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Updated: 01 October 2009

Well done to the Marathon runners over the weekend of Sept 26th /27th: Jenny Moore was 1st woman home at the New Forest Marathon in 2.57; Clare Prosser was 5th woman home at the Jersey Marathon on the same day, her first marathon in 3:09. Neil Jones ran under 4hours again in his quest to run 100 marathons at New Forest; and the Flying doctor, Andy Hennessy was 3rd at the Jersey Marathon . See Results for report and times.
Great set of results by juniors, seniors and veterans at the South of England Road Relays. Well done to Oliver Fox and Jon James for being gold medal winners. See Full results and report and go to Rogues gallery for photos of a great weekend at Aldershot.
Adrian Marriott celebrated his England call up for the World Trophy Final with a front running victory at the Chippenham Half Marathon on Sunday. The Yeovil based 36 year old pulled clear of the field at the 5 mile mark and stretched his lead to three minutes to beat Dave Mitchinson's record by 39 seconds and claim the bonus and pair of Saucony shoes on offer for a new course record.  Full results and more at http://adrianmarriott.blogspot.com/
Laura goes top of national rankings One the Club’s u20 athletes, Laura Parker, this past week went top of the National rankings at the 2000m steeplechase when she ran 6.47, some 17 seconds quicker than her previous best. She was competing at the St Mary’s Classic race against some tough opposition. Laura has also recently lowered her 1500m best to 4.31 when she competed at the Manchester Grand prix. This time is some 7 seconds quicker than she has ever run! Well done Laura.
WCH Top of Track and Field Leagues! Wells City Harriers are celebrating from going top of two of the track and field athletic Leagues that they compete in. This past weekend (June 6th) club members, competing as part of the composite Yeovil and Wells team, competed for the first time in the national British League and won their opening match against tough opposition. This is the first time that a team from Somerset has competed at such a level. This follows on from them going to the top of the regional South West League Division One after 2 matches so far this season. For the full story see the report.
Crewkerne Road Race Record Falls In the 29th running of the Crewkerne Road Race Yeovil's Adrian Marriott broke the course record clocking 48 minutes 10 seconds on this demanding course. With blue skies and soaring temperatures adding to the challenge the race started in Market Square before heading out along the hilly country roads to Hinton St George before looping through Dinnington and heading back to Crewkerne. Marriott broke clear of the pack at the 3 mile mark and continued to stretch his lead to the finish to add his name to the distinguished roll call of winners of this west country classic.
Adrian Marriott back to form with a win Yeovil based marathon runner Adrian Marriott returned to racing from an injury layoff with a comfortable win at the Egdon Easy Multi Terrain Race on Saturday 23rd May. This was Adrian's first race since early December so he was happy to follow the pace set by the leaders in the early miles of this popular race in Weymouth  promoted by Egdon Heath Harriers. At halfway Adrian hit the front and picked the pace up to come home with a winning time of 32mins 49 secs for a more than satisfactory return to racing.
Tickner races Gebrselassie and Parker races for British Universities Harrier Ben Tickner raced against Haile Gebrselassie at the recently televised Manchester 10k. The former World Champion was hoping to break the all-comers record for a 10k race in the UK but windy conditions were against the attempt and Haile had to settle for victory in 27.39. Ben ran a storming first 5k in 14.25 before the wind also slowed his time and he crossed the line in 29.58. The same event saw Usain Bolt set a new world best time of 14.35 for 150m sprint down one of Manchester’s main roads.  Meanwhile Laura Parker was selected for the British Universities team at the Loughborough International match and lined up in the 3000m steeplechase event, recording  a new personal best of 11.02 against athletes representing GB, England, and Scotland. Her time places her 7th on the national rankings for the event despite the fact that Laura is still u’20. Laura achieved selection following her silver-medal performance at the recent British Universities Championships.
The Fellsman 9th to 10th May  The Fellsman is a 62 mile high level traverse over very hard rugged moorland.  The event climbs over 11,000 feet in its path from Ingleton to Threshfield in the Yorkshire Dales.  There were some very strong winds at the start of the event on Saturday and some very heavy rain and hail around mid-afternoon to dampen competitors’ spirits.  The rain did stop and wind abated and it was almost pleasant afterwards.  Vince Simmonds (WCH) finished in joint 127th in a time of 20hrs 37mins; 1st man was Jez Bragg in 10hrs 50mins and 1st lady was Sarah Rowell in 13hrs 45mins.  There were 382 started at Ingleton and 238 finished the event at Threshfield. A great event with some stunning scenery - even more dramatic when the skies are dark!  Don't worry about times just completing the route is enough
Wells team top at County Track & field Championships - 25 members have a great set of results - Alf Tupper – ‘Tough of the track’ - seen racing! The combined Yeovil and Wells team won the overall team rankings at the County Track and Field Championships, winning 86 medals in total, 36 of the gold variety. Best individual performances by Wells Harriers came from u13 Oliver Fox in the 1500m, u15 Emily Smith at the same distance, and also by Laura Parker for the u20 women at 800m. See Results for all the details.
Well done to the 17 Wells & Yeovil junior athletes who competed for their County at the recent English School cross-country championships. Best individual performances were by Nicky Morgan, 16th in the senior girls age group, and by Emily Smith, 40th in the Junior girls event despite being at the younger end of the age-group. Other notable performances by Harriers were recorded by Alex Wiltshire and John Richardson in the Senior Boys, and by Curtis Stevens in the Junior Boys races. See report under Results and Rogues Gallery for some photos.
Harriers dominate in Gwent XC League. After the 5th and final XC match at Carmarthen we await a final decision as to whether we will win the League’s coveted ‘Best set of junior team results’ Trophy (the Dragon) – Carmarthen Harriers, winners for the past 4 years, are apparently neck and neck with us. Whether we finish 1st or 2nd this is no mean achievement against 30 or so other Clubs. We won the overall League awards for the Minor Boys (u11s) team and the u’13 Boys team, and the Senior Men gained promotion for the second year in succession. The u17 women’s team was 2nd overall. We wait to see where we finished in the u13 girls team rankings as these had not been calculated when we left the match. (fingers crossed). Individual medallists at end of season: Luke Prior (u11b) 2nd ; Jemma Jones (u13g) 2nd; Oliver Fox (u13b)  2nd ; Matthew Cole (u13b) 5th; George Harris (u15b) 5th ; Leighanna Chappell (u17w) 3rd . 1 or 2 others were just outside of the medals.  Full report under results and photos on Rogues Gallery.
Harrier Frank Tickner was 2nd at the Inter-Counties Cross Country race held at Nottingham on Saturday March 7th. He was outsprinted in the final 200m by Andy Vernon, but as the race doubled up as the trial for the British team, Frank has done enough with his performance to be selected for the 4th year in succession for TeamGB for the World XC Championships. The 2009 Championships will be held on March 28th at Amman, Jordan and we wish him and his fellow team-members good luck.
