While the Great Eastern Half Marathon was stopped because of a security alert just after the start and the Birmingham Half was cut short for the same reason, all the 6,839 finishers had to cope with in Sunday’s Oxford Half Marathon was a torrential downpour from start to finish.
On Sunday more than 600 children from 13 rugby clubs and seven Counties - including Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire will be playing in one of the UK’s largest independent Minis & Juniors Rugby Festivals, the Oakman Cup, at Allianz Park, home of Saracens.
Coventry Plumbing boss Kev Kingham was full of praise for his side after a destructive second-half performance saw them thrash hosts Triumph 9-3 in the Coventry Charity Cup.
Manager Paul Holleran remained upbeat despite his Leamington side slipping to a third consecutive league defeat on their own turf, writes Paul Edwards.
Leading scorer Levi Steele led the way with a hat-trick as Saints ran up a big score for the second week running to progress to the next round of the Coventry Charity Cup, writes David Hucker.
Southam United went to the top of the uhlsport Hellenic League Division Two North, demolishing Long Crendon Reserves with their best performance of the season so far, writes David Hucker.
Leamington suffered another disappointing FA Cup exit, bowing out at the hands of their fellow National League North side after again falling short in both boxes, writes Paul Okey.
The new Leamington League season has had a faltering start due to teething problems with the league website which caused many matches to be postponed, writes Phil John.
