ATHLETICS: Steve Naylor wins second round of Oxford Mail Cross Country League

The Woodstock Harrier completed the route in 27mins 26secs, beating Paul Fernandez, of Abingdon, by just under a minute-and-a-half.

His victory helped Woodstock top Division 2 of the team standings.

Newbury, once again, won Division 1, with Abingdon second and Alchester third.

Sophie Crumly, of Newbury, clinched back-to-back victories, beating Eynsham’s Hannah Hale by 38 seconds.

Her victory helped the Berkshire side top Division 1 ahead of Alchester, whose Sarah Rendell was second vet 35 behind Eynsham’s Liz McAllister.

Abingdon’s A and B teams won Divisions 2 and 3, with three runners in the top 20, including Sarah Lackman fourth and Fiona Bunn sixth.

Bicester’s Ben West secured successive victories in the combined under 15/17 boys race, beating Abingdon’s Jack Shayler by 27 seconds.

Radley’s stranglehold on the under 13 event continued, with five runners in the top ten. They lead the team standings by 44 points.

Benjamin Cumberland won for the second race running, with Rowan Miell-Ingram third.

Radley’s Quinn Miell-Ingram triumphed in the under 11 event.

In the under 15/17 girls race, Katie Scott, of Radley, came second behind Isobel Fry, of Newbury.

Oxford City took team honours in the under 13 competition as Clover de Jonge won in 9.43, with clubmate Olivia Martin second.

City’s Isabelle Martin came third in the under 11 race as Newbury’s Josie Robertson triumphed.

ORGANISERS are concerned about the league's future after being forced to cancel the third round.

Due to be held on Sunday, January 8, officials have called off the race after being unable to confirm a venue.

League manager Dene Stringfellow said changes in landowners is one of the main issues behind losing four of last year’s five locations.

When asked if the future of the championships was in doubt, he said: “It could be if venues continue to be unavailable.”

Stringfellow says the biggest issue is parking, with about 500 vehicles at every round.

He added: “The intention is to try and get the fixtures pre-booked two years in advance. It will instill more confidence within the whole league.”

The third round also incorporated the Oxfordshire Cross Country Championships, which has now been moved to January 7.

It will be held in conjunction with the Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire AA Cross Country Championship at Stowe School, Bucks.

RESULTS

(senior unless stated)

Men: 1 S Naylor (Wds) 27mins 26secs, 2 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 28.52, 3 J Craggs (New) 29.20, 4 T Wright (Ban) 29.28, 5 W Gardner (Oxf) 29.41, 6 D Lewis (Eyn) 29.48, 7 J Bolton (Wds, V40) 29.53, 8 L Byrne (Swh) 30.12, 9 A Miell-Ingram (Rad, U20) 30.16, 10 A Ind (New, V40) 30.31, 11 T Bradford (Hkn, V40) 30.33, 12 M Baker (Eyn) 30.36, 13 D Wilson (Abn) 30.50, 14 M Robbins (New) 31.02, 15 R Gould (Alc, V40) 31.08, 16 C Cooper (Swh, U20) 31.11, 17 S Elsmere (New) 31.15, 18 S Upton (Kid) 31.16, 19 F Shires (Wit) 31.18, 20 G Petts (Wit) 31.22, 21 S Garrigues (Abn, V40) 31.29, 22 J Atyeo (Oxf, V40) 31.33, 23 L Sherlock (Ban, U20) 31.36, 24 J Bagnall (Alc) 31.39, 25 K Lowies (Hed, V50) 31.40, 26 O Webb (Swh) 31.41, 27 A Stickley (Alc, V40) 31.46, 28 J Cooke (Whh, V40) 31.51, 29 T Holdsworth (Kid) 31.55, 30 D Tame (Hkn, V40) 32.00.

Women: 1 S Crumly (New) 25.15, 2 H Hale (Eyn) 25.53, 3 J Franklin (New, LV35) 26.03, 4 S Lackman (Abn) 26.69, 5 Y Ryder (New, U20) 26.38, 6 F Bunn (Abn, U20) 26.39, 7 L McAllister (Eyn, LV35) 27.27, 8 S Rendell (Alc, LV35) 27.39, 9 R Ferry (Oxf, LV35) 27.52, 10 E Haley (Rad) 27.59, 11 S Usher (Alc, LV35) 28.06, 12 D Allen (Hkn) 28.09, 13 S Davies (Oxf, LV35) 28.11, 14 S Dudgeon (Abn, LV35) 28.15, 15 J Duckett (Oxf, U20) 28.38, 16 R Shaw (Hed, LV35) 28.44, 17 L Davies (Wit, LV35), 18 R Kelling (Ban, LV45) 28.58, 19 L Sanderson (OxB) 28.58, 20 E Huepfl (Rad, LV45) 28.58.

