ATHLETICS: All the action from the third round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League

The Abingdon runner, who won the opening race in November and came second last month, finished third at Horspath, which doubled up as the Oxfordshire Cross Country Championships.

Wall-Clarke has a seven-point lead over his nearest rival Daniel Blake, of Oxford City.

• Alex Wall-Clarke looks composed as he keeps his place at the top of the senior standings Picture: Barry Cornelius

Abingdon’s Calum Steer, who was 11th at Horspath, has a 32-point cushion over clubmate David Bunn in the under 20 rankings.

Swindon Harriers’ Ben Cole won the race in 30mins 36secs ahead of Abingdon under 20 athlete Jack Shayler.

It turned out to be a good day for Abingdon, with the club topping the team standings in the under 15/17 girls and boys events, as well as the under 13 girls.

Headington Roadrunners’ Kit Villiers reached a special landmark, competing in his 100th race in the league.

Witney’s Tegs Jones was the top vet 40, with Oxford City’s Julian Richardson leading the way in the vet 50 category.

Alchester’s John Nelson was first in the vet 60 age group.

READ AGAIN: Calum Steer claims victory in second round

Abingdon’s Adam Ede got the better of Oxford City’s Benjamin Davies, winning the combined under 15/17 race by eight seconds.

The top under 15 finisher was Radley’s William D’Arcy, who crossed fifth overall.

Radley’s Quinn Miell-Ingram stormed to victory by 29 seconds in the under 13 event, while Witney’s William Shayler won the under 11 competition.

In the senior ladies’ race, Newbury’s Sophie Crumley took victory ahead of under 20 runner Fiona Bunn, of Abingdon.

Radley’s Emma Huepfl topped the vet 45 category, with Banbury Harriers’ Rosalind Kelling leading the way in the vet 55 division.

• Radley’s Emma Huepfl clinches the top vet 45 spot Picture: Barry Cornelius

In the combined under 15/17 event, Newbury’s Lucy Wells triumphed ahead of Olivia Martin, of Abingdon, who was the first athlete home from the younger age group.

Newbury’s Josie Robertson took victory in the under 13 competition, beating Abingdon’s Isabelle Martin by 13 seconds.

Banbury Harriers’ Isla McGowan triumphed in the under 11 event.

Radley’s Cecilia Huepfl won the under nine girls and boys race.

The next round is at Bo Peep Caravan Park, Adderbury, on Sunday, February 3.

RESULTS

OXFORD MAIL CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

INDIVIDUAL

(senior men unless stated)

MEN

Senior: 1 B Cole (Swh) 30mins 36secs, 2 J Shayler (Abn, U20) 30.56, 3 A Wall-Clarke (Abn) 30.59, 4 N Gillis (Tkt) 31.09, 5 A Muir (New) 31.12, 6 W Gardner (Oxf) 31.30, 7 T Jones (Wit, V40) 31.33, 8 M Green (New) 31.37, 9 S Upton (Wit) 31.45, 10 J Craggs (New) 31.58, 11 C Steer (Abn, U20) 32.19, 12 N Clinton (Swh) 32.21, 13 J Cheli (OTC) 32.23, 14 D Lewis (Eyn, V40) 32.25, 15 J Bolton (Wds, V40) 32.27, 16 J Knight (New, V40) 32.42, 17 J Eve (Hed, V40) 32.44, 18 A Brittain (OTC) 32.54, 19 J Richardson (Oxf, V50) 33.10, 20 D Bunn (Abn, U20) 33.18, 21 M Lock (Wit, U20) 33.26, 22 D Lawrence (Hed) 33.33, 23 L Byrne (Swh) 33.34, 24 P Marshall (New) 33.46, 25 R Trotter (Ban, U20) 33.50, 26 D Tuttle (New) 33.51, 27 O Stepney (Abn) 33.51, 28 C Lumley (Alc) 33.54, 29 A Herbert (Chw) 33.55, 30 J Godwood (Wit) 33.57.