Angela Thomas Memorial Run - Boxing Day 2008 Over 80 runners and walkers braved the elements in sub zero conditions to take part in the traditional Boxing Day run at Butleigh and collectively raised over £400 to support Marie Curie Foundation and Macmillan Trust. Many thanks to all who donated and thanks to the Woods family for their post-run hospitality. Paul Knight
Tickner to race for Team GB again  Wells City Harrier’s Frank Tickner raced himself into selection for Team GB on Saturday when he finished 2nd in the trial race for the forthcoming European Cross Country Championships. Frank and his elder brother Ben who have been members of the Harriers for the past 10 years will be pulling on the Team GB vest for the 3rd year in succession.  Frank finished 2nd to Steve Vernon in the 9.8km race held at Sefton Park Liverpool following a fast and furious sprint finish to the line with just 3 seconds covering the first 4 runners’ home. Only the first three are guaranteed selection for the European XC Championships which are due to take place on December 14th at Brussels.  Frank’s brother Ben was also in good racing form and followed up his previous weekend’s nippy road 10km with 10th place at Liverpool. Ben had finished in a lifetime personal best the previous week at the Leeds 10k in 29.32. Ben has also previously competed for Team GB.  This will be the 3rd year that Frank has competed in either European or World XC Championships and has also competed for Team GB on the track. Most recently he raced for Team GB at the World Championships in March 2008 and was cheered on by a large contingent of Harriers that made the journey to support him and the rest of the team.
Harrier in close finish at Parliament Hill Yeovil marathon runner Adrian Marriott returned to his cross country roots on Saturday with a strong run to 4th place in the second race of the Saucony England Cross Challenge at Parliament Hill Fields. On a cold, clear day Marriott was in the leading group until mid way through the race when eventual winner Darred Deed made his winning break. With points awarded in each race of the series the final standings will be determined after the National Championships on 21st February. Adrian will be at Tri UK in Yeovil on Saturday 29th Nov from midday with the Saucony ShoeLab offering free running gait analysis and coaching advice for runners of all standards as well as special offers on running kit.
3 Marathons in 9 days! A Harrier with a target of 100 marathons before the 2012 Olympics is Neil Jones who recently ran not 1 but 3 marathons in 9 days! And he is well on target after his hat trick started with the Dartmouth Vale held at Newton Abbot where he finished in 4hrs 14 mins along with fellow club member Nick Edwards who was a mere 10 mins behind. 6 days later a wet and windy trip to Snowdonia saw Neil complete his second 26.2 miles around the mountain course in just over 4 hours, and then followed up with the Dublin marathon just 48 hours afterwards thus clocking up number 62, so just 38 to go by 2011! Good luck.
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Harrier 4th in Geneva Marathon  Yeovil's Adrian Marriott took a hard fought 4th place in the Geneva Marathon on Sunday. Lining up against 5 top African runners Marriott was always going to have his work cut out to challenge for the win and so it proved as the Kenyans and Ethiopians opened a big lead in the first half of the race before the searing pace started to take its toll. Meanwhile Marriott was running a more conservative race leading a second smaller group until by half way he was on his own in 5th place and chasing hard in pursuit of the leaders.  The marathon is an unforgiving event in the closing kilometres as Kenya's Peter Muthama found out to his cost as Marriott stormed past him with less than five kilometres to go. Despite a strong finish past the famous fountain in Geneva Marriott was unable to catch the next finisher and make that final step onto the podium.  Photo Attached: Adrian leads Kenya's Joseph Bago at the 20km mark in Geneva.
Promotion to the British League and Champions of the South West Fantastic week for the Harriers at the Track and on the road - September 15th 2008  Wells Harriers have been celebrating on a number of athletic fronts this past week. The combined team with Yeovil Olympiads has been crowned champions of the South West Athletics League Division 1 after winning the fourth and final match last Sunday. This was then followed by a great performance by the senior Men’s team in the Southern Men’s League Div 1 where promotion to the British Athletics League was achieved for the first time in the Club’s history. Meanwhile on the road the Club provided the individual winners of the Yeovil 5km Race Series.  At the fourth and final South West League match at Exeter the combined team made it 4 wins out of 4 and once again had a number of the Harrier’s Monday junior training group competing. For the u’13 girls Roo Black had a great day winning the Long Jump with her excellent 4.31m. This was a personal best and pushes Roo up to 11th on the Regional power of ten rankings. She also finished 2nd in the shot put with a good 7.18m, another best and into 17th on the regional rankings.  For the u’13 boys Johnny Forsey had a busy afternoon too, winning the B string 100m in a nippy13.8 to improve his best by almost half a second and move to 27th on the regional rankings. Johnny also won the B string sprint Hurdles in 14.6, another best and went to 21st on the regional rankings. In the javelin he threw 20.16m for 3rd place, another personal best before helping the sprint relay team to first place. Curtis Stevens easily won the B string 800m in 2.30.5, not far short of his personal best which sees him at 11th in the region. Curtis also jumped a new best of 1.30m in the High Jump to place him at 30th in the regional rankings.  At the Southern Men’s League Play off at Abingdon on Saturday the team worked hard to ensure promotion to the prestigious British League. This was the 4th year out of 5 that the Yeovil & Wells has been pushing for a place in the higher League. With the Harriers traditionally providing many of the middle distance and endurance athletes the effort this time was good enough. Pete Darton and Dave Stanfield answered late calls by the team managers when other athletes had to drop out with injury.  Meanwhile at the midweek Yeovil 5km road race, the final race saw victory by top Harrier veteran Jon James for the men and by Anna Lewis for the women. This helped seal their victories in the overall Series where their best 5 performances were taken into account. Dave Stanfield and Carol Buckland also picked up the Series V40 and F35 awards. Jon’s winning time on the night was 15.46 whilst Anna recorded a nippy 18.28. Both Jon and Anna will be in the Harrier’s teams at the forthcoming South of England Road Relays.  Other good performances at the 5km race were by Carol Buckland, setting a new personal best of 20.34; Jack Bancroft in 5th place with 16.48 and Rob Parfitt in 9th in 17.02. 17 Harriers competed in the field of 121. Attention switches next month to the winter 5km race series held around Street where the Harriers will once again host the monthly race starting on Oct 8th. This will be the 20th year of the Street 5km races, and yet again there will also be races for juniors over 1km (age 9 & 10) and 2km (ages (11 and 12). Details on the Harrier’s website.  Meanwhile final times and positions are eagerly awaited from the Bristol Half Marathon where a number of Harriers were having a go at the classic distance amongst the mass field of 15,000 runners. Next weekend sees the multi-terrain runners making for the King Alfred’s Torment race, whilst an intrepid band of the Club’s Fell Runners once again go to the Isle of Wight for the South of England Fell Running Championships comprising 3 races in 2 days.  The following weekend then sees over 30 of the Club’s athletes competing at the South Of England Road Relays, and another set of the Club’s marathon runners making final preparations for a round of Autumn marathons, including the Loch Ness Marathon in Scotland   Well done all that have competed, and good luck to all with the forthcoming races!
