Edit Details & Transfer Entry
The event organiser has given you the ability to edit your details and transfer your entry should you no longer be able to take part. Please ensure that you do this before the closing date as you will no longer be able to use this facility after this date.
Editing Details & Transferring Entries Close: 21st March 2025 05:59:59
Information
Bedford Harriers AC is delighted to accept entries for our popular 20-mile Oakley 20 open road running race.
Taking place in the villages to the north of Bedford, on Sunday, 23rd March 2025, this sell-out race starts in the village of Oakley. Two circular laps take runners through Pavenham, Felmersham and Stevington villages with a finish outside Lincroft Academy School in Oakley. The course is measured, undulating and not suitable for wheelchair athletes.
Starting at 09:30, the race is limited to 800 entrants and the minimum age of competitors is 18 years and over on the day of the race. All finishers receive an iconic Oakley 20 hoodie as a race memento. There is a strict 4½-hour time limit to complete the course. Race incorporates Bedfordshire AAA County Championship (entry criteria applies).
Course records are currently held by Matthew Janes 1:48:10 (male, 2009) and Philippa Taylor 2:07:49 (female, 2011).
Changing facilities * toilets * secure baggage * hot & cold refreshments * medical provision * water stations * iconic hoodie to finishers * AG & Team Awards * Chip start to chip finish.
On the course, runners can expect enthusiastic support and encouragement from the Bedford Harriers marshals and sweep vehicle.
An Entry Transfer facility is available.
Bedford Harriers AC operates a strict NO head/earphones/open ear/bone conducting head/earphones or similar equipment policy at all our races. Any runner found to be wearing anything other than a medical or prescription device to aid hearing will be disqualified.
Entry Options
Affiliated Entry Fee | 18+ years | MUST be a member of a club affiliated to ARC or UKA | £39.00 |
Unaffiliated Entry Fee | 18+ years | £41.00 |
Participants
Roy Young | Eye Community Runners |
Yuichi Yoshinaga | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Keith Yexley | Biggleswade AC |
Simon Yeung | N/A |
Tania Yelland | Redway Runners |
Richard Yeeles | N/A |
James Woodcock | Stevenage Phoenix |
Rebecca Wood | N/A |
Renette Wolvaardt | Bedford Harriers AC |
Ellie Wiseman | HRTC |
Toby Willson | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Ed Williamson | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
Graham Williams | N/A |
Kaye Williams | Redway Runners |
Luke Williams | Olney Runners AC |
Ian Wild | Wootton Road Runners |
Anita White | Harpenden Arrows Running Club |
Tom white | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
Jonathan White | Alchester Running Club |
Gareth White | Bubbleworks Run Co. |
Tony Welsh | Redway Runners |
Kirsty Weavers | Saint Edmund Pacers |
andrew wasdell | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
Teresa Warren | Dunstable RRC |
Michael Ward | N/A |
Tom Ward | N/A |
Ian Warboys | N/A |
Nicola Walton | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Lisa Wall | N/A |
Matt Wadsworth | N/A |
Debbie Vanner | Team MK |
Kevyn Upton | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Kevin Tustain | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Abigail Turner | Bedford Harriers AC |
Carl Tucker | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Gareth Tucker | Gade Valley Harriers |
Jonathan Tripp | Lonely Goat RC |
Martin Trinder | N/A |
Sonia Trickey | Cambridge & Coleridge AC |
Paul Treadwell | BRJ Huntingdon RRC |
Shane Tomlinson | Bishops Stortford RC |
John Thatcher | N/A |
Sunil Teeluck | N/A |
Steven Tebbutt | N/A |
Jennifer Teachey | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Chas Taylor | Trent Park RC |
Robby Taylor | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Anthony Tarrant | Thumbs-up Running Crew |
Paul Swinburne | Biggleswade AC |
Ruth Swift | Brackley and District RC |
Shelley Swift | Hinckley RC |
Matt Sweeting | N/A |
RAJASHEKAR SUNKARA | N/A |
