Oxford City's Steve Male took the honours as the Kidlington-hosted 2005 Mota-vation road race series got under way in dry, but chilly conditions at Charlton-on-Otmoor.

A record entry of 306 runners turned out for the event, which also formed part of the Oxfordshire AA Grand Prix series, with Male, now running as a veteran, leading throughout the race.

Such was his dominance, he took a full minute off his 2004 time, finishing only 15 seconds off the course record as he trounced the three senior men who had beaten him in last year's series.

Male crossed the line for the four-mile race in 20mins 40secs, finishing 30 seconds clear of Headington Roadrunners' Gary Harris.

It was a night of veteran successes, as Nicola Gomm (Witney Roadrunners), led home the ladies' race.

She finished well clear of the Headington trio of Diane Moore, Sophie Whitworth and Carley Ekert, whose tight packing gave them an early lead in the ladies team competition.

Further good packing, with six runners home in the top 20, enabled Woodstock Harriers to open up a substantial early lead in the men's team competition.

In the other categories, Woodstock Harriers' Bryan Vaughan and Mike Shipway headed the Vet 50 and Vet 60 age groups, while Oxford City's Gwyneth Hueter and Eynsham Roadrunners' Kate Williamson won their respective divisions.

RESULTS

1 S Male (Oxford C, 1st V40) 20.40, 2 G Harris (Headington RR) 21.11, 3 P Egerton (Abingdon Amb) 21.15, 4 C Dettmar (Headington RR) 21.18, 5 C Riley (Headington RR) 21.21, 6 M Maxwell (Woodstock H) 21.26, 7 T Lock (Witney RR) 21.40, 8 D Merckel (unattached) 21.51, 9 T Hunn (Woodstock H) 21.54, 10 J Atyeo (Witney RR) 21.57, 11 N Baimbridge (Woodstock H) 21.58, 12 R Kellaway (Woodstock H, 2nd V40) 22.13, 13 L Newell (Abingdon Amb) 22.16, 14 B Vaughan (Woodstock H, 1st V50) 22.21, 15 B Green (3rd V40) 22.23, 16 N Swift (Army) 22.29, 17 R Beaumont (Woodstock H) 22.32, 18 R Bromley (Owls) 22.35, 19 J Reburn (unattached) 22.39, 20 J Cook (White Horse H) 22.44.

OTHER CATEGORY WINNERS

25 R Treadwell (Oxford C, 2nd Vet 50) 22.58, 37 M Hailey (Hook Norton, 3rd Vet 50) 23.49, 74 N Gomm (Witney RR, 1st LV35) 25.12, 89 D Moore (Headington RR, 1st SL) 25.38, 93 S Whitworth (Headington RR, 2nd SL) 25.46, 94 C Ekert (Headington RR, 3rd SL) 25.47, 108 M Shipway (Woodstock H, 1st V60) 26.28, 109 S Pitts (Witney RR, 2nd LV35) 26.30, 128 P Treviss (Oxford C, 2nd Vet 60) 27.15, 140 G Hueter (Oxford C, 1st LV45) 27.37, 152 S Kerswell (Woodstock H, 3rd LV35) 28.32, 155 P Bevis (Banbury H, 3rd Vet 60) 28.41, 157 L Faulkner (unattached, 1st U17 lady) 28.47, 173 K Williamson (Eynsham RR, 1st LV55) 29.38, 204 J Larbalestier (Eynsham RR, 2nd LV45) 31.05, 211 J Sinclair (Cherwell, 3rd LV45) 31.26, 239 P Dable (Kenilworth, 2nd LV55) 32.40, 242 H O'Shea (Abingdon Amb, 3rd LV55) 32.56, 257 A Clark (Eynsham RR, 1st U17 male) 34.05.

