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Third Lockdown 07/01/2021 Inline with lockdown restrictions all our face to face activities are suspended until further notice. We will resume activities once we move back into tier 4 or lower and all school years have returned to face to face teaching. We would like...
Second Lockdown (4th Nov)
Hi All, I hope you are all well. I cannot believe I am sending this type of mail for the second time in my first year as chairman. As you are all well aware we are entering a second lockdown tomorrow (5th Nov) and despite England Athletics’ best efforts in trying...
BAC HOME TRAINING VIDEOS AND SESSIONS
Hi All Pre COVID-19, today should have been the first day of Summer training! So, instead we are launching training videos and written sessions the athletes can access whilst at home. Hopefully this will keep the athletes engaged during this unusual time and go some...
Congratulations Tom Gould (24th Sept)
On Monday Bicester AC’s Tom Gould was presented with the young volunteer of the year award for the West Midland athletics region at a ceremony held in Warwickshire. Tom, who has competed through each of the age groups for the club and has continued to develop...
London Marathon (24th Apr)
Hi I'm Karen. I've been a coach and committee member at Bicester AC for a number of years. Ten years ago I ran the Flora London Marathon and said never again! On Sunday I will be on the start line and will be raising money for Dementia Revolution. Having...
Nutrition Presentation (24th Jan)
Nutrition Presentation (24th Jan)
Over 50 athletes, parents and coaches from Bicester AC and Bicester Tri Junior attended a presentation given by Dr Alaaddine El-Chab, a senior lecturer in clinical and sports nutrition, held on Thursday 24th January at the new Kingsmere Community Centre. ...
Nutrition Presentation (24th Jan)
Nutrition Presentation (24th Jan)
Over 50 athletes, parents and coaches from Bicester AC and Bicester Tri Junior attended a presentation given by Dr Alaaddine El-Chab, a senior lecturer in clinical and sports nutrition, held on Thursday 24th January at the new Kingsmere Community Centre. ...
RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR CLUB WITH A TAP OF A BUTTON (6th Nov)
We expect some of you have already started your Christmas shopping and over the next few weeks all of you will be getting busy with it. With this in mind we want to let you know of a fundraising scheme we have registered the club to and it couldn't be more easier to...
Track & Field News
Heart of England League – Amber Valley (23rd Aug)
The final round of the Heart of England Athletics League Division 3 took place recently at Amber Valley. This was a match rescheduled from earlier in the season. The short notice of the change of fixture and the holiday season inevitably took its toll on...
Oxon Junior T & F League – Banbury (16th Aug)
Bicester AC enjoyed a very successful day’s competition at the recently held 2nd round of the Oxfordshire League held at Banbury. Bicester’s under 16 boy’s team won their competition, the Bicester mens/boys team was 2nd overall, several new personal bests were...
U14 T & F Inter Counties – Walton on Thames (2nd Aug)
Two Bicester AC athletes represented Oxfordshire in the recently held Don Turner under 14 inter county track event in Walton. Comprising Southern counties, both Bicester athletes performed well against some very hot competition. Oliver Jarvey and Charlie Simpson...
Youth Development League – Nuneaton (18th July)
Bicester AC contested their final lower age group Midland North and East C UK Development League fixture held recently in Nuneaton. They finished 4th on the day and a very creditable 3rd in the final league standings out of the five competing teams. Bicester’s...
OCAC Mid Week Open – Horspath (15th Jul)
Bicester AC’s Django La Porte was on fire at the recently held Oxford City midweek open event held at Horspath. La Porte set the fastest time of the evening winning his heat of the 100m in a superb new best time of 10.71secs which was an EA PB level 9 time. This...
English School T & F champs & SIAB International – Birmingham & Belfast (10 – 11 & 18th Jul)
It has been quite a few weeks for Bicester AC’s Erlgean Appiahkorang-Mensah. He was picked to run for Oxfordshire in the recently held English Schools Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. This is an honour in itself. Running in heat...
Heart of England League – Redditch (5th Jul)
Bicester AC continued their push for promotion from division 3 in their latest Heart of England match held in Redditch. They finished a competitive 3rd out of the 7 competing teams. There were 8 A string wins throughout the afternoon and a total of 35 new...
ESAA Midlands Combined Championships – Derby (27th & 28th Jun)
Bicester AC’s Georgia Bower competed in her first combined event at the recent ESAA Midlands Combined Championships finishing 6th in the senior girl’s heptathlon which comprised 7 different disciplines . Bower competed in several unfamiliar events and her final...
