James Bolton was left disappointed, despite winning a team gold medal on his England debut.

Bolton (Woodstock Harriers) was England’s fifth vet 40 man home in the British and Irish Masters Cross Country International at Bute Park, Cardiff.

With just the top four counting towards the standings, the 40-year-old missed out on that distinction by ten seconds and one place, but all six in the team still got medals.

Bolton completed the 8km course in 25mins 26secs, with England’s fourth scorer Stu-art Doyle clocking 25.16.

England finished 30 points clear of second-placed Rep-ublic of Ireland and such was their dominance that Bolton was the eighth man home overall in his age group.

But he said: “I’m so disappointed having seen the results.

“I was sure I was fourth counter, no wonder they didn’t call out my name I was ‘and all the team’!

“The England V40-44 team actually finished in our 2013 10k time order, so maybe that’s what I should have expected.

“The gold seems a bit hollow now, which is a bit like the quality of the medal we got.

“Still, it was a good day out, a nice run and great company.”

Meanwhile, Josh Ridley had to be satisfied with a lowly 95th place finish in the Leeds Abbey Dash 10K, des-pite recording a big personal best.

The promising Witney Road Runner clocked 32mins 23secs to beat his previous mark by more than 90 seconds.

Such was the quality of the race that 10k that 14 runners clocked under 30 minutes, with more than 180 under 34 minutes.

RESULTS ROUND-UP

(senior men unless stated)

LEEDS ABBEY DASH 10K Witney RR: 95 J Ridley 32.23.

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Witney RR: P Wolstanholme 53.14, G Ferris (V45) 1.11.07, T Clark (V45) 1.11.07, J Field (V45) 1.11.07, M Sheehan 1.11.07, W Downey 1.14.19, M Kite (LV40) 1.22.02, M Paterson (LV35) 1.22.30.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: K Hennessey (V45) 19.08, G Hunter 19.19, E Baker (LV35) 31.01.

Woodstock H: 5 B Vaughan (1st V60) 19.02.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Woodstock H: 69 D Richens (V40) 25.32 pb.

DARLEY PARKRUN

Woodstock H: 4 R Bradley (1st V45) 20.07 pb.

POOLE PARKRUN

Woodstock H: 209 S Briggs (1st LV55) 25.08.