London Championship bronze for Herne Hill women’s team at muddy Parliament Hill.
Herne Hill Harriers senior women’s and men’s teams, including some under 20s and masters, enjoyed a successful Saturday afternoon on Hampstead Heath. There was a good collection of medals brought home from these London Cross Country Championships races. On a muddy circuit on Parliament Hill, the scoring A team quartet won bronze medals. They were led by […]
Top performances as Herne Hill host Surrey League on Mitcham Common
Herne Hill Harriers played host to the second Surrey League cross country fixture on Mitcham Common on Saturday., with 48 men and 26 women all donning the red and black hoops and produced strong senior team turnouts and good results. A rare sunny day saw 237 finishers in the senior women’s 5.8km race in the morning and 327 in […]
Strong showing for Herne Hill at national relays
Herne Hill Harriers travelled to Mansfield on Saturday and contested nine of the 10 races at the National Cross Country Relay Championships. The highest-placed teams were in the two U15 age groups. The boys’ A team of Leau Roch, Tommy Clerkin and Caspian Holmes finished ninth of 77 complete teams of three who raced around […]
KEVIN PATRICK KELLY – 9 January 1942 – 28 August 2023
Kevin Kelly There was a very impressive turnout at Kevin’s funeral from Herne Hill Harriers of a certain generation for a very fitting tribute, including former presidents and life members, and some who could run, jump and/or throw a bit in their day! Several other clubs and affiliates were represented including South London Harriers, Lauriston […]
Return of the men – third for Herne Hill senior teams at Surrey League opener
The resurgence of Herne Hill Harriers men’s cross country and road race teams gathered pace in the first of this season’s four Tracksmith Surrey Cross Country League Division 1 races in Richmond Park on Saturday. Following an excellent 21st placing at the National Road Relay Championship a week earlier the men placed a superb third […]
Georgie stuns with second fastest time at national road relays
Herne Hill Harriers’ Georgie Grgec led the senior women’s A team to 15th place of 64 complete teams in the English National Road Relays on Saturday at Sutton Coldfield. Taking over in 36th position, Grgec stormed through the field to complete her stint in 13:59 and elevated her team to 12th at the halfway point. […]
Long claims double gold at European Masters Championships
One of Herne Hill Harriers oldest competitors in track and field is also one of the most successful. Allan Long, 81, claimed two sprint gold medals outdoors at the European Masters Athletics Championships in Pescara, Italy. It follows on from his superb winter season which saw World Masters Indoor Championships gold medals in the 60m […]
New Club Records for Jasmine and Georgie
Another busy weekend of competition at home and overseas saw two new Herne Hill Harriers club records set, one in a young athletes national multi events competition and the other in the Copenhagen Half Marathon. Jasmine Nkoso won a bronze medal with an overall score of 3,191 points in the Junior Girls Pentathlon at the […]
Snowden ends super season with another sub four min 1500m time
Herne Hill Harriers’ world championship 1500m finalist Katie Snowden rounded off her breakthrough season with the last two races of her campaign over the weekend. She finished an excellent fifth in a star studded Brussels Wanda Diamond League 1500m on Friday evening and then flew straight to New York to record a PB for a road mile […]
Stan Allen Mile results
Well done to all who took part in the Stan Allen Mile races at Tooting Bec Athletics Track on Wednesday 6th September. Results can be found at this link to the Opentrack website:-https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/stanallenmiles/