Sarah Summers | N/A |
Ian Styles | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Graham Sturge | N/A |
philip Stewart-Oram | N/A |
Katherine Stewart | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Christopher Stapleton | Bushfield Joggers |
Andy Spilling-Donnaloia | N/a |
Fiona Spendlove | Redway Runners |
Emma sparrow | N/A |
Kate Southorn | n/a |
Tim Southam | Bedford Harriers AC |
Alexandra Snelling-Day | N/A |
Tim Smith | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Veronica Singleton-Lawley | Bedford Harriers AC |
Chatinder Singh | Bedford Harriers AC |
Richard Simpson | N/A |
Jodi Simpson | N/A |
Jo Simmons | Bedford Harriers AC |
jonathan sidwick | Bedford Harriers AC |
Karen Shurlock | BRJ Huntingdon RRC |
Simon Short | N/A |
Claire Short | N/A |
John Shields | N/A |
Jennifer Shields | N/A |
Alistair Shiach | N/a |
Ellie Sherriffs | Bedford Harriers AC |
michael sharman | leighton buzzard triathlon club |
Damon Seymour | Northampton Road Runners |
Christopher Setterfield | N/A |
Francine Setterfield | N/A |
EDWARD SCHOFIELD | Bedford & County AC |
Barry Ryan | n/a |
Michelina Russo | N/A |
Peter Russell | St Albans Striders |
Emma Rundall-Hadley | Alchester Running Club |
Laura Rundall-Hadley | Alchester Running Club |
Alex Royden | Pensby Runners |
Jonathan Ross | n/a |
David Rootes | Royston Runners |
Vanessa Rolfe | North Herts RRC |
Jacquetta Rodgers | N/A |
Paul ROBINSON | N/A |
Emma Ringrose | N/A |
Fiona Riddell | St Albans Striders |
Helen Richards | N/A |
Luise Renwick | N-a |
Jain Reid | BA Athletics Club |
Jacqueline Reid | Metropolitan Police AC |
Sandy Reeve-Smith | Stopsley Striders |
Matthew Reed | Wootton Road Runners |
Gary Reader | St Neots Riverside Runners |
Martin Read | Stopsley Striders |
Joseph Ramsden | Wellingborough & District AC |
Lee Radley | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Kenny Quinnell | N/A |
Julie Pritchett | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Stuart Price | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Claire Price | Huntingdonshire AC |
Emily Prejac | Dunstable Lions Running Club |
Graham Pratt | Bedford Harriers AC |
Ruth Power | Dunstable RRC |
Issy Powell | Bedford Harriers AC |
Lara Pocock | Saint Edmund Pacers |
James Plowman | N/A |
Simon Place | Olney Runners AC |
Chris Pitkin | Chiltern Harriers AC |
Kath Phoenix | Stevenage Phoenix Running Club |
Louise Pettman | Bushfield Joggers |
Sue Pearson | N/A |
Nikunj Patel | N/A |
Ken Parsons | Bedford Harriers AC |
Danielle Parmenter | Cambridge & Coleridge AC |
Fern Parker | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Martyn Paramore | N/A |
Hon-Wai Pang | Yaxley Runners & Joggers |
Julian Palfreyman | N/A |
Sarah Pake | N/A |
Andrew Page | Saffron Striders RC |
Vittorio Paci | Bedford Harriers AC |
Lauren Owens | Bedford Harriers AC |
Paul Owen | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Nicholas Ost | Wootton Road Runners |
Michael Orme | N/A |
Johanna ORegan | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Arthur Oliva | Saffron Striders RC |
Adrian Olik | Bushfield Joggers |
Victoria Olik | Bushfield Joggers |
Maurice O'Connell | Redway Runners |
Helen Nuttall | North Herts RRC |
Josh Noon | N/A |
Alice Noakes | North Herts RRC |
Mariska Niemeijer | N/a |
Chris Nicholson | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
Rachael Nichols | Fenland Running Club |
Fiona Newman | Vegan Runners UK |
Dean Newman | N/A |
Kate Neale | Stopsley Striders |
Jon Narbett | Bedford Harriers AC |
Rory Myner | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Alan Mutch | Desborough & Rothwell Running Club |
andrew murphy | Bedford Bellybusters |
Bonnie Murphy | Clapham Chasers |
Jon Murphy | N/A |
Helen Munday | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
andrew mumford | Wootton Road Runners |
Debbie Morris | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Victoria Moreton | Team balancise |
Sharon Mitchell-Hall | N/A |
Michelle Mihill | Rutland Running AND Triathlon club |
Natasha Michael | Saint Edmund Pacers |
Angela Mensing | Stone Master Marathoners |