Update on Adrian Marriott Yeovil marathon runner Adrian Marriott has been completing his preparation for the forthcoming Geneva Marathon with a spell of training at altitude in the Swiss Alps.  Marriott's recent victories in the Davos Mountain Half Marathon and the earlier Swiss National Championships earned him an invitation to join the elite athletes in Geneva on 28th September. There he will take on 3 time defending champion Tesfaye Eticha of Ethiopia along with two sub 2:20 French athletes and several experienced Kenyan runners in attempt to improve on his best time of 2 hrs 18mins 57 seconds from 2007. Race Director Francois Salamun said "we are very happy to have Adrian in our race this year".  Its the second time this summer that Marriott has trained at altitude in St Moritz after a successful trip in July to help Britain's Olympic Marathon 6th placer Mara Yamauchi with her preparations for Beijing. He will be hoping that the mountain air has a similar impact on his performance in Geneva.
Update on Adrian Marriott At the UK Championships and Olympic Trials held at Watford on 14th June Adrian placed 11th of the British athletes in a personal best time of 29 minutes and 47 seconds.  Race report and full results are available from adrianmarriott.blogspot.com
Harridan Marathons Challenge Harrier Neil Jones completed yet another marathon, in fact back-to-back marathons, within 48 hours when he finished both the Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis and then on the Isle of Harris, having travelled to the Outer Hebrides over last week's Bank Holiday. With outstanding weather conditions, wall-to-wall sunshine and an easterly wind, Neil breezed through a memorable weekend and he felt privileged to have competed in the first marathons to to be run in this far corner of the Scottish Islands.
Yeovil based marathon runner Adrian Marriott has been invited to compete in the UK Championships 10,000m and Olympic Trials at Watford on 14th June following an excellent 4th place (and 2nd British athlete) at the recent Reebok Bristol 10km Road Race. A specialist marathon runner, Marriott was ranked 5th in the UK in 2007 with a time of 2:18:57. Full story including Bristol 10km report and photos are on adrianmarriott.blogspot.com
Wells City Harriers Committee Annual Report 2007/08 – as reported at the AGM  The work of the Harriers committee on behalf of the membership over the past 12 months to May 2008 offers an insight into how the Club functions and provides training and competition opportunities for a broad range of ages and abilities at all athletic disciplines. It also reflects how the Club ensures that all sections, juniors and seniors, fun runners and elite athletes, benefit from the Club.  Secretary – Lucy Chard: My first year as secretary has been a real learning curve.  I have had to develop an understanding of the functions of both the Wells City Harriers and the wider network of associated running organisations.  Thank you to the rest of the committee for their support and members for their patience. We met 4 times during the year as a committee and a summary of each meeting now gets added to the website to help ensure that all members are kept in touch with committee decisions. Membership secretary – Angela Thomas: 2007/8 was the first year of England Athletics and affiliation.  We sent our database of 261 members and paid £50 to register and £3 for competing adults.  Most competing adults received a registration card and number from them, but all should have.  We have already paid our £50 registration fee for 2008/9 and will soon be able to access our own database to amend it and then will pay £5 for each competing member. This year so far to May 1st we have 100 fully paid up members, which includes 3 social members, with a number of further renewals still coming in.  We also have 12 life members. Competition opportunities: Harriers of all ages are out taking part in athletic events ranging from fun runs to international events across the entire calendar at track and field, cross country, road and off-road running, and fell running. This spans local, regional and national events. The Club creates the formal and informal team management arrangements to ensure that this can happen as effectively as possible. Team Managers report for Cross Country and Road Relays – Clive Thomas:  Starting with the South of England 6 stage RR which was held in Aldershot in late September the team finished a disappointing 4th after being 2nd in 2005 and 2006.Frank Tickner ran the fastest individual time of the day and second fastest of all time with 17min 11sec. In the National 6 Stage RR at Sutton Park, Birmingham, a stronger team had their best ever finish of 8th with  Frank again producing an outstanding run to crack 17min for the second fastest time overall. Two weeks later in early November the team finished 5th in the National Cross Country Relays with Frank running the fastest lap of the day and the 3rd fastest ever.In December Frank competed for GB in the European XC Championships but was ill the day before and was a disappointed 37th. In January we had our highest ever team finish in the Southern Cross Country Championships – 5th with again Frank winning his first ever Senior Southern title by over half a minute. Unfortunately he injured himself in the process and was unable to defend his National XC title.(held in early March) where a depleted WCH team finished 28th.However Frank was selected to run in the World XC where off just three weeks training after injury,  he finished 3rd GB in 73rd place In late March the 12stage team contested the Southern Championships and although not at full strength had their best ever placing of 7th and finally last month in the National 12 stage we again had a best ever performance to finish 12th with Frank recording the 2nd fastest short stage time of the day. 07/08Team Performances: Southern 6-stage RR  4th; National 6-stage RR  8th; National Cross Country Relays  5th; Southern Cross Country Champs 5th; National Cross Country  28th; Southern12-stage RR  7th;  National12-stage RR   12th                                              Gwent XC League & Junior track team performances – Paul Chadwick:  The 2007/08 XC & road relay season was our most successful ever. We were initially a little daunted by the idea of travelling across to Wales for 3 of the 5 Gwent fixtures but our decision to go was vindicated by some excellent individual and team performances that acted as a stepping stone for school, County, regional and national championship races for all ages. We officially competed for the first time as Wells & Yeovil in the Gwent League.  The number of juniors competing at track and field events last summer 2007 was an increase on the previous summer and this new season looks like again there will be a steady flow of runners, jumpers and throwers to be part of the composite Yeovil & Wells team. In 2007/08 there were 4 new coaches trained to Level 1, and 1 existing coach moved up to Level 2, with 1 other in the process of gaining a Level 3 award. We are always on the look out for new coaches and still need volunteers to become Level 1 coaches for the Wednesday night sessions, and for further volunteers especially to help coach throws and jumps at the track.  