Wells City Harriers – Shepton Mallet Fun Run, 5k and 10k races.
The annual Shepton Mallet fun run and 5k + 10k races held last Sunday
3rd Oct saw a large gathering of runners and families supporting
young and old across all events. With the heavy rain
and windy conditions diminishing as the races got under way there were many
spirited runs especially with juniors tackling 2 laps (1km) of the rain soaked playing
fields.
Prizes for 1st,2nd
& 3rd were awarded for
boys and girls age groups U7’s, U9’s, U11’s and U13’s. Many
local schools took part with Croscombe being the most
represented. For the winners see the listed results.
With over 200 record entries
for the 5k/10k races Wells City Harriers provided many of the winners amongst
the 25 harriers taking part.
10k overall Peter Grist clocked an impressive 34:10 ahead of the
leading junior male Nathan Young representing Bristol & West, Iain Payne
was 3rd .
Other Harriers taking awards
were Nick Somerville 1st Vet 50, Rex Whitcombe
3rd V50, with Carol Buckland taking the V45 1tst prize.
Other Harriers included
Matthew Lewis 7th, Chris Williams 15th, David Camell 22nd, Mike Rusca 39th, Tom
Matthews 42nd, Claire Thomas 83rd, Jenna Noad 89th, Garfield Kennedy 113th,
Shelia Patterson 114th, Emma Jupp 115th,
Sharon Bowles 124th, Haydn Davies 142nd.
The 5k race saw another Wells
Harrier take the honours Curtis Stevens winning in a time of 17:41, ahead of
Kieran Young (19.00) Bristol & West AC, with V40 Mike Harvey of Yeovil 3rd
just ahead of 4th placed Wells junior Samuel Hardin both recording
identical times who won the 1st local prize.
Wells junior females were
lead home by Rebecca Carver 1st clocking 19.42; 2nd place
was Abbie Gibbons.
Other 5k finishers included
Lewis Clarke 9th, Gary Sheridan 10th, Esme
Sheridan 11th, Hayley Carver 13th Marcus Gibbons 25th. Local awards also went to Lewis, Hayley and Gary 2nd
V40 trophy.
A full list of results and
times is available from the Wells City Harriers web site at www.wellscityharriers.org.uk