University team medals for Saskia at BUCS Cross Country
After a year hiatus due to the pandemic, the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) Cross Country Championship was held at Horsenden Hill in Middlesex on Saturday and produced an exciting and vibrant series of four races on a course with some muddy sections which became increasingly churned up as the day progressed. Herne Hill Harriers […]
South of England Cross Country Bronze for Caspian Holmes
On a very mild Saturday for late January, Beckenham Place Park was busier than usual with thousands of club runners competing in the South of England Cross Country Championship. The day saw a series of exciting races with all age groups from under 13s through to seniors taking part. The course used was very dry under foot, but was nevertheless tough with the inclusion of a […]
Miller and Minetti star for Herne Hill at Lee Valley
A number of Herne Hill Harriers athletes were competing indoors over the weekend at the London Indoor Games senior and under 20 events at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre. Among the stand out performers were sprinters Michael Miller and Giuseppe Minetti who raced in the senior men’s 60m on Sunday as the indoor track and […]
Holmes and Carroll lead the way for Herne Hill in Surrey League
Herne Hill Harriers and Clapham Chasers hosted the third of four Surrey League cross country fixtures for men, women and young athletes on Mitcham Common on what was an initially cold and foggy, but then clear and dry Saturday. A very busy day saw action in seven races spanning more than four hours of exciting […]
Surrey Medals galore for Herne Hill Youngsters
Herne Hill Harriers enjoyed a storming start to the new year winning three sets of team gold medals at the Surrey County cross country championships on a muddy and testing course in the Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking. Showing great teamwork and determination in the first championships of the winter apart from relays, the club […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Successful New Year
Happy Christmas from all at Herne Hill Harriers and hoping for a fantastic New Year with many more HHH success stories like those in the News and Headlines sections on this site. Sunday morning saw 14 teams of 3 contesting the HHH Christmas Road Relay on Tooting Common using 2 laps of the parkrun route for each leg, […]
Tooting Bec Athletics Track – We did it!!
Now it is a done deal…. the final hurdle was cleared on Monday 6th December at the Wandsworth Council Executive meeting. All good to go…… Wandsworth Council committee approval was given for funding of the resurfacing of Tooting Bec Athletics Track on Thursday 25th November. Once this recommendation has been endorsed by the Council Executive […]
Herne Hill men 4th & women 5th in South of Thames Cross Country Races
Herne Hill Harriers had a smaller than usual turnout on the men’s side for this year’s historic South of Thames Cross Country Association Championship races, which gave the women from the club the opportunity to for the first time ever in a championship race field more female athletes in number than their male colleagues could […]
Veterans Keep the Red n Black Hoops Flying in Southern XC Championships 11 Dec 2021.
South of England Veterans XC Championships, Lloyd Park, Croydon 11/12/2021 As a classic and varied cross country course, Saturday 11th December’s Lloyd Park did not disappoint, and neither did Herne Hill’s athletes who earnt themselves two sets of team medals and (surprisingly, only) one individual place medal. Yet, despite having three DNF’s on the day […]
London Regional Volunteer Award for Bridget Yule
On Wednesday 8th December England Athletics London Region held their 2021 Regional Volunteer Awards evening on an online platform, with a number of long serving club stalwarts receiving in most cases overdue and in all cases very well deserved recognition for their contributions to athletics. Congratulations to Bridget Yule of Herne Hill Harriers and the […]