Under 15/17: 1 A Ede (Abn) 16.54, 2 B Davies (Oxf) 17.02, 3 P Mochan (Swh) 17.08, 4 D Roberts (Ban) 17.14, 5 W D’Arcy (Rad, U15) 17.16, 6 S Worfolk (Bic) 17.17, 7 O Knox (Ban) 17.21, 8 T Allen (New) 17.25, 9 J James (Rad, U15) 17.30, 10 A Pennington (Abn) 17.42.

Under 13: 1 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 10.02, 2 F Hart (Swh) 10.31, 3 J Bagot (Swh) 10.43, 4 F Jones (Oxf) 10.49, 5 C Morgan (Rad) 10.56, 6 N Kemp (Tkt) 11.00, 7 O Stocker (Bic) 11.10, 8 T Clark (Tkt) 11.20, 9 F Bower (Rad) 11.21, 10 C Morgan (Abn) 11.22.

Under 11: 1 W Shayler (Wit) 5.33, 2 M Salmon (Oxf) 5.38, 3 O Tozer (Tkt) 5.40, 4 R Allen (Rad) 5.43, 5 R Wilson (Rad) 5.47, 6 J Tipping (Rad) 5.50, 7 R Mack (Ban) 5.54, 8 A Garry (Oxf) 5.55, 9 I Chekmazov (Tkt) 5.58, 10 G Crosthwaite (Rad) 6.00.

LADIES

Senior: 1 S Crumly (New) 25.58, 2 F Bunn (Abn, U20) 26.10, 3 S Lloyd (Whh) 26.26, 4 J Franklin (New LV35) 26.40, 5 H Greenwood (Kid) 27.32, 6 E McLoughlin (Did) 27.33, 7 V Duncan (New) 27.33, 8 C Mowforth (Whh, LV35) 27.45, 9 C Parker (Abn) 27.47, 10 D Foster (Hed, LV35) 28.09, 11 R Duxbury (OTC) 28.14, 12 J Hannah (Oxf, U20) 28.25, 13 H Hale (Eyn) 28.34, 14 L Hawtin (Oxf) 28.44, 15 L McAllister (Eyn LV35) 28.45, 16 C Ridewood (Abn, U20) 28.48, 17 L Rycroft (Whh, U20) 28.54, 18 M Jones-Walters (Gue) 29.04, 19 C Harris (OTC, LV35) 29.08, 20 E Huepfl (Rad, LV45) 29.10, 21 L Leach (Eyn, LV35) 29.17, 22 K Allred (Eyn, LV45) 29.23, 23 C Drummond (Ban) 29.28, 24 E Haley (Rad),29.35, 25 D Allen (Hkn) 29.35, 26 R Allen (New, LV45) 29.46, 27 V Richardson (Abn) 29.54, 28 J Duckett (Oxf, U20) 29.58, 29 R Fisher (Whh, LV35) 30.09, 30 M Bartlett (Ban, LV45) 30.10.

Under 15/17: 1 L Wells (New) 17.30, 2 O Martin (Abn, U15) 17.40, 3 D Palmer (Oxf) 18.37, 4 G Halfhead (Abn, U15) 18.54, 5 B Darwent (Abn) 19.00, 6 C De Jonge (Oxf, U15) 19.02, 7 H Brewster (Oxf, U15) 19.05, 8 T Westbrook (Wit, U15) 19.16, 9 A Shayler (Oxf, U15) 19.18, 10 A Kelly (Whh) 19.53.

Under 13: 1 J Robertson (New) 10.52, 2 I Martin (Abn) 11.05, 3 K Fraser (Tkt) 11.34, 4 T Lainchbury (Ban) 11.36, 5 L McGrath (Bic) 11.43, 6 A Jolliffe (Bic) 11.59, 7 L Brabbin (Oxf) 12.07, 8 E Powell (Abn) 12.13, 9 M Crawshaw (Rad) 12.36, 10 R Davies (Rad) 12.38.

