ABINGDON made a stunning return to Midland League Division 4 with a notable victory in the opening meeting of the campaign at Stourport.

Following promotion last season, Abingdon won the meet with an impressive 419 points, with two track wins coming from Ben Claridge.

It proved a good weekend for Abingdon with success for their ladies team in the Southern Counties Veterans League Western Division match at Horspath. Their men’s team came second.

RESULTS

MIDLAND LEAGUE DIVISON

4 Team: 1 Abingdon Team 419pts.

Men – 100m A: 2 Z Smith (U20) 10.9secs; B: 1 L Chown 11.4. 200m A: 2 Z Smith (U20) 22.2pb; B: 1 B Claridge (U20) 22.1pb. 400m A: 1 B Claridge (U20) 47.7pb. 400m B: 3 J Bradstock 54.5. 800m A: 2 O Onay (U20M) 2.01.3pb; B: 5 A Klukowski (U20) 2.11.9pb. 1500m A: 4 A Vessey (U23) 4.22.5pb. B: 4 E Lawton (U17) 4.55.0pb. 5000m A: 3 A Vessey (U23) 16.55.8; B: 2 G Wood 19.13.5pb. 110mH A: 2 P Stepney (V55) 21.9; B: 2 M Juffkins (V50) 27.8. 400mH A: 3 P Stepney (V55) 78.2; B: 2 M Juffkins (V50) 92.2. 2000m s/c A: 3 O Onay (U20) 7.21.6pb. 4x100m: 2 Abingdon 45.2. 4x400m: 3 Abingdon 3.38.8. High jump A: 5 M Juffkins (V50) 1.4m. Pole vault A: 2 M Juffkins (V50) 2.2. Long jump A: 3 L Chown 5.89. B: 5 P Stepney (V55) 4.4. Triple jump A: 4 P Stepney (V55) 9.55; B: 4 O Onay (U20M) 9.86pb. Shot A: 4 S Pomeroy (V50) 10.07; B: 4 L Bazzi (U17M) 8.2pb. Discus B: 1 M Juffkins (V50) 26.86pb. Hammer A: 7 S Pomeroy (V50) 30.66pb; B: 5 M Juffkins (V50) 7.86. Javelin A: 4 M Juffkins (V50) 32.3; B: 3 S Pomeroy (V50) 31.28.

Women – 100m A: 2 T Cox (U20) 12.4pb; B: 4 C Kimber-Bidlot (U20) 13.8. 200m A: 2 T Cox (U20) 26.5; B: 1 C Salt (U23) 26.6pb. 400m A: 4 C Salt (U23) 64.7. B: 2 L Siddle (U20) 64.8pb. 800m A: 3 L Siddle (U20) 2.29.6; B: 2 S Lackman (SW) 2.31.9. 1500m A: 2 S Lackman (SW) 5.08.7; B: 2 J Brewer (SW) 5.33.1. 3000m B: 2 S Mead (LV45) 14.42.2pb. 100mH A: 1 K Fahl (U17) 17.5. 400mH A: 3 K Fahl (U17) 70.3 pb. B: 4 S Bazylkiewiec (SW) 01.48.3pb. 4x100m: 4 Abingdon 59.8. 4 x 400m: 1 Abingdon 4.20.4. High jump A: 2 K Fahl (U17) 1.5pb. B: 1 J Gregory (U23W) 1.45. Pole vault A: 4 A Chown (SW) 1.7pb. Long jump A: 4 T Cox (U20W) 4.7. B: 4 C Kimber-Bidlot (U20W) 4.09. Triple jump A: 4 J Gregory (U23W) 9.63. B: 4 N Gregory (LV55) 7.81. Shot A: 2 F Jammeh-Kinteh (SW) 10.74; B: 2 K Mitchell (SW) 8.78. Discus: A: 4 F Jammeh-Kinteh (SW) 26.76. B: 2 K Mitchell (SW) 22.28. Hammer: A: 3 F Jammeh-Kinteh (SW) 31.86pb; B: 3 K Mitchell (SW) 21.03.Javelin A: 1 F Jammeh-Kinteh (SW) 35.94. B: 1 K Mitchell (SW) 31.29.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’ LEAGUE

Team: 1 Abingdon Ladies 122.5pts.