Steve Megson | Yaxley Runners & Joggers |
Joel McNamara | N/A |
Maria Mckenna | Dunstable Road Runnets |
Gary Mckeaveney | Bedford Harriers AC |
Andrea McGrellis | Bedford Harriers AC |
Louise McDonnell | Wymondham AC |
Neil McDonald | Wellingborough & District AC |
Sophie Mcdiarmid | N/A |
Chris McCauley | Portsmouth Joggers |
Cheryl McCauley | Portsmouth Joggers |
Mollie McAllister | Wellingborough & District AC |
Julie Martin | Redway Runners |
Gareth Marshall | Lonely Goat RC |
Louise Markham | N/A |
Alison March | Leighton Fun Runners |
Joanna Makowska | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Patrick Maier | Cambridge & Coleridge AC |
Meera Mahadevan | Newmarket Joggers |
Matthew Ma | Leighton Fun Runners |
Henry Lynn | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Justine Lynch | Bristol & West AC |
Stephen Lymbery | Leighton Fun Runners |
Darren Lydon | N/A |
Evelyn Lutterodt | Stopsley Striders |
Vicky Lucas | Bedford Harriers AC |
Peter Low | N/A |
Andy Lodge | N/A |
Neil Loake | Kettering Town Harriers |
Rob Lisanti | Buckingham & Stowe |
Vanessa Lipski | Bedford Harriers AC |
Chris Ling | Olney Runners AC |
Vicky Linfoot | Stamford Striders |
Paul Lewis | N/A |
David Lee | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Helen Leach | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Claire Lancaster | N/A |
Nicky Laitner | St Albans Striders |
John Kokot-Blamey | N/A |
Rowan Knight | N/A |
Karen Knaggs | N/a |
Adam Knaggs | N/A |
Joe Kirk | St Albans Striders |
Dom Kingsman | Redway Runners |
Tom Kingham | North Herts RRC |
Olivia Kiernan | St Albans Striders’s |
Flain Kerry | Hitchin Hares |
Michael Kendall | Wootton Road Runners |
Gavin Kendall | Rugby & Northampton AC |
Clare Keir | N/A |
Melanie Joy | Bedford Harriers AC |
Becky Jones | Cambridge & Coleridge AC |
Jady Jones | Redway Runners |
Oliver Jones | Bedford Harriers AC |
Kirsty Jones | Bedford Harriers AC |
Nathan Jones | N/a |
Mary Jones | Olney Runners AC |
Andrew Johnson | N/A |
Tony Jenner | N/A |
Andrew Jarvis | Ramsey Road Runners |
Carmel Jarman | Dunstable RRC |
Gillian Jakeman | Wootton Road Runners |
Louisa Jackson | Bedford Harriers AC |
Paul Jackson | N/A |
Amy Inchley | Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club |
Ian Hunter | Alchester Running Club |
Wendy Hunter | Alchester Running Club |
Holly Hunter | N/A |
Leanne Hunt | N/A |
Anthony Howell | Redway Runners |
George Houghton | Wellingborough & District AC |
Nikki Horner | Bedford Harriers AC |
Philip Horan | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Kirstin Homewood | Yaxley Runners & Joggers |
Amber Holland | Redway Runners |
Brett Holland | N/a |
Julian Holden | Wellingborough & District AC |
Adam Hills | Bedford Harriers AC |
Sarah Hicking | N/A |
Karen Heslop | Brackley and District RC |
Rebecca Herring | N/A |
Gerrard Herring | N/A |
Julie Herring | Redway Runners |
Josh Hendrickson | N/A |
Maurice Hemingway | St Neots Riverside Runners |
Natalie Heathfield | Running Buddies |
Mollie Hawes | St Albans Striders |
David Haslam | Bedford Harriers AC |
Fleur Harvey-Keenan | St Albans Striders |
Andrew Hartley | N/A |
Callum Harrison | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Michael Harrison | Wootton Road Runners |
Louise Harris | The Running Hub |
Nichola Harman | Brackley and District RC |
ROBERT HARDWICK | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Joe Harding | BRJ Huntingdon RRC |
Jane Hammonds | Redway Runners |
Julia Hallam | Team Balancise |
Louise Gurney | N/A |
Muchelle Grudzinski | N/A |
Wayne Greet | Bishops Stortford RC |
Darren Greene | Team Trident |
Simon Green | N/A |
Victoria Green | Leighton Fun Runners |
Theodosia Green | Trent Park Running Club |
David Green | Harpenden Arrows Running Club |
Steve Gordon | N/A |
Warren Goodlake | Redway Runners |
Ian Gooderham | Saint Edmund Pacers |
Emily Gooderham | Saint Edmund Pacers |
Abi Gooch | Redway Runners |
Henry Godsal | N/A |
Bradley Glazer | N/A |
Stacey Glazer | N/A |
Liz Ginns | N/A |
Stephanie Giles | Alchester Running Club |
Antony Giles | Alchester running club |
Tim Giffen | Redway Runners |