Under 11: 1 I McGowan (Ban) 5.48, 2 E Channon (Oxf) 5.51, 3 C Bower (Rad) 6.02, 4 Z Allen (Tkt) 6.02, 5 E Blake (Wit) 6.06, 6 E Jacobs (Bic) 6.09, 7 B Ryder (Swh) 6.13, 8 P Archibald (Oxf) 6.14, 9 I Newby (Tkt) 6.15, 10 C Hall (Ban) 6.21.

Under 9 boys & girls: 1 C Huepfl (Rad, G), 2 R Linscott (Hig), 3 I Buckle (Rad), 4 E Smith (Swh), 5 E Shayler (Abn), 6 A Leak (Swh), 7 J Newton (Bic), 8 J Swift (Ban), 9 R Jones (Wit), 10 M Davis (Ban).

TEAM

MEN

Senior – Div 1: 1 Newbury A 122pts, 2 Oxford City A 209, 3 Abingdon A 220. Div 2: 1 Witney A 280, 2 Swindon A 372, 3 Alchester B 820. Div 3: 1 Kidlington A 525, 2 Headington B 629, Oxford City B 678.

Under 15/17: 1 Abingdon A 30, 2= Bicester A, Radley A 31.

Under 13: 1 Radley A 15, 2 Swindon A 30, 3 Oxford City A 41.

LADIES

Senior – Div 1: 1 Newbury A 12, 2 Abingdon A 27, 3 Eynsham A 49. Div 2: 1 White Horse A 28, 2 Abingdon B 96, 3 Headington B 129. Div 3: 1 Oxford TC A 76, 2 White Horse B 106, 3 Eynsham B 130.

Under 15/17: 1 Abingdon A 11, 2 Oxford City A 16, 3 Oxford City B 37.

Under 13: 1 Abingdon A 25, 2 Bicester A 36, 3 Oxford City A 38.

STANDINGS

INDIVIDUAL

MEN

Senior: 1 A Wall-Clarke (Abn) 3pts, 2 D Blake (Oxf) 10, 3 S Martinez Gonza (Swh) 12.

Vet 40: 1 T Jones (Wit) 12, 2 J Eve (Hed) 23, 3 D Lewis (Eyn) 25.

Vet 50: 1 J Richardson (Oxf) 32, 2 H Bampton (Oxf) 64, 3 K Lowies (Hed) 106.

Vet 60: 1 J Nelson (Alc) 155, 2 B Green (Oxf) 240, 3 S Thorp (Oxf) 276.

Vet 70: 1 R Treadwell (Oxf) 460, 2 T Greenland (Abn) 519, 3 G Pritchard (Ban) 589.

Under 20: 1 C Steer (Abn) 4, 2 D Bunn (Abn) 36, 3 E Pierce (Swh) 40.

Under 17: 1 P Mochan (Swh) 5, 2 D Roberts (Ban) 7, 3 B Davies (Oxf) 8.

Under 15: 1 W D’Arcy (Rad) 6, 2 J James (Rad) 16, 3 H Woods (Swh) 24.

Under 13: 1 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 2, 2 F Hart (Swh) 4, 3= J Bagot (Swh), F Jones (Oxf) 7.

Under 11: 1 W Shayler (Wit) 2, 2 M Salmon (Oxf) 4, 3 O Tozer (Tkt) 6.

LADIES

Senior: 1 S Crumly (New) 2, 2 V Duncan (New) 8, 3 E McLoughlin (Did) 12.

Vet 35: 1 J Franklin (New) 3, 2 D Foster (Hed) 5, 3 L McAllister (Eyn) 8.

Vet 45: 1 K Allred (Eyn) 28, 2 R Allen (New) 36, 3 S Usher (Alc) 38.

Vet 55: 1 K Bates (Eyn) 78, 2 R Kelling (Ban) 100, 3 J Eaton (New) 109.

Vet 65: 1 E Harkness (New) 323, 2 L Bennett (Swh) 370, 3 H West (Wit) 378.

Under 20: 1 J Hannah (Oxf) 15, 2 L Rycroft (Whh) 19, 3 T Williams (Ban) 27.

Under 17: 1 D Palmer (Oxf) 6, 2 B Darwent (Abn) 17, 3 A Kelly (Whh) 20.