Under 15/17 boys: 1 B West (Bic, U17) 16.11, 2 J Shayler (Abn, U17) 16.38, 3 B McIntyre (Swh, U15) 17.17, 4 V Tsagov (New, U17) 17.33, 5 E Pierce (Swh, U17) 17.39, 6 B Carpenter (Ban, U17) 17.44, 7 A Blackwell (Rad, U17) 17.59, 8 E Lawton (Abn, U17) 18.12, 9 D Davis (Mar, U17) 18.13, 10 D Patel (Swh, U17) 18.13.

Under 15/17 girls: 1 I Fry (New, U17) 13.30, 2 K Scott (Rad, U17) 14.06, 3 L Wells (Tkt, U15) 14.18, 4 B Darwent (Abn, U15) 14.25, 5 J Hannah (Ban, U17) 14.25, 6 R Burton (Rad, U15) 14.35, 7 J Garry (Oxf, U17) 14.36, 8 S Kennedy (Oxf, U15) 14.38, 9 H Jewell (Rad, U15) 14.56, 10 M Bedlington (Abn, U15) 15.01.

Under 13 boys: 1 B Cumberland (Rad) 9.07, 2 G Ferguson (New) 9.18, 3 R Miell-Ingram (Rad) 9.22, 4 T Kent (Rad) 9.33, 5 H Channon (Oxf) 9.45, 6 J Cumberland (Rad) 9.48, 7 H Woods (Swh) 9.52, 8 R Stillion (Rad) 10.06, 9 R Clarke (Swh) 10.15, 10 H Pollock (Ban) 10.17.

Under 13 girls: 1 C de Jonge (Oxf) 9.43, 2 O Martin (Oxf) 10.01, 3 M Jones (Tkt) 10.02, 4 G Usher (Bic) 10.13, 5 L Robertson (New) 10.18, 6 L Watts (Bic) 10.21, 7 I Wiggin (Tkt) 10.22, 8 L Rai (Swh) 10.22, 9 H Hunter (Oxf) 10.24, 10 O Newhouse (Oxf) 10.25.

Under 11 boys: 1 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 5.41, 2 F Hart (Swh) 5.51, 3 O Oweka (Wit) 5.53, 4 O Sherratt (Abn) 5.53, 5 F Jones (Oxf) 5.54, 6 F Bower (Rad) 6.01, 7 O Veal (Abn) 6.03, 8 F Russell (Swh) 6.04, 9 S Rai (Swh) 6.06, 10 C Tuthill (Ban) 6.07.

Under 11 girls: 1 J Robertson (New) 5.37, 2 H Hillman (Swh) 5.46, 3 I Martin (Oxf) 6.10, 4 T Lainchbury (Ban) 6.28, 5 K Fraser (Tkt) 6.29, 6 M Sherwood (Wit) 6.35, 7 R Herring (Abn) 6.36, 8 I Cox (Bic) 6.36, 9 T Hogan (Tkt) 6.38, 10 A Jolliffe (Bic) 6.38.

Under 9 girls & boys: 1 H Myers (Oxf), 2 O Hamlin (New), 3 E Dumbreck (Ban), 4 R Mack (Ban), 5 I Haines-Gray (Oxf, G), 6 A Mott (Abn), 7 E Spencer (Swh, G), 8 Z Allen (Tkt, G), 9 R Allen (Rad), 10 E Channon (Oxf, G).

TEAM RESULTS

Men’s Div 1: 1 Newbury A 162pts, 2 Abingdon A 236, 3 Alchester A 278. Div 2: 1 Woodstock A 323, 2 Witney A 342, 3 Eynsham A 378. Div 3: 1 Hook Norton A 454, 2 Abingdon B 633, 3 Alchester B 675.

Women’s Div 1: 1 Newbury A 9, 2 Alchester A 64, 3 Newbury B 70. Div 2: 1 Abingdon A 24, 2 Oxford City A 37, 3 Radley A 53. Div 3: 1 Abingdon B 125, 2 Kidlington A 136, 3 Radley B 160.

