Photos of our Club Training Sessions in action!
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Training opportunities with the Harriers all the year round: COME & JOIN US!
Photo above: We were really pleased when Club President Mary Rand - Olympic Gold Medal winner at Tokyo 1964 - found time to visit our regular Monday evening training session back in 2012 when she was over to receive Freedom of the City of Wells. We had a great time with her and quite rightly pointed out to all of the kids that they could go far if they apply themselves! 2 in this photograph (as at 2020) have now represented TeamGB!
One of the best reasons for joining a Club is to have other people to train with, and to tap into the coaching advice, guidance and expertise available. Wells City Harriers provide a mixture of formal and informal sessions for different age groups age 8 to 80+.The Club has several qualified coaches, some of whom have coached for amost 20 years years. Come and join us at the session most appropriate to you.
If you are a junior, we can coach you to compete at track & field and cross-country
If you are a senior and have a target to get fitter, we can coach you and provide a training group for you
If you are a senior wishing to complete a road 5k/10k/half-marathon or marathon we have a training group or two that can help you achieve your target
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- MONDAY Evening - Juniors age 8-16 at Millfield track - all track & field and Cross-country
- TUESDAY Evening - Seniors and juniors age 14+ at Millfield track for Middle distance & 5k/10k training
- WEDNESDAY evening - Seniors age 16 upwards at Wells Rugby Club - beginners and experienced
- SUNDAY morning - distance training groups from various locations
Street 5K & WCH supported races
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Wells City Harriers have a long tradition of organising various races and events across the area and we have helped various other community groups to ensure that their events are organised to a good standard. The only races that the Harrier committee directly organise are the Street Series of races (October-March). Read on for details. For other local races please contact the community organisers direct.
Entries are now open for the Baltonsborough 5 mile & junior 1.5 mile road races on Bank Holiday Monday 29th August 2022. Link here
A local committee of keen runners in Wells led by Harrier members have now re-arranged the traditional Wells Fun Run to happen on 11th September 2022. Entries are now being taken, Follow this link
Wells Festival of Running 2022
Street 5k & Junior races: Race The Night
It's all over at the Clive & Angela Thomas Street 5k Series for another year. The 32nd Series was completed on Wednesday 9th March and links to reports & results throughout this past series are now below. Back again, this time under new Race Director Stephen Nicholls in October 2022.
Race The Night 5k! Our main flagship event is the Clive & Angela Thomas Street 5k Road Race Series, and accompanying 1k and 2k junior races - in 2021/22 these were delayed due to Covid (no October version) but were held on the second Wednesday of every month between November and March.
Street 5k race records (as of Feb 2022)
These races in 2021/22 were supported by the following - click on their links....
Hecks Cider & Apple Juice (Street);
The Somerset Cheese Company (Ditcheat); &
Wednesday 10th November 2021 – Race No 187 Results & Report with photos can be seen on this link here.
Wednesday 8th December 2021 - Race No 188 Results & Report with photos here
Wednesday 12th January 2022 - Race No 189 Results & Report with photos here
Wednesday 9th February 2022 - Race No 190 Results & Report with photos here
Wednesday 9th March 2022 - Race No 191 Results & Report with photos here
The Wells City Harriers monthly Street 5k & junior races of 1k and 2k, which were paused over this past Covid period, returned on Wednesday 10th November 2021 and have run every 2nd Wednesday of the month through to March 2022.
We anticipate that the 33rd Series will start in October 2022. We will have new Race Directors in place.
ENTER the Series or an individual race online at least 36 hours in advance please. Limited entry on night. £5 (with EA regstration)/£7 (without EA registration) for each individual race. £2 for junior race.
If you enter the Series then keep your race number for all the races. If you enter just one race but might come back & race another then also please keep your race number (saves us having to re-enter you on our database!). 5 races (out of 6 in 2022/23) count for the Series awards - prizes after every race.
Race HQ: Street United Reformed Church Hall, off the High Street, entrance - opposite 'Living Homes' (entrance at the back)
PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS & GUIDANCE IN THE RACE HQ
HQ opens from 6.30pm
Collect pre-paid Race Numbers by 7.15pm
Race Start: by the Royal British Legion Club, Farm Road - 200metres fromRace HQ.
Start Times:
7.27pm for junior 1k (school years 5&6) & 2k (school years 7&8) ;
7.30pm for all entrants in 5k race (5 lap)
As we may need to implement some Covid precautions on the night at the Race HQ, it would be appreciated that entrants bring a mask if required to wear one when inside the Race HQ before or after the race. Enquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
JUNIOR RUNNERS WELCOME
There will be the usual 5 laps of the circuit for 5k (age 13 upwards encouraged); and a 1k race ( 1 lap) aimed at School years 5 & 6; and a 2k race (2 laps) for those in School years 7 & 8. (as an 11 year old you can enter the 5k but we’d rather you had a go at breaking the course records for the 2k!). £10 for the Series of 5 junior races or £2 for one race. Junior 1k & 2k entry forms at Harrier training or email us so that we know you are coming & we will send you the junior form to complete.
Enquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
This Series in 2021/22 was co-Race Directed by Ed Tickner & Paul Chadwick and we are handing over to new Race Directors for 2022/23. If you aren't running you can help by volunteering to marshal.
Each runner of any age and ability will be encouraged, as usual, to run as quickly as they can on the night with good support, and the timing clock every 1k, and to get quicker across the Series with little incentives during the Series…..
OTHER LOCAL RACES WE SUPPORT - Enquiries about these following races should be directed to the local community race organisers - we at the Harriers sponsor the races and provide advice & guidance but they are organised by local communities to raise moneys for charitable causes.
Sunday 27th February 2022 Babcary 7.6 mile road race & junior races - supported by Wells City Harriers. Report & Results link here
Sunday 3rd April 2022 the Butleigh 10km Multi-terrain race - supported by Wells City Harriers. Report & Results link here.
Usually on the late May Bank Holiday Sunday, the Wells Fun Runs of 5k & 10k is supported by Wells City Harriers. Now rebranded as the Wells Festival of Running, the races are now going ahead on 11th September in Wells.
Usually on the late August Bank Holiday Monday sees the usual Baltonsborough 5 mile Road Race & junior runs - supported by Wells City Harriers - races for all ages. LINK HERE. for race details. Now part of the Somerset Series 2022 as well.
& we also supported the Baltonsborough Christmas Pudding 5 mile Race in December 2021 - great festive running. Report & photos here.
Any enquiries about the Race the Night 5k Street Series should be directed to the Race Series Directors via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Race results, photos and any report will be posted up within a day or two of each race on the Harrier Front Page. Reports and results from all races last year can also be seen below.
Harriers out competing at Yeovil Spring Open and at road & multi-terrain - well done all!
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(Above - Oskar, Leyton & Sam after their 800m races on Saturday, for Oskar & Sam their first ever track races! - photo by Paul)
Harriers of all ages have been busy competing these past few weeks. For many it has been the start of the Track season with times set at the Yeovil Spring Open which was once again well organised by our partner Club, Yeovil Olympiads. Our thanks to all the volunteers and officials that made the meeting work so well, especially appreciated by those new to the sports for whom this would have been their first taste of a competitive Track & Field meeting. The trio above all had great runs in the 800m on Saturday morning! Read on for times by all the Harriers that I could spot taking part….
Elsewhere the road and multi-terrain races continue apace and we’ve had Harriers out competing, and in some instances winning, recently. The hilly Penselwood 10k race saw v40 Chris Walker win the race (again) and be presented with a very impressive Trophy (which has a long history), whilst the women’s race was won by one of our former Monday juniors. Jess Pate, who came all the way from Edinburgh to be presented with an almost equally impressive trophy. Then on Easter Monday, we again had 2 winners when Kim & Chris Clark picked up their age category prizes for their Bunny Hop 7.5 mile multi-terrain runs.
See also, below, the Agenda for the Harrier AGM on 11th May
(Below: Chris & Jess with their trophies after Penselwood 10k - photo by Paul)
Read more: Harriers out competing at Yeovil Spring Open and at road & multi-terrain - well done all!
Excellent running as Spring ushers in road & multi-terrain races along with Track & Field; & Update on Memberships
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Harriers have been out competing at various distances this past few weeks - with half-marathons in particular featuring as the traditional build up to a Spring Marathon.Others have finished off their Cross-country season or finished their indoor T&F season and are now moving to the outdoor season.
The Harrier supported Butleigh race over 10k attracted a good field and raised good money for the local community facilities, with Matt & Harriet taking the plaudits for the Harriers with their 1st overall and 2nd woman awards. (Photo above - Matt Lusby, Matt Powell (Burnham); Hazel Hole (Minehead); Harriet Burr; with Race Director Norman Wright after the race - photo by Paul) Now with added photo album link - see below.
Meanwhile we catch up with a few of our Hon life Members competing out in the USA; advise on some competition opportunities coming up; promote the forthcoming Harrier AGM where we are looking to recruit new committee members; and advise about the new Membership year - watch out for the e-mail in your inbox asking you to pay your annual fee; and an update on the ballot for London Marathon places.
(Below - u23 Elise Thorner winning her final mile race of her Indoor season out in the USA)
Final XC reports; Newport Half success; London Marathon places; Harrier committee & AGM; Membership news
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Great running by this Harrier trio at the Newport Half Marathon! First team.
Wells City Harrier members have been competing on different surfaces this past few weeks as the cross-country season draws to a close, the road running season continues apace, and meanwhile track & field competition starts to be introduced next month.
This report includes news from the English Schools XC Championships where new Harrier member u17 Sophie Nicholls won bronze in the Inter-girls; the final Gwent League fixture at Swansea where the senior men finished top of Division Three, with Jon James taking individual V45 & V55 awards across the season; and a report from the Newport Half Marathon where the Harriers were 1st team.
Read on also for information about the Clubs places for the London Marathon; the start of the Track & Field season; and a call for members & parents of junior members to volunteer for the Harrier committee at the forthcoming AGM to be held in May. Also news on an increase in Membership fees due to EA registration going up.