Oxfordshire AA Road Race Grand Prix | Oxfordshire Athletics

The Oxfordshire Road Race Grand Prix is competed for over 14 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 twelfth and final round of the 2023 Grand Prix season took place at the Eynsham 10k on 26nd November.

In the men's team competition Witney and Abingdon entered the race tied for first place, but on the day Witney finished their entire team before Abingdon's first scoring runner, to take the trophy for the fifth time and the third time in the last four years. Abingdon came second, despite winning more races than Witney, and Headington, last year's winners, came third. Woodstock won the small team's competition.

Among the women, Headington won the shield for the 18th time in the 21 years of the Grand Prix, with Witney second and Alchester third. Cherwell's women, in a close fourth place, won the small team's competition for the first time.

Matt Lock won the individual men's trophy 16 years after his dad, Tony, last won it. Tony still has bragging rights, though, because he won it twice. Connor McGurk from Harwell Harriers took second place in an agonisingly close contest with James Bolton. They tied on points, but Connor won 5 of their head-to-heads against James's 4. James' third place means that he has featured in the top three of the Grand Prix every year since 2007, when he was beaten to the trophy by Tony Lock

Leonie Glasson won the individual womens' trophy by a significant margin from Emily White, with Sally Howard in third place.

Results below ...

Team Standings

Men's Teams Eynsham 10k Total Best 10 of 12

1 Witney RR 597 (25) 258 220

2 Abingdon AC 547 (19) 242 214

3 Headington Road Runners 549 (20) 239 208

4 Woodstock Harriers§ 525 (18) 227 196

5 Oxford City AC 570 (22) 188 176

6 Harwell Harriers§ 278 (14) 185 173

7 Cherwell 483 (15) 197 172

8 Alchester 499 (17) 180 168

9 White Horse Harriers§ 485 (16) 168 153

10 Eynsham 89 (12) 154 142

11 Kidlington§ 221 (13) 152 134

12 Banbury Harriers§ 0 (6) 114 102

13 Hook Norton Harriers§ 0 (6) 113 101

14 Thame Road Runners§ 0 (6) 106 94

15 Bicester AC§ 0 (6) 96 84

16 Didcot§ 0 (6) 87 75

17 Adderbury 0 (6) 78 66

Women's Teams Eynsham 10k Total Best 10 of 12

1 Headington Road Runners 322 (25) 282 247

2 Witney RR 312 (22) 232 209

3 Alchester 307 (20) 200 188

4 Cherwell§ 282 (18) 212 185

5 Abingdon AC 244 (16) 211 183

6 Kidlington§ 190 (15) 184 169

7 Eynsham 173 (14) 179 167

8 Harwell Harriers 2 (13) 151 139

9 White Horse Harriers 294 (19) 135 123

10 Oxford City AC§ 0 (6) 113 101

11 Hook Norton Harriers§ 0 (6) 106 94

12 Banbury Harriers§ 0 (6) 99 87

13 Thame Road Runners§ 0 (6) 96 84

14 Bicester AC§ 0 (6) 93 81

15 Adderbury§ 0 (6) 90 78

16 Didcot§ 0 (6) 85 73

Women's Individual Standings

NAME CLUB Eynsham 10 Total Best Races

1 Glasson, Leonie Headington RR 99 875 875 9

2 White, Emily Cherwell Runners & J 89 774 774 9

3 Howard, Sally Witney Road Runners 85 740 740 9

4 Cox, Charlotte Headington RR 92 715 715 8

5 Webster, Katie Kidlington 0 572 572 7

6 Sergeant, Kate Headington RR 77 540 540 8

7 FRADIN KLUG, IRENA HEADINGTON ROADRUNNE 90 524 524 6

8 True, Claire Alchester Running Cl 0 491 491 5

9 AMBROSE, Lucy Headington Road Runn 95 466 466 5

10 Colclough, Edwina Alchester Running Cl 91 460 460 5

11 Millatt, Wendy ABINGDON AC 55 426 426 8

11 FABES, Jane Abingdon AC 68 426 426 6

13 Robinson, Jenny CHERWELL RUNNERS & J 82 408 408 6

14 RENDELL, Sarah Abingdon AC 0 388 388 4

15 HUMPHREYS, Clare Headington Road Runn 0 367 367 5

16 MCINTYRE, Jennifer Headington Road Runn 50 366 366 7

17 COLLINS, Robin Headington Road Runn 0 364 364 6

18 Shaw, Rachel Headington RR 94 346 346 4

19 Winder, Rosie Headington RR 0 345 345 7

20 KAY, Lisa Witney Roadrunners 0 341 341 4

21 JOHNSTONE, Caroline WOODSTOCK HARRIERS 86 330 330 4

22 Howard, Harriet Witney Roadrunners 87 328 328 4

23 COMPTON, Becks Abingdon AC 0 319 319 5

24 Court, Claire Alchester Running Cl 80 317 317 5

25 LEAVESLEY, Nicola WOODSTOCK HARRIERS 53 316 316 6

Men's Individual Standings

NAME CLUB Eynsham 10k Total Best Races
1 Lock, Matthew Witney Road Runners 100 1198 1000 12
2 MCGURK, CONNOR HARWELL HARRIERS 97 966 966 10
3 Bolton, James Woodstock Harriers A 99 966 966 10
4 Briscoe, Alex White Horse Harriers 96 943 943 10
5 Preskett, Thomas Woodstock Harriers A 79 788 737 11
6 Cantwell, David Woodstock Harriers A 77 653 653 10
7 Healey, Mike Headington RR 86 593 593 7
8 PRICE, Hans WOODSTOCK HARRIERS 81 584 584 7
9 Cousens, Rupert Headington RR 79 566 566 8
10 Howard, Fraser Witney Road Runners 75 557 557 9
11 O'gorman, Shaun Alchester Running Cl 0 556 556 8
12 WEIR, Cameron Abingdon AC 94 555 555 6
13 Fenning, John Headington RR 0 547 547 7
14 Batchelor, Thomas Cherwell Runners & J 84 534 534 7
15 CUNNINGHAM, Max WITNEY ROAD RUNNERS 92 528 528 6
16 CASSON, Liam Cherwell Runners & J 71 503 503 7
17 Batchelor, Danny Cherwell Runners & J 52 490 490 10
18 Fernandez, Paul Abingdon AC 0 471 471 5
19 WATKINSON, David WOODSTOCK HARRIERS 82 461 461 6
20 Thomas, Dewi Cherwell Runners & J 0 450 450 6
21 Pinnell, Neil Oxford City AC 93 449 449 5
22 Needle, Lee Kidlington Running C 47 446 446 10
23 DOWNEY, Will Witney Roadrunners 78 430 430 6
24 Morabito, Giuseppe Harwell Harriers 0 416 416 5