PAUL Fernandez proved the star of the show in breaking his previous best time to win the Abingdon Marathon.

The Abingdon runner finished in 2hrs 30mins 38secs, also clinching the Oxfordshire Championship and the Vet 40 crown.

Teammate Sarah Dudgeon was the second lady home by just one second, breaking the club’s female record for a marathon, with a time of 3.02.26.

She also won the county title and topped the Vet 35 division.

Rachel Bennett, of White Horse Harriers, smashed her personal best by 40 minutes, crossing in 3.36.26.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

ABINGDON MARATHON

Abingdon: 1 P Fernandez (1st V40, 1st county and 1st county V40) 2.30.38pb, 93 S Dudgeon (2nd lady, 1st county lady and 1st county LV35) 3.02.26pb, 94 M Livingstone-Learmonth 3.02.26, 154 M Lewy (V50) 3.10.29, 372 G Warwick (V40) 3.40.29, 395 D Morgan (V40) 3.44.14pb, 399 T Clarke (V40) 3.44.49, 530 L Purbrick 4.00.40, 538 B Compton (LV35) 4.02.16pb, 580 J Newton (V40) 4.13.58pb.

Didcot Runners: 199 R Sharp (V50) 3.14. 438 E Naughton 3.49.08.

Eynsham: B Breaker 3.30.59, C Pettett (SL) 3.33.56pb, J Byworth (V50) 3.44.04, N Clark (V50) 3.54.38, C Hancox (V50) 4.15.29pb.

White Horse Harriers: 85 I Lambourn (V50) 3.00.44, 221 M Lane (V40) 3.10.59, 290 D Peace (V40) 3.27.39, 355 R Bennett (V35) 3.36.26, 553 R Gilmour (V50) 4.05.30, 571 D Day (V50) 4.10.54.

Witney: 118 G Ferris (V40) 3.05.51, 235 S Le Good 3.20.41, 313 A Church (V50) 3.30.55, 367 R Green (V50) 3.39.25, 445 J Jones (V40) 3.49.29, 470 H Smith (LV45) 3.52.42, 485 L Holland (LV45) 3.55.00, 535 I Smith (LV35) 4.01.15, 536 K Davies (SL) 4.01.15, 537 L Jones (LV35) 4.01.04.

AT the Stroud Half Marathon, Alchester’s Jamie Bagnall set a personal best of 1.22.27 in finishing 33rd overall.

Clubmate Andy Stickley finished just outside the top 40, while Annelies Henshall took almost a minute off her lifetime best, finishing in 1.47.50.

Kenny Lowies was also in fine form, crossing as the first vet 50 in a personal best of 1.21.03.

OTHER RESULTS

BLENHEIM ROTARY 10KM

Witney: 107 A Leary 40.57pb, 118 N Moglia (3rd V50) 41.46, 139 C Miles 45.25, 210 S Rhodes 50.38.

GREAT SOUTH RUN – 10 MILES

Abingdon: 359 C Lewis (V50) 1.06.41pb, 386 C Smith 1.07.00, 410 K Dixon (V40) 1.07.22pb, 444 J Lenik 1.07.56, 727 L Barklie (SL) 1.10.33, 852 C Pierre (U20) 1.11.42, 1812 M Shepley (V50) 1.17.08, 3174 S Tumelaire (LV45) 1.22.41, 3594 C Fisher (LV45) 1.24.03, 5988 S Belcher (V40) 1.31.18, 7045 B Kirk (LV35) 1.34.17pb, 13200 S James (LV55) 1.56.35, 13207 M Shepley (LV45) 1.56.36.

White Horse Harriers: 2163 L Fellingham (V65) 1.18.46, 3479 C Wainwright (LV50) 1.23.40, 6447 R Moore (LV40) 1.32.38.

GREAT SOUTH RUN - 2.5KM

Abingdon: 25 I Jones (U15G) 9.42.

STROUD HALF MARATHON

White Horse Harriers: 32 J Cooke (V40) 1.22.56.

Witney: 63 T Garrod (V40) 1.26.24.

