James Bolton showed impressive durability with two strong races inside 24 hours.
The Woodstock Harriers ace was Oxfordshire’s fifth man home in the CAU Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park, Birmingham on Saturday.
And the next day, Bolton finished second in the Banbury 15, where he was beaten by Paul Fernandez (Abingdon Amblers), who also ran at Cofton Park, after a great battle.
Bolton was 161st overall at Cofton, completing the muddy 12km course in 39mins 5secs and helping Oxon to 17th place in the team standings.
In Banbury, he clocked 1hr 26mins 29secs for the challenging, hilly 15-mile course, which takes in a series of local villages.
Steve Naylor, from Cassington, missed the race with a bad back, which meant Eynsham Road Runners’ Mark Tyrrell came in.
Witney Road Runners’ Frankie Snare also doubled up.
Snare was Oxfordshire’s first lady home in Birmingham, completing the 8km course in 33.22 for 177th place overall.
She was then the fifth lady to finish at Banbury in 1.48.16.
Eynsham’s Rob Storey was fifth overall and second vet 40 man home in 1.34.49, while clubmate Hannah Hale (1.48.01) was third senior lady and led the club to the third ladies’ team prize.
Witney Road Runners Josh Ridley beat his personal best by more than a minute at the Trafford 10K clocking 31mins 16secs to finish 22nd at Partington and put him second in the UK under 23 rankings for 2014.
RESULTS ROUND-UP
(senior men unless stated)
CAU INTER-COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
OXFORDSHIRE RESULTS
MEN
Senior: 161 J Bolton (V40, Wds) 39.05, 231 M Tyrrell (Eyn) 41.12.
LADIES
Senior: 177 F Snare (Wit) 33.22.
BANBURY 15 Eynsham RR: R Storey (2nd V40) 1.34.49, B Pollard (V40) 1.45.47, H Hale (3rd SL) 1.48.01, G Bridges (V40) 1.49.09, M Schofield (V40) 1.54.45, L Hillsdon 1.58.25, K Bates (3rd LV45) 2.00.44, K Wiliamson (1st LV55) 2.03.02, D Breaker (V60) 2.11.46, T Evans (LV35) 2.16.54, C Maskell (LV45) 2.36.10.
Witney RR: G Ferris (V40) 1.37.42 , K Hennesey 1.43.06, F Snare (SL) 1.48.16, P Ainslie (V50) 1.48.28, G Le Good (1st V60) 1.54.31, M Wise 1.55.16, A Church (V40) 1.58.43, M Sheehan 2.02.29, N Henman (SL) 2.10.42, H Smith (LV45) 2.12.49, L Jones (LV35) 2.16.59, J Le Good (LV55) 2.20.14, T Moss (LV35) 2.24.53, J Gamage (LV45) 2.24.53, S Christie (LV35) 2.29.36, J Jones 2.30.02.
Woodstock H: 2 J Bolton (1st V40) 1.26.29 pb, 7 D Cantwell (V40) 1.35.21, 30 K Game (V40) 1.45.32, 53 D Bridges (2nd LV35) 1.50.54, 90 N Preddy (V50) 1.57.07, 94 A Harrison (V40) 1.58.03, 108 S Cantwell (LV45) 2.00.15, 175 J Read (LV35) 2.12.53, 214 S Jane 2.21.44.
OXFORD 10K
Witney RR: N Morley (V40) 42.49, C Morley (LV45) 55.23.
MILTON KEYNES HALF MARATHON
Eynsham RR: C Williams 1.26.43 pb.
Witney RR: J Young 1.20.05, E Kay 1.25.17, W Downey 1.41.34, M Paterson (LV35) 2.42.33, E Baker (LV35) 2.51.07.
TRAFFORD 10K
Witney RR: J Ridley 31.16.
RHAYADER ROUND THE LAKES 20
Witney RR: T Garrod (SM) 2.22.24.
ELAN VALLEY 5
Witney RR: L Garrod (SL) 38.41.
BLACKMINSTER HALF MARATHON
Eynsham RR: D Ferrier 1.42.26, G Ferrier (LV35) 1.42.54.
BALLYCOTTON 10
Woodstock H: 435 D McManus (V40) 1.08.52.
OXFORD PARKRUN
Witney RR: J Evans (V40) 22.58, H Howard (JL) 24.37, S Howard (VL 35) 24.38.
ABINGDON PARKRUN
Witney RR: W Downey 23.22.
PLYMVALLEY PARKRUN
Witney RR: S Le Good 19.57.
FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN
Witney RR: S Green (LV35) 21.07
SWINDON LYDIARD PARKRUN
Witney RR: C Morley (LV45) 22.09.
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