ABINGDON AC ended an eight-year wait to be crowned men’s champions of the Mota-vation Series in the final race at Oxford.

They beat Headington RR by 109 points to win the title for the first time since 2010.

It was all down to a superb performance from all of Abingdon’s athletes, with six runners in the top 20.

Owen Stepney was the star of the show in second, after being involved in a close three-way battle for victory.

But Stepney and Southampton AC’s Alex Wall-Clarke lost ground on senior champion Alex Miell-Ingram in the last half-a-mile as the Radley AC star made it a clean sweep of wins in the five-race series.

Abingdon’s Harrison Read finished tied for second in the senior men’s category with Oxford City’s Maxwell Robinson, while clubmate David Bunn landed the under 19 title.

Chloe Ridewood, also of Abingdon, clinched the ladies’ equivalent as the club took second in the women’s team standings behind Headington.

Eynsham’s Dan Lewis (V40), City duo Julian Richardson (V50) and John Exley (V70) as well as Vale of Aylesbury’s Paul Gregory (V60) won their age categories.

Headington’s Diane Foster (LV35), Alchester’s Samantha Usher (LV45), along with Eynsham pair Katherine Bates (LV55) and Kate Williamson LV65) triumphed in the ladies division.

Meanwhile, Bicester AC’s Amber Parker recorded personal bests in three different disciplines.

Competing in the Southern Counties Inter-Counties Championship at Horspath, Parker launched the hammer out to a national grade 3 mark of 32.64m, breaking her own under 15 club record.

The following day, she took part in the Woking Open, where she broke club records in the discus and the shot.

In the discus, she beat Megan Davies’s mark, which had stood since 2009, throwing a national grade 1 mark of 28.77m.

This moved her to 22nd in the under 15 girl national rankings.

Parker then produced a national grade 2 shot put of 9.92m, which also broke her own previous record.

Elsewhere, Sam Upton took first place in the Lakelands trials Derwentwater 15km race.

Witney clubmates Tony Lock and Lindsey Smith were also victorious, topping the vet 50 and vet 45 categories respectively at the Chedworth Roman Trail 10.

RESULTS

MOTA-VATION SERIES – RACE 5 – OXFORD

1 A Miell-Ingram (Rad) 20.43, 2 O Stepney (Abn) 20.44, 3 A Wall-Clarke (Stn) 21.00, 4 M Robinson (Oxf) 21.09, 5 D Blake (Oxf) 21.19, 6 H Reid (Abn) 21.31, 7 J Shayler (Abn, U19) 21.32, 8 D Lewis (Eyn, V40) 21.34, 9 C May (VoA) 21.37, 10 D Lawrence (Hed) 21.38, 11 S Upton (Wit) 21.42, 12 P Hughes (Abn) 21.53, 13 D Bunn (Abn, U19) 21.57, 14 C Roberts (Cov) 22.02, 15 J Bolton (Wds, V40) 22.08, 16 A Herbert (Chw) 22.11, 17 L Newell (Una, V40) 22.14, 18 B Williams (Bic Tri) 22.21, 19 M Lock (Wit) 22.23, 20 S Fabes (Abn) 22.26, 21 G Hope (Kid) 22.34, 22 N Jones (VoA, U19) 22.51, 23 M Summerfield (VoA, V40) 22.51, 24 B Davies (Oxf, U19) 22.52, 25 M Vesterinen (Hed) 22.54, 26 S Kelly (Una) 22.58, 27 C Colbeck (Wit, V40) 23.14, 28 F Campbell (Hed, V40) 23.14, 29 B Pollard (Eyn, V40) 23.18, 30 P Gregory (VoA, V60) 23.19.

