ABINGDON AC held their own against some of the best teams in the country at the ERRA National Road Relays in Sutton Park, Birmingham.

The club’s senior women finished 35th out of 68

entrants, with the under 17s coming 32nd in their race.

Despite missing a couple of their runners from the regionals, Abingdon’s senior men were 65th out of 76 teams.

  • FORMER White Horse Harrier Jonathan Cornish, who still represents Oxfordshire, was seventh in the Oxford Half Marathon.

The Hercules Wimbledon runner, from East Hanney, finished in an impressive 1hr 11mins 8secs.

Oxford City duo Dan Blake and Maxwell Robinson were 14th and 17th respectively.

James Eve, of Headington RR, came 20th, with

Woodstock Harrier James Bolton crossing 21st.

It was a good day for Bicester Tri’s George Jackson, who knocked eight minutes off his personal best to finish in 1.23.58.

Sophie Carter was the first lady home from an Oxfordshire club.

The Woodstock Harrier, who also runs for Belgrave Harriers, was the sixth female home ahead of Oxford’s former Olympic marathon runner Mara Yamauchi.

  • KEVIN French enjoyed success at the Firefighters Cross Country race at Stowe, Buckinghamshire.

He was the second vet 40 home and was a part of the winning team.

  • WITNEY RR’s Sam Upton claimed victory at the Cricklade Half Marathon, with clubmate Tony Lock the second vet 50 home.
  • PAUL Jegou made a strong start in the Wessex Cross Country League.

The White Horse Harriers runner was fourth overall and first vet 40 in the opening round at Canford Heath in Poole, Dorset.

CLUB RESULTS

(senior unless stated)

ERRA NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS

Abingdon AC – Men – Senior (5.8k): 65 Abingdon – Leg 1: 55 J Shayler 18.48. Leg 2: 44 D Hamilton 19.17 Leg 3: 41 C Steer 19.01. Leg 4: 50 P Hughes 20.08. Leg 5: 57 C Weir 19.45. Leg 6: 65 A Caruana 19.09. Women – Senior (4.3k): 35 Abingdon – Leg 1: 53 L Siddle 17.08. Leg 2: 48 C Ridewood 16.57. Leg 3: 50 K Harris 18.33. Leg 4: 35 C Parker 16.07. U17: 32 Abingdon – Leg 1: 34 B Darwent 12.19. Leg 2: 36 I Jones 13.40. Leg 3: 32 M Bedlington 13.41.

OXFORD HALF MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 52 C Steer 1.18.24, 135 S Garrigues (V40) 1.22.37, 232 H Mckend 1.25.07, 254 C Lewis (V50) 1.26.42pb, 334 J Owens (V40) 1.28.34, 406 R Boswell (SL) 1.29.20pb, 407 J Willard 1.29.29, 539 E Lawton 1.30.01, 597 C Halfhead (SL) 1.32.44pb, 611 A Muir (V40) 1.33.10, 682 V Richardson (SL) 1.33.56, 786 M Walker 1.34.06, 896 P Hewerdine (V40) 1.37.15, 929 L McGill (LV35) 1.38.01, 1155 M Bates (SL) 1.39.30pb, 1211 N Hamilton (V60) 1.40.58, 1228 W Benfold 1.38.12, 1328 I Dornan (LV35) 1.41.50, 1439 D Smyth 1.40.57, 1840 S Cozens (LV45) 1.44.48pb, 2489 S Tumelaire (LV45) 1.48.14, 2709 C Ridewood (SL) 1.51.05, 2716 C Fisher (LV45) 1.52.31, 2918 T Foxall 1.49.36pb, 2965 B Compton (LV45) 1.54.57, 3599 A Halfhead (LV45) 1.53.16, 4092 R Maher (LV35) 1.59.22pb, 4276 L Gilholm (LV35) 2.01.06, 4905 F Long (LV35) 2.06.09, 5261 H Smith (LV35) 2.04.56, 5262 H Nash (LV45) 2.04.59 pb, 5599 C Warren (LV35) 2.02.49, 5953 J Fellows (LV35) 2.06.28, 6121 T Francis (V60) 2.06.08, 6212 G Sinclair (LV35) 2.10.36, 6398 J Ball (LV35) 2.11.27pb, 6418 M Coates (LV45) 2.12.57, 7071 E Williams (SL) 2.18.38, 7430 F Topp (LV45) 2.24.06, 7830 H Linford (LV45) 2.31.39pb, 7880 J Cooke (LV45) 2.37.47, 7940 E Moore (LV45) 2.33.31.

Alchester AC: C Lumley 1.19.53, C Hornby 1.20.03, A Stickley 1.20.12, J Bagnell 1.24.46, J Nelson 1.25.21, S Usher 1.28.20, G Hill 1.29.46pb. E Colclough 1.32.27pb, A Kerr 1.32.39pb, D Walters 1.37.32pb, A Bowen 1.43.20pb, P Kearney 1.47.14, A Kelly 1.51.21, E Nelson 1.58.44, A Henshall 1.59.05, E Domett 2.03.10, K Andrews 2.08.32pb, T Browning 2.10.51, N Lambert 2.14.24, M Harris 2.30.18, E Whiteside 2.32.35.

