Results for January 2009


Oxford Mail Cross-Country League (Banbury) - 4th January 2009


Heidi Brooke-Little
makes a good start
Daniel Moseley
nearing the finish

U15 Girls - 3,500m

Heidi Brooke-Little coped well with the hazardous conditions.Winning time: 13:04 Number of finishers:36

Name Position Time
Heidi Brooke-Little 32 19:04


U15 Boys - 4,800m

Daniel Moseley had another steady run.Winning time: 16:42 Number of finishers:23

Name Position Time
Daniel Moseley 12 19:11


Jill Gibson
Tracey Scarlett
Susan Haines & Paula Booth


Senior & Veteran Women - 4,800m

Jill Gibson led our girls home to 10th place in Division 2 after 3 races.Winning time: 17:09 Number of finishers:109

Name Position Time
Jill Gibson (LV35) 053 22:31
Tracey Scarlett 058 22:49
Paula Booth (LV35) 069 24:24
Susan Haines (LV45) 086 25:34


Senior & Veteran Men - 8,500m

Despite a very poor turn-out we held on to overall 5th in Division 1. James Bolton led us home and Bryan Vaughan took 3rd V50 place.Winning time: 26:45 Number of finishers:215

James Bolton
led us home
Bryan Vaughan
3rd MV50
Kevin Game
ran James Bolton close.


Name Position Time Notes
James Bolton 036 30:27
Kevin Game 037 30:29
Bryan Vaughan (V50) 040 30:44 3rd V50
Kelvin Fowler (V40) 077 33:22
Carey Gray (V40) 103 34:21
John Greenhill (V40) 128 35:59
Leo Brooke-Little (V40) 13841 36:27
Kirk Adams 174 39:13

Kelvin Fowler
tackkles the final hill
Carey Gray
John Greenhill
another good performance.

Leo Brooke-Little
Kirk Adams

Banbury Cross-Country Results


County Cross-Country Championships (Shotover Park) - 11th January 2009

Daniel Moseley
improving all the time

U15 Boys - 4,800m

Daniel Moseley continued to show improvement finishing well up the field.Winning time: 17:48 Number of finishers:21

Name Position Time
Daniel Moseley 12 20:25


Jill Gibson
Sue Cantwell
Tracey Scarlett


Senior & Veteran Women - 6,600m

Our Veteran girls' team, led home by Jill Gibson, won County bronze. Winning time: 28:27 Number of finishers:33

Name Position Time Notes
Jill Gibson (LV35) 24 38:42 3rd LV team
Sue Cantwell (LV35) 25 39:33 3rd LV team
Tracey Scarlett (LV35) 26 39:37 3rd LV team


Senior & Veteran Men - 8,500m

Steve Frear won the race by a distance in great style helping our senior men to the gold.Bryan Vaughan took the V50 title and our veteran men earned silver.Winning time: 29:27 Number of finishers:71

Steve Frear
won by a massive margin
James Bolton
Senior Men's team gold
Kevin Game
Senior Men's team gold.


Name Position Time Notes
Steve Frear 01 29:27 1st SM team
James Bolton 17 33:31 1st SM team
Kevin Game 23 34:21 1st SM team
Dave Cantwell (V40) 24 34:28 2nd VM team
Bryan Vaughan (V50) 26 34:46 1st V50/2nd VM team
Carey Gray (V40) 37 36:14 Bingley Harriers
Kelvin Fowler (V40) 41 37:21 2nd VM team
Andy Pike (V40) 44 38:18 2nd VM team
Nick Hall (V40) 53 40:07
John Greenhill (V40) 55 40:31
Chris Tarratt 56 40:32
Mark Pidgeon (40) 61 41:37
Kirk Adams 69 44:37

Dave Cantwell
Vet Men's team silver
Bryan Vaughan
V50 champion & Vet Men's team silver
Andy Pike
Vet Men's team silver.

Nick Hall
at the finish
Carey Gray
ran for first claim club Bingley
John Greenhill
another excellent run

Chris Tarratt
Senior Men's team gold
Mark Pidgeon
nearing the finish line
Kelvin Fowler
Vet Men's team silver

Kirk Adams
last few yards
Steve Frear
receives his winner's trophy
Our Vet women
l to r: Jill, Tracey & Sue

Our Vet Women - team bronze
Our Senior Men - team gold
Our Vet Men - team silver

County Cross-Country Results


Highworth Half Marathon (Team Invitation Event) - Sunday 18th January 2009


There were some excellent performances over a tough course with Bryan Vaughan leading us home in this team event. Tracey Scarlett sliced 6 minutes off her personal best. Our team (first 5 runners including at least one female)came 3rd overall. Winning time: 1:15::07 Number of finishers:116

Bryan Vaughan
up the hill towards home
Tracey Scarlett
last few yards
James Bolton
tackles the final hill

Name Position Time Notes
Bryan Vaughan (V55) 07 1:19:04 3rd Team
James Bolton 09 1:19:41 3rd Team
Kevin Game 14 1:22:30 3rd Team
Dave Cantwell (V40) 018 1:24:01 3rd Team
Carey Gray (V45) 020 1:24:35
John Greenhill (V45) 049 1:32:24
Mark Pidgeon (V45) 063 1:36:53
Kirk Adams 084 1:42:48
Tracey Scarlett (LV35) 106 1:54:53 3rd Team/p.b.

Kevin Game
in the early stages
Dave Cantwell
on the final hill
Carey Gray
just before the 1-mile mark


John Greenhill
on the last stretch
Mark Pidgeon
in the last mile
Kirk Adams
early doors


Gloucester 50K - Sunday 25th January 2009


Dominic Croft came joint first in a time almost 5-minutes faster than he ran in 2008 when he topped the UK rankings. This was a trial for the England team to be selected for the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100K in March. Winning time: 3:09:08 Number of finishers: 40

Dominic Croft
Isle of Wight Marathon 2006

Name Position Time Notes
Dominic Croft (V40) 01 3:09:08 joint 1st place

Gloucester 50K Results


Gloucester Marathon - Sunday 25th January 2009


Paul Brackett used this as a training taking it easy in preparation for a 50-miler next week. Winning time: 2:49:33 Number of finishers: 188

Paul Brackett

Name Position Time Notes
Paul Brackett (V40) 093 3:58:03

Gloucester Marathon Results