OXFORD City made a good start to their Chiltern Cross Country League Division 1 campaign at Shotover Hill.

The hosts amassed 3,153 points to sit in fifth place on the leaderboard.

Division 1 and 2 clubs competed side-by-side in all races, with City’s Dan Blake tenth and Aaron Burgess 12th as their senior men’s team performed strongly to finish third in their age group.

The veterans sit top of their category with 833 points, Julian Richardson leading the way in 33rd in the combined race with the seniors and juniors.

City’s women’s team lie fifth, with Gemma Bridge crossing fourth overall.

Headington Road Runners lead the way for the Oxfordshire clubs in second place in Division 2.

Their veteran men’s team won their category, as did the senior women.

Thame Runners are sixth, while Banbury Harriers are ninth, with Tim Wright their star performer as he finished first second tier runner in 18th.

Abingdon sit tenth, with Eynsham 14th and although Bicester are down in 19th, two of their runners enjoyed divisional success.

Ben West was second overall by just three seconds in the under 17 boys race, while Millie Couzens was fourth in the under 13 girls.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

CHILTERN CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

Abingdon – Men: 140 D Wilson 35.31, 207 J Miller 37.44, 227 J Bones (V40) 38.18, 279 A Francis (V40) 40.12. Under 15: 69 K Francis 16.45. Under 13: 63 J Garner 12.11. Women: 78 J Brewer (SL) 26.24, 101 K Adams (LV35) 27.27, 190 P Wilson (LV55) 32.27, 223 G Lodowski (LV45) 35.43. Under 17: 23 K Harris 16.05. Under 15: 14 A Bromley 13.31, 26 B Darwent 13.48, 28 M Bedlington 13.57, 45 I Jones 14.39.

Eynsham RR – Men: 72 B Pollard (V40) 32.54, 173 D Ferrier (V40) 36.20, 241 A McEwan-James 38.33. Women: 17 H Hale (SL) 22.07, 120 T Evans (LV35) 27.58.

Headington – Men: 3 S O Neill 31.41, 6 C Dettmar (V40) 32.05, 11 R Ashby 32.33, 24 A Hanner Hopwood (V40) 34.28, 25 K Lowies (V50) 34.35, 33 R Skilbeck (V40) 35.19, 35 S Cayley 35.26, 37 R Thetford (V50) 35.39, 39 M Richards (V50) 35.44, 44 D Gavaghan (V50) 36.02, 54 J D Angelo 36.50, 55 M Jones (V50) 36.59, 79 R Kennedy (V50) 39.33, 80 J Griffiths (V50) 39.44, 91 S Ross 41.04, 95 L Hurman (V60) 41.21, 108 C Turnbull 42.23, 119 S Khan (V40) 45.15, 136 K Villiers (V70) 66.10. Women: 4 D Moore (LV35) 21.55, 10 R Shaw (LV35) 23.54, 18 M Frykfors 24.59, 21 C Abesser (LV35) 25.26, 23 H Griffiths 25.53, 26 M Ding 25.57, 48 A James (LV45) 28.02, 76 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 32.34, 84 K King (LV35) 33.15, 85 J Duvall (LV55) 33.31, 86 E Carter-Biggs (LV35) 33.34.

Oxford City – Men: 10 D Blake 30.28, 12 A Burgess 30.36, 28 M Rallison 31.17, 33 J Richardson (V40) 31.27, 44 T Jones (V40) 31.45, 56 J Atyeo (V50) 32.18, 61 A Simpson 32.26, 64 M Tyrrell 32.34, 79 D Anderton 33.17, 167 S Reynolds 36.06, 171 A Bayliss 36.17, 194 R Grant (V60) 36.59, 204 P Marshal (V50) 37.37, 212 H Waller (V50) 37.44, 230 S Thorp (V60) 38.15, 242 T Dixon (V50) 38.33, 254 A Ali (V50) 39.17, 296 R Treadwell (V60) 40.50. Under 15: 29 B Davies 14.09.

MIZUNO HALF MARATHON, AMSTERDAM

Abingdon: 85 J Shayler (U17) 1.22.14.

TCS AMSTERDAM MARATHON

Abingdon: 7648 M Shayler (V40) 4.20.50.

EDEN HALF MARATHON

Eynsham: 160 T Evans (LV35) 1.51.21.

