STEVE Naylor and Gemma Bridge triumphed at the Didcot 5.

Naylor led James Bolton home in a Woodstock Harriers one-two, regaining the title he won in 2010.

He clocked 25 minutes exactly for the five-mile race – the same time he achieved in his previous victory.

Bolton recorded 25.50, while Headington Road Runner Chris Dettmar was third and first vet 40 in 26.25.

Radley’s Bridge was the first lady home in 30.15, the Birmingham University student edging out defending champion Diane Moore (Headington) by just three seconds.

Hannah Howard (Eastleigh) was third in 30.25.

Naylor, whose first-claim club is Beford & County, produced a dominant display in Harriers colours, although B olton was with him early on.

He said: “Even with a bit of a tail wind, I had planned not to go off too fast and gradually push things if I felt comfortable.

“The wind was deceptively strong especially between miles two and three so my pace dropped.

“But I had planned to try and have a strong finish, so covered the last two miles in 5.04 and 4.53.”

Bryan Vaughan (Woodstock) was the first vet 50 man home in 29.11, while Oxford City’s Stewart Thorp took the vet 60 category in 30.32.

Moore was the first vet 35 lady, ahead of Sarah Rendell (Alchester) in 31.58.

Naylor’s victory backed up the the 3,000m personal best he ran in the Watford Graded Open.

The 33-year-old clocked 8mins 40.83secs with a 12th-placed finish.

  • MATTHEW Taylor won the Didcot two-mile boys’ fun run in 12.13, ahead of Alex Thomas and Tom Gould.

Rebecca Richardson and Rachel Burton tied for first place in the girls’ competition, both clocking 14.12, with Lauren Burton coming third.

OTHER RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

DIDCOT 5

Abingdon Amblers: 38 J Moore (V40) 32.18.

Eynsham RR: G Bridges (V40) 30.18 pb, D Bridges (LV35) 33.18 pb.

Kidlington: 37 W Forbes 32.16, 41 I Wakefield (V40) 33.09, 45 C Brading (V40) 33.39, 58 A Finnigan (LV35) 35.14pb, 60 W Bunce (V60) 35.31, 74 S Morton (LV35) 37.22, 85 M Search (V60) 39.08, 97 H Lancaster (LV35) 41.33, 120 K Brading (LV35) 45.50.

Oxford City: 5 A Burgess 27.10, 7 M Maxwell (V40) 28.14, 19 J Lisiewicz (V40) 30.17, 24 S Thorp (V60) 30.32.

Witney RR: A Giles 31.24, K Lainsbury (SL) 34.00.

Woodstock H: S Naylor 25.00, J Bolton 25.50, D Cantwell (V40) 28.25, K Game 28.57, H Price 29.04 pb, B Vaughan (V50) 29.11, C Gray (V50) 31.17, J Webb (3rd SL) 31.55, W Hudson 32.24 pb, M Pidgeon (V50) 33.31, C Mower 33.52 pb, N Preddy (V50) 35.37 pb, S Cantwell (LV35) 36.35, M Shipway (V60) 37.52, L Clarke (LV35) 39.14, V B-Bousquet (LV35) 41.36.