Saturday 5th January 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Bryan Vaughan took age graded honours finishing 4th whilst Dean Richens was within 1 minute of his personal best.
Winning time: 17:17 Number of finishers:119
Sunday 6th January 2013 - Oxford Mail Cross-Country League Race 3 (Shotover) - incorporating the Oxon County Cross-Country Championships
Imogen Clarke (U13 Girls)
Abbie Clarke (U15/17 Girls)
Jake Harrison (U15/17 Boys)
Under 13 Girls - 3,000m
Imogen Clarke coped well with the muddy conditions in her 2nd outing for the Club.Winning time: 13:12 Number of finishers: 43
Name
Position
Time
Imogen Clarke
29
16:25
Under 15/17 Girls - 4,000m
Abbie Clarke put in another excellent performance over a testing course against a number of more senior girls.Winning time: 17:37 Number of finishers: 37
Name
Position
Time
Abbie Clarke (U15)
27
22:22
Under 15/17 Boys - 5,000m
Jake Harrison battled the difficult conditions against some strong opposition.Winning time: 20:11 Number of finishers: 33
Name
Position
Time
Jake Harrison (U17)
19
25:07
Senior & Veteran Women - 6,000m
Rachel Masser
Jess Webb
Julie Read
Making her debut for the Club, Rachel Masser led our girls home to take County gold in her LV35 category. Liz Ashdowne, also making her Club debut, put in a strong performance and there was good support from the 6 other girls taking part.Winning time: 21:47 Number of finishers: 180
Name
Position
Time
Rachel Masser (LV35)
008
23:50
Jess Webb (1st claim Milton Keynes)
guest
not given
Julie Read (LV35)
062
28:41
Liz Ashdowne
094
30:52
Lisa Clarke (LV35)
105
31:33
Susan Haines (LV55)
112
32:20
Val Berryman-Bousquet (LV35)
126
33:18
Paula Booth (LV35)
131
33:54
Liz Ashdowne
Lisa Clarke
Susan Haines
Val Berryman-Bousquet
Group photo
Paula Booth
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (SHOTOVER)
Name
Handicap Time
Points
Rachel Masser
22:50
16
Susan Haines
23:17
15
Liz Ashdowne
23:37
14
Val Berryman-Bousquet
23:44
13
Paula Booth
23:44
13
Lisa Clarke
23:45
11
Julie Read
24:28
10
Steve Naylor
James Bolton
Dave Cantwell
Kevin Game
Brian O'Connor
Rob Linnell
Senior & Veteran Men - 9,000m
Steve Naylor retained his County title with a commanding victory by more than 50 seconds whilst James Bolton secured selection for the Inter-Counties Championships with an excellent 7th place. Our men are now 7th in Division 1 after 3 events.
Winning time: 29:26 Number of finishers: 254
Saturday 12th January 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Bryan Vaughan took age graded honours for the second week running finishing 4th. Jake Harrison was 1st J15/19, Alan Harrison 3rd V45/49 and Caeron Phillips 3rd LV45/49. Dean Richens improved on his last week's time.
Winning time: 18:59 (Men) / 22:43 (Women) Number of finishers:105
Saturday 12th January 2013 - Surrey Cross-Country League (Cranford)
Despite being a little "under the weather" Carey Gray took part in another Surrey League Divisions 3/4 match over a 5 mile course.
Winning time: 26:49 Number of finishers:212
Saturday 2nd February 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Bryan Vaughan once more took the age-related victory in 3rd overall place and 1st V55/59 whilst Susan Haines finished 2nd female and 1st in her LV55/59 category.
