Sam Bramwell eighth in Big Half
Sam Bramwell of Herne Hill Harriers finished eighth among the thousands of non-elite entrants in The Big Half from Tower Bridge to Greenwich on Sunday. The event attracted a huge entry of runners from the top end, ranging from Mo Farah’s swansong to first-time aspirants taking on running 13.1 miles on a warm day. Bramwell […]
Super Nikki smashes 5km best for England in Masters International
The Mid Cheshire 5km road race in Chester onFriday evening saw one of Herne Hill Harriers top veteran athletes represent the England W45 team in a Masters Home International race incorporated into the main event. Having recently turned 50, Nikki Sturzaker is in the form of her life. She illustrated this perfectly by smashing her lifetime PB by 22 […]
Herne Hill Harriers retain National Athletics League status in Liverpool
Herne Hill Harriers senior team with a sprinkling of under 20s made the trip to Liverpool to compete in their final National Athletics League (NAL) team fixture with a potential threat of relegation from the league looming. A finishing position on the day of sixth of the eight teams for the second successive match in combination with seventh at the […]
Les Fitton
Les Fitton 25 May 1925 to 16 July 2023 Born in Manchester, Les enjoyed sports at school in the late 1930s. Winning a leather football in a national handwriting competition, he broke his leg in the local recreation ground. Just eight weeks after this, he won the 220 yards and 440 yards at his school sports, repeating the […]
Records fall as Herne Hill Harriers host one of the fastest-ever British Milers Club events
MarketAxess Tooting BMC, a grassroots athletics meet, sees records and world-class performances a year after the local track was saved from inexorable decline: Two BMC members and all-comers records. Four Olympians. Three fastest men’s 1500m times in history and 10 men under 3:38, versus eight who had done so at BMC meetings in previous 60 […]
Snowden sets Surrey 800m record at London Diamond League
Katie Snowden set a new Surrey county senior women’s 800m record at the London Diamond League fixture which returned to the Olympic Stadium for the first time since 2019. The 29-year-old stepped down a distance and surprised many by finishing a superb fifth in a stacked field in which her pre race PB would have […]
Grassroots athletics event attracts world-class field as Olympians descend on South London
Herne Hill Harriers has announced a star-studded field for its British Milers Club (BMC) event at Tooting Bec Athletics Track on 26 July 2023. The Tooting BMC meeting follows the Diamond League meeting at the London Stadium on Sunday, which saw international athletes set world-leading times across a range of distances. Some of the Diamond League […]
Eliza Nicholson wins gold on schools international debut
Big cash prizes for BMC races
Major championships qualifying event in Tooting nets big prize fund Herne Hill Harriers has announced a significant sponsorship deal to support its British Milers Club (BMC) event at Tooting Bec Athletics Track on 26 July 2023. As well as carrying a UK Athletics Level 2 licence – which ensures performances can count for qualifying times […]
More club age group records fall & HHH women 2nd at Dulwich road relays
Eliza Nicholson has recently been setting a new club U17 women’s record on a weekly basis. This time Harriers’ prodigious young athlete took down the U17W 1,500m record as she ran 4:27.71 at the Wormwood Scrubs Regional BMC meet last week. Alternating 3,000m races with 1,500m ones has been a feature of her preparation for […]