OXFORD City’s Stephen Male won the 25th Thame 10K road race in tropical conditions.

He finished in 33mins 53secs, some 11 seconds ahead of Alchester’s Nigel Marley, who was running for Coventry Godiva, with Headington Roadrunner James Eve taking third place, and White Horse Harriers’ Paul Jegou fourth.

The heat and humidity took their toll on the 920 runners who completed the run.

Experience counted in the wilting conditions, which was reflected in the fact that both male and female winners were veterans – Oxford City’s Male, with Jane Preen of Milton Keynes AC the leading lady.

This was a record entry and organisers have agreed to limit the number of entrants in future to make it more manageable.

THAME 10K TOP 20 FINISHERS 1 S Male (Oxford City) 33.53, 2 N Marley (Coventry Godiva) 34.02, 3 J Eve (Headington RR) 35.10, 4 P Jegou (White Horse Harriers) 35.18, 5 D McNeely (Serpentine RC) 35.22, 6 J Fowler (Chiltern Harriers) 35.24, 7 A Burgess (Oxford City) 35.36, 8 J Richardson (Oxford City) 35.39, 9 P Egerton (Abingdon Amblers) 35.50, 10 T Jones (Witney Road Runners) 36.01, 11 B O'Connor (Woodstock Harriers) 36.04, 12 A Hopewell-Smith (Severn AC) 36.24, 13 G Harrison (Headington RR) 36.25, 14 A Gleeson (Oxford City) 36.51, 15 H Price (Woodstock Harriers) 36.53, 16 G Anderson (Thame Personal Training) 36.55, 17 T Lock (Witney Road Runners) 37.11, 18 S Fisher (Abingdon Amblers) 37.29, 19 D Pebody (Cherwell Runners) 37.34, 20 D Smith (Abingdon Amblers) 37.37.

OTHER CLUB RESULTS Woodstock Harriers: B O'Connor 36.04, H Price 36.53, B Vaughan (V50) 37.58 (2nd V50), J Bolton 38.08, C.Gray (V50) 38.39, G Bird (V40) 39.56, K Game 40.39, P Rayner (V50) 41.26, M Shipway (V60) 42.08 (1st V60), J Greenhill (V40) 42.27, M Pidgeon (V40) 45.32, W Hudson 46.32, S Cantwell (LV35) 46.47, M Green (V40) 47.27, S Harrison (LV45) 48.51, T Scarlett (LV35) 50.04, R Haines (SL) 52.33, A Morgan (LV35) 53.34, S Haines (LV45) 56.25, C Stranks (LV35) 65.25.

Headington RR: 27 C Prince 38.06, 35 R Sharma 38.27, 45 I Meadowcroft 39.03, 63 N Baker 40.49, 66 A Darbyshire 41.07, 68 J Barker 41.21, 125 J Hilton 44.20, 143 M Biglin 44.58, 153 A Martin 45.26, 169 G Burke 46.05, 195 G Norris 47.11, 203 R Shaw 47.25, 224 R Deans 47.59, 239 J Cope 48.29, 241 E Crofts 48.32, 266 M Johnson 49.26, 279 I Matthews 49.47, 292 B Cornelius 50.18, 305 M Fischer 50.51, 309 S Cowls 50.57, 355 I Kelly 52.47, 406 G Day 53.56, 412 L Macaskill 54.06, 431 P Brame 54.30, 456 M Stone 55.06, 501 R Logan 57.01, 521 K Villiers 57.24, 648 J Cope 1.00.45, 672 S Doel 1.00.45, 685 R Landreth 1.00.45, 894 R Summers 1.00.45.

Witney RR: T Jones 36.02, T Lock 37.13, G Ferris 40, D May 42.09, K Chard 43, A Lockwood 44.39, K Bamber 45.06, J McCormac 52.06.

White Horse Harriers: 32 D Peace 38.24, 56 J Peake (V40) 40.03, 73 S Leech (V40) 41.34, 83 D New 41.49, 130 A Evans (V40) 44.35, 139 G Wiggins (V40) 44.53, 211 S Atkin (V40) 47.44, 265 D Stringfellow (V40) 49.26, 338 C Hazell (LV35) 52.09.

Abingdon Amblers: 9 P Egerton 35.22, 18 S Fisher 37.30, 20 D Smith 37.38, 28 C Bedford (V35) 38.11, 75 S Gee 41.40, 136 J Wigmore (V45) 44.50, 160 M Juffkins (V35) 45.42, 183 I Dornan (LV35) 46.45, 233 P Groves (V45) 48.16, 331 L Garrod (LV35) 51.51, 344 A Garner (V45) 52.52, 382 J-L Coudret (V35) 53.30, 419 J Wiblin (LV35) 54.19, 451 I Hopkins (V45) 55.01, 468 J Stimpson (LV45) 55.24, 585 N Blatchford (LV55) 59.01, 618 S Egerton (LV35) 59.56, 771 B Evans (V 55) 1.01.15, 864 D King (V55) 1.12.05.

Kidlington: 69 J Finnigan 41.19, 146 I Wakefield 44.49, 169 W Bunce 45.51, 174 A Finnigan 46.06, 215 M Search 47.34, 249 L Neubauer 48.35, 316 S Morton 50.50, 377 V Russell 52.55, 739 J Dickinson 1.03.51, 822 H Talbot 1.08.24.

Didcot RR: M Needham 51.01, G Jackson 1.08.46.

Alchester: G Clench 38.10, R Gould 38.27, J Nelson 38.37, J Burgess 38.45, A Hucker 39.32, N Trinder 40.26, S Rendell 41.20, G Grieves 41.35, G Warland 41.41, A Stickley 42.51, A Banks 42.56, L Grolimund 44.34, T Digweed 44.36, L Lee 44.42, M Stuart 46.49, S Howard 47.01, S Worfolk 49.20, R Reeve 49.39, C Foulkes 49.41, N Lambert 51.12, N Cherry 53.30, H Howard 56.27, J Trinder 1.01.41, M Harris 1.01.41, B Mold 1.02.28, F Kelly Soens 1.09.47, L Stratford 1.10.07, A Henshall 1.12.06, G Hanks 1.21.51, R Clench 1.24.00.