JOE Godwood capped an excellent day for Witney Road Runners by finishing as the fastest Oxfordshire athlete at the Bourton 10k.
Many of the county’s clubs were represented in Gloucestershire, as the howling wind and steady rain made life challenging for competitors.
Godwood’s time of 34mins 27secs was enough for 12th place, crowning a host of impressive performances from his clubmates.
Christopher Mulcahy was 41st and the fourth V45 with a personal best of 37.59, while Lisa Kay was the fourth LV35, finishing 144th in 43.10.
Graham Le Good crossed the line in 46.44 to triumph in the V65 category, while wife Judith was the second female V65, clocking 53.55.
Alchester’s Christopher Lumley also produced an impressive display, his time of 35.41 enough to finish as the fourth V40 in 20th.
Donna Allen was the fastest Oxfordshire woman, the Hook Norton Harrier stopping the clock at 42.30 in 129th.
Elsewhere, Jean Ashton bagged a trio of gold medals at the Southern Counties Veterans Athletics Championships in London.
The Abingdon AC member clocked 14.1secs to win the 60m hurdles, before winning the LV60 high jump with 1.15metres.
Her distance of 3.05m was enough for LV60 long jump gold, while she was second in the 200m in 36.70.
Clubmate Neil Blatchford won the V70 3,000m indoor walk in 19.35.60.
Meanwhile, Will Downey finished second at the Draycote Water February 10k, clocking 39.23 as the first man across the line.
Elsewhere, Downey’s teammates overcame difficult conditions to win the ladies’ team prize at the gruelling Pewsey Terminator.
Lisa Butler was the second LV35 as she finished 84th, stopping the clock at 1.53.03.
She was ably assisted by Rachel Stanley-Evans, whose time of 1.56.01 saw her cross the line as the third LV35 in 95th, and 2nd SL Jade Hewlett, who was 137th in 2.03.21.
The Wokingham Half Marathon was a happy hunting ground for Bicester Triathlon Club as four athletes secured personal bests.
George Jackson led the Oxfordshire team home in 84th, finishing in 1.18.39, with Elliot Newman 227th in 1.23.55.
Laurence Blair’s time of 1.28.20 was enough for 336th overall, while Lucy Davidson completed the quartet as she stopped the clock at 1.54.14 to finish 1,463rd.
SUBMITTED CLUB RESULTS
English National XC Championships
Abingdon AC: 123 M Bedlington (U17G) 25.49, 118 G Halfhead (U17G) 25.47, 13 I Martin (U13G) 16.1, 133 E Powell (U13G) 17.53, 158 K Francis (U17B) 26.55, 297 C Morgan (U13B) 18.53, 57 T Westbrook (U15G) 21.14, 7 O Martin (U15G) 19.39, 93 C Parker (SenW) 38.5, 44 C Steer (JunM) 40, 133 A Pennington (JunM) 44.55, 723 A Klukowski 58.11, 1499 J Bones 1.14.00, 1590 A Francis 1.18.08, 1638 D Morgan 1.21.21.
Headington RR: Women - 257 A Johnson 43.07, 316 M Ding 44.39, 320 R Shaw 44.48, 341 A Corby 45.20, 430 Y Morris 47.33, 648 S Harding-Brown 53.09, 681 C Scott 54.13, 882 S Leach 1.08.44.
Men - 797 R Skilbeck 59.26, 992 N Pinnell 1.02.24, 1044 A Phelps 1.03.16, 1258 A Grant 1.07.00, 1286 J Griffiths 1.07.27, 1438 M Leach 1.11.43.
Kidlington: 332 J Lancaster 21.38.
Bourton 10k
Abingdon AC: 61 C Weir 38.53, 264 A Halfhead (LV45) 48.05, 271 J Halfhead (V50) 48.30, 300 M Shepley (V55) 49.37, 559 M Shepley (LV50) 1.08.50, 562 H Linford (LV45) 1.08.59.
Eynsham RR: 59 M Thomas 38.51.
Headington RR: 114 R Cousens (V45) 41.49.4, 339 H Reed 52.15.5, 362 G Jones (V55) 53.18.9, 463 C Jones (V55) 58.23.2.
Witney RR: 12 J Godwood 34.27, 41 C Mulcahy (V45) 37.59 (PB), 52 P Taylor 38.30 (PB), 144 L Kay (LV35) 43.10, 153 D Wymer (V40) 43.34, 169 S Howard (LV40) 44.14, 220 G Le Good (1st V65) 46.43, 237 A Green (47.14) (PB), 313 S Roberts (V55) 50.25, 351 J Green (V50) 52.46 (PB), 371 J Le Good (2nd LV65) 53.54, 378 L Vanstone 54.07, 410 L Field (LV45) 55.36, 516 T Wymer (LV40) 1.02.00 (PB).
Wokingham Half Marathon
Bicester Tri: 84 G Jackson 1.18.39 (PB), 113 S Barnaby 1.19.25, 227 E Newman 1.23.55 (PB), 264 G James 1.25.47, 336 L Blair 1.28.20 (PB), L Godber 1.30.02, R Oxendale 1.32.24, L Davidson 1463 1.54.14 (PB).
