Jess Webb was our only representative at this classic 10 miler and upheld the Club honour with an excellent personal best finishing in the top 10 female runners.
Winning time: 51:10(Men) / 57:12 (Women) Number of finishers: 915
Nadine Carroll prepared for her forthcoming Edinburgh Marathon with an excellent run around Eton Dorney lake near Windsor in her third long race in consequtive weeks.
Winning time: 2:01:56(Men) / 2:19:28 (Women) Number of finishers: 343
Carey Gray continued his excellent form with a V55/59 category win as did Caeron Phillips in her LV45/49 age group. It was great to see Nicola Leavesley back in action.
Winning time: 17:21(Men) / 18:50 (Women) Number of finishers: 177
Saturday 11th April 2015 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
both Rob Linnell & Neil Preddy picked up age group wins with Rob setting a new Park Run p.b.
Winning time: 18:26(Men) / 22:03 (Women) Number of finishers: 72
Carey Gray took 1st V55 honours in windy conditions whilst Susan Haines also had a strong run
Winning time: 25:54(Men) / 29:29 (Women) Number of finishers: 321
Carey Gray took half a minute off his previous week's time once more taking V55/59 honours. Nicola Leavesley also improved her time from last week by over a minute.
Winning time: 17:27(Men) / 18:33 (Women) Number of finishers: 227
Saturday 18th April 2015 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
Dean Richens ran his 117th Park Run whilst Rob Linnell ran round with his young son Hamish
Winning time: 18:35(Men) / 17:58 (Women) Number of finishers: 63
Sunday - 19th April 2015 - County Road Relays (Abingdon Rugby Club)
U13/U15 Girls - 3 Legs x 1 mile
Jessica O'Connor led out our girls with the 5th fastest time of the day and was given great support by Imogen Clarke and Jessica Penton. Our team finished 7th from 10 finishing teams Winning time: 19:53 Number of finishers: 10 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Jessica O'Connor (U15)
6:47
05
02
Imogen Clarke(U15)
8:08
30
03
Jessica Penton (U15)
7:33
20=
Total Time: - 22:28
Senior Women - 3 Legs x 3.25 miles
Our senior girls A Team including one LV35 Vet and one LV45 Vet came home first from 20 finishing teams and are deserved County champions. Sophie Carter ran the fastest leg of the day and Denise Bridges was fastest LV45 overall. Winning time: 59:14 Number of finishers: 20 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Denise Bridges (LV45)
20:53
15
02
Jess Webb
19:23
04
03
Sophie Carter (LV35)
18:58
01
Total Time: - 59:14
Senior Women B Team - 3 Legs x 3.25 miles
Our senior girls B Team finished 13th from 20 finishing teams. Fastest leg by Bridget Tidball. Leonie Ingram made her Club debut and Maddie Phillips did well in her first senior event. Winning time: 59:14 Number of finishers: 20 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Bridget Tidball
22:22
29
02
Leonie Ingram (LV35)
26:35
74
03
Maddie Phillips (U17)
25:19
66
Total Time: - 1:14:16
Veteran Women A Team - 3 Legs x 3.25 miles
Our Veteran A Team took County Bronze with a fine effort. LV55 star Katherine Bates was fastest leg and also fastest LV55 on the day. Winning time: 1:00:14 Number of finishers: 08 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Caeron Phillips (LV45)
23:52
44
02
Katherine Bates (LV55)
23:11
36
03
Teresa Blackburn (LV35)
24:27
50
Total Time: - 1:11:30
Veteran Women B Team - 3 Legs x 3.25 miles
Our Veteran Women's B Team finished a creditable 4th from 8 finishing teams. Fastest leg by Lisa Clarke. Winning time: 1:00:14 Number of finishers: 08 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Val Berryman-Bousquet (LV35)
25:58
71
02
Eileen Doherty (LV35)
24:41
57
03
Lisa Clarke (LV35)
24:38
55
Total Time: - 1:15:17
Senior Men - 6 Legs x 3.25 miles
