ALEX Wall-Clarke battled through the rain to take victory in the first round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League at Newbury Showground.

The Abingdon AC runner won in 29mins 56secs, with clubmate Calum Steer third.

In the under 15/17 race, Radley’s Benjamin Cumberland was second, while teammate Quinn Miell-Ingram won the under 13 competition.

Meanwhile, three Abingdon teams competed in the English National Relay Championships in Mansfield.

The senior men were 56th, the under 17 boys 38th and the girls 46th.

RESULTS

(senior unless stated)

OXFORD MAIL XC LEAGUE

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

MEN

Senior: 1 A Wall-Clarke (Abn) 29.56, 3 C Steer (Abn, U20) 30.27, 12 H Read (Abn) 31.32, 13 A Miell-Ingram (Rad) 31.35, 15 O Stepney (Abn) 31.43, 22 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 32.20, 25 D Bunn (Abn, U20) 32.35, 28 L Newell (Abn, V40) 32.47. Under 15/17: 2 B Cumberland (Rad, U15) 16.48, 5 W D’Arcy (Rad, U15) 17.24, 6 A Pennington (Abn, U17) 17.30, 9 J James (Rad, U15) 17.45. Under 13: 1 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 8.30, 5 C Morgan (Rad) 9.07. Under 11: 2 J Tipping (Rad) 6.23, 3 R Wilson (Rad) 6.25, 8 R Allen (Rad) 6.42, 9 S Staunton-Lamb (Whh) 6.42.

LADIES

Senior: 6 E McLoughlin (Did) 26.20, 11 S Davey (Abn, LV35) 27.00, 12 L Rycroft (Whh, U20) 27.02, 13 R Ayerst (Abn), 27.06, 14 C Ridewood (Abn, U20) 27.09, 16 E Haley (Rad) 27.26, 19 C Halfhead (Abn, U20) 27.33, 28 V Richardson (Abn) 28.26. Under 15/17: 2 O Martin (Abn, U15) 12.52, 8 G Halfhead (Abn, U15) 14.06, 10 A Kelly (Whh, U17) 14.17. Under 13: 2 I Martin (Abn) 9.21, 7 E Powell (Abn) 10.12, 8 P Vacher (Rad) 10.21. Under 11: 5 C Bower (Rad) 6.49. Under 9 girls & boys: 1 C Huepfl (Rad, G), 8 S Long (Rad), 9 I Buckle (Rad), 10 J Grant (Abn).

TEAM RESULTS

MEN

Senior – Div 1: 1 Abingdon A 106. Div 2: 3 Abingdon B 576. Under 15/17: 1 Radley A 16. Under 13: 2 Radley A 17.

LADIES

Senior – Div 1: 3 Abingdon A 38. Div 2: 2 Didcot A 88, 3 Abingdon B 98. Under 15/17: 2 Abingdon A 27. Under 13: 1 Abingdon A 20.

CLUB SUBMITTED

ECCA SAUCONY ENGLISH NATIONAL RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, MANSFIELD

Abingdon AC – Men – Senior: 56 Abingdon AC – Leg 1: 83 P Hughes 17.44. Leg 2: 77 S Fisher 18.05. Leg 3: 44 H Read 17.08. Leg 4: 40 O Stepney 17.13. U17: 38 Abingdon AC – Leg 1: 55 A Pennington 9.56. Leg 2: 56 K Francis 10.22. Leg 3: 25 A Ede 9.57. Ladies – U17: 46 Abingdon AC – Leg 1: 39 B Darwent 9.42. Leg 2: 56 I Jones 10.56. Leg 3: 38 M Bedlington 10.30.