CLUB RESULTS

Abingdon Amblers: 21 P Fernandez 22.49, C O'Halloran (V40) 24.27, G Richards (V50) 25.09, T Greenland (V50) 25.32, A Warne (V40) 25.49, C Nikolakis (V40) 27.09, J Oliver (V40) 27.11, L Blake (LV35) 29.37, B Wheat (V50) 30.04, D Roberts (V40) 30.23, S Turner (LV35) 31.36, P Wilson (LV45) 31.51, M Richards (LV35) 32.04, H O'Shea 32.56, J Warne (LV35) 33.07, 255 E Wheat 34.02, N Blatchford (LV55) 35.11.

Alchester: G Clench 24.15, J Burgess 24.25, D Bannon 24.57, G Warland 24.58, J McBain 25.02, G Wilby 25.03, P Smithson 25.13, P Chivers 25.42, J Pyper 25.48, A Bruce 25.59, N Trinder 26.05, G McCready 26.31, A Whitehead 27.10, S Howard 27.28, A Parker 27.40, A Mills 29.02, T Digweed 29.36, L Dover 29.38, T Christie 29.47, N Lambert 29.53, W Hunter 30.28, M Sandford 30.40, C Edge 32.10, P Bursnall 33.30, L Tipper 33.35, D Styles 33.58, H Morrison 34.13, A Roberts 34.16, R Clench 40.37, K Jones 41.05.

Headington RR: 32 J Thorn 23.36, 51 N Baker 24.28, 77 C Prince 25.15, 81 A Darbyshire 25.22, 95 I Fitsakis 25.47, 111 I Smith 26.32, 120 A Jeffery 27.09, 139 T Witts 27.35, 147 C Slator 28.20, 149 K Byrne 28.26, 151 J Worth 28.30, 153 G Hudson 28.33, 159 Fischer 28.53, 162 R Newhouse 29.11, 164 F Bailey 29.13, 202 S Cowls 31.01, 203 G Norris 31.03, 205 K Kearns 31.10, 207 E Flouri 31.15, 208 K Villiers 31.19, 210 A Hopkins 31.24, 221 R Logan 32.02, 225 A James 32.07, 228 A Dawson 32.14, 234 L Macaskill 32.37, 253 D Evans 33.54, 266 J Bryant 34.21, 271 R Kemp 35.14, 276 F Josephs 36.19, 279 H Surman 37.01, 282 M O'Sullivan 38.10.

OXON AA ROAD RACE SERIES

LATEST STANDINGS

Senior men (top ten): 1 Woodstock H 70pts, 2 Witney RR 65, 3 Headington RR 60, 4 Abingdon 54, 5 Oxford C 51, 6 Alchester 50, 7 White Horse H 48, 8 Cherwell 47, 9 Banbury H 45, 10 Hook Norton 40.

Senior women (top ten): 1 Headington RR 70pts, 2 Witney RR 61, 3 Alchester 60, 4 White Horse H 59, 5 Eynsham RR 49, 6= Abingdon, Cherwell, Hook Norton 48, 9 Oxford C 44, 10 Kidlington 43.

Individual men (top ten): 1 J Atyeo (Witney RR) 374pts, 2 T Lock (Witney RR) 370, 3 P Egerton (Abingdon) 368, 4 J Cooke (White Horse H) 365, 5 R Beaumont (Woodstock H) 356, 6 L Boden (Witney RR) 342, 7 S Pritchard (Banbury H) 334, 8 K Adams (Woodstock H) 308, 9 J Burgess (Alchester) 304, 10 G Harris (Headington RR) 289.

Individual women (top ten): 1 J Pyper (Alchester) 120pts, 2 S Pitts (Witney RR) 114, 3 D Moore (Headington RR) 101, 4 Fischer (Headingon RR) 83, 5 N Gomm (Witney RR) 76, 6 S Whitworth (Headington RR) 74, 7 C Ekert (Headington RR) 73, 8 S Rees (Hook Norton) 73, 9 A Bruce (Alchester) 71, 10 T Christie (Alchester) 71.