ALEX Wall-Clarke battled through the rain to take victory in the first round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League at Newbury Showground.

The Abingdon AC runner completed the flat, yet challenging, course in 29mins 56secs.

Wall-Clarke beat Newbury’s Sam Hart, who was the top under 20, by 12 seconds, with clubmate Calum Steer a further 21 seconds back in third.

The ground was solid under foot despite the rain and James Eve, of Headington Roadrunners, was the top vet 40 in sixth overall.

Oxford’s Julian Richardson and Brian Green led the way in the vet 50 and 60 categories respectively.

Skip Snelson, of Banbury, claimed victory in the combined under 15/17 race, beating Radley’s Benjamin Cumberland, who was the first of the lower age category, by seven seconds.

Radley’s Quinn Miell-Ingram triumphed by 14 seconds in the under 13 competition, while Witney’s William Shayler won the under 11 event.

The hosts dominated the ladies’ race with three Newbury athletes inside the top four.

Sophie Crumly triumphed in 24.32, beating clubmate Jessica Franklin, who was the top vet 35, by 20 seconds.

Headington’s Diane Foster was a further 18 seconds back in third.

Kate Allred, of Eynsham Roadrunners, was the top vet 45 in 17th, with clubmate Katherine Bates taking the vet 55 honour.

In the under 15/17 race, Highworth’s Kiya Dee triumphed, with Oxford’s Daisy Palmer the top under 17 in third.

Josie Robertson, of Newbury, was victorious in the under 13 competition, with Oxford’s Isabella Haines-Gray first home in the under 11

event.

In the under 9 girls and boys’ race, Radley’s Cecilia Huepfl took victory.

RESULTS

OXFORD MAIL CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE – ROUND 1 – NEWBURY

INDIVIDUAL

(senior unless stated)

MEN

Senior: 1 A Wall-Clarke (Abn) 29.56, 2 A Hart (New, U20) 30.08, 3 C Steer (Abn, U20) 30.27, 4 N Clinton (Swh) 30.31, 5 S Martinez Gonza (Swh) 30.44, 6 J Eve (Hed, V40) 30.46, 7 D Blake (Oxf) 31.05, 8 J Craggs (New) 31.08, 9 S Byrne (Swh) 31.15, 10 T Jones (Wit, V40) 21.18, 11 M Green (New) 31.28, 12 H Read (Abn) 31.32, 13 A Miell-Ingram (Rad) 31.35, 14 C Reade (Swh) 31.38, 15 O Stepney (Abn) 31.43, 16 T Wright (Ban) 31.53, 17 J Bolton (Wds, V40) 32.00, 18 E Pierce (Swh, U20) 32.01, 19 L Byrne (Swh) 32.03, 20 C Chessell (Swh) 32.08, 21 J Cheli (OTC) 32.11, 22 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 32.20, 23 S Upton (Wit) 32.23, 24 D Lewis (Eyn, V40) 32.24, 25 D Bunn (Abn, U20) 32.35, 26 D Lawrence (Hed) 32.35, 27 A Brittain (OTC) 32.44, 28 L Newell (Abn, V40) 32.47, 29 J Richardson (Oxf, V50) 32.52, 30 A Herbert (Chw) 32.59.

Under 15/17: 1 S Snelson (Ban, U17) 16.41, 2 B Cumberland (Rad, U15) 16.48, 3 P Mochan (Swh, U17) 16.57, 4 D Roberts (Ban, U17) 17.12, 5 W D’Arcy (Rad, U15) 17.24, 6 A Pennington (Abn, U17) 17.30, 7 B Davies (Oxf, U17) 17.36, 8 T Allen (New, U17) 17.40, 9 J James (Rad, U15) 17.45, 10 H Woods (Swh, U15) 17.48.

Under 13: 1 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 8.30, 2 F Hart (Swh) 8.44, 3 F Jones (Oxf) 8.57, 4 J Bagot (Swh) 9.04, 5 C Morgan (Rad) 9.07, 6 T Clark (Tkt) 9.09, 7 N Kemp (Tkt) 9.18, 8 A Street (Ban) 9.32, 9 S Davis (Ban) 9.34, 10 S Rai (Swh) 9.35.

