WOODSTOCK Harrier Steve Naylor completed his third successive victory in the Mota-vation Series with another commanding performance at Combe.

Naylor, who has won the previous two rounds at a canter, was targeting his third course record, and conditions were perfect for the attempt.

From the starting gun, Naylor was under pressure from Tipton Harrier Mick Hill, but he managed to get a 30-metre lead by the first mile marker.

The gap remained the same for the next mile and a half, but Naylor kicked on to double his lead by the three-mile marker.

Naylor’s stamina saw him cross the line in 19mins 16secs – a comfortable victory – but he missed the course record by ten seconds.

Naylor will clinch the series title if he wins the fourth round at Chipping Norton on Thursday, August 4.

Hill finished second in 19.45, with Oxford City’s Darrell Bellinger third in 20.14.

Abingdon Ambler was fourth in 20.27, while Tim Wright (Banbury Harriers) finished fifth in 20.32.

Oxford City’s Steve Male was the first vet 40 across the line, finishing sixth in 20.33.

MOTA-VATION RESULTS (top 30, senior men unless stated) 1 S Naylor (Woodstock H) 19.16, 2 M Hill (Tipton H) 19.45, 3 D Bellenger (Oxford C) 20.14, 4 D Hamilton (Abingdon) 20.27, 5 T Wright (Banbury H) 20.32, 6 S Male (V40) 20.33, 7 J Lhomme (Headington RR) 20.46, 8 Q Kearns (Army) 20.48, 9 G Harris (Headington RR) 21.00, 10 J Richardson (V40) 21.01, 11 J Bolton (Woodstock H) 21.02, 12 P Gregory (Vale of Aylesbury, V50) 21.05, 13 P Jegou (WHH) 21.08, 14 L Newell (Abingdon) 21.12, 15 L Foster (Leeds City) 21.19, 16 M Ineson (Woodstock H) 21.25, 17 M Maxwell (Oxford C) 21.32, 18 J Robertson (Oxford C) 21.38, 19 A Burgess (Oxford C) 21.43, 20 D Tame (Hook Norton, V40) 21.44, 21 J Atyeo (Oxford C, V40) 21.50, 22 O Ellis (Abingdon) 21.53, 23 B Green (Oxford C, V50) 21.54, 24 T Lock (Witney RR, V40) 21.58, 25 S Pritchard (Banbury H, V40) 21.58, 26 D Swann (Witney RR) 22.03, 27 R Storey (Eynsham RR, V40) 22.03, 28 T Kirby (Army) 22.07, 29 D Cantwell (Woodstock H, V40) 22.08, 30 A Watts (Abingdon, V40) 22.11.

OTHER SUBMITTED CLUB RESULTS

SUBMITTED CLUB RESULTS Alchester: 44 R Gould 22.50, 46 S O’Gorman 22.54, 57 C Wells 23.27, 64 G Warland 23.48, 75 J Burgess 24.22, 96 S Usher 25.15, 99 S Rendell 25.29, 100 K French 25.31, 102 L Grolimund 25.39, 103 R Cadle 25.41, 117 D Joliffe 26.21, 120 A Weeks 26.23, 166 S Worfolk 28.26, 192 B Keeble 29.28, 206 H Wells 29.58, 214 H Lawlor 30.18, 242 V Bayliss 31.55, 244 K Jones 31.57, 248 N Lambert 32.09, 252 K Hutchings 32.23, 253 J Willoughby 32.23, 259 C Burgess 32.47, 304 J Hayes 36.10, 305 B Mold 36.12, 321 C Hunter 38.31, 322 K Rogers 38.36, 323 E Sparrow 38.36.

Headington RR: 34 R Skilbeck 22.17, 55 J Craft (1st LV35) 23.15, 65 D Cox 23.52, 66 D Moore (2nd LV35) 23.56, 91 J Griffiths 25.08, 92 N Baker 25.09, 93 C Harris 25.10, 104 A Brown 25.42, 109 A Hopkins 25.49, 116 E Byard 26.16, 129 M Herd 26.42, 131 R Shaw 26.44, 140 M Biglin 27.08, 150 K Byrne 27.37, 161 H Griffiths 28.13, 163 A Lawrence 28.20, 169 P Munday 28.31, 170 C Noakes 28.34, 171 A Tester 28.35, 173 H Marshall 28.38, 180 J Clargo 29.03, 183 S Cowles 29.07, 190 A James 29.24, 194 D Sawyer 29.32, 207 B Cornelius 29.59, 216 M Davis 30.19, 223 G Day 30.55, 225 R Lainsbury 30.58, 229 B Green 31.10, 232 C Coles 31.20, 233 L Milligan 31.22, 234 A Barry 31.23, 235 R Walsh 31.28, 255 G Jones 32.26, 268 G Tsverik 33.27, 297 A Munday 34.58, 298 J Stephens 35.21, 319 K Villiers 37.54, 332 S Doel 40.43, 334 E Steventon 42.30, 335 A Sulley 42.30, 339 M O’Sullivan 44.27.

Witney RR: 41 J Young 22.42, 62 J-M Briens (V40) 23.40, 72 C Ellis 24.11, 74 N Dalton (V40) 24.16, 76 A Reynolds (V50) 24.24, 79 N Gomm (LV45) 24.33, 81 K Hennessy 24.38, 84 A Giles 24.48, 86 G Ferris (V40) 24.56, 89 C Colbeck (V40) 25.05, 94 N Moglia (V50) 25.13, 95 G Hunter (V40) 25.14, 113 G Reynolds 26.05, 119 S Le Good 26.23, 126 G Le Good (V50) 26.35, 135 J Whelan (V50) 26.53, 137 K Lainsbury (SL) 26.59, 138 K Chard (V50) 27.02, 149 L Sidworth 27.36, 154 A Church (V40) 27.45, 201 D May 29.45, 205 P Ainslie (V40) 29.58, 213 B Ellis (LV35) 30.15, 219 J Pearce (V50) 30.25, 221 M Stuart-Thompson (V40) 30.49, 222 A Braund (V60) 30.51, 227 H Smith (LV45) 31.04, 240 N Henman (SL) 31.46, 241 B Forster (V60) 31.54, 243 M Tipping (V60) 31.56, 245 J Le Good (LV55) 32.01, 257 K Smith (U19) 32.34, 270 S Reeves (LV35) 33.32, 271 E Clinkard (SL) 33.32, 275 J Gamage (LV35) 33.47, 277 J Abrams (V60) 33.51, 282 L Hicks (LV35) 34.09, 283 C Davies (LV35) 34.16, 285 T Moss (LV35) 34.31, 289 E Christiansen (SL) 34.36, 295 H West (LV55) 34.55, 311 G Mitchell (SL) 36.59, 312 I Anson (LV45) 37.01, 316 S Christie (LV45) 37.29, 327 S Davenport (SL) 39.43, 336 S Davis (LV45) 42.49.