Oxfordshire AA Road Race Grand Prix

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

 

  Full List of Races in 2023
   19/03/2023 Banbury 15
   02/04/2023 White Horse Half - CANCELLED
   27/04/2023 Motavation Charlton 
   25/06/2023 Thame 10k
   02/07/2023 Didcot 5
      27/07/2023 Motavation Combe II
      06/08/2023 Hook Norton 6
   09/08/2023 Alchester Summer 5k
   27/08/2023 Headington 5
   02/09/2023 Cotswold Classic 10
   09/09/2023 Woodstock 12 (reduced to 8) 
   01/10/2023 Hanney 5 - CANCELLED
   22/10/2023 Abingdon Marathon
   26/11/2023 Eynsham 10k