Ore goes long again with another big leap in Texas
Balham long and triple jumper Ore Adamson continued her strong US collegiate competition season with another big leap at College Station in Texas at the prestigious Alumni Muster meet on Saturday to follow up on her recent UK ranking performances. After her 6.25m at San Antonio in mid April was aided by a following wind […]
President’s Reflection’s – April 2021
My apologies for missing April by a few days with my monthly update. Things have picked up with the Club now that we are fully back into organised training sessions, and it has been wonderful to see some competitions including those organised by Herne Hill Harriers. It is early season but we already have at least three […]
European Junior Championship Qualifying Time for Charlotte
Wednesday 21st April saw another excellent early season Covid secure track meeting hosted by Birmingham University and the British Milers Club with some very high quality events featuring some of the faster middle distance athletes in the UK. Herne Hill’s top Under 20 Charlotte Alexander followed up her opening track and road 5000m performances with another […]
Strong Herne Hill team results in Wimbledon road race
Sunday morning saw the return of local athletics club competition with the Wimbledon Park 5km team road race that started and finished on the track in the park and was routed onto the adjacent roads and footpaths. Herne Hill Harriers fielded one men’s team of ten and two women’s teams each of six, with the […]
Alexander the Great Harrier on road and track
Wednesday 31st March saw the very first non elite athletics meeting of 2021 as local clubs Belgrave Harriers and Herne Hill Harriers combined to host an evening of 5000m track races in Battersea Park. There were some top performances from Herne Hill athletes in the eight races at the Comeback 5000, with pride of place […]
New members and membership renewal
We are delighted that training has recommenced and we welcome new members to the Club. We offer coaching across the full range of athletics disciplines to all ability levels. If you are new to the Club please kindly contact club secretary Steve Bosley on info@hernehillharriers.org or tel 07721 555688 for more details and you will […]
President’s Reflections-March 2021
It has been a long haul for everyone, but we now enter a new phase of lighter evenings, renewed group sessions and competitions, together with other freedoms which I am sure we will cherish through spring into summer. Most of you should already be aware of planned training sessions for your groups, which will again […]
Neil Townsend (Moddy) 03.05.1963 – 13.03.2021
Neil was a multi-talented person who really only came to athletics by accident. Neil was a graduate in chemistry and physics from Goldsmiths’ College University of London and it was there that he filled a gap in the college team in the hammer. Neil had only attended the University of London Inter-Collegiate Championships as a spectator and he […]
Sarah Everard
Many of our members live in or close to the Clapham area. Along with the whole local community, we are extremely saddened to hear of the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. This incident is a terrible reminder of the threat that there can be to women going about their normal lives. And yet that […]
President’s Reflections: February 2021
Well, with February being a short month we have just slipped into March, so my apologies for being slightly overdue with the February edition. I do though write with great excitement now that the national roadmap has been published, and we can all look forward to some positive developments over the coming months. From an athletics […]