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 day there was a win for the under 11 girl’s team and 2nd places for the under 11, under 13 and under 15 boy teams. Bicester continue to lead the both the boy and girl under 11 competitions and also lead the combined under 11 competition. They also lead the under 13 boy’s competition as well as the combined under 13 competition.
It was a good day for Bicester’s under 11 girls as they got the better of Witney in a closely fought team competition. Both teams were equal going into the final event, the 4 by 1 lap relay. However the combined efforts of the Bicester quartets of Josie Harrell, Lorelei Whelan, Ottilie Maclean and Dotty Conlon, who ran 56secs and the quartet of Chloe Stefanowic9z, Mariam Ceesay (who was making her debut), Evie Childs and Nela Kozlowska (59secs) was, when their times were combined, good enough for 2nd place with Witney over two seconds back in 4th. Bicester’s meet opened with an impressive win in the obstacle relay with the Bicester quartet of Naomi Stefanowiczw, Ruby Maxwell, Ottilie Maclean and Evie Childs clocking 1mins 33.4secs, narrowly pipping Oxford in the process. There was a win for the Bicester quartet of Lorelei Whelan, Evie Childs, Nela Kozlowska and Adama Ceesay in the speed bounce with a combined total of 184. Debutants Ceesay and Kolowska produced impressive scores of 48 and 45 respectively. Josie Harrell and Ottilie Maclean combined to win the chest push with a total distance thrown of 12.28m. Harrell produced the longest throw in the competition measured at 6.63m. There was a runner up spot for the quartet of Harrell, Conlon, Whelan and debutant Maria Gidney in the one lap event with a combined time of 57.90secs. Josie Harrell and Dotty Conlon were 4th in the three lap event with a combined time of 89.60secs and Ruby Maxell and Lily Sheppard were 6th in the vertical jump with a combined height of 70cms. And in the standing long jump, which was a non scoring competition Maria Gidney produced the longest jump of 1.72m.
Bicester’s under 11 boys team competed well but just lost out in the team competition to Abingdon who won with 41points compared to Bicester’s 38 points. There was a good win for the Bicester quartet of Theodore Simms, William Vandenberg. Thomas Richards and Franek Markiewicz in the one lap event with a combined total time of 55.50secs. This included a fast individual time by Simms who produced the joint fastest individual time of 13.40secs. Bicester were also winners in the speed bounce with the quartet of Simms, Markiewicz, Richards and Alex Kelly winning with a combined total of 177. Simms and Markiewicw produced the joint highest individual scores of 50. There was a win for Bicester in the chest push with Bicester’s Simma and Vandenburg producing the two best throws in the competition of 6.64m and 6.41m respectively. And Barney Jones combined with William Vandenberg for 2nd place in the vertical jump with a combined height of 69cms. And Rafferty Simms made his competitive athletics debut jumping 1.16m in the non scoring standing long jump.
Bicester’s under 13 boys team competed well but had to be content with 2nd place on this occasion to Abingdon but are still in front in the overall standings after three events. They notched up three event wins during the afternoon. Levi Fulcher had a hand in all three of Bicester’s wins. He teamed up with Brendan Kelly for a win in the vertical jump with a combined height of 93cms with Fulcher achieving the best individual height of 50cms. He teamed up with Charlie Simpson for Bicester’s other wins. In the two lap event Simpson and Fulcher won with a combined time of 50.60secs with Simpson’s effort of 24.50secs the fastest individual time. Their other win came in the standing triple jump with a winning combined distance of 13.14m. Simpson and Fulcher produced the two longest individual jumps with 6.68m and 6.46m respectively. Simpson also combined with Lucius Mohandes for 2nd in the two lap event with a combined time of 3mins 5secs with Simpson achieving the fastest individual time of 1min 26.0secs.
The under 15 boy’s team again competed well finishing in 2nd place. There was another tour de force from James Allison as he tied for overall first place in the all rounder competition with 59 points. He produced a good set of all round performances with wins in the standing triple jump (7.14m) and 4 lap event (53.1secs) as well as finishing 2nd in the shot (9.59m). Timi Alo notched up a total score of 55 points for equal 4th place which included a win in the standing long jump (2.06m) and 2nd place in the two lap event (24.5secs). And Allison and Alo combined for a win the paarlauf (1min 45.5secs). Also competing for Bicester was Emeras Mohandes whose three efforts included a 5th place in the standing triple jump with 5.1m.
Bicester AC’s under 15 girl’s team finished 3rd. Top finisher in the all rounder competition was Imogen Unger who amassed 47 points which was equal 6th best. Her efforts included 4th in the speed bounce with score of 70. She was closely followed by Grace Fulcher with 46 points which included a 3rd place in the vertical jump with a leap of 42cms. Two points further back with 44 points was Erin Griffiths whose 3 disciplines included a 4th in the shot with a putt of 6.56m. Bicester’s only first in the under 15 girls competition was from Lily Childs who completed two of the three disciplines but finished 1st in the vertical jump with 52cms. Whilst Oxford City AC ran out easy winners of the under 13 girl’s competition it was a closely fought contest for runner up spot. Bicester eventually finished 4th on 31 points just 4 points away from 2nd. The two lap event produced a remarkable 4 way tie, which included the Bicester combination of Ava Obina and Ruby Majonga, with all 4 pairs clocking 54.4secs. Ruby Majonga and Hannah Parsons combined for a good 2nd place in the standing triple jump with Parsons producing the 2nd best individual jump of 5.43m. Hannah Parsons and Olivia Maxwell combined in the 6 lap race to finish 3rd with a combined time of 3mins 8.0secs. And the 4 by 2 laps relay quartet of Obina, Majonga, Parsons and Maxwell also finished 3rd and their time of 1min 47.3secs was only 1.2secs off first place. The obstacle team comprising Parsons, Obina, Maxwell and Charlotte Waton (who was making her sportshall debut) finished 4th clocking 1mins 31.7secs.