OXFORD City’s men retained the vet 60 team title for the third year running at the SEAA Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships.

With the advantage of home knowledge, Stewart Thorp, Richard Grant and Roy Treadwell proved a class above their rivals to take first place in their Masters category.

John Exley’s fine effort ensured a strong City showing in that event.

The only disappointment was Thorp losing the title he had won for the last two years, but he still took silver in the V60-64 race. Grant just missed out on the medals in fourth.

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Paul Fernandez, from Abingdon AC, was the first Oxforshire athlete home, finishing fourth overall in the V40 event in a time of 34mins 53secs.

Woodstock Harrier James Bolton was 11th, with Paul Jegou (White Horse Harriers) 21st.

Headington’s Mark Rich-ards was fifth in the V55.

But there was success for Oxfordshire in the ladies’ race, with Rachel Masser winning V40 gold.

The Woodstock Harrier led an all-Oxfordshire top three, completing the 6km course in 23.20 to see off Sara Rendell (Alchester) and Jude Craft (Headington).

Oxford City’s Gwyneth Hueter was third in the V55-59 category.

There were some promising runs from juniors in tough competition.

Alex Pennington (Abingdon AC) came 34th in the under 13 B race, while Ben Claridge (White Horse Harriers) finished in the same position in the under 17 men’s event.

In the girls, Oxford City’s Alex Scivener was 28th in the under 13 competition, Emily Thompson (Banbury) 13th in the under 15s and Kidlington’s Helene Greenwood 14th in the under 17 category.

LOCAL CLUB RESULTS SOUTH EAST INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Masters

Abingdon AC – V40 4 P Fernandez 34.53.

Oxford City – V50: 31 P Marshall 43.02. V60: 2 S Thorp 41.38, 4 R Grant 42.22. V65: 6 R Treadwell 45.16, 9 J Exley 45.39. LV40: 8 S Davies 25.01. LV45: 3 G Hueter 27.18.

Headington Road Runners – V40: 29 R Skilbeck 40.26. V45: 10 F Campbell 38.03, 15 D Gavaghan 39.14, 28 D Henning 43.53. V50: 27 R Thetford 41.38, 37 A Darbyshire 43.50. V55: 5 M Richards 41.11, 29 D Sawyer 50.45. V60: 9 L Hurman 45.56, 15 K Byrne 49.52. LV40: 3 J Craft 24.09, 20 E Carter 34.53. LV55: 15 R Todd 33.48, 18 M Russell 43.03 White Horse Harriers – V40: 21 P Jegou (V40) 38.43. V50: 29 I Lambourn 41.52, 42 D Day 45.09, 59 J Smeddle 59.33 Eynsham – V40: 36 B Pollard 39.03, 61 G Bridges 42.23.

Junior

Abingdon AC – U13G (3k): 70 C Barwick 12.22. U13B (3k): 34 A Pennington 10.58, 81 K Francis 11.53. U15G (4k): 33 C Ridewood 18.00, 83 K Harris 20.14. U15B (4k): 78 D Bunn 17.17. U17B (5k): 74 M Fabes 16.23. U17G (5k): 44 V Tilling 18.15, 62 L Siddle 19.12. Senior women (6k): 42 S Lackman 24.25.

White Horse Harriers – U17M: 34 B Claridge.

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