STEVE Male recorded his second consecutive victory in the Kidlington-hosted Mota-vation Series at Bletchingdon with a comprehensive display.

The Oxford City runner made light of the blustery conditions to cross the line just 17 seconds off the course record in 21mins 41secs.

Headington's Gary Harris had led off from the start, and stayed in front until the pair reached the mile mark in Kirtlington.

But then Male took control, and powered away at the Enslow turn just short of the three-mile mark, with Harris finishing 26 seconds adrift in 22.07.

Chris Riley, running for the Bedford & County Club, finished third in 22.26. Headington's Chris Dettmar was fourth, while Abingdon's Phil Egerton was fifth.

In the ladies' race, Headington's Allison Hirst, competing in her first race of the series, saw off Alchester's Claire Bennett by 45 seconds to take victory.

There was an excellent 22nd place for 15-year-old John Ewbank (Woodstock Harriers) - the highest place by a junior since Mathew Ashton first appeared on the scene

The return of John Exley helped Oxford City to a narrow team victory, although Woodstock still have a substantial lead in the series.

Headington, boosted by Hirst', continue to dominate the women's team event.

The next race will be at Combe on July 7 (7.30pm). OVERALL RESULTS

Men: 1 S Male (Oxford C, V40) 21.41, 2 G Harris (Headington RR) 22.07, 3 C Riley (Bedford & County) 22.26, 4 C Dettmar (Headington RR) 22.48, 5 P Egerton (Abingdon) 22.53, 6 T Hunn (Woodstock H) 22.55, 7 D Merckel (unattached) 23.05, 8 T Lock (Witney RR) 23.13, 9 J Atyeo (Witney RR) 23.15, 10 B Vaughan (Woodstock H, V50) 23.18, 11 S Overton (unattached, V40) 23.20, 12 D Burton (Headington RR) 23.21, 13 J Cook (White Horse H) 23.23, 14 B King (unattached) 23.24, 15 B Green (Oxford C, V40) 23.34, 16 C Tucker (Cherwell) 23.45, 17 P Fernandez (Abingdon Amblers) 23.53, 18 J Percival (Oxford C, V40) 23.58, 19 S Kimber (WSEH) 24.13, 20 J Exley (Oxford C, V50) 24.17, 21 L Boden (Witney RR, V40) 24.24, 22 J Ewbank (Woodstock H, U17) 24.30, 23 J Oliver (Abingdon Amblers, V40) 24.34, 24 L Newell (Abingdon AMblers) 24.37, 25 M Hailey (Hook Norton Harriers, V50) 24.38, 26 J Richardson (Oxford C) 24.41, 27 B O'Connor (Woodstock H) 24.45, 28 D Sheppard (Woodstock H) 25.06, 29 S Devonish (Cherwell) 25.14, 30 T Whitlock (Eynsham RR, V50) 25.15, 31 K Adams (Woodstock H) 25.16, 32 N Baker (Headington RR, V50) 25.17, A Burgess (Oxford C) 25.18, 34 A Dudhia (unattached, V40) 25.19, 35 N Riddell (Woodstock H) 25.21, 36 R Linnell (Woodstock H) 25.22, 37 A Hirst (Headington RR, LV35) 25.24, 38 J Burgess (Alchester, V50) 25.26, 39 A James (Headington RR) 25.31, 40 R Gardner (Woodstock H, V40) 25.36, 41 R Pratt (Cherwell, V40) 25.40, 42 G Clench (Alchester, V40) 25.43, 43 P Gilkes (Cherwell, V40) 25.46), 44 C Thompson (Woodstock H, V40) 25.50, 45 H Waller (unattached, V40) 25.52, 46 L Hurman (Headington RR, V50) 25.55, 47 G Coates (unattached) 25.57, 48 D Parsons (Oxford C, V50) 25.58, 49 R Parsons (Witney RR, V40) 26.00, 50 P Bowden (Witney RR, V40) 26.04.

Women: 1 A Hirst (Headington RR, LV35) 25.24, 2 C Bennett (Alchester) 26.21, 3 N Gomm (Witney RR, LV35) 26.30, 4 L Burton (Headington RR) 26.36, 5 S Whitworth (Headington RR) 26.48, 6 A Bruce (Alchester) 26.48, 7 D Moore (Headington RR) 27.33, 8 E Ridley (Witney RR) 27.54, 9 S Davies (Oxford C) 28.00, 10 S Pitts (Witney RR, LV35), 11 G Hueter (Oxford City, V45) 28.56, 12 J Bell (Headington RR, V45) 29.16, 13 S Evans (Woodstock H) 29.22, 14 M Buzzard (Banbury H, LV35) 29.36, 15 L Parry-Jones (Eynsham RR) 29.55, 17 J Parkinson (Alchester) 30.16, 18 Fischer (Headington RR, LV35) 30.36, 19 A Mills (Alchester) 30.45, 20 A Williamson-MacDougall (Hook Norton H, LV45) 30.53.

