STALWART John Abrams has called time on competitive running after completing his last race at the Eynsham 10k.

The 80-year-old Witney Road Runner was joined by his eight-year-old granddaughter Amy Nobes as he crossed the finish line to applause from his fellow club members.

Abrams finished in 1hr 11mins 11secs and while he will not be hanging up his running shoes for good, his competitive days are now over.

He explained: “I said some time ago this would be my last race.

“I will still go out two or three times a week, but only a maximum of half-an-hour.

“I have got knee and hip niggles and I can’t see any point in aggravating them.”

Abrams, a founder member of the club 31 years ago, ran with his daughter Alyson Nobes and friend Hannah West.

When he saw his granddaughter Amy near the finish line he invited her to join him.

The former police officer, who lives in Witney, added: “Amy was there about 100 yards from the finish line and I said ‘come on, we’ll run in together’. It was fun.”

Witney resident Steve Naylor, who was wearing his second-claim Woodstock Harriers vest, won in 31.58.

The event was the last round of the Oxon Road Race Championships, with Woodstock’s James Bolton taking the men’s title and helping his club to the team prize.

Kidlington’s Andrea Finnigan claimed the women’s crown and Headington the team honours.

SARAH Dudgeon broke Abingdon's female marathon record, with a personal best of 3hrs 4secs in San Sebastian, Spain.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

EYNSHAM 10KM

Abingdon: 3 P Fernandez (1st V40, 1st county V40) 32.46, 17 D Wilson 35.45pb, 18 P Hughes 35.46, 66 C Whitehead 38.55pb, 67 J Miller 38.55, 90 G Wallace (V50) 39.58, 102 M Lewy (V50) 40.11, 107 C Walters (V50) 40.23, 114 M Brooks (V40) 40.42, 127 D Richards (V50) 41.24pb, 138 B Watson (V40) 41.38, 155 T Clarke (V40) 42.12, 157 N Hamilton (V50) 42.14, 161 J Moore (V50) 42.23, 164 A Muir (V40) 42.30pb, 203 S Smith (V50) 43.59, 208 A Francis (V40) 44.12pb, 209 K Welby (V50) 44.13pb, 215 A Pixton (V50) 44.30pb, 220 P Stepney (V50) 44.43, 222 L Shelton (SL) 44.45, 239 L McGill (LV35) 45.29, 257 K Adams (LV35) 46.19, 258 M Shepley (V50) 46.19, 259 B Hedges 46.20, 284 L Bedford (LV45) 47.31pb, 304 M Edwards (V40) 48.09, 329 B Compton (LV35) 48.42, 355 J Pennington (LV45) 49.51pb, 366 S Douglas (LV55, 3rd County LV55) 50.33, 402 E Woosey-Griffin (LV35) 52.16, 440 P Wilson (LV55) 54.11, 446 S Stroud (LV35) 54.27, 448 B Kirk (LV35) 54.42pb, 459 T Francis (V50) 55.28, 469 H Burton (LV35) 56.13, 476 A Garner (V60) 56.37, 491 J Styles (V50) 58.07, 506 P Goddard 58.58, 510 H Nash (LV45) 59.14pb, 528 H Bower (LV35) 1.01.14, 537 M Hamilton (LV45) 1.02.21, 543 S Wade (LV45) 1.03.27, 546 N Blatchford (LV65) 1.03.57, 557 L Astbury LV45) 1.05.11, 568 E Moore (LV45) 1.09.11pb, 569 P Smiles (LV45) 1.09.17pb.

Headington: 7 C Dettmar (V40) 33.46, 13 P Leek 35.16, 19 M Pearce 35.49, 27 L Faulkner 36.29, 30 K Lowies (V50) 36.36, 34 T Clarke 36.50, 51 I Surguy (V40) 38.11, 59 D Moore (LV35) 38.42, 86 E McDowall (LV45) 39.46, 95 R Shaw (LV35) 40.04, 116 A Walton 40.44, 132 P Brame (V40) 41.31, 138 D Bremner 41.37, 153 J Clargo (V50) 42.09, 186 C Turnbull 43.12, 192 K Allred (LV45) 43.28, 206 M Reid (LV35) 44.02, 213 L Lee 44.25, 214 A Grant 44.26, 225 A Smith 44.49, 235 C Scott (LV35) 45.17, 241 A Tester (V40) 45.30, 246 S Crook (V40) 45.45, 266 P Munday (V50) 46.42, 280 A James (LV45) 47.16, 288 R Payne (LV35) 47.37, 296 D Sawyer (V60) 47.53, 299 E Turner (LV45) 47.56, 327 S Khan (V40) 48.39, 333 S Hodkin (V50) 48.50, 340 H Marshall (V60) 49.03, 369 M Lennholm (V50) 50.39, 374 A Sulley (V40) 50.59, 390 R Gibbs (V40) 51.36, 396 M Stone (V60) 51.52, 412 E Greenhill (LV35) 52.38, 424 K King (LV35) 53.27, 451 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 54.52, 457 R Clarke (V50) 55.08, 473 J Duvall (LV55) 56.18, 489 E Smith (LV35) 57.50, 494 H Huggins (LV45) 58.16.

