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| Wednesday 8th Feb 2012 |
Welcome to the Vale of Aylesbury Athletic ClubThe Vale of Aylesbury Athletic Club is a friendly club for people of all abilities and always welcomes new members from age 8yrs. There are specific groups for 8-12yrs old following the UK Athletics 365 programme and for the event groups: sprints, endurance, throws, jumps and multi-events. Training is on a Tuesday and Thursday between 7pm to 9pm. For more information on joining the club please click here or come and see us at the club hut / track. |
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Annual General MeetingNotice is hereby given that the Vale of Aylesbury Athletic Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday February 28th at 8.15pm in the Club hut. |
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 | A record at random: The Club Record for Men's V40 Discus is 33.72m set on 20th Aug 2011 by Steve Stokes at Portsmouth |
Junior athletes took part in an Aviva Sportshall competition at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on 29 January, with the U13/U15 age groups hoping for a place in the County Team for the Regional Final on 12 February at Burgess Hill. U11/U13s were hoping for a place in the County Team at the Tom Pink Relays which are held at the NIA in Birmingham on 14 February.
Read MoreBen continues to perform well and has recently taken part in two indoor events.
Read MoreWill Gurton and Zoe Magnall competed in the London U20/Senior Indoor Games at Lee Valley last weekend, and both achieved new Club Records. Will ran the 800m in a time of 1.52.51 and Zoe threw 9.82m in the shot which is also a PB for her.
A storming run by Carolyn Boosey saw the 27-year-old take eighth place in the South of England Cross Country Championships in Stanmer Park, Brighton on January 28.
Read MoreU15 Athlete Luke Paulley took part in his first indoor competition on Sunday. He represented the Club at the SEAA Indoor Championships at Lee Valley running in the 1500m, and won the event by a 10 second margin. Not only did he take the title, his time of 4:57:60 is a new Club Record. Many congratulations!
Katie Jones, Annabel Kalston and Korben Fenty were all selected to compete for Buckinghamshire in South East Regional Festival of Aviva’s Sportshall competitions held on 15 January in the U11 team. Annabel was in the Grand Prix and was ranked 16th, Katie was 8= in the Target Throw and Korben was ranked 8= in the Balance Test and 18th in the Standing Long Jump
Vale of Aylesbury’s Sophie Dickerson competed in a U13/U15 Open Meeting this weekend at Lee Valley on the Indoor Track.
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The early morning frost had not yet thawed as the Juniors got their spikes on to compete on a stunning January morning in Slough this weekend. The course was fairly dry for once, but is mostly flat making it extremely fast.
Read MorePlease see the main Events section for further details
| Wed 8th Feb | Bucks Schools Cross Country Champs | |
| Sat 11th Feb | Chiltern Cross Country League, Wing | |
| Sat 25th Feb | National Cross Country Champs | |
| Sun 26th Feb | Winslow 10k (Grand Prix Race) | |
| Tue 28th Feb | VOAAC AGM |
See the results / reports for 2011/12 GP series with New Rules & Events. Boxing Day 5k had many top 3 places giving Bonus points in recognised age group categories. Carolyn and Anuradha take top points from 31 Club members that finished.
Alan Roberts has released the latest rankings as of 6th November 2011. Click here for yearly based rankings.
The latest All Time rankings as a MS Excel spreadsheet can be downloaded here.
For the latest on the Road Rankings please see this page.
The Club competes in 3 leagues:
National Junior Athletic League
and Eastern Young Athletes League
Training at the track, with prior arrangement with your coach, is now available on both Saturday's and Sunday's from 10am to Midday.
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