Witney Roadrunner John Atyeo was crowned as Oxfordshire's new half-marathon champion after finishing in second place overall at the 23rd White Horse Half Marathon on Sunday.

The conditions were ideal for distance running, with a gentle cooling breeze, but it quickly became appararent that Atyeo would have to settle for second place in the race.

Datchet Dashers' runner Chris Brayfield led from the start as he cruised away from the field to win the race by almost four minutes, crossing the line in 1hr 11mins 39secs.

But the tussle for county honours was a much closer affair, with Atyeo clinging on to second place to edge out Jason Cooke.

Atyeo finished strongly, recording 1.15.34 to edge Cooke out by just seven seconds at the line.

Mark Richards, from Headington Roadrunners, took the Vet 40 open title, clocking 1.18.40.

He finished just in front of Witney Roadrunner Laz Boden, who earned the county title with his time of 1.18.57.

Performance of the day came from 58-year-old Oxford City veteran Dave Parsons, who stormed through the field to reach 13th spot in 1.22.26, while Abingdon Ambler Robin Schofield won the Oxfordshire Vet 50 competition in 1.26.07.

Woodstock's Mike Shipway lifted by the open and county Vet 60 titles, but was disappointed with his time of 1.28.25.

In the team competition, Witney won both the open and county titles in the absence of the majority of Oxford City, Headington and Woodstock's elite athletes, who were representing their clubs at the Southern England Road Relay Championships.

Alchester's Jenny Pyper took the open and county honours in the senior ladies' race, clocking 1.27.51, while the host club's Ros Knopp took home the Vet 35 ladies' title in 1.35.06.

OTHER CLUB RESULTS

Abingdon Amblers: 5 P Egerton 1.16.54, 11 J Harvey 1.21.08, 25 R Schofield (V50) 1.26.07, 40 N Hamilton (V40) 1.28.39, 117 A Church (V40) 1.37.49 pb, 123 A Garner (V40) 1.38.38, 182 J-L Coudret (V40) 1.43.23, 205 H Smith (LV35) 1.45.41, 256 D Berger (V40) 1.51.52 pb, 262 J Bones 1.52.15, 339 N Blatchford (LV55) 2.09.07, 357 S Webber (LV35) 2.15.00, 374 J Stead (V60) 2.27.46.

Alchester: 28 J Burgess (3rd Vet 50) 1.26.26 pb, 30 G Clench 1.26.29, 34 G Wilby 1.27.04 pb, 36 J Pyper (SL) 1.27.51, 50 P Chivers 1.29.12, 62 J McBain 1.30.49 pb, 74 G Warland 1.32.05 pb, 83 N Trinder 1.33.36 pb, 97 S Howard 1.35.44, 109 P Dunn 1.37.00, 110 A Beaumont 1.37.02, 160 M Lane 1.41.29, 169 D Basham 1.42.03, 181 T Christie (SL) 1.43.21, 187 N Cherry 1.44.09, 190 T Digweed 1.44.17 pb, 211 N Lambert 1.46.02, 224 W Hunter 1.47.44, 239 K Varney 1.49.57, 245 L Graney 1.50.36, 269 M Sandford 1.53.48 pb, 305 L Stratford 1.59.59, 312 K Jones 2.00.55, 315 P Bursnall 2.01.34.

Headington RR: 7 M Richards (1st V40) 1.18.40, 21 G Bird 1.24.37, 23 C Prince 1.25.43, 53 M Worthington 1.30.23, 131 C Paige 1.39.25, 148 R Newhouse 1.40.20, 153 F Bailey 1.40.34, 166 C Magee 1.41.50, 206 M Yeats 1.45.44, 240 A Hopkins 1.50.05, 255 J Maxted 1.51.51, 259 S Cowls 1.52.06, 286 R Logan 1.55.52, 347 F Josephs 2.10.22, 352 B De Martino 2.12.10, 354 M O'Sullivan 2.12.59, 358 B Zacchariello 2.15.20.

Kidlington: G Cripps 1.27.41, M Search (V50) 1.34.48, B Fiddian (V50) 1.37.55, W Bunce (V50) 1.39.42pb, J Warnock (V50) 1.42.30, S Search (SL) 1.43.05, T Langrish (V50) 1.43.07.

Woodstock H: R Beaumont 1.20.57, K Adams 1.24.21, A Pike 1.25.58, J Ashworth 1.26.24pb, M Shipway (1st V60) 1.28.25, P Brackett (V40) 1.28.56, T Maddison 1.29.58pb, N Hall 1.34.48, J O'Shea 1.39.48, S Caswell (V50) 1.40.12.