Under 11: 1 W Shayler (Wit) 6.18, 2 J Tipping (Rad) 6.23, 3 R Wilson (Rad) 6.25, 4 O Hamlin (New) 6.31, 5 O Lloyd (Tkt) 6.37, 6 I Chekmazov (Tkt) 6.39, 7 R Mack (Ban) 6.41, 8 R Allen (Rad) 6.42, 9 S Staunton-Lamb (Whh) 6.42, 10 A Garry (Oxf) 6.50.

LADIES

Senior: 1 S Crumly (New) 24.32, 2 J Franklin (New, LV35) 24.52, 3 D Foster (Hed, LV35) 25.10, 4 V Duncan (New) 25.55, 5 L McAllister (Eyn, LV35) 26.09, 6 E McLoughlin (Did) 26.20, 7 R Duxbury (OTC) 26.28, 8 L Hawtin (Oxf) 26.40, 9 T Williams (Ban, U20) 26.44, 10 J Hannah (Oxf, U20) 26.49, 11 S Davey (Abn, LV35) 27.00, 12 L Rycroft (Whh, U20) 27.02, 13 R Ayerst (Abn), 27.06, 14 C Ridewood (Abn, U20) 27.09, 15 O Powell (Wit) 27.16, 16 E Haley (Rad) 27.26, 17 K Allred (Eyn, LV45) 27.27, 18 J Duckett (Oxf, U20) 27.27, 19 C Halfhead (Abn, U20) 27.33, 20 C Harris (OTC, LV35) 27.36, 21 D Allen (Hkn) 27.38, 22 R Allen (New, LV45) 27.39, 23 S Usher (Alc, LV45) 27.40, 24 S Francis (Tkt, LV45) 27.40, 25 E Georgiades (Hed) 28.04, 26 K Lockwood (Wit, LV35) 28.11, 27 H Claydon (Hkn, LV35) 28.21, 28 V Richardson (Abn) 28.26, 29 M Bartlett (Ban, LV45) 28.32, 30 L Leach (Eyn, LV35) 28.33.

Under 15/17: 1 K Dee (Hig, U15) 12.36, 2 O Martin (Abn, U15) 12.52, 3 D Palmer (Oxf, U17) 13.13, 4 T Dee (Hig, U15) 13.15, 5 C De Jonge (Oxf, U15) 13.31, 6 L Robertson (New, U15) 13.35, 7 L Rai (Swh, U15) 13.57, 8 G Halfhead (Abn, U15) 14.06, 9 A Cox (Bic, U15) 14.10, 10 A Kelly (Whh, U17) 14.17.

Under 13: 1 J Robertson (New) 9.07, 2 I Martin (Abn) 9.21, 3 K Fraser (Tkt) 9.33, 4 T Lainchbury (Ban) 9.40, 5 A Jolliffe (Bic) 9.41, 6 L McGrath (Bic) 10.01, 7 E Powell (Abn) 10.12, 8 P Vacher (Rad) 10.21, 9 A Patterson (Tkt) 10.29, 10 M McCalla (Swh) 10.30.

Under 11: 1 I Haines-Gray (Oxf) 6.31, 2 E Spencer (Swh) 6.37, 3 K Swaine (Swh) 6.43, 4 Z Allen (Tkt) 6.48, 5 C Bower (Rad) 6.49, 6 E Blake (Wit) 6.51, 7 E Channon (Oxf) 6.58, 8 E Davies (Tkt) 7.03, 9 C McGonnell (Tkt) 7.04. 10 C Hall (Ban) 7.05.

Under 9 girls & boys: 1 C Huepfl (Rad, G), 2 E Smith (Swh), 3 A Leak (Swh), 4 J Newton (Bic), 5 R Jones (Wit), 6 L Potts Healy (GtM), 7 H Strutt (Tkt), 8 S Long (Rad), 9 I Buckle (Rad), 10 J Grant (Abn).

TEAM

MEN

Senior – Div 1: 1 Abingdon A 106, 2 Newbury A 163, 3 Alchester A 375. Div 2: 1 Swindon A 89, 2 Witney A 361, 3 Abingdon B 576. Div 3: 1 Kidlington A 720, 2 Oxford Brookes A 738, 3 Oxford TC A 901.

