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National XC Champs 2012: Report

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Bell) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:43:28 +0000

Despite only taking a small squad to the Championships held this year on Parliament Hill, OWLS still managed to put in some good performances. Over the expectedly hilly, but unexpectedly firm and relatively mud free course, run of the day goes to Danny Hallam who finished an impressive 25th in the Junior Mens race. Also in this race was Jake Boat who finished a strong 87th.

In the U17 race, Dawed Yousuf, who is currently returning to fitness, came 180th whilst Jack Barber finished 253rd.

The Senior Mens race also saw OWLS field just two athletes, Paul Miles and Tom Bell. Paul, who has struggled to get consistency in his training this winter managed to come an impressive 66th, whilst Tom who has arguably only been training properly for 4 weeks in the run up to this race, finished a respectable 203rd.

Full results can be found HERE.

Birmingham League Report: Coventry

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Mahon) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:33:30 +0000

Following up from last weekend's county XC victory, there was another strong showing by the Owls in the third Birmingham League fixture of the season. Josh Norman recovered from a below par run last weekend, and was first scorer at Coundon Park on Saturday, coming in 18th. He was followed home by Paul Miles in 26th and Danny Hallam in 42nd. Tom Meakin but in a solid performance to finish 58th; the team was completed by Tom Bell (91st), Tom Liney (219th) and Mick McSharry (234th). Meanwhile in Nottingham, Chris Hooper finished 132nd over a challenging 10.8km course at Wollaton Park in the North Midlands XC League. Well done everybody!

Further congratulations go to Paul Richardson, who after convincingly claiming the Leicestershire & Rutland Cross Country Title last Saturday, has been to selected to represent the Midlands at the Antrim International in Northern Ireland next weekend.

First counter on England debut

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Mahon) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:05:08 +0000

Owls Paul Richardson placed 3rd at the Home Countries International 10km in Cardiff. Burundi's Jean Ndayisenga led the field home in 29.12, infront of local Cardiff boy Mike Johnson in 29.50, with Paul just outside 30 minutes, recording 30.03. Congrats Paul!

Champions for 23 years

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Bell) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:20:05 +0000

Last weekend saw the annual Leicestershire and Rutland County XC Championship race, where OWLS were hoping to extend their dominance of the Senior mens team title to a massive 23 undefeated years. In case you haven't guessed from the title of this post, they achieved this feat, and are still on course for reaching an unprecedented 25 years of team title wins.

The winning team from OWLS consisted of Paul Richardson, who also won the senior race, Josh Norman (5th), Danny Hallam (7th), Tom Meakin (10th) and Paul Miles (12th). Paddy Radley had a strong performance finishing 13th but did not make it into the counting five.

Well done to all the other OWLS runners that ran this weekend. Full results will be posted here once they are made available.

Fixture List Updated

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Bell) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:54:46 +0000

Fixture list has been updated. Go check it out.

If anything is missing or incorrect, let me know - admin[at]owlsac.org.uk

Running Routes - Update!

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Bell) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:35:44 +0000

Good news! A map of each running route has been added so no excuses for getting lost!

Check them out in the Running Routes section of the forum.

Also, some times have started coming in so check the rankings there to see where you place.

Owls take victory in Livingston Relays and first track and field league!

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Mahon) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:18:43 +0000

Round up of recent results:

24/04/2011 - Owls 'A' team comprising of Tom Mahon, Josh Norman, Paul Richardson and Paul Miles stormed to victory at the Livingston Relays. After moving from its traditional home around Loughborough University campus, the relays were held at Braunstone Park, with Paul Richardson setting the fastest time of 14.13 for the 3 mile course. The winning time of 59.25 was nearly 4 mintues ahead of the next team, Coritainian Vets. The Owls U20M also won their event with a time of 67.21, and the Owls B team was 10th in 71.00.

07/05/2011 - Strong preformances across the board ensured Owls were victorious in the first fixture of the Midland League, beating clubs such as Notts, Nuneaton and most notably, Leicester Coritianians. A number of top individual performances from both Owls men and women contributed to the victory, and this ensures Owls top the league, putting them in pole position to get promoted, with 3 fixtures to come.

Midland 12 Stage: Owls take 8th place

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Mahon) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:16:58 +0000

Owls finished a solid 8^th in the Midland 12 Stage relays at Sutton Park on Saturday 19^th March, to place as Leicestershire’s top Men’s team. Running as high as 5^th at one stage, despite having some athletes missing through injury, and despite some athletes competiting at the English Schools Cross Country Championships on the same day, the lads acquitted themselves well. Paul Richardson (26:28) ran the joint 4^th fastest long leg of the day, with Tom Mahon (28:05) and Paul Miles (28:16) recording 23^rd and 26^th fastest legs respectively. Our fastest short legs went to university students Tom Bell, Danny Hallam and Lewis Smart, who all sneaked inside the top 50 short legs of the day.

23 Year Winning Streak is Extended

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Bell) — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:44:01 +0000

UPDATE: Full results can be found here.

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Our Senior Mens team added another year to the tally today, making it 24 consecutive years that we have been County Champions. The team comprised of Paul Miles, Josh Norman, Tom Meakin, Tom Bell and Jake Boat, narrowly beat Charnwood AC by a margin of 5 points.

Well done guys!

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In some more sad news, one of the leading figures in athletics in Leicestershire, Ted Toft, passed away last week. He will be greatly missed by everyone. More tributes can be found on the LRAA website, along with more information.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

owls@owlsac.org.uk (Tom Mahon) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:39:34 +0000

Best wishes to all visitors to the site, and thank you for your support in what was another successful year for the club! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

REMINDER - 2011 Membership fees are due next week on 1st January. Please pay them promptly!