Kristal and Katie Return to Track with Victories
Herne Hill Harriers’ “special K’s”, Great Britain international athletes Kristal Awuah and Katie Snowden made winning returns to the track as both took opportunities to make their racing comebacks as the government and the athletics governing bodies relaxed some of the guidelines for Covid secure training and competition. British women’s World Championship sprint relay squad member Awuah […]
Chloe Tighe shatters Harriers women’s record as Australian sport gets back on track
After a long lockdown with very little meaningful athletics competition at any level of the sport aside from some virtual time trial events, there was at last an actual track racing performance recorded by a Herne Hill Harriers club member over the weekend on the other side of the world and an awesome one to kick […]
Georgie stars as HHH women place 2nd in virtual 5 mile club match
Over the final weekend of May another virtual racing event was staged for members of London and Surrey clubs which began as a challenge between two cross country leagues, but was given a late name change to “London Club Mob Match”. The challenge was for 5 mile time trials or in the case of at least […]
Herne Hill Athletes Excel in BMC Virtual 1km Time Trial Event
Athletes from Herne Hill Harriers took the opportunity to compete in another of the virtual time trial events which are proliferating as lockdown continues to prevent athletics competition in its usual format. There are now a string of socially distanced races being set up which involve the participants running a set distance alone from close […]
Bumper turnout for virtual 2.6 miles mob match as Herne Hill claim local victory over Clapham Chasers
Last weekend was the original date of the London Marathon, now postponed until October due to the pandemic and instead athletes from Herne Hill Harriers turned out to run in isolation in big numbers as they took on local rivals Clapham Chasers in a hugely popular virtual relay event.The event was a virtual 2.6 miles time […]
Herne Hill women crowned Virtual National Road Relay Champions!
With the Coronavirus pandemic meaning no sport can take place in the sense that we are usually familiar with some new creative innovations using online systems and the Strava app saw the inauguration of last week’s Virtual National Road Relay Championship and the women’s team from Herne Hill Harriers scored a double victory to lift […]
Strong International Debut for Anderson in Belgium, while Herne Hill Under 13 Girls and Boys teams both become Surrey League Champions!
On the continent in Belgium on Sunday, Phoebe Anderson made her England international debut racing in the Under 20 women’s race in Rotselaar. Competing in the prestigious Belgium Cross Cup event, Anderson placed an excellent third for a place on the rostrum, finishing only 9 seconds behind the race winner in her age category. This […]
Strong Top 10 Under 20 performance for Anderson in South of England Cross Country Championship
Saturday saw one of the biggest events in the regional athletics calendar with the South of England Cross Country Championship held over a very muddy and undulating Parliament Hill course Herne Hill Harriers had quite a large turnout of athletes and had at least one racing in every age group event except Under 20 men, albeit […]
South of England Young Athletes Medal Haul & Strong Country League Results for Herne Hill
Herne Hill Harriers athletes of all ages were in action in both indoor track and field and outdoor cross country over a weekend which saw some with lots early New Year success. Pride of place this week goes to those who competed at the South of England Under 15 and Under 17 indoor track and field […]
Triple County Gold for Herne Hill’s Bowen, Marghini and Anderson
Young athletes from Herne Hill Harriers claimed individual gold medals at three different county cross country championship events in the south of England last weekend as the club athletics fixtures kicked off in earnest for the new decade. The Surrey championship at Denbies Vineyard, near Dorking was where most of the Harriers were racing and […]