Street 5K & WCH supported races
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Wells City Harriers have a long tradition of organising various races and events across the area and we have helped various other community groups to ensure that their events are organised to a good standard. The only races that the Harrier committee directly organise are the Street Series of races (October-March). Read on for details. For other local races please contact the community organisers direct.
BABCARY RACE RESULTS 2023 here
BUTLEIGH MT RACE ENTRY VIA RUN BRITAIN Link here
ENTER THE next edition of the Street 5k Race using this link here no later than 48 hours before race start (or enter on the night)
Enter the junior races of 1k & 2k on the night by 7.15pm at the latest
Street 5k & Junior races: Race The Night
Now back for another year - the Clive & Angela Thomas Street 5k Series. This will be the 33rd year! 2nd Wednesday of every month Oct-March.
The 32nd Series was completed on Wednesday 9th March and links to reports & results throughout the last series are below.
Back again, this time under new Race Director Stephen Nicholls in October 2022.
Enquiries to
Course records for the Street 5k & junior 1k&2k races here
First event: 12th October 2022; Starts 7.30pm - this will be 5k Race number 192 (junior races 2 or 3 minutes before main 5k race)
ENTER the 5k Series or an individual race online at least 36 hours in advance please. Limited entry on night. £5 (with England Athletic registration)/£7 (without EA registration) for each individual race.
£2 for junior 1k or 2k race - enter using paper form on the night or at Monday training.
Series Sports Towel (value c£10) for all that enter the Series and compete in 5 races.
If you enter the Series then keep your race number for all the races. If you enter just one race but might come back & race another then also please keep your race number (saves us having to re-enter you on our database!). 5 races (out of 6 in 2022/23) count for the Series awards - prizes after every race.
Race HQ: Street United Reformed Church Hall, off the High Street, entrance - opposite 'Living Homes' (entrance at the back) Opens 6.30pm
PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS & GUIDANCE IN THE RACE HQ
HQ opens from 6.30pm
Collect pre-paid Race Numbers by 7.15pm Briing your own pins to save wasting them
Race Start: by the Royal British Legion Club, Farm Road - 200metres fromRace HQ.
Start Times:
7.27pm for junior 1k (school years 5&6) & 2k (school years 7&8) ;
7.30pm for all entrants in 5k race (5 lap)
(As we may need to implement some Covid precautions on the night at the Race HQ, it would be appreciated that entrants bring a mask if required to wear one when inside the Race HQ before or after the race)
JUNIOR RUNNERS WELCOME
There will be the usual 5 laps of the circuit for 5k (age 13 upwards encouraged); and a 1k race ( 1 lap) aimed at School years 5 & 6; and a 2k race (2 laps) for those in School years 7 & 8. (as an 11 year old you can enter the 5k but we’d rather you had a go at breaking the course records for the 2k!). £10 for the Series of 5 junior races or £2 for one race. Junior 1k & 2k entry forms at Harrier training or on the night entry. Arrive by 7pm.
This Series in 2021/22 was co-Race Directed by Ed Tickner & Paul Chadwick and we are handing over to new Race Director Stephen Nicholls assisted by Henry Sage for 2022/23. If you aren't running you can help by volunteering to marshal.
Each runner of any age and ability will be encouraged, as usual, to run as quickly as they can on the night with good support, and the timing clock every 1k, and to get quicker across the Series with little incentives during the Series…..
Race results, photos and any report will be posted up within a day or two of each race on the Harrier Front Page. Reports and results from all races last year can also be seen below. 5k Results also go to power of ten.
RESULTS & REPORTS, often with photos, from the 2022/23 Street Series:
Race Number 192 - October 12th 2022 link here
Race Number 193 - November 9th 2022 link here
Race Number 194 - December 14th 2022 link here
Race Number 195 - January 11th 2023 link here
Race Number 196 - February 8th 2023 link here
OTHER LOCAL RACES WE SUPPORT - Enquiries about these following races should be directed to the local community race organisers - we at the Harriers sponsor the races and provide advice & guidance but they are organised by local communities to raise moneys for charitable causes.
Sunday 26th February 2023 Babcary 7.6 mile road race & junior races -supported by Wells City Harriers- Another great race!
Babcary Race 2023: Results link here
Babcary Race 2022: Report & Results link here
Sunday 16th April 2023 will see the Butleigh 10km Multi-terrain race - supported by Wells City Harriers. Link: Enter online via RunBritain
Butleigh 2022 Report & Results link here.
Last held on September 11th 2022, the Wells Festival of Running saw races for all ages - supported by Wells City Harriers. Link to 2022 results & photos here.
Usually on the late August Bank Holiday Monday sees the usual Baltonsborough 5 mile Road Race & junior runs - supported by Wells City Harriers - races for all ages. LINK HERE. for race details. Report on the 2022 races here.
& we also supported the 2022 Baltonsborough Christmas Pudding 5 mile Race . Report & photos of the event held on 18th December 2022 here.
Baltonsborough Xmas Pudding 2021 report here:. Report & photos here.
Race results, photos and any report will be posted up within a day or two of each race on the Harrier Front Page. Reports and results from all races last year can also be seen below.