Kidlington: 25 S Upton 36.20, 38 T Holdsworth 37.11, 132 L Hosier 41.21, 174 R Scaife (V40) 42.45, 176 M.Harkess 42.46, 190 J Finnigan (V40) 43.05, 197 M Hunt (V50) 43.36, 198 K Webster (LV35) 43.40, 217 A Finnigan (LV35) 44.30, 219 M Heydon (V50) 44.36, 28 L Needle 44.55,274 R Shorrock (SL) 46.57, 276 S Scaife (LV35) 47.01, 286 L Tapper Howe (LV35) 47.16, 288 L Tarrant (SL) 47.18, 349 N Holford (LV45) 49.23, 353 J Pink (SL) 49.36, 361 M.Search (V60) 49.59, 375 D Sandy (V60) 50.49, 386 A Louvel (SL) 51.04, 419 H Lancaster (LV35) 52.51, 445 J Willis (V40) 53.49, 522 M Needle (SL) 1.00.16, 561 H Talbot (LV35) 1.06.40.

White Horse Harriers: 403 H Smyth (LV35) 52.18, 436 K Boyce (LV55) 54.07

Witney: 24 A Lock (1st V50, 1st county V50) 36.10, 45 F Howard (V40) 37.43, 61 G Ferris (V50) 38.39pb, 87 M Lock 39.44pb, 92 W Downey 39.51, 100 A Leary 40.07pb, 109 J Floyd 40.28, 117 N Moglia (V50) 40.37, 133 L Davies (LV35) 41.24pb, 135 R Green (V50) 41.25, 144 B Moore (V50) 41.35, 163 J Field (V40) 42.20, 173 C Gibben (V40) 42.36, 177 T Burkett (V50) 42.49pb, 180 G Le Good (3rd V60, 3rd county V60) 42.54, 214 D Wymer 44.18, 266 J Jones (V40) 46.36, 267 A Church (V50) 46.36, 280 L Garrod (LV45) 47.02, 293 L Holland (LV45) 47.41, 300 J Wright (LV35) 47.44, 309 J Moore (LV35) 48.10, 331 N Moss (V40) 48.34, 341 R Redford (V40) 48.44, 345 S Rhodes (V40) 49.06, 363 T Moss (LV45) 50.13, 399 P Rushby (V50) 51.59, 416 S Reeve (LV35) 52.40, 418 J Le Good (LV55) 52.64, 425 L Hopkins (LV55) 53.02, 515 I Fowler (V50) 59.23, 520 K Holtom (LV35) 59.37, 527 A Caddy (LV55) 60.36, 574 J Abrams (V70) 71.11, 575 H West (LV55) 71.11.

EYNSHAM FUN RUN

Abingdon: 1 K Francis (Age 14) 5.42, 37 C Goddard (Age 7) 8.59.

THE AUTUMN SHAKESPEARE RUNS HALF MARATHON

Witney RR: 46 D Wymer 1.39.52pb.

THE AUTUMN SHAKESPEARE RUNS MARATHON

Witney RR: 22 A Church (V50) 3.26.11pb, 57 J Jones (V40) 4.01.50, 58 L Jones (VL35) 4.01.50.

SAN SEBASTIAN MARATHON

Abingdon: 364 S Dudgeon (SL) 3.00.04pb, 390 M Livingstone-Learmonth 3.01.37.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 2 S Garrigues (V40) 8.20, 5 C Lewis (V50) 19.27, 9 D Burn 19.59pb, 11 C MacLennan (V45) 20.17, 13 R Kembleton 20.27, 14 C Pierre 20.28, 15 M Lewy (V50) 20.37, 22 L Coulson (LV40) 21.26, 41 G Bartley (V50) 22.48, 46 M Wilson (V55) 22.55, 51 M Juffkins (V50) 23.18, 52 T Scott-Langley 23.20, 53 B Morris (JM15-17) 23.20, 54 J Newton (V40) 23.30pb, 72 K Dixon (V45) 24.19, 73 C Scott-Langley (LV35) 24.27, 101 S Cozens (LV45) 26.11,102 C Kembleton (LV35) 26.13, 111 G Lean 26.44, 112 S Stroud (LV40) 26.45, 122 T Francis (V55) 27.10, 127 M Jefferies (LV55) 27.31, 129 A Dawkins (V60) 27.41, 133 A Muir (JW10) 28.02, 152 J Miller 28.49, 154 K Pulford (LV60) 28.53, 163 J Styles (V50) 29.29, 170 E Twinn (JW11-14) 29.42, 187 M Coates (LV50) 30.33, 189 H Nash (LV50) 30.43, 192 H Wigginton (SL) 31.11, 193 H White (LV40) 31.11, 194 S Wade (LV45) 31.19, 196 D Hunter (V50) 31.45, 206 F Topp (LV45) 33.25, 207 F Long (LV40) 33.43, 210 B Compton (LV40) 34.19, 217 L McHaffie (LV40) 35.07pb, 224 M Muir (JW10) 35.31pb, 225 A Muir (V40) 35.33, 228 P Goddard 36.02, 239 D Heller (LV75) 42.40, 240 E Heller (V80) 43.20, 243 M Hamilton (LV50) 45.34.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Abingdon: 1 J Shayler (JM15-17) 16.47pb, 3 M Deering 17.45, 51 G Evans (JW11-14) 24.01.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Abingdon: 62 H Burton (LV35) 28.35.

OXFORD PARKRUN 5KM

Witney RR: 19 G Le Good (1st V60-64) 21.33, 20 S Howard (1st VL40-44, 3rd Lady) 21.36, 64 W Downey 24.32, 116 J Le Good (1st VL60-64) 27.39, 148 H West (2nd VL60-64) 29.55.

FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN 5KM

Witney RR: 109 S Green (SL) 22.44.

ASHTON COURT PARKRUN, BRISTOL

Abingdon: 24 C Parker (SL) 20.01pb.

RICHMOND PARKRUN

Abingdon: 293 A Moger (LV55) 29.50.