Eynsham RR: 213 K Papps (V40) 1.23.44, 457 K Allred (LV45) 1.31.25, 750 A Graham (V40) 1.38.10, 990 A Craggs (LV35) 1.44.47, 1180 S Johnston (V50) 1.48.42, 1181 C Hancox (V50) 1.48.41, 1210 J Byworth (V50) 1.49.06, 1213 J Garton (LV45) 1.49.07 (PB), 1518 J Lanksford (LV45) 1.55.43 (PB), 1533 K Williamson (LV65) 1.55.12, 2171 N Fisher (V50) 2.14.56, 225 I Keeley (V60) 2.14.48.
Headington RR: 160 M Hill (V45) 1.21.54, 192 J Fenning 1.23.12, 193 C Gaden (V55) 1.23.12, 200 K Cremona-Howard 1.23.34, 323 S Khan (V40) 1.28.26, 330 M Jones (V60) 1.28.41, 453 C Woodruff (V60) 1.32.27, 475 S Khan (V50) 1.33.00, 556 P Brame (V45) 1.35.42, 717 M Wallen 1.40.46, 835 S Cowls (V55) 1.43.31, 854 M Wright 1.44.01, 875 J Tranter (V45) 1.44.41, 991 C Sugden 1.47.12, 1001 P Kimber (V70) 1.47.23, 1115 A England 1.50.03, 1189 I Homer (V50) 1.51.20, 1248 A James (LV50) 1.52.38, 1415 R Collins (LV55) 1.56.33, 1478 C Hanratty (LV45) 1.57.36, 1568 T Mean (V40) 1.59.28, 1586 A Palmer (V50) 1.59.49, 1639 S Harding-Brown (LV50) 2.00.59, 1643 H Grayson 2.01.03, 1723 J Thomas (LV45) 2.02.44, 1766 S Collins (V55) 2.03.59, 1772 C Mcbride 2.04.06, 1924 K Homer (LV45) 2.08.55, 1980 S Cassettari (LV55) 2.10.52, 2073 S Conroy 2.14.30, 2178 G Day (V55) 2.18.35, 2189 S Ledingham (LV55) 2.19.04, 2193 J Keyser (LV60) 2.19.13, 2357 E Smith (LV45) 2.27.41, 2431 S Neale 2.33.23, 2456 S Leach (LV50) 2.35.21.
Kidlington: 83 G Hope (V40) 1.18.37, 351 L Hosier 1.28.54, 640 L Rahman (V45) 1.37.10, 1290 C Beesley (SL) 1.50.56, 1970 R Rahman (LV45) 2.05.39.
Witney RR: 50 M Lock 1.16.09 (PB), 220 G Reynolds 1.24.13 (PB), 231 M Thompson 1.24.27, 328 A Reynolds (V55) 1.28.34, 335 L Edwards (1.28.53), 626 P Ainslie (V55) 1.38.05, 1881 S Christie (LV55) 2.08.00, 2568 V Hopkins (LV35) 2.49.05.
Winchester 10k
Eynsham RR: M Barlow-Oakes (SL) 55.38.
Pewsey Terminator
Abingdon AC: J Willard 1.41.00, A Muir 1.56.00, E Floch 2.04.00, P Hewerdine 2.11.00, L Hamilton 2.41.00.
White Horse Harriers: 110 J Hall (LV35) 1.58.20, 262 G Holland (V40) 2.18.00, 284 H Smyth (LV35) 2.20.47, 301 K Smith (SL) 2.22.50, 302 A Smith (V40) 2.22.50, 500 M Pinney (SL) 3.12.49.
Witney RR: 84 L Butler (2nd LV35) 1.53.03, 89 C Gibbin (V40) 1.54.07, 95 R Stanley-Evans (3rd LV45) 1.56.01, 137 J Hewlett (2nd SL) 2.03.21, 223 P Molyneaux (V60) 2.14.07, 349 J Colbeck-Mckinnon (LV45) 2.29.24, 372 P Rushby (V50) 2.32.48, 453 A Rouget (LV45) 2.54.21.
Draycote Water February 10k
Bicester Tri: M Follner 46.27.
Witney RR: 2 W Downey (1st SM) 39.22.
Mile High City (Denver) Half Marathon
Witney RR: T Clarke (V40) 1.42.20.
Brighton Half Marathon
Witney RR: 1655 E Howard (SL) 1.48.05.
Seville Zurich Marathon
Abingdon AC: M Livingstone 2.47.32, S Dudgeon (SL) 2.55.27.
Carsington Water 10K
Abingdon AC: 27 J Moore (V55) 46.45, 37 J Nash (V50) 48.01, 41 J Swarbrick (LV35) 49.43, 42 T Foxall 49.38, 105 L Gilholm (LV45) 56.58, 120 N Brock (LV40) 58.40, 125 B Kirk (LV45) 59.22, 137 H Nash (LV55) 1.01.25, 144 S Watton (V45), 1.02.11, 174 J Worth (LV45) 1.05.05, 201 E Moore (LV50) 1.12.38.
Carsington Water Half Marathon
Abingdon AC: 3 P Akrill (V45) 1.23.18, 347 H Bower (LV40) 2.22.59.
Enfield Race Walking League 5m
Abingdon AC: 1 N Blatchford (LV70) 53.28.
Hillingdon Half Marathon
Headington RR: 51 F Shranz 1.36.16.
Stowe 6k Winter Trail
Bicester Tri: M Thorne 37.28 (2nd V60), K Lowe 38.23 (4th LV50).
Winslow 10K
Bicester Tri: M Spencer Jones 51.30.
Wiltshire Terminator
Bicester Tri: D Gilbert 2.52.10.
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