EXMOUTH HARRIERS PRESENT THE 2nd EDITION
Thank you to all participants and volunteers for a great event, results can be found via the link below
The race is on Sunday 26 November 2023 11am. The Westdown Wander race HQ is The Bath House Pub Esplanade Exmouth EX8 2AZ, the race will start on Beach by Carlton slipway, heading to Orcombe point (on the beach), then follow the SW coastal path past the geoneedle towards Budleigh Salterton, passing Westdown Beacon on the way, before turning left past East Devon golf club house (drinks station NO CUPS), the route then follows footpaths, and cycleways back to Exmouth, before finishing on the footpath behind “Ocean” EX8 2AY. This year we will be using chip timing. The distance is approximately 9 miles. Race licence with ARC (23/0513). minimum age 17 years. Entry £18 (affliated) £20 (un-affliated)
Necktube giveaway. Prize first three men and ladies.
Route Map
Exmouth EXPRESS 2023
A fast five mile race, the Exmouth Express is one of the first of the season. 2024 edition is cancelled due to ongoing repairs on the Sea wall at Exmouth
The Westdown Wander 2022
Exmouth Harriers’ new race The Westdown Wander
Due to logistical problems Exmouth Harriers could not host the long running and extremely popular Bicton Blister multi-terrain race around Woodbury Common in 2022.
After many exploration runs around the East Devon area Harriers race organiser Bob Keast devised a new challenging event - The Westdown Wander - a 9 mile multi-terrain event that offered hills, footpaths, gates, trails and short sections of road all mixed together with a soft sandy start and a large smattering of mud throughout.
At 11am on Sunday 27th November 130 runners lined up on the beach at Exmouth and tackled the first mile on the strength sapping soft sand to Orcombe Point. The runners then ascended the zig-zag path and followed the hilly South West Coast Path past the Geoneedle towards Budleigh Salterton, passing Westdown Beacon on the way, before turning inland following footpaths, cycleways and roads back to Exmouth finishing at the Exmouth Cricket Club.
There was a fantastic turnout with 130 finishers over the challenging multi-terrain course with lots of positive comments afterwards from the runners saying that they really enjoyed the race and thought the new course was excellent.
It was a close race throughout the 9 miles with Angus Menter taking 1st place in 64.20 closely followed by Roger Easterbrook in 64.21 and Lee Moran in 65.26.
The first three ladies to finish were Susanna Goffe in 70.48, Kerry Board in 76.32 and Mandy Wheeler in 77.21.
Well done & many thanks to all the runners - that was a tough one!
Many thanks to Race Director Bob Keast & Chief Marshal Nathan Sheehy for organising the event plus to all the Harriers with their family & friends out on the course who contributed to making it a success.
Further thanks to Exmouth Cricket Club where the race HQ and race finish were sited and to Mark Cowen from City Runs for handling the entries and producing the results.
The provisional results are available at
Photographs were taken of the runners by Eloise Hill (Jonathan Mill’s daughter) and Exmouth Harriers volunteers at the start on the beach at Exmouth and of the runners out on the course. Eloise’s photos can be viewed at :- https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/D7MHB2NdmWAUPKJ0rzn4ZDuM10lVqhK9YAjt7YOAIQA
The Bicton Blister 2021
Well done to everyone who ran in this years race - you can find race results below as well as photos from the day. Big thanks to Harrier Tristan Kelsall-Spurr for taking photographs on the day.
