OXFORD City’s veterans were celebrating after collecting two team medals at the South of England Cross Country Championships at Horspath.

Pride of place went to their Vet 60 masters line-up who took the title for the fifth year in a row.

The successful team of Roy Treadwell, who was second in the V65 class, plus Richard Grant and Stewart Thorp, who were sixth and eighth respectively in the V60 race, proved unbeatable.

In addition, City’s Julian Richardson, Tegid Jones and Les Newell all defied the muddy conditions to finish in the top 20 of the V40 race to collect the silver medal.

Richardson also picked up a bronze in the V45 individual event with his time of 33mins 28secs.

Much further down the age groups, Ben Cumberland (Radley) was third in the under 15 boys race, helping Oxfordshire to come tenth of the 22 competing teams.

Other good performances came from Oxford City’s Clover de Jonge, who was 17th in the under 13 girls race, Bicester’s Ben West who came 19th in the boys’ under 17 event.

Helene Greenwood (Kidlington and Oxford University) finished 12th in the under 20 women’s race.

The best-placed Abingdon runner was Jack Shayler, who finished 33rd in the under 17 men’s event.

Next best was Lottie Siddle, who came 46th in the under 20 women’s contest.

  • ABINGDON’S Paul Fernandez kept up his consistent run of form by finishing second in the Andy Reading 10k, organised by Bicester AC and Alchester Running Club at Chesterton.

Fernandez recorded a personal best time of 32mins 31secs to take the Vet 40 crown.

But he was more than two minutes behind the winner, Luton’s Ian Kimber, who produced a course record of 30.28.

Ben West gave another indication of his promise with a brilliant fifth place.

The 16-year-old Bicester AC runner recorded a time of 35.10, which was enough to propel him to 24th place in the British under 17 rankings.

This was despite him competing in the South of England Cross Country Championships the previous day.

Rachel Vines (CCL Striders) took the senior ladies title in 39.52.

Sam Usher (Alchester) was not only the runner-up, but also the first LV35 finisher in 40.36.

Profits from the event go to the Hummingbird Cancer and Support Therapy Centre.

RESULTS CHECK

SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Oxford City AC – Masters men: V40: 13 J Richardson (3rd V45) 33.28, 14 T Jones 33.34, 19 L Newell 34.06. Team: 2nd.V50: 45 P Marshall. V60: 6 R Grant. V65: 2 R Treadwell, 5 J Exley. Team: V60 1st. Masters ladies: LV40: 9 A Ramos-Villaverde. LV55: 5 G Hueter. Under 13 girls: 17 C de Jonge.

Abingdon AC – Under 15 women (4k): 47 B Darwent 16.34, 68 M Bedlington 17.04, 102 C Barwick 18.53. Under 17 men (5k): 33 J Shayler 16.55, 86 D Bunn 18.20. Under 17 women (5k): 74 K Harris 21.27. Under 20 women (6k) 46 L Siddle 26.18.

Radley AC – Under 15 boys: 3 B Cumberland (Radley).

Bicester AC – Under 17 men: 19 B West 16.29. Under 15 men: 59 M Nicolle 15.12. Under 15 girls: 104 A Gould 19.04, 106 M Acton 20.46, 107 H Hunter 22.52. Under 13 girls: 56 G Usher 13.51.

Headington RoadRunners – Masters Men – V40: 34 D Axford 36.12. V45: 11 F Campbell 36.00, 18 C Prince 37.26. V50: 10 K Lowies 35.28. V55: 10 M Richards 37.68. V60: 16 L Hurman 42.28. Ladies – LV50: 20 A James 29.31. LV60:12 J Duval 33.43.

Kidlington – Under 20 women: 12 H Greenwood.

Eynsham – Senior women: 25 H Hale.

ANDY READING 10K

Abingdon AC: 2 P Fernandez (1st V40) 32.31pb, 34 J Lenik 39.15pb, 141 C Halfhead (U17W) 47.58, 215 A Milliken-Tull (LV50) 53.01, 255 S Stroud (LV35) 55.47, 268 J Styles (V50) 56.51, 272 S Walters (LV55) 57.42, 296 M Hamilton (LV50) 60.53.