We were unable to field a full team in this category with only 4 available runners. Fastest leg by Dan Blackburn. Winning time: 1:44:17 Number of finishers: 10 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Dan Blackburn
20:03
047
02
Jake Harrison
21:03
095
03
Will Hudson
21:17
103
04
Adrian Smith (V40)
25:18
138
Total Time: - Incomplete Team
Veteran Men - 6 Legs x 3.25 miles
Our Veteran Men took County silver finishing 41 seconds behind the winners. Fastest time by James Bolton who finished 3rd overall in the individual standings just 3 seconds adrift. Winning time: 1:50:17 Number of finishers: 9 teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall
01
Dave Cantwell (V40)
18:57
41
02
Brian O'Connor (V40)
18:29
34
03
Rob Linnell (V40)
19:26
56
04
Jason Barry (V40)
18:27
33
05
Kevin Game (V40)
18:42
36
06
James Bolton (V40)
16:57
03
Total Time: - 1:50:58
Our Veteran Men's B Team came 6th with the fastest leg by Bryan Vaughan who was quickest in his category overall. Winning time: 1:50:17 Number of finishers: 9 teams
Sunday 19th April 2015 - Marathon du Lac Annecy (Half Marathon)
Nadine Carroll completed her 4th long race in 5 weeks with a strong run in France just south of the Swiss border. This was another training run in preparation for the Edinburgh Marathon next month.
Winning time: 1:05:46(Men) / 1:15:45(Women) Number of finishers: 3603
Bryan Vaughan, Carey Gray, Caeron Phillips and daughter Maddie all came first in their age category whilst Maddie & Nicola Leavesley set a new Park Run personal bests
Winning time: 17:13(Men) / 19:09 (Women) Number of finishers: 249
Sunday 26th April 2015 - Virgin Money London Marathon
James Bolton just failed to beat his personal best by 13 seconds whilst Sophie Carter, running for first claim club Belgrave Harriers, set a new best mark. Alan Harrison had an excellent debut marathon run and Neil Preddy was just over one minute behind Alan.
Winning time: 2:04:42(Men) / 2:23:22(Women) Number of finishers: 40,000+
James Bolton led home our men with overall 4th and 2nd V40 just 4 days after running in the London Marathon. Winning time: 21:01 Number of finishers: 207
Jess Webb pulled off an exciting victory winning by more than half a minute whilst Katherine Bates kept up her excellent form with a VL55 first place. Winning time: 23:57 Number of finishers: 141
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (Charlton Mota-Vation - RACE 5 OF 21)
Name
Handicap Time
Points
Jess Webb
20:46
25
Katherine Bates
20:52
24
Dan Eisenhandler
21:02
23
Adrian Smith
21:09
22
Lisa Clarke
21:15
21
Kevin Game
21:23
20
Sonnie Jane
21:25
19
Rob Linnell
21:28
18
Will Hudson
21:33
17
Bridget Tidball
21:34
16
Dave Cantwell
21:40
15
James Bolton
21:41
14
Howard Williams
21:51
13
Brian O'Connor
22:00
12
Val Berryman-Bousquet
22:33
11
Saturday 2nd May 2015 - Oxford Park Run 5K
There was a close battle between Richard Dunbabin and Carey Gray for LV55/59 honours with Richard taking the victory by 26 seconds. Adam Spaul supported his sons and Caeron Phillips and daughter Maddie both took age category wins with Maddie running a new Park Run p.b.
Winning time: 17:14(Men) / 19:09 (Women) Number of finishers: 267
The Blincowes both had strong runs as did Nadine Carroll in her last warm-up race before the Edinburgh Marathon in 3 weeks.
Winning time: 34:54(Men) / 36:18 (Women) Number of finishers: 459
Zoe White's hard training paid off as she sliced almost 24 minutes from her previous best with a sub 4-hour effort
Winning time: 2:37:26(Men) / 3:03:46 (Women) Number of finishers: 1559
Bryan Vaughan, Carey Gray, Caeron Phillips and daughter Maddie all came first in their age category
Winning time: 16:02(Men) / 19:04 (Women) Number of finishers: 194
Sophie Carter and Jess Webb came 1st & 2nd in the women's race both setting personal bests as did Alan Harrison. Rob Linnell & Pete Brackett both had strong runs and Valerie Berryman-Bousquet jogged round the course with her sister-in-law.
