Top ten National relays finishes for Herne Hill young athletes teams and Surrey Masters medals for the not so young
It was a weekend of cross country and road running highlights for the oldest and the youngest among the Herne Hill Harriers membership. Saturday saw both the English National Road Relay Championship in Sutton Coldfield and the Surrey County Masters Cross Country Championship in Nonsuch Park. Herne Hill Harriers youngsters travelled to the National road relays […]
Strong Herne Hill London Marathon turnout and a Cross Country Team Win
After a hiatus of 18 months, the Virgin Money London Marathon returned as a mass event with more than 40,000 runners taking to the streets of the city to complete the 26.2 miles between Blackheath/Greenwich and The Mall. Among these and figuring quite prominently among the field was a good number of Herne Hill Harriers, […]
Milton Keynes AC step in following collapse of SEAA relays
Mick Bromilow and his MKAC team did an outstanding job following the late cancellation of the SEAA road relays. Not only did they organise an event with alacrity and aplomb, but the running community supported them superbly turning out teams of very high quality. Although as a Club HHH fielded a lot less teams (across the […]
Breakthrough run for Raj in Battersea Park
Last Thursday evening saw fine performances from Herne Hill Harriers athletes at the Under the Lights 5km road race last in Battersea Park. The first man in the club red and black was also easily the first M45 runner on the night, as Raj Paranandi broke 16 minutes for the first time in spectacular fashion […]
President’s Reflections September 2021
Dear Member, It is sometime since I have been able to give you an update on the status of the track. I have included below a commitment statement agreed by the named parties. We believe our campaign has been effective in keeping a clear focus on the urgent need for a resurface, and we continue to […]
Katie Snowden polishing off a Diamond season in Switzerland
Herne Hill Harriers 1,500m Olympian Katie Snowden was last Thursday back in top level racing action for the first time since her Tokyo personal best performances which saw her reach the semi finals in Japan at the start of the month. Balham local Snowden competed in the women’s 1,500m placing eighth in a world class […]
Another club U20 5000m record for Phoebe Anderson
Wednesday 18th August saw another stunning result for a Herne Hill Harriers female athlete this summer as at the Manchester International meeting at Sport City on the Etihad Campus Phoebe Anderson ran a big 5000m PB time of 16:18.75. This performance is the second fastest track 5000m run by a woman of any age in the history of the club […]
Two golds and a silver for Herne Hill athletes at England U15 Champs
A small group of Herne Hill Harriers young athletes travelled up to the England Athletics Under 15/Under 17 Championship at SportCity in Manchester over the weekend. Of the four who competed three between them brought home two gold medals and a silver against the best in the country in their age groups. Both of the Harriers gold […]
President’s Reflections – July 2021
I start with two quick reminders. Tooting track petition closes on 1 August 2021-please ensure you a) have signed it b) have shared with relevant friends’ groups/social media. https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=169&RPID=10973470&HPID=10973470 My sincere thanks to everyone who has been involved with our campaign, including our Patron Jade Johnson who has been very prominent in getting across the […]
Blue plaque honours GB Olympic past as Herne Hill Olympian calls to protect future by saving local track
As the Tokyo Olympics gets fully underway on Saturday, 24th July, in a quiet suburban road in Tooting, south west London, an outstanding GB athlete of just over 100 years ago will be celebrated with a historic blue plaque on the house where he lived. Albert Hill was 31 year old railway worker who went […]