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OSWESTRY OLYMPIANS JUNIOR ATHLETES ANNUAL REPORT 2009
 
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CROSS COUNTRY REPORT 2007-2008.
   The club enjoyed another successful cross-country season with both individual and team successes to celebrate.
     In the Shropshire Young Athletes X-C League Olympians finished in second place overall behind Telford. The club retained the Under 11 Girls team trophy and won the U11 Boys, U13 Boys and U15 Boys team awards; whilst two athletes received individual awards: Joe Morris - 2nd Under 15 Boys and Steph
Butler - 2nd Under 17 Women.
   At the Shropshire AA X-C Championships. Ella Walker won the U17 Women's race to become County Champion, with teammate, Steph Butler 5th; top 10   finishers were Joe Morris 6th, Alex Duncan 8th, Ryan Stokes 10th in U15 Boys and Lauren Bathers 8th, Daisy Tickner 9th in Under 15 Girls races. Five young  Olympians were selected to represent Shropshire in the Inter Counties X-C Championships at Nottingham where Alison Lavender was the highest         Olympian finisher in 62nd position in the Senior Womens race, with Ella Walker coming an excellent 105th in the Under 17 Women's race.
Four Olympians took part in the Midlands X-C Championships at Mansfield with Alison Lavender finishing 2nd in the U20 Women's competition and Joe Morris finishing 53rd, Ryan Stokes 75th and Greg Stokes 91st in the Under 15 Boys race.
There was success for Olympians athletes in the Shropshire Schools X-C Championships with Joe Morris (Year 8/9 Boys), Daisy Tickner (Year 8/9 Girls), and Josh Ogden (Year 11/12 Boys) all finishing 2nd, and Ella Walker (Year 10/11 Girls) 3rd. They were selected to represent Shropshire in the English Schools X-C Championships at Liverpool with Lauren Bathers and Steph Butler.
    The Shropshire AA Under 10 and Under 11 X-C Championships were held at Shrewsbury where Charlie Mooney (U10B), Hannah Pryce (U10G) and Abi  Bowers (U11G) all finished 2nd and the U10 Girls won the team award with the U11 Girls team second in their age group.
 
SPORTSHALL:
 In the Shropshire Sportshall League Olympians regained the overall trophy with the Under 13 Boys winning their age group, U11 Girls 3rd and all other age groups coming 2nd
 Six Under 11 athletes represented Shropshire at the Fun in Athletics West Midlands event at Cannock with the boys team finishing 4th overall and the girls in 5th place. Emily Ball came 3rd in the Standing Long Jump whilst Jasmine Tickner was 5th= in the Target Throw. Other team members included Abi Bowers, Joe Baker, Sam Bowers and Luke Phillips.
Thirteen Olympian athletes represented Shropshire at the Under 13 and Under 15 Regional Sportshall Finals at Worcester. Top performance came from Kez Ogden who finished in a splendid 4th place overall in the Under 15 Girls All Rounder competition,  taking silver medals in the Standing Long Jump and 2 laps. There were also individual medals for Anya Hughes-3rd U13 Girls High Jump, Patrick Clarke-2nd U13 Boys    Vertical Jump and gold for Cameron Dixon and Alex Duncan in the U15 Boys 4x2 Relay. Also selected were Kellie Stanyer, Anna Oloyede, Georgia Dixon, Emily Ball, Peter Stringer, Bradley Coldwell, Edward Ellis-Cooper, and James Morris
There was a good turn out of Olympians at the Shropshire Sportshall Championships held at Wenlock. 
 
TRACK AND FIELD REPORT 2008
  The track and field season got off to a good start with the Shropshire AA Track and Field Championships held at Telford in May. Olympian athletes put in good early   season performances to win a number of Shropshire titles, Leila Armstrong-Green (U20 W 100m Hurdles), Toby Griffiths (U20M 800m), Natalie Bathers (U20W 100m and Long Jump), Jake Corfield-Jones (U17M 100m Hurdles), Toby Parkes (U17M Long Jump), Kez Ogden (U17W 100m Hurdles and 300m), Megan Gocher (U17W 300m Hurdles), Joe Morris (U15B 800m), Cameron Dixon (U15B 80m Hurdles), Daisy Tickner (U15G 800m), and Anna Oloyede (U13G High Jump and Long Jump). and several other athletes winning medals. In the North Wales Championships, Joe Baker won three silver medals in the Long Jump, 80m and 600m, whilst Adele Nicoll won the Shot and Discus, and finished 4th in the 100m.
Two Olympian athletes competed in the Midlands Championships at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.Parkes took silver in the Under 17 Boys 100m  Hurdles and Cameron Dixon also won  a silver medal in the Under 15 Boys 80m Hurdles.
At the Welsh Championships, Natalie Bathers  won a silver medal in the U20 Women's Long Jump and finished 5th in the 100m in her first experience  of National competition. Adele Nicoll threw a Championship Best  to win gold in the U13 Girls Discus and came 4th in the Long Jump, whilst Sean Squibb moved up to the U15 Boys age group and finished 6th in both the 100m and 200m and 9th in the Shot.
 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 and winning several medals and subsequently selected to represent Shropshire Schools in the Mason Trophy Inter Counties meeting.
This year Olympians had seven athletes selected to represent Shropshire Schools in the English Schools Track and Field Championships held at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield in July. Congratulations to  Hurdlers - Leila Armstrong-Green (Senior Girls100mH), Toby Parkes and Jake Corfield-Jones  (Inter Boys100mH) and Cameron Dixon (Junior Boys 80mH); Distance runner Toby Griffiths (Senior Boys 800m); Thrower Darren Booth (Junior Boys Javelin) and Girls Team Captain Natalie Bathers (Senior Girls Long Jump) for achieving the high standard required to be selected for this prestigious event.
 
