in the Under 17 Women's Long Jump and Charlotte
Roberts
5th in The Under 17 Women's 300m Hurdles.
There
was further success for Olympians athletes at The Shropshire Schools
Track and Field Championships held at Telford in June, with a number
of athletes finishing in the top three in their events. After these
championships a number of Oswestry athletes were selected to
represent Shropshire Schools in the Mason Trophy Inter Counties meeting.
This
year Olympians had four athletes selected to represent Shropshire
Schools in the English Schools Track and Field Championships held at
the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham in July. Congratulations to Gemma
Weetman
: Senior Girls Long Jump, Sian
Davies
Inter Girls High Jump, Charlotte
Roberts:
Inter Girls 300m Hurdles and Toby
Griffiths
Junior Boys 800m on achieving the high standard required to be
selected for this prestigious event. In addition, all four athletes
recorded personal best performances at the championships and two
returned home with medals.
Further
congratulations to Toby
who won the bronze medal in the Junior Boys 800m in a time of
2:01.62secs and to Gemma
who won the bronze medal in the Senior Girls Long Jump with a
distance of 5m 87cms.
In
the Shropshire Young Athletes Track and Field League. Olympians
finished second overall behind Telford and won the Under 15 Boys and
the Under 17 Women's trophies. Cameron
Dixon, Ben Mates, Ryan Stokes, Toby Griffiths
and the Olympians Under 15 Boys Medley Relay team all set new
Shropshire League records during the season.
CLUB
RECORDS:
2005
has been another bumper year with many club records tumbling,
including some longstanding ones. Remarkably, standards continue to
rise each year and all those young athletes who have broken a club
record are to be congratulated. They will be receiving trophies at
the Presentation Evening.
During
the season the club also competed in the National Young Athletes
League, NW Division Two. Olympians won all four matches and have been
promoted to NW Division One for next season.
The
club has been encouraged by the growing number of boys who have
joined and who have competed in the track and field meetings during
the summer.
Olympian
athletes also competed in various Open meetings during the summer.
BORDER
OLYMPIANS
In
2005 Oswestry Olympians Under 20 and Under 17 athletes joined forces
with young athletes from Bridgnorth to form Border Olympians and
compete in the National Junior League. This venture proved to be a
great success with the athletes really enjoying this opportunity for
good competition. Border finished in an excellent l3th position in
the Central Division out of a total of 31 teams.
Three
Border athletes, Gemma
Weetman, Jamie Guest and Andy Jones
all qualified as individuals for the Athletics Weekly Grand Prix
Finals in Derby with Gemma
taking 4th place overall.
COMBINED
EVENTS:
In
the NW Combined Events Finals at Macclesfield Gemma
Weetman
was 2nd in the Senior Girls Heptathlon, Elliot
Eaton
was 4th in the Junior Boys Pentathlon and Charlotte
Roberts
5th in the Inter Girls Heptathlon. All three athletes qualified for
the English Schools Combined Events Finals at Southampton where Gemma
put in an outstanding performance to win the Senior Girls Heptathlon
title and crown another superb season in only her first year in the
Under 20 age group.
NATIONAL
RANKINGS:
Gemma
Weetman
is ranked 6th in the Heptathlon with 4594 points and 10th in the Long
Jump 5m 87cms in the UK Junior Women's Rankings. Toby
Griffiths
is ranked 6th in the UK Under 15 Boys 800m Rankings with a time of 2m
01.62secs. Congratulations to both athletes on this tremendous achievement.
INTERNATIONAL
HONOURS:
During
this year two Olympian athletes have been selected to represent
their country. Gemma
Weetman
represented England at an Under 16 Indoor Multi-Events match in
Glasgow and
Jen Corbett
represented Wales at an Indoor International in Cardiff.
OTHER
AWARDS:
Olympians
Senior Coach Arnie
Wray
was presented with two awards this year:
Outstanding
Contribution Award from the Shropshire Schools and The Coach of the
Year from the Oswestry and District Sports Council. Gemma
Weetman
also received an award from the Oswestry and District Sports Council
for Outstanding Achievement.
CONCLUSION:
Oswestry
Olympians have enjoyed another successful year in Cross Country,
Sports hall and Track and Field. The club would like to thank all the
young athletes for their enthusiasm and commitment and also all the
parents for their continued support,
We
are always looking for parents who would like to get involved with
the club and we thank those people who have helped out during the
year. Your help is invaluable and without it we would not be able to
carry on. Recently there have been a number of courses organized in
the county for 'those who are interested in getting involved in
athletics as coaches or officials. These are a great opportunity to
take that first step and we would love to see more people taking
advantage of them.
A
big thank you to all who have helped with Team Managing, providing
refreshments at events and helping in training sessions. Thank you to Jean
Blake
and the team who have provided refreshments at the Olympians home
meetings during the year and have raised a lot of money for club funds.
Thanks
to the coaches: Arnie,
John, Nick, Kathy, Sharon, Chris, Gemma and Steph,
also to Jean
Blake, Clare Powell, Frank Lauriello, Jan Corbett, Andy Fenn,
Charlotte Roberts
and John
Day,
who voluntarily give up their time in helping the coaches. Thanks
also to those who are in the background doing all the administration,
especially, Kathy
Wray,
who writes all the letters and the newspaper reports which keep the
Olympians in the minds of the public.
Thank
you to all those who have, raked the sand pit, stuck in spikes, or
helped in any way to officiate at meetings.
Thanks
to Sandy
Ogden
our Junior Membership Secretary for all her hard work during the year
and Thank you to Sandy
and Kevin
Ogden
for organizing the Five Star awards that the young athletes will be
receiving tonight. Your efforts are much appreciated.
Thanks
to Keith
Weetman
for all his work on compiling and updating all The young athletes PBs
during the season and also for setting up and maintaining the superb
Junior Olympians website. Current information, past history and tips
about training can all be found there. So if you want to know
anything about the club just log on to:- www.oswestryolympians.co.uk
If
any parents feel that they can help in any way, please come and
speak to us and let us know what you feel you could offer to the
club, We still need more help in all sorts of areas otherwise The
club cannot continue to function successfully. At present we are
especially short of qualified coaches, track officials and
timekeepers; could you help with this?
Oswestry
Olympians is a happy club and has enjoyed continuing success for
many years. It has built up a good reputation in Shropshire and
beyond. There are growing numbers of young Olympian athletes who have
represented not only their county, but also their country. If we are
to continue to be a successful club it is vital that we continue to
attract more coaches, helpers and athletes. All these roles in the
club are performed on a voluntary basis for the benefit of local
youngsters but the successes of the past do not automatically lead to
successes in the future. Circumstances change, helpers move on,
athletes move on and we need new volunteers to replace them. Almost
all our volunteers are current or past athletes or parents.
The
club is now hoping to build on the successes of the past, while
moving forwards into the future. There is growing national concern
about the lack of fitness among young people in Britain. Athletics is
a wonderful sport, which develops all round fitness, and there is
growing evidence that being a part of a club like Olympians also
provides very positive psychological and social benefits. We would
like, with your help, to continue to provide such opportunities for
youngsters from this area. Please consider whether you could offer a
little of your time to help in some capacity
