A few weeks ago the final fixture in the 2025/26 Gloucestershire Cross Country League took place with Harriers taking home 21 medals in total for the season – 3 individual and 3 team golds, 6 individual and 3 team silvers and 6 individual bronzes.
Freddie Miles and Fraser Elliott led a Harriers 1-2 in the U11 boys race. Both athletes competed superbly through the season with Freddie finishing 1st in two races and 2nd in the third and Fraser taking two 2nd places and one 3rd. Jess Bailey and Theo Litman made it double bronzes in the U13 girls and boys competitions. Jess finished with a score of just 8 with two 3rd places and one 2nd and Theo secured his podium place with 5th, 6th and 9th places.
More doubles came in the U15 and U17 categories with Ivy Wightman and Jack Shingler both taking silver for the U15s and Jess Sheppard and Tom Wightman taking 3rd in the U17s. Ivy impressed getting better and better as the season went on, she finished in 6th, 3rd and then took victory in the final fixture. Jack had a consistent season finishing 2nd, 2nd and 3rd. Jess and Tom both ran well throughout the fixtures, Jess finished 6th, 3rd and 2nd and Tom was 6th, 4th and 4th.
Moving to the seniors it was gold for Jane Fairbairn in the W50 category and Heath Bampton in the M55. Both athletes achieved complete domination winning three times to achieve the lowest possible score of just 3 points. There were three silver medals – Clare Hawling in the W60 with three 3rd place finishes, Michael Ede in the M65 and Peter Digweed in the M45. Finally there were two bronzes – Petra Vymetalova in the W40 category and Jo Wilkie in the W45.
The strength in depth of the club shines through when we look at our team medals. The U11 boys impressed taking 1st and 2nd. They also produced two more teams which finished in 5th and 6th. The U13 girls and U13 boys both won gold as well and the boys B team took 4th. The U15 boys secured silvers as did the Masters women’s team. Our senior women’s team finished just outside the medals in 4th with the men’s team in 5th. The women did brilliantly to field a B team at enough fixtures to finish 8th and the men’s masters team did well to finish in 4th.
Full Harrier Results:
Teams:
- U11B 1st, 2nd, 5th + 6th
- U13G 1st
- U13B 1st + 4th
- U15B 2nd
- SW 4th + 8th
- Masters Women 2ndÂ
- SM 5th
- Masters Men 4th
U11G
- Emilia Game 8th
- Hana Steele 10th
- Bethan Wilson 11th
- Elodie Hand 13th
- Orla McCarthy 17th
U11B
- Freddie Miles 1st (2,1,1)
- Fraser Elliott 2nd (3,2,2)
- Arthur Van Der Nelson 4th
- Maxwell Vaughan 11th
- Archie Stainer 12th
- Elian Wright 16th
- Max Turner 17th
- Joshua Dendy 19th
- Harry Vaughan 21st
- Elliott Harte 22nd
- Alfie Lyes 25th
- Harrison Lee 26th
- Hannan Milik 27th
- Rupert Lawton 30th
U13G
- Jess Bailey 3rd (3,2,3)
- Matilda Lawton 6th
- Maisy Little 7th
- Avery Church 10th
- Niamh Pettingell 12th
- Elena Williams 13th
- Phillipa Cary 16th
U13B
- Theo Litman 3rd (6,5,9)
- Joe Bradshaw 7th
- Charlie Neale 8th
- Benjamin Lewis 10th
- Lewis Shirlaw 13th
- Lucas Oliveira 16thÂ
- Oliver Wilson 21st
- Benjamin Pearce 25thÂ
U15G
- Ivy Wightman 2nd (6,3,1)
- Bella Watts 4thÂ
- Rosie Atkins 6th
- Megan Cowley 9th
- Kimberley Hodgkinson 11th
- Martha Woods 15th
U15B
- Jack Shingler 2nd (2,2,3)
- Noah Seabright 7th
- Monty Wilkins 9th
- Ethan Hendry 13th
- Sebastian Sheppard 14th
- Sebastian Heath 20th
- Theodore Green 24thÂ
U17W
- Jess Sheppard 3rd (6,3,2)
- Freya Braiden 4thÂ
U17M
- Tom Wightman 3rd (6,4,4)
- Harry Knight 8th
- James Worthington 9th
- Bertie Walmsley 12th
SW
- Hannah Miles 8th
- Georgia Gray 9thÂ
W40
- Petra Vymetalova 3rd (3,4,4)
- Ellie Balfe 4th
W45
- Jo Wilkie 3rd (6,4,8)
W50
- Jane Fairbairn 1st (1,1,1)
W60
- Clare Hawling 2nd (3,3,3)
M65
- Michael Ede 2nd (2,2,3)
SM
- Harrison Miles 6th
- Danny Hunter 15th
- Matt Evans 18th
M40
- Ross Swain 6th
M45
- Peter Digweed 2nd (2,4,2)
M55
- Heath Bampton 1st (1,1,1)
