SIMON Harris, of White Horse Harriers, finished an excellent sixth in the White Horse Half Marathon.

He covered the course in a personal best time of 1hr 19mins 48secs to help the club pick up silver in the men’s race

The event doubled up as the Oxfordshire County Championship and clubmate Rachel Bennett was the fastest LV45, while Ian Lambourn was the third V50 runner home, and Sam Bell knocked 20 minutes of his previous best time.

Harriers ladies finished fifth in the team event.

James Clayton was Abingdon AC’s top performer, finishing ninth overall.

Vikki Richardson, Rosie Davies and Liz McGill helped the club secure third place in the ladies team event.

Richardson won county silver and Davies bronze in the senior competition, with Abingdon clubmate Wendy Millatt claiming vet 55 gold ahead of Lucy Hamilton.

Abingdon also clinched county bronze in the team event, thanks to the efforts of Richardson, Davies and Lucy Shelton.

Meanwhile, White Horse Harriers Clare Mowforth recorded a fantastic time of 3.24.37 in her first Rome Marathon.

She was the first British woman home, finishing 13th in her LV35 age group.

RESULTS

WHITE HORSE HALF MARATHON

White Horse Harriers: 6 S Harris 1.19.48pb, 20 C Norris 1.23.51, 27 M Lane 1.25.20, 28 I Lambourn 1.26.15, 48 R Lagden 1.29.59, 65 J Gibbard 1.33.43, 85 R Bennett 1.37.28, 106 R Burgess 1.39.25, 115 D Worsley 1.40.09, 126 S Bell 1.41.04, 145 P Mack 1.42.36pb, 173 J O’Sullivan 1.45.02, 187 R Bedford 1.47.12, 203 A de Hotot 1.48.47 (pb), 207 R Gilmour 1.49.19, 212 K Wilkinson 1.50.20, 221 N McColl 1.50.50, 236 S Sheehy 1.52.00, 250 M Pinney 1.53.29, 293 L Ball 1.58.17, 330 S Bedford 2.03.17, 344 J McCabe 2.04.50.

Abingdon AC (senior men unless stated): 9 J Clayton 1.21.37pb, 25 T Coney (V40) 1.24.59, 39 D Smyth 1.28.42pb, 40 E Lawton 1.28.48, 59 V Richardson (2nd SL) 1.32.30, 63 M Walker 1.32.57, 68 R Davies (3rd SL) 1.34.09, 88 M Lewy (V50) 1.37.38, 112 E McGill (LV35) 1.39.59, 131 L Shelton (SL) 1.41.39, 132 P Garrett 1.41.45, 140 S Wade (V40) 1.42.28, 148 L Coulson (LV40) 1.42.47, 153 N Hamilton (V50) 1.43.13, 166 D Morgan (V40) 1.44.25, 176 O Meadows (LV45) 1.46.01pb, 191 P Brown (V40) 1.47.22, 199 J Swarbrick (SL) 1.48.51, 200 B Compton (LV45) 1.48.52pb, 217 J Pennington (LV45) 1.50.40, 238 S Tumelaire (LV45) 1.52.31, 240 W Millatt (LV55) 1.52.29pb, 253 T Foxall 1.53.39pb, 268 C Lyon (V40) 1.55.29, 270 L Hamilton (LV55) 1.55.27, 286 F Long (LV35) 1.57.43pb, 296 S Watton (V40) 1.58.46, 353 R Maher (LV35) 2.06.24, 369 B Hedges 2.09.18, 373 J Worth (LV35) 2.09.56, 383 S Stroud (LV45) 2.11.34, 386 N Brock (LV35) 2.11.49, 388 T Francis (V60) 2.11.33, 404 M Hamilton (LV45) 2.15.40, 405 J Styles (V50) 2.15.40, 406 L Wilson (SL) 2.16.14, 408 S Blacker (LV45) 2.16.31pb, 409 H Nash (LV45) 2.16.39. Team – Ladies: 3 Abingdon AC (V Richardson, R Davies & L McGill). Oxfordshire County Championship – SL: 2 V Richardson, 3 R Davies. LV55: 1 W Millatt, 2 L Hamilton. County team – Ladies: 3 Abingdon AC (V Richardson, R Davies & L Shelton).

ROME MARATHON

White Horse Harriers: C Mowforth 3.24.37.

WATFORD OPEN GRADED MEETING

Abingdon AC – 1500m race 2: 5 G Halfhead (U15G) 5.18.16.

LEE VALLEY APRIL OUTDOOR OPEN MEETING

Abingdon AC – SM long jump: 11 J Robinson (U15B) 4.65.

BEACONSFIELD 5

Abingdon AC: 33 B Watson (V40) 35.14.