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Wells City Harriers AGM to be held on Wednesday 23rd May; Sign up to help or compete at the Wells Fun Run on Sunday 27th; Raffle to win signed TeamGB shirt

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 01 May 2018; Last Updated: 01 May 2018; Hits: 2617

May is another busy month for the Harriers. The Track and Field Leagues get underway this weekend (5th/6th May). The County Track & Field Championships take place on the weekend of 12th/13th May. We have two teams of seniors competing at the 100km Wessex Ridgeway on 20th May. The Club's AGM takes place at Wells Rugby Club on the evening of 23rd May. The latest Harriers 'Couch to 5k' programme also concludes that evening. We are supporting the local committee, made up mainly of Harriers, at the annual Wells Fun Run on Sunday 27th May. And there is a chance to raise money for a good cause and maybe win a signed TeamGB shirt with a raffle! Read on.

The current Harrier committee - they meet 5 times a year.

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Track & field season gets underway – Harriers and YOAC team mates perform well at Yeovil Spring open and at the Somerset multi-events. Deadline for County Champs coming up.

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 29 April 2018; Last Updated: 30 April 2018; Hits: 2766

The track & field season got underway with the usual Spring season opener at the Bill Whistlecroft Arena over the weekend of 21^st & 22^nd April and has continued this past weekend with the Somerset multi-events competition. There’s been some terrific performances, whether by those new to track & field competition or the more seasoned athletes amongst the combined Wells City harrier/Yeovil Olympiads team. Top billing once again probably goes to Elise Thorner for her run in the 2000m Steeplechase last weekend (21^st) where she went under 7minutes with her 6.59.04 which is within the European U18 championships qualifying standard for this year. All Harriers should also note that the deadline to enter the County T&F Championships is on Saturday 5^th May. Read on for details.

Photo shows Poppy Pellow (Harrier vest) & team mate Lizzie Ingram (YOAC vest) in the 1500m Steeplechase (photo by Al)

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Great efforts at London Marathon! …..and report on road races by Harriers in April – including several pbs at Yeovilton 5k!

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 25 April 2018; Last Updated: 19 May 2018; Hits: 2619

There were some very hot Harriers out there last weekend (Sunday 22^nd April) amongst the 40,000 other runners at the London Marathon. Some were making their debut at London, whilst others were back again. All who started got round and in a number of instances will have raised good amounts of money for good causes. Hannah Blundy had a great run for 9th in the inter-regional Mini-Marathon over 3miles. If you feel inspired to have a go yourselves, then read on for details of entering the 2019 ballot for a London Marathon place. Also we report here on some of the road/multi-terrain races this past month where particularly amongst the youngsters a stack of personal bests were achieved: all that training is paying off!

Duncan Verel (left) with Julius Naim ready for the Marathon

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Juniors Compete For Somerset At The English Schools National XC Finals At Leeds

Details: Written by: Alan Thorner; Created: 22 March 2018; Last Updated: 27 March 2018; Hits: 2121

Wells City Harriers Juniors were out in force on Saturday 17th March to compete

for Somerset in the culmination of the English Schools cross country season.

This year the prestigious National Finals were held at the spectacular setting of

Temple Newsam Park in Leeds on an undulating course saturated by recent rain

and snow falls. Sub zero temperatures and a biting easterly wind greeted the

300 + runners in each of the three age groups for both boys and girls. Some of

the races started in a blizzard although great encouragement for the athletes

was shown by the thousands of spectators who came along to watch. Some

excellent performances on the day by all of the talented athletes from Wells City

Harriers who had progressed through three qualifying rounds starting in

December with their reward being a place on the start line. Finishing positions as

follows: Junior Boys–Jake Fisher 169, Toby Watson 170, Daniel Maydew 214,

Junior Girls–Hannah Blundy 143, Intermediate Boys–new recruit Charlie Cook

168, Matthew Quarterman 173, Intermediate Girls–Lizzie Ingram 135, Holly

Bigger 181, Jessica Hudson 259, Senior Boys –Ben Lloyd 50, Dylan Dukes 183,

Senior Girls –Elise Thorner 45, Caitlin Carnegie 205, Katie Lloyd 228. On the

same day Ollie Dickinson had a superb 3rd place finish in the Welsh National

U20 XC Championships at Swansea to earn a Welsh International Vest this

weekend at Nottingham in the Home Counties International XC.

Tom & Dylan Dukes = joint Kings of the Street 5k Series! whilst Helen Southcott is Queen of Street 5k for 2017/18. New V50 course record too!

Details: Written by: Paul Chadwick; Created: 15 March 2018; Last Updated: 15 March 2018; Hits: 3658

There was another great night of running at the last of the season’s Clive & Angela Thomas Street 5k races held on Wednesday, 14^th March. This was edition 174 in the sequence and there was no less effort than that shown in the early days! Jon James (Wells City Harriers) was back racing and broke the Street 5k V50 record in winning on the night, with Minehead’s Verity Elton winning for the ladies. Logan Moncrieff won the 1k race and Ollie Bishop the 2k race. Dylan & Tom Dukes were jointly crowned King of Street 5k 2017/18 whilst Helen Southcott became Queen of the Street 5k!

Clive & Angela Thomas Street Series award winners for 2017/18

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