OXFORD City’s veterans are celebrating after landing gold at the 29th British Masters Athletic Federation National Road Relays.

Stewart Thorp, Roy Treadwell and John Exley excelled to win the veteran 65 team prize at Sutton Park, Birmingham.

Racing three miles each, Thorp also posted the fastest individual time in his age group, clocking 19mins 19secs.

City’s veteran 35 team also competed in Birmingham, finishing eighth out of 33 entrants.

Aaron Burgess, Ewan Gault, Tegid Jones, Nick Coup, John Atyeo and Julian Richardson made up the squad.

ABINGDON’S men’s and ladies teams won the second round of the Southern Counties Veterans’ League Western Division at Horspath.

The women enjoyed a whitewash in the 2,000m walk, with Sandar Wade (W35), Roz McKenzie (W50) and Noel Blatchford (W60) all victorious.

White Horse Harriers finished seventh.

AMBER Parker set a club record as Bicester finished half a point shy of third place in the second round of the UK Youth Development League.

The team put in their best show this season with seven A-string first places in the Midlands North East Division 1C meet at Banbury.

Parker wrote her name into Bicester’s record books when winning the under 15 girls’ hammer with a throw of 22.18m.

DAVID Kuester won silver in the Midlands Masters Throwers Group, Weight Pentathlon competition at Derby.

The Bicester veteran, competing in the 70 and over age category, scored 2,669 points across five disciplines. Barry Hawksworth, of Derby, won with 4,457.

ABINGDON'S Paul Fernandez finished fourth to help England win gold at the 100k ultra in the Anglo-Celtic Plate in Yorkshire.

White Horse Harrier Paul Wileman won the Wallingford 10k, beating Robert Dean, of Thame Runners, and Sebastien Garrigues, of Abingdon.

Headington’s Dan George got the better of clubmate Tristan Clarke to triumph in the Oxford Greenbelt 10k.

Sarah Lackman, of Abingdon, was third overall and first female.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’ LEAGUE

Abingdon – Men – M35 – 2000m walk: 2 C Bedford 12.34.8; 200m A: 6 P Stepney 29.10. 200m B: 1 P Egerton 28.00; 800m A: 2 S Cruickshank 2.13.6. 800m B: 1 P Egerton 2.13.1; 4x400m: 1 Abingdon 4.00.9; Triple jump: 3 M Juffkins 9.67; Pole vault: 2 D Ralson 2.60; Discus: 2 D Ralson 26.21; Javelin: 1 D Ralson 37.35. M50 – 2000m walk: 1 J Oliver 12.42.2; 200m: 5 A Walley 29.50; 800m: 2 G Wallace 2.34.3; Triple jump: 1 P Stepney 9.41; Pole vault: 1 M Juffkins 2.40; Discus: 1 S Pomeroy 32.23; Javelin: 2 S Pomeroy 31.17. M60 – 2000m walk: 1 J Wigmore 12.54.5; Discus: 1 R Jones 32.08; 200m: 4 S Fabes 36.50pb. Team: 1 Abingdon 140pts. Women – W35 – 2000m walk: 1 S Wade 14.14.5; 200m A: 4 L Coulson 34.4. 200m B: 2 E Loeffen 33.4; 800m A: 5 L Coulson 2.50.3. 800m B: 4 G Lodowski 3.28.2pb; 3000m A: 3 S Davey 11.13.4. 3000m B: 2 S Dudgeon 11.41.4; 4x400m: 1 Abingdon 5.11.1; Triple jump: 3 P Terry 8.10; Pole vault: 2 D Bridges 1.60pb; Discus: 2 S Dawson 22.62; Shot: 4 S Dawson 6.63. W50 – 2000m Walk: 1 R McKenzie 13.28.7; 200m: 2 P Terry 32.00; 800m: 5 P Wilson 3.28.6; 3000m: 4 J Ashton 14.54.6; Triple jump: 2 N Gregory 7.62; Pole vault: 1 J Ashton 1.50; Discus: 4 N Gregory 13.96; Shot: 3 P Terry 7.59. W60 – 2000m walk: 1 N Blatchford 13.43.7; 200m: 5 W Millatt 48.50; Shot: 1 N Blatchford 5.51. Team: 1 Abingdon 142pts.

