Oxfordshire Grand Prix Series 2007 ~ Round 8 Update
Last updated: Monday, 6 August, 2007Woodstock’s men took 7 races to post their first win of the season, but quickly added to that in the Hooky 6 to go top. The three top clubs are still very close together. Headington women turned the tables on Alchester, who won last time out, but only by one point.
In the individual competitions Sally Pitts maintained most of her lead over Jude Craft, while Helen Roper of Alchester lost a little ground. Helen is having a great season in the Grand Prix thanks to her tactic of running every race. Another runner with the same strategy is James Bolton who moved ahead of Tony Lock last time when Tony missed Hornton. In the Hooky 6, inspired by the race leader’s yellow jersey, he beat Tony for the first time this season.
Full results spreadsheets are in the files section of the Oxfordshire distance Yahoo group page ».
POS TEAM Hooky 6 Total Best 6 of 8 1 Woodstock Harriers 311 (25) 173 136 2 Witney RR 294 (22) 169 134 3 Headington Road Runners 272 (20) 167 131 4 Abingdon Amblers 163 (15) 145 115 5 Alchester 251 (19) 144 112 6 Oxford City AC 73 (13) 138 111 7 Banbury Harriers 186 (17) 128 101 8 Cherwell 228 (18) 122 98 9 White Horse Harriers 165 (16) 121 97 10 Kidlington 163 (15) 113 88 11 Eynsham 46 (12) 107 85 12 Hook Norton Harriers 0 (11) 96 75 13 Thame Road Runners 0 (11) 94 74
POS TEAM Hooky 6 Total Best 6 of 8 1 Headington Road Runners 97 (25) 187 147 2 Alchester 96 (22) 169 134 3 Witney RR 92 (20) 162 131 4 Abingdon Amblers 21 (16) 149 116 5 Banbury Harriers 44 (18) 134 109 6 Woodstock Harriers 69 (19) 136 105 7 White Horse Harriers 39 (17) 125 101 8 Kidlington 20 (15) 126 98 9 Eynsham 0 (12) 123 97 10 Oxford City AC 0 (12) 116 93 11 Cherwell 7 (13) 111 87 12 Hook Norton Harriers 13 (14) 110 85 13 Thame Road Runners 0 (12) 104 83
POS NAME CLUB Hooky 6 Grand Total 1 Pitts, Sally Witney RR 35 317 2 Craft, Jude Headington 37 297 3 ROPER, Helen Alchester RC 16 284 4 GOTTWALD, Lizzie Abingdon Amblers 0 242 5 GIBSON, Jill Woodstock Harriers 31 241 6 James, Anita Headington RR 28 238 6 DAWSON, Sophie Kidlington R&AC 0 238 8 COLCLOUGH, Edwina Alchester RC 24 226 9 FISCHER, Marie–Anne Headington Road Runners 26 222 10 Rayner, Gloria Witney RR 30 207 11 Gomm, Nicola Witney RR 0 196 12 WILSON, Patricia Abingdon Amblers 0 186 13 BUZZARD, Michelle Banbury Harriers AC 0 178 =14 Matthews, Sarah Abingdon 0 175 =14 Bamber, Kirsty Witney 0 175 16 HOPKINS, ADRIENNE Headington Road Runners 32 171 =17 Burton, Lucy Headington 0 152 =17 FINNIGAN, Andrea Kidlington Running Club 20 152 19 WILLIAMSON, Kate Eynsham RR 0 146 20 BATES, Katherine Eynsham RR 0 139 21 WOLANSKI, SANDRA Headington Road Runners 0 138 22 BANKS, Angela Alchester RC 34 137 =23 WATKINSON, Kate Alchester RC 0 136 =23 RHYMES, Natasha Witney RR 27 136 25 BURGE, Frances Headington RR 0 133
POS NAME CLUB Hooky 6 Grand Total 1 BOLTON, James Woodstock Harriers 80 736 2 LOCK, Tony Witney Road Runners 76 721 3 PRITCHARD, Simon Banbury Harriers AC 77 670 4 BRIENS, Jean–Marc Witney RR 68 603 5 Atyeo, John Witney 78 588 6 STEWART, Jim Woodstock Runners 64 581 7 Harris, Gary Headington 83 567 8 ADAMS, KIRK Woodstock Harriers 61 552 9 BODEN, Lazloe Witney RR 0 549 10 O’CONNOR, Brian Woodstock Harriers 0 535 11 VAUGHAN, Bryan Woodstock Runners 75 515 12 FERNANDEZ, PAUL Abingdon Amblers 81 504 13 BURGESS, Jon Alchester RC 67 503 14 LEE, Laurie Alchester RC 62 485 15 Gould, Richard Alchester RC 0 466 16 CLENCH, Gary Alchester RC 70 441 17 TOWNSEND, Martin Woodstock Runners 0 437 18 AINSLIE, Paul Witney RR 0 435 19 COOKE, JASON White Horse Harriers 71 422 20 GODWIN, Peter Headington RR 55 420 21 PETTS, Gareth Witney Road Runners 0 402 22 CHARD, Ken Witney RR 42 383 23 PRINCE, Chris Headington RR 0 380 24 Wright, Tim Banbury Harriers 0 361 25 Copley, Stephen Abingdon 0 353
Remaining fixtures in the Grand Prix Series are:
- 02/09/2007 Headington 10k
- 09/09/2007 Cotswold Classic 10
- 15/09/2007 Woodstock ‘12’
- 14/10/2007 Hanney 5
- 25/11/2007 Eynsham 10K
Clubs are reminded that Grand Prix subscriptions of £10 for 2007 are now due. Please send cheques payable to Oxfordshire AA to Kate Worrall, 20 Lyneham Close, Witney, Oxon OX28 5BS. Thanks to Abingdon, Alchester, Banbury, Cherwell, Eynsham, Kidlington, Headington, Hook Norton, Thame, White Horse, Witney and Woodstock who have already paid.
Will Atkinson
Oxon AA Road Race Secretary