Woodstock Harriers took the county and overall honours at the 20th running of the Abingdon Marathon.

Harriers, with quartet Simon Lund, Tom Glare, Mike Shipway and Stephen Caswell, won the overall team prize with a combined time of 11.35.08 - which was almost 30 minutes ahead of their nearest county rivals Abingdon Amblers.

In the county race, Woodstock also finished first, though Lund was not registered in this race - vet 40 athlete Martin Townsend making up the quartet.

Cirencester's Mike Smith won the race, crossing the line in 2.26.26, which was more than six minutes ahead of Woodstock's Lund, who was second in 2.32.52.

With Lund not registering for any of the county prizes, it left the way open for Banbury's Philip Mestecky to take the senior men's crown.

He finished in 32nd place overall in a time of 2.59.53 - cruising to the title by a massive 42 minutes from Leo Little-Brooke.

In the overall men's county race, Kidlington's Gerry Smith took the crown, and with it the Vet 40 title when he crossed the line in 2.41.14 - securing fifth place overall.

Bourton Road Runners' Lucy Bourne took the overall ladies' title, finishing 52nd overall in a time of 3.06.25, while the overall and Vet 35 Oxfordshire titles went to Headington's Marie-Anne Fischer in 3.33.29.

Alchester's Anna Widdowson won the senior ladies' title in 4.05.18.

In the Super Vet categories, Woodstock's amazing 60-year-old Mike Shipway produced another superb display of distance running, crossing the line in 2.58.47 - securing the Vet 60 title and finishing 29th overall out of more than 300 finishers.

His performance was not quite enough to take the overall Super Vet title - that went to Oxford City's Robin Schofield (V40, who finished 12th overall in 2.46.36.

Hook Norton's Lilian Carpenter took the Vet 55 ladies' crown in 4.03.18 - to take third overall in the county.

RESULTS

Provisional results (Top 50)

1 M Smith (Cirencester) 2.26.26, 2 S Lund (Woodstock H) 2.32.52, 3 P Cameron (West Wight RR) 2.35.38, 4 D Cox (Les Croupiers) 2.36.59, 5 G Smith (Kidlington, V40), 6 N Perry (Swindon) 2.42.18, 7 G Reynolds (Ilford) 2.42.53, 8 B White (Fairlands VS, V40) 2.43.40, 9 M Cooper (S'ton, V40) 2.44.38, 10 A Rolt (VOA) 2.44.46, 11 G Heslop (Chelmsford, V40) 2.44.52, 12 R Schofield (Oxford C, V40) 2.46.36, 13 M Speyer (Argentan, V40) 2.46.50, 14 J Hartley (Clayton-le-Moors, V40) 2.47.35, 15 T Munt (Team Kennet, V40) 2.47.43, 16 M Guichard (100km Ass, V40) 2.48.38, 17 A Macaskill (unatt) 2.50.50, 18 A Ball (Desford) 2.51.03, 19 E Milne (Middleton) 2.51.42, 20 B Hards (Roadrunners, V40) 2.53.19, 21 A Chambers (unatt, V40) 2.53.35, 22 R McCarroll (Alchester, V50) 2.57.00, 23 P Robson (Saffron Striders) 2.57.20, 24 C Ambrose (Roadrunners, V40) 2.57.45, 25 T Laver (Reading) 2.57.57, 26 A Fletcher (Paddock Wood, V40) 2.58.06, 27 S McIntyre (Reigate, V50) 2.58.09, 28 T Glare (Woodstock H, V40) 2.58.27, 29 M Shipway (Woodstock H, V60) 2.58.47, 30 C West (Carn) 2.59.32, 31 K Chamberlain (Reading, V40) 2.59.44, 32 P Mestecky (Banbury H) 2.59.53, 33 J Rogers (Tri London) 3.00.18, 34 C Crisp (unatt, V40) 3.00.33, 35 R Frame (WHH, V40) 3.00.34, 36 R Dinnyunt (Teignbridge, V60) 3.00.44, 37 T Epps (Wymondham, V40) 3.00.59, 38 C Harrison (Chippenham, V40) 3.01.16, 39 M Bowering (Chippenham) 3.01.16, 40 F Coisel (Argentan) 3.01.31, 41 L Handy (New Forest, V40) 3.01.37, 42 P Leicester (Marlow, V40) 3.02.10, 43 G Kueberuwa (unatt, V40) 3.02.26, 44 M Kestle (Newquay, V40) 3.02.48, 45 J Peerless (Handy Cross, V40) 3.02.56, 46 N Clark (Roadrunners) 3.03.55, 47 T Evans (unatt) 3.04.39, 48 S Caswell (Woodstock H, V40) 3.05.02, 49 C Merritt (unatt) 3.05.10, 50 S Ubsdell (unatt, V40) 3.05.47.