Winning time: 16:09 Number of finishers:70
Sunday 3rd February 2013 - Oxford Mail Cross-Country League Race 4 (Lawns Park, Swindon)
Pictures by Sue Cantwell
Imogen Clarke (U13 Girls)
Abbie Clarke (U15/17 Girls)
Jake Harrison (U15/17 Boys)
Under 13 Girls - 2,000m
In very testing conditions, Imogen put in another gutsy performance.Winning time: 9:05 Number of finishers: 35
Name
Position
Time
Imogen Clarke
28
11:59
Under 15/17 Girls - 3,500m
Abbie found the heavy going very tough but pluckily battled through.Winning time: 14:46 Number of finishers: 32
Name
Position
Time
Abbie Clarke (U15)
25
18:50
Under 15/17 Boys - 4,800m
Jake put his strength to the test over an undulating, heavily muddied course and came away with an excellent result.Winning time: 17:06 Number of finishers: 28
Name
Position
Time
Jake Harrison (U17)
13
19:54
Senior & Veteran Women - 6,500m
Liz Ashdowne
Lisa Clarke
Susan Haines
The ever improving Liz Ashdowne led out women home and was well supported by the other 5 girls taking part. Susan Haines just missed out on a podium place in the LV55 category coming 4th.Winning time: 24:41 Number of finishers: 125
Name
Position
Time
Liz Ashdowne
064
33:07
Lisa Clarke (LV35)
073
33:49
Susan Haines (LV55)
075
33:56
Valerie Berryman-Bousquet (LV35)
078
34:23
Paula Booth (LV35)
091
36:31
Alison Blincowe (LV35)
095
37:13
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (SWINDON)
Name
Handicap Time
Points
Susan Haines
24:26
16
Val Berryman-Bousquet
24:31
15
Liz Ashdowne
25:20
14
Paula Booth
25:27
13
Lisa Clarke
25:28
12
Alison Blincowe
26:28
11
Valerie Berryman-Bousquet
Paula Booth
Alison Blincowe
James Bolton
Dave Cantwell
Kevin Game
Brian O'Connor
Carey Gray
Cyrus Mower, Will Hudson & Neil Preddy
Senior & Veteran Men - 8,500m
James Bolton continued his great form to lead our men home in an excellent 4th place with Dave Cantwell and Kevin Game completing the first 3 Harrier places. Dave was just 1 second behind 3rd V40 placed runner.
Winning time: 30:03 Number of finishers: 195
Name
Position
Time
Notes
James Bolton
004
31:39
Dave Cantwell (V40)
021
33:45
Kevin Game
034
34:54
Brian O'Connor (V40)
039
35:21
Carey Gray (V50)
098
39:17
Cyrus Mower
109
40:18
Neil Preddy (V50)
116
40:36
Will Hudson
119
40:43
Alan Harrison (V40)
153
44:31
Mike Shipway (V60)
178
49:16
Kirk Adams
189
51:05
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (SWINDON)
Saturday 9th February 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Caeron Phillips put in another strong run to finish 3rd female and 1st in her LV45/49 category.
Winning time: 18:43 (Men) / 22:38 (Women) Number of finishers:60
Saturday 9th February 2013 - Chiltern Cross-Country League Race 5 (Wing)
Having missed an earlier series race, second claimer Steve Naylor was obliged to run despite a heavy cold, to ensure a series victory. In the end he came an excellent 3rd and picked up the series trophy comfortably with 7 points from 2 victories, a second and a third place.
Winning time: 33:29 Number of finishers: 288
Saturday 9th February 2013 - Surrey Cross-Country League (Wimbledon Common)
Still suffering from a coughing bug, Carey Gray took part in another Surrey League Divisions 3/4 match over a 5 mile course.
Winning time: 29:30 Number of finishers: 197
Sunday 10th February 2013 - Wokingham Half Marathon
James Bolton and Dave Cantwell both clocked personal bests on a cold, wet day. James took 1st V40 honours whilst Dave was 7th in the V45 category. James set a new Club V40 record for the distance.
Winning time: 1:05:53 Number of finishers: 2183
Sunday 17th February 2013 - Hardwick Xstream Cross-Country (6 miles)
Liz Ashdowne tackled this very tough cross-country course near Aylesbury and actually enjoyed the experience.
