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 places for the under 11 boy, under 13 girl and under 15 girls’ teams.
There was a good win for the under 13 boy’s team with a 7 point advantage over host club, Witney. Their points haul of 50 points included wins in three events. There was an impressive win by the duo of Levi Fulcher and Charlie Simpson in the standing triple jump. Their combined distance of 13.02m included the two longest individual jumps with Fulcher the longest (6.60m) and Simpson 2nd longest (6.42m). It was a good day for Fulcher as he combined with Brendan Kelly to win the vertical jump with Fulcher producing the best individual jump of 47cms. There was a 2nd place for Stanley Conlon and Oliver Jarvey in the shot putt with Conlon producing the 2nd furthest individual putt of 6.06m. The quartet of Charlie Simpson, Stanley Conlon, Lucius Mohandes and Brendan Kelly won the 4 by 2 lap relay clocking 1min 46.7secs.
As with the under 13 boy’s competition, Bicester AC’s under 11 girls team were involved in a hard fought battle with host team Witney. Bicester started the competition well with the combined time of the Bicester quartet of Josie Harrell, Dotty Conlon, Lorelei Whelan and Ottilie Maclean coming out on top in the one lap race (57.40secs). Josie Harrell, making her competitive debut, produced the 2nd quickest individual lap (13.70secs). The Bicester quartet of Lorelei Whelan, Ottile Maclean, Dotty Conlon and Chloe Stefanowicz kept the scoreboard ticking over with 2nd place in the speed bounce with a combined bounce total of 167 with Whelan producing the highest individual score of 47. Bicester then went on a run of 2nd places with Josie Harell and Ruby Maxwell taking 2nd in the vertical jump (combined total of 70cms), Harell combined with Conlon for 2nd in the 3 lap race (combined time of 88.60secs) and Ottilie Maclean teamed up with Naomi Stefanowicz for 2nd in the chest push (combined distance of 9.96m) with Maclean producing the 2nd best individual throw (5.43m). Bicester went into the last event with a 2 point advantage over Witney and Bicester’s 4 by 1 lap relay quartet of Harrell, Whelan, Maclean and Conlon managed a good 2nd (56.70secs) which was good enough for the team win with a one point advantage over Witney.
Bicester AC under 15 boy’s team finished a good 2nd to Witney. The lack of a 4th team member proved crucial for Bicester with winning team, Witney, able to field a 4th scorer. Bicester had the consolation of having the highest individual points scorer through James Allison. Allison was making his competitive sportshall debut and his three scores included a win in the 4 lap race (50.2secs) and the standing triple jump (6.99m). Timi Alo was making his Bicester competitive debut and his 51 point haul included a runner up spot in the standing long jump (2.09m). And Emeras Mohandes’s efforts included a 4th in the 2 lap race (26.3secs). Allison and Alo combined to win the paarlauf (1min 42secs).
Bicester AC’s under 11 boy’s team finished a competitive equal 3rd. They enjoyed wins in two events. The combined efforts of sportshall debutants Thomas Richards and Ethan Kwizera-Mckenzie were enough to secure the win in the vertical jump with 71cms. They both had the two highest individual jumps with Richards jumping 36cms and Mckenzie 35cms. And there was a good win for Theodore Simms and Oliver Kelly in the chest push with a combined distance of 10.20m with Simms producing the longest individual throw of 6.25m. And there was a good effort from the quartet of Simms, Richards, McKenzie and Alex Kelly with 2nd place in the one lap event in a combined time of 55.30secs.
Bicester AC had three competitors in the under 15 girl’s competition with the team finishing 3rd. Highest Bicester finisher in the all rounder competition was Lily Childs who was 5th. She finished runner up in the speed bounce with a score of 80 and 3rd in a very closely fought vertical jump (45cms) where 2cms separated the top 5 finishers. Grace Fulcher’s efforts included two 4th places in the shot (6.45m) and the 4 lap event (59.1secs). And Evie Kemp’s efforts included a 5th in the speed bounce with a score of 73.
Bicester’s trio of competitors were 3rd in the under 13 girl’s competition. Ruby Majonga and Olivia Maxwell combined for runner up spot in the vertical jump with Majonga producing the 2nd best individual leap of 42cms. And there were 3rd places for Majonga and Hannah Parsons in the two lap event (53.10secs), Majonga and Maxwell in the triple jump (9.95m) and Parsons and Majonga in the 8 lap paarlauf (1min 53.3secs).