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One hundred and twenty runners completed the third edition of the Hullavington 20-mile road race. Leading the way over the playfully undulating course was Neil Smith of Spa Striders who recorded  1:54:42 to finish over four minutes ahead of Michael Passmore of Swindon Harriers and Tom Dudden of Team Bath, both of whom dipped comfortably under the two hour barrier.

The Ladies race was very closely run with Holly Stables of Black Trail Runners taking victory in 2:13:06 ahead of Lucy Richens of Westbury Harriers and Emma Hines of Swindon Harriers.

Awards were provided by WindowPayne and our age group winners were:

1st MV40 – Paul Beach from Bristol; 1st MV50 – Gary O’Brien of Swindon Harriers; 1st MV60 – John Gallagher of Swindon Striders; 1st FV40 – Victoria Ratcliffe of Team Bath; 1st FV50 – Laura Midwinter-Brown of Corsham Running Club; 1st FV60 – Lynn Brand of Frome Running Club.

Provisonal results can be found here.

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the 2024 editiion of the Trowbridge 5K.

Congratulations to Michael Towler of Team Bath and Lucy Richens of Westbury Harriers who led home the four hundred strong field at the 12th edition of the Wiltshire 10 road race.

Four hundred runners headed to Melksham for the 12th edition of the Wiltshire 10 road race. On a re-planned course to avoid the flooded sections of the River Avon, the field headed out of King George V Playing fields 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 53-minutes and 48-seconds was Michael Towler of Team Bath AC with the Bristol & West AC duo of Tom Newman and Nick Roberts trying in vain to close him down.

In the Ladies race, regular participant Lucy Richens of Westbury Harriers claimed her first victory at the race, recording a time of sixty five minutes and 20-seconds with Rachel Stowell of Bitton Road Runners and Emma Hines of Swindon Harriers close behind.

Age group winners were: 1st MV40 – Bill Leggate of Cirencester AC; 1st MV50 – Stephn Rose of Team Bath AC; 1st MV60 – Paul Reddaway of Corsham Running Club; 1st FV40 – Lyndsey Carpenter of Chippenham Tri Club; 1st FV50 – Lisa Jeffery of Chepstow Harriers; 1st FV60 – Diane Hier of Avon Valley Runners.

The race has raised £1,000 for young person’s charity Youth Action Wiltshire.

Provisional results are now online here.

Congratulations to the sixty hardy runners who braved the wind and rain to complete the undulating 10-miles of the Hullavington Secret Santa 10-mile run

Leading the field home in an impressive 56-minutes 6-seconds was Jon Cracknell of Lonely Goat with Jake Stephens of Chippenham Harriers just a few seconds behind and Collin Fox of Swindon Harriers coming home for third.

In the Ladies race, Laura Midwinter-Brown of Corsham Running Club  celebrated her fiftieth birthday with an outright win, clocking 71:24 ahead of Isabella McNally of Avon Valley Runners and club mate Cath Adsett.

Results of the 10-mile run can be found here.

In the supporting 5K run, Ryan Johnstone of Chippenham Harriers was first across the finishing line in 18:15 ahead of Joel Mead from Chippenham and Daniel Carr of Bitton Road Runners. Holly Sanigar of Bristol & West AC was the first lady head of club mate Liz Sanigar and Joanna Lumb from Hullavington.

Results of the 5K run can be found here.

A record field of 200 runners signed up for the eleventh running of the White Horse Gallop trail run at Westbury, for what could be described as the toughest trail race in Wiltshire.  The course leads runners up the footpaths and bridleways from Leighton Recreation Centra and onto Salisbury Plain to join the Imber Range path before dropping down to the base of the White Horse hill leaving the field with a very steep ascent back to the top (coming up close to the horses ear) before heading back along the Wessex Ridgeway and down to the finish.

Leading the way over was Simon Nott of Calne Running Club who repeated his victory from 2015 and finished ahead of Ed Knudsen of Avon Valley Runners and 2021 race winner, Jake Stephens of Chippenham Harriers.

In the ladies race, Ellie Monks of Southampton AC ran out as the winner ahead of Laura Backhouse of Team Bath and last years winner Charlotte Preece of Calne Running Club.

Age group winners: 1st MV40 – Matthew Waite of Calne Running Club; 1st FV40 – Laura Midwinter of Corsham Running Club; 1st MV50 – Ian Shelley of City of Salisbury A&RC; 1st FV50 – Veryan Cranston of Avon Valley Runners; 1st MV60 – Ade Hurren of Corsham Running Club; 1st FV60 – Daphne Marion of Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds.

Results are now online here.

A couple of free galleries of photographs courtesy of Alan Swan Photography can be found at: Top of Hill#1 and Top of Hill#2

Stampede Sports are delighted to announce that Chippenham based WindowPayne will be supporting our Wiltshire 10 road race at Melksham on sunday 11th February and the Hullavington 20 on Sunday 24th March by sponsoring the trophies at these events.

Kudos to the fifty riders who completed the fourth edition of the YAW100K cycle sportive starting out from Melksham Town Football and following a playfully undulating 100-kilometre course across Salisbury Plan, through the Avon Valley and across the edge of the Marlborough Downs. The fastest rider completing the route in 3-hours 37-minutes and the tail-riders coming in under five and a half hours. All finishers were rewarded for their endeavours with a medal and High5 goody pack.

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

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.