Under 15: 1 K Dee (Hig) 2, 2 O Martin (Abn) 4, 3 T Dee (Hig) 7.

Under 13: 1 J Robertson (New) 2, 2 I Martin (Abn) 3, 3 K Fraser (Tkt) 5.

Under 11: 1 I Haines-Gray (Oxf) 2, 2 I McGowan (Ban) 3, 3 Z Allen (Tkt) 7.

Under 9 girls & boys: 1 C Huepfl (Rad) 2, 2= E Smith (Swh), J Newton (Bic) 6.

TEAM

MEN

Senior – Div 1: 1 Abingdon A 400, 2 Newbury A 502, 3 Alchester A 991.

Div 2: 1 Swindon A 760, 2 Witney A 952, 3 Abingdon B 1,843. Div 3: 1 Kidlington A 1,788, 2 Headington B 2,837, 3 Cherwell A 2,853.

Under 15/17: 1 Radley A 74, 2 Swindon A 76, 3 Oxford City A 119.

Under 13: 1 Radley A 49, 2 Swindon A 61, 3 Team Kennet A 136.

LADIES

Senior – Div 1: 1 Newbury A 38, 2 Abingdon A 106, 3 Eynsham A 138. Div 2: 1 White Horse A 189, 2 Witney A 292, 3 Abingdon B 330. Div 3: 1 Oxford TC A 174, 2 White Horse B 439, 3 Hook Norton A 453.

Under 15/17: 1 Oxford City A 54, 2 Abingdon A 58, 3 Swindon A 143.

Under 13: 1 Abingdon A 69, 2 Bicester A 107, 3 Team Kennet A 114.

CLUB SUBMITTED RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

OXFORD MAIL CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

Abingdon AC – U9 Girls and Boys: 5 E Shayler (U9B), 17 J Grant (U9B), 22 J Sands (U9B), 44 S Morgan (U9B), 45 G Convers-Reigni (U9B), 46 E Williams (U9G), 52 I Ford (U9G). U11 Girls: 23 M Powell 06.47, 47 H Sanders 08.30. U11 Boys: 24 T Spokes 06.20, 37 F Williams 06.36. U13 Girls: 2 I Martin 11.05, 8 E Powell 12.13, 15 R Herring 12.47,16 E Betts 12.51. U13 Boys: 10 C Morgan 11.22, 27 O Sherratt 12.38, 34 A Wallace 13.52. U15/U17 Girls: 2 O Martin (U15G) 17.40, 4 G Halfhead (U15G) 18.54, 5 B Darwent (U17G) 19.00, 20 A Bromley (U17G) 20.56, 21 M Bedlington (U17G) 20.58, 22 R Buckley (U15G) 21.16. U15/U17 Boys: 1 A Ede (U17B) 16.54, 10 A Pennington (U17B) 17.42, 19 K Francis (U17B) 18.33, 28 M Smith (U15B) 19.42, 36 T Lavender (U17B) 20.20, 37 T Miller (U17B) 20.25, 48 M Beech (U17B) 22.10. Men: 2 J Shayler (U20M) 30.56, 3 A Wall-Clarke 30.59, 11 C Steer (U20M) 32.19, 20 D Bunn (U20M) 33.18, 27 O Stepney 33.51, 73 C Weir 36.24, 84 J Willard 37.01, 87 M Walker 37.05, 93 N Bunn (V50) 37.16, 102 C MacLennan (V50) 37.31, 123 B Watson (V40) 38.51, 124 C Bedford (V50) 38.53, 138 G Wallace (V50) 39.23, 168 M Lewy (V50) 40.49, 195 J Bones (V40) 42.00, 201 S Convers-Reigni (V40) 42.23, 204 A Muir (V40) 42.30, 229 D Bedlington (V50) 44.23, 234 A Francis (V50) 44.42, 247 K Welby (V50) 45.22, 250 S Kippin (V40) 45.35, 251 T Scott-Langley 45.37, 262 J Wigmore (V60) 46.15, 267 B D-Arcy (V40) 46.43, 273 N Hamilton (V60) 47.22, 275 A Burnett 47.30, 276 T Greenland (V70) 47.42, 281 M Shayler (V50) 47.57, 298 D Morgan (V40) 50.56, 304 S Fabes (V60) 52.33. Women: 2 F Bunn (U20W) 26.10, 9 C Parker (SW) 27.47, 16 C Ridewood (U20W) 28.48, 27 V Richardson (SW) 29.54, 31 J James (V45) 30.12, 38 K Harris (U20W) 30.35, 45 R Davies (SW) 31.37, 51 L Shelton (SW) 32.10, 67 S Lackman (SW) 33.31, 75 M Darwent (U20W) 34.02, 83 A Halfhead (V45) 34.21, 88 P Terry (V45) 34.45, 100 J Swarbrick (LV35) 35.26, 103 K Adams (LV35) 35.38, 131 B Compton (V45) 37.50, 132 J D-Arcy (LV35) 37.54, 144 L Hamilton (V45) 38.54, 153 L Gilholm (LV35) 39.32, 154 C Warren (LV35) 39.36, 159 H Bower (LV35) 39.44, 164 J Pennington (V45) 39.52, 176 F Long (LV35) 40.39, 179 K Clarke (LV35) 41.03, 189 A Buckley (V45) 42.28, 208 C Halfhead (U20W) 46.10, 211 J Howard (LV55) 47.13, 216 M Hamilton (V45) 48.24, 218 E Moore (V45) 49.31.