Winning time: 35:30 (Men) / 43:39 (Women) Number of finishers:258
Sunday 17th February 2013 - Portsmouth Coastal Half Marathon
Both Colin Travi and Kirk Adams managed to beat the 2-hour mark as Colin builds towards his debut Marathon at Berlin in September.
Winning time: 1:16:27 Number of finishers:943
Saturday 23rd February 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Bryan Vaughan set an all-time best age graded result for the course of 83.83% coming 4th and 1st V55/59 just over 2 months short of his 60th. Adrian Smith had a useful debut run for the Club.
Winning time: 18:44 Number of finishers:80
James Bolton took 1st V40 honours in a new personal best whilst Dave Cantwell was 2nd V45 also setting a pb. There were also best times from Jake Harrison, Alan Harrison, Lisa Clarke & Alison Blincowe.
Winning time: 30:45(Men) / 36:42 (Women) Number of finishers: 480
Saturday 2nd March 2013 - Abingdon Park Run 5K (M/T)
Dean Richens pulled out all the stops achieving a sub 27-minute finish almost 2 minutes better than last week.
Winning time: 17:11 Number of finishers:74
Sunday 3rd March 2013 - Oxford Mail Cross-Country League Race 5 (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell)
Pictures by Lisa Clarke & Barry Cornelius
Imogen Clarke (U13 Girls)
Abbie Clarke (U15/17 Girls)
Jake Harrison (U15/17 Boys)
Under 13 Girls - 2,000m
Imogen Clarke put in another battling performance in her first year of competition.Winning time: 7:56 Number of finishers: 37
Name
Position
Time
Imogen Clarke
30
10:09
Under 15/17 Girls - 3,500m
Abbie showed great spirit with another fighting effort in her first season of Cross-Country.Winning time: 13:24 Number of finishers: 32
Name
Position
Time
Abbie Clarke (U15)
25
17:10
Under 15/17 Boys - 4,800m
Jake hung on well to complete the series taking overall 10th place in the U17 age group.Winning time: 16:42 Number of finishers: 32
Name
Position
Time
Jake Harrison (U17)
27
21:33
Senior & Veteran Women - 6,500m
Liz Ashdowne
Lisa Clarke
Susan Haines
Liz Ashdowne once more led our girls home and was again well supported with the next three Harriers in very close order. Susan Haines finished 5th overall in the series in her LV55 category and secured the Women's Club Handicap competition win.Winning time: 23:50 Number of finishers: 137
Name
Position
Time
Liz Ashdowne
076
31:06
Lisa Clarke (LV35)
083
31:32
Susan Haines (LV55)
088
31:44
Valerie Berryman-Bousquet (LV35)
089
31:50
Paula Booth (LV35)
104
34:15
Alison Blincowe (LV35)
114
35:20
0
Valerie Berryman-Bousquet
Paula Booth
Alison Blincowe
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (HARWELL)
Name
Handicap Time
Points
Val Berryman-Bousquet
22:42
16
Susan Haines
22:51
15
Lisa Clarke
23:45
14
Liz Ashdowne
23:47
13
Paula Booth
23:59
12
Alison Blincowe
25:07
11
James Bolton
Kevin Game
Rob Linnell picture by Barry Cornelius
Cyrus Mower
Neil Preddy
Carey Gray
Senior & Veteran Men - 8,500m
With a small turn-out our men, led home by James Bolton, did well to avoid relegation finishing overall 7th in Division 1. James was 6th Senior Man in the series overall and Dave Cantwell 6th V40.Cyrus Mower's run secured him victory in the Men's Club Handicap Competition.
Winning time: 29:09 Number of finishers: 183
Name
Position
Time
Notes
James Bolton
007
30:54
Kevin Game
024
32:44
Rob Linnell (V40)
066
35:29
Cyrus Mower (V40)
104
38:06
Neil Preddy (V50)
111
38:37
Carey Gray (V50)
123
39:51
Alan Harrison (V40)
134
40:41
Kirk Adams
172
47:33
Alan Harrison
Kirk Adams
CLUB CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)- HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (HARWELL)
Saturday 9th March 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Young Abbie Clarke led home a group of 6 Harriers including mother Lisa and sister Imogen in extremely muddy conditions.