Off-road and fell-running The Club continues to enter teams in a number of multi-terrain relay events including the Wessex Ridgeway, Cotswold Way and Parrett Trail and provides the structure for many runners to join together to enter half-marathons, marathons and other road and off-road events. This year 14 members had a go at the London Marathon and another handful have tackled other marathons.  Press Officer – Peter Wright: Continued coverage within the weekly local pages of the Journal has been maintained consistently during the last year. Duplicate reports have been drafted into the web site and it is particularly satisfying to expand the successes of the club via that excellent facility. It is worth repeating the vital close working relationship that exists with the local sports editor Clare Daniels who has always supported athletics and the Harriers role. Photos are a proven winner and many thanks to all who have taken cameras with them but more importantly have managed to gather those weary runners young and old together to give their best post race shots. Report space allocation has to be respected and some weeks imported pieces have been fairly reduced and occasionally not appeared but this is rare. Receipt of reports has been very good and whilst I’m the recipient/ handler many reports generated have been purely at the hands of the likes of Clive T., Paul C., Kaye W., Sue C., and apologises if I have missed naming others, however please put words together and forward accordingly it keeps the Harriers very much at the start and finish line.  Kit manager – Tim Hamblin: I have sold vests, several of the new hoodies and continue to try to reduce the amount of old stock. All Club items are currently in stock. Prices were increased for adult vests this year but are still only cost price like all other items.  Newsletter Editor- Dave Stanfield: Our club covers a broad range of athletics disciplines, age groups and standards and the newsletter tries to convey this range and is only as good as the content.  The credit for the content has to go to the members – well done to you all and keep up the good work.  If anybody has any ideas on changes, or perhaps would like to include articles, then pass it to me and I will try to include it.   Child Protection Officer & Schools Liaison- Kaye Watts: CRB checks are up to date and kept with a file on all coaches at the Junior Track sessions.  The file includes – details such as a photocopy of their licence, CRB, any certificates for 1st aid and contact/emergency details.  This file is kept with the weekly register. The latest letter for juniors together with new flyers will soon be sent to schools.   Tuesday night rep – Ian Eddy: reported numbers are still around 20-30 and again passed on his thanks to Clive, Jon James and Marion Colman for their coaching. Newcomers to the Club are encouraged to come along and try a session at Millfield school track.  Wednesday night rep – Jim Benson: reported that these sessions held from Wells Rugby Club had continued to develop with various paced groups for runners of all ages and abilities who are either just running to stay fit or preparing for local or major races, such as the London Marathon. Arrangements for the long distance Sunday runs often get made at the Wednesday sessions and are then promoted via the website. The recent Running Sisters course was also a huge success with 40 women taking part over the 10 week programme – well done to Julie and Lorraine.  Webmaster – Bob Powell: Website activity now pretty well settled.  Average number of hits on the site is now in excess of 160,000, compared to about 30,000 a year ago.  Many thanks to those who directly maintain their own parts of the site, making the Webmaster’s job a lot easier.  Many thanks to Andrew Deamer for getting us onto a much more reliable service provider.  There is still scope for improvement, and positive suggestions are always welcome.
April 2008 Round up by Paul Chadwick As usual it has been a very busy time for Wells Harriers this past month. 14 members successfully competed at the London Marathon with some outstanding times, including a 2.51 by Clare Martin and a 2.38 by Al Jones, and a fantastic 5.22 for V70 Haydn Davies. A couple of other members had good runs at the Shakespeare Marathon.  For the juniors in particular it has been an exciting start to the track and field season with a number making good debuts at the SW League Division One Match and helping the combined Yeovil & Wells team to victory against the 7 other clubs. Pick of the athletes was Shepton’s Curtis Stevens (u’13) who ran 4.57 for the 1500m to go into the top ten nationally for that time.  For the seniors, the men achieved their best ever placing at the 12 stage road relays finishing in 12th place at the national event under the management of Clive Thomas.  The Club has also successfully held its 6th ‘Running Sisters’ course over the past 10 weeks or so – well done to the organisers and to the 30+ women that have turned out to get, or keep, fit and enjoy running. The Wednesday group have also started the monthly pub runs with a run from Panborough.  Looking ahead, the Wells Fun Run Committee are now putting the finishing touches to their arrangements for the races at the end of May, whilst juniors in particular are getting ready for the County Track and Field Championships on May 10th. There are also 2 teams entered in the Wessex Ridgeway Race due to take place on May 18th.  Full results and reports on the Results page; with photographs on the Rogues Gallery.
Shakespeare Half and Full Marathon It was an unexpectedly hot day last Sunday for 3 club members participating in the Shakespeare Half and Full Marathon starting in Stratford on Avon.  The event is organised by the local Rotary Club in aid of local charities but has been going for over 25 years and is very well supported both on and off the field.  There were 1845 finishers in the half - v40 Andrew Pate finished 259th in 1:42:08.  There were 748 finishers in the full marathon - Dave Stanfield v40 wearing long leggings to support a calf strain, managed to finish within his target time in 3:42:39 in 224th place; this was Dave's first full marathon and despite being completely wiped out at the finish, should be pleased with his first attempt.  The more experienced marathon runner Sue Cook v45, again recovering from a calf strain, was happy to complete within her adjusted target time of 'anything under 4 hours and I'll be happy'.  Sue struggled after 20 miles but although she slowed significantly in the last 6, managed to complete the course in 03:59:10 in 360th position.  Chris and Tatiana Storie and Lucy Chard and Dave's partner Debbie were the support team which was much appreciated but the wiltering participants!  Sue Cook
Club Social Report 29th Feb 2008
Tickner to represent GB Frank Tickner has been selected to compete for Team GB at the World XC Championships at the end of March. This is the 3rd year in succession that Frank has gained selection for these Championships. Frank has also competed for Team GB at the European XC Championships in the past 2 years. See Report on the Trial Race in the Results section. Well done!
Welsh National XC Championships Feb 24th 2008 Hail the Champion! Harrier Clare Martin swept to victory at the Welsh National XC Championships held at Singleton Park, Swansea on February 24th. Clare competed over the 6.6km course by going to the front of the field from the start and never looked back. She ran away from the chasing pair and won by over a minute from Catherine Dugdale who had previously won the trophy for the past 8 years. Well done Clare!