MK Sprint Series – Milton Keynes (27th Jun)
Three Bicester AC athletes contested the MK Sprint Series 2 held recently at Milton Keynes. Athletes of all ages competed over distances ranging from 75m up to 800m. There were 9 heats of the 150m and a total of 44 athletes. Bicester AC’s Charlie...
Oxford City Mid Week Open – Horspath (17th Jun)
Juist two Bicester AC athletes competed in the June Oxford City Midweek Open Series event held recently at Horspath. Oliver Jarvey produced the 6th longest jump measured at 4.37m, out of the 11 competing athletes. Jarvey was also 6th in heat 3 of the 200m...
Cross Country News
Cross Country Presentations (22nd Mar)
The final Bicester AC outdoor Winter session took place recently at Bicester School. This was combined with the outdoor Winter presentation. Emma Gould, Bicester AC’s Cross Country Manager reflected on what has been a very successful season in her...
Inter County XC Championships – Nottingham (7th Mar)
Eight Bicester AC athletes were selected to compete for Oxfordshire at the recent CAU Inter County Cross Country Championships held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, bringing together the cream of Britain’s top cross country runners. Teams could field up to 8...
Oxon XC League – Finmere (1st Mar)
A new venue was arranged at short notice for the final curtain raiser event of the Oxfordshire Cross Country League season. The original venue, Henley Showground, was under water but a course at Finmere became available at short notice. There were 32...
National XC Championships – Sedgefield (21st Feb)
This year’s national cross country championships took place recently in Sedgefield which is in the North east of England. This area was a bastion of UK long distance running in the 70’s and 80s notably through the efforts of Steve Cram, Brendan Foster,...
Chiltern XC League – Luton (7th Feb)
The final round of the 2025/26 Chiltern Cross Country League took place recently in Luton. Eleven Bicester AC athletes took part on the day and as this was the final fixture of the season, League individual and team award winners were decided. Eleven...
Oxon XC League – Cotswold Farm Park (1st Feb)
There was a superb turnout of 38 Bicester AC athletes for round 4 of the recently held Oxfordshire League cross country event at Cotswold Farm Park. There were 5 individual Bicester top 10 places amongst the various age category races. Bicester had 9 in the...
Oxon Schools XC Champs – Witney (20th Jan)
A number of Bicester AC athletes represented their respective schools in the recently contested Oxfordshire Schools Cross Country Championships held at Cokethorpe School, Witney. This also acts as a selection race for the English Schools Cross Country...
Chiltern XC League – Watford (10th Jan)
Bicester AC had 14 runners competing at the recently held 4th round Chiltern Cross Country League fixture held at Cassiobury Park in Watford. It was a successful meet for Bicester with three of their number making the top 3 division 2 race positions in their...
Oxon XC League Including Oxon County Champs – Oxford (4th Jan)
Bicester AC’s athletes competed on the familiar territory of Horspath for the 2nd time within a month as they took part in the third round of the Oxfordshire Cross Country League, which also incorporated the Oxfordshire Cross Country Championships. Bicester had...
Oxon XC League – Horspath (13th Dec)
The 2nd round of the Oxfordshire Cross Country League took place recently at Horspath. Rather unusually the event was held on a Saturday and not on the first Sunday in a month. This was because Horspath had stepped in to host at short notice as the...
Sportshall News
Oxon Sportshall League – Bicester (8th Mar)
Bicester AC recently hosted the final round of the 2025/26 Oxfordshire Sportshall League. It was another excellent meet for the host club with wins in four of the six age categories. Bicester Ac secured wins in both the under 11 boy and under girl...
Regional Sportshall Final – Burgess Hill (1st Mar)
Bicester AC were well represented in the Oxfordshire team that competed in the recently held South East Regional Sportshall Final for athletes aged under 13 and under 15 held at Burgess Hill with 4 Bicester athletes selected to contest the 4 age group...
Fun in Athletics Regional Sportshall – Burgess Hill (1st March)
Several Bicester AC athletes earned selection for Oxfordshire in the recently held South East heat of the Sportshall Fun in Athletics competition held at Burgess Hill. This is the equivalent South East sportshall regional competition for athletes aged under 11. Five...
Oxon Sporthall League – Bicester (15th Feb)
Bicester AC recently hosted round 4 of the 2025/26 Oxfordshire Sportshall League. It was another strong showing from the host club with three team wins and two second placings. With one round remaining both of Bicester’s under 11 girl and boys teams lead...
