Oxford City’s men claimed a clean sweep at the Hanney 5 road race, taking the first three places and the team prize.

Veteran Steve Male, warming up for this weekend’s Babyrunner.com Abingdon Marathon, crossed the line in 26mins 24secs – just 11 seconds clear of Darrell Bellenger.

Aaron Burgess completed the 1-2-3, finishing third in 27.04, with Ed Mezzetti (15th) making up the winning quartet.

Abingdon Amblers’ duo Les Newell and Phil Egerton were fourth and fifth in 27.08 and 27.20 respectively.

Woodstock’s Brian O’Connor (2.742) was second in the vet 40 category behind Male in 27.42, while Witney Roadrunners’ Tony Lock was third, clocking 27.55.

White Horse Harrier Tim Hughes easily secured the vet 50 honours in 28.26, well ahead of Woodstock’s Carey Gray (30.32) and Oxford City’s Stewart Thorp, who registered 31.01.

In the vet 60 race, Mike Shipway (Woodstock Harriers) clinched the honours in 32.51 ahead of a dead heat for second and third between Glyn Pritchard (Banbury Harriers) and Thornton Greenland (Abingdon Amblers), who both crossed the line in 33.44.

The women’s race was won by Headington Roadrunners’ veteran Jude Craft (LV35) in 29.49.

Teammate Diane Moore was first in the senior ladies’ race in 30.21, helping her team to the title, with Sandra Wolanski (LV45) making up the winning trio in 71st place.

White Horse Harrier Sheila Bailey (35.23) won the vet 55 category.

RESULTS

(top 20, senior men unless stated)

1 S Male (Oxford C, V40) 26.24, 2 D Bellenger (Oxford C) 26.35, 3 A Burgess (Oxford C) 27.04, 4 L Newell (Abingdon) 27.08, 5 P Egerton (Abingdon) 27.20, 6 J Bolton (Woodstock H) 27.40, 7 B O’Connor (Woodstock H, V40) 27.42, 8 P Jegou (WHH) 27.50, 9 S Fisher (Abingdon) 27.52, 10 T Lock (Witney RR, V40) 27.55, 11 T Jones (WItney RR) 28.03, 12 J Blamey (Swindon H, V40) 28.20, 13 J Atyeo (Witney RR, V40) 28.22, 14 T Hughes (WHH, V55) 28.26, 15 E Mezzetti (Oxford C) 28.27, 16 H Price (Woodstock H) 28.37, 17 J Thorn (Headington RR, V40) 28.44, 18 C Wilder (WHH) 28.52, 19 K Game (Woodstock H) 29.04, 20 R Skilbeck (Headington RR) 29.11.

OTHER PRIZEWINNERS

Vet 35 ladies: 2 S Rendell (Alchester) 33.03, 3 A Hopkins (Headington RR) 33.41.

Vet 45 ladies: 2 N Gomm (Witney RR) 32.19, 3 S Wolanski (Headington RR) 33.33.

Vet 55 ladies: 2 J Legood (Witney RR) 40.12, 3 D Hailey (Hook Norton) 43.00

OTHER CLUB RESULTS

Abingdon Amblers: 55 A Saunders (SL) 32.41, 59 N Hamilton (V50) 32.53, 70 J Wigmore (V55) 33.25, 74 P Stepney (V45) 33.44, 76 T Greenland (V60) 33.44, 79 J Moore (V45) 34.01, 103 I Ramsell (V45) 36.04, 113 S Walters (LV45) 36.48, 121 J James (LV35) 37.07, 123 R Taylor 37.19, 125 P Groves (V50) 37.27, 129 L Garrod (LV40) 37.51, 140 S Twinn (V55) 38.38, 164 A Day (LV35) 40.18, 165 A Garner (V50) 40.29, 168 S Douglas (LV50) 40.53, 176 S Egerton (LV40) 41.49, 185 M Piper (SL) 42.48, 189 J Stimpson (LV50) 43.11, 210 N Blatchford (LV60) 47.29, 227 B Evans (V60) 49.16, 231 D King (V75) 49.59.

Alchester: G Warland 31.17, A Stickley 31.56, L Lee 33.14, D Joliffe 34.47, K Hutchings 38.08, N Lambert 38.30, N Cherry 38.49, K Jones 42.27, E Gould 43.41, A Hensall 47.35, N Green 47.35, G Hanks 1.04.27.

Eynsham RR: D Breaker 37.02, L Breaker 48.38, S Reynolds 48.45.

Headington RR: 38 F Howard 30.40, 88 R Shaw (SL) 34.27, 91 C Burley (SL) 34.57, 99 C James 35.35, 101 G Burke (V40) 35.58, 102 K Byrne (V55) 35.59, 104 A James (LV40) 36.08, 117 S Brown 36.58, 118 P Brame 37.00 pb, 126 G Norris (V60) 37.34, 138 B Cornelius (V60) 38.33, 147 A Sulley 38.57, 153 M Stone (V55) 39.42, 156 D White 39.51, 177 G Day (V45) 41.52, 193 L Macaskill (LV45) 43.59, 201 R Landreth (LV45) 45.42, 208 K Villiers (V65) 47.23.

Kidlington: M Dilks 31.28, C Brading 33.09, S Evins 34.22, W Bunce 36.16, M Search 36.42, S MOrton 38.57, T Langrish 40.00, J Searle 43.54, K Brading 45.52, L Brading 47.25.

White Horse Harriers: 8 P Jegou 27.50, 14 T Hughes 28.20, 18 C Wilder 28.52, 26 D Peace 29.45, 32 J Peake 30.14, 44 S Leech 31.23, 66 A Evans 33.13, 68 G Wiggins 33.19, 96 S Bailey 35. 23,112 R Burgess 36.45, 141 P Bainbridge 38.43, 142 C Hazell 38.45,152 C Wainwright 39min 30, 162 S Baker 40.06, 178 K Froud 41.53, 194th C Fairlie 44.19, 198 D Stringfellow 45.04.

Woodstock Harriers: C Gray (2nd V50) 30.32, D Moseley (U15) 31.11, J Greenhill (V40) 32.39, M Pidgeon (V50) 33.12, K Steele (LV35) 33.47, S Cantwell (LV35) 34.18, W Hudson 35.12, K Adams 35.13, S Harrison (LV45) 36.52, A Morgan (LV35) 38.56, S Hibberd (SL) 46.10.