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Wiltshire Junior Race League 2022 Launch

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We are back for 2022 with our first races. Please join us as begin the new season with four exciting events. These are Fun Runs and shorter races arranged with our Junior athletes in mind.

The first four confirmed events in the Wiltshire Junior Race League for 2022 are as follows:

Race #1          Smartt Smasher Fun Run (Smartt Smasher 2022 | Calne Smartt)                   13 February 2022

Race #2          Clock Change Challenge Fun Run (RiderHQ – Clock Change Challenge – Spring 2022)       27 March 2022

Race #3          Hazelbury Hurrah Junior Race (Hazelbury Hurrah! – Corsham Running Club)                        July 2022

Race #4          Chippenham Youth Challenge (entries to open in mid-2022)                   October 2022

Entries to the first two races are open.  The remaining league races will be published as soon as possible.

Wiltshire Off-Road League Table Updates

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15th January 2022

As we finally enter 2022 and hope to see life return to pre-Covid normality, we are now ready to publish the results of the League, post Race #4 (Plain Crazy). We are now half way through this years League calendar.

We can also anticipate the widely popular Slaughterford 9 (actually 8.5m) on the 16th January (tomorrow). With the rain finally stopped and temperatures around zero, this will be a hotly contested event this year. With the Chippenham Harriers hosting this event we may see less harriers competing and therefore an opportunity for the other clubs to make headway into the current leaders points.

The newly updated tables are available here and we hope to publish the results for Slaughterford soon after the event. These are usually available on Facebook in the first instance. This is always quicker if we can all ensure correct details are provided at the time of entry to these races, especially ensuring our names are consistent, and clubs added. We normally allow 7-14 days after an event for corrections and then results are final.

If you like the Off-Road league, remember to check-in on the Cross-Country events too!

British Inter-Counties Senior Mountain Race and Junior Hill & Fell Championships

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To all County Secretaries:

I would like to advise you of the dates & venues for the 2022 British Inter-Counties Senior Mountain Race and Junior Hill & Fell Championships:

  • The Senior British Inter-Counties Mountain Race is organised on behalf of the UK Counties Athletics Union by the Mountain Running Advisory Group Sub-Committee (MRAG) of British Athletics. The 2022 race will be held at Llanberis (North Wales) on Saturday 7th May.
  • The Junior British Inter-Counties Hill and Fell Championships are organised by the Fell Runners Association (FRA) on behalf of the UK Counties Athletics Union. The 2022 Junior British Inter-Counties Hill & Fell Championships will be organised by Wharfedale Harriers on Sunday 15th May 2022.

Further details about these races can be found on the website: www.britishintercountiesfellrunningchampionships.wordpress.com

Please e-mail the Selection Criteria for your county to me If you want it to appear on this website.

However, if you require further clarification about the Senior race, please e-mail me (ianh2512@hotmail.com) or for the Junior race, the FRA Junior Co-ordinator, Gareth Hardcastle (juniors@fellrunner.org.uk).

Best wishes

Ian Hartman (MRAG)l

UK Inter County Cross County Championships – call to action!

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Simon Nott – 12th January 2022

Calling senior County athletes.

Over the coming days Denise (Nott) and I will be selecting the senior men and women’s teams who will represent Wiltshire at the UK Inter County Cross Country Championships.

Whilst we endeavour to make our knowledge of the county’s athletes all encompassing, if you are an athlete/coach of a Wiltshire eligible senior athlete that wishes to be considered, please contact us ASAP!

There are typically 9 members to each team.

Don’t be shy 👍

Many thanks 😊

The Championships are held at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, LE12 5SH on Saturday 12 March 2022

SW Counties Cross-Country Championships 2022 – Results

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Monday 3rd January 2022 – Alexander Copping

SW Counties XC – Boys U17

Happy New Year!

The race results from the 2022 SW Counties Cross-Country Championships have been published and can be found here – https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fs250914043.websitehome.co.uk%2FSouthWest%2FResults%2FSWIC2022Results.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

Well done all Wiltshire athletes who competed in the South West Cross Country Championships on the 2nd January 2022. There were many great performances and good times regardless of position. However, as they were races there were awards.

Congratulations to

Tobi-Lee Loughlin [Team Bath AC] individual bronze medal in the U13 Boys

Amber Gascoigne [Team Bath AC] individual bronze medal in the Senior Women.

Wiltshire won team prizes in the following races:

Silver in the U13 girls – Francesca Cole 4th, Sophie Hayakawa 12th, Sophie Maxwell 15th and Tabitha Olivier 16th.

Bronze in the U15 boys – Tobi-Lee Loughlin 3rd, Will Smith 7th, Archie Enstone 15th and Art Mitchell 19th.

Gold in the U17 women – Elizabeth Norton 5th, Naryani Costa Jafrate 7th, Freya Buglass 8th and Annabelle Wallace 10th.

Silver in the U20 women – Millie Porter 8th, Imogen Tanner 10th, India Ibbotson 13th and Millicent Siderfin 24th.

Bronze in the senior women – Amber Gascoigne 3rd, Caitlin Wosika 13th, Jacqueline Rockliffe 19th, Lucy FitzPatrick 42nd, Emma Hines 43rd and Holly Newman 44th.

Bronze in the senior men – Simon Byrne 12th, Aidan Daniels 19th, Luke Byrne 31st, Shaun Mochan 40th, Otto Copping 42nd and Chris Else 45th.

Congratulations to you all and a pretty good haul for the day! Pictures are available on Facebook too.

Thanks also to Gary Ibbotson for the help on the day.