A SPARKLING display from Kirstine Fahl helped Abingdon AC to second place when they opened their Midland League Division 3 campaign at Telford.

Fahl claimed victory in four events – 100mH, 400mH, high jump and 4x400m – as Abingdon’s combined team of athletes from under 17 upwards shone after two successive promotions.

In the first round of the Southern Counties Veterans’ League Western Division at Horspath, Abingdon finished third in the ladies’ competition and second in the men’s.

Abingdon’s Paul Hughes stormed to victory in the first round of the Sri Chinmoy races around the Peace Mile at Cutteslowe Park in Oxford.

Hughes won by more than a minute over three miles in just under 16 minutes.

Bicester AC found it hard going in their inaugural Heart of England League Division 2 match at Bromsgrove.

Despite a strong showing by the under 13 boys, the club finished seventh overall, with four invidual wins.

Georgia Usher took the under 13 girls’ 1500 metres, with a national grade four time of 5mins 26.3secs, knocking 13 secondss off her previous best.

Bicester’s other 1500 metre win came from Ben West, who continued his rich vein of form by taking the under 17 men’s event in 4.16.4.

Amber Parker beat 15 rivals in the shot to take top spot with a throw of 8.34m.

And Samuel Rayson reeled off another win in the under 13 75m hurdles.

RESULTS

(Senior men unless stated)
MIDLAND LEAGUE
Division 3 
Abingdon AC’s A string results
Team – Overall: 2nd 336½pts. Men: 4th 143. Women: 1st 178½.
Men – 100m: 5 L Chown 11.8. 200m: 3 L Chown 23.2. 800m: 6 A Pennington (U17) 2.19.8. 1500m: 4 J Shayler (U20) 4.24.2pb. 5000m: 2 J Shayler (U20) 16.16.0. 110mH: 3 P Stepney (V55) 22.6. 400mH: 2 A Pennington (U17) 67.4. 2000m SC: 5 J Miller 7.21.9. 4x100m: 6 Abingdon 49.2. 4x400m: 6 Abingdon 4.19.9. High jump: 4 M Juffkins (V50) 1.45. Pole vault: 5 M Juffkins (V50) 2.4. Long jump: 5 L Bazzi (U17) 4.97. Triple jump: 5 M Juffkins (V50) 9.3. Shot: 3 S Pomeroy (V55) 9.56. Discus: 4 S Pomeroy (V55) 27.69. Javelin: 3 D Kelly (U17M)
42.76. 
Women – 100m: 3 S Herold (U17) 13.2. 200m: 4 S Herold (U17) 27.4. 400m: 3 C Salt (U23) 66.2. 800m: 2 L Siddle (U20W) 2.30.6. 1500m: 1 S Lackman (SW) 4.56.9. 3000m: 3 C Parker (SW) 10.38.8pb. 100mH: 1 K Fahl (SW) 17.6. 400mH: 1 K Fahl (SW) 69.9. 4x100m: 1 Abingdon 53.5, 4x400m: 1 Abingdon 4.27.0. High jump: 1 K Fahl (SW) 1.48. Pole vault: 2= A Chown (SW) 1.8. Long jump: 5 S Herold (U17) 4.04. Triple jump: 6 N Gregory (LV55) 7.43. Shot put: 1 F Jammeh-Kinteh (SW) 10.62. Discus: 3 F Jammeh-Kinteh (SW) 28.09. Javelin: 4 K Mitchell 31.15.
SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’ LEAGUE
Western Division
Abingdon’s A string results 
Team – Men: 2nd 155. Women: 3rd 106. 
Men 35 –100m: 3 R Kembleton 13.0. 400m: 3 P Egerton 59.3. 1500m: 3 P Fernandez 4.30.70. 3000m SC: 3 C Whitehead 12.47.80. 4x100m: 3 Abingdon 54.7. Long jump: 2 M Juffkins 4.55. High jump: 4 P Goddard 1.35. Hammer: 3 T Clarke 21.77. Shot: 4 T Clarke 7.48. Men 50 –100m: 4 A Walley 13.8. 400m: 5 A Pixton 68.8. 1500m: 4 M Lewy 5.25.70. 3000m SC: 1 K Welby 13.51.70. Long jump: 1 P Stepney 4.48. High jump: 1 M Juffkins 1.4. Hammer: 1 S Pomeroy 33.91. Shot: 1 S Pomeroy 10.98. Men 60 – 100m: 5 S Fabes 17.6. Long jump: 1 J Oliver 3.41. Hammer: 1 R Jones 31.55.
Women 35 – 100m: 5 P Terry 15.2secs. 400m: 4 E Loeffen 76.6. 1500m: 6 N Sharma 5.29.20. 4x100m: 4 Abingdon 65.1. Long jump: 5 P Terry 3.28m. High jump: 4 N Gregory 1.10. Hammer: 5 J Howard 6.96. Javelin: 2 S Dawson 22.49. Women 50 – 100m: 2 N Gregory 16.1. 400m: 1 P Terry 74.8. 1500m: 4 C Roberts 6.24.90. Long jump: 2 N Gregory 3.35. High jump: 1 J Ashton 1.2. Hammer: 4 N Blatchford 14.9. Javelin: 2 N Gregory 14.21. Women 60: 100m: 4 K Pulford 20.1. Javelin: 4 J Howard 8.38pb.
SRI CHINMOY 3 MILES
Abingdon: 1 P Hughes 15.59, 5 M Lewy (V50) 17.56pb, 8 K Dixon (V40) 18.15, 10 J Harvey (V50) 18.29pb, 12 J Moore (V50) 18.43, 15 C Lewis (V50) 19.09, 21 L Shelton (SL) 20.07, 25 J Newton (V40) 21.25, 27 L Bedford (LV40) 22.11pb, 29 S Watton (V40) 23.06, 30 P Stepney (V50) 23.08, 32 A Waldock (SW) 23.13pb, 35 G Lodowski (LV50) 23.58, 38 P Wilson (LV50) 24.52, 41 M Hamilton (LV50) 26.00, 42 J Styles (V50) 26.12, 43 E Moore (LV50) 27.38pb, 44 M Shepley (LV40) 28.54.
WATFORD OPEN MEETING
Abingdon: 1500m race 6: 14 B Darwent 5.02.23. 
MARLOW 5 
Abingdon: 694 J Styles (V50) 47.43, 851 M Hamilton (LV45) 51.58.
WOODLEY 10K
Eynsham RR: 257 M Barlow (SL) 53.02 (pb).
SHAKESPEARE MARATHON
(Stratford-upon-Avon)
Headington RoadRunners: 250 S Khan (V45) 3.59.18, 381 F Bailey (V50) 4.24.44, 402 J. Larsen (LV35) 4.29.28.
Kidlington: 162 R Taylor 3.43.45.
SHAKESPEARE
HALF MARATHON
Headington RR: 76 K Cremona-Howard 1.31.54, 107 K Allred (LV45) 1.34.13, 1092 K Homer (LV45) 2.08.19, 1093 I Homer (V45) 2.08.19, 1371 E Greenhill (LV35) 2.16.17, 1476 M Luckett (LV35) 2.19.28, 1549 C Oxenbury-Palmer (LV40) 2.23.22.
BLENHEIM 7K
Headington RR: 47 C Sugden 33.53, 55 S Power 34.50, 73 A Smith 35.55, 141 G Norris 38.53, 216 G Jones 41.51.