Three Surrey League team wins for Herne Hill
Herne Hill Harriers secured three team victories and also a hat-trick of individual race winners at last weekend’s Surrey Cross Country League races in Beckenham Place Park. The U13 boys were the first winners with Caspian Holmes taking another strong individual victory to lead his team. James Clements-Nash (third), Edward Cunniffe (fifth) and Luca Boulton […]
Strong Surrey County medals haul for Herne Hill athletes
The new year was kicked off with a good turnout of Herne Hill Harriers athletes through all of the age groups who braved the very windy and wet weather and the plentiful mud under foot at the Surrey County Cross Country Championships in Lloyd Park on Saturday. The stars of the day were individual champions […]
South of Thames Cross Country medals for Herne Hill in the Aldershot snow
On a weekend when freezing weather saw sporting events being cancelled wholesale, some club athletics events would not be deterred and went ahead in safety. These included the old traditional South of Thames Cross Country Association “Senior” Championship over 7.5 miles in Wellesley Woods, Aldershot on Saturday afternoon and the Friday Under the Lights 5 mile road race […]
Big runs for Katie in Honolulu sunshine and Georgie in Telford snow
The weekend saw a number of Herne Hill Harriers athletes beat the wintry weather by different means to produce some excellent performance in road racing, indoor track and cross country. Katie Snowden was the top woman finisher in the prestigious Merrie Mile on the streets by Waikiki Beach at the Honolulu Marathon weekend. The GB […]
Herne Hill athletes smash marathon PBs in Valencia
With no club senior team races on last weekend’s calendar at least ten Herne Hill Harriers athletes had targeted the prestigious and notoriously fast Valencia Marathon on Sunday with the aim of bringing home some personal best times. A perfect day on the rapid course which features only 18m elevation in all of its 26.2 […]
HHH Women win South of Thames Silver medals in Lloyd Park
The South of the Thames Cross Country Association 5-Mile race on Saturday rounded off a busy month of local club racing in November for Herne Hill Harriers. Our senior women continued their fine early season form with another demonstration of their depth of squad as they brought team silver medals home from Lloyd Park in […]
Caspian wins London Youth Games Cross Country
A good number of Herne Hill Harriers young athletes took part in Saturday’s London Youth Games Cross Country Championship races held on the challenging Parliament Hill Fields course in North London. Caspian Holmes was the standout performer as he won a gold medal in the Under 13 boys’ race. Holmes led his Southwark team to silver […]
Tooting Run Club is London Athletics Community Project of the Year
Congratulations to Herne Hill Harriers on winning the Community Project of the Year at this week’s England Athletics London Regional Volunteer Awards In Bermondsey. The award is for the launch of Tooting Run Club in March to increase activity levels in the community. Working with leaders Tahir Shams and Keith Newton, HHH have provided coaches […]
Georgie Grgec a clear winner in Surrey League
Georgie Grgec was a clear winner of the women’s race in the second Surrey League cross-country fixture on Wimbledon Common on another very mild Saturday afternoon. It was the second league race in a row the club’s senior women enjoyed an individual race victor but again they were also beaten by a single point in […]
Top Ten Team Performances and Medals at National Cross Relays
Herne Hill Harriers continued to establish their reputation as one of the strongest cross country clubs nationally when measured across all age groups with another successful outing to the English Cross Country Relay Championship in Mansfield. Harriers teams contested eight of the ten races, often including A and B teams and claimed bronze medals in […]