Mike Gowan 1943 – 2023
Mike Gowan joined Herne Hill Harriers in 1959 and was one of the outstanding Club athletes of the 1960’s. Mike’s funeral will be on Tuesday 18th April at 12.00pm at Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, Woking GU21 8JJ and afterwards at Sutton Green Golf Club. Although primarily a middle distance runner, Mike ran longer distances on […]
Silver relays medals for Herne Hill women and World Masters over 80s titles for Allan Long
Herne Hill Harriers’ senior women claimed silver at the South of England Road Relay Championships at a new venue in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, writes Geoff Jerwood. They were inspired by Georgie Grgec running the fastest individual long leg overall. Four years ago at Milton Keynes Harriers’ women had run away with this title […]
Phoebe Anderson returns with Herne Hill 5000m record
One of Herne Hill Harriers talented young female distance runners Phoebe Anderson shrugged off missing her USA collegiate indoor track season through injury with a stunning comeback, opening her outdoor campaign with a new club senior women’s 5000m record. Racing at the Raleigh Relays track meet in North Carolina on Friday, Anderson clocked a fast […]
Herne Hill youngsters top of the class in schools championships
Herne Hill Harriers youngsters competed in their final cross country events of the 2022-23 season which culminated with a couple of schools championship race events. A number of Harriers represented their county schools teams at the English Schools Championship in Wollaton Park in Nottingham and three were part of medal winning teams at this major event. The highest placed […]
Top performances and records galore while Katie books her place at the Euro Indoors
Herne Hill Harriers have enjoyed another week of stellar results at a number of diverse venues. These include National age records and medals, more club records, high ranking and at the highest level Katie Snowden was again in racing action. Back from the USA, Katie claimed a 1500m silver at the UK Athletics Indoor Champs in Birmingham […]
Katie smashes club 3000m record in Boston New Balance Grand Prix meet
Herne Hill Harriers leading middle distance track star Katie Snowden opened her season on Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold standard meeting with a new club women’s 3000m record. Few knew what to expect from this race, even from an athlete who is world class at 800m […]
Herne Hill Harriers & Tooting Run Club win England Athletics award
Herne Hill Harriers, one of the country’s leading athletics clubs has been named as winners of a prestigious national award for a community running initiative that already has 200 regular participants in less than a year. Off and running: the Tooting Run Club has quickly grown to 200 participants Tooting Run Club, based at Tooting Bec […]
Minutes of AGM
MINUTES OF HERNE HILL HARRIERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON WED 26th OCTOBER 2022 AT FURZEDOWN PUBLIC HOUSE Present : Glen Keegan, Keith Newton, Nigel Stone, Geoff Jerwood, Jak Stegner, Sarah Allen, Cindy Godwin, Jess Winfield, Nigel Goodwin, Garth Francis, Jon Appleton, Tony Mayhew, Mick Lee (EA representative) Announcements and apologies Club President Glen Keegan […]
South of England Team Silver Medals for HHH Under 13 Boys
A very good number of Herne Hill Harriers athletes were in competition at the South of England Cross Country Championship in Beckenham Place Park on a course which was considerably drier under foot than two weeks earlier when a Surrey League fixture was held there. The Under 13 boys continued their hot streak of results […]
Herne Hill Enjoy Rich Pickings from the Regional Veterans Club Championships. Wimbledon Common, Saturday 21/01/2023.
Sixteen first claim (and two 2nd claim) Herne Hill veterans toed the line at the Annual Vets AC (the London regional veterans club) with individual medals being picked up in abundance! The cold snap relented temporarily, allowing the race to take under sunny afternoon conditions and a balmy 6 degrees C at Wimbledon Common. Underfoot, […]