Bicester Tri: G Jackson 1.23.00, L Kegan Blair 1.33.00, A Burnett 1.34.00, W White 2.07.00, K Doyle

2.08.00, K Ralph 2.18.00.

Eynsham RR: 245 S Duvall 1.25.52, 521 N Hardwick (V50) 1.30.45pb, 1163 A Green (V40) 1.39.25pb, 1384 S Johnston (V50) 1.37.31, 1489 A Egan (V50) 1.41.18, 1586 F Sheard 1.40.38, 2235 H Humphris (V50) 1.47.47, 2644 C Hancox (V50) 1.49.43, 3169 K Williamson (1st LV70) 1.51.11, 7518 T German (V60) 2.29.44pb.

Headington RR: 20 J Eve (V40) 1.13.34, 45 D Lawrence 1.17.16, 104 N Blunden 1.21.10, 169 J Martinez 1.20.22, 182 M Hill (V40) 1.24.16, 189 I Surguy 1.24.40 (V40), 216 T Clarke 1.25.33, 237 R Hallifax 1.25.35 (V40), 251 A Darbyshire 1.26.22 (V50), 313 S Dales 1.28.24 (V50), 371 J Messer (V40) 1.28.53, 373 P Brame (V40) 1.29.05, 417 R Cousens (V40) 1.29.32, 421 K Daniels (LV35) 1.29.41, 498 E Georgiades (SL) 1.31.08, 499 D Simpson (V50) 1.30.52, 579 C Meadowcroft 1.31.32, 643 R Shaw (LV35) 1.33.43, 655 J Kalthoff (LV35) 1.34.03, 670 Y Morris (LV35) 1.33.30, 859 T Betts (V50) 1.36.14, 1061 N Wenban-Smith (V40) 1.37.07, 1122 I Meadowcroft (V50) 1.37.36, 1134 M Reid (LV35) 1.38.09, 1225 S Cowls (V50) 1.38.42, 1428 P Leek 1.41.31, 1513 K Byrne (V60) 1.38.56, 1522 A Smith 1.42.09, 1584 M Ding (LV35) 1.42.06, 1645 E Johnson (LV45) 1.43.04, 1805 H Cook (V50) 1.43.49, 1934 E Keys (LV45) 1.45.42, 2266 L Scott (LV35) 1.45.42, 2270 T Siefers (V50) 1.46.14, 2318 T Dixon (V50) 1.48.55, 2425 E Foggin (SL) 1.48.27, 2558 P Munday (V50) 1.50.03, 2690 A Warren (LV35) 1.49.18, 2955 S Hodkin (V50) 1.51.54, 3050 G Taylor (V60) 1.50.45, 3144 K Watkins (SL) 1.48.21, 3154 N Ann (SL) 1.52.49, 3260 O Adams (V40) 1.57.45, 3333 J Burton (V40) 1.54.27, 3345 L Malloch (LV45) 1.54.47, 3423 J Tranter (V40) 1.51.02, 3730 J Duvall (LV55) 1.56.38, 3809 I Homer (V40) 1.53.58, 4922 M Frykfors (SL) 1.57.27, 4990 S Cassettari (LV55) 2.03.12, 5085 H Huggins (LV45) 2.03.44, 5578 K Homer (LV45) 2.05.13, 5624 G Day (V50) 2.09.17, 5768 M Lee (V40) 2.06.22, 6495 H Reed (SL) 2.08.42, 6550 J Haynes (LV45) 2.11.57, 6828 J Keyser (LV55) 2.17.51, 6843 H Barker (LV35) 2.17.10, 6852 N Giannousi-Varney (LV45) 2.13.14, 7037 C Dines (LV45) 2.19.52, 7153 M Nasi (V40) 2.16.24, 7219 M Luckett (LV35) 2.22.20, 7239 R Landreth (LV45) 2.21.47, 7547 C Oxenbury-Palmer (LV45) 2.27.08, 8597 K Villiers (V70) 3.14.46.

Kidlington AC: 38 G Hope 1.16.55, 95 B Jones 1.20.52, 547 R Scaife (V40) 1.30.22, 644 I McCleod 1.33.14, 828 M Heydon (V50) 1.34.34, 1013 A Finnigan (LV35) 1.38.24, 1413 K Webster (LV35) 1.39.53, 1554 S Scaife (LV45) 1.43.00, 1755 N Holford (LV45) 1.46.33, 4084 L Howe (LV45) 1.56.32.

White Horse Harriers: 1376 P Mack (LV35) 1.40.32, 2510 L Fellingham (V70) 1.48.42, 2892 S Sheehy (SL) 1.52.51, 3891 K Wilkinson (SL) 1.56.12, 4107 A Demetriou (LV35) 1.53.27, 4277 J Bales (V60) 2.03.50, 4434 E Nicol (LV45) 1.59.19.