W35 – 100m A: 5 L Coulson 15.8; B: 3 P Terry 15.6. 400m A: 5 L Coulson 74.5; B: 3 S Dawson 79.3. 1500m A: 3 D Moore 5.16.50; B: 3 D Bridges 5.47.30. 4x100m: 4 Abingdon 65.5. Long jump: 4 M Herbert 2.86. High jump: 4 M Herbert 1.0. Hammer: 4 T Fernandez 13.48. Javelin: 1 S Dawson 23.18. W50 – 100m: 1 N Gregory 16.1. 400m: 1 P Terry 77.3. 1500m: 3 C Roberts 6.08.50. Long jump: 3 N Gregory 3.17. High jump: 1 J Ashton 1.1. Hammer: 3 P Terry 15.34. Javelin: 1 N Gregory 16.87. W60: 100m: 2 K Pulford 20.3. Javelin: 4 N Blatchford 7.57.

Team: 2 Abingdon Men 139pts.

M35 – 100m A: 5 R Kembleton 13.3; B: 3 M Juffkins 14.2. 400m A: 1 S Cruikshank 55.9. B: 1 P Egerton 58.9. 1500m A: 2 J Bolton 4.26.80; B: 1 M Deering 4.50.90. Long jump: 2 J Thompson 5.02. High jump:: 3 P Goddard 1.4. Hammer: 2 S McCourt 31.95. Shot: 1 D Ralson 10.75. M50: 100m: 3 A Walley 13.9. 400m: 4 P Stepney 67.1. 1500m: 3 M Lewy 5.21.50. Long jump: 1 M Spivey 4.29. High jump: 1 M Juffkins 1.4. Hammer: 1 M Spivey 35.79. Shot: 2 M Spivey 9.76. M60: 100m: 1 D Talbot 14.9. Long jump: 3 D Talbot 3.35. Hammer: 1 R Jones 30.08.

l BICESTER AC’s Millie Couzens moved into the top 30 of the national under 13 rankings after finishing second in the 800m at the Heart of England League Division 2 match at Kettering.

The promising athlete posted a club record time of 2mins 32.1secs.

Clubmate Ben West, competing in the under 17 age group, took the 800m in a pb of 2mins 4.8secs and finished 16 seconds clear in the 1500m.

l THE Oxfordshire Track & Field Championships are being held at Horspath this weekend, starting at 9.30am on both days. Once again they are being held in conjunction with the Bucks Championships and have about 800 athletes entered.