FINAL STANDINGS

MEN

Senior: 1 A Miell-Ingram (Rad) 4pts, 2= H Read (Abn), M Robinson (Oxf) 14. U19: 1 D Bunn (Abn) 9, 2 K Francis (Abn) 19. V40: 1 D Lewis (Eyn) 7, 2 L Newell (Una) 9, 3 J Bolton (Wds) 11. V50: 1 J Richardson (Oxf) 4, 2 D Cantwell (Wds) 8, 3 A Lock (Wit) 11. V60: 1 P Gregory (VoA) 4, 2 B Green (Oxf) 8, 3 R Kerr (Alc, V60) 14. V70: 1 J Exley (Oxf) 5, 2 P Kimber (Hed) 9, T Greenland (Abn) 13.

LADIES

Senior: 1 E Georgiades (Hed) 10, 2 D Allen (HkN) 11, 3 L Astill (Abn) 18. U19: 1 C Ridewood (Abn) 4, 2 E Howard (Wit) 12. LV35: 1 D Foster (Hed) 4, 2 S Carter (Wds) 8, 3 Y Morris (Hed) 16. LV45: 1 S Usher (Alc) 7, 2 K Allred (Eyn) 9, 3 L Smith (Wit) 12. LV55: 1 K Bates (Eyn) 6, 2 G Hueter (Oxf) 8, 3 W Millatt (Abn) 15. LV65: 1 K Williamson (Eyn) 4, 2 H West (Wit) 9.

TEAM

MEN

1 Abingdon A 496, 2 Headington A 968, 3 Eynsham A 1033.

LADIES

1 Headington A 131, 2 Abingdon A 166, 3 Witney A 258.

CLUB SUBMITTED

MOTA-VATION SERIES – OXFORD

Abingdon AC: 2 O Stepney 20.44, 6 H Read 21.31, 7 J Shayler (1st U19M) 21.32, 12 P Hughes 21.53, 13 D Bunn (2nd U19M) 21.57, 20 T Fabes 22.26, 41 J Darwent (V40) 23.40, 49 G Wood 24.14, 53 K Francis (U19M) 24.21, 74 M Livingstone-Learmonth (V40) 25.07, 78 M Hills 25.18, 80 G Wallace (V50) 25.19, 81 C Ridewood (1st U19W) 25.23, 84 J Willard 25.26, 88 M Lewy (V50) 25.48, 94 J Bruce (V40) 26.04, 97 L Astill (2nd SL) 26.13, 101 S Dudgeon (LV35) 26.20, 103 C Bedford (V50) 26.28, 113 A Caruana 26.49, 114 C Halfhead (U19W) 26.56, 125 J James (LV45) 27.08, 130 S Badcock (V50) 27.15, 180 J Moore (V50) 29.11, 183 K Welby (V50) 29.24, 194 A Muir (V40) 30.23, 203 A Halfhead (LV45) 30.29, 206 T Greenland (V70) 30.44, 218 J Fabes (LV55) 30.55, 222 B Compton (LV45) 31.00, 226 A Francis (V50) 31.14, 242 W Millatt (LV55) 31.57, 261 J Pennington (LV45) 32.46, 269 C Roberts (LV45) 32.58, 272 M Shepley (V50) 33.09, 274 S Fabes (V60) 33.30, 299 K Clarke (LV35) 35.18, 308 J Styles (V50) 35.52, 309 J Fellows (LV35) 35.48, 311 H Nash (LV45) 35.55, 323 A Waldock (SL) 36.57, 324 H Bower (LV35) 36.57, 329 V Russell (LV45) 37.44, 330 N Brock (LV35) 38.00, 334 A Buckley (LV45) 38.20, 338 C Penton (LV50) 38.53, 343 S Wade (LV45) 40.25, 350 E Moore (LV45) 41.57, 353 M Shepley (LV45) 43.19, 355 P Smiles (LV45) 45.42. Final standings – Individual – Men – Senior: 2 H Read. U19: 1 D Bunn, 2 K Francis. Ladies – Senior: 3 L Astill. U19: 1 C Ridewood. LV55: 3 W Millatt. Team – Men: 1 Abingdon AC. Ladies: 2 Abingdon AC.

