Witney Roadrunner veteran Tony Lock took the local honours in the Woodstock 12-mile road race at Blenheim Palace as he finished third overall and won the vet 40 category.

Lock had to settle for third as Wigan Phoenix duo Andy Ward and Phil Darbyshire dominated the race, Ward crossing the line in 1hr 9mins 3secs to take victory.

Darbyshire clocked 1.12.02, with Lock finishing in 1.12.35.

Abingdon Amblers duo Paul Fernadez and Richard Beaumont crossed the line in 1.13.24 and 1.14.49 respectively to finish fourth and fifth.

Woodstock's Bryan Vaughan comfortably won the vet 50 men's competition, clocking 1.17.08. He saw off the challenge of Alchester's Jon Burgess, who finished in 1.19.35.

Local runners were scarce in the top placings in the ladies' race, with vet 45 Kate Charndon from Wigan Phoenix winning in 1.24.07.

Wendy Miell-Ingram (Abingdon) was second in the vet 35 age group in 1.26.28, while Alchester's Liz Dover was second senior lady home, clocking 1.33.14.

Wigan Phoenix took both the men's and women's team prizes.

RESULTS

(top 30, senior men unless stated)

A Ward (Wigan) 1.09.03, 2 P Darbyshire (Wigan) 1.12.02, 3 T Lock (Witney RR, V40) 1.12.35, 4 P Fernandez (Abingdon) 1.13.24, 5 R Beaumont (Abingdon) 1.14.49, 6 N Grove (Reading RR) 1.14.51, 7 T Pilkington (Wigan) 1.14.55, 8 M Winn-Smith (Cambridge H) 1.15.37, 9 L Newell (Abingdon) 1.15.44, 10 B O'Connor (Woodstock H) 1.15.48, 11 J-M Briens (Witney RR) 1.16.02, 12 J Bolton (Woodstock H) 1.16.03, 13 A Eccles (Wigan, V40) 1.16.15, 14 B Vaughan (Woodstock H, V50) 1.17.08, 15 J Barry (Woodstock H) 1.17.33, 16 C Thompson (Woodstock H, V40) 1.18.09, 17 S Pritchard (Banbury H) 1.18.10, 18 R Gould (Alchester) 1.18.30, 19 D Waddington (Wigan, V40) 1.18.36, 20 K Fowler (Woodstock H, V40) 1.19.13, 21 K Game (Woodstock) 1.19.17, 22 J Burgess (Alchester, V50) 1.19.35, 23 A Hucker (Alchester, V40) 1.19.47, 24 B Lively (Kenilworth) 1.19.59, 25 P Gilkes (Cherwell, V40) 1.20.19, 26 C Tucker (Cherwell) 1.20.51, 27 M Townsend (Woodstock, V40) 1.21.21, 28 R Hart (Wigan) 1.21.56, 29 J Ashworth (Woodstock H) 1.22.01, 30 D Wall (Wigan, V40) 1.22.37.