Under 15/17 boys: 1 Swindon A 18, 2 Abingdon A 24, 3 Bicester A 42. Girls: 1 Radley A 17, 2 Abingdon A 26, 3 Team Kennet A 28.

Under 13 boys: 1 Radley A 8, 2 Newbury A 32, 3= Radley B, Swindon A 43. Girls: 1 Oxford City A 12, 2 Team Kennet A 23, 3 Bicester A 31.

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

MEN

Senior: 1 S Naylor (Wds) 1pt, 2 T Wright (Ban) 2, 3 J Craggs (New) 3.

Vet 40: 1 P Fernandez (Abn) 1, 2 J Bolton (Wds) 4, 3 J Eve (Hed) 6.

Vet 50: 1 K Lowies (Hed) 25, 2 I Thomas (Chw) 41, 3 J Nelson (Alc) 43.

Vet 60: 1 I Fairclough (New) 58, 2 B Vaughan (Wds) 101, 3 M Sheridan (New) 127.

Under 20: 1 A Miell-Ingram (Rad) 9, 2 C Cooper (Swh) 16, 3 L Sherlock (Ban) 23.

Under 17: 1 B West (Bic) 1, 2 J Shayler (Abn) 2, 3 V Tsagov (New) 4.

Under 15: 1 S Snelson (Ban) 2, 2= B McIntyre (Swh), A Ede (Abn) 3.

Under 13: 1 B Cumberland (Rad) 1, 2= R Miell-Ingram (Rad), G Ferguson (New) 2.

Under 11: 1 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 1, 2= F Hart (Swh), T Phillips (Oxf) 2.

WOMEN

Senior: 1 S Crumly (New) 1, 2= G Bridge (Oxf), H Hale (Eyn) 2.

Under 20: 1 Y Ryder (New) 5, 2 F Bunn (Abn) 6, 3 J Duckett (Oxf) 15.

Vet 35: 1 J Franklin (New) 3, 2 S Rendell (Alc) 6, 3 L McAllister (Eyn) 7.

Vet 45: 1 R Kelling (Ban) 18, 2= S Francis (Tkt), E Huepfl (Rad) 20.

Vet 55: 1 G Hueter (Oxf) 53, 2 K Bates (Eyn) 54, 3 H Turley (Hed) 61.

Under 17: 1 I Fry (New) 1, 2 K Scott (Rad) 2, 3 J Hannah (Ban) 5.

Under 15: 1 K Shepherd Cross (New) 2, 2= L Wells (Tkt), A Scrivener (Ban) 3.

Under 13: 1= M Jones (Tkt), C de Jonge (Oxf) 1, 3 O Martin (Oxf) 2.

Under 11: 1 J Robertson (New) 1, 2 H Hillman (Swh) 2, 3= I Martin (Oxf), C Ashby (Oxf) 3.

Under 9 girls & boys: 1= H Myers (Oxf), O Hamlin (New) 1, 3= E Dumbrek (Ban), R Mack (Ban) 3.

TEAM STANDINGS

MEN

Senior – Div 1: 1 Newbury A 269pts, 2 Abingdon A 577, 3 Alchester A 668. Div 2: 1 Eynsham A 689, 2 Woodstock A 739, 3 Witney A 754. Div 3: 1 Hook Norton A 975, 2 Alchester B 1,544, 3 Bicester TC A 1,592.

Under 15/17: 1 Swindon A 42, 2 Abingdon A 54, 3 Bicester A 82.

Under 13: 1 Radley A 15, 2 Swindon A 59, 3= Radley B, Newbury A 73.

WOMEN

Senior – Div 1: 1 Newbury A 19, 2 Alchester A 102, 3 Newbury B 126. Div 2: 1 Oxford City A 59, 2 Eynsham A 117, 3 Radley A 127. Div 3: 1 Kidlington A 267, 2= Oxford City B, Newbury D 320.

Under 15/17: 1 Abingdon A 49, 2 Radley A 50, 3 Oxford City A 60.

Under 13: 1 Oxford City A 23, 2 Team Kennet A 36, 3 Oxford City B 80.

