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 8, 2014 | HHH UPDATE, NEWS
Herne Hill Harriers’ senior men’s squad kept alive their hopes of remaining in division one of the British Athletics League with a battling performance at Tooting Bec. Gavin Johnson-Assoon (javelin) was an individual winner, while Tayo Andrews (high jump),...
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 24, 2014 | NEWS
Herne Hill Harriers’ hurdler Blade Ashby made a stunning breakthrough with an unexpected national gold medal at the England Athletics U20 and U23 Championship at Bedford on Sunday.Ashby’s victory in the U23M 400m hurdles capped off a remarkable week for...
by Nigel Goodwin | Jun 24, 2014 | HHH UPDATE, NEWS
Herne Hill Harriers’ hurdler Blade Ashby made a stunning breakthrough with an unexpected national gold medal at the England Athletics U20 and U23 Championship at Bedford on Sunday. Ashby’s victory in the U23M 400m hurdles capped off a remarkable week for...
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...