In late October 2007 Jon Morgan and Alison Birch placed a letter in the Whitchurch Herald inviting people to a meeting in the Dodington Lodge Hotel to see if there was any interest in forming a Running Club in Whitchurch.
Aided by Simon Parsons, the meeting took place on the 13th November. To everyone’s amazement some 35 people attended! There was clearly a need for a club.
The first training session took place the following Tuesday when more than 25 people turned up. The club was in business.
Soon training runs were taking place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Whitchurch Rugby Club.
On the 16th December eleven club members participated in the Helena Tipping 10k. The name Whitchurch Whippets was unleashed on an unsuspecting athletics world!
The club was officially formed on the 18th December prior to the Club’s first Xmas Social – fittingly held at the Dodington Lodge.
In April 2008 the Club's affiliation to England Athletics was confirmed.
Autum 2008 saw the club enter a men's team in the North Wales Cross country league. A year later the men were joined by the women.
As of November 2009 the club has 72 members.