Abingdon's Fiona Bunn came an impressive sixth when representing Oxfordshire in the under 17 girls race at the Southern Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships.

Bunn recorded a time of 18mins 7secs over the four-kilometre run at Shuttleworth near Biggleswade.

In the under 13 race, there was another excellent run from Abingdon’s Beth Darwent as she headed the Oxon team in 31st spot.

The women's team was boosted by former 1500m world championship silver medallist Hannah England, who was first home in fourth.

Abingdon’s Sarah Lackman was the last of Oxon’s four scorers in 64th spot.

Alec Vessey (Abingdon AC) returned from university to come sixth in the Andy Reading 10k at Chesterton while clubmate Paul Keating was eighth, having knocked 90secs off his pb.

Paul Jegou (White Horse Harriers) came second the Wessex Cross Country League finale at Canford School in 27mins 57sec, while winning the V40 class.

Richard Jegou recorded two wins and a second place in the V70 category at the Secta Christmas throws meeting in Ewell.

He won the shot (9.45m) and discus (29.24) and was runner-up in the hammer (29.56).

RESULTS

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CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon AC: Under 13 girls (3K): 31 B Darwent 11.07, 70 M Bedlington 11.50, 92 I Jones 12.30. Under 15 boys (4K): 86 D Bunn 14.15, 87 A Pennington 14.28. Under 15 girls (4K): 92 K Harris 16.31. Under 17 women (5K): 6 F Bunn 18.07, 71 L Siddle 20.53. Senior women (6K): 54 S Lackman 24.55.

ANDY READING 10K

Abingdon AC: 6 A Vessey (U23) 34.44pb, 8 P Keating 35.01pb, 72 M Lewy (V50) 41.45, 103 M Shepley (V50) 44.07pb, 150 N Sharma (LV45) 47.09, 177 J Lenik 49.01, 233 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 53.02.

White Horse Harriers: 40 K Rogers 38.39, 79 B Hodgson 42.11.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon AC: 2 R Kembleton 19.11, 4 C MacLennan (V45) 19.25, 10 D Richards (V55) 21.21, 15 N Hamilton (V55) 21.45, 26 P Keating 23.24, 27 M Lewy (V50) 23.25, 28 G Bartley (V50) 23.25, 39 B Compton (LV40) 24.40, 44 J Newton (V40) 25.00, 45 G Lean 25.03, 50 T Lavender (JM11-14) 26.09, 51 S Lavender (V45) 26.10, 61 A Newton (JM11-14) 27.13, 70 N-J Steinke (LV35) 28.13, 80 Hunter (V50) 29.08, 83 A Moger (LV55) 29.56, 84 H Bower (LV35) 30.06, 85 K Lean (LV40) 30.07, 98 C Kembleton (LV35) 31.41, 101 B Evans (V65) 32.01, 103 C Onions (LV55) 32.19, 106 L Hamilton (LV55) 32.58, 118 C Newton (JW10) 35.00, 130 S Belcher (V40) 39.05, 133 J Styles (V50) 39.09, 142 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 44.24.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Didcot Runners: 2 M Suggate (V35) 18.54, 4 M Walker 19.30, 20 E Naughton 23.05, 21 R Sharp (V45) 23.33, 38 H Seymour 29.30, 50 And Gordon (V35) 31.39, 58 S Henderson (LV60) 37.37, 59 Ali Gordon (LV35) 37.37, 61 K Heard (LV35) 39.14, 66 C Martin (LV60) 44.12.

Abingdon AC: 3 J Darwent (V45) 18.59, 9 C Lewis (V50) 20.32, 10 E Lawton (JM11-14) 21.28, 16 S Lawton (JM11-14) 22.13, 22 M Darwent (JW11-14) 23.44.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Abingdon AC: 40 S Hopgood (LV40) 29.10.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Abingdon AC: 71 H Burton (LV35) 29.32.