FIONA Bunn produced a fine performance to finish 27th in the under 20 women’s race at the English National Cross Country Championships in Nottingham.

Despite an injury-interrupted winter, the Abingdon runner battled through the mud to record a time of 25mins 15 secs.

Witney’s Steve Naylor won a medal in the senior men’s competition.

Competing for first-claim Bedford & County, Naylor finished 66th and helped his club win bronze, missing out on gold by just 15 points.

Oxford City’s Under 13 girls team finished sixth in their event.

ABINGDON'S Jack Shayler finished sixth and the first junior at the Goring 10k.

Meanwhile, Steve Pomeroy, also of Abingdon, won the veteran 50 Throws Triathlon at the Swindon Winter Throws Invitational.

RESULTS

ENGLISH NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon: Men – Senior: 552 D Wilson 49.47, 1383 J Bones (V45) 61.00. Under 17: 184 D Bunn 23.56. Under 15: 201 A Pennington 17.19, 245 A Clay 17.44, 292 K Francis 18.25. Women – Senior: 109 S Lackman (SL) 33.54, 153 C Parker (U23) 35.07. Under 20: 27 F Bunn 25.15, 110 L Siddle 28.59, 117 V Tilling 29.10. Under 17: 160 K Harris 23.18, 239 M Darwent 25.59. Under 15: 160 M Bedlington 18.53, 250 A Bromley 19.40, 341 I Jones 20.58.

Headington: Men – Senior: 674 R Skilbeck 51.13, 692 K Lowies 51.24, 736 C Prince 51.56, 1154 D Simpson 57.30, 1533 L Hurman 1.04.34. Women – Senior: 120 D Moore 34.09, 180 L Barker 35.42, 214 A Johnson 36.27, 277 H Griffiths 38.10, 288 M Frykfors 38.22, 359 M Ding 39.37, 447 C Scott 41.24, 453 H Turley 41.32, 588 R Winder 45.19, 615 K King 45.59, 684 J Duvall 48.36, 710 S Harding-Brown 49.58, 750 E Carter-Biggs 53.39.

GORING 10K

Abingdon: 6 J Shayler (1st U17) 36.04, 12 J Darwent (1st V45) 38.00, 25 T Coney (V40) 39.09, 45 G Wallace (V50) 41.42, 50 M Lewy (V55) 42.00, 70 B Watson (V40) 43.15, 73 D Richards (V55) 43.17, 113 A Muir (V40) 45.10, 160 A Pixton (V40) 46.38, 170 S Wade (V40) 47.06, 190 L Coulson (LV40) 47.46, 194 G Wiggins 47.53, 206 D Smyth 48.34, 207 J Oliver (V60) 48.38, 222 M Shayler (V45) 49.06, 242 C Sharpe (V40) 49.37, 253 L Bedford (LV45) 49.56, 286 B Ireland (U20W) 51.01, 289 J Newton (V40) 51.06, 308 N-J Steinke (LV35) 51.43, 325 W Millatt (1st LV60) 52.06, 341 S Cozens (LV45) 52.47, 350 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 53.00, 375 J Pennington (LV50) 53.46, 377 A Waldock (SL) 53.46, 516 S Stroud (LV40) 57.48, 523 B Kirk (LV35) 57.57, 537 T Francis (V55) 58.21, 606 H Smith (SL) 1.00.11, 609 S Watton (V45) 1.00.28, 622 F Topp (LV45) 1.01.05, 661 M Durham (LV35) 1.02.21, 676 H Nash (LV50) 1.02.50, 680 D Roberts (V50) 1.02.59, 725 H Bower (LV35) 1.04.37, 743 F Long (LV40) 1.05.43, 769 S Wade (LV45) 1.07.12, 774 M Coates (LV50) 1.07.33, 775 E Moore (LV50) 1.07.34pb, 812 S James (LV55) 1.10.35, 817 M Hamilton (LV50) 1.10.44, 838 B Evans (V70) 1.13.27, 854 J Delph (LV35) 1.16.37, 855 H Linford (LV35) 1.16.38.

White Horse Harriers: 10 P Wileman 37.50, 15 J Cooke (V40) 38.17, 24 T Walsh 38.57, 43 M Lane (V40) 41.28, 112 S. Sheehy 45.03, 195 R Burgess (LV50) 47.55, 227 P Mack 49.11, 274 I Rees (V50) 50.42, 346 J McCabe (V50) 52.52, 355 N White 53.13, 407 H Smyth 54.37, 439 K Howard (V50) 55.35, 511 K Boyce (LV50) 57.35, 603 S Bedford (LV50) 1.00.05, 844 L Fellingham 1.12.43, 864 J Bigirwa 1.18.46, 871 J Knight 1.20.19.

BOURTON 10K

Abingdon: 134 C Walters (V50) 42.22, 198 M Shepley (V50) 44.57, 216 C Halfhead (JL) 45.43pb, 268 B Compton (LV40) 47.53, 405 B Hedges 55.18, 434 F Cobb (SL) 58.15, 492 M Shepley (LV45) 1.05.31pb.

Eynsham RR: A Egan (MV50) 46.39.

Headington RR: 40 T Clarke 38.09, 104 D Bremner 41.10, 178 K Allred (LV45) 44.31, 189 P Bensusan 44.51, 316 R Gibbs (V40) 49.58, 333 A Smith 50.52, 412 L Slay (LV50) 55.45, 444 Gemma Harris (SL) 59.07, 445 S Cassettari (LV50) 59.07, 483 S Ledingham (LV55) 1.04.26, 507 S Leach (LV50) 1.07.08, 511 N Tuite (LV45) 1.07.50.

Winchester 10k

Eynsham RR: V Rose (SL) 1.12.22.

SWINDON WINTER THROWS INVITATIONAL

Abingdon – Throws Triathlon M50: 1 S Pomeroy (V50) 1844pts pb – SP6K: 10.79, WT11.34K: 12.92, HT6K: 35.88pb.