OXFORD City’s veteran men’s 60+ team continued their dominance of the SEAA Southern Stage Road Relays to win their 12th successive title.

The triumphant quartet of Stewart Thorp, Roy Treadwell, Richard Grant and John Exley beat Kent by more than six minutes at Bedford Autodrome.

Running four laps of 6,000m, Grant’s time of 23mins 4secs was the fastest individual mark in the age category, helping City finish in 1hr 33mins 55secs overall.

It was also a successful day for their senior men, who qualified for the National 6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham, on October 8.

City’s team of Aaron Burgess, Tegid Jones, Simon Fisher, Dan Blake, Les Newell and Julian Richardson came 17th out of 57 teams, completing six laps of 6,000m in a time of 1.55.44.

Duncan Jenkerson was club’s sole runner in vet 40+ team.

City also had a senior women’s team, with Lisa Sammons, Jessica Duckett, Rebecca Lapper and Elissa Robbins, completing four laps of 3,851m in 1.21.22 for 39th.

Oxford University had two teams in the category, finishing 14th and 21st respectively, while Abingdon were 35th.

The vale club also competed in the under 17 women (30th), under 15 girls (24th) and boys (20th).

DONNA Allen, of Hook Norton, overcame an 11-second deficit on her rivals to finish as the first woman in 19th at the Woodstock 12.

She beat teammate and nearest rival Hannah Rogan by 43 seconds, despite trailing in fourth after 5.3 miles.

Woodstock Harrier James Bolton won overall.

ABINGDON'S Paul Fernandez represented Great Britain at the Gobi 100km race in China, finishing ninth in 9hrs 59mins 40secs.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

WOODSTOCK 12

Abingdon: 5 M Deering 1.14.45, 12 D Wilson 1.20.47, 20 M Lewy (2nd V50) 1.24.32, 41 N Hamilton (V50) 1.32.47, 43 B Watson (V40) 1.33.17pb, 97 R Merry (U20) 1.47.34, 99 S Tumelaire (LV45) 1.48.44, 100 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 1.48.44, 101 L Bedford (LV45) 1.48.44, 102 B Compton (LV40) 1.48.44, 121 P Wilson (3rd LV55) 2.01.39.

Eynsham: 9 B Pollard (V40) 1.17.53, 15 D Warburton (V40) 1.22.54, 17 G Bridges 1.23.05 (1st V50), 59 B Breaker 1.39.30, 63 K Greenfield (SL) 1.40.23, 70 E Stevens 1.41.23, 74 J Pinnock 1.42.18 (1st LV55), 83 K Bates 1.44.51 (2nd LV55), 86 C Hancox (V50) 1.45.32, 95 T Evans (LV35) 1.47.11, 109 S Butler (V50) 1.53.15, 116 K Baker (V60) 1.56.23.

Headington: 2 S O'Neil 1.11.42, 36 K Daniels (LV35) 1.31.30, 52 J Clargo (V50) 1.36.43, 65 M Gascoigne 1.40.44, 68 P Lister (V60) 1.40.59.

Kidlington: 26 R Taylor 1.25.53, 31 A Powell 1.28.03, 46 A Finnigan (LV35) 1.33.54, 48 K Webster (LV35) 1.34.41, 57 L Hosier 1.37.50, 66 R Shorrock (SL) 1.40.49, 69 P Druce 1.41.16, 80 J Ruddick 1.44.07, 98 S Poulson (SL) 1.47.41, 106 M Search (V60) 1.51.48.

Witney: 16 C Colbeck (V40) 1.22.58, 33 G Ferris (V40) 1.28.34, 40 R Green (V50) 1.32.31, 49 S Howard (LV35) 1.35.02, 50 A Burkett (V40) 1.36.04, 54 L Harris (1st LV45) 1.36.52, 55 J Whelan (V50) 1.36.57pb, 58 T Clarke (V40) 1.38.31, 75 L Jones (LV35) 1.42.32, 76 J Jones (V40) 1.42.32, 77 R Walker (V40) 1.42.32, 82 B Briens (LV35) 1.44.39, 92 L Holland (LV45) 10.47.03, 94 H Smith (LV45) 10.47.08, 96 J Wright (LV35) 1.47.29, 104 J Moore (SL) 1.50.00, 110 T Moss (LV45) 1.53.35.

BERLIN MARATHON

Headington: 1315 N Giannousi-Varney (W40) 3.46.24, 12113 S Khan (M45) 3.55.52.

BAXTER’S LOCH NESS MARATHON

Abingdon: 765 T Clarke (V40) 3.57.00, 1039 C Fisher (LV40) 4.13.29.

Eynsham: 2312 V Rose (SL) 5.46.28.

RAB MOUNTAIN MARATHON

Abingdon: 8 (2nd solo) J Bones (V40) 8.41.23.

ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON HALF MARATHON

Abingdon: 164 D Morgan (V40) 1.42.24pb.

CHELTENHAM HALF MARATHON

Abingdon: 32 P Keating 1.23.06, 132 S Holder (V45) 1.30.58.

Witney: 31 S Upton 1.23.09pb.

Windsor Half Marathon

Eynsham: 251 C Pettett (SL) 1.35.53.

South of England, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire 10,000m Championships

Eynsham: 9 H Hart 34.49 (1st U20), 11 B Pollard 36.48 (1st V40).

FOREST OF DEAN HALF MARATHON

Witney: 21 T Garrod (V40) 1.29.23, 34 J Floyd 1.33.37, 85 A Lock (V50) 1.39.54 – 3rd Team, 87 R Parsons (V50) 1.40.08, 164 L Garrod (VL45) 1.46.45.

FOREST OF DEAN 5KM

Witney: 1 M Lock (U18) 19.26.

CIRENCESTER PARK 10KM

Witney: 19 W Downey 40.35, 29 N Moglia (V50) 41.36, 75 J Field (V40), 62 R Stanley Evans (LV35) 44.40, 129 N Moss (V40) 49.51, 132 S Rhodes (V40) 50.14.

BRISTOL HALF MARATHON

Witney: 845 L Davies (LV35) 1.38.05.

HEVER CASTLE TRIATHLON

The Gauntlet (Swim 1.9km, Cycle 90km, Run 21km)

Witney: 137 S Green (SL) 6.25.56 (38.46, 3.53.30, 1.46.38).

The Hever (Swim 1.5km, Cycle 40km, Run 10km)

Witney: 221 G Le Good (1st V60) 2.54.30 (30.26, 1.27.02, 52.28).

CARTERTON TRIATHLON

Standard (Swim 1.5km, Cycle 40km, Run 10km)

Witney: 10 N Dalton (V40) 2.36.49 (29.47.46, 1.21.57, 44.24).

Sprint (Swim 400m, Cycle 20km, Run 5km)

Witney: 8 R Redford (V40) 1.10.29 (9.39, 36.19, 23.19), 9 D Grayson 1.10.35 (10.17, 35.39, 23.16), 34 A Caddy (3rd VL50+) 1.26.33 (10.24, 46.20, 28.25), 38 M Paterson (VL35) 1.34.41 (9.19, 46.36, 36.34).

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 2 G Wallace (V50) 19.19, 4 M Livingstone-Learmonth 19.44, 5 D Pullin 19.50, 6 C Lewis (V50) 19.51, 11 S Dudgeon (LV35) 20.41, 18 D Burn 21.29, 26 T Scott-Langley 22.06, 28 L Coulson (LV40) 22.08, 31 S Smith (V55) 22.23, 33 I Berry (JM11-14) 22.30, 59 N-J Steinke (LV35) 23.49, 64 M Wilson (V55) 24.16, 66 J Wigmore (V60) 24.20, 115 A Dawkins (V60) 26.43, 121 M Jefferies (LV55) 26.55, 126 J Newton (V40) 27.12, 130 B Convers-Reignier (JM10) 27.17pb, 137 K Pulford (LV60) 27.38, 139 T Francis (V55) 27.51, 145 S Walters (LV55) 28.14, 152 H Burton (LV35) 28.36, 165 K Lean (LV45) 29.46, 167 A Moger (LV55) 29.56, 168 A James (V55) 29.57, 181 N Blatchford (LV65) 30.31, 183 H Bower (LV35) 30.38, 187 A Garner (V55) 31.05, 213 L Astbury (LV50) 33.36, 225 P Smiles (LV45) 35.14pb, 231 F Long (LV40) 35.30, 239 F Topp (LV45) 35.54, 242 J Worth (LV40) 35.57, 254 R Hayden (LV50) 36.50, 273 J Pennington (LV50) 46.15.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Abingdon: 32 C Fegan (JM11-14) 23.59, 33 G Walters (JM11-14) 24.00pb.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Abingdon: 1 J Shayler (JM15-17) 17.31, 8 E Lawton (JM15-17) 20.15, 72 D Roberts (V50) 27.54, 125 D Heller (LV75) 39.36, 126 E Heller (V80) 39.37.

BICESTER PARKRUN

Abingdon: 1 P Hughes 17.49.

READING PARKRUN

Abingdon: 2 A Vessey 17.48, 74 P Darwent (LV45) 22.57.

MILTON KEYNES PARKRUN

Abingdon: 3 P Keating 17.52.

SOUTHEND PARKRUN

Abingdon: 5 D Richards (V55) 19.53pb.

TILGATE PARKRUN

Abingdon: 311 A Pixton (V50) 32.06.

FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN 5KM

Witney: 26 S Le Good 19.35.