English National Cross Country Championships Feb 23rd 2008  Well done to the excellent Harrier performances at the National XC Champs at Alton Towers! Pick of the day was the 23rd place achieved by Nicola Morgan in the U17 women’s’ race. Anna Lewis, in her first cross country race for the club, also ran well to finish 108th out of the field of 495 finishers in the senior women’s race.  In the men’s race the Harriers were without their GB international runners on the day with both Tickner brothers injured, and with Adrian Marriott ill, and all will now be hoping to be well and fit to line up at the trial race for the World XC Championships race in a few weeks time. This was a great disappointment especially for Frank Tickner who was unable to defend his senior men’s title of last year.  Those who competed in the men’s team however turned in great performances. The men’s team finished in 28th place overall and was led home by Eliot Haimes with Jon James, Al Jones, Jon Gilling, Matthew Lewis and Dave Stanfield all having excellent runs.  See Results for full report.  The final Club XC fixture for 2007/08 is at the Gwent XC league on March 1st. Contact Paul or Clive for full details or see the Fixtures page.
There was another good road racing evening last Wednesday (13th Feb 08) at the Harrier’s Street 5km race.16 Harriers taking part formed a large sector of the field with  Stephen Rose of the Team Bath club swooping  to take first place in 16.36 after being led around the 5 lap course by the Club’s Andrew Deamer for the first half of the race. Andrew’s time of 17.16 was still well clear of 3rd place Clive Richards of Clevedon AC. Andrew picked up 1st V40 award on the night. Once again the leading woman home was the Club’s u’17 Nicola Morgan, this time in a relatively modest, for her, 19.31 but again well clear of any rival. Linda Cummins of Yeovil TRR was 1st F35 home, whilst Tim Atwell of MAC was fist junior home, Martin Lascelles of Yeovil TRR 1st V50, and David Rose of City of Bath 1st V60.  In the junior races harrier Vera Assis once again proved to be the fastest fo the girls over 2 laps with an excellent run, whilst team mate Curtis Steven was just edged out for 2nd place in the boys race. In the 1 lap race Harrier Abigail Gibbons was a comfortable winner for the girls whilst Nathan Smeeton won for the boys.  In the overall standings with just the final race to go Harriers Nicola Morgan and Andrew Deamer lead the female and male standings.  Results 2nd A.Deamer 17.16, 5th D.Stanfield 18.10, 9th R.Appleby 18.56, 14th N.Morgan 19.31, 16th A.Hunter 19.45, 20th S.Higgs 20.18, 22nd A.Thorne 20.34, M.Scadding 20.56, 34th N.Edwards 21.53, 36th S.Padfield 22.02, 39th C.Buckland 22.48, 42nd B.Lee 23.11, 43rd C.Money 23.23, 44th M.Collins 23.50, 51st K.Sadd 26.52, 58th L.Royle 33.14
Mid February 2008 Round Up Harriers have been out competing in a whole host of road, multi-terrain and off-road races over the past month. For juniors the two regional Championships (South West and South of England) along with the Schools Championships (Somerset & South West Schools) have been the most important. For those in training for a spring marathon the long Sunday runs have been interspersed with half-marathons on the road (Blackmore Vale) or the equivalent over multi-terrain (Dursley Dozen). Reports on all of the Harrier performances can be found on the results page.  Looking ahead we have a strong squad of senior men and 1 of the top juniors, Nicola Morgan, competing at the National XC Championships on Feb 23rd and we wish them well there. We also see the first of the Harrier supported races for 2008 coming up with the Babcary race, over 7.5miles of undulating road, on Feb 24th and the Butleigh multi-terrain race (7 miles) on March 9th. The Butleigh race is the 2nd in the Somerset Race Series 2008; the first being at Hestercombe this coming Sunday (17th). Can Harriers Jon Gilling & Jenny Moore defend their Series titles?  And for those who like their runs long the Grizzly will not disappoint them on March 9th.  The Club Social on Leap Year Day eve (Feb 29th) will see various presentations, as well as buffet & live music. Tickets from any committee member at £6 for juniors and £12 for adults (£30 for family of 4). Nominations for the Bog seat please to the chairman Paul, so that he can avoid getting it again this year! & Did you know that the Street Race on Wed March 12th will actually be the 114th edition of the race!
Paul Knight was to only Harrier to travel to Sand Bay, nr Weston Super Mare on New Years Day to take part in the annual Hangover Ten (10k road race). Paul finished 31st out of 171 finishers in a time of 41:22 nearly 9 minutes behind the winner Philip Parry from Bristol & West who has won the event for the past few years.   This follows a creditable performance on 23 December in the Wellington Monument race where, on a much hillier course involving over 1000 ft of ascent, Paul finished in a time of 43:32 placing him 35th out of 203 finishers and 9th in his age category (MV40) closely followed by Simon Chamberlain 50:01 (95th) and Alasdair Bell 53:06 (128th)
The festive celebrations found their way to Stoke St. Gregory on Boxing day with the annual 10km race known as "The Stampede" routed around the quiet, flattish lanes of this sleepy hamlet. Casting away the Xmas cobwebs were several Harriers contesting honours with numerous other South West Clubs, Bristol's Vet Phil Parry winning in an impressive 32.25. Top thirty places for four harriers saw Matthew Lewis leading the way home in 12th place clocking 37.27, whilst veteran Dave Stanfield in 19th position finished in 38.22. Anna Lewis in 28th was a single place ahead of Pete Darton, clocking 40.14 and 40.38 respectively.  Others finishes included Nick Edwards 45.22, Martin Collins 55.06 and Declan Rogers 60.26.
The Club had 4 places allocated for the 2008 London Marathon.  The successful members are Kim Sadd (debut), Haydn Davies, Karl Watts and Les Lock, who is the fastest of this group to date with a sub 3 hours time to his credit. Other entrants include Martin Bailey, Jenny Moore who has a 3.00.03 marathon time to beat, Club Secretary Lucy Chard, Adrian Marriott who has a PB 2.18, and, the youngest, Tom Lock who, intriguingly, will be alongside his dad; any bets on who will finish ahead?
XC Championships for Dec 07 to Jan 08
Snowdonia Marathon successes
Harriers 5th in all England
Stickler!!!
Update October 2007 - Lots of news!
Parrett Trail Relay
Mendip Muddle
Mells Trail Race
Les Lock British Masters 10k Champion
1st Gwent XC Fixture (Oct 14th) coming up. Please let Paul know if you can join the team for the XC. A minibus will be going to each.
Mid September round-up
Shepton Mallet Fun Run success!
Didn't we do well at Bristol Half Marathon!
Frank Tickner finished 7th in his heat of the 3,000m steeplechase at the World Student Games in Bangkok on Saturday Aug 11th. He led the field through the first km in a sedate 3.05, before finishing in 8.49 some 10 second behind the Kenyan heat winner, Kirui.
Shepton 10k and 5k Fun Runs cancelled, but 1k to go ahead with added Fun!  See Here
Lock & Wythe Strike Gold
Marriott selected for Team GB and latest track performances
Yeovilton 5k July Report
Wellington 10 Mile
Croscombe Fun Run
Smith wins silver and Moore triumphs again
Cotswold Way 2007 report by Sue Cook
Tickner in Munich with Team GB
More Tickner success
Busy Weekend in May
Forest of Dean Trail Half Marathon, 25th March report here.
EGM report
Tickner takes national XC Championship!  Report here.
Holdon Forest Duathlon 18 - Something different!  Here
Babcary Report here - and more on Frank Tinkner
February Street 5k report here.
Questionnaire 2007 - PDF Form for printing off here
Salisbury XC on Feb 11th 2007 report

