Woodstock Harriers' Bryan Vaughan was the toast of Oxfordshire as he turned in an excellent display to claim the men's Vet 50 title at Sunday's Flora London Marathon.

Vaughan was in inspired form as he clocked a superb time of 2.39.42, finishing an astonishing 206th overall out of 30,000 finishers.

The west Oxfordshire runner set a steady pace, reaching the half-way point in 1.17.33 in wet and windy conditions not well suited for fast times.

His split time for the first 10km was an impressive 36.09, and he didn't slacken as he jostled for position towards the front of the field.

He managed to hold off a stern challenge for age group honours from City of Portsmouth's Godfrey Rhimes to secure the title.

Woodstock had a tremendous day, with six of their team finishing in the top 600 - an outstanding achievement for the club.

Their senior men were led home by Dominic Croft, who stormed to the best finish of the day for Oxfordshire runners, crossing the line in 101st in 2.33.19.

Greg Dell (V40) finished 251st in 2.42.28, and Simon Lund 374th in 2.46.40.

Vet 40 runner Jerry Greeves was another Woodstock runner to produce a great finish, crossing the line in 439th in 2.48.23 and Richard Beaumont was 521st in 2.50.24.

Headington Roadrunners' Andrew James was also in top form, finishing 164th in 2.37.23.

Elsewhere, there were notable performances for White Horse Harrier Jason Cooke, who finished a creditable 843rd in a time of 2.56.26.

Witney Roadrunner Lazloe Boden was another to clock a sub three-hour time, finishing just outside the first 1,000 runners in 2.58.29.

Alchester's Jenny Pyper continued her recent run of excellent form with an outstanding performance, as she smashed her personal best by a massive 18 minutes.

A steady start in the less than favourable conditions helped her across the line in 3.19.20.

Steve Howard used his experience of the London course to good effect to clock a new best of 3.27.39. LOCAL CLUB RESULTS Abingdon: 3267 P Griffiths (V40) 3.21.47, 8736 D Walker 3.51.10, 16096 A Wright 4.20.11, 16430 H Rutter (LV40) 4.22.02, 21378 K Polley (V50) 4.42.54, 25861 D Roberts (V40) 5.07.41.

Alchester: 2956 J Pyper 3.19.20pb, 4128 S Howard (V45) 3.27.39, 10076 H Howard (LV45) 3.56.12, 10105 T Christie (SL) 3.56.16, 16707 S Mayes (V45) 4.23.04, 17537 N Lambert (V60) 4.26.23, 19623 K Varney (V50) 4.34.48, 23127 I Scarrott 4.51.14.

Banbury H: 1587 S Pritchard 3.05.56, 16549 P Brain 4.22.25, 25208 A Olubaji (V40) 5.02.47.

Cherwell: 2227 G Tucker (V45) 3.12.26, 3285 A Sleight (V45) 3.21.59, 7049 S Perkin 3.44.07, A Thomas (V45) 3.47.53, 10798 N Thomas (Cherwell) 3.58.31, 15801 C Burton (LV40) 4.19.33, 20824 H Shaw (SL) 4.40.19.

Eynsham RR: 1225 A Grove (V40) 3.00.58, 4033 M Gascoigne 3.27.12, 4514 T Whitlock (V45) 3.29.45, 5983 B Breaker 3.38.21, 8134 A Creasey (V55) 3.48.43pb, D Creasey (Eynsham RR) 3.51.50, 9679 J Larbaleister 4.06.00, 9687 M Ryan (SL) 4.06.07, 13507 K Kavanagh (V50) 4.09.52, 15825 M Glanville (V50) 4.19.40, 16363 S Stalker (LV40) 4.21.50, 22047 J Kavanagh (LV45) 4.45.52, 24041 E Gascoigne 4.56.08, 29261 T Siret (LV40) 5.42.33.

Headington RR: 164 A James 2.37.23, 1113 G Bird (V40) 2.59.29, 1417 C Nellins (V50) 3.03.46, 1976 D Burton 3.09.52, 2013 H Nickau (V40) 3.10.17, 2069 I Osborne 3.10.51, 2742 A Pike 3.17.07, 5158 R Skilbeck 3.33.32, 5644 M Davies (V50) 3.36.24, 6216 N Meston (LV35) 3.39.41, 6636 Fischer (LV40) 3.42.11, 6739 M Allen (V40) 3.42.40, 8079 P Grant 3.48.33, 10618 P Dowling 3.58.02, 11067 S Chumber 3.59.27, 14822 S Alexander 4.15.31, 15102 C Slator (V40) 4.16.37, 19278 M Stone (V50) 4.33.19, 20831 V McKay (SL) 4.40.21, 20835 H McKay 4.40.21, 26222 M O'Sullivan (LV55) 5.10.33.

Hook Norton: 9043 J Critchfield (V40) 3.52.22, 11797 D Hailey (LV50) 4.02.34, 14407 G Pike 4.13.46, 19986 D Buttle (LV40) 4.36.34, 21998 A Ipstone (V60) 4.45.38.

Kidlington: 12937 R Treadwell 4.07.33, 13322 T Langrish (V50) 4.09.10.

Oxford C: 3474 P Grimsdale (V45) 3.23.28, 4738 P Kimber (V55) 3.30.58, 8463 P Hedges 3.50.05, 18056 C O'Keefe (SL) 4.28.25.

Radley: 1544 J Dering (LV35) 3.05.21, 13354 S Douglas (LV45) 4.09.16, 16904 A Benfield 4.23.53.

Witney RR: 1005 L Boden (V40) 2.58.29, 1323 A Morrison 3.02.22, 1423 F Tracey 3.03.49, 2038 P Ainslie (V40) 3.10.28, 2049 K Chard 3.10.41, 2496 P Bowden (V40) 3.14.37, 2955 M Phillips (V40) 3.19.10, 7688 P Thomas (V50) 3.46.58, 10822 P Timms (V40) 3.58.37, 13648 P Burborough (V45) 4.10.27, 16213 D Merriman 4.21.19, 20012 S Haggett 4.36.40, 20895 G Burcombe 4.40.40, 25221 M A El-Sharkawy (V50) 5.02.52, 26662 G Ketenci (Witney RR) 5.13.58.

White Horse H: 843 J Cooke 2.56.26, 4405 R Knopp (LV35) 3.29.07, 7707 T Gashe (V55) 3.47.01, 9854 J Smeddle (V40) 3.55.27, 13459 E Bronneberg (LV35) 4.09.41, 14127 M Goldie (SL) 4.12.34, 15490 S Wycocki-Jones 4.18.18, 16242 J Crook (LV45) 4.21.24, 18183 V Pocock (V65) 4.28.54, 21550 C Driver (LV45) 4.43.41.

Woodstock H: 101 D Croft 2.33.19, 206 B Vaughan (1st V50) 2.39.42, 251 G Dell (V40) 2.42.28, 374 S Lund 2.46.40, 439 J Greeves (V40) 2.48.23, 521 R Beaumont 2.50.24, 2325 M Townsend (V40) 3.13.17, 4051 H Warren (V40) 3.27.18, 5066 J Christopher (V45) 3.33.00, 8567 S Caswell (V50) 3.50.28, 14787 I Stockford (V50) 4.15.22.