Juniors
Attendance at a junior club training session is currently restricted to members only.
If you wish to join the Club click here
Oswestry Olympians Juniors has a regular membership of around 100 young athletes ranging in age from 9 to 18 and draws young people from Oswestry and the surrounding area of North Shropshire and over the Welsh border.
We have coaches who cover most athletic disciplines and our training sessions are generally divided by age into:-
Year 4 (Fun Athletics), Under 12 (Y5&Y6), U14(Y7&Y8), U16(Y9&Y10), U18 (Y11,Y12)
Through the winter we train predominantly indoors :- Circuit training, Weight training, Plyometrics and Sports Hall athletics activities. We also run an outdoor Saturday morning session of cross-country, hill running, sprints etc.
Training sessions
For members we use the SPOND App for managing time and location of our training sessions
Thursday – Sports Hall and athletics training
Saturday – Cross country and athletics training
Triathlon Training – the club currently is not providing specific triathlon coaching.
New recruits in School Year 4 are welcomed after Easter each year, and older athletes, year 5 & above, are welcome at any time.
Calendar of training and events.
History
The junior club became the most successful of the Shropshire clubs in the new millennium. During the year 2000 we won the Shropshire Track and Field league, dominated the cross-country league winning the overall Bristow trophy, as well as the overall boys, the overall girls trophies and half of the team trophies. Also, we won the Sports hall league which was our eighth successive win. Since then we have extended our Sportshall winning streak to more than two decades. We have also had club representatives at the English Schools track and field finals for the past 2 decades including numerous medalists. A number of our club athletes have achieved international status, having turned out for Wales, N. Ireland, Scotland, England and Great Britain. However, the club prides itself more on the happy family atmosphere which exists and the fact that athletes of all abilities are welcomed and encouraged. We also have a very supportive group of parents which is the envy of other local clubs.
In the Autumn & Winter we compete in the Shropshire Young Athletes Leagues for Cross Country and the Sports Hall athletics. In the Summer we compete in the Shropshire Track & Field League, the National Young Athletes League for Under 20s and the National Junior League.
Even the most successful junior athletics club in Shropshire always needs coaches & we are always extremely anxious to recruit more coaches. Oswestry Olympians Juniors is run for children almost exclusively by parents. As parents of older athletes reduce their involvement, we need those of younger members to assist. A willingness to help is far more important than experience. So if there are any Parents, Older Brothers & Sisters, friends, teachers or ex members who would be interested in getting involved, as Coaches, Technical Officials/Judges &/or helpers in any capacity, please contact our senior coach Neil on 07767 312977 . If you would like to help in some other way, don’t be shy, we can find just the job for you!
Code of Conduct
Oswestry Olympians are a friendly club and respect the rights, dignity and worth of every athlete in the club and others involved in athletics . We treat everyone equally and we align to the code of conduct set out by UK Athletics.
Please read the code of conduct for Athletes, Coaches, Parents, Team Managers and Technical Officials
