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Michael Beckett from City of Salisbury A&RC ran out as the winner in the twelfth running of the Great Chalfield 10K held with Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group. Michael completed the playfully undulating course in an impressive 33-minutes and 35-seconds ahead of Tom Gurney of Avon Valley Runners and Phil Daniels of Calne Running Club.

In the ladies race Emma Tate from Neston made it two victories on the bounce at this race, finishing in 40-minutes and 59-seconds ahead of Ella Daley and Rachael Strange, both from Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds.

Age category awards went to: 1st MV40 – Matthew Waite from Calne Running Club; 1st FV40 – Laura Midwinter-Brown of Corsham Running Club; 1st MV50 – Tim Burrell of Avon Valley Runners; 1st FV50 – Catherine Adsett of Corsham Running Club; 1st MV60 – Robin-Mark Schols of Avon Valley Runners; 1st FV60 – Christine Meek from Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds.

It is hoped that the event has raised over two thousand pounds for Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group.

Results are online here

One hundred and fifty runners lined up in Trowbridge town park for a special edition of the Trowbridge 5K, to mark the coronation of King Charles III.

From the start the pace was set by Jack Reddaway of Les Croupiers followed closely by Daniel Piper of Hastings Runners and Stuart Henderson of Corsham Running Club before coming home in a winning time of seventeen minutes and twenty nineseconds.

For the Ladies, Ann Marie Brazier from Chippenham led home from the Avon Valley Runners pair of Gemma Knudsen and Holly Newman.

Billy Camplin and Terri Duddy claimed the specially minted boxed medals for being the “fanciest” runners.

Provisional results are now online here

Unfortunately with just six weeks to go, we are forced to cancel this year’s edition of the Hullavington Half Marathon & 5K due to insufficient entry numbers to make for a viable race. Although we will not now be staging the Half Marathon in 2023, we do hope to stage the Hullavington 5K alongside the “Secret Santa 10-miler in December.

Entrants have been eMailed with their options for this cancelled event.

One hundred and thirty runners lined up in “The Street” to take on the playfully undulating challenge of the Hullavington 20-miler. Leading the field home and smahing the course record by over 8-minutes was Michael Kallenberg of Swansea Harriers in 1-hour fifty-minutes 30-seconds, ahead of Simon Nott of Calne Running Club, whose 1:52:13 was also inside the old record. Completing the podium was Michael Passmore of Swindon Harriers in 2:04:17.

Kelly Dicks of Great Western Runners led home the ladies in a time of 2:18:25 ahead of Michelle Maxwell of Chippenam Harriers in 2:26:53 and Amy Sole of Cornwall AC in 2:28:25.

Other awards went to: 1st MV40 – Chris Miller of Cirencester AC; 1st MV50 – John Billett of Highworth Running Club; 1st MV60 – John Gallagher of Swindon Striders; 1st FV40 – Alice Doggrell of Great Western Runners; 1st FV50 – Tara Truman of Stroud & District AC; 1st FV60 – Deborah Phipps of Stroud & District AC.

Provisional results are now online here.

Over three hundred runners signed up for the eleventh running of the Wiltshire 10 road race which got underway at Melksham on Sunday 12th February. Leading the field home was Simon Nott of Calne Running Club to claim his third victory in this race, covering the undulating 10-mile course in a time of fifty-three minutes and one-second, ahead of Peter Grist of Team Bath and Nick Roberts of Bristol & West AC. In the Ladies race Alexandra Stainthorpe of Calne Running Club was racing over the ten-mile distance for the first time and cruised to victory in an impressive sixty one-minutes and fifty seven-seconds ahead of Victoria Ratcliffe of Somer AC and Laura Parsonage of Team Bath.

All finishers received a specially minted “Wiltshire Bustard” medal, and cake. It is hoped that two thousand pounds has been raised for young persons charity Youth Action Wiltshire and all of the remaining cakes were passed on to the Melksham Food Bank.

Age group awards went to:
MV40 – Andrew Drake of Bristol & West AC; FV40 – Francesca Rawlings of Clevedon AC; MV50 – Martin Crane of Bearbrook Running Club; FV50 – Wendy Nichols of Cirencester AC; MV60 – Paul Reddaway of Ware Joggers; FV60 – Debbie Ellis of Avon Valley Runners.

Full results of the race can be found here

Unfortunately due to un-forecast heavy snowfall around the village and surrounding area we have had to cancel this year’s edition of the race.

A field of one hundred runners set off from Leighton Recreation Centre to conquer the tenth edition of the White Horse Gallop trail run. The race takes place over the footpaths and bridleways leading up onto the Imber Range path before dropping down to the base of the White Horse hill leaving the field with a steep ascent back to the top before heading back along the Wessex Ridgeway down to the finish.

Conquering the seven+ miles in an impressive time of forty eight minutes and twelve seconds was Michael Towler of Trowbridge based Avon Valley Runners ahead of Stuart Padget from Chippenham Harriers and his clubmate Dan Colman. In the ladies race, Charlotte Preece from Calne Running Club lead home ahead of second placed Rachael Strange of Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds and Michelle Maxwell of Chippenham Harriers.

Age group winners: 1st MV40 – Stuart Henderson of Corsham Running Club; 1st MV50 – Simon Rawlins of Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds; 1st MV60 – Mark Smith of Chippenham Harriers; 1st FV40 – Veryan Cranston of Avon Valley Runners; 1st FV50 – Amanda Garton of Lonely Goat RC; 1st FV60 – Christine Meek of Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds.

Special mention should be made to 82nd placed Judith Wilson from Warminster who became the one thousandth runner to complete the White Horse Gallop.

Results can be found here

It is with regret that we are going to cancel the 2022 running of the Hullavington 10K which was taking place on Sunday 25th September, due to lack of numbers. With just over one month to go we have only reached 20% of the entrants required to make it a viable race.

We do apologise for this inconvenience and we hope with rising costs you can appreciate the situation we are in.

Entrants have been contacted by eMail with available options.

Temperatures exceeding thirty degrees greeted the fifty one riders who had signed up for the YAW100K cycle sportive. The ride started at Melksham Town Football Club with riders setting off in small groups to tackle the playfully undulating course as it heads out across Salisbury Plain, through the Avon Valley, skirting the edge of the Marlborough Downs before heading back through Devizes and onto Melksham.

The fastest rider completed the course in an impressive three hours and twelve minutes with the Stampede Sports Tail Riders following the field home in five and a half hours. All finishers received a YAW100K medal and a High5 goody pack.

The event has raised £800 for young persons charity “Youth Action Wiltshire”.

Ian Dunning of Team Bath AC ran out as the winner in the eleventh running of the Great Chalfield 10K held with Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group. Ian completed the playfully undulating course in 37-minutes and 40-seconds ahead of Nicholas Hancock or Corsham Running Club and Marko Nurminen from Nailsea.

In the ladies race Emma Tate from Neston led home in 44-minutes and 7-seconds ahead of Jenny Freeman from Broughton Gifford and Catherine Adsett of Corsham Running Club.

Age category awards went to: 1st MV40 – Ben Williams from Broughton Gifford; 1st FV40 – Yuka Morrell of Corsham Running Club; 1st MV50 – Richard Morgetroyd of Avon Valley Runners; 1st FV50 – Fiona Price of Avon Valley Runners; 1st MV60 – Andrew Jefferies of Avon Valley Runners; 1st FV60 – Kath

Provisional results can be found here