Headington Roadrunner Jude Craft slashed more than a minute off clubmate Allison Hirst's 2002 women's course record as she stormed to victory in the second race of the Mota-vation series.

Jude CraftThe course at Bletchingdon was the only one in the series, organised by Kidlington Running and Athletic Club, on which Craft did not hold the record.

But she put that right by blitzing the rest of the field - beating second-placed Claire Bennett (Alchester) by almost three minutes as she crossed the line in 23mins 46secs for 17th place overall.

Witney Roadrunner Mathew Ashton once again demonstrated his superiority by leading from start to finish to win the men's race.

He cruised home almost half-a-minute ahead of Oxford City's Ben Hope, finishing in 21.36.

The 18-year-old improved by 45 seconds on last year's time and was just 12 seconds adrift of the course record.

Making huge strides with every race, it seems just a matter of time before Ashton emulates Craft's achieve- ments.

Woodstock Harriers' Bryan Vaughan, who has now turned 50, but still runs as a Vet 40 athlete, sealed his second victory in the series, while Oxford City's Dave Wheeler (Vet 50) did likewise.

In the absence of Mike Shipway due to injury, Alchester's Nigel Lambert came home first in the Vet 60 category, while Sue Ogilvie (Vet 45) gained the second win of the season in her category.

Packing into two groups, Headington achieved an excellent score in the men's team event to take a clear lead over Woodstock at the top of the table.

Headington also continue to dominate the ladies' team event, although this year other clubs have broken the one-two stranglehold, with Eynsham's consistency pushing them up into second place.

The next race in the series takes place at Combe on Thursday, July 3 (7.30).

RESULTS

(Top 20)

1 M Ashton (Witney RR) 21.36, 2 B Hope (Oxford C) 22.05, 3 S Male (Headington RR) 22.10, 4 G Harris (Headington RR) 22.21, 5 K Murphy (Headington RR) 22.33, 6 R Beaumont (Woodstock H) 22.52, 7 S Pritchard (Banbury H) 23.01, 8 B Vaughan (Woodstock H, 1st V40) 23.05, 9 J Cooke (WHH) 23.11, 10 T Lock (Witney RR) 23.25, 11 T Hunn (Woodstock H) 23.28, 12 P Vallance (Alchester) 23.33, 13 T Bradford (Hook Norton) 23.37, 14 T Dixon (Oxford C, 2nd V40) 23.40, 15 J Hutchison (Headington RR) 23.42, 16 C Dettmar (Headington RR) 23.44, 17 J Craft (Headington RR, 1st senior lady) 23.46, 18 S Overton (unattached, 3rd V40) 23.51, 19 N Baimbridge (Woodstock H) 23.59, 20 M Gainsborough (Headington RR) 24.01.

SELECTED OTHERS

26 D Wheeler (Oxford C, 1st V50) 24.19, 38 M Welland (Oxford C, 2nd V50) 25.08, 53 D Parsons (Oxford C, 3rd V50) 26.02, 65 C Bennett (Alchester, 2nd senior lady) 26.43, 69 P Jones (Headington RR, 3rd senior lady) 26.56, 84 S Ogilvie (Abingdon, 1st V45 lady) 27.42, 94 S Pitts (Witney RR, 1st V35 lady) 28.00, 122 G Armytage (WHH, 2nd V35 lady) 29.04, 125 K Shaw (Cherwell, 2nd V45 lady) 29.16, 136 S Mead (Abingdon, 3rd V35 lady) 29.52, 141 N Lambert (Alchester, 1st V60) 30.27, 146 G Hueter (Oxford C, 3rd V45 lady) 30.36, 157 A Upstone (Hook Norton, 2nd V60) 31.21, 173 B Middleton (Eynsham RR, 3rd V60) 32.37.

OTHER CLUB RESULTS

Witney RR: 63 P Bowden 26.33, 67 G LeGood 26.52, 81 M Phillips 27.37, 92 G Petts 27.57, 95 F Tracey 28.03, 111 K Chard 28.39, 119 J McCormac 29.01, 145 I Buley 30.34, 164 A Adkins 32.05, 174 R Sandell 32.40, 176 S LeGood 32.42, 199 J Abrams 34.23, 205 D Roberts 34.49, 215 K Marshall 36.20, 239 I Fowler 40.20.

Alchester: J Percival 25.12, S Howard 28.16, D Basham 29.56, P Chivers 30.46, N Cherry 31.08, H Howard 32.51.

TEAM RESULTS

Men (top ten): 1 Headington RR 62pts, 2 Woodstock H A 112, 3 Oxford C A 177, 4 Witney RR A 195, 5 Headington RR B 233, 6 Eynsham RR A 260, 7 Banbury H 315, 8 Cherwell RR A 320, 9 Woodstock H B 403, 10 Headington RR C 470.

Women (top ten): 1 Headington RR A 15pts, 2 Headington RR B 47, 3 Eynsham RR A 49, 4 Cherwell RR A 60, 5 Abingdon 63, 6 Witney RR 69, 7 White Horse 81, 8 Woodstock H 87, 9= Eynsham RR B, Banbury H 95.

SERIES POSITIONS

Senior men: 1 M Ashton 2pts, 2 G Harris 7, 3 K Murphy 7, 4 S Pritchard 13.

Vet 40 men: 1 B Vaughan 2pts, 2 T Dixon 5, 3 M Hill 13, 4 N Baker 17.

Vet 50 men: 1 D Wheeler 2pts, 2 M Welland 4, 3 D Parsons 6, 4 G LeGood 8.

Vet 60 men: 1 N Lambert 3pts, 2 A Upstone 6, 3 B Middleton 8, 4 J Tipping 10.

Senior women: 1 J Craft 2pts, 2 C Bennett 5, 3 L Smith 8, 4 M Ryan 10.

Vet 35 women: 1 S Pitts 3pts, 2 Fischer 7, 3 S Kerswell 11, 4 J Pinnock 12.

Vet 45 women: 1 S Ogilvie 2pts, 2= G Hueter 5, 2= K Shaw 5, 4 K Williamson 10.

TEAM STANDINGS

(After 2 rounds)

Men: 1 Headington RR A 133pts, 2 Woodstock H A 170, 3 Oxford C 412, 4 Headington RR B 420, 5 Witney RR A 425, 6 Cherwell A 572.

Women: 1 Headington RR A 31pts, 2 Eynsham RR A 91, 3 Witney RR 94, 4 Cherwell A 126, 5 Headington RR B 133, 6 Banbury 150.