OXFORD City’s Steve Male scored his second successive victory in the Mota-vation series after a record-breaking turn-out at Bletchingdon.

The race had started with a large group heading out of Bletchingdon towards Kirt-lington, but at the one-mile mark, Rhys Glastonbury (U19) picked up the pace, taking Coventry Godiva’s Nigel Marley and Male with him.

The group stayed together until the hill back towards Bletchingdon at the three-mile mark.

Marley used his strength to break away, but Male stayed in touch and accelerated past him as they entered the recreation ground for the finish line.

Behind them, Abingdon Ambler Oz Ellis overtook Glastonbury for his second top-three finish, with Glastonbury crossing the line in fourth.

Jude Craft (vet 35) showed her return to form in the ladies’ race, while others to score second victories in their respective divisions were Roy Treadwell (vet 60), Caitlin Bradley (under 19 ladies), Sandra Wolanski (vet 45) and Kate Williamson (vet 55).

In the team events, Oxford City stretched their lead among the men with Headington second on the night.

However, Headington’s ladies consolidated their dominance with three other clubs now locked in combat for third place.

The next race is at Combe on July 2 (7.30pm).

There will be no new entries accepted on the night.

MOTA-VATION RESULTS

(top 30, senior men unless stated)

1 S Male (Oxford C, V40) 22.19, 2 N Marley (Coventry Godiva) 22.21, 3 O Ellis (Abingdon) 22.28, 4 R Glastonbury (WSEH, U19) 22.31, 5 K White (Hercules) 22.40, 6 T Wright (Banbury H) 23.03, 7 P Egerton (Abingdon) 23.06, 8 G Harris (Headington RR) 23.09, 9 J Eve (Headington RR) 23.11, 10 P Jégou (WHH) 23.15, 11 V Zverev (Headington RR) 23.19, 12 L Newell (Abingdon) 23.20, 13 A Burgess (Oxford C) 23.21, 14 T Bradford (Hook Norton) 23.24, 15 J Richardson (Oxford C, V40) 23.28, 16 J Simmons (Banbury H, U19) 23.34, 17 J Atyeo (Witney RR, V40) 23.39, 18 T Lock (Witney RR, V40) 23.45, 19 S Fisher (Abingdon) 23.46, 20 B O’Connor (Woodstock H) 23.49, 21 T Jones (Witney RR) 23.52, 22 J Bolton (Woodstock H) 23.54, 23 H Price (Woodstock H) 24.04, 24 R Skilbeck (Headington RR) 24.10, 25 J Myers (Alchester) 24.13, 26 A Moore (Oxford Tri) 24.15, 27 B Vaughan (Woodstock H, V50) 24.18, 28 D Tame (Hook Norton, V40) 24.24, 29 R Brackston (Witney RR, U19) 24.27, 30 D Pebody (Cherwell) 24.28.