The Street 5K Returns, National Road Relays, Cardiff Half Marathon, Mother Tuckers 10K, and winners of the Somerset Road Champs announced

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Owen Astington rounds the corner from Orchard Road at the Street 5K

The 2025/26 Street 5K Series kicked off in October with chip timing, attracting 93 runners and 12 juniors. Oskar Beck won the 5K in 16:38, Daisy Davies took the women’s title in 18:50, and junior Ruby Shaw set a new 2K course record of 7:04. Wells City Harriers also excelled in recent events, with Tom Webb debuting impressively at the Cardiff Half Marathon in 67:02, and strong performances at the National Road Relays, Mother Tucker’s 10K, and we have Harrier winners from the Somerset Road Championships.

Street 5K

And they are off! The juniors set off on the 1K and 2K races.

The 2025/26 edition of the Clive and Angela Thomas Street 5K Series kicked off in style this October — and for the first time ever, the event featured chip timing! The new system was a hit, allowing for quick, accurate results and a seamless prize presentation shortly after the final runners crossed the line. The official results are now being uploaded to The Power of 10. It was fantastic to see such a strong turnout, with 93 runners completing the 5K and 12 juniors taking part in the 1K and 2K races.

Race Director, Stephen Nicholls, was excited to be introducing chip timing for the first time.

Performance of the Night went to junior Harrier Ruby Shaw, who stormed to a new female junior 2K record with an impressive time of 7:04 – congratulations, Ruby! Hot on her heels was Heath Hughes Davies, the first boy home in 7:09.

In the 1K event, Rowan Kelly edged out Jonah Barrington and Oliver Gay to take the win in 3:28, while Maddie Gay was the first girl to finish, clocking 4:22.

Over in the main 5K race, Oskar Beck led from the front to take the overall win in 16:38. The women’s race saw a thrilling battle between Daisy Davies of Taunton AC and Louise Mills of Woking AC, with Daisy just edging ahead in 18:50.

Prizes for the race and age category winners were presented shortly after the event at the United Reformed Church, rounding off a great evening of running.

Full race results can be found here.
Junior results can be found here.

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Harrier Results:

1st – Oskar Beck – 00:16:38
4th – Tim Ingle – 00:16:45
5th – Jamie Williams – 00:16:53
7th – Addie Butcher – 00:17:06
9th – David Hirst – 00:17:28
13th – Owen Astington – 00:18:05
26th – Dan Williams – 00:18:59
29th – Jack Barker – 00:19:04
36th – Toby Hirst – 00:19:46
39th – Emma Rigby – 00:19:55
42nd – Gemma Tolputt – 00:20:01
54th – Helen Allen – 00:20:55
55th – Matthew Wiglet – 00:21:04
57th – Mike Bosley – 00:21:07
62nd – Jonathan Williams – 00:21:54
63rd – Sean Honan – 00:21:55
64th – Fergus Crawford – 00:22:05
67th – Eva Dowden – 00:22:41
68th – Thomas Kendrick – 00:22:58
75th – Melissa Aspinall – 00:23:44
76th – Mark Pople – 00:23:53
78th – Susan Williams – 00:24:17
79th – Robert Moore – 00:24:25
91st – Kathryn Williams – 00:29:10

See the current course records, including age category records, here.

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National Road Relays

The National Road Relays took place at Sutton Park, Birmingham on Saturday 4th October. Our U15 boys’ team — featuring Joe Whelan, Oskar Beck, and Jamie Williams — produced a strong performance to finish 16th overall. This was particularly impressive given that they placed 13th at the Southern Relays last month.

Equally commendable was our U17 girls’ team of Isabelle Whittle, Florence Tibbatts, and Ayla Chard, who secured an excellent 10th-place finish after placing 8th at the Southern Relays.

Well done to both teams! More photos and videos can be found here.

Oskar Beck bring the U15 boys team home

Cardiff Half Marathon

Tom Webb made an impressive debut over the half marathon distance in Cardiff, finishing 27th in a highly competitive field with a time of 67:02 — just seven seconds shy of breaking into the British all-time top 10 for the U20 age group. It marks excellent preparation for his upcoming target, the T100 triathlon, which features an 18K run alongside a 2K swim and an 80K cycle.

Also racing in Cardiff was Jonathan Williams who went on to record 93:27 — his second-fastest half marathon and a season’s best — placing 1,383rd overall.

Tom Webb with his finisher’s medal, after completing his first Half Marathon.

Mother Tucker’s 10K

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Tim Ingle finished 6th.

