Cross Country      :   StartFit Met League Match 3 : Saturday 5th December 2015
Race Venue          :     Wormwood Scrubs, West London (Artillery Lane, off Du Cane Road, W12 0HS)
Headquarters       :     Thames Valley Harriers Club House
Parking                  :     Free-in hospital car park, Artillery Lane, off Du Cane Road
Public Transport  :    East Acton Tube Station, Buses to Hammersmith Hospital(7, 70, 72, 272, 283)
Registration          :     Thames Valley Harriers Club House
                                Clothing                 :     bring spikes with 12mm and 15mm spikes (decide on the day most suitable to wear)
                                                               :     you must wear a competition club vest (available on Saturday if you do not have one £12.50)
                                :     please bring the numbers that you wore last time
Arrive                    :     at least between an hour and an hour and a half before your race starts
Changing               :     at Thames Valley Harriers
Start times and distances
                         1.00pm                              U11 boys and girls               1500m 
                         1.15pm                              U13 boys                               3000m 
                         1.17pm                              U13 girls                                3000m
                         Not before 1.35pm          U15 U17 boys                      4000m 
                         Not before 1.37pm          U15 U17 girls                       4000m 
                         Not before 1.55pm          Sen/ vet women                  6000m
                         Not before 2.35pm          Sen / vet men                      8000m
 
Sportshall: U13 U15 County Championships
These take place on Sunday 17th January 2016 at TVAC.
Team sign-up sheets will be posted at TVAC on each of the remaining Saturdays of this term after which we will be selecting the teams.
If you wish to compete in these championships please ensure you sign up no later than Saturday 12th December - our last training day of the term.
 

TVAC Christmas Fair
TVAC is holding a Christmas fair in the Club Room (upstairs) from 10am - 1pm on Saturday 5th December. There will be stalls selling jewellery, candles and some clothing as well as other Christmas goodies.
Tea, coffee and cakes will also be available from which proceeds are going to MacMillan Cancer Support – no one should face cancer alone so please if you have the time and opportunity please take it to visit and support.
 
 
Cross Country : Berkshire County Championships 9th January 2016
The Berkshire County Cross Country Championships take place on Saturday 9th January at Upton Park, Slough.
If you want to enter you have to do so on-line - no paper / postal entries (Berks AA new policy for ALL championships going forward as it saves both time and money).
You can access the entry form via the Berks AA website, scroll down the home page (don’t go via the Cross country tab) and you will see the link.
 
 
 

Parent Rota (not for Mini Ones members) and Membership Payment forms for the Spring term, starting on 9th January and running through until 19th March 2016, are now available.
We request these are returned no later than Saturday 28th November.
All forms MUST be returned in HARD copy not electronically  - if you are unable to return in person please post to TVAC, Pocock’s Lane, Eton, Berkshire SL6 9HN marked for the attention of Conrad Rowland Chairman Slough Junior AC.
We will issue the Parent Rota for next term in the first week of December. It will reflect the sessions missed by some parents this term. We ask that you read carefully our request for how you complete the form.

Parent Rota Availability Spring 2016_

Term Fees Spring 2016 Payment Form

The second round of the Berkshire Sportshall League takes place on Sunday 22nd November at TVAC.
It promises to be another very challenging match - as an integral part of the 3 match series of fantastic league matches this year with strong competition across all age groups from throughout the county. This match has some very tough events as it features some of the longer distance individual lap races as well as the Paarlauf.
In the spirit of encouraging all of our young athletes to participate we have entered teams that allow everyone who said they are available to compete to  represent the club on the day and we are delighted that some of those who come along to the satellite session on Wednesday after school will also be joining the team.

• Arrive at TVAC : 11:45 - 12:00 for registration - your number and event details will be given to you then; late arrivals may find themselves left out of a team
• Match Starts : 13:00
• Match Ends : 16:30 (approximate and subject to change! We ask that you stay throughout the afternoon to give support to everyone on the team, to respect the other teams and to hear the results at the end of the afternoon)
• Kit : you MUST wear your blue club training t-shirt when competing. Please bring safety pins.
• Unavailable : if you are now unavailable or you fall ill you MUST let us know IMMEDIATELY as this affects YOUR team and the entire AGE GROUP team selection for ALL events. Please contact Boysteam@sjac.uk.com