FRIETH HILLY 10K

Kidlington: 82 A Finnigan (LV40) 49.16, 152 W Bunce (V60) 53.56, 225 M Search (V60) 59.56.

NEW FOREST STINGER 10MILES

Witney: 67 B Briens (LV40) 1.25.16.

BEDFORD AUTODROME DUATHLON, EU QUALIFIER (5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run)

Witney: 192 G Le Good (V60) 1.10.09 (18.57, 36.59, 11.51).

OXFORD PARKRUN 5KM

Abingdon: 161 H Burton (LV35) 28.09.

Witney: 9 F Howard (3rd V40-44) 19.14, 32 G Le Good (1st V60-64) 21.03, 80 R Redford (V40-44) 23.51, 96 T Standard 24.35pb.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Abingdon: 6 C Walters (V50) 19.33pb, 16 D Bedlington (V45) 21.23pb, 64 C Barwick (JW11-14) 26.20.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 6 M Livingstone-Learmonth 18.38pb, 7 R Kembleton 18.55, 8 C Lewis (V50) 19.19pb, 9 G Wallace (V50) 19.21, 11 S Dudgeon (LV35) 19.41, 12 A Pennington (JM15-17) 19.48, 14 D Burn 20.00pb, 17 M Lewy (V50) 20.12, 18 C Pierre 20.16, 20 D Richards (V55) 20.22, 22 J Moore (JM15-17) 20.31, 29 N Hamilton (V55) 21.21, 32 G Wiggins 21.38, 35 A Pixton (V50) 21.42, 45 G Halfhead (JW11-14) 22.16pb, 48 T Scott-Langley 22.21, 52 B Hedges 22.26pb, 55 M Shepley (V50) 22.32, 64 L Bedford (LV45) 23.24pb, 65 J Miller 23.37, 87 A Dickinson (V45) 24.24pb, 88 C Scott-Langley (LV35) 24.25, 102 C Kembleton (LV35) 25.06, 108 S Douglas (LV55) 25.27, 110 A Newton (JM11-14) 25.33, 112 S Cozens (LV45) 25.44, 126 T Francis (V55) 26.17, 129 A Muir (JW10) 26.32pb, 130 A Muir (V40) 26.32, 136 G Lean 26.59, 138 J Newton (V40) 27.05, 140 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 27.11, 154 H Bower (LV35) 27.54, 160 K Lean (LV45) 28.05, 161 M Wilson (V55) 28.08, 164 H Wigginton (SL) 28.10, 169 C Penton (V50) 28.29, 175 G Sinclair (LV40) 28.46, 176 A Moger (LV55) 28.48, 177 A Garner (V55) 28.49, 187 P Astbury (JW11-14) 29.25, 191 H Nash (LV50) 29.30, 194 N Blatchford (LV65) 29.39, 211 S Wade (LV45) 30.47pb, 222 J Worth (LV40) 31.30, 227 B Evans (V70) 31.47, 230 F Topp (LV45) 32.03, 240 L Astbury (LV50) 33.22, 248 F Long (LV40) 34.12, 253 E Moore (LV50) 34.32, 265 M Muir (JW10) 35.48pb, 270 P Smiles (LV45) 36.13, 280 D Heller (LV75) 39.48, 281 E Heller (V80) 39.48, 284 P Goddard 39.52, 289 M Coates (LV45) 41.36. 

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Abingdon: 16 S Lawton (JM11-14) 21.16, 51 G Evans (JW11-14) 25.01, 77 D Roberts (V50) 28.19, 102 N Gergory (LV55) 31.16.

WIMBLEDON COMMON PARKRUN 5KM

Witney: 8 S Le Good 20.05.

SHERWOOD PINES PARKRUN 5KM

Witney: 51 J Gamage (2nd LV50-54) 27.16, 53 J Le Good (1st LV60-64) 27.27, 59 S Christie (LV50-54), 27.39, 93 H West (3rd LV60-64) 31.20.

WORTHING PARKRUN 5KM

Witney: 2 S Upton (1st S25-29) 18.08.

KILLERTON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 46 J Oliver (V60) 23.15.

ROOSEVELT ISLAND DC PARKRUN

Abingdon: 18 A Dawkins (V60) 28.51, 19 K Pulford (LV60) 28.51.