Bicester Triathlon Club: B Williams 22mins 20secs, K Williams 23.21, G Jackson 23.54, R Oxendale 27.49, E Newman 28.01, E Doherty 31.38, C Gibbs 33.44, L Davidson 34.30, D Gilbert 37.06, K Lowe 40.35, S Harrison 40.37.

Headington RR: 10 D Lawrence 21.38, 25 M Vesterinen 22.54, 28 F Campbell (V40) 23.14, 31 H Geddes 23.20, 37 A Aimon 23.31, 38 J Fenning 23.35, 40 T Willner-Reid 23.39, 45 D Foster (LV35) 23.55, 48 S Dales (V50) 24.15, 55 T Clarke 24.27, 58 T Williams 24.38, 64 T Betts (V50) 24.51, 65 M Hill (V40) 24.52, 68 D Bremner 24.56, 75 D Rings 25.17, 93 P Brame (V40) 26.11, 96 A Phelps (V50) 26.16, 98 J Griffiths (V60) 26.19, 107 E Georgiades (SL) 26.44, 118 R Shaw (LV35) 27.05, 131 K Lowies (V50) 27.31, 133 S Khan (V40) 27.38, 144 S Cowls (V50) 27.51, 149 S Power (SL) 28.03, 154 S Crook (V40) 28.21, 164 P Kimber (V70) 28.52, 172 N Baker (V60) 29.09, 174 C Lochmatter (LV35) 29.20, 183 K Byrne (V60) 29.38, 188 S Dixon (SL) 29.52, 194 M Johnson (V60) 30.20, 208 A Prewett 30.56, 214 M Davies (V60) 31.01, 215 D Sawyer (V60) 31.02, 216 T Dixon (V50) 31.02, 219 E Byard 31.06, 223 H Turley (LV55) 31.11, 227 E McDermott (LV35) 31.18, 228 M Lennholm (V50) 31.20, 234 J Friedhoff (V40) 31.40, 237 J Thomas (LV35) 31.53, 238 H Marshall (V60) 32.00, 245 D White (V40) 32.12, 249 J Tranter (U19M) 32.19, 253 L Middleton (LV35) 32.29, 255 I Matthews (LV55) 32.34, 263 A Porter (LV45) 32.47, 267 S Collins (V50) 33.03, 281 M Stone (V60) 33.54, 283 C McBride (SL) 34.00, 286 C Bodsworth (SL) 34.09, 289 G Day (V50) 34.19, 291 J Taylor (V60) 34.24, 295 U Neale (V40) 34.39, 301 H Reed (SL) 35.10, 302 T Osman (V40) 35.17, 310 D Evans (LV45) 35.52, 312 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 36.04, 332 E Carter-Biggs (LV45) 37.43, 334 C Dines (LV45) 38.08, 348 C Jones (V50) 40.17, 354 L Epton (LV35) 41.19, 360 N Tuite (LV45) 45.10, 362 S Doel (LV65) 46.51, 363 N Ann (SL) 46.54, 364 S Leach (LV45) 49.08, 365 S Ledingham (LV55) 49.08, 367 K Villiers (V70) 55.39.

White Horse Harriers: 167 K Smith (SL) 28.38, 168 A Smith 28.42, 286 J McCabe (LV45) 33.48.

