JAMES Bolton claimed victory at the Banbury 15.

The Woodstock Harriers runner triumphed in 1hr 25mins 25secs, beating Witney RR’s Sam Upton by more than two minutes.

The latter’s clubmates, Gareth Petts and Matthew Lock were third and fifth respectively, with

Abingdon AC’s Paul Fernandez fourth.

It turned out to be a good day for Witney, with Upton, Petts, Lock and Graham Ferris landing the team prize.

Eynsham RR’s Robert Storey was the top vet 50, while clubmate Kate Williamson led the way in the vet 65 category.

Headington RR’s Edwina McDowell was first home in the vet 45 age group.

Entries have opened for this year's Mota-vation Series.

The first race takes place at Charlton-on-Otmoor on Thursday, May 2.

The deadline for entries is April 15.

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RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

BANBURY 15

Abingdon AC: P Fernandez (V40) 1.29.58, J Willard 1.42.23, A Muir 1.46.16, C Bedford (V50) 1.47.17, M Lewy (V50) 1.50.42, T Clarke (V40) 1.52.14, L McGill (LV35) 2.01.23, N Hamilton (M60) 2.06.20, J Swarbrick (LV35) 2.13.37, L Hamilton (LV55) 2.23.26, L Bedford (LV45) 2.23.26, K Clarke (LV35) 2.42.45.

Alchester AC: P Leverton 1.31.21, N Greig 1.35.21, S O’Gorman 1.43.55, I Hunter 1.46.01, E Colclough 1.50.23, V Bayliss 1.50.39, S Best 1.53.43, A Bowen 1.54.32, M Grainge 1.57.41, Z Martindael 2.10.28, I Salisbury 2.13.39, W Hunter 2.13.40, A Krzyzowska 2.17.34, C Burnby 2.18.25, K Andrews 2.44.16.

Bicester Tri: L Godber 1.47.04, E Doherty 2.19.57, A Hall 2.37.50.

Headington RR: 18 S Cayley 1.38.02, 19 J Smith (V40) 1.38.14, 20 A Marshall 1.38.37, 22 E McDowall (LV45) 1.38.49, 27 J Fenning 1.41.11, 29 C Gaden (V50) 1.41.21, 37 D Foster (LV35) 1.45.59, 46 M Healey (V40) 1.47.47, 49 M Jones (V50) 1.48.08, 62 K Daniels (LV35) 1.51.30, 65 P Brame (V40) 1.52.17, 74 J Messer (V40) 1.53.57, 75 A Read (V40) 1.54.18, 101 N Tuttle 1.58.46, 103 P Hellawell 1.59.20, 107 W Bowden-Green 1.59.42, 115 E Croft (V40) 2.02.18, 119 C Sugden (SL) 2.03.34, 137 M Ding (LV35) 2.08.14, 141 T Wells (SL) 2.08.25, 153 E Turner (LV45) 2.11.50, 154 P Lister (V60) 2.11.55, 159 A Varney (LV45) 2.13.02, 183 A James (LV45) 2.19.18, 192 C Childs (LV45) 2.21.32, 195 J Thomas (LV45) 2.22.07, 196 J Duvall (LV55) 2.22.30, 208 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 2.26.24, 226 H Grayson (LV45) 2.38.35, 237 M Nasi (V40) 2.49.50, 242 S Bates (SL) 3.04.20, 246 S Ledingham (LV55) 3.17.32, 247 P Smith (LV65) 3.17.51, 248 C Grasham (SL) 3.17.52.

Kidlington RC: 7 G Hope 1.32.42, 84 L Rahman (V40) 1.55.42, 86 A Lister (V50) 1.56.23, 108 K Webster (LV35) 1.59.39, 112 L Needle 2.01.25, 122 A Finnigan (LV35) 2.03.47, 128 L Tapper Howe (LV45) 2.05.38, 146 J Ruddick (V40) 2.09.54, 212 C Worth (LV35) 2.29.01, 223 R Rahman (LV45) 2.37.36, 224 J Smith (LV45) 2.37.43, 232 K Rhymes (LV35) 2.43.50.