OVERALL TEAM

Men: 1 Woodstock Harriers 107pts, 2 Roadrunners A 161, 3 Reading R A 308, 4 Argentan (France) 318, 5 Abingdon Amblers 318, 6 Roadrunners B 419, 7 100 Marathon Club 422, 8 Reading RR B 611, 9 Roadrunners C 761, 10 Roadrunners D 902.

Ladies: 1 Reading RR 83pts, 2 Abingdon Amblers 94.

OXFORDSHIRE TEAM

Men: 1 Woodstock Harriers 27pts.

INDIVIDUAL PRIZES

Senior Men:1 M Smith (Cirencester) 2.26.26, 2 S Lund (Woodstock H) 2.32.52, 3 P Cameron (West Wight RR) 2.35.38.

Vet 40 men: 1 G Smith (Kidlington) 2.41.14, 2 B White (Fairlands VS) 2.43.40, 3 M Cooper (S'ton) 2.44.38.

V50 men: R McCarroll (Alchester) 2.57.00.

V60 men: 1 M Shipway (Woodstock H) 2.58.47.

V70 men: 1 J Borland (Finch Coasters) 4.26.27.

Ladies: 1 L Townsend (Bourton RR) 3.06.25, 2 H May (unatt) 3.13.42, 3 C Costiff (S London) 3.15.48.

V35 ladies: 1 C Costiff (S London) 3.15.48, 2 C Bolam (Hillingdon) 3.17.08, 3 S Tophill 3.19.20.

V45 ladies: 1 S Thirtle (Lordshill RR) 3.29.26.

V55 ladies: 1 D Stares (Reading RR) 3.55.41.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Overall men: 1 G Smith (Kidlington, V40) 2.41.14, 2 R Schofield (Oxford C, V40) 2.46.36, 3 R McCarroll (Alchester) 2.57.00.

Senior men: 1 P Mestecky (Banbury H) 2.59.53, 2 L Little-Brooke (unatt) 3.41.12, 3 M Higgin (Nabarro Nathanson) 4.00.58.

V40 men: 1 G Smith (Kidlington) 2.41.14, 2 R Schofield (Oxford C) 2.46.36, 3 T Glare (Woodstock H) 2.58.27.

V50 men: 1 R McCarroll (Alchester) 2.57.00, 2 P Bevis (Banbury H) 3.26.52, 3 P Thomas (Witney RR) 3.37.01.

V60 men: 1 M Shipway (Woodstock H) 2.58.47.

Overall ladies: 1 Fischer (Headington RR, V35) 3.33.29, 2 R Knopp (WHH, V35) 3.42.28, 3 L Carpenter (Hook Norton, V55) 4.03.18.

Senior ladies: 1 A Widdowson (Alchester) 4.05.18.

Vet 35 ladies: 1 Fischer (Headington RR) 3.33.29, 2 R Knopp (WHH) 3.42.28, 3 A Wright (Abingdon) 4.27.04.

Vet 55 ladies: 1 L Carpenter (Hook Norton) 4.03.18.

OTHER CLUB RESULTS

Abingdon Amb: J Wigmore 3.14.40, A Garner 3.23.54, C Sawyers 3.33.29, M Cousins 3.36.31, E North 3.49.06, Z Thornburgh 3.52.38, J Amelinckx 3.53.25, R Hollington 5.00.09.

Alchester: P Bursnall 4.03.51.

Bicester: S Staples 3.12.21.

Headington RR: H Nickau 3.06.06, P Read 4.06.30.

Oxford City: P Grimsdale 3.21.55.

Thame: M Edwards 3.10.57.

Woodstock H: M Townsend 3.11.32, C John 3.27.58.