Alchester AC – Men: C Lumley 33.54, R Gould 34.46, C Hornby 34.50, J Wright 34.52, P Leverton 35.03, D Ingram 35.57, R Francis 36.19, A Stickley 36.41, S O’Gorman 37.01, J Nelson 37.06, I Hunter 38.43, J Bagnall 39.02, G Warland 40.15, F Varney 40.31, A Bowen 40.33, A Kerr 40.46, S Best 40.59, V Bayliss 41.01, J Burgess 41.08, R Kerr 41.24, S Worfolk 41.41, R Evans 43.34, A Kelly 48.09, S Wells 48.13, D Fox 49.29, M Fisher 50.26, S Sangar 51.54, A Silvey 53.26, N Lambert 53.56. Women: C Court 32.45, S Suter 33.14, C Kerr 34.39, D Newton 36.02, G Newell 36.04, W Hunter 37.08, A Krzyzowska 38.02, C Burnby 38.16, S Fisher 39.16, M Saunders 39.24, E Nelson 40.02, R Bowles 40.46, A Henshall 41.13, E Dommett 41.55, K Andrews 44.42.

Bicester Tri – Men: R Cripps 36.13, G James 37.20, G Jackson 37.26, L Godber 39.57, L Blair 40.01, T Griffiths 40.06, E Newman 40.38, J Ferguson 43.09, J Cunningham 43.18, M Reader 45.41, R Young 45.52, A Sparkes 46.01, A Toma 46.10, G Hazleton 47.57, M Spencer-Jones 50.14, C Rogers 53.17. Ladies: J Gundle 34.51, K Pickett 35.25, C Mathews 36.22, C Gibbs 36.55, L Davidson 38.55, M Davis 39.36, A Wilhelmine N Hall 39.38, L Hughes 43.17, S Strudwick 44.32, N Claxton 47.22, S Harrison 51.26, K Lowe 51.27, C Reader 51.29.