OTHER RESULTS

MARLOW 5
Abingdon: 46 G Wallace (V50) 32.37, 51 C Whitehead 32.55, 64 M Lewy (V50) 33.41, 114 T Clarke (V40) 35.58, 134 P Goddard 36.44, 284 B Compton (LV40) 41.21, 292 J Pennington (LV50) 41.28, 468 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 46.04, 558 H Bower (SW) 48.16, 594 J Styles (V50) 49.03, 690 B Kirk (LV40) 51.16, 793 M Hamilton (LV40) 54.32, 944 P Smiles (LV40) 1.03.27.
WATFORD OPEN MEETING
Abingdon: 1500m race 7: 1 A Ede (U15M) 4.36.74pb
BREWER MEMORIAL GAMES
(Cheltenham) 
Abingdon: 300m race 3: 1 B Darwent (U15G) 48.0. 800m race 2: 2 B Darwent (U15G) 2.28.8pb, 3 M Bedlington (U15G) 2.32.3pb; race 3: 2 A Bromley (U15G) 2.35.8pb, 6 I Jones (U15G) 2.42.2pb, 7 K Harris (U17G) 2.42.9.
COMPTON VERNEY HALF MARATHON.
Kidlington: 20 A Finnigan (3rd SL & 1st LV35) 1.42.48.
SILVERSTONE 10K
Headington Road Runners: 12 S O’Neill 34.49, 47 R Skilbeck (V40) 37.37, 177 J Spering 41.40, 193 P Brame (V45) 42.01, 328 D Crosthwaite (V45) 45.11, 347 D Sawyer (V60) 45.32, 348 H Griffiths 45.33, 355 J Griffiths (V55) 45.37, 425 E Turner (2nd LV50) 46.52, 463 P Bensusan 47.41, 481 G Price 48.04.
LONDON SPRING 10K
Headington: 37 M Gascoigne 47.09.    
ABINGDON PARKRUN     
Abingdon: 4 C MacLennan (V45) 18.55, 20 D Burn 20.25pb, 25 D Richards (V55) 20.57, 35 J Moore (V50) 21.55, 37 G Bartley (V50) 21.59, 39 J Garner (JM11-14) 22.08pb, 45 C Halfhead (JW15-17) 22.31pb, 46 S Lackman (SW) 22.31, 47 P Stepney (V55) 22.36, 64 T Scott-Langley 23.23, 67 R Buckley (JW11-14) 23.40, 72 J Wigmore (V60) 23.52, 80 N-J Steinke (LV35) 24.30, 82 S Tumelaire (LV45) 24.34, 113 L Bedford (LV45) 25.40, 139 G Lean 27.02, 144 D Hunter (V50) 27.15, 145 A Newton (JM11-14) 27.16, 147 J Newton (V40) 27.19, 150 T Francis (V55) 27.26,  166 J Styles (V50) 28.02, 174 K Pulford (LV60) 28.22, 179 N Blatchford (LV65) 28.27, 191 B Compton (LV40) 28.57, 197 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 29.06,   198 M Lewy (V50) 29.07, 199 C Scott-Langley (LV35) 29.16, 201 K Lean (LV40) 29.20, 216 H Nash (LV50) 29.54pb, 226 F Long (LV40) 30.25, 230 A Moger (LV55) 30.36, 231 A Garner (V55) 30.41, 232 F Topp (LV45) 30.43, 234 B Evans (V70) 30.50, 238 A Muir (JW10) 31.02pb, 239 A Muir (V40) 31.02, 243 J Worth (LV40) 31.09, 245 M Coates (LV45) 31.13, 253 S Wade (LV45) 31.47, 280 C Penton (V50) 35.17,    291 R Hayden (LV50) 37.19, 306 D Heller (LV75) 39.19, 311 H Bower (LV35) 39.31, 313 P Goddard 39.35, 314 C Kembleton (LV35) 40.02,    320 C Kon (LV40) 43.47, 323 A Dickinson (V45) 46.49.    
DIDCOT PARKRUN                
Abingdon: 1 M Deering 19.01, 11 K Francis (JM11-14) 20.56, 16 A Francis (V45) 21.15, 21 A Pixton (V50) 21.42pb, 36 M Wilson (V55) 24.08pb, 54 E Lawton (JM15-17) 26.18, 64 D Roberts (V50) 27.18pb.
Didcot Runners: 2 M Walker 19.17, 8 A Forster (V45) 20.50, 15 M Allen (V50) 21.09, 18 A Keen 21.24, 32 D Eggleton (V45) 22.39, 34 Judy Foster (LV45) 23.52, 48 T Lamble (LV35) 25.16, 56 D Field (V50) 26.36, 60 H Gascoigne 27.04, 62 R Biddiscombe (V40) 27.11, 65 P O`Connell (V40) 27.41, 70 A Gordon (V35) 28.15, 72 C Howes (LV35) 28.23, 87 H Brind (LV45) 30.28, 110 A Gordon (LV35) 35.47, 111 T Talbot (LV45) 35,48, 118 S Henderson (LV60) 47.47, 120 C Martin (LV60) 47.58.
OXFORD PARKRUN                
Abingdon: 9 F Bunn (JW15-17) 19.00pb, 23 J Bones (V40) 19.56, 170 H Burton (LV35) 27.22.    
HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN                
Abingdon: 71 D Fegan (JM11-14) 25.56, 78 C Fegan (JM11-14) 26.28    
SWINDON PARKRUN                
Abingdon: 52 M Shepley (V50) 21.31, 58 K Dixon (V45) 21.42, 527 M Shepley (LV45) 50.33.    
BICESTER PARKRUN
Abingdon: 5 C Walters (V50) 19.08pb.