Match 1 of the 2021-22 Chiltern XC League took place at Horspath near Oxford. Each match of the Chiltern XC League has 10 races for U11 girls, U11 boys, U13 girls, U13 boys, U15 girls, U15 boys, U17/U20 women, senior/vet women, U17 men and U20/senior/vet men.
The above image shows the race route of the U20/senior/vet men's race.
It is taken from this document on the organiser's website.
The race used the area near to the track at the
Horspath Athletics and Sports Ground
and the area to the North up into Shotover Woods.
As shown in that document, the other races used shorter variants of this route.
Although many of the paths are often muddy, it was mainly dry for the Match on Oct 16th 2021.
By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.
Here are some photos of the male Oxfordshire club runners who were in the top 4 of their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.
Finley Colverson-Martin (2412, Bicester_AC) was 2nd and the 2nd MU17 finishing in a time of 19:15.52.
Jonas Tipping (2595, Radley_AC) was 3rd and the 3rd MU13 finishing in a time of 11:09.07 - No photo.
Joshua Cumberland (2589, Radley_AC) was 3rd and the 3rd MU17 finishing in a time of 19:43.47.
Ben Cumberland (2592, Radley_AC) was 8th and the 1st MU20 finishing in a time of 30:21.52.
James Eve (1427, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 33:10.21.
Fergus Campbell (1407, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 2nd MV50 finishing in a time of 34:49.70.
John Griffiths (1401, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd MV60 finishing in a time of 40:37.60.
Stewart Thorp (2079, Oxford_City_AC) was the 4th MV60 finishing in a time of 40:59.01.
Here are some photos of the female Oxfordshire club runners who were in the top 4 of their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.
Tacita Kentish (2056, Oxford_City_AC) was the 4th FU11 finishing in a time of 07:51.20 - No photo.
Georgina Halfhead (2810, Abingdon_AC) was the 2nd FU20 finishing in a time of 23:26.62.
Stephanie Cook (2231, Thame_Runners) was the 2nd FV55 finishing in a time of 28:14.24.
Anita James (2234, Thame_Runners) was the 4th FV55 finishing in a time of 29:27.76.
Helen Turley (1462, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 2nd FV65 finishing in a time of 31:43.22.
Jackie Duvall (1469, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd FV65 finishing in a time of 33:01.85.
If you did the Chiltern XC League Match 1 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. And here's a link to the results web page.