2019 Cotswold Classic 10

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2019 Cotswold Classic 10

As very few races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". Today, I'm looking at the Cotswold Classic 10.

The Cotswold Classic 10 is a 10M road race organised by Witney Road Runners. Last year's race took place on Sat Sep 7th 2019. It was the 11th race in the Oxfordshire AA Road Grand Prix and it was also the long distance race in the Oxfordshire AA Road County Championships.

This year's race was to have taken place today (Sat Sep 5th 2020). Unfortunately, because of Covid-19, it has had to be cancelled.

By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.

The route of the race

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The above map is taken from a post in August 2019 on the Facebook page for the race. As you can see the course is shaped like a letter P and it starts/finishes at the bottom end of the stem. The start/finish is at Kings School on New Yatt Road in Witney and on the loop (which is done does anti-clockwise) it visits New Yatt, North Leigh, East End and Wilcote Manor before returning to New Yatt. Somewhere I read this description: "it's a relatively hilly/undulating course with one particularly long climb known locally as the 'hillzakilla' (total elevation gain is 518ft)." It's marked as 'Caution: Hillzakilla' on the map. "However, there is a very fast finish - the last 1.5M from New Yatt is more or less downhill."

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2019 Cotswold Classic 10

Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

James Bolton (31, Woodstock_Harriers) was 1st and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 55:02.3.

Harry Earl (99, Woodstock_Harriers) was 2nd and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 55:20.2.
It was a good race for the men of Woodstock Harriers as James Bolton and Harry Earl took 1st and 2nd places with only 18 seconds separating them.

Tegs Jones (421, Witney_Road_Runners) was 3rd and the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 56:38.9.

Carl Gaden (125, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 1:02:30.1.

Robert Kerr (207, Alchester_RC) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 1:12:56.7.

Phil Kimber (209, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 1:18:38.3.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

James Clayton (61, Abingdon_AC) was the 6th SM finishing in a time of 1:01:17.5.

Mark Scrivener (311, Banbury_Harriers) was the 23rd MV50 finishing in a time of 1:15:01.0.

Turgay Alihos (374, Brackley_and_District_RC) was the 46th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:21:38.0 - no photo.

Ian Thomas (457, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 3rd MV50 finishing in a time of 1:04:00.6.

Bill Leggate (225, Cirencester_AC) was 4th and the 3rd MV40 finishing in a time of 57:57.9.

Michael Suggate (456, Didcot_Runners) was the 12th SM finishing in a time of 1:04:03.1.

Tom Baker (10, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 9th SM finishing in a time of 1:03:07.8.
This photo also shows Mark Sysum (331, Cirencester_AC) and John Fenning (110, Headington_RoadRunners).

Steve Hetherington (405, Harwell_Harriers) was the 33rd MV50 finishing in a time of 1:19:37.5.
The photo also has Stephanie Cook, Darren Readman (both from Thame_Runners) and Robert Lukehurst (234, unattached).

David Bannister (14, Hook_Norton_Harriers) was the 7th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:02:35.5.

Graham Hope (409, Kidlington_RC) was 9th and the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 59:44.0.

Rob Elmore (102, Leighton_Buzzard_AC) was 7th and the 4th SM finishing in a time of 58:36.5.

Lewis Cousins (72, Lonely_Goat_RC) was the 43rd SM finishing in a time of 1:21:41.3.

Simon Boast (30, Marlborough_RC) was the 4th MV60 finishing in a time of 1:18:20.7.

Mark Kennedy (424, Northampton_RR) was the 30th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:13:57.1.
This photo also has Yvonne Morris (255, Headington_RoadRunners).

Michael Garry (400, Oxford_City_AC) was the 11th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:03:51.2.

Andrew Newton (477, Thame_Runners) was the 13th MV50 finishing in a time of 1:08:43.5.

Keith Rochester (302, Vegan_Runners) was the 20th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:08:38.8.

Matthew Jobson (190, White_Horse_Harriers) was 8th and the 5th SM finishing in a time of 58:48.0.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2019 Cotswold Classic 10

Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Frankie Snare (323, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 1:04:41.6.
It was a good race for the women of the host club as their Frankie Snare was the first woman to finish and their Isabel Stubbs was the 4th woman.

Kate Allred (2, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 2nd female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 1:06:30.6.

Liz McAllister (244, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 3rd female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 1:06:38.6.
Eynsham women also did well as they grabbed three prizes: Kate Allred and Liz McAllister were the 2nd and 3rd women claiming the 1st FV45 and the 1st FV35 prizes with only 8 seconds separating them. In addition, Kate Williamson was the 1st FV65.

Caroline Kerr (206, Alchester_RC) was the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 1:20:46.8.
As in other races in 2019, the husband and wife Kerrs of Alchester RC did well with Robert Kerr being the first MV60 (of 26 MV60s) and Caroline Kerr being the 1st FV55 (of 21 FV55s).

Kate Williamson (369, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 1st FV65 finishing in a time of 1:23:28.9.

Photos of female runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first female runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than one runner competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Lucy Shelton (316, Abingdon_AC) was the 7th SL finishing in a time of 1:15:35.2.

Louise Follner (116, Brackley_and_District_RC) was the 12th SL finishing in a time of 1:22:05.0.

Hannah Kennedy (205, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 10th SL finishing in a time of 1:19:53.9.

Sarah Whitehouse (356, Cirencester_AC) was the 34th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:32:38.7 - no photo.

Tina Wise (371, Didcot_Runners) was the 8th female and the 4th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:11:02.8.

Rachel Mulvaney (259, Harwell_Harriers) was the 14th SL finishing in a time of 1:23:11.8.

Emily Georgiades (128, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 6th female and the 3rd SL finishing in a time of 1:08:54.2.

Susie Morgan (254, Hook_Norton_Harriers) was the 12th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:18:59.6.

Andrea Finnigan (113, Kidlington_RC) was the 9th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:16:00.7.
At this point, Andrea is running alongside teammate Lu Rahman.

Kate Johnson (191, Leighton_Buzzard_AC) was the 30th SL finishing in a time of 1:38:08.9 - no photo.

Samantha Cousins (73, Lonely_Goat_RC) was the 18th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:26:02.7.

Abbie Holmes (176, Marlborough_RC) was the 44th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:37:04.4.

Faye Sharpley (315, Thame_Runners) was the 5th female and the 2nd FV35 finishing in a time of 1:07:36.7.

Rachel Whiting (357, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 7th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:14:04.7.

Lucy Dunn (96, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 13th SL finishing in a time of 1:22:21.7.

Postscript

If you did the Cotswold Classic 10 in 2019 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from the results web page. That web page not only has the results of the race but also the runner's result in the Oxfordshire AA Road County Championships.

If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.

I'm planning for my next review to be of the 2019 Overton 5. I'm hoping to post that review tomorrow (Sun Sep 6th 2020).

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. As well as a lot of postponed/cancelled races(!), it is now beginning to includes several races that plan to abide by the Covid-19 regulations. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.

This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2020-09-05-witney. It was created on September 2nd 2020 and last updated on September 5th 2020.