Under 15/17: 1 Radley A 16, 2 Banbury A 17, 3 Swindon A 24.

Under 13: Swindon A 16, 2 Radley A 17, 3 Team Kennet A 40.

LADIES

Senior – Div 1: Newbury A 7, 2 Oxford City A 36, 3 Abingdon A 38. Div 2: 1 Witney A 80, 2 Didcot A 88, 3 Abingdon B 98. Div 3: 1 Oxford TC A 58, 2 Hook Norton A 83, 3 Kidlington A 165.

Under 15/17: 1 Oxford City A 21, 2 Abingdon A 27, 3 Swindon A 33.

Under 13: 1 Abingdon A 20, 2 Bicester A 20, 3 Team Kennet A 28.

CLUB SUBMITTED

OXON XC – ROUND 1 – NEWBURY SHOWGROUND

Abingdon – Men – Senior: 1 A Wall-Clarke 29.56, 3 C Steer (2nd U20M) 30.27, 12 H Read 31.32, 15 O Stepney 31.43, 22 P Fernandez (V40) 32.20, 25 D Bunn (U20M) 32.25, 28 L Newell (V40) 32.47, 62 C Weir 34.32, 63 J Darwent (V40) 34.40, 66 S Garrigues (V40) 34.46, 82 G Wood 35.41, 86 M Walker 35.47, 99 J Willard 36.14, 118 K Dixon (V40) 37.13, 120 G Wallace (V50) 37.22, 137 J Bruce (V40) 37.53, 142 C Bedford (V50) 38.01, 152 M Hills 38.15, 154 B Watson (V40) 38.20, 157 D Fraser (V40) 38.23, 177 D Smyth 39.23, 192 M Lewy (V50) 39.57, 202 A Muir (V40) 40.26, 203 J Bones (V40) 40.27, 211 S Convers-Reignier (V40) 40.47, 235 D Bedlington (V50) 41.38, 240 S Lavender (V40) 41.57, 241 P Hewerdine (V40) 42.03, 252 P Stepney (V50) 42.42, 260 J Oliver (V60) 43.38, 262 T Scott-Langley 43.43, 264 A Francis (V50) 43.52, 271 A Burnett 44.06, 281 T Greenland (V70) 44.59, 284 J Wigmore (V60) 45.13, 285 K Welby (V50) 45.17, 292 M Juffkins (V50) 46.28, 293 M Shayler (V50) 46.28, 309 M Shepley (V50) 48.54, 313 S Watton (V40) 49.37, 316 S Fabes (V60) 50.09, 318 D Roberts (V50) 50.45, 333 B Evans (V70) 1.03.44. U15/U17: 6 A Pennington (U17B) 17.30, 16 A Clay (U17B) 18.34, 23 T Lavender (U17B) 19.09, 28 T Miller (U17B) 19.34, 32 K Francis (U17B) 19.53, 38 E Washbrook (U15B) 20.57, 51 D Ghafoor (U15B) 26.09. U13: 19 C Morgan (U13B) 10.11, 24 O Sherratt (U13B) 10.21, 28 J Willis (U13B) 10.50, 30 A Wallace (U13B) 10.55. U11: 27 T Spokes (U11B) 7.15, 39 F Williams (U11B) 7.46, 46 A Stainthorp (U11B) 7.58. Ladies – Senior: 11 S Davey (LV35) 27.00, 13 R Ayerst (SL) 27.06, 14 C Ridewood (U20W) 27.09, 19 C Halfhead (U20W) 27.33, 28 V Richardson (SL) 28.26, 51 R Davies (SL) 29.34, 52 L Shelton (SL) 29.36, 58 K Harris (U20W) 29.55, 78 M Darwent (U20W) 31.33, 86 K Adams (LV35) 31.52, 92 A Halfhead (LV45) 32.19, 96 P Terry (LV45) 32.27, 98 S Cozens (LV45) 32.35, 121 B Compton (LV45) 34.35, 136 K Clarke (LV35) 35.36, 140 C Warren (LV35) 35.55, 145 H Bower (LV35) 36.32, 152 M Durham (LV35) 37.08, 169 F Long (LV35) 38.03, 179 A Buckley (LV45) 39.29, 182 M Hamilton (LV45) 40.01. U15/U17: 2 O Martin (U15G) 12.52, 8 G Halfhead (U15G) 14.06, 17 M Bedlington (U17G) 14.40, 22 I Jones (U17G) 15.00, 31 R Buckley (U15G) 16.00. U13: 2 I Martin (U13G) 9.22, 7 E Powell (U13G) 10.12, 11 R Herring (U13G) 10.32, 19 E Betts (U13G) 10.52. U11: 20 M Powell (U11G) 7.38. U9 Girls and Boys:10 J Grant (U9B), 11 J Sands (U9B), 24 G Convers-Reigni (U9B), 34 I Ford (U9G), 37 E Williams (U9G), 40 S Morgan (U9B).

