Another great night of racing at the Street 5k; whilst junior Harriers compete well at Pontypool and gain selection for Somerset Schools team
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The 179th edition of the Street 5k race, along with junior 1k and 2k races, saw Simon Gilbert (Devizes Running Club) pace his 5k race to perfection to gain the win. Helen Southcott (Maiden Newton/Wells Harriers) won for the women for the 3rd time this Series. Meanwhile at the weekend Rob Moore gained his first V60 prize when winning the age category at the tough Humdinger Half marathon; and on the Saturday Elise Thorner was one of 5 great performances by junior Harriers at the Pontypool fixture of the Gwent Cross Country League. Read on for Street times and also for details of forthcoming races/events.
Photo- u20 Elise Thorner made it 4 out of 4 victories at the Gwent League (photo by Al)
Helen, Luke & Zak run well at the Southerns! Entry forms for local races available here
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Wells City Harriers saw three of its members compete at the tough South of England Cross Country Championships last Saturday. The event, held at Parliament Hill fields, London, by Hampstead Heath draws athletes from as far as Cornwall to Norfolk to contest challenging courses. The men’s race, over 15km is reckoned to be the longest Championship event distance in the UK.
Photo by Simon shows the mens mass start up Parliament Hill before they start the looped course on Hampstead Heath
Helen Southcott ran in the women’s 8km race for the first time, amongst over 700 women, and managed a very credit worthy 167th placing in a time of 34.41.Helen joined the Harriers last year to specifically improve her cross-country and road running times.
Zak Hurrell also competed for the first time at these Championships, and with over 1150 men taking part he achieved 210th placing in a time of 54.28. A slightly more experienced, though younger, Harrier Hon Life Member, Luke Prior, also raced. Luke, previously selected for TeamGB when a Harrier but now competing for the Aldershot Club had an excellent run for his 12th place finish in 47.12. This was Luke's first time in the senior mens race after previous outings in the junior and u20 ranks
Running fixtures coming up organised or supported by Wells City Harriers:
Street 5k race on Wednesday Feb 13th; Details here
Babcary 7.5 mile road race on Sunday Feb 24th; Entry form here
Butleigh 10km multi-terrain race on Sunday April 14th. Entry link here
Junior Harriers in action at Somerset Schools XC Championship. Extra Photos now added. Babcary & Butleigh races coming up soon.
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Over 20 of the Wells City Harrier junior members contested the annual Somerset Schools Cross Country Championships last Saturday 19th January. Daisy Pellow, Holly Bigger and Elise Thorner for the girls, and Bradley Glover for the boys, had a very good reason to smile as they won their respective races. A number of junior Harriers were competing for the first time at these School Championships and many of the Harrier trained runners have now been selected to compete for Somerset Schools AA at the forthcoming South West Schools Championships - well done all! Entry forms for the Babcary road race are now available and will soon be available for the Butleigh multi-terrain race; whilst on-line entry for the various races at the Wells Fun Run in May are also up and running.
Matthew Quarterman, red vest, and Charlie Cook, Harrier vest, at the start of the Inter Boys race (photo by Al)
Ben returns to claim victory at Street 5k; whilst Ollie is 4th at UK indoor Multi-events; and host of Harriers excel at South West XC Championships
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There was another great night of racing at the 178th edition of the Street 5k races. Harrier Life Member (TeamGB international) Ben Tickner returned after a long gap to win the race, whilst Zoe Kurle won for the first time at Street. Meanwhile last Sunday saw Ollie Thorner finish 4th u20 at the UK indoor multi-event Championships in Sheffield; and also the same day was the latest edition of the South West Cross Country Championships when over 20 Harriers took on the challenge of Aldon Hill for Club and in some cases County!
Juniors race at January 2019 Street race gets underway (photo by Helen) & start of the u15Boys race at SW XC Championships (Harriers in white Somerset vest) (photo by Kate)
Excellent running to start the New Year! Christian wins at Chard Flyer to lead host of Harriers home in first of the Somerset Race Series for 2019. Sign up for forthcoming Babcary race as part of your New Year resolution to get out (racing) more!
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Christian Green’s winning time at the 10k multi-terrain Chard Flyer was 34.54 with u23 George Mallinson also having a great run for 4th in 38.13. The race was the first in this year’s Somerset Race Series & entries are now open for the Harrier supported Babcary Road race to be held on Feb 24th. On the same day Philip Bridge was 4th in a competitive field at the Broadstone Junction Quarter Marathon at Poole. Harriers have also been out racing on Boxing Day and at the pre-Christmas Wellington Monument race - read on for results and for news of forthcoming races and training sessions.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Harriers!.
Below Craig & Noah, Justin, Christian & Graham after the Chard Flyer