Eynsham RR: 9 M Baker 36.01, 39 G Bridges (V50) 39.38, 42 B Breaker 39.54, 46 D Warburton (V40) 40.14, 61 M Schofield (V40) 41.33, 74 T Baker 42.29, 75 R Hume (V40) 42.39, 103 A Graham (V40) 44.58, 104 A Green (V40) 45.06, 107 J Byworth (V50) 45.14, 121 K Bates 46.23 (3rd LV55), 145 J Pinnock (LV55) 47.57, 149 H Humphris (V50) 48.06 pb, 173 J Garton (LV45) 49.17, 174 T Lawfull (LV45) 49.20 pb, 199 A Craggs (LV35) 51.31 pb, 212 J Wilcox (V60) 52.26 pb, 214 B Dziala (LV35) 52:41 pb, 271 P Creasey (V70) 57.07, 286 M Keeley (LV55) 58.47.

Bicester AC: 5 B West 35.10.

Alchester AC: 12 R Gould (2nd V40) 36.30, 38 L Godber 39.33, 48 S Usher 40.36 (2nd SL), 1st LV 35), 64 A Kerr 41.45, 184 A Rawlinson 50.12, 262 M Thorne 56.31, 283 E Ward 58.22, 306 S Suter 1.00.02, 360 D Revell 1.07.37.

Headington RoadRunners: 6 P Leek 35.19, 17 M Pearce 36.46, 18 J Eve (V40) 36.47, 22 R Skilbeck (V40) 37.17, 23 I Surguy (V40) 37.28, 45 S Cayley 40.15, 47 J D’Angelo 40.22 60 A Walton 41.32, 62 P Brame (V40) 41.42, 65 J Barker (V40) 42.00, 76 A Read 42.51, 78 J Clargo (V50) 43.05, 82 C Turnbull 43.12, 87 K Allred (LV45) 43.40, 91 A Felton (V40) 43.49, 92 M Reid (LV35) 43.56, 99 Z Pearce 44.35, 106 M Ding 45.27, 125 K Byrne (V60) 46.52, 139 D Sawyer (V60) 47.50, 143 T Siefers (V50) 48.05, 158 C Childs (V45) 48.55, 159 H Marshall (V60) 48.55, 160 S Hodkin (V50) 48.55, 183 D Cruickshank 50.30, 193 T Pound (V40) 51.30, 206 M Stone (V60) 52.12, 207 G Norris (V60) 52.31, 219 E Greenhill (V35) 53.06, 227 M Keenan (LV45) 53.31, 241 L Slay (LV45) 54.36, 243 S Merrill (LV35) 54.46, 249 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 54.58, 263 E Carter-Biggs (LV45) 56.38, 266 T Osman (V40) 56.42, 267 E Smith (LV35) 56.44, 277 G Harris 58.04, 281 G Day (V50) 58.35, 305 J Keyser (LV55) 1.02.45, 308 A Wood 1.03.30, 312 S Henwood (LV35) 1.04.30, 317 S Khan (V40) 1.05.28, 319 P Smith (LV55) 1.06.26, 337 T Sharp (LV 55) 1.08.55, 358 K Villiers (LV70) 1.15.44.

Kidlington: 150 W. Bunce (V60) 48.13.

Witney RR: 16 C Colbeck (4th V40) 36.40, 161 S Rhodes (V40) 48.57 pb, 248 J Gamage (LV45) 54.29, 298 H West (LV55) 60.59.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

White Horse Harriers: 4 M Attwood 19.32, 42 J Gibbard 22.51, 54 R Wyard 23.25.

OXFORD PARKRUN 5KM

Witney RR: 27 G Le Good (2nd V60) 21.26, 119 J Le Good (1st LV60) 26.32, 182 H West (2nd VL60-64) 30.05.

HASTINGS PARKRUN 5KM

Witney RR: 5 S Le Good 19.32.

FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN 5KM

Witney RR: 60 S Green (SL) 21.19.

BANBURY PARKRUN 5KM

Witney RR: 59 T Jennings (2nd V65) 26.15.

TORRE-PACHECO HALF MARATHON

Witney RR: S Covell (V40) 1.28.53.

SOUTH EAST COUNTIES THROWERS PENTATHLON XMAS COMPETITION

Men’s 70-plus age group: 2 D Kuester (Bicester) 2,763pts.