Long ago - back in 1988 - the Harriers started to organise the monthly 5km road race around Street. The inaugural Race Director and instigator, Clive Thomas, designed a lapped circuit in the middle of Street and the races, as always were held every 2nd Wednesday of the month between October and March. On Wednesday March 12th we will be holding the 150th edition of the races as we come to the end of our 25th Series. Will you be coming to join us?
Over the years we have changed the course ever so slightly - it used to be 4 laps of a slightly longer circuit - but when it was pointed out that there might be clash with the local Fire Station having to send appliances out in answer to a call, we changed the course to avoid that road and in effect it became the 5 lapper that we all know. We have also changed the HQ venue over the years as we used to use Royal Victoria Club for a few seasons, but now we are very grateful for the United Reformed Church permitting us use of their Church Hall. In all the 25 years we can only recall postponing the event once due to bad weather (ice on the course) and that month's event was re-scheduled for the following week.
We have had some great competition over the years, and some fantastic times, and we have always catered for all abilities and fitness levels with some runners using the event as a monthly time-trial to see how their fitness is improving. The course records (as far as we know) are below for any to check - please advise us if we have missed any record time over the 149 previous editions! Last years King & Queen of Street (Series) were Paul Maskell and Charotte Baker - who will be crowned on March 12th? We will also have the technical T-shirts for those who have completed 5 of the races this season.We will also award series prizes for the 1km and 2km races.
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Street Course Records 1988-2014
Men
1 Rob Whalley (City of Stoke) 14.21 (Dec 2000)
2 Ian Gillespie (Birchfield H) 14.27 (Feb1997?)
3 Ben Tickner (Wells City H) 14.45 (Nov 2007)
4 Justin Swift-Smith (Shaftesbury) 14.50 (Feb 2001)
5 Lee Merrien (Guernsey Island) 14.52 (Mar 2004)
Jnr 17-19 Ben Tickner (Wells City H) 15.02 (Dec 2000)
Yth u17 Frank Tickner (Wells City H) 15.41(Nov 2000)
Yth u15 Joe Tavener (Wells City H) 17.02 (Mar 2003)
Matthew Dickinson(Wells City H) 17.28 (Mar 2010)
Oliver Fox (Wells City H) 17.32 (Dec 2009)
V40 Jon James (Wells City H) 15.26 (Dec 2005)
Gary Eagle (Westbury H) 15.29 (Feb 2002)
V50 Dickie Wythe (Wells City H) 16.59 (Nov 2006)
V60 Les Lock (SW Vets) 19.12 (Oct 2013)
V70 Brian Mountjoy-Row (YTRR) 24.15 (Dec 2013)
Women
1 Gemma Turtle (Gloucester AC) 16.32 (Dec 2009)
2 Rose-Anne Galligan (Glos AC) 16.38 (Dec 2009)
3 Amber Gascoigne (Wells City H) 16.44 (Feb 1998)
4 Clare Martin (Newport) 17.09 (Feb 2002)
Yth u17 Emily Smith (Wells City H) 18.38 (Nov 2012)
Charlotte Baker (Wells City H) 18.59 (Oct 2013)
Yth u15 Charlotte Baker (Wells City H) 19.27 (Nov 2012)
Emily Smith (Wells City H) 19.35 (Dec 2009)
F35 Ann Taswell (Wells City H) 18.48 (Mar 2007)
Liz Wiggins (Weston AC) 19.46 (Jan 2012)
F45 Michelle Kerfoot (Bitton RR) 18.55 (Dec 2013)
Linda Lascelles (Maiden Newton) 19.08 (Oct 2013)
F55 Marion Colman (Wells City H) 22.47 (Feb 2007)
Becky Lee (Wells City H) 23.11 (Feb 2008)
Julia Hector (Taunton AC) 23.13 (Mar 2009)
F65 Jean Hughes (Langport RR) 27.38 (Mar 2012)
Junior races:
1k Curtis Stevens (Wells City H) 3.28 (Oct 2006)
Stephen Kerfoot (Bitton RR) 3.33 (Dec 2013)
Luke Baker (Wells City H) 3.35 (Oct 2011)
Nathan Smeeton 3.35 (Mar 2008)
William Carr (Wells City H) 3.40 (Oct 2013)
Lucy Baldwin (Wells City H) 3.40 (Dec 2009)
Amy Reakes (Mendip AC) 3.43 (Oct 2006)
Naomi Marable (Wells City H) 3.44 (Mar 2007)
2k Alex Williams (Wells City H) 6.52 (Mar 2013)
Luke Prior (Wells City H) 6.58 (Mar 2011)
Kieran Young (Mendip AC) 7.00 (Nov 2006)
Vera Assis (Wells City H) 7.26 (Oct 2007)
Lucy Baldwin (Wells City H) 7.28 (Feb 2011)
Best mark only by an individual shown
Corrections/amendments to Paul Chadwick or Ed Tickner