Winning time: 31:22(Men) / 36:30 (Women) Number of finishers: tbc
Tuesday 12th May 2015 - Cottisford 5K (Incorporating County 5K Championships - full County Results to follow)
James Bolton ran within 7 seconds of his last year's personal best to take 2nd overall place as did Sophie Carter, running for Belgrave, in the women's race. There were personal bests for Jess Webb, 1st Senior Lady & 3rd overall,Denise Bridges, Alan Harrison, Adrian Smith and Zoe White. Bryan Vaughan won the V60 race and Denise Bridges took silver for her 2nd LV45 effort on her debut 5K for the Club smashing the LV45 Club Record in the process. There were other strong debut 5K runs by Howard Williams and Dan Eisenhandler. James is County Champion, Jess and Bryan earned gold medals in their categories with Sophie & Denise taking silvers. Our men won the County team competition.
Winning time: 15:40 (Men) / 17:25 (Women) Number of finishers: 143
Name
Position
Time
Notes
James Bolton (V40)
002
15:51
Cty 1st/Cty 1st V40/Cty 1st team
Sophie Carter (Belgrave)
016
17:27
Open & Cty 2nd/Open & Cty 2nd LV35
Dave Cantwell (V40)
017
17:34
Cty 1st team
Kevin Game (V40)
023
17:53
Cty 1st gteam
Rob Linnell (V40)
031
18:19
Cty 1st gteam
Jess Webb
034
18:35
1st SL Open & Cty/p.b
Bryan Vaughan (V60)
039
18:42
Open & Cty 1st V60
Howard Williams (V40)
051
19:19
Debut 5K for Club
Denise Bridges (LV45)
0063
19:47
Open & Cty 2nd LV45/Debut 5K for Club/LV45 Club Record
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (Cottisford 5K - RACE 6 OF 21)
Name
Handicap Time
Points
Adrian Smith
15:15
25
Bryan Vaughan
15:32
24
Dan Eisenhandler
15:41
23
James Bolton
15:51
22
Alan Harrison
15:52
21
Will Hudsn
15:53
20
Denise Bridges
15:59
19
Zoe White
15:59
19
Howard Williams
16:00
17
Dave Cantwell
16:02
16
Jess Webb
16:06
15
Carey Gray
16:13
14
Kevin Game
16:19
13
Rob Linnell
16:20
12
Saturday 16th May 2015 - British Masters Relays (Sutton Park, Birmingham)
LV35 Women - 4 Legs x 3 miles
Our girls' team containing 2 LV45 athletes put in a strong performance to finish a creditable 15th from 35 teams. Fastest leg by Rachel Masser. Winning time: 1:12:38 Number of finishers: 32 complete teams
Leg No:
Name
Time
Overall Position
01
Rachel Masser (LV35)
18:10
05
02
Julie Read (LV35)
22:54
22
03
Caeron Phillips (LV45)
22:09
25
04
Denise Bridges (LV45)
19:53
15
Total Time: - 1:23:06 (15th)
V35 Men - 6 Legs x 3 miles
Our men's team containing 2 V45s and 1 V60 acquitted themselves well in very strong company. Fastest leg by James Bolton. Winning time: 1:34:49 Number of finishers: 43 complete teams
Carey Gray took 2nd place honours in the V55/59 category and was our lone representative this week
Winning time: 17:24(Men) / 19:16 (Women) Number of finishers: 241
Saturday 16th May 2015 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
Dean Richens made it 121 Park Runs running less than a minute outside his personal best
Winning time: 18:31(Men) / 22:25 (Women) Number of finishers: 65
Carey Gray & Maddie Phillips took category wins whilst Caeron Phillips was second in her age group. Andre and Alison Blincowe ran round together
Winning time: 16:01(Men) / 18:43 (Women) Number of finishers: 239
Sophie Carter improved on her personal best with an excellent run in the Belgrave Harriers vest finishing 21st female in an elite field.
