Another good day of racing at the Wessex XC League; Somerset Series round up, Get ready for Street 5k no 199 & Introducing 'Meet the Harriers'!
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Wells City Harriers have once again been competing hard at the regional cross country races this past weekend. U11 Ruby Shaw (photo above) from our Monday training group repeated her previous victory when she won her race at the Wessex XC League making it two wins out of two. In the older age groups u15 Daisy Abernethy & senior woman Daisy Davies (both from our Yeovil partners) also won their respective races which were held at Bryanston School, Sherborne. Conditions underfoot were very tough due to the heavy rain on the Saturday.
This web report also looks forward to the next round of cross-country fixtures coming up, has a round up on the Somerset Race Series as we approach the final race, introduces our new website article feature 'Meet the Harriers', and calls for volunteers for the Street 5k Race Series. & Anyone for coaching?
Gwent League Returns, Bath Half and PBs at Abingdon.
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There has been a lot of recent racing action for the Harriers. Read on to find out about the first Gwent League fixture of the season and some impressive running at the Abingdon Marathon. Plus Bath Half results and information about the Baltonsborough 5 Mile Christmas Pudding Race and the November Street 5K.
The senior men’s team ready to race at Pembrey.
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Tom & Oskar break long standing records in the October 2023 edition of Street races.
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In spite of the wet and humid weather there was a good turn out for the Street Races held on Wednesday 11th October. Two records were broken on the night.
In what was the 198th edition of the 5k race, u17 Harrier Tom Webb won the race by smashing a very long standing age group record with his time of 15.29. For the women, first home was Harrier u20 Sophie Nicholls in 17.46.
In the junior races, (start shown above), Oskar Beck also broke a long standing 2k record with his time of 6.41whilst Elspeth Perkins was first for the girls in 9.48. In the 1k race Rowan Kelly won for the first time in 3.43 and Florence Perkins for the girls with 4.18.
Read on for details and race results link.
For Harriers – last call for the Gwent XC League fixture this coming Saturday. Contact Harrier Secretary Alex Coombs or coach Jon James if you intend to compete.
Photo below: new 2k record holder u13 Oskar Beck with the former 2k record holder Alex Williams.
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Ruby & Amelie win at Wessex XC, whilst Matt & Rosie excel at BHAM trail race. Last call for Street 5k no 198...
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Another good set of Harrier performances were achieved last weekend. A select group of members competed at the first of the Wessex Cross Country League matches and u11 Ruby Shaw (seen above) and u17 Amelie Cook won their respective races.
Meanwhile over at Martock, the BHAM multi-terrain 10k saw five of the seniors out racing and two achieved podium places – Matt Lusby winning outright and Rosie Park 3rd for the women (that's Rosie on the right below)
The Wessex League fixture is the first of three which will be held before Christmas and there were a number of our partner YOAC members out running there too – well done to all, The next Wessex XC fixture is on Sunday 29th October and full details of the fixtures are on this link here. (entries close 5pm on 22nd October). Free to enter for Harriers.
Meanwhile, some of the Harriers are now getting ready to enter the first of the Gwent XC League fixtures being held on Sunday 14th October at Pembrey Park. If interested in being entered and going, then please contact Jon James or Alex Coombs for details as no doubt there will be some car-sharing arrangements.
Read on for the last call for the first of this season’s Street races – the 5k race is number 198 in a long sequence; with accompanying 1k & 2k races. Also, early notice that the EA registration fee for next year will be going up.
Birthday celebrations at Tuesday track; Southern Road Relays and Berlin Marathon
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This week’s web report includes news of the celebrations at the track on Tuesday for one of our long-standing (long-running) members Terry Kingham - seen above after the training session; brief news from the South of England Road Relays held last Saturday – back at Aldershot on a traffic-free circuit for the first time in 5 years or so; and a report of another Marathon pb by David Hirst from his trip to Berlin last weekend.
We had some fun at the regular Tuesday night training session when Terry KIngham, who used to enjoy competing at the relays at Aldershot, celebrated a very big birthday (80!) and after training was presented with his card & cake. Congratulations Terry Kingham.
Terry started training and running with us in the early 1990's - starting out as a regular at the Wednesday night training sessions from the Wells Rugby Club and joining in the Marathon group's training on a Sunday morning to help him achieve his 3.06pb at the distance when he was in his early 50's.
The Aldershot Relays has been a big part of the Harrier history over the years. It's such a major event with a very long pedigree. Those of us with long memories will recall seeing a young Mo Farah competing there in a number of years. It’s a great road running circuit with an undulating profile - open, long sections and tree-lined shady parts - some sections with fantastic crowd support and other parts where you could hear your heart beating! Only 10 Harriers made the starting line this year for the relays which is some way down on the team exploits of the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
There’s also a link to a video explaining the work on the new multi-user paths around Shepton & Wells, which may enable us to have some additional training routes in the future.
Read on too for a call for entrants and volunteers to help at the Street 5k, 1k & 2k races coming up soon on Wednesday 11th October.
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