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Oxfordshire AA Road Race Grand Prix

The Oxfordshire Road Race Grand Prix is competed for over 15 races throughout the season.  In each race the first 4 men and first 3 women from each participating club form the teams.  The first team scores 25, second 22, third 20, fourth 19 and so on.  The scores are added up through the season and the two worst scores discarded to decide the winner.  In the competition for individuals, you score points in each race according to the percentage of the field you beat and your two worst scores are discarded.  Full details of the rules are in the Grand Prix Rules attachment below, and a full list of prizewinners since the competition started in 2002 are in the Prizewinners attachment.

The fourteenth and last round of the 2024 Grand Prix season took place at the Eynsham 10k on 24th November.  

Both Headington's men and women won the team competition in the Grand Prix with dominant performances, both taking 9 wins out of the 14 possible.  For the men it was their third win, but for the women it was their nineteenth in the 22 years of the competition.  Witney's men's and women's teams both took second place, while Abingdon's teams both took third, their men overhauling Woodstock with wins in the last two races.

Harwell Harriers' men won the small teams' competition for the first time and Woodstock's women also won for the first time with an excellent 4th place overall.  Apologies to Kidlington's women who I previously announced as winners, but in response to a query I checked the status of Woodstock and they definitely qualify as a small team.

Matt Lock won the men's individual competition for the second time with 8 wins in the 12 races he contested.  Connor McGurk was runner-up for the second year running and Tom Baker's win over Tom Preskett at Eynsham took him up to third.  James Bolton last missed out on a podium place in 2006, eight prime-ministers ago.

Lucy Ambrose secured the individual women's trophy several races ago with a couple of wins and consistent good results in the other races.  Katherine Jones was second after putting in a series of top runs in the second half of the season. Yvonne Morris couldn't quite do enough at Eynsham to hold on to third and was overtaken by her team mate Mary Scott.

 Men's TeamsEynsham 10kTotalTotal-2
1Headington Road Runners 539(22)331291
2Witney RR               523(20)284250
3Abingdon AC             543(25)259233
4Woodstock Harriers       459(18)262232
5Cherwell                 368(16)222203
6Harwell Harriers§       75(10)218196
7Eynsham                 139(12)214192
8Banbury Harriers§       108(11)196174
9Didcot§                 301(14)184170
10Alchester               508(19)173159
11White Horse Harriers§   397(17)173159
12Kidlington§             332(15)164150
13Oxford City AC           235(13)156142
14Hook Norton Harriers§   69(09)138124
15Thame Road Runners§     0(07)129115
16Bicester AC§             0(07)114100
 Women's TeamsEynsham 10kTotalTotal-2
1Headington Road Runners 329(25)323289
2Witney RR               316(22)259238
3Abingdon AC             294(19)261235
4Woodstock Harriers§       299(20)250228
5Alchester               177(15)199185
6Eynsham                 171(13)196182
7Oxford City AC           249(17)192178
8Kidlington§             179(16)189175
9Harwell Harriers§       80(11)186172
10Cherwell                 86(12)182168
11White Horse Harriers§   291(18)176162
12Banbury Harriers§       0(07)172158
13Didcot§                 175(14)170156
14Hook Norton Harriers§   47(10)143129
15Thame Road Runners§     0(07)122108
16Bicester AC§             0(07)114100

Women's Individual Leading Positions

 NAMECLUBEynsham 10kGrand TotalBestRaces
1Ambrose, LucyHeadington RR9093193110
2Jones, KatherineWoodstock Harriers A997837838
3Scott, MaryHeadington RR937647648
4Morris, YvonneHeadington RR7575875811
5Glasson, LeonieHeadington Road Runn986856857
6Johnstone, CarolineWoodstock Harriers A846586588
7Cox, CharlotteHeadington RR886316317
8Allred, KateAbingdon AC916186187
9Oldroyd, NicolaHEADINGTON RR426156158
10Myhill, EmilyHeadington Road Runn975775776
11Howard, SallyWitney Road Runners825725727
12Leavesley, NicolaWoodstock Harriers A5356456411
13Millatt, WendyAbingdon AC6054454410
14Beedie, LaurenWitney Road Runners895165166
15Shaw, RachelHeadington Road Runn895055056
16Critchley, JenBanbury Harriers AC04694696
17Finnigan, AndreaKidlington Running a04384386
18Webster, KatieKidlington Running C04234235
19Newell, GeorginaBanbury harriers AC04224225
21Hogger, LisaOxford City AC04184185
20Noble, ChantelleEynsham Road Runners04184185
22Howard, HarrietWitney Road Runners684144146
23Giles, StephanieAlchester Running Cl03963964
24Stubbs, IsabelWitney Road Runners03783784
25Hills, AlisonHeadington Road Runn763573575

Men's Individual Leading Positions

 NAMECLUBEynsham 10kGrand TotalBest Races
1Lock, MatthewWitney Road Runners991191119112
2Mcgurk, ConnorHarwell Harriers01093109312
3Baker, TomEynsham Road Runners8797397311
4Preskett, ThomasWoodstock Harriers A7496196112
5Cousens, RupertHeadington RR7590590512
6Varney, FrancisBanbury harriers AC7688288212
7Marshall, MatthieuHeadington Road Runn1007927928
8Gibson, MatthewHeadington Road Runn897677679
9Fenning, JohnHeadington RR836676678
10Garforth, SamHeadington RR06626627
11Critchley, ArranBanbury harriers AC062059313
12Orr, ChristianWOODSTOCK HARRIERS A785745747
13Shayler, TheoWitney Road Runners545505509
14Cantwell, DaveWoodstock Harriers A05005007
15Morrissey, NeilWitney Road Runners734994998
16Moffett, DougieHEADINGTON RR984864865
18Turner-hibberd, MichDidcot Runners734844846
17Kay, JeremyDidcot Runners3748448410
19Bolton, JamesWoodstock Harriers964744745
21Howard, FraserWitney Road Runners694704708
20Cooke, SeanAbingdon AC654704707
22Large, SimonHarwell Harriers04634637
23Taylor, PaulWitney RR944574575
24Worley, DavidWitney Road Runners494524529
25Lewy, MarkAbingdon AC504454458

 

 

 

DateGP Races in 2024
17/03/2024Goring 10k
24/03/2024Banbury 15
07/04/2024White Horse Half Marathon
25/04/2024Mota-vation-Charlton 
30/06/2024Thame 10k 
07/07/2024Didcot 5
14/07/2024Hornton Classic 6 
04/08/2024Hook Norton 6 
14/08/2024Alchester Summer 5K
25/08/2024Headington 5
07/09/2024Cotswold Classic 10
29/09/2024Hanney 5 (Cancelled - flooding)
05/10/2024Woodstock '12' 
20/10/2024Abingdon Marathon
24/11/2024Eynsham 10K