Race Location
Race HQ Location
Race HQ on the day is at The Winter Gardens, Royal Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1AJ.
Race Charity
This event is held in order to raise funds for Weston Hospicecare and other charities. In 2023 this event raised over £11,000 for Weston Hospicecare and local charities.
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Cracker Marshals
We’ve had a few people asking where they collect numbers from tomorrow for the Cracker. The Winter Gardens will be open from 8.30am. Just pop along and give them your name and you will be given your number and race timing chip 🚨
This applies to both the adult and junior races. Arrive early. We can’t wait to see you.
Be sure to get a good nights kip – or not! 😉 Most of all, enjoy! The 2024 Christmas Cracker 10k and junior races take place on the 15th Dec 2024.
Here are your Race Instructions
We once again look forward to welcoming you to the 36th Weston AC Christmas Cracker 10k.
Weston AC is affiliated to Association of Running Clubs (ARC) for the purposes of this race (Permit no 21/262) and therefore covered for Legal Liability Insurance. Please refer to the Insurance section of the ARC website for details of the Club’s Insurance.
The Race Terms and Conditions are linked here but also available on our WAC Official Notices page and each race entrant must abide by these T&Cs.
As usual, this promises to be a fun-filled, festive event as we welcome runners of all abilities from across the South West and beyond.
Jason Wyatt, Race Director
Weston AC
Published 2023 Cracker Result
Full results for the Senior 2023 race
Full Results for the 2023 Junior Cracker race (Primary and Secondary age groups on separate tabs)
THE RACE
The 2024 Christmas Cracker will take place on Sunday December 15th at 11am. Now in its 36th year, this is Weston AC’s largest race with people coming back year after year to take part in the festive run. All standards of runner take part so don’t be put off if you are a new runner. Everyone is actively encouraged to wear fancy dress but please NO tinsel.
ENTER HERE
COURSE
- Approx. 10k course
- Flat, on tarmac and beach, thus not suitable for wheelchairs, sorry
- First aid and finish water station
- Lead car, race clock, distance markers and marshals
- Event risk assessment undertaken, for your safety
FACILITIES
- Chip timing
- Race HQ – at Winter Gardens, Royal Parade.
- Supervised kit storage (at owners risk)
- Full results published on the Internet
- Refreshments will be available at the Winter Gardens
- 1st, 2nd & 3rd male and female runners
- 1st and 2nd male and female vets. V40, V45 and V50
- 1st male and female vets over 60 and 70
- Only one prize per runner (fancy dress excepted)
- T-shirt to all finishers
- Individual and team fancy dress prizes
ENTRIES
- Online entry is £18 (affiliated) and £20 (unaffiliated), inclusive of processing fee
- Closing date for entries is 7th December
- Minimum age is 16 years (anyone under the age of 16 can enter our junior race)
- Race numbers to be collected from Winter Gardens on race day.
- Remember – absolutely no entries on the day so enter soon!
- Free race photographs available for all runners to download after the race from www.photo-fit.com. Great for sharing with your friends at Christmas
The race has closed early for the last 21 years so don’t delay, enter today!
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THE JUNIOR CRACKER
There will be one race for children Reception to Year 11 age starting at 10.00 am.
Prizes will be awarded for the (age 4 – 11 , school years Reception to 6) category
and the (age 11-16 or years 7 to 11) category.
– Entry cost £3
The course is an accurate flat 2k and stays entirely on the beach. The route will go south for 1km from the Grand Pier and then return straight back.
LOCATION
Race HQ on the day is at The Winter Gardens, Royal Parade, Knightstone Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1AJ
Please note that the race start is on the beach by the Grand Pier
Allow yourself 20 minutes to get from The Winter Gardens to the start location
ENQUIRIES
For race entry enquiries contact Matthew Wheeler (Race Secretary)
For race organisation enquiries contact Jason Wyatt (Race Director)
EMAIL: cracker@westonac.co.uk
PREVIOUS RESULTS
Full results for the 2022 race
No race held in 2020 (Virtual event replacement)
2019 race in pdf format
2018 race in pdf format
2017 race in pdf format
2016 race in pdf format