OXFORD City’s Simon Fisher led the way for Oxfordshire’s club athletes at the final round of the Chiltern League.

Fisher finished seventh overall in the men’s race at Milton Keynes and as the sixth Division 1 runner.

Clubmates Maxwell Robinson, Les Newell and Aaron Burgess were not far behind in eighth, 11th and 15th respectively as City’s men’s team came sixth.

Headington’s veteran men’s team finished third in the last round, with five runners in the top 100.

In the women’s race, Liz Barker, of Headington, was 13th overall and the 11th in Division 1.

The club’s female veteran team also took third.

Bicester’s Millie Couzens continued her fine form to finish fourth in the under 13 race, helping her finish in the top four in the overall Division 2 standings.

City’s Clover De Jong cruised to a four-second victory in the under 11 event, with teammate Olivia Martin 11th.

In the boys’ under 13 race, Bicester’s Max Nicolle crossed as the leading Division 2 finisher and fourth overall in 10.11.

  • ABINGDON’S Paul Fernandez crossed as the first Vet 40 at the Bramley 20, finishing fifth in a time of 1hr 57mins 10secs.

In the ten-mile event, Witney’s Anthony Lock was eighth overall and first Veteran 50.

  • AT Lee Valley, Pete Stepney, of Abingdon, finished second in the Vet 55 category at the British Masters Pentathlon, with a personal best of 2,782 points.

Clubmate Marc Juffkins was fourth in the Vet 45 event.

RESULTS

CHILTERN CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

MEN

Bicester – Under 17: 29 T Gould 23.02.

Under 13: 4 M Nicolle 10.11, 39 S Worfolk 11.36.

Headington (Div 1) – Senior & veteran: 37 F Campbell (M40) 31.07, 64 A Hopwood (M40) 32.40, 70 R Skilbeck (M40) 32.58, 76 A Phelps (M50) 33.09, 93 R Thetford (M50) 34.07, 120 A Darbyshire (M50) 35.29, 174 N Baker (M60) 39.06, 205 P Lister (M60) 44.25.

Oxford City (Div 1) – Senior: 6 S Fisher 28.41, 8 M Robinson 28.45, 11 L Newell 29.00, 15 A Burgess 29.12, 34 R Meredith 30.52.

WOMEN

Abingdon – Under 11: 63 I Kemp 6.57.

Alchester (Div 2)– Senior: 20 S Gales 27.21.

Bicester – Under 15: 21 A Gould 13.02, 49 M Acton 14.21. Under 13: 4 M Couzens 10.47.

Under 11: 40 I Cox 5.49.

Headington (Div 1) – Senior & veteran: 11 L Barker (LV35) 23.48, 25 M Ding 25.56, 34 C Noakes (LV35) 26.51, 37 C Scott (LV35) 27.19, 39 H Turley (LV55) 27.46, 58 F Ballester 29.59, 72 M Fischer (LV55) 31.53, 82 E Carter (LV35) 33.49.

Oxford City (Div 1) – Senior: 38 G Hueter (LV55) 27.19. Under 11: C De Jong 4.42, 11 O Martin 5.09

BRAMLEY 20

5 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 1.57.10, 20 N Jones (Oxf) 2.05.22, 28 P Keating (Abn) 2.06.50, 31 S Carter (Bel, SW) 2.07.05, 40 M Pearce (Hed) 2.09.52.

BRAMLEY 10

8 A Lock (Wit, V50) 1.00.08, 73 D Smyth (Abn) 1.09.44, 75 A Leary (Wit) 1.10.03, 87 P Goddard (Abn) 1.10.59, 111 E McGill (Abn, SW) 1.13.15.