Sophie Carter smashed the course record by over one minute as she won the senior ladies’ race at the Banbury 15.

Woodstock Harrier Carter, building up for next month’s London Marathon, clocked 1hr 36mins 13secs to finish more than two minutes ahead of her nearest female rival, Kate Wright of Stratford.

Her time also represented a personal best for the distance.

The men’s race ended in a dead heat with Oxford City’s vet 40 athlete Steve Male and Coventry Godiva’s Nigel Marley, from Bicester, crossing the line together in 1.25.43.

Having completed the rural course stride-for-stride, the pair came to an agreement to run in together and share the spoils.

Woodstock’s James Bolton was third in 1.26.55.

BANBURY 15 PRIZE WINNERS

Senior men: 1 N Marley (Coventry Godiva), 2 J Bolton (Woodstock H), 3 A Cracknell (Dacorum). Vet 40 men: 1 S Male (Oxford C), 2 A Byerly (Thame RR), 3 B O’Connor (Woodstock H). Vet 50 men: 1 G Payne (George Eliot Striders), 2 A Reynolds (Witney RR), 3 J Seklton (Marshall MK). Vet 60: R Thomas (Banbury H), 2 R Simmonds (Thame RR), 3 R Gale (Thame RR).

Senior women: 1 S Carter (Woodstock H), 2 L Grolimund (Alchester), 3 C Norrish (Abingdon Tri). Vet 35 women: 1 D Moore (Headington RR), 2 J Craft (Headington RR), 3 S Usher (Alchester). Vet 45 women: 1 K Wright (Stratford), 2 D Compton (Stratford), 3 A Bangs 1.52.44. Vet 55 women: 1 G Harrison (Team Spirit), 2 L Harris (Looe), 3 L Westgate (Maiden Newton).

SELECTED CLUB RESULTS

BANBURY 15-MILE

Alchester: 13 R Gould 1.32.01, 22 S O’Gorman 1.35.13, 42 G Warland 1.40.42, 53 S Usher (3rd LV35) 1.43.30, 60 L Grolimund (2nd SL) 1.44.36, 65 K French 1.45.25, 97 K Hutchings 1.50.31, 98 E Colclough 1.50.54, 115 A Banks 1.52.44, 214 C Foulkes 2.06.33, 358 N Lambert 2.38.12.

Headington RR: 43 D Moore (LV35) 1.41.08, 44 J Craft (LV35) 1.41.08, 74 M Hills 1.46.58, 118 A Brown 1.53.29, 120 C Slator (V40) 1.53.35, 133 S Churchman 1.55.57, 150 S Howard (LV35) 1.57.59, 167 N Giannousi (LV35) 2.00.02, 185 P Lister (V50) 2.01.49, 202 S Cowls (V50) 2.04.41, 231 L Shaw (LV35) 2.09.50, 246 A Law 2.12.22, 253 S Robinson 2.13.17, 255 G Norris (V60) 2.13.43, 256 I Goldin (V50) 2.14.10, 257 J Clargo (V40) 2.14.10, 268 S Brown 2.16.40, G Day (V40) 2.19.07, 293 S Szunaka (LV45) 2.22.00, 298 C Waugh (LV35) 2.23.11, 311 B Cornelius (V60) 2.26.16, 321 R Cherry (V40) 2.28.33, 322 S O’Driscoll (SL) 2.28.34, 330 C Moorman (LV45) 2.30.01, 332 S Szunaka (V60) 2.30.43, 341 M Russell (LV45) 2.33.04, 354 B Hughes (SL) 2.37.34, 361 A Robinson (LV35) 2.42.44, 362 R Logan (V50) 2.44.02, 374 S Doel (LV55) 3.10.09, 375 M O’Sullivan (LV65) 3.14.34 cr.

Kidlington: 52 J Finnigan 1.43.28, 95 S Evins 1.50.28, 130 A Finnigan (LV35) 1.55.42, 210 T Langrish (V50) 2.06.09, 245 V Russell (LV45) 2.12.22, M Search (V60) 2.14.32.

White Horse Harriers: 67 S Leech (V40) 1.46.07, 165 G Wiggins 1.59.59, 233 J Smeddle (V50) 2.10.44, 236 N Portsmouth (V40) 2.10.54.

