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Team Races and Results

Teddy Hall Relays – 11th March 2026

Rob’s homage to the great Sir Roger Bannister

The St Edmund ‘Teddy’ Hall Relays started in 1960 and featured teams from Oxford and Cambridge. Now organized by Oxford University Cross-Country Club, it includes local runners and athletics clubs as well as University students, this year had over 500 runners from 128 teams.

Starting and finishing on the iconic Sir Roger Bannister track, where the four minute mile was broken, the scenic 4.35 mile course runs through the centre of Oxford.

Teddy Hall 2018

We always love Teddy Hall Relays for racing around Roger Bannister’s legendary Iffley Road Track and through Oxford, against the young university students.
 
Each team has 4 runners, with each doing a 7k (4.3 miles) leg from the track, along the towpath and through Christ Church Meadow.
The first runner sets off at 1.30pm, so competitors will need to squeeze it into their lunchtime, or better still, take the afternoon off.
 
Don’t worry about your pace. All Harriers welcome. It’s a fun afternoon, followed by jam sandwiches back at St Edmunds Hall. 
Please contact Simon Leech if you would like to be in a team.

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Pictures courtesy of Barry Cornelius here

Ridgeway Relay – 28th June 2026

A fantastic relay following Englands oldest road 86 miles from Ivinghoe Beacon to Marlborough.  With 10 legs through the AONB Chilterns and the North Wessex Downs, you can be sure you’ll see beautiful countryside and a hill or two.

It’s been a popular with Harriers over recent years and we’ve regularly run several teams.  2017 was our best result yet, with three teams competing and our ‘A’ team coming 3rd overall in a field of around 40.  2017 race report

If you are interested in competing or be a reserve, please contact our enthusiastic Team Manager, Kevin Sinclair.  More info

2025 RIDGEWAY RELAY REPORT

Oxbelt – 19th July 2026

Since 2024, Harriers have been fielding one or two teams each year for the local Oxbelt Relay, taking bronze in 2025:

OxBelt is a trail relay run around the 54 mile circular Oxford Green Belt Way, taking in the picturesque countryside and historic villages surrounding Oxford. Created in 2007 to celebrate 50 years of Oxford’s green belt and 75 years of Oxfordshire’s branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the route celebrates the protected countryside surrounding the city of Oxford.

If you are interested in competing or be a reserve in this epic loop around our nearest city, please contact our enthusiastic Team Co-managers, Lucie Bouard and Pete Bedwell.  More info

2025 OXBELT RELAY REPORT