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2023 Banbury 15

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2023 Banbury 15

The Banbury 15 is a 15M road race that starts from Spiceball Park, then continues on the footpath alongide the A423 before venturing into the countryside visiting the villages of Little Bourton, Great Bourton, Cropredy, Claydon and Appletree. The organiser's website says "Forget monotonous courses, the Banbury Run is seriously rural!".

map of the race route.
The above map is taken from the organiser's website. The course is a shaped like a letter P, the out and back bit being about 5M long. This out and back bit starts along narrow paths in Spiceball Park. It continues on a footpath that accompanies the A423. The first hill is alongside this main road at about 1.75M. At about 2.4M, the course leaves the main road and ventures into the countryside first visiting the villages of Little Bourton, Great Bourton and Cropredy. At 5M, the circular 5M bit of the P starts. Here there is a short hill and at 6M there is a longer hill. At the top, you reach a village called Claydon. In my opinion, the nicest part of the course is between 6.6M and 8M: so peaceful on a quiet, narrow lane that crosses the Oxford Canal (between Claydon and Appletree). Unfortunately, this tranquillity is shattered by a significant hill at 8M - and in the future by being only 1K from 225 mph trains on the HS2 railway line - this map shows how close it comes. Just after the 10M marker, you complete the circular bit of the course. And just after 11M you meet the last hill which is on the approach to Great Bourton. You know it's coming as you went down it on the way out!

Male runners who did well

Here are some details of the male Oxfordshire club runners who were in the top 4 of their age category.

Matthew Lock (122, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 1st MTop3 finishing in a time of 01:24:04.

Alex Briscoe (25, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 3rd MTop3 finishing in a time of 01:27:08.

Henry Sleight (174, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers/Team_Cherwell_Triathlon_Club) was the 1st SM finishing in a time of 01:27:21.

James Bolton (217, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 01:27:23.

Paul Fernandez (68, Abingdon_AC) was the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 01:28:46.

Lachlan Arthur (224, Oxford_Uni) was the 4th SM finishing in a time of 01:33:17.

Mike Healey (94, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 01:36:40.

Neil Greig (84, Alchester_RC) was the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 01:38:25.

Ian Hunter (111, Alchester_RC) was the 2nd MV50 finishing in a time of 01:41:50.

Dale Ellis (60, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 3rd MV50 finishing in a time of 01:43:40.

Graham Bridges (24, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 4th MV50 finishing in a time of 01:43:40.

Mike Scott (162, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 01:52:55.

Danny Batchelor (13, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 2nd MV60 finishing in a time of 01:54:06.

Steve Cowls (43, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd MV60 finishing in a time of 01:55:01.

Kevin Byrne (31, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 02:41:46.

Female runners who did well

Here are some details of the female Oxfordshire club runners who were in the top 4 of their age category.

Leonie Glasson (82, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st FTop3 finishing in a time of 01:44:36.

Stephanie Giles (80, Alchester_RC) was the 2nd FTop3 finishing in a time of 01:45:02.

Claire True (203, Alchester_RC) was the 3rd FTop3 finishing in a time of 01:46:07.

Rachel Piper (215, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 01:47:13.

Kate Daniels (47, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 2nd FV35 finishing in a time of 01:48:24.

Donna Allen (6, Hook_Norton_Harriers) was the 3rd FV35 finishing in a time of 01:49:11.

Edwina Colclough (37, Alchester_RC) was the 4th FV35 finishing in a time of 01:49:57.

Clare Hazell (93, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 2nd FV45 finishing in a time of 01:53:17.

Charlotte Cox (44, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 01:54:05.

Nicola Oldroyd (145, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd SL finishing in a time of 01:54:22.

Emily White (198, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 4th SL finishing in a time of 01:55:39.

Yvonne Morris (134, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd FV45 finishing in a time of 01:58:49.

Rachel Shaw (166, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 4th FV45 finishing in a time of 01:58:49.

Nadine Hunter (112, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 02:05:50.

Ros Burgess (27, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 2nd FV55 finishing in a time of 02:07:30.

Clare Curnow (46, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 4th FV55 finishing in a time of 02:11:37.

Wendy Millatt (132, Abingdon_AC) was the 1st FV65 finishing in a time of 02:14:11.

Jackie Duvall (57, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 2nd FV65 finishing in a time of 02:29:20.

Postscript

Here's a link to the web page giving the results of the event.