White Horse Harriers: 13 P Jégou (V40) 1.35.58, 97 S Leech (V50) 1.57.48, 98 P Mack (LV35) 1.57.49.

Witney RR: 2 S Upton 1.28.13, 3 G Petts 1.28.33, 5 M Lock 1.30.37, 34 G Ferris (V50) 1.44.19, 104 B Moore (V50) 1.59.26, 105 L Smith (3rd LV45) 1.59.27, 123 A Rendell 2.03.54, 125 M Cassidy (LV35) 2.04.09, 131 A Parsons (SL) 2.06.45, 138 L Harris (LV45) 2.08.17, 139 L Butler (LV35) 2.08.18, 140 L Davies (LV35) 2.08.19, 175 S Rhodes (V40) 2.17.15, 177 L Rhodes (LV45) 2.17.31, 186 L Vanstone 2.19.48, 204 S Christie(LV55) 2.25.18pb, 211 T Moss (LV45) 2.28.05, 228 A Maybrey (LV45) 2.39.00. Team: 1 Witney RR (S Upton, G Petts, M Lock, G Ferris).

Woodstock Harriers: D Cantwell (2nd V50) 1.37.14, R Arneil (V40) 1.48.13, L Brooke-Little (V50) 1.58.35, D Eisenhandler (V50) 2.16.18.

READING HALF MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 88 L Newell (V40) 1.15.48, 536 G Hermitage (V40) 1.29.27, 659 W Benfold 1.31.57, 1357 P Hewerdine (V45) 1.40.37, 3247 M Shayler (V50) 1.54.35, 4102 C Warren (LV40) 1.59.13, 5136 P Terry (LV50) 2.07.51 4796 J Fellows (LV35) 2.04.51.

Alchester AC: A Stickley 1.21.23, E Nelson 2.05.07, A Henshall 2.05.24.

Bicester Tri: 3022 M Spencer-Jones 1.53.07.

Headington RR: 110 A Aimon 1.17.31, 502 S Khan (V40) 1.32.19, 1836 N Jones 1.44.50, 1475 H Cook (V50) 1.45.46, 1496 L Malloch (LV45) 1.46.29, 1819 D Sawyer (V60) 1.48.20, 1933 A Tester (V40) 1.50.07, 2149 T Siefers (V50) 1.54.20, 2853 J Trainer (V40) 1.56.42, 2529 R Jones 1.58.14, 2648 S Hodkin (V50) 1.58.16, 3306 A Palmer (V50) 2.03.00, 3315 P Dowling (V50) 2.08.17, 4060 H Cornwall (SL) 2.18.33, 3915 I Surguy (V40) 2.18.39, 3920 M Reid (LV35) 2.18.39.

Kidlington RC: 191 B Jones 1.20.45, 2773 N Roberts (V45) 1.51.23, 3708 R Jeacock (LV45) 1.57.18, 5931 H Talbot (LV35) 2.14.51.

White Horse Harriers: 1186 R Paget (U23) 1.36.28, 3405 L Fellingham (V60) 1.57.07.

Witney RR: 393 S Charles-Jones 1.26.37pb, 605 A Leary (V40) 1.30.54, 733 I Stubbs (SL) 1.33.30, 1972 L Batho (LV50) 1.53.03, 4076 S Barrington (LV35) 1.59.12.

BATH HALF MARATHON

Alchester AC: T Browning 2.13.49.

White HH: 1860 R Whiting (LV35) 1.39.23, 2066 R Bedford (SL) 1.43.28, 2221 A Bedford (SL) 1.44.29, 4410 J McCabe (LV50) 1.58.13, 5892 S Bedford (LV55) 2.04.58.

WINDSOR WINTER HALF MARATHON

White HH: 16 A Denham (V40) 1.26.57.

