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• Times, team sheet and travel details can be found on the FIXTURES section |
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• 6 September
Hi All,
I hope you are all looking forward to going back to school and college?
All the sprint group are now on their months break, this is to enable all to re-charge your bodies, come back into winter training fresh and ready to go.
Tims group will continue to train, but the venue changes to Noadswood school.
Winter training for the sprint group begins on tuesday 2nd October at Noadswood School, 6.30-8.00ish.
Thursdays training will be at southampton track same time as tuesdays and will be sprint/speed endurance training.
Sunday training will normally be at Orchard School, 10.30-12.15. Due to my new shift pattern, there will be occasions when there will be either a different training time, cancelled or changed to the saturday. When this happens I will communicate this out at the earliest opportunity.
Dave
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• 9 August
Just a quick note for all the sprint group. The winter training will commence 1st week in October, not 1st week in September as the newsletter states.
Dave.
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• Sunday 22nd April
A large number of our sprint group attended the Bournemouth open medal meeting, which proved to be very productive with the large number of medals athletes came away with.
Rosie Cooper in her first 300m race clocked 45.2 to bring home a bronze medal. U17 women
Chrisy Parsons collected gold in the 100m U17 women.
Chrisy also collected gold in long jump, 4.99m
Chloe Foot picked up the bronze in the same event with a leap of 4.31m
Ailsa Roberts picked up bronze in u17 womens 200m in 28.8
Hayley Platt clocked a time of 13.9 for silver in the u15 girls 100m and also collected a silver in long jump with a jump of 4.65m.
Emily Shore ran a very positive 200m to collect bronze in u13 girls event.
Other results were.
Under 11's
Kieron Parsons 75m, 12.4. 150m 24.5
Beth Gunter 75m, 12.7. 150m 25.6. Long jump 2.88m
Under 13's
Emily Shore 100m, 15.0. Long jump 3.63
Under 17's
Chloe Foot 100m, 13.8,
Rosie Cooper 100m, 13.8
Ailsa Roberts 100m, 13.9 |
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•April 2007
Last saturday a few of our athletes competed in the Bournemouth Open medal meeting.
In extremely windy conditions. which just happened to be in the face on the home straight, four medals were awarded to Christina Parsons and Hayley Platt.
Chrisy picked up Gold in High jump (1.60m), Gold in Shot Putt (8.27m) and Silver in 200m (28.2sec). Hayley picked up a Bronze in Long Jump (4.74m), a personal best on the day.
Hayley was 4th placed in 100m (14.4). Sam Parsons was 5th in 200m (31.4).
In the under 11's age group, Kieron Parsons competed in both 75m and 150m, which proved a bit on the tough side heading into a strong wind.
Next open medal meeting at Bournemouth is Sunday 22nd April. All age groups are able to compete. Hopefully see a few more of our athletes there.
Dave
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• March 5th
Hi All.
We have our last XC at St Leonards, Ringwood on Sunday March 18th.
The time of the races are as follows (they have been changed for this fixture).
13:00 Sen Men
13:10 Sen Women
14:00 U11 Fun run
14:10 U13 girls
14:20 U13 boys
14:30 U15 girls
14:40 U15 boys
14:50 U17 girls
15:00 U17 boys
Venue. Avon Heath Country Park, St Leonards, Ringwood. Take A31 towards Ringwood, then left at first roundabout (into Avon Country Park) past junction with A338 (Wessex Way). Car Park charges apply.
Regards
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• 31st January 2007
Hi All.
Just a quick reminder to say we have two cross countries coming up at Canford Park, Wimborne on Saturday 10th February (Hants League). First race 12:00. Reasonable course, well worth the short journey. The next day there is a Wessex XC fixture at Old Sarum, Salisbury. Very good course. Again, well worth the trip. First race 1245 (U11s).
By all means run both if you wish. I'll settle for at least one however.
I'll send more details next week. The weather will be fine!!!
Regards
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•10th January 2007
Hi All.
Please note we have another Hants XC on Saturday at Prospect Park, Reading.
