by Nigel Goodwin | Jul 8, 2014 | NEWS, THE COMMON RUNNER
DISCONTINUED OLYMPIC SPORTS Live pigeon shooting The 1900 Olympics in Paris featured this murderous sport. Birds were released, one at a time, some 50 metres in front of a competitor armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, and the marksman continued to blow birds out of the...
by Nigel Goodwin | Jul 1, 2014 | NEWS, THE COMMON RUNNER
Herne Hill Harriers’ Saskia Millard made a staggering breakthrough on Saturday, as the 13-year-old became the all-time fastest under-15 girl in Surrey over 800m. Millard ran 2:08.21 in a mixed-gender race at the London Inter Club Challenge at Barnet Copthall,...
by Nigel Goodwin | Jun 16, 2014 | NEWS, THE COMMON RUNNER
Herne Hill Harriers’ Katie Snowden shattered her own club record over 1500m in winning the BMC Best of British meeting. Racing at Stretford, Snowden ran 4:18.71, breaking her own club senior women’s record by over eight second and beating the inform CAU...
by Nigel Goodwin | Jun 10, 2014 | NEWS, THE COMMON RUNNER
Herne Hill Harriers’ flagship men’s team maintained our battle in the second tier of top British League club athletics with a long trek north to Gateshead, where we finished 6th for the second time in two matches of our season to date. Enduring...
by Nigel Goodwin | May 27, 2014 | NEWS, THE COMMON RUNNER
Athletes from Herne Hill Harriers laid claim to 49 county medals at the Surrey track & field champs at Kingsmeadow over the weekend, including a total of 21 golds across all age groups if we claim Mick Harran’s 3km walk gold in the vest of Surrey Walking...
by Nigel Goodwin | May 20, 2014 | NEWS, THE COMMON RUNNER
Katie Snowden snared another Herne Hill Harriers club record as she recorded the fastest time outdoors by a senior woman over 800m. Snowden, who already holds the indoor club record, clocked 2:04.5 while racing for England B at the Loughborough International meeting....