Anna Gibson | NHRR |
Lauren Garvey | Redway Runners |
Amy Fuller | N/A |
James Fuller | Wootton Road Runners |
Mark Fry | N/A |
Jason French | Wellingborough (WDAC) |
Matt Freestone | N/A |
Anthea Francis | Ware Joggers |
Jonathan Fox | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Yusuf Firat | Saffron Striders RC |
Mark Finn | N/A |
Adam Feneley | N/A |
Patrick feast | n/a |
Hannah Farr | Running Buddies |
Jay Fallaize | N/a |
Carrie Evans | N/A |
Emma Evans | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Shannon Evans | Yaxley runners and joggers |
Morgan Evans | N/A |
Ian Ellmers | St Neots Riverside Runners |
Dale Ellis | Cherwell runners |
Mark Edwards | Bubble Works Run Community |
Helen Edwards | N/A |
Carly Eaves | Stopsley Striders |
Adam Duffett | N/A |
James Drury | N/A |
Matthew Doyle | N/A |
Martyn Douglas | Redway Runners |
Sarah Dorey | Wootton Road Runners |
Nicole Donnaloia | N/A |
Rahul Dogra | NA |
Katrina Dobson | Ware Joggers |
Kit Dixon | Bedford Harriers AC |
Rachel Dixon | St Albans Striders |
Dea Ditchfield | Bedford Harriers AC |
JanakiRam Devireddy | N/A |
Tina Delaney | N/A |
kerry dear | Stopsley Striders |
Aaron Davison | Royston Runners |
Caroline Davis | Grantham Running Club |
richard davies | N/A |
Emily Davenall | Alchester Running Club |
Sam Daniells | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
Sebastian Dabek | Bushfield Joggers |
Nicola Cuthbert | Yaxley Runners & Joggers |
Ian Curtis | REDS |
Francesca Culpin | Wellingborough & District AC |
Gary Culligan | Redway Runners |
Louise Crosby | Harpenden Arrows Running Club |
Mark Crangle | None |
Andrew Cox | N/A |
Andrew Cowdrill | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
claire court | Woodstock Harriers |
Martyn Coulter | Harlow RC |
CHARLES CORNELL | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Richard Cordes | Bedford Harriers AC |
Chris Conway | Wellingborough & District AC |
Sam Collison | N/A |
Dermot COLLINS | Bedford Harriers |
Eliza Coe | Wellingborough & District AC |
Matt Clements | Marshall Milton Keynes AC |
Pagona Claudianos | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Wendy Cissell | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
James Cherry | N/A |
Amelia Cherry | St Albans Striders |
Sukhy Cheema | N/A |
Lisa Chapple | Bedford Harriers AC |
Henry Chamberlayne | N/a |
Sheryl Carty | Vegan Runners UK |
Lisa Carter | N/A |
Jason Carter | Rugby and Northampton |
Heidi Carruthers | Brackley and District RC |
Joanne Carrington | St.Neots Riverside Runners |
Andy Carpenter | N/A |
Daniel Carpenter | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Neil Carnaffan | Eye Community Runners |
Louise Campbell | N/A |
Thomas Campbell | N/A |
Cate Campany | Ware Joggers |
Nadia Calardo | N/a |
Robert Cable | N/A |
Kelly Bywaters | Dunstable RRC |
Emma Butcher | Stopsley Striders |
Paul BURRIDGE | Bedford Harriers AC |
Diana Burn | Axe Valley Runners |
Kerry Bullen | N/A |
Mark BRYANT | Bedford Run Club |
Liz Brown | Natural bourne runners |
Lola Broux | Stopsley Striders |
JEREMY BROOMFIELD | Vegan Runners UK |
David Brewer | Bedford Harriers AC |
Dawn Breward | Brackley and District RC |
Tom Brennan | Northants Tri |
Ruth Brennan | Northampton Road Runners |
George Bradshaw | Stevenage Phoenix running club |
Sarah Bradford | Buckingham & Stowe RC |
Robert Bowler | Gade Valley Harriers |
Mark Bower | N/A |
Richard Bowen | Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC |
Philippa Bowden | N/A |
Paul Bowal | North Herts RRC |
Rhia Botha | North Herts RRC |
Dawn Boon | Stopsley Striders |
Helene Bolton | HLB Runners |
Veronica Bodell | St Albans Striders |
Mike Blackledge | March AC |
Gordon Birrell | na |
James Birnie | Gade Valley Harriers |
Louise Birkett-Swan | Wootton Road Runners |
Leigh Betts | Stopsley Striders |
Nicholas Betts | Stopsley Striders |
Julian Berry | Royston Runners |
Robin Bennett-Freebairn | Thumbs-up Running Crew |
Kate Bement | BRJ Huntingdon RRC |
Marcela Bell | Happy Feet Bromham |
David Bell | Bromham Happy Feet |
Brett Bayliss | N/A |
Andrew Barrlett | N/a |