Winning time: 18:21 (Men) / 21:43 (Women) Number of finishers:75
Saturday 9th March 2013 - Abingdon Park Run 5K (M/T)
Dean Richens was a little slower this week due to the muddy underfoot conditions in his 48th Abingdon Park Run.
Winning time: 17:44 Number of finishers:85
Saturday 9th March 2013 - CAU Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships (11K)
James Bolton
James Bolton represented the County at Cofton Park, Birmingham over a very muddy course cut short because of the underfoot conditions. James did well to finish 6th Oxon counter, 4th V40/44 and 6th V40/49. Oxfordshire were 17th 6-man team.
Winning time: 33:54 Number of finishers:290
Saturday 9th March 2013 - Shakespeare Raceway Half Marathon (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Justin Guy, Colin Travi and Kirk Adams all had useful runs both Colin and Kirk improving on their last efforts over the distance at Portsmouth.
Winning time: 1:12:24 Number of finishers:122
Suzanne Briggs had a great run on the South Coast to finish 2nd LV55/59 in a large field.
Winning time: 16:56 (Men) / 19:38 (Women) Number of finishers:430
Sunday 10th March 2013 - Blackminster Half Marathon (Evesham)
Zoe White put in a strong performance ahead of her forthcoming London Marathon run with a personal best time.
Winning time: 1:16:16(Men) / 1:29:08 (Women) Number of finishers: 260
Martin Townsend competed in his first race since last November in preparation for London Marathon next month putting in a good performmance despite struggling over the last few miles in atrocious weather.
Winning time: 1:44:09 Number of finishers:502
In the first Club Handicap race of the year, Kevin Game led home our men and Lisa Clarke was first Woodstock woman to finish. There were personal bests from Lisa, Susan Haines, Alison Blincowe and Jake Harrison and a debut 10K from Adrian Smith.
Winning time: 33:28 (Men) / 41:15 (Women) Number of finishers:502
CLUB HANDICAP COMPETITION - HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (CARTERTON 10K)
Name
Handicap Time
Points
Jake Harrison
30:03
16
Lisa Clarke
30:15
15
Alison Blincowe
30:23
14
Susan Haines
30:31
13
Justin Guy
30:56
12
Paula Booth
31:10
11
Kevin Game
31:12
10
Adrian Smith
31:34
09
Dean Richens
31:42
08
Sunday 17th March 2013 - Reading Half Marathon
Nadine Sandjo benefited from hard training over the past few months with a strong run in her debut for the Club. Chris Pillar made a rare appearance running a sub 1:30.
Winning time: 1:04:15 (Men)/1:12:14 (Women) Number of finishers:12863
Susan Haines had an excellent run finishing 5th of 34 in her age category in a good quality race in cold conditions.
Winning time: 1:06:58 (Men) / 1:16:39 (Women) Number of finishers: 3324
James Bolton and Dave Cantwell both registered personal best times on a very cold day taking them to 2nd & 6th respectively in the Club 10-Mile rankings. James just missed out on 1st V40 honours but set a new V40 Club record. Peter Sugden did well to beat the 80-minute mark.
Winning time: 50:22 (Men) / 56:35 (Women) Number of finishers:1095
Saturday 30th March 2013 - Oxford Park Run 5K (M/T)
Bryan Vaughan once more took age graded honours finishing 6th and was well supported by Sam Cruickshank, 2nd V35/39, Jake Harrison, 1st JM15/19, Alan Harrison, 3rd V45/49, Andre Blincowe, 2nd V50/54 and Adrian Smith.
Winning time: 17:38 (Men) / 20:43 (Women) Number of finishers:77
