PAUL Fernandez continued his fine run of form to win the Woodstock 12-mile race at Blenheim Palace.
The Abingdon AC runner saw off David Bruce, of Oxford City, and James Bolton, of Woodstock Harriers, to win in 1hr 7mins 13secs.
He was 1min 10secs ahead of Bruce at the finish line.
Alchester AC’s Jennifer McBain was the first woman home in 15th, edging clubmate Sarah Rendell who came home in 19th place.
Denise Bridges, of Woodstock Harriers (LV45), Oxford City’s Roy Treadwell (V60), Eynsham’s Kate Williamson (LV65) and Alchester duo Robert Kerr (V50) and Nigel Lambert (V70) won their respective age categories.
TIM Stephens moved up to 12th in the Under 20 British decathlon rankings after finishing seventh at the English Schools’ Combined Events & Race Walking Championships in Bedford.
The Oxford City athlete, who was competing in only his second decathlon, scored 6,173 points, setting nine personal bests.
CLARE Norrish was the first lady at the Henley Trail Half Marathon.
White Horse Harrier Norrish broke the 90-minute barrier as she came third overall in 1hr 27mins 50secs.
IN the Rutherford Appleton 10k, Abingdon duo Chris Sharpe and Adrian Francis came fourth and seventh, while clubmate Clare Humphreys was the second woman to finish in 15th overall.
ABINGDON’S Owen Stepney finished his track season with a win over the mile at the Vale of Aylesbury open meeting, with a pb of 4.31.8.
Further afield, Angela Milliken-Tull, also Abingdon, completed the Loch Ness Marathon in under four hours.
KIDLINGTON RC's Lucy Tapper Howe and Lucy Tarrant completed the third and final challenge of the Spartan South Beast UK series.
After completing the Sprint (five miles) and Super (nine miles) events earlier this year, they earned the Trifectas by competing in the 23k at Ashburnham Place in Sussex.
The obstacle course consisted of trail running, wall climbing and lake swimming.
RESULTS
WOODSTOCK 12
Abingdon AC: 1 P Fernandez (V40) 1.07.13, 12 M Ineson (V40) 1.18.43, 54 A Blaney (LV35) 1.35.24.
Headington RR: 13 L Faulkner 1.19.03, 14 N Blunden 1.19.46, 22 M Charlton 1.25.34, 35 B Ferry (LV35) 1.30.38, 39 K Daniels (SL) 1.31.29, 47 K Byrne (V60) 1.34.04, 51 P Lister (V60) 1.34.32, 53 J Bruce (SL) 1.35.18, 60 C Slator (V50) 1.37.06.
White Horse Harriers: 5 P Jegou (V40) 1.14.29, 84 R Bennett (LV35) 1.52.45, 85 S Bedford (LV45) 1.52.52, 86 I Lambourn (V50) 1.52.54, 88 R Colliass (LV45) 1.54.25.
WINDSOR HALF MARATHON
Headington RR: 786 G Burke (V45) 1.52.49.
CHELTENHAM HALF MARATHON
Headington RR: 62 J Spering 1.24.30, 774 P Bensusan 1.46.43.
LOCH NESS MARATHON
Abingdon AC: 646 A Milliken-Tull (LV40) 3.53.35.
Headington RR: 1184 U Neale (V40) 4.19.49.
VALE OF AYLESBURY OPEN
Abingdon AC – 1 mile: 1 O Stepney (U23) 4.31.8pb, 5 S Lackman (SW) 5.26.5.
HENLEY TRAIL HALF MARATHON
White Horse Harriers: 3 C Norrish (1st lady) 1.27.50.
SOLENT HALF
Abingdon AC: 254 M Seager (V50) 1.57.57, 307 L Herbert (SW) 2.12.53.
ROBIN HOOD HALF, NOTTINGHAM
Abingdon AC: 1003 T Clarke (V45) 1.29.36pb.
RUTHERFORD APPLETON 10K
Abingdon AC: 4 C Sharpe (V40) 42.10.65pb, 7 A Francis (V40) 43.05.62, 15 C Humphreys (SW) 44.30.47, 30 D Morgan (V40) 47.44.11, 36 J Pennington (LV40) 49.11.90.
RUTHERFORD APPLETON 5K
Abingdon AC: 4 K Francis (U16B) 20.09.55, 15 C Morgan (U16B) 23.55.45.
RUTHERFORD APPLETON 1.5K FUN RUN
Abingdon AC: 1 M Francis.
WINDSOR HALF MARATHON
White Horse H: 2,375 H Smyth 2.14.42.
RARE 10K
White Horse Harriers: 23 I Rees (V50) 45.53.
BERLIN MARATHON
White Horse Harriers: 3258 J McCabe (LV45) 4.08.53.
ABINGDON PARKRUN
Abingdon AC: 2 P Keating 17.58pb, 4 M Lewy (V50) 19.06, 6 C MacLennan (V45) 19.26, 11 N Hamilton (V55) 20.33, 12 D Richards (V55) 20.37pb, 14 J Oliver (V60) 21.24, 16 M Shepley (V50) 21.30, 23 M Wilson (V55) 22.16, 30 J Wigmore (V60) 22.54, 32 G Fernandez (JM11-14) 22.59, 33 C Halfhead (JW11-14) 23.00pb, 66 A Francis (SW) 24.57pb, 82 M O’Neill 25.31, 84 G Halfhead (JW11-14) 25.37, 92 S Walters (LV55) 26.18, 94 S Trickey (SW) 26.20, 103 A Newton (JM10) 26.46, 104 J Newton (V40) 26.48, 112 K Pulford (LV60) 27.12, 113 H Bower (LV35) 27.16, 115 P Wilson (LV55) 27.27, 118 D Hunter (V50) 27.32, 119 A Dawkins (V60) 27.32, 142 A Moger (LV55) 29.20, 144 S Pomeroy (V50) 29.22, 154 N-J Steinke (LV35) 30.06, 161 C Hutchings (SW) 30.52, 186 J Worth (LV40) 32.28, 203 B Kirk (LV40) 33.58, 204 L Astbury (LV45) 34.02, 220 K Walters (LV45) 36.06, 229 C Stavers (LV40) 38.34, 236 T Francis (V55) 40.49.
DIDCOT PARKRUN
Didcot Runners: 6 R Sharp (V45) 20.14, 9 M Allen (V50) 20.28, 23 A Wakatsuki (LV35) 23.09, 37 M Seaden (V45) 25.17.
Abingdon AC: 8 E Lawton (JM11-14) 20.27, 16 S Lawton (JM10) 21.37pb.
OXFORD PARKRUN
Abingdon AC: 150 H Smith (LV35) 30.21.
HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN
Abingdon AC: 5 C Walters (V50) 20.20pb.
COLWICK PARKRUN, NOTTINGHAM
Abingdon AC: 9 T Clarke (V45) 20.23pb.
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