PAUL Fernandez finished second in Sunday’s Cotswold Classic 10-mile race at Witney.

Fernandez was the first Vet 40 to cross the line as he finished in a time of 54mins 33secs.

The race was also an Oxfordshire County Championship event.

Fernandez's clubmate Paul Keating was eighth and the second county senior male to finish.

Abingdon’s Mark Lewy was third V50 and John Oliver second V60.

The best placed White Horse Harrier was Paul Jegou in 17th.

Abingdon School’s Jonty De La Harpe and Alex Miell-Ingram were second and third in Sunday’s Longworth 10k. The race was won by Ewan Gault, of St Edward's School.

Abingdon AC's Steve Pomeroy set a personal best as he won the M50 pentathlon at the BMAF Championships & Autumn Classics in Birmingham.

Clubmate Pete Stepney also recorded a pb to come fourth in the M55 decathlon, while Naomi Sharma (LV45) and Noel Blatchford (LV65) won their respective age groups in the 10,000m racewalk.

Suzanne Beardsmore, of Abingdon, qualified for next year’s racewalk from Paris to Alsace after completing 185km 629m in the 28hr event at Roubaix.

RESULTS

COTSWOLD CLASSIC 10

Abingdon AC: 2 P Fernandez (1st V40) 54.33, 8 P Keating 59.29pb, 27 M Lewy (V50) 1.03.05pb, 75 J Oliver (2nd V60) 1.10.37pb, 164 K Dixon (V40) 1.23.09, 181 E Woosey-Griffin (LV35) 1.26.15, 187 S Gilbert (LV35) 1.26.57pb.

White Horse Harriers: 17 P Jegou (V40) 1.01.17, 37 C Wilder 1.05.16, 39 I Lambourn (V50) 1.05.34, 57 A Harvey 1.07.34, 63 S Scott (V50) 1.08.41, 70 M Lane (V40) 1.09.34, 151 I Rees (V50) 1.20.03, 172 J McCabe (V50) 1.25.03, 207 S Bedford (LV45) 1.30.26.

LONGWORTH 10K

2 J De La Harpe (Abn Sch, 1st Junior male) 36.44, 3 A Miell-Ingram (Abn Sch) 36.41, 4 M Ineson (Abn) 37.23, 6 N Jones (Abn Sch) 39.09, 8 I Brown (Abn Sch) 39.49, 9 T Steer (Abn Sch) 39.54, 11 J Crichton (Abn Sch) 40.33, 14 H Venables (Abn Sch) 41.57, 16 T Harry (Abn Sch) 42.15, 18 S Lackman (Abn, 1st SW) 42.28, 19 L Bailey (Abn) 42.46, 20 C Lewis (Abn) 42.50, 21 T Clarke (Abn) 42.58, 24 K Hickman (Rad) 44.27, 26 A Muir (Abn) 45.04, 28 A Francis (Abn) 45.45, 29 A Widdern (Abn Sch) 45.54, 30 M Shepley (Abn) 45.57.

ROUBAIX 28HR RACEWALK

Abingdon AC: 3 S Beardsmore (LV40) 185km 629m.

BMAF DECATHLON/HEPTATHLON/ 10,000M CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon AC – Decathlon M55: 4 P Stepney 5,017pts pb. Pentathlon M50: 1 S Pomeroy 2,825 pb. 10,000mW LV45: 1 N Sharma 8.05.77. 10,000mW LV65: 1 N Blatchford 7.04.10.

SOUTHERN ROAD RELAYS (Aldershot)

Under 13 girls – 22 Abingdon AC 37.03 (M Bedlington 11.58, B Darwent 11.43, I Jones 13.22).

Under 15 girls – 54 Abingdon 39.56 (K Harris 12.41, M Darwent 13.26, C Barwick 13.49).

Under 17 women – 29 Abingdon 36.54 (L Siddle 12.40, F Bunn 11.23, V Tilling 12.51).

Senior women – 28 Abingdon 1.01.35 (C Parker 14.52, S Lackman 14.40, J Brewer 16.26, L Purbrick 15.37).

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon AC: 1 O Stepney 17.40, 6 M Price 19.28, 9 G Wallace (V45) 20.19, 12 J Harvey (V45) 20.35, 13 N Hamilton (V55) 20.36, 15 D Richards (V55) 20.39pb, 24 K Dixon (V45) 21.14, 25 M Shepley (V50) 21.28, 38 T Scott-Langley 22.53, 84 T Francis (V55) 25.54, 88 M Seager (V50) 26.10, 92 A Newton (JM10) 26.48, 93 J Newton (V40) 26.49, 94 S Hopgood (LV40) 26.53, 96 G Lean 27.03, 97 K Pulford (LV60) 27.06, 104 R Buckley (JW10) 27.20, 105 L Wilson (SW) 27.21, 117 K Lean (LV40) 27.54pb, 120 L Herbert (SW) 28.05, 121 H Smith (LV35) 28.08, 137 S Trickey (SW) 29.11, 149 N-J Steinke (LV35) 30.12, 164 A Muir (JW10) 31.42pb, 165 A Muir (V40) 31.42, 197 M Coates (LV45) 33.38, 234 P Goddard 42.41, 240 E Woosey-Griffin (LV40) 47.54.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Abingdon AC: 2 J Shayler (JM15-17) 18.19pb, 6 K Francis (JM11-14) 19.58, 13 E Lawton (JM11-14) 20.50, 39 S Lawton (JM10) 24.32, 74 T Evans (SW) 28.34. HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN Abingdon AC: 56 H White (LV40) 30.29.