Athletes for teams selection :
U11 Girls
                   :  Aimee Munt                         :  Chanel Lovelock                  :  Chinenye Enekwa
                   :  Daisie Lange                         :  Daisy Lambert                      :  Daria Galica
                   :  Eden Hill                                :  Eva Barnett                           :  Grace Ritchie
                   :  Katie Beadle                         :  Leah Miles                            :  Lexi Gill
                   :  Maisey Regan                       :  Nikita Mann                          :  Riley Hopley
                   :  Rosie Cooper                       :  Tiana Selli
U11 Boys
                   :  Alexander Pennycooke     :  Andrew Arraiol                    :  Arjun Gupta              
                   :  Cardell Fleming                    :  Dahanie Edwards                 :  Freddie Fenton        
                   :  George Staveley                  :  Hissan Omar                         :  Isaac Peach
                   :  James Dhanraj                      :  Jaydon Goldsworthy           :  Matthew Smith
                   :  Niall Rapecki                         :  Philip Oladunjoye                :  Sammy Hutton
                   :  Thomas Day                          :  Timmy Odutoye                   :  Trey Bennett
                   :  Zain Hussain
U13 Girls
                   :  Erin Kenny                            :  Hana Selli                              :  Hope Dandjinou
                   :  Katie Hale                             :  Lucy Gryce                           :  Maisie Day 
                   :  Jennifer Agyekum               : Natasha Goldsworthy          :  Rosie Howard
U13 Boys
                   :  Akeem Willis                        :  Andrej Naveira                    :  Charlie Broadway     
                   :  Connor Rapecki                   :  Danny Previllon                   :  Dominic Ineson        
                   :  Elijah Oladunjoye                :  Feranmi Sanni                      :  Finn O’Shea               
                   :  James Radford                     :  Joel Boden                            :  Joshua Patteson
                   :  Kyle Ferguson                      :  Lucas Rivera                         :  Matthew Hale
                   :  Max Brech                            :  Ross McGarvie                     :  Scott Lange
                   :  Vinnie Mann                        
U15 Girls
                   :  Angela Rivera                       :  Autumn Dodge                    :  Buffy S-Elliott
                   :  Emily Best                             :  Hannah Monaighan             :  Kaya Blair
                   :  Nadia A-Adekeye
U15 Boys
                   :  David Dhanraj                      :  Harrison Thorne                  :  Jake Brech
                   :  John Oladunjoye                 :  Klaus Mata                            :  Lucas Boyt 
                   :  Mike Day                              
                  
Teams are selected based upon performances this term and specifically for the events included in the timetable for this match. Teams will be announced on the day.

​Excitement is mounting as we approach our second cross country race of the year.
 
Race Venue       :     South Side Fairway Valley, Stevenage
Parking                :     Sailing Centre - Fairlands Valley Park, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts SG2 0BL
                                      This is about 5 mins walking distance away from the start line.
                               There is another car park off Shephall View, a one-way street accessed from Colestrete -  a short walk across the park to the HQ/Start. Stevenage Borough FC are playing at home and therefore the car park at the south end of the Park will be busy. 
You must park in the designated car parks and must certainly not park on the access roads, footpaths or verges within the Park.
If you cannot find a parking place in the Park, there is adequate on-street parking in the surrounding roads. Please do not block drives or otherwise inconvenience residents.
Train                     :     Stevenage Main line station (1.75 miles from the start)
Registration     :     adjacent to the start finish line
                                Clothing              :     bring spikes with 12mm and 15mm spikes (decide on the day most suitable to wear)
                                                               :     you must wear a competition club vest (available on Saturday if you do not have one £12.50)
                                :     please bring the numbers that you wore last time
Arrive                   :     at least between an hour and an hour and a half before your race starts
Changing             :     changing rooms and showers in the Sailing Club (closes 4.30pm)
 
Start times and distances
                         1.00pm                             U11 boys and girls           1600m 
                         1.15pm                             U13 boys                             3200m 
                         1.20pm                             U13 girls                              3200m
                         Not before 1.35pm     U15 U17 boys                    4000m 
                         Not before 1.40pm     U15 U17 girls                     4000m 
 
The course itself is a start and finish on a grass field, remainder undulating parkland course suitable for spikes.
 
There are refreshments available on the day and you are welcome to use the café at the Sailing Centre to buy drinks and refreshments. The organisers however have said “You are not welcome to sit in the café for ages without purchasing anything and/or eating your own food. Please be considerate to the management and potential customers”.
We suggest you bring refreshments with you such as a water bottle and food!