DARRELL Bellinger, from Oxford City, finished third out of nearly 2,000 runners at Sunday’s inaugural Oxford Half Marathon.

The City ace crossed the line in 1hr 13mins 06secs.

Club athletes joined fun-runners around the course, which started and finished at Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium.

LOCAL CLUB RESULTS

Abingdon Amblers: J Cheung 1.41.22, L Blake (SL) 1.44.03, M Blake (V40) 1.44.04, A James (V50) 1.55.33, S Douglas (LV50) 1.56.46, J Grant (LV40) 2.03.04.

Didcot Runners: P Griffiths 1.35.03, K Reade 1.43.52, W Larnach 1.46.47, S Howes 1.51.30, B Pine 2.19.17.

Headington RR: R Baskerville (V40) 1.23.53, P Oxley 1.25.39, J Eve 1.25.48, R Cousens 1.32.58, M Hills 1.33.58, S Wolanski (LV50) 1.37.09, C Slator (V40) 1.38.13, N Meston (LV40) 1.45.20, S Brown 1.45.46, M Langford (SL) 1.58.48, Y Kawaguchi 2.02.04, R Logan 2.10.02, S Harding-Brown (LV40) 2.16.48, M O’Sullivan (LV60) 2.54.28.

Witney RR: A Reynolds 1.25.29, N Dalton 1.32.25, W Downey 1.41.00, B Anderson 2.08.28, H West 2.12.55.