EYNSHAM’S team are celebrating after winning the Oxfordshire Grand Prix title for the first time.
After 15 races across all distances, the club landed the crown at the final race – the Eynsham 10k – where they finished second behind Abingdon AC.
The race was won by Alex Wall-Clark for Southampton AC, but his second claim club is Abingdon.
However, Calum Steer finished second and it was the efforts of Owen Stepney (3rd), Harrison Read (4th), Les Newell (8th) and Paul Hughes (9th) who helped their club to the team accolade.
While this was good enough on the day, it was Eynsham who took the honours overall.
There was also success for Witney RR’s members.
Lindsey Smith was crowned the ladies champion.
While the club landed the men’s and women’s small team prizes.
Witney’s Tegs Jones was the first vet 40 in the race, crossing fifth overall, with Oxford City’s Julian Richardson the top vet 50.
Alchester AC’s John Nelson (vet 60) and Headington RR’s Phil Kimber (vet 70) also triumphed.
In the ladies race, Eynsham’s Katherine Bates took the vet 55 honour.
BEN West, from Bicester, starred at the latest round of the Cross Challenge series in Liverpool.
The Milton Keynes AC runner, was the leading Oxfordshire
athlete, crossing the line in 23rd amongst a strong field in the under 20 race.
BICESTER Tri’s George Jackson completed the Florence Marathon in Italy – his first over the distance – in 3hrs 19mins 15secs.
ABINGDON’S Cal MacLennan tackled the Hardwolds 80-mile Ultra race through the Yorkshire Wolds, completing in 22hrs 3mins 25secs.
IN California, Kidlington RC member Michael Collins took part in the Thanksgiving Day Los Angeles 5k Turkey Trot, finishing as the second vet 70.
ALCHESTER’S Andy Reading 10k takes place on December 9.
To enter, go to race-nation.com/andy-reading-10km-2018.
RESULTS
(senior men unless stated)
EYNSHAM 10K
Abingdon AC: 2 C Steer 33mins 03secs, 3 O Stepney 33.23, 4 H Read 33.33pb, 8 L Newell (3rd V40) 34.18, 9 P Hughes 34.26, 10 P Fernandez (V40) 34.28, 14 D Bunn 34.46, 23 P Egerton (V45) 35.52, 50 M Walker 37.59pb, 52 C Weir 38.09pb, 56 T Coney (V40) 38.12, 67 G Wood 39.00pb, 78 C Bedford (V50) 39.29, 80 J Willard (V35) 39.31pb, 86 G Hermitage (V40) 39.40, 89 S Davey (LV40) 39.56, 99 B Watson (V40) 40.07pb, 111 A Caruana 40.50pb, 116 C Halfhead (SL) 40.59pb, 121 S Wade (V45) 41.07pb, 131 L Shelton (SL) 41.37pb, 140 V Richardson (SL) 41.49, 141 A Muir (V40) 41.49pb, 144 D Fraser (V45) 41.55, 145 M Lewy (V55) 41.57, 155 D Richards (V60) 42.20, 158 M Venables (LV35) 42.26, 172 S Badcock (V55) 43.13, 198 P Stepney (V55) 44.37, 199 T Clarke (V45) 44.26, 217 J Oliver (V60) 45.18, 221 J Moore (V50) 45.26, 223 M Taylor 45.35pb, 228 P Garrett (V35) 45.38, 233 L McGill (LV40) 45.43, 237 M Wilson (V55) 46.11 (pb), 270 N Hamilton (V60) 47.22, 271 J Wigmore (V65) 47.19, 276 J Nash (V50) 47.25, 283 S Smith (V60) 47.44, 289 J Newton (V45) 48.07, 300 A Burnett 48.14 (pb), 312 T Foxall (V35) 48.54, 314 J SLarbrick (LV35) 49.04 (pb), 334 M Shepley (V55) 50.05, 367 L Hamilton (LV55) 51.39, 381 N Steinke (LV35) 52.12, 399 A Giannetto (V45) 53.03 (pb), 409 B Compton (LV45) 53.20, 429 J Pennington (LV50) 53.56, 431 K Clarke (LV35) 53.55 (pb), 432 L Gilholm (LV40) 54.07, 439 B Hedges (V35) 54.16, 443 H Bower (LV35) 54.22 (pb), 444 A Francis-Brewerton (SL) 54.20, 452 C Warren (LV35) 54.36, 454 T Francis (V60) 54.45, 455 M Durham (LV35) 54.54, 456 H Nash (LV50) 54.48 (pb), 471 J Fellows (LV35) 55.33 (pb), 481 F Long (LV40) 56.06, 491 S Blacker (LV50) 56.48, 495 S Davies (LV40) 56.58, 501 H Wigginton (LV35) 57.09, 503 F Topp (LV45) 57.19, 516 N Brock (LV35) 58.32, 530 J Styles (V50) 59.09, 566 M Shepley (LV50) 1.04.49 (pb), 568 S Wade (LV50) 1.05.13, 577 M Hamilton (LV50) 1.06.32,
Hardwolds 80 mile Ultra: 128 C MacLennan (V50) 22.03.25
Alchester AC: C Lumley 35.57pb, S O’Gorman 38.23, N Greig 38.39, J Nelson 38.45, J Bagnall 39.14, A Kerr 40.23pb, S Best 41.31, G Warland 41.58, C Kerr 46.15, A Weeks 47.14, E Dommett 52.59, N Lambert 56.44, S Fisher 57.01.
Eynsham RR: 13 D Lewis (V40) 34.44, 21 M Baker 35.46, 25 R Storey (2nd V50) 36.04, 46 T Baker 37.50pb, 47 B Pollard (V40) 37.54, 71 L McAllister (3rd LV35, club LV35 record) 39.02pb, 120 K Allred (3rd LV45) 41.00, 168 K Bates (1st LV55, club LV55 record) 43.04pb, 193 L Leach (LV35)
44.16, 203 S Paulus (V40) 44.50, 383 J Lanksford (LV45) 52.24, 589 K Evans (LV55) 1.10.08.
Headington RR: 8 C Wilson 35.40, 35 J Fenning 37.04, 42 N Pinnell 37.32, 44 D Foster (LV35) 37.36, 45 S Cayley 37.46, 53 K Cremona-Howard 38.10, 60 I Surguy (V40) 38.36, 75 M Hill (V40) 39.21, 83 M Jones (V50) 39.40, 93 A Langford 40.01, 96 T Betts (V50) 40.03, 102 S Khan (V50) 40.21, 110 E Georgiades 40.53, 115 J Ekelund 41.01, 117 R Cousens (V40) 41.02, 127 K Daniels (LV35) 41.27, 157 J Clargo (V50) 42.29, 161 M Reid (LV35) 42.41, 162 S Khan (V40) 42.47, 164 D Henning (V50) 42.52, 171 Y Morris (LV35) 43.17, 174 C Sugden 43.26, 189 K Byrne (V60) 44.05, 190 A Johnson 44.07, 191 M Wright 44.15, 219 P Kimber (V70) 45.41, 229 R Curtis 45.48, 238 C Humphreys (LV35) 46.18, 245 L Sprung (V40) 46.30, 249 A England 46.41, 257 S Hodkin (V50) 46.56, 273 N Hare (LV45) 47.50, 275 T Pound (V40) 47.54, 277 A Warren (LV35) 47.56, 279 R Payne (LV35) 47.59, 281 T Dixon (V50) 48.05, 288 P Munday (V50) 48.35, 297 A James (LV45) 48.48, 324 C Allan 49.52, 332 A Higgins (V50) 50.30, 342 I Matthews (LV55) 51.09, 358 A Sulley (V40) 51.56, 369 H Marshall (V60) 52.14, 393 S Collins (V50) 52.57, 394 J Duvall (LV55) 53.01, 408 C McBride 53.46, 411 M Stone (V60) 53.52, 415 W Bowden-Green 54.01, 426 E Smith (LV35) 54.20, 438 G Day (V50) 54.41, 462 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 55.37, 472 H Huggins (LV45) 56.08, 487 S Cassettari (LV55) 56.59, 498 G Norris (V70) 57.40, 500 N Flemming (LV35) 57.47, 508 K King (LV35) 58.39, 543 M Nasi (V40) 1.01.10, 550 D Barron (V60) 1.02.28, 558 P Nicholls (V40) 1.03.22, 564 C Bishop (LV35) 1.05.06, 582 C Grasham 1.08.01, 583 S Ledingham (LV55) 1.08.28, 593 N Tuite (LV45) 1.13.00, 596 K Villiers (V70) 1.28.10.
