Headington Roadrunners toasted a double victory in the Hanney 5 road race, when Richard Bromley and Allison Hirst both struck gold, writes KIEREN BUSHNELL.

Bromley won a close battle with Woodstock Harriers' Simon Lund to take the men's title, crossing the line in 26mins 22secs.

Hirst took the womens title in some style, winning in 29.06 and setting a new veteran womens course record in the process.

In the men's race, Lund finished second just ahead of the leading Vet 45 runner Tim Hughes, of White Horse Harriers, and with fellow Woodstock runners Dave Ashton, Richard Beaumont, Bryan Vaughan and Tony Hunn all following close behind, the West Oxfordshire quintet comfortably took home the team prize.

Oxford City runner Gareth Jones was the leading Vet 55 runner, coming home in 19th place in a time of 28.52, while the first Vet 60 runner to finish was Newbury's Robin Morris in 60th.

Hirst won the women's race and finished in 22nd overall, followed home by Oxford City's Sue Ogilvie, who finished 48th overall just ahead of Headington's Joanne Choulerton.

With Helen Higgs close behind, it ensured Headington won the women's team race.

Elsewhere, Witney Road Runner Rosie Newell won the female Vet 55 category in a time of 41.39.

HANNEY 5 RESULTS

(Top 50)

1 R Bromley (Headington RR) 26.22, 2 S Lund (Woodstock H) 26.30, 3 T Hughes (White Horse H) (V45) 26.33, 4 D Ashton (Woodstock H) 26.39, 5 S Pritchard (Banbury H) 26.40, 6 R Beaumont (Woodstock H) 27.02, 7 B Vaughan (Woodstock H) (V45) 27.13, 8 T Hunn (Woodstock H) 27.31, 9 J Cooke (White Horse H) 27.35,10 S Hoff (Oxford City) 27.48, 11 N Baimbridge (Woodstock H) 27.53, 12 R Schofield (Oxford City) (V45) 27.57, 13 D Hartwell (SCVAC (V40) 28.08, 14 A McCoy (Cheltenham H) 28.10, 15 B King (Oxford City) 28.20, 16 D Allan (unattached) 28.29, 17 C Birch (Oxford City) 28.37, 18 R Brain (Banbury H) 28.42, 19 G Jones (Oxford City) (V55) 28.52, 20 K Read (Witney) 29.01, 21 A Grove (Eynsham) 29.02, 22 A Hirst (Headington) (F35) 29.06, 23 P Smith (Pewsey Vale) (V45) 29.26, 24 D Murfin (White Horse H) 29.33, 25 O Board (Oxford Univ) 29.36, 26 A Tilsley (Hook Norton H) 29.47, 27 J Bamber (unattached) 29.56, 28 L Newell (Abingdon Amblers) 30.00, 29 P Dimmock (Leighton Buzzard) (V50) 30.43, 30 J Smith (unattached) 30.48, 31 G Le Good (Witney) (V45) 30.49, 32 M Townsend (Woodstock H) (V40) 30.54, 33 J Hehir (Oxford City) (V40) 31.18, 34 P Treviss (Oxford City) (V55) 31.23, 35 R Langton (Oxford City) (V55) 31.30, 36 J Wigmore (Abingdon Amblers) (V45) 31.36, 37 D Webb (Leighton Buzzard) 31.38, 38 J Smith (Eynsham) 31.40, 39 P Bickerton (unattached) 32.01, 40 R Jacob (Abingdon Amblers) (V45) 32.16, 41 R Sutherland (unattached) (V40) 32.21, 42 A Garner (Abingdon Amblers) (V40) 32.27, 43 A Beaumont (Bicester) (V40) 32.35, 44 C Miles (Witney) (Junior) 32.40, 45 J McCormac (Witney) (V50) 32.50, 46 S Ravenhall (Abingdon Amblers) (V45) 33.04, 47 A Caine (Kidlington) 33.18, 48 S Ogilvie (Oxford City (V45) 33.25, 49 C Pinder (Oxford City) (V40) 33.27, 50 J Choulerton (Headington) 33.34.

Men's team results: Woodstock Harriers (Lund, Ashton, Beaumont, Vaughan) 19, Oxford City A 54, Oxford City B 121, Witney RR A 140, Abingdon Amblers A 146, Headington RR 196, Abingdon Amblers B 233, Abingdon Amblers C 315, Witney RR B 319, Abingdon Amblers D 427.

Women's team results: Headington RR 166, White Horse Harriers 214, Witney RR 269, Abingdon Amblers 289.

OTHER CLUB RESULTS

Eynsham RR: C Green 43.44, R Gascoigne 44.38.

Headington RR: G Hudson (V40) 38.47, G Norris (V50) 37.20, H Higgs (L35) 38.58, H Nickau 40.19, M McIver (LV45) 43.03.

Kidlington: T Langrish (V40) 40.36, G Lancaster 43.34, H Forsbrook (SL) 48.26.

Witney RR: M Kail 33.45, B Hay 38.03, D Roberts 38.08, D Barnby 38.13, N Rhymes 38.39 (SL), R Newell 41.33 (1st LV55), J LeGood 42.20.