Home runner Jason Cooke was the best of the Oxfordshire runners in Sunday's White Horse Half Marathon, which saw a record field of nearly 500 competitors.

Jason CookeThe White Horse Harrier came home in second place in a time of 1hr 15mins 48secs, more than a minute in front of Abingdon Amblers' Philip Egerton, who crossed the line in 1.16.59.

However, Chris Bradfield, representing Datchet Dashers Running Club from Bucks, was a convincing winner in a time of 1.12.23.

The race was run in fine weather over a flat, attractive, rural course that encompassed the villages of Denchworth, Lyford and Charney Bassett.

There were occasional showers, while a blustery wind on the more exposed parts of the course meant that those competing produced slower times than expected.

It was another successful morning's work for Witney Roadrunners who took the County Championship team gold medal.

They were led home by Paul Clack with his tenth-place finish in 1.20.48. The rest of the team was Lazloe Boden, Francis Tracey and Paul Ainslie.

Witney were also second team in the open race.

In the county individual standings, Witney's Clack took the bronze, Boden won the Veteran 40 category, Nicola Gomm was the overall county champion and first Lady Veteran 35 runner home, with Sally Pitts taking second.

In the open race, Boden doubled up as first Veteran 40, with Gomm and Pitts taking first and second respectively in the Veteran 35 category.

Personal bests were recorded by Tracey, Ainslie, Judith LeGood and Helen Gibbons.

Alchester's Jenny Pyper continued her fine form by setting a new personal best of 1.29.10, which secured her the senior ladies County Championship title.

Nigel Lambert produced a brave run to win the Veteran 60 years title, completing the course in 1.39.10.

WHITE HORSE HALF MARATHON TIMES

Top 50: 1 C Bradfield (Datchet) 1hr 15 mins 48secs, 2 J Cooke (White Horse Harr) 1.16.59, 3 P Egerton (Abingdon Amblers) 1.17.39, 4 B Wakem (Fleet) 1.17.39, 5 R Beaumont (Woodstock Harr) 1.17.57, 6 M Davis (Swindon Striders) 1.19.23, 7 S Ansell (unatt) 1.19.52, 8 S Pritchard (Banbury Harr) 1.19.54, 9 R Schofield V50 (Abingdon Amblers) 1.20.21, 10 P Clack (Witney RR) 1.20.48, 11 R Pickvance L40 (Swansea) 1.20.50, 12 A Davis (unatt) 1.21.25, 13 L Boden V40 (Witney RR) 1.21.56, 14 G Smith V45 (Kidlington RC) 1.21.59, 15 K Mitsumizo (unatt) 1.22.14, 16 P Cousins V40 (unatt) 1.12.24, 17 L Faukner (Sale Harr) 1.22.42, 18 A Gibbins (Blackheath) 1.22.48, 19 R Alexander SL (Falkirk) 1.22.50, 20 K Adams (Woodstock Harr) 1.22.54, 21 A Mahoney (unatt) 1.23.05, 22 D Burton (Headington RR) 1.23.18, 23 I Meadowcroft V40 (Headington RR) 1.23.44, 24 N Jeffs (Bracknell Forest) 1.23.51, 25 M Sas (Swindon Harr) 1.24.06, 26 C Birch (Abingdon Amblers) 1.25.05, 27 J Clark (unatt) 1.25.10, 28 F Tracey (Witney RR) 1.25.11, 29 S Bishop SL (Burgess Hill) 1.25.20, 30 P Skipp (unatt) 1.25.32, 31 C Nellins V50 (Headington RR) 1.26.04, 32 C Love (unatt) 1.26.09, 33 J Taylor (unatt) 1.26.14, 34 A Grove V40 (Eynsham RR), 35 G Clench V40 (Alchester) 1.26.17, 36 M Townsend V40 (Woodstock Harr) 1.26.24, 37 P Ainslie V40 (Witney RR) 1.26.29, 38 A Johns (Barnet) 1.26.37, 39 S Pill V40 (Swindon Harr) 1.26.50, 40 A Brown V45 (Severn AC) 1.27.00, 41 A El-Sour (Spa Striders) 1.27.29, 42 M Powell (Oxford Triathlon) 1.27.30, 43 P Roberson (unatt) 1.27.50, 44 T Greenland V50 (Abingdon Amblers) 1.27.57, 45 M Peachey V50 (Pirates Johannesburg) 1.28.16, 46 G Bird V40 (Headington RR) 1.28.17, 47 D Murfin V40 (White Horse Harr) 1.28.27, 48 N Gomm L40 (Witney RR) 1.28.33, 49 L Creasey (Eynsham RR) 1.28.34, 50 B Chisholm V45 (Haringey) 1.28.36.