VETERAN Oxford City athlete Steve Male sho-wed his class as he cruised to victory in the Cotswold Classic 10-mile road race, hosted by Witney Roadrunners.

The event, which incorporated the Oxfordshire 10-mile championship was also part of the Grand Prix series, and attracted a field of more than 170 runners.

Over a hilly course, Male clocked exactly 56 mins to cement his place at the head of the GP rankings.

Nigel Marley (Coventry Godiva) and James Bolton (Woodstock Harriers) were second and third in 56.47 and 57.07 respectively.

Marley performance clin-ched the senior men’s title in the process.

Woodstock’s men won the open and county team honours through Bolton, Dave Cantwell (1.00.09), Kevin Game (1.01.05) and Martin Ineson (1.01.11).

It was a good day for Woodstock, Sophie Carter cruising to a splendid victory in the senior and overall women’s races.

Carter clocked 1hr 3mins 44secs for victory, while Bourton Roadrunner’s Shona Crombie-Hicks (vet 35) was second in 1.04.43 – nearly a full minute behind.

Carter’s teammate, Jess Webb, was third overall and second in the senior women’s category in 1.06.11.

Along with Sue Cantwell (1.13.51), it helped Wood-stock’s women to the open and Oxfordshire team titles.

RESULTS ROUND-UP

COTSWOLD CLASSIC (top 30, senior men unless stated) 1 S Male (Oxford C, V40) 56.00, 2 N Marley (Coventry Godiva) 56.47, 3 J Bolton (Woodstock H) 57.05, 4 O Ellis (Abingdon) 57.56, 5 J Atyeo (Oxford C, V40) 58.55, 6 R Storey (Eynsham RR, V40) 59.30, 7 D Cantwell (Woodstock H, V40) 1.00.09, 8 K Game (Woodstock H) 1.01.05, 9 M Ineson (Woodstock H) 1.01.11, 10 R Skilbeck (Headington RR) 1.01.15, 12 J Robertson (Oxford C) 1.02.06, 13 B O’COnnor (Woodstock H, V40) 1.02.33, 14 R Gould (Alchester) 1.02.44, 15 I Thomas (Cherwell, V40) 1.03.20, 16 C Payne (Reading RR) 1.03.25, 17 S Pritchard (Banbury H, V40) 1.03.30, 18 E Smith (Bourton RR, V40) 1.03.36, 19 J Nelson (Alchester, V50) 1.03.39, 20 S Carter (Woodstock H, 1st SL) 1.03.44, 21 S O’Gorman (Alchester, V40) 1.04.32, 22 D Cox (Headington RR, V40) 1.04.39, 23 S Crombie-Hicks (Bourton RR, 1st LV35) 1.04.43, 24 J Peake (WHH, V40) 1.04.44, 25 A Stickley (Alchester) 1.05.18, 26 T Dixon (Oxford C, V50) 1.05.48, 27 J Webb (Woodstock H, 2nd SL) 1.06.11, 28 G Warland (Alchester) 1.06.32, 29 C Bedford (Abingdon, V40) 1.06.34, 30 G Bridges (Eynsham RR, V40) 1.06.47.

OPEN RACE CATEGORY WINNERS Senior men: 1 N Marley, 2 J Bolton, 3 O Ellis.

Vet 40 men: 1 S Male, 2 J Atyeo, 3 R Storey.

Vet 50 men: 1 J Nelson, 2 T Dixon, 3 J Burgess (Alchester) 1.06.49.

Vet 60 men: 1 P Rayner (Woodstock H) 1.12.16, 2 G Pritchard (Banbury H) 1.17.44, 3 L Poole (Eynsham RR) 1.17.54.

Senior women: 1 S Carter, 2 J Webb, 3 C Harris (Headington RR) 1.11.25.

Vet 35 women: 1 S Crombie-Hicks, 2 M Bartlett (Banbury H) 1.09.04, 3 S Usher (Alchester) 1.10.54.

Vet 45 women: 1 S Harrison (Witney RR) 1.22.39, 2 P Wilson (Abingdon) 1.22.45, 3 H Smith (Witney RR) 1.24.11.

Vet 55 women: 1 S Haines (Woodstock H) 1.32.46, 2 L Carpenter (Hook Norton) 1.45.16.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP CATEGORY WINNERS Senior men: 1 N Marley, 2 J Bolton, 3 O Ellis.

Vet 40 men: 1 S Male, 2 J Atyeo, 3 R Storey.

Vet 50 men: 1 J Nelson, 2 J Burgess, 3 P Coy (Banbury H) 1.09.56.

Vet 60 men: 1 G Pritchard, 2 L Poole, 3 W Bunce (Kidlington) 1.19.04.

Vet 70 men: 1 J Abrams (Witney RR) 1.37.56.

Senior women: 1 S Carter, 2 J Webb.

Vet 35 women: 1 M Bartlett, 2 S Usher, 3 A Hopkins (Headington RR) 1.13.02.

Vet 45 women: 1 P Wilson, 2 H Smith.

Vet 55 women: 1 S Haines.

OTHER SUBMITTED CLUB RESULTS Abingdon Amblers: L Garrod 1.22.59, L Bedford 1.26.15, M Miness 1.33.54.

Eynsham RR: K Dawson 1.08.02, L Creasey 1.10.16, D Creasey 1.15.59, D Bridges 1.18.34, D Breaker 1.21.42, H Morris 1.23.58, I Keeley 1.27.53, P Creasey 1.28.55.

Headington RR: C Slator (V40) 1.13.17, S Howard 1.17.31, A Felton 1.18.05, R Shaw (LV35) 1.18.42, S Cowls (V50) 1.19.42, R Payne (LV35) 1.20.12, S Brown 1.20.41, T Mean 1.21.34, D Sawyer (V50) 1.22.16, P Brame (V40) 1.23.25, J Clargo (V40) 1.23.51, T Johnson (LV35) 1.24.33, B Cornelius (V60) 1.27.43, M Stone (V50) 1.29.40, L Macaskill (LV45) 1.31.090, G Tsverik 1.35.44, A Munday (V40) 1.36.26, K Villiers (V60) 1.37.42, S Harding-Brown (LV45) 1.38.07, S O’Driscoll (SL) 1.38.14, C Carter (LV35) 1.40.29.

Woodstock H: P Brackett (V50) 1.11.27, S Cantwell (LV35) 1.13.51, W Hudson 1.17.36, K Adams 1.28.50.

LONDON DUATHLON Witney RR: G Le Good 1.54.38, S Le Good 1.59.40.

TATTON TRIATHLON Eynsham RR: M Schofield 2.30.41.