Radley speedster Ben Owen grabbed a senior men's sprint double at a hot and humid Horspath Road.

With weather conditions a far cry from a year ago, when several events had to be abandoned due to torrential rain and high winds, Owen continued his excellent start to the season with notable victories in both the 100 and 200m.

He clocked 11 seconds dead to win the 100m, before following up with a time of 22.0 in the 200m.

Elsewhere in the senior men's competition, Tom Penfold, running for Birchfield Harriers, easily won the 1500m, leading from start to finish to record a championship record of 3mins 53secs.

And he wrapped up a middle-distance double with victory in the 800m, although he was chased to the line in an exciting finish by Oxford University's Richard Hildick-Smith.

Tara Kafke (Radley) blitzed her way to a championship record as she was crowned county champion in the under 20 women's 100m.

Kafke clocked 12.1 secs to take the gold medal, before adding 400m gold in a time of 58.8.

Witney's Claire Butler won the 200m in 25.8.

Elsewhere, there was a double win for another Radley's Sophie Tyers, who took the 800 and 1500m.

Oxford City's Emma Sutton set a championship record as she won the hammer with a throw of 40.62m, while other double wins came from City's Hayley Luke (100m hurdles and high jump) and Banbury's Hannah Bryan (shot and javelin).

The senior women's competition was dominated by Oxford University.
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There were four non-University wins, with Rebecca Bolton (Oxford City) landing the 800m title.

County Championships timetable attached

As you may be aware the Squad Day planned for Sunday 6th April was cancelled due to the snow. The Squad Day has now been rescheduled for Sunday 27th April and will take place at Tilsley Park Athletics Track and follow the format that was originally planned. The morning session from 9.30am - 1pm will focus on U/13 and U/15 athletes and the afternoon session 12.15pm - 3.30pm will focus on U/17 and U/20's.

Steve Kimber and Hatti Dean (pictured) produced impressive displays as Oxfordshire's men's and women's teams finished in creditable positions at the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championship at Nottingham's Wollaton Park.
In the men's event, Oxfordshire's athletes battled hard to finish 16th out of 30 teams, while the women's team were 17th out of 27.
Kimber clocked 39mins 54secs on the 12km course in the men's race, which brought him home in 57th place in a large field.
And Dean, who still represents Oxfordshire despite running for Hallamshire Harriers, clocked 28.53 in the 8km women's race, finishing 13th.
Elsewhere, Melissa Hawtin (Oxford City) led home her teammates in the under 15 girls' competition, finishing 13th in the 4km race in a time of 15.32.

Please find attached rules and entry forms for the above competition.

Please find below entry forms for this years County Track & Field Championships. Please read instructions before entering.

Updated 2nd March Attached below is the Final U20 and below teams for the Inter Counties X/C at Nottingham March 15th.
If you have not already confirmed your availability can you do so please? Also your means of transport Coach or Car?
Please contact Paul Kelsey. We are still awaiting confirmation in the U17/U20W age group. Latest timetable now added.