Easy to find. Suggest head to Reading via A33 from Basingstoke, J6 off M3. On reaching M4 take left to J12 Theale. Then follow A4 towards Reading. Prospect Park is on the left (you can easily see it).
Course is OK, not to difficult. Allow plenty of time. First race is at 12 noon.
Suggest meet at Goodies at 9.30 latest if you want a lift or wish to follow.
Good opportunity to get a race in before the schools champs.
Regards
Tim.
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•3rd January 2007
Hi All.
Just a quick reminder about the Hants XC champs at Basingstoke on Saturday 6th January
The following have been entered:
C Bates, L Pankhurst. R Smallwood, K Way, S Smith, R Knell. A Faulkner-White,
M Powell, J Martin, S Smallwood, M Hibberd, A Cole. H Hoare, A Wheeler, G Brown,
J Carey, L Sherwood. G Nelson and D Powell.
Course details can be found on the Hampshire Athletics Association website. Course looks complicated and is slippery in places. Advise get there early so you can familarise yourselves.
Any problems, contact me ASAP. Four to score for a team in age groups.
Tim
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• 2 September 2006
Hi All.
The August newsletter has been uploaded to the website. Sorry for the delay.
Training for the endurance group only will carry on as usual at Noadswood School (commencing 5th Sept). Tuesdays and Thursdays. 6:30 to 8pm.
The Sportshall will not be available until half term. Arrangements are being made to use Orchard School temporarily.
This should be confirmed shortly. There is also training on Sundays 10:30 to 12 meet at Orchard School.
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• Details available for:
Wessex League U11 Challenge 2006 for The Michael East Cup on Sunday 20th August at Portsmouth
| 12:00 |
Girls' Long Jump
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Boys' Ball Throw |
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Girls' 75m |
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Girls' Ball Throw
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Boys' 75m |
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Boys' Long Jump |
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Girls' 600m
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Boys' 600m
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| 13:45 |
Girls' 4 X 100m Relay
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Boys' 4 X 100m Relay |
| 14:00 |
Fun & Games
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| 14:30 |
Presentations
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NOTE
All competitors MUST have been over 9 years old and under 11 years old on 1st April this year.
Please do not enter any who have already been disqualified on grounds of age.
This year will be held at the navy track.
It's an earlier start to give those who wish the opportunity to have time to explore the area - HMS Victory, the tower, etc.
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• 27th May 2006
Hi All.
We have a UKYAL match at Portsmouth on Sunday 4th June. Unfortunately I'm on holiday and will not be in attendance.
Please try to go and get at least one event in. Talk to either Dave or Catherine whether you are available and what you won't to do.
See you the following week at training.
I'll look forward to the results.
Regards
Tim.
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• 25 May 2006
Hi All,
Looking to prepare the team for the meet at Portsmouth on Sunday 4th June.
Please forward your availabillity asap.
I will be at training over the next few sessions and asking around there also.
The last meeting at Portsmouth 21st May. (you all remember, the one with all that rain) We finished 5th overall with a total of 408 points, 0.5 points behind 4th place and 7.0 points behind 3rd. So a great result for such a small club. My thanks to all who competed and well done.
Thanks also to all parents for coming out on such a miserable day. Lets hope the next meet is free from the wet stuff!
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Hi All.
Open meeting for anyone who fancies a trip up to Andover.
Andover ac are holding a medal meeting on monday 29th May (bank holiday), catering for under 9's up to under 20's. Heats and finals depending on the number of athletes.
Most disciplines are covered, with a maximum of three events per athlete, so for those of you seasoned athletes looking to try something different the opportunities are there.
For those of you who are looking to try competition for the first time, this is a great low key meeting which caters for all standards.
The closing date for entries is 19th May. Download the PDF entry form
Tim.
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Details of the Evening Open Meetings
at Southampton Sports Centre, Bassett, Southampton being held this summer -
Word Document
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• 12 May 2006 - Astounding Performances
Take a look at the Photo Gallery for images taken on the day
On 1st May seven New Forest Juniors athletes attended the Hampshire Multi-events and Under 11 championships, at Portsmouth’s Mountbatten stadium.