Witney RR: 12 T Lock 1.31.38, 27 J Young 1.36.20, 31 D Swann 1.37.58, 35 A Giles 1.39.06, 37 A Reynolds 1.39.31, 41 J-M Briens 1.40.37, 70 G Ferris 1.46.15, C Ellis 71 1.46.33, 105 S Le Good 1.51.36, 106 G Le Good 1.51.39, 134 M Harris 1.56.04, 153 K Chard 1.58.29, 224 M Stuart-Thompson 2.09.06, 249 E Manning 2.12.50, 262 N Henman 2.15.20, 292 K Morgan 2.21.47, 326 B Anderson 2.29.23.

Woodstock H: 3 J Bolton 1.26.55 pb, 10 B O’Connor (V40) 1.31.04 pb, 17 K Game 1.33.30, 19 D Cantwell (V40) 1.34.19 pb, 25 S Carter (1st SL) 1.36.13 pb & course record, 28 H Price 1.36.34 pb, 47 J Stewart (V40) 1.42.09, 56 A Battye (V50) 1.44.04, 77 M Ineson 1.47.20, 101 P Brackett (V50) 1.51.18 pb, 121 S Cantwell (LV35) 1.54.32, 209 W Hudson 2.05.54, 228 C Travi (V40) 2.09.34.

OTHER RESULTS

READING HALF MARATHON

(senior men unless stated)

Abingdon Amblers: 408 E Fergusson (V45) 1.27.07, 687 J Moore (V45) 1.29.22, 3622 I Ramsell (V50) 1.49.44, 4240 P Wilson (LV50) 1.53.05, 4876 C Penton (V45) 1.55.38, 5126 L Blake (SL) 1.52.35, 5128 M Blake (V40) 1.52.38, 5783 P Loke (SL) 1.57.52, 5786 J Cheung 1.57.52, 6227 J Grant (LV45) 1.58.22, 7327 K Hyde (SL) 2.07.41, 9429 G Robinson (LV35) 2.08.51, 9517 J Howard (LV50) 2.13.57, 10318 K Pulford (LV55) 2.17.28, 10921 K Polley (V55) 2.28.51.

Alchester: 175 J Nelson 1.21.08, 211 A Stickley 1.22.43, 279 J Burgess 1.24.21, 2,826 D Jamieson 1.44.30, 4084 N Cherry 1.50.05, 4,513 B Keeble 1.52.02, 6375 A Henshall 1.59.19, 9110 H Hill 2.12.57, 9190 N Green 2.13.23, 10071 E Sparow 2.18.47.

Eynsham RR: 7272 N Roberts 2.01.31, 8266 D Early 2.06.14.

Headington RR: 44 J Lhomme 1.12.08, 230 C Prince 1.23.06, 559 L Kemble 1.28.48, 899 A Smith 1.31.57 pb, 1547 U Schulz (LV4) 1.38.38, 2147 J Stephens (V40) 1.43.12, 2647 C Palles (SL) 1.44.38, 2797 O Adams 1.45.23, 2851 K Palles (SL) 1.45.49, 2858 R Treadwell (V40) 1.44.20, 2859 S Pyner (SL) 1.44.20 pb, 3128 M Allen 1.45.57, 4200 D Smith 1.48.39, 5459 R Lynch (LV35) 1.55.23, 6848 A Munday (V45) 2.05.23, 6949 J Payne (SL) 2.07.04, 7562 V Pearson (SL) 2.07.01, 7997 M Davis 2.09.34, 9342 R Landreth (LV45) 2.11.59, 9495 J Gardner 2.17.40.

Oxford City: 1558 D Parsons (1st V60) 1.22.52, 1510 A Beasley 1.30.55, 6793 C Birch 1.34.40.

White Horse Harriers: 118 J Cooke 1hr 18mins 51secs, 266 C Wilder 1.24.19, 1,211 J Lawton 1.36.37, 2,063 L Fellingham (V60) 1.43.03, 2,225 A Evans (V40) 1.44.16, 2,920 T Gashe (V60) 1.48.18, 5,146 T Bardell (V40) 2.01.20.

Witney RR: 2624 M Johnson 1.44.31, 6031 S Haggett 2.02.31, 7153 J Gamage 2.04.47, 7507 H West 2.07.08, 7776 L Jones 2.08.30, 8841 S Christie 2.10.39.

Woodstock H: 1250 P Rayner (3rd V60) 1.34.58, 1459 P Sugden (V60) 1.36.33, 6577 V B-Bousquet (LV35) 1.59.30, 9449 A Blincowe (LV40) 2.10.48.

FLEET HALF-MARATHON Abingdon Amblers: 17 P Fernandez 1.14.34.

RHAYADER 20 Eynsham RR: T Whitlock 2.50.22.

RHAYADER 5 Eynsham RR: J Larbalestier 41.34.