James Bolton and Steve Frear, who made it a 1 -2 for Woodstock, were well supported by Dave Cantwell (7th), Rob Linnell (13th),Jake Harrison (15th) and Kevin Game (17th)securing the Open and County 1st Team awards. Bryan Vaughan took 2nd V60 in the Open race but was too late to register for the County race. Dave Cantwell earned the 2nd County V40 medal behind James with Rob Linnell 3rd. Neil Preddy continued to improve after his recent knee op. There were personal bests from Rob & Jake. It was very disappointing that no female Harriers took part
Winning time: 26:48(Men) / 31:41(Women) Number of finishers:192
Name
Position
Time
Notes
James Bolton (V40)
001
26:48
Race Winner/County Champion/1st men's team Open & Cty
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (Hanney 5 - RACE 17 OF 19) No entrants to Handicap Competition after Race 12 so no points awarded to Steve Frear, Neil Preddy or Mike Shipway
Sunday October 2nd 2016 - Blenheim Palace Half Marathon
Colin Travi dipped just under the 2-hour mark over a very testing course. No information other than finishing time is available. Winning time: not known (Men) / not known (Women) Number of finishers: not known
George Ramsay and Sophie Carter led home our men's & women's teams respectively and there were personal bests from Ralf Arneil, Sonnie Jane and a massive 9-minute p.b. from Adrian Smith. George and Bridget Gould completed their debut Half-Marathons for the Club.
Winning time: 1:07:18(Men) / 1:21:21(Women) Number of finishers: 7,645
Andy Gleeson and Sonnie Jane started off their cross-country season running as guests in the first Chiltern League fixture. Winning time: 28:31 Number of finishers: 410
Sam Cruickshank takes 2nd V35/39 honours whilst Bridget Gould has a great debut Park Run finishing 3rd female. Winning time: 16:50 (Men) / 19:50 (Women) Number of finishers: 220
Saturday October 22nd 2016 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
Rob Linnell runs round with son Hamish who clocks a marvellous 23:04 to finish 2nd J10 whilst Dean Richens completes his 157th Park Run Winning time: 18:25 (Men) / 22:17 (Women) Number of finishers: 107
Sunday October 23rd 2016 - Great South Run (10 Miles)
Steve Frear led home a trio of Harriers which included Roger Bradley & Richard Dunbabin Winning time: 47:23 (Men) / 51:49 (Women) Number of finishers: 20,000+
Leo Brooke-Little, our sole representative in the race, carried our flag with pride Winning time: 2:30:35 (Men) / 2:58:59 (Women) Number of finishers: 693
Nadine Carroll put in an excellent performance finishing 50 seconds short of her course personal best Winning time: 18:18 (Men) / 21:48 (Women) Number of finishers: 127
Saturday 29th October 2016 - Harcourt Hill Park Run 5K
New recruit Rebecca Campbell took 1st LV35/39 honours whilst Denise Bridges returning from injury was also first in her age category in a course p.b. Andy Gleeson finished 2nd V45/49 in his debut Park Run Winning time: 16:43 (Men) / 18:48 (Women) Number of finishers: 127
Hon Life Member Andy Battye put in a sterling performance to take 1st V60 honours north of the border. Winning time: 1:11:45 (Men) / 1:22:26 (Women) Number of finishers: 329
Chairman Mike took the opportunity to run a debut Park Run whilst on holiday in the Lake District managing to finish 1st V70/74 Winning time: 16:56 (Men) / 21:03 (Women) Number of finishers: 141
Richard Dunbabin tackled the challenging multi-terrain race in the Chilterns managing to duck under 50 minutes Winning time: 37:31 (Men) / 44:17 (Women) Number of finishers: 243
Our men secured the Oxon Road Race Grand Prix title for the 12th time in 15 years by the narrowest of margin whilst James Bolton took the individual title for the 7th time. Dave Cantwell secured a marvellous 2nd in the competition.
James once more led our men home whilst Denise Bridges was first female Harrier over the line and 3rd LV45 sett8ing a new Club LV45 record in the process. Bryan Vaughan took 1st V60 honours. There were personal bests from Jake Harrison, Ralf Arneil, Sonnie Jane, Bridget Gould and Adrian Smith.
In the Club Championships, Jake Harrison held on to 1st, Ralf Arneil finished 2nd and Dave Cantwell 3rd
Winning time: 31:58 (Men) / 36:41 (Women) Number of finishers: 588
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (EYNSHAM 10K)- Race 19 of 19
(First claim members only.No new entrants to the competition allowed after race 7 so no points awarded to Steve Naylor,George Ramsay or Mike Shipway)
Sunday November 27th - Avebury 8 (9.2 miles)- Trail
Steve and Gillian Howell both excelled in this over-distance run over muddy tracks, fields and trails with Gillian taking 2nd LV50 honours. Winning time: 1:00:23 (Men) / 1:07:52 (Women) Number of finishers: 111
Steve Naylor won the race by a distance with James Bolton in 7th. Bryan Vaughan took 2nd V60 honours. Our men came first in Division 2 on the day and are overall 2nd after 2 events.
Winning time: 27:26 Number of finishers: 257
James Bolton, Andy Gleeson & Rob Linnell brought our team home in overall 11th= from 19 finishing teams Winning time: 1:39:04 Number of finishers: 19 teams
Name
Position
Time
Remarks
James Bolton
11
33:13
Andy Gleeson
62
38:06
Rob Linnell
65
38:23
Total time: 1:49:42
Veteran Men aged 50-59
Dave Cantwell, Rob Webster & Bryan Vaughan brought our V50 men home in 8th from 22 teams. 63-year-old Bryan was running against men up to 13 years younger. Winning time: 1:45:42 Number of finishers: 22 teams
Dave Cantwell completed back to back races on consecutive days to take 2nd V50 honours. Winning time: 30:28 (Men) / 39:32 (Women) Number of finishers: 363
Saturday December 17th 2016 - Highbury Fields Park Run 5K
Jake Harrison is at it again with a 3rd place and 1st M20/24 honours beating his previous personal best by almost a minute. Winning time: 17:43 (Men) / 20:57 (Women) Number of finishers: 160
Steve Naylor had a comfortable victory whilst Bryan Vaughan and Denise Bridges took 1st V60 and 1st LV45 honours respectively. Dave Cantwell finished 2nd V50. We welcomed Martin Ridewood in his debut run for the Club.
Winning time: 38:27(Men) / 48:18(Women) Number of finishers:230
