Wiltshire 10 – 2025

Congratulations to Peter Grist of Team Bath AC and Aine Halton-Hanley of Chippenham Harriers who led home the 300 strong field in the thirteenth edition of the Wiltshire 10 road race at Melksham.

Three hundred runners headed to Melksham for the 13th edition of the Wiltshire 10 road race. With the weather being kinder to us this year we were able to head out of King George V Playing fields along the Millennium Riverside Walk and into Forest Lane before heading out and around Lacock before finishing back in the town park.

Leading home the field in a time of 54-minutes and 57-seconds was Peter Grist of Team Bath AC with Timothy Swinn from Bristol & West AC and Michael Passmore of Swindon Harriers hot on his heels.

In the Ladies race, Aine Halton-Hall of Chippenham Harriers claimed her first victory at the race, recording a time of sixty two minutes and 34-seconds with Jenny Carter of Team Bath AC second and Rachel Stowell of Bitton Road Runners third.

Age group winners were: 1st MV40 – Tom Dudden of Team Bath AC; 1st MV50 – Christopher Redshaw of Avon Valley Runners; 1st MV60 – Paul Reddaway of Ware Joggers; 1st FV40 – Victoria Ryan of Wells City Harriers; 1st FV50 – Vicky Henderson of Corsham Running Club; 1st FV60 – Lynette Porter of Bitton Road Runners.

The race has raised £2,000 for young person’s charity Youth Action Wiltshire.

Provisional results can be found here.

Stampede Sports

2025 marks 20-years since I organised the first Stampede race (a six-miler following one of my Multi-Terrain routes around the villages of Shaw, Whitley, Neston & Atworth) and 15-years since I made it all official by incorporating Stampede Sports Limited. In that time Stampede Sports have staged well over a hundred races and hosted National & Regional championships on behalf of England Athletics, The ARC and Wiltshire Athletic Association.

All good things though must come to an end and so it is with sadness that I have to announce that 2025 will be the the final year of race delivery by Stampede Sports.

Preparations though are well underway for the Wiltshire 10 race at Melksham on Sunday 9th February and the Hullavington 20-miler on Sunday 23rd March with The Great Chalfield 10K at Broughton Gifford on Thursday 26th June being our final race.

Our friends at Redfish Events and DB Max will be taking over the organisation of some of your favourite races, so I am passing them over to good hands. I will still be keeping my finger in the metaphorical pie by providing consultancy and other event services.

Have a good year and I look forward to seeing you out racing on the roads of Wiltshire.

Regards Darren

Hullavington Secret Santa ’10’ – 2024

The fifth edition of the Secret Santa 10-miler saw two new course records as Aiden Daniel of Team Bath and Sarah Trahair-Williams from South Gloucestershire overcame the blustery conditions to take victory in 53:17 and 65:06 respectively.

Two hundred runners signed up for the fifth edition of the Hullavington Secret Santa 10-mile Run which was held in rather blustery conditions on Sunday 22nd December.

The course heads out of the village and takes in a playfully undulating loop around Grittleton, Yatton Keynell, along the Cromhall Lane to Kington St Michael and then Leigh Delamare before finishing back at the Hullavington Arms.

Leading the field home over the 10-mile course was Aiden Daniel of Team Bath in a new course record time of fifty-three minutes and seventeen seconds with James Bellward of Chippenham Harriers just a minute behind and last year’s winner, Jon Cracknell of Lonely Goat Running Club taking third spot.

For the Ladies, Sarah Thrahair-Williams from South Gloucestershire also claimed a new course record time of 65-minutes and 6-seconds along with her victory ahead of Caitlin Wosika from Team Bath and Emily Pitcher from Emersons Green Runners.

Age group awards went to: MV40 – Martin Lewis of Emersons Green Runners; MV50 – Gary O’Brien of Swindon Harriers; MV60 – Clive Newman of Corsham Running Club; FV40 – Debbie Jones from Little Somerford; FV50 – Laura Midwinter-Brown of Corsham Running Club; FV60 – Felicity Russell of Westbury Harriers.

All finishers received a Secret Santa medal and a gift from Santa’s sack, all unclaimed gifts were sent onto the “Companions at Christmas” charity.

Provisional results can be found here.

YAW100K Sportive – 2024

Sixty two riders successfully conquered 100-kilometers of playfully undulating Wiltshire roads in the fifth edition of the YAW100K cycle sportive.

The ride started at Melksham Town Football Club with riders setting off in small groups heading out across Salisbury Plain, through the Avon Valley where a feed station in the village of Enford allowed them to ‘refuel’, before  skirting the edge of the Marlborough Downs and heading back through Devizes and onto the finish line back in Melksham.

The fastest rider completed the course in an impressive three hours and twenty-eight minutes with the Stampede Sports Tail Riders following the field home in five and a quarter hours. All finishers were rewarded for their endeavours with a medal and High5 goody pack.

The event has raised £1,000 for young persons charity “Youth Action Wiltshire”.

 

Great Chalfield 10K – 2024

One hundred and sixty one runners lined up on Broughton Gifford Common on a warm but blustery evening for the thirteenth edition of the Great Chalfield 10K road race. Leading the field home over the playfully undulating but certified accurate course was Stephen Rose of Team Bath AC, who clocked 36:52 just ahead of Daniel McPherson of Avon Valley Runners and Phil King also of Team Bath AC.

In the Ladies race, leading home was Suzanne Clare from Atworth in 42:01 just ahead of Cath Adsett of Corsham Running Club and Evangaline Baker from Marlborough.

Age group awards went to: 1st MV40 – Patrick Cobb of Team Bath AC; 1st FV40 – Jo Moorshead of Corsham Running Club; 1st MV50 – Stuart Henderson of Corsham Running Club; 1st FV50 – Samantha Roylance of Lakeside Leg Spinners; 1st MV60 – John Gallagher of Swindon Striders; 1st FV60 – Jackie Sayer of Swindon Striders.

The race has raised around £1,500 for Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout group.

Provisional results can be found here.

Hullavington Half & 5K

A very warm day greeted the 150 runners who had signed up for the fifth edition of the Hullavington Half Marathon & 5K.

Leading the way home in the Half Marathon was Philip Daniels of Calne Running Club in a time of 1-hour 19-minutes 40-seconds ahead of Alex Aldrige of Newbury Running Club and Matt Sherfield of Salisbury A&RC. For the ladies Bryony Shepherd from Yatesbury led the way finishing in a time of 1-hour 31-minutes 11-seconds ahead of Philippa Brewer of Stonehenge Striders and Emma Haley of Chippenham Harriers. Age group awards went to: 1st MV40 – Henry Mtonga of Stonehenge Striders; 1st FV40 – Debbie Jones from Little Somerford; 1st MV50 – Darren Messen of Avon Valley Runners; 1st FV50 – Juliette Hatt of Chippenham Harriers; 1st MV60 – Clive Newman of Corsham Running Club; 1st FV60 – Lynn Brand of Frome Running Club.

In the supporting Hullavington 5K : Gary Day of Avon Valley Runners was the first man back in 18-minutes 5-seconds with Ian Page of Chepstow Harriers second and Ian Joyce from Trowbridge in third. For the Ladies it was Joanne Lumb from Hullavington who led the way for Team Bath in 23-minutes 11-seconds from Melanie Coleman of Cale Running Club and Debra Joyce from Trowbridge.

All finishers received a spinning medal with aspecial in memorium ribbon in honour of Sara Robert who was a great supporter of Stampede Sports and sadly passed away in March just a few hours after assisting at our Hullavington 20-mile race.

Half Marathon results are now online here

5K results can be found here.