Oxon Sportshall League – Wantage (25th Jan)
Round 3 of the winter long Oxfordshire Sportshall competition took place recently in Wantage. There was another strong showing from the Bicester AC team leaving them in a strong position in some age category competitions with two rounds remaining. On the...
Oxon Sportshall League – Witney (23rd Nov)
Bicester AC enjoyed another very successful competition at the November round of the Oxfordshire Sportshall competition held again in Witney. There were wins for both the Bicester boy and girl under 11 teams placing them in a strong position after two rounds...
Oxon Sportshall League – Witney (26th Oct)
Bicester enjoyed a successful afternoon at round one of the recently held Oxfordshire Indoor Sportshall League held at Witney. There were two age group wins for the under 13 boys and under 11 girls’ teams, a runner up sport for Bicester’s under 15 boys and 3rd...
Oxon Sportshall League – Bicester (9th Mar)
Bicester AC recently hosted the final round of the winter long Oxfordshire Sportshall League held at Bicester and Ploughley Sports Centre in what has been a very successful season for the host club. This was 3rd time this winter season that Bicester AC had...
South East Sportshall Finals – Burgess Hill (16th Feb)
Bicester AC were well represented in the Oxfordshire team that competed in the recently held South East Regional Sportshall Final for athletes agreed under 13 and under 15 held at Burgess Hill with 12 Bicester athletes selected to contest the 4 age group...
South East Sportshall Fun In Athletics – Burgess Hill (16th Feb)
Several Bicester athletes earned selection for Oxfordshire in the recently held South East heat of the Sportshall Fun in Athletics competition held at Burgess Hill. This is the equivalent South East sportshall regional competition for athletes aged under 11. Four...
Road News
Mota Vation Road Race 5 – Kidlington (27th Aug)
The final round of the Motavation Road Race Series took place recently at Stratfield Brake. 382 runners toed the starting line on what is a predominantly grass terrain course over an approximate 3.9miles course. The race included 7 Bicester AC athletes...
Mota Vation Road Race 4 – Coombe (30th Jul)
There were some mixed fortunes for Bicester AC athletes in the recently held 4th round of the Motavation Road Race Series. As for round 3, the event took place in Coombe, but this time on a slightly different course. Involving two laps it involved a big...
Mota Vation Road Race 3 – Coombe (2nd Jul)
There was another strong effort from the Bicester AC team at the recently held 3rd round of the summer long Motavation road race series which was held at Coombe. This race was transferred over from the previous week as organizers had deemed the weather on its...
Mota Vation Road Race 2 – Oxford (18th May)
Bicester AC continued their fine start to the Kidlington Running Cub’s Motavation Road Race Series in the recently held second round race held in Oxford. This round was shorter than the first round race at Charlton measuring at approximately 4 miles. The...
Oxford Town & Gown 10k & 3k – Oxford (10th May)
There was a good spread of Bicester AC athletes competing at the recently held Town and Gown 10km road race which also incorporated a shorter 3km for younger athletes. The races takes in the historic sights of the city of Oxford. There were no less than 6,876...
Mota Vation Road Race 1 – Charlton on Otmoor (30th Apr)
Bicester AC had 10 runners at the opening leg of the five race Kidlington Motavation race series held last Thursday at Charlton on Otmoor and run over a 5.2mile circuit. Bicester’s team included no less than 5 runners who were new to the series and 7 of the 10...
Oxford Half Marathon – Oxford (12th Oct)
Bicester AC had three competitors at the Oxford Half Marathon run in October and all emerged with personal bests. The race attracted 9,584 finishers with George Grassly winning in 65mins 31secs. Bicester AC’s Noah Gulvin, who competes in the under 20 male...
Mota Vation 5 – Stratfield Brake (28th Aug)
The final round of the Motavation road race series took place last Thursday at Stratfield Brake. Ironically although this was a road race, the 3.9mile Stratfield Brake circuit is run on a predominantly grass course. However given the hot Summer, the grassy...
Mota Vation 4 – Coombe (31st July)
There were some excellent performances from Bicester AC athletes competing in the recent 4th round of the summer long motavation road race series. This took place in Coombe. To describe the two lap course (4.2miles) as undulating would be an...
Mota Vation 3 – Coombe (26th June)
After the impressive Bicester AC turnout for round 3 of the Mota Vation Road Race Series hosted by Kidlington Running Club, there was a reduced turnout of Bicester runners for race 3. Held last Thursday at Coombe the race distance of 3.8 miles is one of the...