JOLYON Reburn made the most of home advantage to win the inaugural Rutherford Appleton Running Event (RARE) 10k.

Reburn, from Abingdon, works at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell, where the race was staged.

The vet 40 athlete took victory in 35mins 36secs.

White Horse Harriers’ Dan Peace, from Wantage, was second in 36.25.

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Belinda Tull (vet 40), from South Stoke, took the ladies’ honours in 40.27.

Vet 50 athlete Philomena Mburu, from Didcot, was second in 44.40.

OXFORD City’s Nat Jones won the Longworth 10K in a time of 36mins 38secs.

Clare Norrish (White Horse Harriers) was the first lady home in 43. 55.

FIONA Bunn helped England to victory in the British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships at Glendalough, County Wicklow.

The Abingdon athlete finished strongly to take second in the under 17 ladies’ race over a 4.7km course, which included 234m of climbing.

ABINGDON’S Owen Stepney won the Dylan Thomas Mile race in Swansea, clocking 4mins 31secs.

OXFORD City’s Harriet Kimber-Nickelson threw a personal best distance of 29.56m in the discus at the Bournemouth Open to climb to fifth position in the UK Under 13 rankings as well as breaking the club age group record.

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