TEAM RESULTS

Senior men: Oxford City A 113pts, 2 Woodstock H A 124, 3 Headington RR A 133, 4 Witney RR A 186, 5 Abingdon Amblers A 197, 6 Woodstock H B 266, 7 Cherwell Runners A 272, 8 Alchester A 306, 9 Eynsham RR A 391, 10 Headington RR B 404.

Senior women: 1 Headington RR A 10pts, 2 Witney RR A 21, 3 Alchester A 25, 4 Headington RR B 37, 5 Woodstock H A 50, 6 Eynsham RR A 68, 7 Headington RR C 81, 8 Woodstock H B 83, 9 Oxford C A 97, 10= Witney RR B, Hook Norton Harriers A 106.

LATEST TEAM STANDINGS

Senior men: 1 Woodstock H A 193pts, 2 Oxford C A 254, 3 Headington RR A 351, 4 Witney RR A 398, 5 Abingdon Amblers A 441, 6 Woodstock H B 481, 7 Cherwell Runners A 521, 8 Alchester A 668, 9 Eynsham RR A 783, 10 Woodstock H C 837.

Senior women: 1 Headington RR A 19pts, 2 Witney RR A 39, 3 Alchester A 52, 4 Woodstock H A 96, 5 Headington RR B 111, 6 Eynsham RR A 126, 7 Headington RR C 191, 8 Abingdon Amblers A 194, 9 Oxford C A 204, 10 Eynsham RR B 216.

OTHER CLUB RESULTS

Abingdon Amblers: 61 G Richards 26.23, 73 T Greenland 26.46, 179 B Wheat 32.18, 190 P Wilson 33.01, 210 H O'Shea 34.40, 220 S Turner 35.19, 233 E WHeat 36.22, 236 N Blatchford 36.51.

Alchester: 54 G Warland 26.15, 55 D Bannon 26.18, 59 G Wilby 26.22, 67 A Hucker 26.32, 72 N Trinder 26.45, 76 A Bruce 26.48, 81 P Chivers 26.57, 99 G McCready 27.42, 101 A Whitehead 27.46, 142 S Howard 29.38, 144 N Cherry 29.43, 155 J Parkinson 30.16, 158 T Digweed 30.33, 160 D Davis 30.44, 161 A Mills 30.45, 165 D Basham 31.10, 172 N Lambert 31.37, 191 K Varney 33.03, M Sandford 33.17, 234 L Stratford 36.25, 262 P Taylor 43.05.

Headington RR: 62 J McLaughlin 26.24, 64 H Nickau (V40) 26.29, 69 L Burton (SL) 26.36, 75 S Whitworth (SL) 26.48, 77 R Skilbeck 26.49, 78 M Hirst (V40) 26.50, 95 I Smith (V40) 27.23, 96 M Davies (V50) 27.26, 98 D Moore (SL) 27.33, 107 G Hudson (V40) 28.02, 124 M Allen (V40) 28.42, 125 F Howard 28.44, 127 J Dingle 28.48, 135 J Bell (LV45) 29.16, 137 C Slator (V40) 29.21, 152 A Moore (V50) 29.54, 159 Fischer (LV35) 30.36, 162 G Taylor (V50) 30.48, 176 A Hopkins (SL) 31.55, 184 G Norris (V50) 32.45, 186 A James (LV35) 32.56, 188 H Marshall (V50) 32.58, 198 L Macaskill (LV35) 33.55, 208 C Jones (LV35) 34.34, 216 P Brame 35.03, 217 A Dawson (SL) 35.04, 219 R Logan (V50) 35.07, 221 D Evans (LV35) 35.20, 222 J Bryant (SL) 35.32, 224 A Morgan (LV35) 35.51, B De Martino (LV55) 37.39, 245 C Mitchell (SL) 37.46, 246 R Aldred (SL) 37.46, 247 F Josephs (V50) 38.25, 258 M O'Sullivan (LV55) 41.41.