SUBMITTED RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

Abingdon - Men: 2 P Fernandez (V40) 28.52, 13 D Wilson 30.50, 21 S Garrigues (V40) 31.29, 31 J Darwent (V40) 32.05, 51 G Wood 33.07, 53 N Bunn (V50) 33.13, 65 M Livingstone-Learmonth 33.41, 69 C Whitehead 33.49, 74 R Kembleton 33.01, 80 K Dixon (V40) 34.27, 94 C Walters (V50) 35.23, 102 M Lewy (V50) 35.41, 106 G Wallace (V50) 35.50, 108 B Watson (V40) 35.53, 145 A Francis (V40) 37.29, 164 K Welby (V50) 38.21, 177 N Hamilton (V50) 39.27, 183 J Oliver (V60) 39.55, 189 T Greenland (V60) 40.23, 193 D Smyth 40.34, 198 B Hedges 40.50, 208 M Shayler (V40) 41.20, 217 G Bartley (V50) 42.20, 218 M Juffkins (V50) 42.30, 240 R Davis (V50) 46.00. Team – Div 1: 2 Abingdon (P Fernandez, D Wilson, S Garrigues, J Darwent, G Wood, N Bunn, M Livingstone-Learmonth). Women: 4 S Lackman (SL) 26.29, 6 F Bunn (U20) 26.39, 14 S Dudgeon (LV35) 28.15, 37 L Shelton (SL) 31.12, 42 L Coulson (LV35) 31.28, 46 L Siddle (U20) 31.47, 55 P Terry (LV45) 32.19, 84 S Tumelaire (LV45) 34.23, 88 C Kembleton (LV35) 34.31, 95 K Bradley (LV35) 35.04, 98 J Pennington (LV45) 35.38, 102 J D’Arcy (LV35) 36.00, 108 V Russell (LV45) 36.31, 119 P Wilson (LV55) 37.46, 122 E Woosey-Griffin (LV35) 38.31, 125 L Hamilton (LV55) 38.51, 126 C Hutchings (SL) 38.55, 129 F Topp (LV45) 39.29, 131 H Wigginton (SL) 39.54, 150 M Hamilton (LV45) 45.21, 152 N Blatchford (LV55) 46.16, 153 E Moore (LV45) 46.22, 157 P Smiles (LV45) 49.50. Team – Div 2: 1 Abingdon (S Lackman, F Bunn, S Dudgeon). Div 3 – 1 Abingdon (L Shelton, L Coulson, L Siddle). Under 15/17 boys: 2 J Shayler (U17) 16.38, 8 E Lawton (U17) 18.12, 14 A Clay (U15) 19.05, 23 K Francis (U15) 20.02, 29 A Pennington (U15) 21.53. Team: 2 Abingdon (J Shayler, E Lawton, A Clay). Girls: 4 B Darwent (U15) 14.25, 10 M Bedlington (U15) 15.01, 12 A Bromley (U15) 15.11, 13 K Harris (U17) 15.15, 27 M Darwent (U17) 17.03. Team: 2 Abingdon (B Darwent, M Bedlington, A Bromley). Under 13 boys: 13 S Lawton 10.26, 19 J Garner 10.58, 23 E Washbrook 11.37, 25 J Robinson 12.31. Girls: 17 G Halfhead 10.38, 38 C Appleby-Prince 12.11. Under 11 boys: 4 O Sherratt 5.53, 7 O Veal 6.03, 40 H Grant 6.59, 53 A Wallace 7.26. Girls: 7 R Herring 6.36. Under nine girls & boys: 6 A Mott.

Witney – Men: 18 F Shires 31.18, 19 G Petts 31.22, 37 C Colbeck (V40) 32.34, 40 E Cugnet (U20) 32.44, 49 F Howard (V40) 33.05, 85 M Lock (U20) 34.38, 92 G Ferris (V50) 35.05, 93 J Floyd 35.09, 95 S Charles-Jones 35.24, 152 A Leary 37.45, 57 D Wymer 38.03, 160 R Green (V50) 38.10, 168 C Gibbon (V40) 38.54, 169 G Le Good (V60) 38.54, 194 T Burkett (V40) 40.38, 239 K Morgan (V60) 45.40. Women: 17 L Davies (LV35) 28.54, S Howard (LV35) 31.29, 49 J Hewlett (SL) 31.53, 87 J Wright (LV35) 34.29, 89 L Holland (LV45) 34.33, 93 L Smith (LV35) 34.56, 101 J Ashton (LV55) 35.59, 118 J Le Good (LV55) 37.41, 124 H Noons (SL) 38.38, 128 R Lally (LV35) 39.26, 130 C Morley (LV45) 39.53, 134 A Rouget (LV45) 40.24.