Max and Freddy Leigh took part in the under 11’s championships, which is a new event for this calendar year, and its great to see this age group competing at county level. Both Max and Freddy performed extremely well in their chosen events and both were rewarded with three medals between them.
Max finished with a silver medal for 150m, was placed 4th in 80m and 6th in the Long Jump. Freddy came away with silver in 1200m, silver in the Long Jump and was placed 6th in the 150m.
Well done to both.
In the Multi-event competitions, James Jordan U13 boys, Joe Jordan U15 boys, Zara Martin and Chrisy Parsons U15 girls, and Tiffany Markham U17 women were representing the club. For some athletes this was their first attempt at many of the different disciplines.
Every athlete came away with several personal bests, below is a list of their achievements on the day.
James placed 4th with a total number of 980 points.
80mh 15.6s, Shot putt 5.91m, Discus 12.04m, Long jump no score, 800m 2.35.4
James managed 4 personal bests on the day.
Joe placed 14th from 18 with a total number of 1126 points.
80mh 16.0s, Shot putt 6.15m, Long jump 3.50m, High jump 1.27m, 800m 2.42.4
Joe managed 4 personal bests on the day.
Zara placed 3rd and picking up the bronze medal with a total number of 2418 points.
75mh 13.0s, Long jump 4.59m, Shot putt 6.18m, High jump 1.44m, 800m 2.41.0
Zara also managed 4 personal bests and just missing out on the 5th by 10cm. A grade 3 standard in hurdles and two grade 4’s in high jump and 800m.
Chrisy placed 4th with a total number of 2291 points.
75mh 13.9s, Long jump 4.13m, Shot putt 7.53m, High jump 1.53m, 800m 2.52.3
Chrisy achieved 4 personal bests with grade 2 standard in high jump and a grade 4 in shot putt. This age group produced a thrilling finale and everything was down to the last event
Tiffany placed 2nd and picking up a silver medal with a total number of 2911 points.
80mh 12.8s, Shot putt 8.20m, Long jump 4.95m, High jump 1.48m, 800m 2.33.0
Tiff also made it 4 personal bests on the day, with grade 4 standards in high jump, hurdles, shot putt and 800m, and close to her long jump personal best.
Congratulations to all for some astounding performances.
Dave |
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• 12 May 2006
Hi All,
The results and placings from the Wessex League match at Bournemouth are now online.
Well done to all who competed.
Dave |
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Hi All,
Our first track and field match is at Kings Park, Bournemouth (next to football ground, Dean Court) on Sunday 23rd April. The meeting starts at 1130am. Please turn up say one hour before your event. There will be a large New Forest blue banner displayed. That's where we are.
Letters (back and front) will be supplied and pins!!! Club vests will also be available to borrow or BUY. No XC spikes (more than 6mm).
Team Sheet is now available. Anyone not mentioned but who wants to compete contact me now, especially U13s!
Tim
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• 15 April 2006
Club Newsletter
"The Juniors" April 2006 edition now available |
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• 12 April 2006
Get down to training at Hardley School:
Summer training begins Tuesday 18th April at Hardley school, until the end of August.
U11's |
6.30-7.30 |
Tuesdays |
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U13's-U17's |
6.30-8.00 |
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
See you all there!
Dave |
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• 2 April 2006
Summer Training
After a lot of thought at committee and coach level, it has been decided to change our approach to this group of athletes.
Before I try and explain how the new system will work, I feel we need to look back at what as a club we have done in the past with this group.
Traditionally the club has structured club athletes in age groups, to a certain degree, and moved them though when they have reached U13, U15. Not always with the best interest of the athletes, but to suit our structure.
We have in the past tried to develop coaches to work with this demanding age group and failed for various reasons, last year Gary took on the age group on a rotational basis, and because the lack of coaches and their availability, this system failed the athletes for several reasons, why try and make an athlete train endurance when they have no interest in this discipline, or throws, jumps or sprints.
On occasions last year several athletes decided not to train on Tuesdays because of this training structure. Surely we should be helping athletes to come along and enjoy training nights, develop and not put them off.