Alchester – Men: C Lumley 33:39, P Leverton 33:49, R Gould 33:50, J Wright 34:01, A Stickley 34:08, R Francis 34:29, S O'GOrman 35:41, N Greig 36:15, I Hunter 36:46, S Poole 37:43, V Bayliss 37:53, A Kerr 38:39, G Warland 39:32, S Best 39:45, J Burgess 39:48, F Varney 40:14, A Bowen 40:32, R Evans 41:27, S Worfolk 42:06, D Fox 46:21, S Wells 47:53, S Sangar 48:09, M Fisher 48:36, N Lambert 52:10. Ladies: S Usher 27:40, S Suter 29:48, C Court 30:49, C Kerr, 31:29, G Newell 33:15, J Savage 34:24, W Hunter 34:29, O Bayliss 34:51, C Burnby 35:56, M Saunders 37:00, A Henshall 37:13, E Nelson 37:21, S Fisher 37:36, E DOmmett 38:16, E Wilcox 38:36, E Ward 39:47.

Headington – Men: 6 J Eve (V1) 30.46, 26 D Lawrence 32.35, 75 M Pearce 35.23, 84 Cayley 35.42, 90 R Skilbeck (V1) 35.52, 105 K Lowies (V2) 36.27, 109 T Williams 36.48, 110 S Dales (V2) 36.49, 116 A Phelps (V2) 37.09, 123 C Gaden (V2) 37.28, 134 R Cousens (V1) 37.50, 140 J Griffiths (V3) 37.55, 150 J D-Angelo 38.13, 155 J Ekelund 38.21, 191 J Clargo (V2) 39.56, 209 D Henning (V2) 40.43, 238 M Herd (V2) 41.45, 250 A Foulkes (V3) 42.30, 257 M Leach (V1) 42.56, 282 M Davies (V3) 45.06, 322 G Norris (V3) 52.53. Ladies: 3 D Foster (V1) 25.10, 25 E Georgiades 28.04, 33 A Johnson 28.41, 34 S Power 28.42, 36 C Sugden 28.49, 54 M Ding 29.44, 79 C Scott (V1) 31.37, 84 C Lochmatter (V1) 31.47, 108 A Barry (V2) 33.42, 110 A Varney (V2) 33.48, 129 J Thomas (V1) 35.09, 159 S Conroy 37.30, 160 E Smith (V1) 37.33, 166 S Cassettari (V2) 37.48, 167 R Cameron (V3) 37.52, 174 E Carter-Biggs (V2) 38.31, 175 H Grayson 38.33, 177 R Winder (V1) 38.4, 178 C Dines (V2) 39.11, 186 H Barker (V1) 40.36, 190 S Grylls (V3) 41.09, 193 L Epton (V1) 41.28, 198 C Bishop (V1) 43.32, 203 S Ledingham (V3) 47.49, 205 S Leach (V2) 48.18.