OXON XC – ROUND 1 – NEWBURY SHOWGROUND

Abingdon – Men – Senior: 1 A Wall-Clarke 29.56, 3 C Steer (2nd U20M) 30.27, 12 H Read 31.32, 15 O Stepney 31.43, 22 P Fernandez (V40) 32.20, 25 D Bunn (U20M) 32.25, 28 L Newell (V40) 32.47, 62 C Weir 34.32, 63 J Darwent (V40) 34.40, 66 S Garrigues (V40) 34.46, 82 G Wood 35.41, 86 M Walker 35.47, 99 J Willard 36.14, 118 K Dixon (V40) 37.13, 120 G Wallace (V50) 37.22, 137 J Bruce (V40) 37.53, 142 C Bedford (V50) 38.01, 152 M Hills 38.15, 154 B Watson (V40) 38.20, 157 D Fraser (V40) 38.23, 177 D Smyth 39.23, 192 M Lewy (V50) 39.57, 202 A Muir (V40) 40.26, 203 J Bones (V40) 40.27, 211 S Convers-Reignier (V40) 40.47, 235 D Bedlington (V50) 41.38, 240 S Lavender (V40) 41.57, 241 P Hewerdine (V40) 42.03, 252 P Stepney (V50) 42.42, 260 J Oliver (V60) 43.38, 262 T Scott-Langley 43.43, 264 A Francis (V50) 43.52, 271 A Burnett 44.06, 281 T Greenland (V70) 44.59, 284 J Wigmore (V60) 45.13, 285 K Welby (V50) 45.17, 292 M Juffkins (V50) 46.28, 293 M Shayler (V50) 46.28, 309 M Shepley (V50) 48.54, 313 S Watton (V40) 49.37, 316 S Fabes (V60) 50.09, 318 D Roberts (V50) 50.45, 333 B Evans (V70) 1.03.44. U15/U17: 6 A Pennington (U17B) 17.30, 16 A Clay (U17B) 18.34, 23 T Lavender (U17B) 19.09, 28 T Miller (U17B) 19.34, 32 K Francis (U17B) 19.53, 38 E Washbrook (U15B) 20.57, 51 D Ghafoor (U15B) 26.09. U13: 19 C Morgan (U13B) 10.11, 24 O Sherratt (U13B) 10.21, 28 J Willis (U13B) 10.50, 30 A Wallace (U13B) 10.55. U11: 27 T Spokes (U11B) 7.15, 39 F Williams (U11B) 7.46, 46 A Stainthorp (U11B) 7.58.

Ladies – Senior: 11 S Davey (LV35) 27.00, 13 R Ayerst (SL) 27.06, 14 C Ridewood (U20W) 27.09, 19 C Halfhead (U20W) 27.33, 28 V Richardson (SL) 28.26, 51 R Davies (SL) 29.34, 52 L Shelton (SL) 29.36, 58 K Harris (U20W) 29.55, 78 M Darwent (U20W) 31.33, 86 K Adams (LV35) 31.52, 92 A Halfhead (LV45) 32.19, 96 P Terry (LV45) 32.27, 98 S Cozens (LV45) 32.35, 121 B Compton (LV45) 34.35, 136 K Clarke (LV35) 35.36, 140 C Warren (LV35) 35.55, 145 H Bower (LV35) 36.32, 152 M Durham (LV35) 37.08, 169 F Long (LV35) 38.03, 179 A Buckley (LV45) 39.29, 182 M Hamilton (LV45) 40.01. U15/U17: 2 O Martin (U15G) 12.52, 8 G Halfhead (U15G) 14.06, 17 M Bedlington (U17G) 14.40, 22 I Jones (U17G) 15.00, 31 R Buckley (U15G) 16.00. U13: 2 I Martin (U13G) 9.22, 7 E Powell (U13G) 10.12, 11 R Herring (U13G) 10.32, 19 E Betts (U13G) 10.52. U11: 20 M Powell (U11G) 7.38. U9 Girls and Boys:10 J Grant (U9B), 11 J Sands (U9B), 24 G Convers-Reigni (U9B), 34 I Ford (U9G), 37 E Williams (U9G), 40 S Morgan (U9B).