The Somerset Series is drawing near to an end with only three races left in the calendar. New for the 2025 series was the Mother Tucker’s 10K, hosted by Somer AC.

Harrier Results:
6th – Tim INGLE – 43:11.3

155th – Evelyn WIGLEY – 1:03:03.6

157th – Matthew WIGLEY – 1:03:05.7
183rd – Kim CLARK – 1:06:02.6
255th – Chris CLARK – 1:15:58.3
256th – Karen SHEARS – 1:16:08.6

In the Little Tuckers 3K, Heath HUGHES-DAVIES finished 2nd with a time of 13:50.1.

Full results can be found here.

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Chris Clark has now completed the Somerset Series for 2025.

Somerset Road Championships

This year, the County Championship was organised on a league-style basis requiring entrants to complete at least 2 out of 3 of the races selected by the County Association. This was intended to allow runners a choice for which races to enter and not be limited to one specific day for a one-off championship. The selected races were the Wells 10K, Baltonsborough 5 Miles, and Burnham Half Marathon. These races have now finished, and results are now available.

Scoring was based on the order of finishing among Somerset eligible athletes in each race. 1 point for 1st Somerset man and woman, 2 points for 2nd place, and so on. At the end of the series of 3 races the man and woman with least total points would be champions (Gold medal) excluding the worst result for those completing 3 races. If there was a tie, we used relative finishing positions of those tied when competing against each other in the same race(s). Silver and Bronze medals were decided on the same scoring basis. As in past years age categories were not used for this championship.

58 men and 38 women took part in at least 1 race. 12 men and 12 women completed 2 races, therefore qualifying for the championship. 2 men and 2 women completed all 3. The County Association thanks the individual organisers and organising Somerset Clubs for their help by including the County Championship in their races and for coping with the extra admin needed. We would also like to thank all those runners who took part. The County Association will discuss whether to continue this format for next year or consider an alternative.

The results are as follows:

Men

1 Gold William Pannell: Salisbury AC (3)

2 Silver David Hirst: Wells City Harriers (5)

3 Bronze Tim Ingle: Wells City Harriers (7)

4 Jeremy Linter: Wells City Harriers (10)

5 Matt Powell: Burnham on Sea Harriers (13)

6 Stephen Nicholls: Wells City Harriers (21)

7= Toby Brown: Burnham on Sea Harriers (23)

7= Michael Coombs: Wells City Harriers (23)

9 Matthew Wigley: Wells City Harriers (40)

10 Alan Hutchings: Yeovil Town RRC (42)

11 Dave Plummer: SW Vets AC (46)

12 Leonard Horlock: Burnham on Sea Harriers (61)

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David Hirst and Tim Ingle with their medals

Women

1 Gold Phoebe Aspinall: Wells City Harriers (2)

2 Silver Amy Reakes: Wells City Harriers (6)

3 Bronze Lucy Cooper: BADRAT (8)

4 Danielle Mathiesen: BADRAT (10)

5 Victoria Ryan: Wells City Harriers (12)

6 Melissa Aspinall: Wells City Harriers (16)

7 Lynn Cunningham: Running Forever RC (17)

8 Sorrel Langley-Hobbs: North Somerset AC (19)

9 Emma Woodcock: Wells City Harriers (21)

10 Margarita Moore: Yeovil Town RRC (21)

11= Ellie Humphreys: BADRAT (28)

11= Ali Milburn: Burnham on Sea Harriers (28)

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Amy Reakes with her medal

News Reports

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Dates For Your Diary

Here is a list of upcoming races, including WCH supported races, Somerset Series races, road relays, athletics league fixtures and other notable events. Contact club secretary Alexander Coombs if there is an event you would like adding. (SS = Somerset Series race, SRC = Somerset Road Championships)

October 2025

Thursday 16th October 2025 - Dave Jones Weston Prom Series (Race 2)

(SS) Sunday 19th October 2025 - Herepath Half

Sunday 19th October 2025 - Weston Super Half

(SS) Sunday 26th October 2025 - Mendip Muddle

Sunday 26th October 2025 - Wessex League XC (Race 1 - Learoyd Road)

November 2025

Saturday 1st November 2025 - English ‘National’ Cross Country Relay Championships

Sunday 2nd November 2025 - Wessex League XC (Race 2 - Bryanston School)

Saturday 8th November 2025 - Gwent League XC (Fixture 2 - Llandaff Fields, Cardiff)

Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Street 5K (Race 2)

Sunday 16th November 2025 - The Drogo 10