Oxford City Athletics Club relies on volunteers across all areas including coaches, officials and general helpers. While some people volunteer because they want to learn new skills, make friends or find a route back into work, others do it purely for the pleasure of making others smile.
To offer your help, please speak to a coach/official or complete the form at the bottom of this page.
Coaching
All our coaches are volunteers and come from a wide range of backgrounds. Some are ex-athletes, some are still athletes, some are parents and others are just those who have an interest in the sport or health. We are particularly keen to expand our number of event specific coaches. Whatever your previous experience of athletics, Oxford City AC will welcome you to their coaching team. Please contact Elton Jones – Junior Section Head or Richard Hart – Club Chairman, if you are interested or complete the form below.
Full funding is available to those who wish to become a coach. The coaching pathway and course availability can be found at England Athletics – coaching
Officials
Being an Official is a great way to be involved with the action on the track and in the field, and you don’t have to have any previous experience of athletics – you learn as you go and there will be plenty of support from your officials’ team.
There are four main roles:
Field Judge – you will help make sure the jumping and throwing events go smoothly, safely and according to the rules, and work as part of a team to record the athletes’ performance.
Starter/Starter’s Assistant – you will be getting athletes ready to start their races and making sure the start is fair.
Track Judge – you will help make sure that athletes are safe and race according to the rules, and decide the results of races.
Timekeeper – you will be working with other timekeepers on all aspects of the athletes’ times, from start to finish of their races.
All officials work as part of a team, and it’s usually easy to learn the basics very quickly. Anyone can become official (16+) or assistant official (14+). For information about officiating opportunities at Oxford City AC, please contact one of the club officials’ secretaries: Marie Fleming (Junior matches), Gwyneth Hueter (Senior matches) or complete the form below.
For further information on the role of Technical Officials, see the England Athletics website.
General Help
There are a wide range of volunteering opportunities at Oxford City AC for those who do not wish to qualify as a coach or official. We need help in a number of areas, for example, administration and general help at our events, maintenance of the club grounds and clubhouse and writing reports of events as part of our public relations.
If you can use your skills to support and develop the Club, you will find that your contribution is much appreciated. We do not ask you to commit to a set number of hours and many of the roles are on an ad hoc basis. General volunteers are organised by Anett Fegyveres-Nagy, our club administrator, who contacts club members in advance of competitions via social media, Spond and email.
Current Volunteering Vacancies
| Administration | Club Chairman (filled) Club Secretary (filled) Membership Secretary (filled) Volunteers’ coordinator (filled) |
| Coaching | Coaching manager/liaison with coaching initiatives (filled) Coach development/recruitment manager (vacant) Coaches for adults – all athletic disciplines (more required) Coaches for Young Athletes – all athletic disciplines (more required) |
| Competition | Officials’ managers adults/children (filled) Track and field officials (more required especially field officials) Competition Day helpers (assistance required via sign up sheet prior to each match) Course organisers – Cross Country (assistance appreciated) Marshalls – Cross Country/Road) (assistance appreciated) Announcers (vacant) |
| Team Management | Sportshall (filled) Quadkids – U10/U12 (assistance appreciated) U14/U16 (assistance appreciated) U18 (filled) U20 (filled) Senior Women T&F (filled) Senior Men T&F (filled) Women’s Cross Country (filled) Men’s Cross Country (filled) Junior Cross Country (filled) |
| Facilities | Maintenance and repair (assistance appreciated) Track manager (assistance appreciated) Clubhouse manager (assistance appreciated) Club clothing manager (assistance appreciated) |
| Welfare | Child welfare officers (2) (filled) |
| Finance | Treasurer (filled) Sponsorship/Fund raiser (vacant) Social events promoter (vacant) |
| PR/Marketing | Newsletter editor (filled) Webmaster (filled) Report writers (assistance appreciated) Press liaison (vacant) Photographers (contributions appreciated) |
Volunteering Form