ANGLO CELTIC PLATE 100K ULTRA

Abingdon: 4 P Fernandez (1st V40) 7.25.27pb.

HIGHGATE HARRIERS NIGHT OF THE 10000 PBS

Abingdon – SL – B Race: 33 S Dudgeon (LV40) 41.47.79.

THAMES RUN 10K

Abingdon: 3 S Garrigues (V40) 37.27, 40 R Savage (V50) 43.16, 48 L Coulson (LV35) 44.05, 56 I Dornan (LV35) 45.22, 90 O Meadows (LV45) 47.54, 143 J Pennington (LV45) 51.31, 191 T Foxall 54.16, 217 S Stroud (LV35) 56.39, 233 N Brock (LV35) 59.13, 286 S James (LV55) 1.06.33, 306 H Linford (LV45) 1.09.02.

White Horse Harriers: 1 P Wileman (V40) 36.47, 11 A Godwin 38.49.

ETON DORNEY SPRINT TRIATHLON

(ITU Sprint Triathlon qualifier)

Witney: 229 G Le Good (V65, qualified) 1.18.18, 949 J Le Good (LV60) 1.39.16.

COTSWOLD NOVICE DUATHLON

(3k run, 14k bike, 3k run)

Witney: 22 J Ashton (1st LV55) 1.05.58.

GRAFMAN MIDDLE DISTANCE TRIATHLON

(950m swim, 90km bike, half-marathon)

Witney: 227 J Floyd 5.12.57.

ROYAL BERKSHIRE 10K

Abingdon: 433 P Terry (LV50) 50.32.

SRI CHINMOY SELF-TRANSDESCENCE

Abingdon: 2 P Hughes 10.27, 6 P Akrill (V40) 11.15, 8 M Walker 11.23, 12 K Dixon (V40) 11.47pb, 15 C Ridewood (JW) 11.53pb, 18 M Lewy (V50) 12.00, 20 J Moore (V50) 12.14, 28 L Shelton (SL) 12.58, 32 J Newton (V40) 14.06, 33 P Stepney (V50) 14.15, 34 B Hedges 14.20, 36 L Bedford (LV40) 14.34, 38 W Millatt (LV60) 14.56, 39 A Waldock (SL) 15.08, 42 S Watton (V40) 15.21, 43 G Lodowski (LV50) 15.33pb, 45 P Wilson (LV50) 16.06, 47 H Bower (SL) 16.28, 49 M Hamilton (LV50) 17.12, 50 E Moore (LV50) 18.34pb.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney: 8 F Howard (1st V40) 18.53, 13 M Lock (2nd S18) 19.15, 46 D Wymer (S35) 21.27, 78 H Howard (2nd JL11, 100th parkrun) 22.52, 81 J Field (V45) 22.44, 82 T Burkett (V50) 22.45, 153 N Henman (LV40) 25.27, 170 F Holland (SL25) 26.06pb, 173 L Field (LV40) 26.14pb, 191 R Lally (LV35) 26.48, 196 D Burkett (2nd LV55) 26.56, 230 R Floyd (LV35) 28.00pb, 289 I Fowler (V50) 30.20, 321 T Wymer (LV35) 32.08, 358 J Abrams (1st V80) 35.31.

BANBURY PARKRUN

Witney: 52 S Rhodes (V45) 24.01, 102 T Jennings (2nd V65) 26.25, 109 L Rhodes (3rd LV45) 26.49.

WIMBLEDON COMMON PARKRUN

Witney: 89 S Green (2nd SL30) 22.30.

NEWBURY PARKRUN

Witney: 22 J Martin (1st J11) 20.54pb.