Harrier juniors at Somerset Schools Championships report

Grizzly Warning!  check this out and follow The Grizzly situation link.

Top of the class Frank Tickner books a trip to Kenya by taking victory at the trial for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships held at Bath University. See more here!  and HERE!!!

Harriers in National XC competition – Jan 2007 here

January Street 5k Results here!

Extraordinary General Meeting or EGM to you & me! Agenda Wednesday Feb 28th 2007 8.00pm at Wells Rugby Club

South-West Cross Country Championships at Bicton College, Devon - Report from Paul

Harriers storm to victory at the Devizes XC report from the chairman

WCH Christmas Club social: bowling at the Wells rugby club on Wednesday 20th December. Meet up at 18: 30 for a 18:45 run. Bring a dish for eats afterwards. Contact Jim for further details.

Fully Monty WCH team photo. (Click on the photo for a larger version.)

Cheddar Half and Brent Knoll reports, thanks Sue

Parett Trail Relay report, thanks Sue

Out of 1395 finishers we had 7th Adrian Marriott 50.30 & 8th Carl Morris 52.18 at the Cabbage Patch 10 mile road race 15th October in London, behind a phalanx of Africans...augurs well for the National Road Relays at Sutton Park.

Katherine May was born early Monday, mum & baby had a bit of a rough ride but got there ok.  She absolutely gorgeous! T&S

Harriers win at Wessex XC league, Taunton: 15th October report

Burnham on Sea and King Alfred's Torment report, thanks Pete

Best ever set of results for Harriers – top team from the West Country! report from the chairman

South of England 6-stage relay report for the chairman

Last pub run of the year: Wednesday 27th September from The Pheasant Inn, Near Burcott. Meet at 6:30 for a 6:45 (sharp) start. Bring a torch, just in case.

Yeovilton Report from the club chairman

Club social on Saturday 9th September at Wedmore Golf club arrive 7:30 for 8pm. Tickets are £15 each, £30 per family and can be bought from Clive and Ange, Paul for Monday nights, Claire, Jim has some for Weds night people or anyone on the committee. Format is 3 course meal with entertainment and awards.

August report from the chairman

July update report from the chairman

Wells runners 1-2-3 at 5km race report from Pete Wright

Next Pub Run Wednesday 26th July. Meet at 6:30 at the George Inn, Crosscombe

Cotswold Way results and report now up on the results page. Thanks from all of us to Sue and Terry for organising our teams so well and for the great knees up afterwards in Hallatrow.

Kenya Marathon While WCH were enduring a hot English summer's day in the Cotswold Hills, Caroline Fabre was running for the Tusk Trust in the Kenya Marathon, a hilly course at high altitude - her 2nd attempt and not only did she match her previously impressive time of 4hrs and 15 mins, she won the first Vet 50 prize for women.

'WCH Summer BBQ - Sunday 16th July - more details

Edinburgh marathon report from Clive

At the Wincanton 10km on the road Paul Chadwick and Tim Hamblin finished 5th and 6th respectively on a hilly, hot course amongst the field of 50 runners. Paul's time was 40.51, and Tim's was 42.09. Meanwhile in the junior races, Solomon Chadwick ran well in the 3km fun run.

Caroline Fabre is competing this coming Saturday (June 24th) over the traditional marathon distance of 26.2 miles in Kenya. She has been in training for the past 6 months and is hoping to get close to her target of 4 hours for this tough event held in hot and dusty conditions. Good luck to Caroline.

Dickie Wythe has been selected to compete for GB Veterans against France & Belgium at an international match to take place next Saturday (June 24th) in France. He will be competing in the 3,000m steeplechase. This is an event that Dickie has been specialising in on the track over the last few years. Good luck Dickie.

A copy of the revised WCH constitution agreed at the AGM

AGM minutes. Highlights from Claire

First summer pub run is now on Wednesday 7th June, start at 6:45 from the Queen Vic, Priddy.

Cotswold Way Relay web site and WCH Team Details

Wessex Ridgeway Relay: WCH ladies team wins. Report, thanks Sue

Somerset County Track and Field Championships report, thanks Paul

Black Death Race report, thanks Sue

Calling all women! Tell your friends! Overweight? Need to get back into shape? Running Sisters starts Wed May 10th

WCH AGM Wednesday 24th May at the Wells Rugby club, 8pm

March report by the chairman

The Grizzly report...thanks Bob

Running alone?

Interested in trying adventure racing?

The AGM has been confirmed as Wednesday 24th May this year

Chairmans Report for weekend of 4-5th March

Yeovil Town Road Running Club are holding a barn dance at the Yeovil rugby Club 19th March. Tickets £5. All welcome.

Babcary results now in. Special thanks to all who gave their time to help at the event. Well done Gary on another successful race.

Well done to Frank Tickner for his silver medal at the National XC championships. Report and results

Dursley Dozen report just in from Sue

Many congratulations to the senior men's team on winning the AAA 10K champs on 5th Feb!  Stormin' result!