Angela Barrington | Wixams runners |
Sue Barratt | Na |
Mark Baron | Wootton Road Runners |
Lesley Barnard | 100 Marathon Club |
Liz Barker | Stopsley Striders |
Jessica Barker | N/A |
Rebecca Barden | Garden City Runners |
Paul Baird | St Neots Riverside Runners |
Rosie Bailey | Na |
Christine Ayers | Leighton Fun Runners |
John Auld | North Herts Road Runners |
Ezra Attwood | N/A |
Karen Ashcroft | N/A |
Amy Arnold | N/A |
Cheryl Allibone | Stamford Striders |
Bret Allibone | Stamford Striders |
Eleanor Adams | N/A |
Terms & Conditions
Please accept my entry for the Bedford Harriers Oakley 20. I accept and acknowledge that my race number and timing chip will be available for collection on race day only and I do not expect to receive any information by post. I will be 18 years or older on race day and medically fit to compete. I accept that I enter at my own risk and that the organisers will in no way be held responsible for any injury, accident, loss or damage that may arise before, during or after the event as a consequence of my participation in this race. I consent that my details will be used for the purposes described in the Bedford Harriers entry on the Data Protection Register. I will abide by the ARC Rules of Competition. The UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of athletics, for 12 months from the date of commencement of membership, whether or not the member is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK. . I accept that if my gender is different from the sex I was observed as birth, I will not compete in the female category unless I am approved by UK Athletics as complying with the World Athletics Regulations to be able to compete in the female category.I accept that there will be no refunds under any circumstances, and I will not allow anyone else to use my entry without completing the entry transfer procedure. I further agree that, in accordance with the organisers' instructions, I will not wear ear/head phones/open-ear/bone conducting head/ear phones* during the event and furthermore will park only in the designated race car park/s and or parking areas as detailed on the race entry system.*Medical or prescription device to aid hearing excepted.
Data Protection and Privacy Policy:
Data collected:
First name * Last name * Gender * Date of Birth * Email address * Mobile phone number * Landline number * Postal address * Club name * Emergency contact data * Medical or allergy data * Race memento size.
Purposes for which the data is used:
The data collected by Bedford Harriers AC as you register and pay for this event will be used for the purposes of administering this event only. The collection of personal data is considered legitimate for us to be able to:
1. Produce and publish an entry list.
2. Provide you with a race number and timing chip.
3. Email you with race data.
4. Text and/or email you with race result.
5. Produce and publish a race results list that will contain only such personal data as is necessary to provide meaningful results. The result list will include an individual’s first and last name, gender, age group, race time, race position, gender position, age category position, club, and the calculation of team awards.
6. Mail awards and other prizes.
7. Mail race mementoes.
8. Any medical information volunteered by entrants may be provided to 3rd party medical services in attendance at the event with the express condition that any information so provided will be immediately destroyed after the event.
Refund Policy
In the eventuality this event is cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, safety reasons or circumstances beyond our control, there will be no entry deferment nor refund. Organising an event requires a considerable amount of forward planning, risk and expense and as soon as we begin to organise this event, we start to incur costs. Your entry fee is invested into the cost of staging the event - everything from safety pins to printing, hiring of toilets to ordering iconic hoodies and applying for race permits and marketing costs. Bedford Harriers AC, do not, therefore offer a refund facility.