Winning time: 28:38(Men) / 32:56 (Women) Number of finishers: tbc
Carey Gray & Caeron Phillips took age group wins whilst Dan Eisenhandler was 3rd in his category. All three ran close to personal bests.
Winning time: 17:03(Men) / 19:36 (Women) Number of finishers: 227
Nadine Carroll did well to set a new personal best on a cold and windy day going through half way in 1:58
Winning time: 2:19:36(Men) / 2:39:43 (Women) Number of finishers: tbc
Sophie Carter stormed to victory in the women's race where Denise Bridges took 2nd LV45 honours. James Bolton took an excellent 2nd place in the men's race and 1st V40 honours. It was great to see Liz Ashdowne back in action after having her first child earlier in the year. Winning time: 22:20 (Men)/24:25 (Women) Number of finishers: 336
Saturday 6th June 2015 - Otmoor Challenge (Half Marathon/Multi-Terrain)
Rachel Masser took victory in the women's race by almost 3 minutes helping our girls to 1st team prize. Dave Cantwell led home our men to 3rd team honours. This race is multi-terrain and not officially measured so cannot count in the Club's Half Marathon rankings. Winning time: 1:17:06 (Men)/1:26:00 (Women) Number of finishers: 329
Jake Harrison led home our men taking 2nd M20 honours whilst Zoe White was our only female representative. There were personal bests for Jake, Sonnie Jane, Zoe & Adrian Smith and excellent debut runs over the distance for Dan Eisenhandler & new member Ralf Arneil. Winning time: 26:35 (Men)/31:00 (Women) Number of finishers: 343
Carey Gray once more managed 1st V55/59 honours clocking just 23 seconds outside his Park Run p.b.
Winning time: 17:21(Men) / 19:14 (Women) Number of finishers: 195
Saturday 13th June 2015 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
Dean Richens was once more in action achieving a consistent result at a poorly attended event.
Winning time: 19:09(Men) / 23:38 (Women) Number of finishers: 71
There were some excellent results at Bourton-on-the-Water where James Bolton and Brian O'Connor finished 2nd & 3rd and Dave Cantwell 12th. Ralf Arneil ran an excellent debut Half for the Club over this very testing course. Winning time: 1:15:02 (Men)/1:25:31 (Women) Number of finishers: 159
Rachel Masser and Denise Bridges both put in strong performances, Rachel taking 2nd Senior Lady and Denise 1st LV45 honours. This was also a new Club LV45 10k record for Denise. Although over 40 Rachel was placed in the SL category for some reason.
Winning time: 35:47(Men) / 37:15 (Women) Number of finishers: 178
Carey Gray took 2nd V55/59 honours once again running close to his Park Run personal best whilst Caeron Phillips was 1st in her LV45/49 age group. Nicola Leavesley continued with her improvement
Winning time: 16:47(Men) / 19:12 (Women) Number of finishers: 214
Saturday 20th June 2015 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
Dean Richens sliced over half a minute from his previous week's time in his 124th Park Run.
Winning time: 18:07(Men) / 20:36 (Women) Number of finishers: 89
Susan Haines put in a very strong performance finishing 90 seconds quicker than her effort of last week securing 3rd LV55/59 honours.
Winning time: 17:40(Men) / 20:03 (Women) Number of finishers: 229
Sam Cruickshank returned from injury with a tentative run well outside his personal best.
Winning time: 15:36(Men) / 19:13 (Women) Number of finishers: 203
Suzanne Briggs returned to action after a short break and managed 2nd LV55/59 honours.
Winning time: 18:15(Men) / 18:18 (Women) Number of finishers: 294
Suzanne Briggs returned to action after a short break and managed 2nd LV55/59 honours.
Winning time: 18:15(Men) / 18:18 (Women) Number of finishers: 294
James Bolton failed by a handful of seconds to make it a hat-trick of wins whilst Sophie Carter, running for Belgrave, repeated her win of 2014 in the women's race. Denise Bridges led home our girls taking 1st LV45 honours.Cyrus Mower returned to action after a long absence.County Championship results to follow Winning time: 33:18 (Men)/36:57 (Women) Number of finishers: 825