SYAL AND NYAL: 
              In the Shropshire Young Athletes Track and Field League, Olympians finished second overall behind Telford, winning the Under 13 Girls and U13 Boys  team trophies. In addition there were league records for Adele Nicoll (Under 13G Shot, Discus, 70m  Hurdles, 200m) and Anna Oloyede (Under 13 Girls High Jump).
 During the season the club also competed in the National Young Athletes League,  Division Two North West and Wales. The club was second at each meeting behind a very strong Crewe team to finish second in the league overall. Oswestry should be promoted to Division 1 next season, depending on how the leagues are restructured
 
NATIONAL JUNIOR LEAGUE: 
Border Olympians, is a composite club with Under 17/Under 20 athletes from Oswestry Olympians, Bridgnorth AC and Hereford AC. 
 
COMBINED EVENTS:
Four Olympians athletes - Jake Corfield-Jones, Toby Parkes, Kellie Stanyer and Cameron Dixon represented Shropshire Schools at the NW  Regional Combined Events Finals in Blackpool. All the athletes competed superbly and Cameron qualified for the English Schools Combined Events Finals at Bedford in September  after finishing 3rd in his first year of multi-events competition. Unfortunately, he was unable to compete due to a late season injury.
 
CLUB RECORDS: 2009
2009 has been another bumper year with 18 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.
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS:
The following six Olympian athletes are ranked in the Top Twenty-five in the UK in their events - a great achievement for a small club.
 Adele Nicoll (Under 13 Girls - 1st Shot, 2nd Pentathlon, 3rd Discus, 9th 70m Hurdles, 15th 150m, 17th Javelin, 20th High Jump, 22nd 200m), Bradley Coldwell (U13 Boys - 17th Javelin), Darren Booth (U15 Boys - 11th Javelin), Kez Ogden (Under 17 Women - 19th Heptathlon, 21st 80m Hurdles), Natalie Bathers (U20 Women - 22nd  Long Jump).
The above athletes plus a number of other Olympians figure highly on the West Midlands and Welsh age group rankings. For further details look at www.powerof10.co.uk
 
CONCLUSION:
  The past 12 months has seen a lot of changes in  the running of the Junior section of the club. A number  of committed parents have decided to stand down as their children have moved on - I would like to say many thanks to Jean Blake and Sue Griffiths for all their help in compiling results; to Paul Eaton for  liaising with the NYAL and for being our timekeeper at events; and to Keith Weetman for being our very efficient and knowledgable field official.  We now need more people to volunteer to take over these roles so that the club can continue to take part in competitions.
As always, the club would like to thank all the young athletes for their enthusiasm and commitment over the past year and also those parents who have responded to the appeals for support. Now, more than ever, we are looking for parents who would like to get involved with the club. Your help is invaluable and without it we would not be able to carry on.
     A big thank you to all who have helped with Team Managing, providing refreshments at events and helping in training sessions. Thanks to all the coaches Arnie, John, Andy D, Ellie, Pauline, Josh , Natalie, Martina and Ann. Thanks also to those who are in the background doing all the administration, especially Tracy who writes all the  letters and the newspaper reports which keep the Olympians in the public eye.  All this work is done voluntarily.
  Thank you to all those who have stood in the rain, raked the sandpit, stuck in spikes or helped in any way to officiate at meetings. It is very encouraging that we now have a group of parents who are always eager to help when asked and have got involved in officiating . We would benefit from more adult helpers so that we do not have to ask the same parents to help at each meeting.
  Thanks, once more, to Sandy Ogden for all her hard work during the year and for organizing the Five Star awards that the young athletes will be receiving tonight, and to Bobby Dixon, our Junior Membership Secretary, 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
 
     Oswestry Olympians is a happy club with a family atmosphere, which 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, coaches, helpers and athletes move on and we need new people coming in to replace them. Almost all our volunteers are current or past athletes or parents.
    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.
 
 

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