Practice resumes at Botley Road Park (just behind the West Oxford Community Centre, 200yds past the Railway Station heading out of town) with players expected to be there by 11:45am ready for a Noon start. Remember to bring water to drink, footwear suitable for running on grass, and full kit (if you have your own, otherwise team kit will be available on a first come, first serve basis). We should be finishing around 3:30pm.
If you are unable to make practice you should always let Coach Marshall know in advance (ideally, more than 24 hours warning would be appreciated) so we can plan sessions effectively.
The Oxford Lancers travelled to South-west London on Sunday 12th February 2012 to hold a controlled scrimmage against another associate team, the Kingston University Cougars. In our first ever external training event since re-establishing the Football club at Oxford, we put on a spirited and determined performance in taking on a more experienced team twice our size, and came away feeling jubilant after a "winning" result in the game portion of the day. Read more about this here in the article submitted to the Cherwell newspaper last week...
more »There are many ways to help make this club successful, and one key way would be to volunteer as a Coaching Assistant. Our growing squads (11v11 Contact, 6v6 Contact, 5v5 Flag/non-contact, Womens' 6v6 Team) have need of enthusiastic extra coaching support to help run drills, provide feedback and encouragement on player techniques and performance, film and review training, and help with the smooth running of the team throughout practices and games.
You can also take that next step to become a qualified Coach through helping the Lancers! Working with Sports Coach UK and the British American Football Coaching Association, nationally recognised training and certified courses are available and we will help support and encouragement you to develop your coaching and player management skills; boost your confidence in dealing with small to large groups; learn how to develop talent in others (and in yourself) and gain valuable experience to put on your C.V.
Contact headcoach@ouafc.net for more information, or come down to a practice session and talk to Head Coach Marshall and see the team for yourself!
American Football in Oxford dates back to the late 1980's when the team was known as the Oxford Combined Universities Cavaliers AFC. Take a look at the start of our Alumni section where we have some history and videos of past teams...
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