Fantastic weekend for Harriers: Report for 4-5 Feb

Slaughterford 9 report and photos just in from Bob

100th edition of the Street 5km races January 2006

Wells City Harriers had 14 medallists at the Somerset Country XC January

Nailsea runing club have just sent in an entry form for their forthcoming NRC 2006 Series Just £12 to pre-enter all three races.... something of a bargain.

January Newsletter just in from Andrew...thanks

Just in, Terry Excel's photos from the Christmas handicap and social

European Cross Country Championships- Sunday 11th December, Tilburg,Holland Wells City Harrier, Frank Tickner made an excellent debut for the Senior Great Britain team in the European Cross Country Championships. Report

WCH win team prize at Full Monty. Report now in. Team photo (thanks to Nicky Adcock of Yeovil Town RR)

Two Harriers selected to represent GB from the European XC trials Sat 26th November

Brent Knoll Report 27th November

Wessex XC League Salisbury Report

Cheddar Half Marathon Report

National Road Relays 22nd October 2005. Many photos to browse at  www.rikko2photo.co.uk . you can order copies there too.

WCH Results and News from 5-6 November

Karen Buckley has been selected to run for England Veterans in the Home International this coming weekend

Kay Franklin has been a Superstar in NY...5h 07m...50th in her age group. She deserves a heros welcome when she returns just for braving it.  Terry

The first issue of the new Trionium Magazine is now available for free download, at http://www.propubs.com/trionium/ Registration is free, and you will then be reminded in an email to download subsequent bi-monthly issues.

Are you interested in entering the Paris Marathon (9th April 2006)? Let me know if you would like details of a hotel we have found 10-15 mins walk from the start (approx. £60 per double room per night). Laurie

Report on the Parrett trail Relay from Sue Cook

Some of us are hardier than others - three races in two days! The report from the South of England Fell Running Championships (and the New Forest Marathon) is hot off the press

The plans for the Club social have been finalised, and we are delighted to announce a Salsa evening on 23rd September. Book early. This was a great success, thanks to Claire.

Old news now, but still worthy of mention - Frank Tickner runs for GB, Yeovilton 5K race report, and more!