FRIETH HILL 10KM

Witney: 22 C Colbeck (V40) 42.41, 27 G Ferris (V40) 43.40, 60 R Green (V50) 47.34, 123 J Whelan (V50) 51.46, 234 J McCormac (V60) 60.30.

CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon – Women – U20: 3 F Bunn 9.06, 4 L Siddle 9.38, 6 V Tilling 9.45. Team: 2; U17: 26 K Harris 9.33, 45 M Darwent 10.37. U15: 33 B Darwent 7.54, 57 A Bromley 8.10, 78 L Barwick 8.22. Team: 16. Boys – U15:10 A Ede 6.49, 39 A Pennington 7.30, 46 K Francis 7.44. Team: 12.

BILBAO NIGHT MARATHON

Eynsham: M Schofield (V40) 3.33.56pb.

BILBAO NIGHT HALF-MARATHON

Eynsham: B Dziala (LV35) 2.03.58.HUMANITY DIRECT ULTRA Eynsham: M Kempson (LV35) 5.54.15.WATER OF LIFE 10K Abingdon: 10 J Owens (3rd V40) 40.59.

Kidlington: 79 A Finnigan (LV40) 1.43.06.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Abingdon: 128 H Burton (LV35) 27.39.

Witney: 38 G Le Good (1st V60-64) 21.39, 131 J Le Good (1st LV60-64) 27.45, 171 H West (LV60-64) 30.53.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 6 D Pullin 19.52, 10 D Richards (V55) 20.05pb, 17 L Coulson (LV40) 20.57, 23 C Shackell (V50) 21.20, 27 N Hamilton (V55) 21.30, 34 T Scott-Langley 21.53, 39 G Wiggins 22.09, 43 G Halfhead (JW11-14) 22.19, 52 K Adams (LV40) 22.54, 59 P Stepney (V55) 23.35, 60 M Wilson (V55) 23.35, 66 A Dickinson (V45) 23.54pb, 80 M Livingstone-Learmonth 24.21, 83 C Scott-Langley (LV35) 24.23, 123 A Dawkins (V60) 26.49, 132 E Twinn (JW11-14) 27.16, 136 S Dudgeon (LV35) 27.29, 138 M Lewy (V50) 27.31, 139 S Watton (V45) 27.33, 145 H Wigginton (SW) 27.41, 149 K Pulford (LV60) 27.48, 160 J Styles (V50) 28.39, 161 S Walters (LV55) 28.47, 164 M Jefferies (LV55) 28.52, 171 J Miller 29.13, 182 L Hamilton (LV55) 30.00, 201 S Wade (LV45) 30.50, 207 A Moger (LV55) 30.58, 240 F Long (LV40) 33.06, 243 C Kembleton (LV35) 33.14, 261 H Bower (LV35) 34.44, 262 M Coates (LV50) 34.45, 263 J Worth (LV40) 34.46, 265 F Topp (LV45) 34.56, 272 B Hedges 36.13, 283 D Heller (LV75) 38.56, 284 E Heller (V80) 38.57.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Abingdon: 2 E Lawton (JM15-17) 18.53, 16 S Lawton (JM11-14) 21.05.

BICESTER PARKRUN

Abingdon: 5 C Walters (V50) 19.02pb.

WIMBLEDON COMMON PARKRUN

Witney: 49 S Green (2nd SL) 21.06pb.

WIMPOLE ESTATE PARKRUN

Witney: 21 F Howard (2nd V40-44) 20.28, 145 H Howard (JL11-14) 26.37, 148 S Howard (LV40-45) 26.42, 209 E Howard (JL11-14) 29.17.

ERDDIG PARKRUN

Witney: 4 S Upton 18.38.

NORWICH PARKRUN

Abingdon: 312 A Hallas (SL) 28.01.

BARNSLEY PARKRUN

Abingdon: 178 L Astbury (LV50) 35.05pb.

BIDEFORD PARKRUN

Abingdon: 43 A Muir (JW10) 26.13pb, 44 A Muir (V40) 26.13, 77 M Muir (JW10) 40.06.