Headington RR – Men: 17 J Eve (V1) 32.44, 22 D Lawrence 33.33, 35 F Campbell (V2) 34.29, 40 J Smith (V1) 34.44, 46 T Willner-Reid 34.57, 48 J Lhomme 35.07, 56 A Aimon 35.33, 57 M Pearce 35.39, 66 K Lowies (V2) 35.51, 80 M Hill (V1) 36.43, 96 T Williams 37.20, 106 S Dales (V2) 37.34, 107 R Skilbeck (V1) 37.35, 118 S Ross 38.33, 118 S Cayley 38.33, 121 A Phelps (V2) 38.49, 125 R Cousens (V1) 38.54, 139 J Ekelund 39.28, 158 J Griffiths (V3) 40.19, 180 M Richards (V2) 41.09, 191 D Henning (V2) 41.44, 207 D Simpson (V2) 42.39, 208 J D-Angelo 42.47, 213 J Clargo (V2) 43.03, 240 M Herd (V2) 45.00, 265 M Davies (V3) 46.27, 279 T Pound (V1) 47.54, 283 D Sawyer (V3) 48.06, 287 P Lister (V3) 49.09, 314 G Norris (V3) 58.33, 319 K Villiers (V4) 82.28. Women: 10 D Foster (V1) 28.09, 33 A Johnson 30.15, 37 E Georgiades 30.26, 39 S Power 30.56, 42 C Sugden 31.21, 48 Y Morris (V1) 31.52, 69 C Scott (V1) 33.40, 74 E Myhill 33.58, 80 M Ding (V1) 34.14, 81 C Humphreys (V1) 34.14, 90 H Turley (V3) 34.47, 117 S Dixon 36.41, 118 E McDermott (V1) 36.46, 123 C Childs (V2) 37.10, 127 S Bird 37.37, 143 A Barry (V2) 38.41, 147 S Harding-Brown (V2) 38.56, 159 D Evans (V2) 39.42, 165 J Duvall (V3) 39.55, 166 E Smith (V1) 39.56, 172 K King (V1) 40.20, 175 S Cassettari (V3) 40.36, 187 E Carter-Biggs (V2) 42.00, 188 S Conroy 42.13, 191 H Barker (V1) 42.46, 196 S Grylls (V4) 43.28, 204 S Bates 44.55, 205 H Grayson 45.10, 209 C Bishop (V1) 46.47, 222 S Leach (V2) 53.32, 223 S Ledingham (V3) 53.33.

NOS GALAN 5K

Abingdon AC: 56 P Akrill (2nd V45) 17.34pb.

WOODCOTE 10K

Abingdon AC: 21 G Hermitage (V40) 40.06, 35 S Wade (V40) 41.55, 48 T Ball (V40) 43.29, 61 D Richards (V60) 44.49, 362 S Wade (LV45) 1.10.27.

WITNEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 2 M Lock (1st S20) 19.21, 4 C Mulcahy (1st V45) 20.08pb, 6 C Ellis (1st V40) 20.32, 9 T Grantham (1st V35) 21.22, 13 T Westbrook (1st JL11, 1st lady) 22.05, 21 T Clarke (3rd V45) 22.45, 22 B Moore (1st V55) 22.47, 28 G Le Good (1st V65) 23.28, 39 J Whelan (1st V60) 24.24, 47 L Holland (3rd LV45) 25.37, 55 B Rendell (2nd S25) 26.22, 58 A McIlveen (1st SL20) 26.27, 59 D Rouget (2nd V60) 26.34, 64 T Hepworth (1st LV40) 26.55, 80 V Hopkins (2nd LV35) 27.59pb, 83 G Sherwood (LV45) 28.17, 92 J McCormac (3rd V65) 29.12, 93 L Lanyon (2nd LV50) 29.14pb, 125 F Bisp (J11) 31.24, 128 J Le Good (1st LV60) 31.35, 145 P Taylor (V35) 32.32, 168 F Tate (LV50) 33.59pb, 195 E Howard (JL15) 37.24.

GLOUCESTER NORTH PARKRUN

Witney RR: 23 J Colbeck-McKinnon (2nd LV50, 3rd lady) 26.17, 99 S McKinnon (3rd JL11) 36.14.

WOTTON PARKRUN

Witney RR: 20 A Green (1st S25) 24.28.

FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN

Witney RR: 285 L Harris (1st LV45) 25.24.

NORTHALA FIELDS PARKRUN

Witney RR: 237 T Wymer (LV35) 31.40, 239 D Wymer (V35) 31.50.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Witney RR: 64 N Morley (V45) 25.52, 74 A Flory (3rd LV45) 26.47pb, 134 L Bailey (SL25) 34.37.