WEYMOUTH HALF MARATHON

White HH: 125 B Hodgson (SL) 1.37.54.

Witney RR: 156 G Le Good (1st V65) 1.40.10, 511 J Le Good (1st VL65) 2.00.18.

FLEET HALF MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 173 M Livingstone 1.22.34, 272 S Dudgeon (LV40) 1.25.28 pb, 2366 S Davies 2.12.00 pb.

Alchester AC: R Gould 1.18.05.

Witney RR: 154 A Lock (V50) 1.22.02.

HAMPTON COURT PALACE HALF MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 1954 H Bower (LV35) 2.07.35 pb, 1980 B Kirk (V45) 2.08.02.

Kidlington RC: 1810 M Search (1st V70) 2.05.04.

MK HALF MARATHON

Alchester AC: P Swanton 1.21.07.

MK 20 MILES

Abingdon AC: 47 M Deering (V40) 2.15.58, 107 J Moore (V50) 2.27.24, 128 S Wade (V50) 2.29.55.

Alchester AC: P Kearney 3.14.19.

MK 10 MILES

Abingdon AC: 73 L Shelton 45.42.

Alchester AC: J White 47.45pb, A Hine 51.18, J Pringle 1.14.08, S Fisher 1.21.21.

Bicester Tri: S Lever 56.03, D Dicker 1.03.56.

OUNDLE 20 MILE

Witney RR: 73 R Stanley-Evans (3rd LV40) 2.38.16.

FISSION 20:20 BERKELEY 20 MILES

Witney RR: 16 W Downey 2.16.42pb, 137 A Raats (LV45) 2.48.43.

LISBON HALF MARATHON

Alchester AC: C Lumley 1.19.50pb, R Kerr 1.35.34, C Kerr 1.47.16.

BANBURY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 53 J Field (V45) 24.24, 112 L Field (LV40) 28.52, 228 J McCormac (1st V65) 41.30.

CANNOCK CHASE PARKRUN

Witney RR: 133 B Adams (SL25) 28.54pb.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: 156 S Welch (V35) 26.19.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Witney RR: 126 A Flory (3rd LV45) 26.37pb.

HILLY FIELDS PARKRUN

Witney RR: 99 V Munday (3rd SL25) 24.28.

CHELTENHAM PARKRUN

Witney RR: 87 A Green (S25) 24.19pb.

WEYMOUTH PARKRUN

Witney RR: 39 G Le Good (1st V65) 22.33, 156 J Le Good (1st LV65) 27.55.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Witney RR: 82 L Bailey (SL25) 33.03.

GUERNSEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 43 D Rouget (1st V60) 27.31, 50 A Rouget (1st LV50) 28.45.

WITNEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 2 M Lock (1st S20) 19.27, 4 F Howard (1st V40) 20.25, 12 P Taylor (V35) 22.00, 16 J Webster (3rd V40) 23.11, 23 R Green (3rd V50) 24.15, 29 O Schroelkamp (1st J15) 24.33, 30 S Howard (1st LV40, 2nd lady) 24.33, 39 H Howard (1st JL15) 25.05, 41 A Parsons (1st SL25) 25.09, 47 L Sherwood (1st JL11) 25.18, 50 A Westbrook (3rd J15) 25.29, 63 M Sherwood (2nd JL11) 26.34, 66 R Clark (2nd SL30) 26.39, 82 C Hudson (J10) 27.21, 106 L Vanstone (3rd S25) 29.17, 125 F Bisp (J11) 30.34, 126 G Sherwood (LV45) 30.39, 127 J Colbeck-McKinnon (2nd LV50) 30.40, 135 R Lally (3rd LV35) 31.46, 138 D Wymer (V35) 31.52, 173 E Howard (JL15) 35.54, 222 M Crabb (3rd V65) 48.31.

WENDOVER WOODS PARKRUN

Witney RR: 1 S Upton (S25) 19.49, 69 J Upton (SL25) 33.36.