GOOD TURN OUT FROM WELLS MEMBERS ACROSS ALL AGE
GROUPS AT RACES OVER A BUSY EASTER PERIOD
ALEX COOMBS WINS AT FIRST YEOVILTON 5K RACE
(Alex Coombs leads the field at 1st Yeovilton 5k race on a wet/windy evening)
Easter is always a busy time with a number of local races over the holidays at Bath, Yeovilton, Shapwick, and the start of the track season with the open meeting at Yeovil.
On Easter Friday Bristol Track club held its 5k race event in the evening at Odd Down in Bath. The field was split into 3 waves based on runners previous times here are the overall positions for the 5 Wells runners who took part on the fast flat course.
32nd (Mv35) Chris Green in 15.18
185th (Mv45) Tom Dukes in 18.06
187th (Mv40) Stuart Nash in 18.08
208th (U20F) Jasmine Caley in 18.30
228th (Mv55) Craig Foley in 19.14
(Wells v55 Craig Foley at Bath)
The Easter weekend saw a large contingent of Wells runners compete at the Yeovil Olympiads open track meeting. This event saw some great performances from Wells juniors who train at the club’s Monday track session.
100m
U13Rex Bickham 17.95
U13Dominic Cook 18.02
U17Amelie Cook 15.42
800m
U13 Dominic Cook 2.50
U13 Rex Bickham 2.53
U17 Amelie Cook 2.37
75m
U11 Milo Cook 13.57
U11 Florence Perkins 14.24
100m
U13
Charlie Franchomme 15.57
Harrison Skuse 16.04
Elspeth Perkins 14.44 (1st)
U15
Nnaemeka Nwagbogu 14.22
200m
U13
Elspeth Perkins 29.70 (1st)
U15
Nnaemeka Nwagbogu 28.62
Addie Butcher 31.10
Maya Bufton 30.33
300m
U15
Nnaemeka Nwagbogu 49.26
Maya Bufton 49.01
600m
U11
Alfie Beck 2.11
Milo Cook 2.28
Florence Perkins 2.34
800m
U13
Jack Barker 2.44
Oskar Beck 2.23 (1st)
Elspeth Perkins 2.50
1500
U15 Addie Butcher 5.23
U13 Dominic Cook 5.48
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U11 Florence Perkins 2.13m
U13 Charlie Franchomme 3.88m
U13 Harrison Skuse 3.08m
3000
U17 Tom Webb 9.01
1500 Steeplechase
U17 Charlie Court 5.25.08
Well’s U13's Rex Bickham & Dominic Cook before their 100m race at Yeovil on Saturday
Wells U15 Maya Bufton in 200m
Easter Monday - 2 local races took place at Shapwick & Yeovilton
The Shapwick Bunny Hop held on the levels saw 4 Wells runners competing in a field of 111. Wells Junior Rex Bickham fresh from competing at the Yeovil open in the 100 and 800m's on Saturday had a great run as well to win the Junior race!
In the main race first for Wells was
(Fv35) Emma Woodcock 52nd in 66.52
Followed by (Fv65) Kim Clark 81st in 74.40
(Fv65) Karen Shears 89th in 78.06
& (Mv60 Chris Clark 96th in 83.44
The other race held on Easter Monday was the Easter Bunny 10k at Yeovilton
3 runners from Wells competed in a field of 169 on this fast flat 10k course
(Mv35) Matt Lusby was 4th in 34.40
(Mv70) Mat Sparkes was 41st in 44.30
(Mv75) Bernie Mundy was 126th in 59.05
Then on the Wednesday evening it was back to Yeovilton where 11 Wells runners lined up in a field of 86 for the first race in this year’s Yeovilton 5k Series.
First home for Wells & race winner in very wet and windy conditions was
(SM) Alex Coombs in a great time of 16.24
Followed by (SM) Adam Sutton who was 7th in 17.47
10th (Mv40) Stuart Nash in 18.22
17TH (Mv40) Neil Biss in 19.44
26th (Mv55) Craig Foley in 20.32
30th (Mv50) Mike Bosley in 21.25
36th (Junior Female) Amelie Cook in 21.49
50th (Junior Male) Dominic Cook in 23.40
59th (Fv45) Aimee Biss in 25.25
72nd (Fv65) Karen Shears in 27.36
Well done to all who competed over the Easter period.
Butleigh Multi Terrain 2023
Sunday 16th April saw a large gathering of runners at the playing fields pavilion to participate in the annual multi terrain race.
There were just shy of 100 taking part proof of the popularity this long-standing event now approaching 40 years old, attracting numerous local athlete’s and running clubs including Yeovil Town, Burnham on Sea and Wells Harriers who were all well represented.
Weather conditions on the day were good for the 10 km course though the added challenge of some very muddy sections tested the endurance of many runners.
The clear winner was Wells City Harrier Matt Lusby who finished in just under 40 minutes with George Mallinson of Belgrave RC second in a time of 42.40. In third place was another Wells runner Oliver Frost who also the leading Veteran 40.
The winning Lady was Joanna Carritt (FV35) who clocked an impressive time of 50.54 was in 20th place overall, with Butleigh’s Beth Corfield as second placed lady in a time of 52.48 after a close race with Holly Jones in third 53.04.
There was a wide spread of age groups across the entire field with a large number of veteran runners out of the finishers there were 53 males and 44 females.
Amongst the Butleigh finishers were Mark Wills 45.50 placed 8th, Alistair Corfield 59.59, James Fielder 63.54 and Bobbie White 88.01.
The event relies totally on the support and time of many locals to cover all aspects of the race including organising, marshalling, first aid and catering in conjunction with Butleigh Playing Field Association. So a huge thanks goes to all who made it happen.
The race proceeds going towards the up-keep of the Butleigh Playing Fields facility.
For complete Butleigh results 2023 please click here
Pete Wright