How do we help athletes to develop as individuals and keep their interest in our sport, I think maybe the answer is to let them choose the type of training that suits them best as athletes.
Once they have decided on their pathway, whether it be endurance, sprints, hurdles, throws, jumps or multi-discipline with perhaps some minor guidance from the coaching staff, then we should try to facilitate this.
So summer training …
The intension is to allow all age groups to experience every discipline if they so wish.
How do we achieve this …
The idea is to have coaches available to coach throws, jumps, sprints, and endurance on a Tuesday night.
As athletes move from Mandy’s group into the U13 age bracket they will have a choice on what type of training suits them best, along with the older ages.
The idea is to allow for athletes to train for 30minutes at one discipline and rotate around if they want too, if they decide to stick with the one discipline then that’s fine, they spend the whole session there.
We must structure this so as athletes change over at a certain time and not have athletes wandering from group to group at different times. The suggestion would be to blow a whistle at say 7.30 and rotate around then.
This type of system will have its drawbacks and its advantages, coaches could be trying to train athletes at different development stages and this will need to be looked at in more detail once the system gets up and running.
One of the benefits as I see it is, younger athletes will look up to older athletes and may want to aspire to be like them, this could encourage the younger athletes to enter competition and compete at club level, which in the past has been lacking.
Traditionally Thursday nights are down on numbers, but if coaches are about then, the same system could be used.
First we need commitment from coaches to take sessions on a regular basis, we all lead busy lives and the club are not expecting coaches to attend every session. We could maybe look at an availability roster where coaches fill this in on a monthly or weekly basis.
We have a number of level 1 coaches who should be looking to develop their own coaching skills and it will be the responsibility of the more experienced coaches to help facilitate this.
What we don’t want is for these coaches to feel out of their depth, so support needs to be given to these coaches. Now this might mean shadowing or setting sessions for the level 1’s to coach. As competency grows the need for shadowing will diminish.
We need to encourage parents to help out, raking the pit, rolling back shots, re-fitting the high jump bar, and so on. This may lead to them taking a coaching course in the future.
As yet nothing has been finalised as to who will be coaching what and when.
When we have commitment from coaches we can then decide on who wants to coach what or rotate around.
Dave |
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• 23 March 2006
Club Newsletter
"The Juniors" will be a regular monthly feature appearing on the website - check out the March 2006 edition |
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• 27 February 2006
Well done Tiffany and Chrisy!
Just to let you all know, two of our athletes competed for Hampshire this
saturday at the Inter counties sportshall competition at Portsmouth. The
Under 15 girls team won the comp and now go through to the National
championships being held at the national indoor arena, Birmingham in April.
Tiffany Markham also won the under 15's girls individual title along with
several event medals, Unfortunately Chrisy Parson retired through illness.
Well done to both athletes.
Dave |
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Track and Field season is nearly upon us and to sharpen up, there are a few open meetings scattered around the south. Below is a list of these meeting available to all athletes. Postal entries can be obtained from the organisers website. (click on the blue links).
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Age range |
Entry details |
Wed 21st March |
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Open floodlit |
U13-Seniors |
On the day or postal |
Sat 25th March |
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Medal meeting |
U11-U17 |
Postal entries only |
Sat 1st April |
Radley AC Oxford |
Open meeting |
U11-Seniors |
Postal entries only |
Sun 2nd April |
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Medal meeting |
U11-U17 |
On the day or postal |
Sat 8th April |
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Open meeting |
Not available |
Not available at present |
Sun 9th April |
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Open meeting |
U11-Seniors |
On the day or postal |
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• 12 February 2006 - Hants XC League at Wimborne
Hi All.
Congratulations to our U15 team who took the team bronze. Well done.
Also well done to Charlotte who swept to victory (her first) and also won the overall U17 cup.
That was our best ever result.
Regards
Tim.
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• 8 February 2006
Hi All.
Gary has stood down as secretary. On the club's behalf I should like to thank Gary for all his efforts since the club started and wish him all the success in the future with his group.
Cathy Smallwood has agreed to take on the role.
Regards
Tim
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• 7 February 2006
Hi All.
