A depleted Headington Road Runners finished 13th overall in their Chiltern Cross Country League Division 1 opener at Keysoe, Bedfordshire.

Headington scored 1,055 points, just ahead of Oxford City AC who were bottom with 683.

In the senior/veteran women's race, Maddie Ding was the star performer for Headington, finishing 26th in 25mins 40secs.

Meanwhile, Fergus Campbell was 41st in the men’s event.

In Division 2, Tim Wright came fourth in the men’s race, helping Banbury Harriers to seventh place overall with 411 points.

Clubmates Ros Kelling and Michelle Bartlett were sixth and eighth respectively in the women's competition.

Thame Runners were 17th, Bicester 18th, Alchester 21st and Abingdon 22nd.

l THE Abingdon Marathon takes place on Sunday, starting at 9am from Tilsley Park.

RESULTS

CHILTERN CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

DIVISION 1

Headington – Women: 26 M Ding 25.40, 30 A Johnson 25.54, 37 M Frykfors 26.26, 52 H Turley (F55) 28.06, 92 E Carter (F35) 32.34. Men: 41 F Campbell (M40) 35.33, 72 R Skilbeck (M40) 37.23, 115 R Thetford (M50) 39.38, 121 A Darbyshire (M50) 40.01, 122 S Ireland (M40) 40.02, 159 L Hurman (M60) 42.33, 165 N Baker (M60) 42.45, 169 J Griffiths (M50) 43.41.

DIVISION 2

Abingdon – U13 Girls: 14 B Darwent 12.28.

FIVE MILES YACHT HANDICAP

Abingdon: 14 N Blatchford (LV65) 51.36.

TRING RIDGEWAY 15K

Abingdon: 89 J Oliver (V60) 1.11.09.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 2 R Kembleton 18.26, 5 C MacLennan (V45) 18.49pb, 11 C Lewis (V50) 20.07pb, 14 P Keating 20.31, 15 M Lewy (V50) 20.32, 43 P Stepney (V55) 23.02, 50 L Purbrick 23.16, 72 J Pennington (LV45) 24.45, 97 A Newton (JM10) 26.12, 108 O Thompson (JM10) 26.38pb, 115 J Styles (V50) 26.50, 121 S Hopgood (LV40) 27.12, 125 L Blackmore (SW) 27.28, 137 L Herbert (SW) 28.01, 142 A Moger (LV55) 28.12, 157 S Pomeroy (V50) 29.18, 160 C Kembleton (LV35) 29.24, 169 S Trickey (SW) 30.14, 170 N-J Steinke (LV35) 30.19, 178 R Buckley (JW10) 30.49, 201 B Evans (V65) 32.20, 222 T Scott-Langley 33.36, 240 D Hunter (V50) 34.27, 261 M Coates (LV45) 36.33, 262 C Newton (JW10) 36.42, 263 J Newton (V40) 36.43, 276 D Heller (LV70) 39.56, 277 E Heller (V75) 39.57, 282 C Kon (LV40) 46.46.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Didcot: 2 M Walker 19.10, 7 C Birch (V45) 20.19, 9 M Allen (V50) 20.28, 13 M Suggate (V35) 20.59, 15 D Fisher 21.29 16 S Jones (V35) 21.34, 26 S Murfin (V35) 23.03, 28 S Howes (V35) 23.27, 33 J L Coudret (V50) 24.01, 38 R Sharp (V45) 24.33, 45 J Talbot (V45) 25.45, 46 M Seaden (V45) 25.46.