James Bolton led our senior men to 4th and veteran men to 3rd whilst taking 1st V40 honours himself. Other veteran bronze medalists were Dave Cantwell, Kevin Game & Ralf Arneil.Steve Naylor running for 1st Claim Club Bedford & County, had another comfortable overall victory and is County Champion again.
Winning time: 36:14 Number of finishers: 96
Name
Position
Time
Notes
Steve Naylor
01
36:14
County Champion/2nd claim
James Bolton (V40)
07
38:22
1st V40/3rd Vet team
Dave Cantwell (V40)
25
43:28
3rd Vet team
Jake Harrison
29
44;08
Kevin Game (V40)
59
48:22
3rd Vet team
Ralf Arneil (V40)
63
49:05
3rd Vet team
Sonnie Jane
77
52:07
Dan Eisenhandler (V40)
84
54:26
Adrian Smith (V40)
93
59:07
Veteran Men 60 (8K)
Bryan Vaughan took 2nd V60 honours carrying the Woodstock V60's flag on his own.
Winning time: 33:14 Number of finishers: 14
Mike Shipway found the going tough along a dual carriageway and back in the French Riviera but managed to slice one minute from his previous time at Eynsham in November.
Winning time: 29:05(Men) / 33:57(Women) Number of finishers: 4,232
Saturday January 14th 2017 - Pomphrey Hill Park Run 5K
Sonnie Jane went away for the weekend and took on a 3 lap Park Run course in Bristol with a sharp hill and achieved a great result
Winning time: 17:00(Men) / 21:53(Women) Number of finishers:394
Adrian Smith did well bearing in mind he was running with his dog who was making his debut!
Winning time: 18:27(Men) / 19:24(Women) Number of finishers:298
Honorary Life Member Andy Battye took 1st V60 honours finishing in the top 30 in a large field
Winning time: 36:42(Men) / 43:13(Women) Number of finishers:497
Adam Spaul ran round with son Alexander and took 1st V40/44 honours whilst Sonnie Jane also had a strong run. All runners, apart from the leader were held up by a tractor blocking the course.
Winning time: 17:15(Men) / 20:29(Women) Number of finishers: 301
Saturday 28th January 2017 - SEAA Cross-Country Championships (Parliament Hill)
Senior Women
Rebecca Campbell led home our girls finishing in the top 100 whilst Eva Mebius, in her debut run for the Club, and Zoe White both acquitted themselves well. Sophie Carter(2nd claim)finished 3rd in the Belgrave Harriers' team who were 6th overall.
Winning time: 28:42 Number of finishers: 574
Jake Harrison found the going tough in leading home our men who all enjoyed the experience of running over a testing course against 1st class opposition. Steve Naylor, running for 2nd claim Bedford & County, picked up a team silver medal in overall 15th.
Winning time: 48:27 Number of finishers: 1068 (cut off 90 minutes)
James Bolton led home our men to 7th in Division 2 securing an excellent overall 4th and 1st V40 place for himself.A below par Bryan Vaughan took 3rd V60 honours.
Winning time: 30:03 Number of finishers: 253
Name
Position
Time
Notes
James Bolton (V40)
004
31:00
1st V40
Dave Cantwell (V40)
031
34:06
Rob Linnell (V40)
055
35:23
Ralf Arneil (V40)
111
38:30
Bryan Vaughan (V60)
127
39:21
3rd V60
Sonnie Jane
176
42:11
Will Hudson (V40)
185
43:14
Leo Brooke-Little (V50)
189
43:38
Dan Eisenhandler (V40)
202
44:38
Adrian Smith (V40)
216
45:52
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (RAL HARWELL)
Both Adrian Smith, running with his dog, and Jess Ward registered course personal bests. Jess took 3rd LV40/44 honours.
Winning time: 17:16(Men) / 20:22(Women) Number of finishers: 269
Sunday February 12th 2017 - Wokingham Half Marathon
It was another great day for Woodstock as James Bolton set a new all-time Club record taking 1st V40 and overall 5th place. James was ably supported by Dave Cantwell who secured 3rd V50 honours.
Winning time: 65:48(Men) / 78:04(Women) Number of finishers: 1,818
It was good to see Andy Gleeson coming home just over the 40-minute mark with both Sonnie Jane and Adrian Smith setting new personal bests, Adrian by exactly 3 minutes. Zoe White was our only female representative and Ralf Arneil finished less than a minute outside his best.
Winning time: 32:34(Men) / 35:11(Women) Number of finishers: 523
Sunday 5th March 2017 - Oxford Mail Cross-Country League Round 5 (Hill End Centre, Farmoor)
Under 9 Boys & Girls (1,200m)- no times recorded
Jessica Smith did well to complete a testing course in boggy conditions. No times are recorded in this category.
Name
Position
Time
Notes
Jessica Smith (U9G)
35
no time recorded
Under 15/17 Girls (3,250m)
Jessica Penton was pleased with her run over a hilly course in muddy conditions. Jessica wins the best junior prize for 2016/17
Winning time: 17:00 Number of finishers: 29
Bridget Gould & Zoe White were the only two female Harriers to complete a very hilly course. Zoe has won the Club's cross-country handicap competition. Commiserations to Sue Cantwell who was leading the competition going into the final race but could not run due to illness.
Regrettably, it looks like our girls will be relegated from Division 1 as they finished 7th overall.
Winning time: 28:48 Number of finishers: 123
Name
Position
Time
Notes
Bridget Gould
045
36:55
Zoe White (LV45)
074
39:03
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (FARMOOR)
James Bolton led home our men to 7th in Division 2 and overall 3rd team after the final round, once more securing an excellent 4th individual place on the day. Bryan Vaughan took 2nd V60 honours and also 2nd overall.It was great to see Andy Pike competing in a cross-country for the first time in years.
Winning time: 30:33 Number of finishers: 230
Saturday March 11th 2017 - Dentdale Run (14.2 miles)
Woodstock legend Andy Battye tackled this hilly run in the Yorkshire Dales finishing 5th V60.
Winning time: 1:19:25(Men) / 1:38:28(Women) Number of finishers: 418
James Bolton put in another outstanding performance to finish in 6th place from over 12,000 participants also securing 1st V40 honours. Rebecca Campbell also had a great run beating two of our veteran male stalwarts. Bryan Vaughan secured 2nd V60 honours despite a tumble and Jess Ward completed an excellent personal best. Guest runner Tess Evans ran a personal best by over 2 minutes.
Winning time: 1:05:16(Men) / 1:15:32(Women) Number of finishers: 12,556
Sophie Carter and Sam Cruickshank took 1st LV35/39 and 2nd VM 35/39 honours respectively whilst Adrian Smith was just seconds outside a personal best. Sophie was 1st overall woman.
Winning time: 18:19(Men) / 19:36(Women) Number of finishers: 294
James Bolton put in yet another strong performance following on from his Bath Half effort the previous week this time over a far more difficult course in windy conditions. James secured 1st V40 position in a class field.Zoe White flew the flag for our women whilst Richard Dunbabin excelled in the V60 age group to take 3rd V60 honours
Winning time: 1:03:08 (Men) / 1:12:15(Women) Number of finishers: 9,720
Dave Cantwell led home our men taking 2nd V50 honours with Rob Webster, Leo Brooke-Little & Sonnie Jane completing our team. Dan Eisenhandler and Ralf Arneil both struggled with injury and sickness respecively.Sonnie completed a massive personal best.
Winning time: 1:24:35(Men) / 1:36:06(Women) Number of finishers: 282
