BRITISH MASTERS ROAD RELAYS
OXFORD City stole the show at Sutton Park, Birmingham, bagging two gold medals and one bronze.
City opened up with victory in the 65+ age group, where Dave Parsons anchored them home on the three-mile course in 18mins 41secs.
Parsons ran the fastest vet 65 split by 45 seconds, finishing off the good work started by Gareth Jones (20.04) and Clive Rutland (20.38).
City’s 45-54 team collected bronze, with Heine van Zyl (17.44), Rob Webster (16.46), Carl Thompson (18.11), John Atyeo (16.40), Julian Richardson (15.56) and Steve Male (16.13) their runners.
The second gold came in the vet 55-64 category where Phil Huxley (17.38) and Roy Treadwell (18.03) kept City in second place.
Stewart Thorp (18.07) gave Oxford the lead, with Richard Grant (18.12) completing victory.
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