On track, on road and fell…the Harriers compete everywhere! Find out who's been running in which races.
The organisers of the Ironman Triathlon in Sherborne on Sunday 21st August are looking for volunteers to help with marshalling - volunteers will get a T-shirt! It may be possible to specify where/which element you would be available for (or not have to go all the way to Sherborne to help - there will be volunteers in Castle Cary for example for the 112 mile cycle leg). They have sent some details - please contact them directly if you are able to help.
On the Track this week we've seen personal bests, medals and team points (with Yeovil Olympiads) galore! Read all about it!
This week's report for the local press has news about Andrew Hennessey, Clare Martin, Laura Parker, Olivia Steward, Tom Hockedy, Tom Bush, Carl Morris, Paul Chadwick, Viv Fursland and... ...Seb Coe!
Congratulations to Dickie Wythe on his recent performance for the GB Veterans team at the international match against Belgium and France at Ashford. Also in the news has been Frank Tickner, running at the National U’23 Championships at Alexander Stadium.		Read the report
You may be intrested to hear that the club has a number of books and videos which you can borrow to help with your training. Contact   to borrow them.	See the Members page for more information
Those who missed the AGM in May may like to read about who won the awards
More on the Cotswold Way Team Relay from Sue. Thanks to everyone for volunteering to run in this year's Cotswold Way Relay - hope you all manage to stay injury free until the day, if not please ring ASAP and we'll call on one of our budding reserves!   Please read the links on the website (City of Bath AC) especially rules and route clarifications!  Breakdown of the teams opposite We have a couple of new faces this year - please give them your support as they run their debut Cotswold Way leg! I trust you'll all recce your legs (wo betide anyone who doesn't!  or in Viv's case, who does!) Please team up with others for transport on the day if you can to avoid too many cars on the roads. Does anyone fancy supper together in a pub on route home afterwards?  We have tended not to go to the official gathering afterwards as it can get crowded and a lot of hanging around.  Your feedback would be appreciated. Any queries in the meantime call me (ladies captain) 01749 342674 or Terry (men's captain) 01458 833832. See you around and good luck! Sue	Leg Distance (miles) Climb (m) Women Men 1 12 414 Sue Cook Chris Storie 2 12.5 553 Lorraine Motuel Viv Fursland 3 8.5 370 Sue Hammer Pete Darton 4 12.5 372 Liz Green Bob Powell 5 12.5 284 Julia Wiles Aidan Phippard (joining as 2nd claim) 6 9 530 Caroline Fabre Terry Kingham 7 7 275 Tatiana Storie Stuart Marsh 8 12 405 Laurie King Steve Masters 9 9 250 Rachel Wray Paul Chadwick 10 10 246 Angela Thomas Colin Turner         Emergency Contact on the Day for WCH teams: 07929 616274
The Cotswold Way Team Relay information is here... Sue Cook has entered two teams for the Harriers this year. Check with Sue as to what leg she would like you to run...or to register your interest in joining a team or being a reserve. Route descriptions etc are available from the Cotswold Way Relay website Terry Kingham & Paul Chadwick will be helping Sue as she team manages this year.
Bob Martin was thinking about entering the Langport Triathlon, but he may be reconsidering. Here's what he said: Not sure a tri entry is a good idea at this stage as just passing through the Barossa & Clare valleys & sampling the vineyards which is NOT conducive to fitness. Four weeks to get to Darwin [from Adelaide], then Bali for 3 weeks holiday & home mid-Aug. Running most days but not much else athletically speaking. Cheers, Bob
Thanks to the persistence of Simon Chamberlain in overcoming all the hurdles put in his way by the webmaster, we are proud to present the final standings of the 3Bs mini-series (Babcary, Butleigh and Barton St David)		See the results
News coming in about those hardy souls who ran the London Marathon: Matthew Harris 3:24 Martin Bailey 3:27 Pete Darton 3:35 Carole Buckland 3:45 Ian MacQueen 3:56 David Wood 4:39 Kaye Watts 5:13 Maureen Andrew (Mo) 6:42		See the report
Good news! Claire and Neil have had a baby! We wish them all well. he's called Matthew		Baby boy, 7lb 13oz, born Bath RUH, 24 March 2005
Triathlon Beginners Day! Stroke analysis (videoed) Rules and regulations Bike selection and equipment Bike set up Group ride or turbo session Run training Transitions Nutrition How to train How to race Only 8 places available. This day is aimed at total beginners, costs £ 25 and will start right from basics. Contact Churchill Sports Centre on 01934 852303		Churchill Sports Centre - Sunday 17th April. 9am - 3pm
Why water is good for you and some alternatives are not...
There's more COMIC RELIEF action for juniors on Wednesday 9 March at 4.30 with Sportshall Athletics. Come and try out a slightly .... erm ... different session. And it's NOT COLD doing sportshall athletics!		9 March 2005
Don't miss the juniors' Superstars competition at Millfield track. We are asking centrants to donate an extra £1 to COMIC RELIEF, which the club will match, in aid of the worthwhile charity.		7 March 2005
If you will be in Wells on 11 March, why not take part in a World Record Attempt, also in aid of COMIC RELIEF. All you need to do is have a little red in your hair...		11 March 2005
Did you hear the one about the two Harriers (who shall remain nameless) who went racing at the weekend? James (fiddlesticks - sorry J) went to Babcary but had to stop to retie his shoes not once, not twice, not .. ok - FIVE times! The other (hello Julia! oops - that's given the game away) went to the Dursley Dozen and FORGOT HER NUMBER. I mean, how hard is that? It's written across your front, for goodness sake. A couple of Bog Seat Award candidates, perhaps?		Babcary Dursley Dozen
The Marathon training group meets at 7:30am at Millfield Swimming Pool top car park in Street. Contact Terry Kingham (01458 833832).		27 February 2005
The Haile Gebrselassie presentation at Ashcott on Friday 25 February is fast approaching and the tickets are going like the proverbial hot cakes.		Don't miss out!
The Sunday morning Marathon training group meets next on Sunday 20th February with numbers reduced by competition. Please contact Paul Chadwick (01749 812420) for details of the location.
Photographs are just in from some of the fantastic cross country events in which our athletes have been competing.		More Mugshots
Results from Street 5K series so far have just come in. If you have missed a race so far then you can still get onto the list, but you must complete 5 races out of the 6 in the series.		See if you are on the list yet
Apologies to those hardies who competed way back in October in the Stickler (aka Dorset Three Peaks Challenge), which results have only recently come to light (you should see the pile of other stuff the poor webmaster has to cope with...).		Results are here
Congratulations to James Mellanby and his new fiancee, Sue, who announced their engagement recently!
Saunders entries are now open		See the fixtures page
Caroline Fabre and her family were caught up in the tsunami disaster while on holiday and is now fundraising for the Sri Lanka Disaster Appeal. You may well have already given but if you have any more to spare, then contact Caroline with individual donations or fundraising ideas on 01761 241502.
Those who are planning to run in the London marathon (or any other marathon!) this year will be interested to hear about our training sessions.		Details here (link now updated)
Some of you may know that Bob Martin went to live in Austrailia for a while, and we have just had word from him.		Read all about it here!
The lucky winners of the club London marathon entries are: Jane Harling Julia Wiles Ian Liversedge Terry Exell
Did you know that we have three Harriers selected to compete for England at cross-country?		Find out who they are
Questionnaire latest: congratulations to Viv Fursland and Maureen Andrews on having their names drawn out of the hat for the kit vouchers!		The questionnaire results are now available
A number of Club members have now just heard whether they have a guaranteed place in the 2005 London Marathon. The Club will be organising training sessions for first-time and experienced marathoners on a Sunday morning from the new year. Watch this space...
Hennessy runs for England!		Read all about it
Well done to Carl Morris, who won the Gillingham Trotters 7 in a time of 40:53		Full results here
Terry and Benny will be making the Sunday meeting a regular event, but meeting at 7am (they obviously aren't sleeping well).
Fancy a run on Sunday? Terry and Benny will be running on Sunday 7th November at 7:30am for between 1.5 and 2 hours and would love to run with other people...		Meet them in the car-park at Edgarley (sorry - Millfield prep!) on Sunday 7th November (7:30am)
Parrett pix now available!		Look at the pictures
After an exhaustive search, the results from the Street 5K in October have at last been found. After various excuses ("I forgot them", "my dog ate them", "my Dad said I didn't have to do them" and "what race?"), they were eventually found lurking near the very back of a computer, which is now helping the webmaster with his enquiries.. Please accept our apologies for the delay in their provision. We will resume our normal service next month.		Read them here
If you haven't entered the Grizzly already then you're too late :(		Entries are now closed
Fantastic results by all the teams in the Wessex League XC meeting held on Sunday 10th October!		Read the report and study the results here
Pictures also in from the SEAA 6 stage road relays		Did we say? We came 5th! Read the report and see all of the pictures
Just in, from the Clarendon Way marathon		Terry & Dave at around 8.5miles. Terry finished in 64th (mens race) with a time of 3:53:51, Dave suffered in the latter stages to finish 84th in 4:07:46
STOP PRESS! Ahead of magazine publication!		Remember you read it first here!
It has been a busy summer for Track and Field competition.		Read the round-up here
The cross country schedule has arrived		Wessex League and Avon and Somerset Championships dates here
Grizzly 2005 sign-up has started!		Make sure you enter soon if you want a place P.S. too late. Entries are now closed.
Pictures from the Bristol Half Marathon		Apart from the results, there are photographs available on the web. You need to know race numbers (does anyone know Terry and Mo's numbers?): Sue Cook was 12328 James Mallanby was 6041 Karl Watts was 5694 Phil Thomas was 3006 Andrew Wright was 6149 Caroline Fabre was 8790 Jane Middleton was 9225 Pat Challis was 10000 A second site has photos in finish order.
Hot off the press!		Mary Bignal Rand competition results
Latest Track and Field news		News, training and fixtures!
Race gossip		Rumour has it that Oliver Reed debuted for the Harriers at the August Yeovil 5K, and that Laurie King broke the women's course record for the Sidmouth 10k! See the results page for details
Interesting articles on food nutrition and athletes		Peak Performance: Eating before competition The GI factor and Sports Performance
Photographs		This section of the web site seems to be taking off quite well; thanks for all contributions. If you haven't yet looked at the Rogues gallery in the Members Section, then have a look now. Also, July Yeovilton pictures just in.
Junior News		Junior News 1 Summer 2004 Junior News 2 Summer 2004
Cotswold Relay		10 years on
Cotswold Relay June 2004		Report; Note to the Mudlarks; Lots more photos now in    Full results available on the Results page any pictures you have and I'll post them here
Interested in becoming a WCH coach?		click here for more info
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