Witney RR: 11 S Upton 21.42, 19 M Lock 22.23, 27 C Colbeck (V40) 23.03, 44 A Lock (2nd V50) 23.51, 61 C Hodnett 24.43, 62 F Howard (V40) 24.49, 70 G Reynolds 25.00, 102 R Green (V50) 26.28, 105 L Smith (2nd LV45) 26.38, 115 B Moore (V50) 27.02, 136 D Wymer 27.41, 138 O Powell (SL) 27.42, 141 A Rendell 27.45, 152 R Stanley-Evans (LV35) 28.12, 157 S Howard (LV35) 28.29, 162 N Smith 28.43, 165 A Church (V50) 28.55, 185 A Parsons (SL) 29.41, 187 L Harris (LV45) 29.45, 189 J Field (V40) 29.59, 192 S Rhodes (V40) 30.12, 204 M Cassidy (LV35) 30.44, 207 N Morley (V40) 30.47, 211 R Redford (V40) 30.59, 230 A Adams (LV35) 31.27, 246 N Moss (V40) 32.17, 247 K Davies (SL) 32.17, 250 J Hewlett (SL) 32.27, 251 M Hustler (LV45) 32.27, 259 B Briens (LV35) 32.45, 269 J Wright (LV35) 33.09, 272 C Gibbin (V40) 33.16, 275 A Rouget (LV45) 33.28, 281 L Rhodes (LV45) 33.58, 291 T Moss (LV45) 34.26, 297 D Marshall-Thomas (SL) 35.02, 302 P Rushby (V50) 35.24, 312 S Christie (LV55) 36.07, 315 E Howard (U19L) 36.19, 319 L Field (LV35) 36.26, 320 J McCormac (V60) 36.27, 344 H West (2nd LV65) 39.35, 357 T Wymer (LV35) 43.34.

CHEDWORTH ROMAN 10MILE TRAIL

Abingdon AC: 30 B Watson (V40) 1.17.19.

Witney RR: 8 A Lock (1st V50) 1.11.27, 34 C Hodnett 1.18.06, 50 J Clark 1.21.41, 63 L Smith (1st LV45) 1.23.31, 70 F Howard (V40) 1.24.28, 120 M Cassidy (LV35) 1.31.32, 219 A Rouget (LV45) 1.45.00, 240 P Rushby (V50) 1.49.03.

CARDIFF 10K

Abingdon AC: 2929 L Wilson (SL) 1.01.32.

MAIDENHEAD HALF MARATHON

White Horse Harriers: 126 M Beales 1.26.36, 179 S Leech (V50) 1.29.18.

BEDFORD TWILIGHT 10K

White Horse Harriers: 1332 R Colliass (LV55) 1.11.18.

DERWENTWATER, KESWICK TRAIL RACE 15KM

Witney RR: 1 S Upton 1.05.02.

TRAIL CHALLENGE 15KM

Witney RR: 383 J Horsman (SL) 2.14.58.

BRIDGWATER 10KM

Witney RR: 37 L Holland (2nd LV45) 48.45, 58 J McCormac (V65) 52.19.

NATION RADIO 10KM

Witney RR: 36 T Jones (2nd V40) 33.49pb.

WIMBLEDON COMMON PARKRUN

Witney RR: 282 L Sherwood (3rd JL11) 28.02, 283 G Sherwood (LV45) 28.03.

ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS PARKRUN

Witney RR: 95 A Fraser (3rd V60) 26.03.

BOGNOR PARKRUN

Witney RR: 98 D Marshall-Thomas (2nd LV35) 27.39.

FORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: 1 S Upton (S25) 18.42.

WITNEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 2 M Lock (1st S18) 19.44, 7 T Grantham (1st V35) 20.57pb, 8 B Rendell (2nd S25) 22.08, 14 G Le Good (1st V65) 22.31, 19 A McIlveen (1st SL20, 2nd lady) 22.46pb, 26 L Garrod (1st LV50) 23.14pb, 42 J Whelan (1st V60) 23.56, 49 J Field (V45) 24.08, 53 L Sherwood (2nd JL11) 24.33pb, 89 T Burkett (V50) 26.59pb, 99 J Colbeck-McKinnon (LV50) 27.46pb, 107 J Le Good (1st LV60) 28.24, 131 J Howlett (S20) 29.49,133 L Hopkins (3rd LV60) 29.57, 137 D Burkett (2nd LV55) 30.06, 139 R Lally (LV35) 30.08pb, 142 L Field (LV40) 30.14, 184 F Bisp (J10) 32.37, 200 J Horsman (SL25) 33.34, 208 P Taylor (V35) 33.59, 235 S McKinnon (JL11) 35.55, 148 N Marshall (LV35) 30.28.

RHODES, AUSTRALIA PARKRUN

Witney RR: 33 G Le Good (2nd V65) 21.02, 112 J Le Good (2nd LV60) 26.22.