All details re: Saturday 11 February, just click on the Fixtures link above.
U15 girls.
We are third overall so far. Need to have a strong team out on Saturday.
Meet at Applemore (9:45) if you require a lift or wish to follow. Must leave at 10am latest
Tim |
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• 25 January 2006
Hi All.
Please find 2006 fixture list.
There are one or two queries, so don't book your holidays yet.
For the National Junior League (U17/20) this season, we will be known as New Forest Andover. We should have a stronger team as a result.
Could coaches please forward to other members.
XC runners. We have plenty of middle distance events for you plus I'd like you to think about doing some other events as well. Training will be given!!! At least the weather should be nice.
Regards
Tim.
• 22 January 2006
Hi everyone.
The South of England AA have just published their performance rankings for 2005. The following New Forest Juniors managed to make the top 10. Brilliant!
Gary
U17 Women - 3000m |
Hayley Pointer |
3rd |
10:28.5 min |
Charlotte Bates |
8th |
11:04.1 min |
U15 Girls - 75m Hurdles |
Tiffany Markham |
1st= |
11.9 sec |
U15 Girls - High Jump |
Christina Parsons |
5th |
1.51m |
U13 Girls - 75m
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Emily Radjen |
10th= |
10.7 sec |
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• The Birmingham Grand Prix
Hi,
An opportunity that doesn't come around too often.
The Birmingham Grand Prix which is the premier event of the winter indoor
series (televised on BBC1) happens to be on Saturday 18th February, on the
next day Midland counties athletic association are holding an open meeting
at the same venue, The National Indoor Arena.
I have attached an entry form (PDF) for the Open meeting (closing date for entries
23rd January). This is an ideal chance to watch the athletes that you only
see on the TV, perform or not as the case may be, and then race on the same
track the next day.
I know this will not appeal to everyone and there is a cost implication.
£15.00 per adult, £10.00 for under16's, Family ticket £40.00 2 x adults +
2 x children.
Plus the cost of an overnight stay.
I am not intending to take a mini-bus, too much hassle, and because of the
the age of the athletes from our group, I will insist any child wishing to
come along will need to be accompanied by a parent or friend of the family.
We can look at the specifics later.
What I need to know is, is there any interest?
You may just want to compete on the Sunday or just watch on the Saturday?
There are several options.
Let me know asap.
Dave McManus |
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• 14 January 2006 - Reading Results
Hi All.
Well done for yesterday. I notice we are third in the U15 age group. Let's try to keep there by having a really great last run next month.
Special mention to to Charlotte for her 3rd place, and to Frankie for being the first U13 home and Jessica in the U15 race.
Tim.
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6 January 2006
• A new information book, aimed at new members is now available, and gives up to date details about the club. |
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• Newbury Results - 11 December 2005
Hi All.
Well done to you all.
You'll see we had three runners in the top four places in the U13, U15 and U17 races.
Tim. |
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Hampshire County Champs at Havant 7/1/06
Hi All.
I need to ascertain who is entering the above.
Four to score, so I'll try to get as many teams as possible.
I'll put in a block entry then collect entry fees (£3 each). I'll try to contact everyone. However if you are not available please let me know ASAP.
Tim. |
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• Overton Results - 3 December 2005
Hi All.
Well done to all those who ran to-day. That looked a hard course.
Please remember to bring plenty of clothing now winter is here. Don't forget your gloves!!!
Congratulations to Charlotte who was our highest placed runner and our U13s team who were fourth on the day. Also well done to Alice and Charlotte for being selected to run for Hampshire at Thetford, Suffolk next week.
Tim.
• Please Note: As from 29th
November, the club will relocate to Noadswood School, Dibden Purlieu
(6:30 to 8:30pm). This is so the club can obtain the use of a Sportshall
facility. Training will be for one week only, then after the Christmas
break will recommence on the 3rd January 2006. The Thursday training
group will also relocate to Noadswood School (7.00 to 8.00pm).
Parents with youngsters from the New Forest schools' district who are interested
in athletics can contact
me on for more information.
Tim Wilding
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