Witney RR: 242 W Downey 1.24.16, 425 F Kirby 1.29.21, 667 C Hodnett 1.32.50, 857 C Gibbin (V40) 1.35.42, 1066 M Cassidy (LV35) 1.38.25pb, 1068 L Smith (LV45) 1.38.26, 1244 A Raats (LV35) 1.40.15, 1301 T Clarke (V40) 1.39.24, 1387 N Dalton (V50) 1.40.15, 1397 R Redford (V40) 1.42.46, 2015 L Holland (LV45) 1.46.24, 2036 S Rhodes (V40) 1.48.28, 2289 A McIleven (SL) 1.49.07, 2387 C Bailey (V40) 1.46.38, 3112 L Rhodes (LV45) 1.57.55, 3411 L Penaluna (SL) 1.55.44, 4479 L Vanstone 2.03.09pb, 5495 F Balkwill (SL) 2.14.32, 7590 J Horsman (SL) 2.27.27pb.

CHICAGO MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 1293 M Livingstone-Learmonth (V40) 2.59.45, 2741 S Dudgeon (LV40) 3.13.44, 30242 S Davies (LV40) 4.56.25.

Witney RR: 7105 A Church (V50) 3.35.49, 13434 H Smith (LV50) 3.57.35.

CHICAGO 5KM

Witney RR: 598 A Church (V50) 25.14, 604 M Horan (SL) 25.15.

CRICKLADE HALF MARATHON

Witney RR: 1 S Upton 1.14.20, 10 A Lock (2nd V50), 24 T Grantham 1.29.38, 71 J Clark 1.38.29, 72 B Rendell 1.38.31, 91 A Parsons (SL) 1.42.28.

CRICKLADE 10KM

Witney RR: 4 C Colbeck (2nd V40) 36.42, 25 R Stanley-Evans (3rd LV35, 3rd lady) 43.42, 27 G Le Good (3rd V60) 44.24, 94 J Le Good (2nd LV60) 53.50, 97 P Rushby (V50) 54.03, 101 J McCormac (V60) 54.30.

BOURNEMOUTH MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 2077 S Wade (LV50) 6.03.27.

Eynsham RR: J Lanksford (LV45) 4.39.09.

BOURNEMOUTH HALF MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 238 S Wade (V45) 1.32.44.

White Horse Harriers: 177 D Wright (V55) 1.29.52, 479 R Burgess (2nd LV50) 1.39.19.

BARCELONA IRONMAN

(3.8km swim, 108km bike, 42.2km run)

Witney RR: 594 F Snare (5th SL) 10.37.15 (1.02.47, 5.23.47, 3.59.15).

BOURNEMOUTH 10K

Abingdon AC: 14 P Akrill (1st V45) 36.09.

CARDIFF HALF-MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 64 H Read 1.12.19pb, 9074 H Bower (LV35) 2.08.12.

White Horse Harriers: 3249 C Hazell (52nd LV45) 1.46.18, 7611 B Margetts (136th LV50) 2.02.41.

RUNNING GRAND PRIX AT BEDFORD

Abingdon AC: 56 S Bazylkiewicz (SL) 34.50pb.

MIDLAND WINTER LEAGUE SERIES 10K WALK

Abingdon AC: 17 N Blatchford (LV70) 1.08.46.

SALISBURY HALF-MARATHON

White Horse Harriers: 87 K Rodgers (SM) 1.31.21.

WESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE ROUND 1

White Horse Harriers: 4 P Jégou (1st V40) 30.17.

WITNEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 1 S Upton (S25) 18.28, 2 M Lock (1st S18) 19.04, 3 F Howard (1st V40) 19.58, 6 C Ellis (3rd V40) 20.24, 13 P Taylor (1st V35) 21.32pb, 17 P Ainslie (1st V55) 22.01, 22 S Howard (1st LV40, 2nd lady) 22.39, 24 C Miles (3rd S30) 22.55, 37 J Field (V45) 23.44, 42 S Roberts (2nd V55) 24.01pb, 45 T Burkett (1st V50) 24.08pb, 50 B Jones (1st JL11) 24.26, 56 J Currah (1st S20) 24.53, 57 B Rendell (S25) 24.56, 78 H Howard (2nd JL11) 26.06, 83 T Clarke (V45) 26.41, 98 J Colbeck-McKinnon (1st LV50) 27.23pb, 123 F Bisp (J10) 29.08pb, 125 A Thomas (LV40) 29.20pb, 129 A Burch (3rd JL11) 29.33, 130 J Le Good (1st LV60) 29.35, 136 D Burkett (3rd LV55) 30.09, 137 L Field (LV40) 30.12, 161 T Wymer (LV35) 32.52, 196 S McKinnon (JL11) 36.19, 210 D Miller (LV45) 38.37.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: 56 G Le Good (1st V65) 22.44.

HAVANT PARKRUN

Witney RR: 122 R Lally (LV35) 29.10.

KILLERTON PARKRUN

Witney RR: 53 N Morley (V45) 26.02.

BOGNOR REGIS PARKRUN

Witney RR: 1 T Jones (V40) 17.26.

CHICHESTER PARKRUN

Witney RR: 4 J Goodwood (2nd S20) 18.06.

LOCHORE MEADOWS PARKRUN

Witney RR: 21 V Munday (S25, 1st lady) 23.30.