2022 Banbury 15

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2022 Banbury 15

The Banbury 15 is a 15M road race that takes place on rural roads to the North of Banbury visiting the villages of Cropredy, Claydon and Appletree. It's the first race in the 2022 Oxfordshire AA Road Race Grand Prix.
The route of the Banbury 15 is shown on the following map which is taken from this PDF which is on 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. 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!

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

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. These details are ordered by the position of the runner.

James Bolton (123, Woodstock_Harriers) was 1st and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 01:23:57.

Tim Campion-Smith (175, Oxford_City_AC) was 2nd and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 01:25:48.

Matthew Lock (90, Witney_Road_Runners) was 3rd and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 01:27:28.

Neil Pinnell (101, Oxford_City_AC) was 4th and the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 01:29:37.

Lachlan Arthur (107, Oxford_Uni) was 5th and the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 01:32:02.

Adam Smith (136, Woodstock_Harriers) was 6th and the 4th SM finishing in a time of 01:36:04.

Hans Price (82, Woodstock_Harriers) was 7th and the 3rd MV40 finishing in a time of 01:36:38.

Marcus Hill (73, Oxford_City_AC) was 9th and the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 01:39:02.

Carl Gaden (78, Oxford_City_AC) was 10th and the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 01:39:03.

Graham Bridges (62, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 3rd MV50 finishing in a time of 01:44:29.

Chris Bedford (95, Abingdon_AC) was the 4th MV50 finishing in a time of 01:45:23.

Christopher Woodruff (66, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 01:46:28.

Mark Lewy (61, Abingdon_AC) was the 3rd MV60 finishing in a time of 01:50:15.

David Coates (94, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 01:59:22.

Paul Molyneaux (104, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 2nd MV70 finishing in a time of 02:11:15.

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. These details are ordered by the position of the runner.

Claire True (45, Alchester_RC) was the 1st female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 01:48:03.

Rachel Piper (19, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 2nd female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 01:50:27.

Donna Allen (115, Hook_Norton_Harriers) was the 3rd female and the 2nd FV35 finishing in a time of 01:52:07.

Clare Hazell (130, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 4th female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 01:53:27.

Jacqueline Hall (54, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 5th female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 01:54:02.

Katie Webster (147, Kidlington_RC) was the 7th female and the 4th FV35 finishing in a time of 01:59:40.

Andrea Finnigan (119, Kidlington_RC) was the 8th female and the 2nd FV45 finishing in a time of 01:59:40.

Rosamond Hall (34, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 02:07:30.

Abbie Mann (109, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd SL finishing in a time of 02:08:20.

Jenny Robinson (6, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 2nd FV55 finishing in a time of 02:11:36.

Wendy Millatt (131, Abingdon_AC) was the 1st FV65 finishing in a time of 02:16:38.

Kate Williamson (33, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 2nd FV65 finishing in a time of 02:18:53.

Sue Hirst (10, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 3rd FV55 finishing in a time of 02:23:55.

Sharon Bedford (53, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 4th FV55 finishing in a time of 02:27:00.

Annie Heaney (20, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 4th SL finishing in a time of 02:31:54.

Postscript

If you did the Banbury 15 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.