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 with both teams ahead in the overall standings. The under 13 boy’s team were 2nd on the day but lead the under 13 boy’s competition. Bicester’s under 15 boys were 2nd, the under 15 girls 3rd and the under 13 girls finished 4th.
Bicester’s under 11 girls team finished 6 points ahead of the host team with an impressive three event wins. The combined times of Bicester’s quartet of Josie Harrell, Dotty Conlon, Evie Childs and Lorelei Whelan were enough to take the one lap event by a second with Harrell the only athlete to duck under the 14 second barrier (13.6secs). Harrell then combined with Evie Childs to take the three lap event with a combined time of 89.50secs. The Bicester AC quartet of Ruby Maxwell, Lorelei Whelan, Ottilie Maclean and Dotty Conlon opened proceedings with a win in the obstacle race (1mins 32.3secs). There was also a 2nd place for Josie Harrell and Ottilie Maclean in the standing long jump with a combined distance of 3.20m and a runner up spot for the Bicester quartet of Whelan, Childs, Conlon and Maxwell in the speed bounce with a combined total of 174.
The under 11 boy’s team also won three events on their way to taking the team event with 42 points. The Bicester quartet of Theodore Simms, Franek Markiewicz, Thomas Hobbs and Ethan Kwizera-Mckenzie triumphed in the one lap event with a combined time of 56.50secs with Simms the joint fastest individual (13.40secs). There was also a win for the Bicester AC speed bounce quartet of Reece Dunwell, Markiewicz, Kwizera-Mckenzie and Hobbs with a combined total of 185. The two Bicester 4 by lap relay teams produced the two fastest times of the day with the heat 1 quartet of Ethan Kwizera-McKenzie, Franek Markiewicz, Thomas Richards and Theodore Simms combining for a 53.0secs clocking and the quartet of William Vandenberg, Barnaby Jones, Alex Kelly and Thomas Hobbs producing the 2nd fastest time (55.0secs). Simms and Vandenberg combined for 2nd place in the javelin (25.31m) with Simms producing the 2nd longest individual throw of 13.57m. And Barnaby Jones, in his first ever competition for Bicester, produced the fastest individual time in the three lap event (41.70secs) and combined with Thomas Richards for 3rd place (86.30secs). Bicester AC had six competitors in the non scoring speed bounce which were Theodore Simms (43), Alex Kelly (33), William Vandenberg (31), Barnaby Jones (29), Oliver Kelly (28) and Eisa Tyrell (24), who was making his debut.
Bicester ACs under 13 boy’s team had to be content with 2nd place on this occasion just losing out to host club Witney by two points. They put up a spirited effort with three event wins. This included a win in the speed bounce with Charlia Simpson and Lucius Mohandes combining for a total of 141 with Simpson producing the highest individual score of 85. There was a also a win for Bicester in the standing long jump with Levi Fulcher and Simpson combining for a total distance of 4.12m. Fulcher’s jump of 2.12m was the longest individual jump. And the Bicester quartet of Stanley Conlon, Lucius Mohandes, Charlie Simpson and Levi Fulcher combined for a win in the 4 by 2 lap relay (1min 43.0secs) just getting the better of the Banbury quartet. There was a 2nd place for Stanley Conlon and Lucius Mohandes in the six lap event with a combined time of 3mins 6.0secs) and Simpson produced the fastest individual time of 24.80secs in the two lap event combining with Levi Fulcher for 3rd. Brendan Kelly also competed for Bicester and he putted 4.16m in the shot and along with Stanely Conlon finished 4th with a combined total of 9.83m.
There was another good sportshall performance from James Allison in the under 15 boy’s team event. He amassed an impressive 58 points in the all rounder competition, the 2nd highest individual score. This included a first in the 4 lap event (49.0secs) and 2nd places in the standing triple jump (7.12m) and shot (9.64m). There was a first place in the 2 lap race (23.9secs) and 2nd in the standing long jump (2.05m) for Bicester’s Timi Alo. And Bicester’s Emeras Mohandes’s efforts included a 5.44m effort in the standing triple jump for 5th.
Bicester AC had three athletes in the under 15 girl’s competition. Lily Childs was 5th highest individual scorer, which included a first place in the speed bounce with a score of 84. Imogen Unger’s efforts included a 3rd place in the standing long jump (1.97m). And Grace Fulcher finished 7th in the same event with an 1.83m jump. There was a couple of good 2nd places for the Bicester AC’s under 13 girls team. Hannah Parsons and Olivia Maxwell produced a combined score of 141 in the speed bounce which was only one behind the winning score. Parsons produced the 2nd highest individual score (74). There was also a 2nd place for Ava Obina and Ruby Majonga in the two lap race with a combined time of 53.60secs. There was a good individual effort by Hannah Parsons in the 6 lap event where she produced the 2nd fastest time of 1min 31secs. Parsons combined with Olivia Maxwell for 4th with a combined time of 3mins 8secs.