Witney RR – Men – Senior: 10 T Jones (2nd V40) 31.18, 23 S Upton 32.23, 44 M Lock (U20) 33.46, 56 N Key (U20) 34.13, 64 C Colbeck (V40) 34.42, 76 J Currah 35.25, 88 A Lock (2nd V50) 35.50), 35.50, 115 G Reynolds 37.06, 126 F Howard (V40) 37.33, 133 G Ferris (V50) 37.52, 135 T Graham 37.52, 149 J Clarke 38.12, 161 B Moore (V50) 38.34, 178 A Rendell 39.29, 185 R Green (V50) 39.44,

213 D Wymer 40.49, T Clarke (V40) 41.00, 244 G Le Good (V60) 42.08,253 J Field (V40) 42.43, C Bailey (V40) 44.01, 273 S Roberts (V50) 44.15, 278 J Whelan (V60) 44.48, 287 R Redford (V40) 45.33, 288 J Hackney 45.35, 310 S S Ratcliffe (V50) 49.03, 314 D Grayson (V50), 329 L Vanstone 55.11. Team – Div 2: 2 Witney A. Under 11: 1 W Shayler 6.18, 41 J Hepworth 7.50. Ladies – Senior: 15 O Powell 27.16, 26 K Lockwood (LV35) 28.11, 39 L Butler (LV35) 28.57, 41 S Howard (LV35) 28.59, 44 L Smith (LV45) 29.09, 81 M Cassidy (LV35) 31.40, 89 J Wright (LV35) 32.09, 91 L Holland (LV45) 32.16, 107 M Hustler (LV45) 33.34, 128 A Rouget (LV45) 35.08, 135 J Colbeck-Mkinnon (LV45) 35.31, 138 C Morley (LV45) 35.45, 139 A Witham 35.46, 143 H Noons 36.08, 144 T Ratcliff (LV45) 36.23, 147 J Le Good (LV55) 36.45, 161 T Durkin (LV35) 37.34, 163 R Lally (LV35) 37.38, 165 D Marshall-Thomas (LV35) 37.41, 185 K Holtom (LV35) 40.20, 189 J Horsman 41.05pb. Team – Div 2: 1 Witney A.Under 15/17: 11 T Westbrook (U15L) 14.22, 24 L Sherwood (U15L) 15.12, 29 H Howard (U15L) 15.48. Under 13: 13 B Jones 10.36, 20 M Sherwood 10.52, 30 A Burch 11.47, 38 S McKinnon 14.41. Under 11: 6 E Blake 6.51, 17 M Cookson 7.31, 34 I Fox 8.20. Under 9 Girls and Boys: 5 R Jones, 25 G Burch (U9L), 36 J Pollard (U9L), 42 A Stewart (U9L).

OTHER RESULTS

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Abingdon AC – Men – Senior: 56 Abingdon AC – Leg 1: 83 P Hughes 17.44. Leg 2: 77 S Fisher 18.05. Leg 3: 44 H Read 17.08. Leg 4: 40 O Stepney 17.13. U17: 38 Abingdon AC – Leg 1: 55 A Pennington 9.56. Leg 2: 56 K Francis 10.22. Leg 3: 25 A Ede 9.57. Ladies – U17: 46 Abingdon AC – Leg 1: 39 B Darwent 9.42. Leg 2: 56 I Jones 10.56. Leg 3: 38 M Bedlington 10.30.

NEW YORK MARATHON

Kidlington: 9762 N Holford (LV50) 3.47.29.

MARLOW HALF MARATHON

Kidlington: 278 A Finnigan (LV35) 1.47.36.

BALLINA COAST, AUSTRALIA, PARKRUN

Witney RR: 6 P Ainslie (1st V55) 20.36, 41 S Christie (2nd LV55-59) 27.51.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: 17 W Downey (V35) 18.58.

CHELTENHAM PARKRUN

Witney RR: 68 A Parsons (1st SL25) 22.20.

POMPHREY HILL PARKRUN

Witney RR: 68 A Green (S25) 24.19pb.

WITNEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 12 T Grantham (1st V35) 20.23, 20 B Godwood (2nd V45) 21.14pb, 36 G Le Good (1st V65) 22.37, 38 S Howard (1st LV40) 22.51, 62 H Howard (2nd JL11) 24.27, 64 J Field (V45) 24.28, 65 C Hodnett (S30) 24.29, 77 T Clarke (V45) 24.58, 78 B Rendell (S25) 24.58, 100 E Howard (2nd JL15) 26.18pb, 104 D Rouget (1st V60) 26.30pb, 138 J Le Good (1st LV60) 29.05, 139 A Thomas (LV40) 29.10, 151 R Lally (LV35) 29.39.