The Races
The Chippenham Harriers 2025 Club Championships will begin Saturday 1st February 2025 and we are happy to announce the races and format. Points for next year’s Open & Masters Club Championships will be awarded up to and including Sunday 26th October. This gives us time to compile the results prior to the big reveal at the 2025 Christmas Party.
This year the committee have increased the opportunities to score points, whilst keeping the costs of entry fees to a minimum. We hope you enjoy the range of events and the opportunity to experience some competitive racing in Wiltshire.
Best 10 of 14 events:
As ever we have a packed competition to encourage support of local events…
| Race Reference | Event / Race | Date |
| Race #1 | Your Best Park Run (anywhere) | Feb-Oct |
| Race #2 | Your Best Half Marathon time (anywhere) | Feb-Oct |
| Race #3 | Your Best Marathon time (anywhere) | Feb-Oct |
| Race #4 | Best Lacock Relay time – enter on the night (£2) | Tue, 27th May at 6:30pm Tue, 24th June at 6:30pm Tue, 22rd July at 6:30pm Tue, 26th August 6:15pm-8:30pm |
| Race #5 | NEW!! Woodchester Park 10k (Free National Trust event) | Monthly starting 27th April and 4th Sunday every month over summer. Meet 9am for 9:30am start. Woodchester Park | Gloucestershire | National Trust |
| Race #6 | Harriers 1 Mile Time Trial – Peckingell, just turn up | First event 22nd April, others will follow |
| Race #7 | Best DBMax 1 Mile series | First event 16th April, others will follow |
| Race #8 | Best time in Heddington 5k Series (Calne RC) | Tuesdays: 17th June, 15th July, 19th Aug Enter HERE |
| Race #9 | Best time in Westbury 5k Series (AVR) | Tuesdays: 13th May, 14th June, 8th July, 12th Aug Enter HERE |
| Race #10 | Hazelbury Hurrah! (10k trail) (Corsham RC) | Fri 11th July: Enter HERE |
| Race #11 | SmarTT Smasher | 16th Feb: Results HERE |
| Race #12 | Longest Day 10k (Chippenham) | Wed 18th June: Enter HERE |
| Race #13 | Broadtown 5 Mile (RWBH) | Sat 14th June: Enter HERE |
| Race #14 | 1st WORRL | tbc |
Named Races and Race Series (including Lacock)
Where a race is specifically named (either one-off or series) I will collect the results from the organisers and match the results to the members list, regardless of whether you added your club on your entry. Below are the instructions for the exceptions to this. Please try to use a consistent name when entering races to make the task easier.
Parkrun
For parkrun, please can you all ensure you are registered as Chippenham Harriers as your club. This will mean we can pick up the timings and promote our club.
National Trust 10k – Woodchester Park
This will be a free to enter, and untimed (you will need to time it yourselves) monthly event over the summer. The route is a mixture of easy flat terrain and challenging hilly sections, and there’s no obligation to run all of it, so we hope to see novice and experienced runner alike attending. No booking is required, just turn up ready to run!
Runner registrations at Tinkley Gate café from 09:00am, with the run starting at 09:30am.
Best Half Marathon and Best Marathon
Simply send a link to the official results of the race, the location/date and your name to .
I will also collect results automatically from event where there is a significant presence from our club (such as the Chippenham Half and London Marathon etc.). Please, do not assume I have collected your time though.
Rules
Rules are published on the website and can be found from the menu under Club Championships, in summary there will be the usual two categories and the two age adjusted categories.
Points
Points will be based on relative position in each race amongst fellow club members starting at 30 points for 1st, down to no less than 5 points for finishing. Points are accumulated for each race and assuming you complete all races the worst two scores will be dropped. So you do not have to enter all races to get maximum points.
Abstaining
If you do not wish to be in the Championship for any reason, please message me or contact the committee. You will need to be a paid club member at the end of the season to be eligible for a prize.
We look forward to seeing you all at the races! (and parkrun)