CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING SESSIONS IN OXFORDSHIRE

Meet in the Car Park Horspath Road Track

Commencing Sunday 13th September - Meet 8.45am for 9.00am start. Finish 11.00am

Sessions will be held on all Sundays where there are no fixture clashes i.e. Oxford Mail League and County Champs. Sessions will still be held when Sportshall competitions are planned.

This winter the sessions are open to ALL Oxfordshire Athletes and Coaches.

To enable Oxfordshire Cross Country and Middle Distance Athletes to develop and challenge at Regional and National events we plan to set up a training squad similar to the successful group at Aldershot Farnham and District. In early October a number of Coaches will visit AFD and watch their squad in session. It is then planned to create a similar squad in Oxfordshire over the following months.
In bringing large numbers of local Athletes and Coaches together from different Clubs it will motivate all levels to progress and create stronger squads.
Can all coaches that are intersted inattending a training session at AFD please email Paul Kelsey

Shotover Country Park is an ideal training facility and is central in the County. It is appreciated that travelling for some people is greater than others but it is not possible to put it on everyones doorstep.

Until we see the AFD model in operation Athletes will be divided into groups of similar abilities and train together in various areas of the Country Park. Coaches will be assigned to each group and all Coaches are encouraged to participate in the development of the Athletes in the group. Coaches will rotate around groups so that there is an awareness of all the Athletes and the progress being made. Coaches will meet periodically to discuss training programmes. NO Athelete will be asked to leave their current Club or Coach for another.