Harriers out competing at Yeovil Spring Open and at road & multi-terrain - well done all!
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(Above - Oskar, Leyton & Sam after their 800m races on Saturday, for Oskar & Sam their first ever track races! - photo by Paul)
Harriers of all ages have been busy competing these past few weeks. For many it has been the start of the Track season with times set at the Yeovil Spring Open which was once again well organised by our partner Club, Yeovil Olympiads. Our thanks to all the volunteers and officials that made the meeting work so well, especially appreciated by those new to the sports for whom this would have been their first taste of a competitive Track & Field meeting. The trio above all had great runs in the 800m on Saturday morning! Read on for times by all the Harriers that I could spot taking part….
Elsewhere the road and multi-terrain races continue apace and we’ve had Harriers out competing, and in some instances winning, recently. The hilly Penselwood 10k race saw v40 Chris Walker win the race (again) and be presented with a very impressive Trophy (which has a long history), whilst the women’s race was won by one of our former Monday juniors. Jess Pate, who came all the way from Edinburgh to be presented with an almost equally impressive trophy. Then on Easter Monday, we again had 2 winners when Kim & Chris Clark picked up their age category prizes for their Bunny Hop 7.5 mile multi-terrain runs.
See also, below, the Agenda for the Harrier AGM on 11th May
(Below: Chris & Jess with their trophies after Penselwood 10k - photo by Paul)
Read more: Harriers out competing at Yeovil Spring Open and at road & multi-terrain - well done all!
Excellent running as Spring ushers in road & multi-terrain races along with Track & Field; & Update on Memberships
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Harriers have been out competing at various distances this past few weeks - with half-marathons in particular featuring as the traditional build up to a Spring Marathon.Others have finished off their Cross-country season or finished their indoor T&F season and are now moving to the outdoor season.
The Harrier supported Butleigh race over 10k attracted a good field and raised good money for the local community facilities, with Matt & Harriet taking the plaudits for the Harriers with their 1st overall and 2nd woman awards. (Photo above - Matt Lusby, Matt Powell (Burnham); Hazel Hole (Minehead); Harriet Burr; with Race Director Norman Wright after the race - photo by Paul) Now with added photo album link - see below.
Meanwhile we catch up with a few of our Hon life Members competing out in the USA; advise on some competition opportunities coming up; promote the forthcoming Harrier AGM where we are looking to recruit new committee members; and advise about the new Membership year - watch out for the e-mail in your inbox asking you to pay your annual fee; and an update on the ballot for London Marathon places.
(Below - u23 Elise Thorner winning her final mile race of her Indoor season out in the USA)
Final XC reports; Newport Half success; London Marathon places; Harrier committee & AGM; Membership news
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Great running by this Harrier trio at the Newport Half Marathon! First team.
Wells City Harrier members have been competing on different surfaces this past few weeks as the cross-country season draws to a close, the road running season continues apace, and meanwhile track & field competition starts to be introduced next month.
This report includes news from the English Schools XC Championships where new Harrier member u17 Sophie Nicholls won bronze in the Inter-girls; the final Gwent League fixture at Swansea where the senior men finished top of Division Three, with Jon James taking individual V45 & V55 awards across the season; and a report from the Newport Half Marathon where the Harriers were 1st team.
Read on also for information about the Clubs places for the London Marathon; the start of the Track & Field season; and a call for members & parents of junior members to volunteer for the Harrier committee at the forthcoming AGM to be held in May. Also news on an increase in Membership fees due to EA registration going up.
Matt & Gill are crowned King & Queen of the Street 5k (again) whilst Joe & Daisy win the final race of the 2021/22 Series - race number 191
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(On the start line for edition number 191 of the 5k Race - under starters orders - photo by Paul)
Gill Pearson & Matt Lusby picked up where they left off after the previous (2019/20) Street 5k Series when they retained their overall crowns as Queen & King of the 2021/22 Series.
On the night, in the 5th and final race of this 32nd Series, Joe Gentry of North Somerset AC won in a nippy 15.52, with Mark Duffett (u/a) 2nd in 15.59. For the women Daisy Barker (u/a) was 1st home in 18.07 with Series winner Gill Pearson (Running For Time) 2nd in 18.40.
In the accompanying junior races on the night Eva Dowden again won for the girls over 1k with Jack Barker 1st for the boys. In the 2k race Darcy Walker won for the girls and brother Harley Walker 1st for the boys. Junior race Series winners were Eva Dowden & Freddie Punchard for 1k; Jasmine Gascoigne & Nnaemeka Nwagbogu for the 2k.
Amended results now below. There were a few gremlins in the results which have hopefully now been resolved. Let us know if any other errors/gaps.
(Below - the junior 1k runners after they've run their race - photo by Paul)
- Great running at the Babcary Road race & Hannah has a good day out at the Nationals - top ten finish!
- Great running at Blaise Castle Cross Country; news from the Indoors; & updates on Wells & Street races
- Harrison wins Street 5k edition number 190 whilst Kirstie wins for the women & Jon lowers the V55 course record (again)
- Harrier juniors out in force at County Schools XC Championships whilst senior squad run well at Chepstow
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