Kidlington: 17 G Hope 35.23, 19 M Dilks (V40) 35.42, 29 J Goodwin 36.31, 108 L Hosier 40.50,
109 R Scaife (V40) 40.37, 167 M Heydon (V50)
42.52, 209 A Powell 45.11, 220 I Wakefield (V50) 45.30, 231 A Finnigan (LV35) 45.37, 262 S Scaife (LV45), 280 P Druce (V40) 47.33, 315 W Bunce (V60) 49.06, 320 N Holford (LV45) 49.12, 341 H Walker (LV35) 50.29, 343 N Roberts (V40) 50.43, 363 J Smith (LV45) 51.28, 365 H Lancaster (LV45) 51.32, 423 C Worth (LV35) 53.31, 430 M Search (V70) 53.59, 436 A Minogue (LV35) 53.59, 486 R Jeacock (LV45) 56.19, 510 T Carr (LV55) 58.09, 536 M Rogers (V60) 1.00.02, 560 H Talbot (LV35) 1.03.23.
Witney RR: 5 T Jones (1st V40) 33.45, 31 M Lock 36.45pb, 36 A Lock (V50) 37.07, 74 G Reynolds 39.19, 95 T Grantham 40.02, 101 C Hodnett 40.20, 103 B Moore (V50) 40.24, 130 J Currah 41.39, 133 R Green (V50) 41.46, 153 N Dalton (V50) 42.24, 159 S Howard (LV35) 42.34, 170 L Smith (LV45) 43.16, 177 D Wymer 43.32pb, 178 N Smith (V40) 43.32, 222 M Cassidy (LV35) 45.44pb, 264 C Bailey (V40) 47.17, 272 S Rhodes (V40) 47.42, 285 S Roberts (V50) 48.16, 296 H Howard (SL) 48.45, 301 L Holland (LV45) 48.55, 346 L Rhodes (LV45) 51.14, 396 E Howard (SL) 53.06, 414 S Mackie (LV55) 53.59, 447 L Vanstone 54.55pb, 488 J McCormac (V60) 57.03, 505 F Balkwill (SL) 58.27.
WITNEY PARKRUN
Witney RR: 1 S Upton (S25) 18.25, 3 M Lock (1st S18) 20.08, 4 F Howard (1st V40) 20.26, 5 C Ellis (2nd V40) 20.40, 24 J Field (V45) 22.52, 35 G Le Good (1st V65) 23.52, 36 R Stanley-Evans (3rd LV40) 23.52, 60 D Rouget (1st V60) 26.32, 73 T Burkett (V50) 27.26, 78 F Bisp (J11) 27.35pb, 84 L Harris (LV45) 28.12, 85 T Clarke (V45) 28.13, 88 S Bartington (LV35) 28.23, 89 G Sherwood (LV45) 28.27, 92 R Lally (LV35) 28.46pb, 100 J Ann Le Good (1st LV60) 29.22, 125 T Standard (S30-34) 30.36, 130 E Herbert (JL11) 31.08, 176 J Upton (3rd SL25) 35.32, 185 S McKinnon (JL11) 37.45, 205 O Davies (J10) 40.33, 207 L Davies (LV35) 40.41, 219 H Makins (LV40) 46.40, 228 N Smith (V40) 54.04.
OXFORD PARKRUN
Witney RR: 5 W Downey (1st V35) 19.00.
PLEAN PARKRUN
Witney RR: 22 V Munday (2nd SL25) 25.21.
CHICHESTER PARKRUN
Witney RR: 2 J Goodwood (1st S20) 18.39.
SOMERDALE PAVILION PARKRUN
Witney RR: 57 A Green (S25) 25.34.
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