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22nd Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

SONNY ALLEN'S GREAT DOUBLE ACT

Highgate Harrier Sonny Allen (U17), won the National 'Under 17' Cross Country Championship, at Sedgefield on the 21st of February, being the first person from Highgate Harriers to ever win a National...
22nd Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

FAST TIMES BY SEAN & CHARLIE

Out of 353 finishers in the Hillingdon 20 miles road race' on Sunday the 24th of March, several Highgate Harriers were well placed. In 3rd spot was Sean Renfer in 1:49:08 improving on his personal...
16th Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

YOUNGSTERS BEST IN NORTH WEST LONDON

In the Final North West London Cross-Country league, for young athletes and, after the final meeting of the season was concluded, on the 28th of February at Pear Park, Perivale. The Group Awards went...
10th Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

KAITLYN FLYS THE FLAG FOR HIGHGATE

KAITYLN JOHNSON came 58th out of over 280 in the Senior Inter-Counties and final Cross-Challenge race of the season, at Nottingham on Saturday February the 7th and, was 3rd scorer for the Middlesex...
6th Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

THREE DOUBLE OLYMPIC GOLD 400m Hurdlers

GLEN DAVIS (USA) won IN Helsinki in 1952 & in Melbourne in 1956; EDWIN MOSES (USA) 1976 in Montreal & 1984 in Los Angeles; ANGELO TAYLOR (USA) 2000 Sydney & 2008 in Beijing; FELIX SANCHEZ (Dominica)...
5th Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

OVER 60'S SHINE

Three Over 60's athletes ran well in the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley Indoor track, on the 21st/22nd of February. There was one medallist for the club on the day and that was Roy...
5th Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

Tomlinson achieves top spot

In the ISA (Independent Schools) Cross Country Championships at Hinkley, Dudley on the 28th of February, Luke Tomlinson, running in the Year 10/11 group, came through to win the 4200m race, according...
5th Mar, 2026, Alastair Aitken

THERE WAS NO STOPPING HIGHGATE HARRIERS MEN

As the 5th of 5 Metropolitan League cross-countries was called off, because of the very serious flooding at Trent Park on the the 7th of February, the League became a 4 of 4 contest; as no club agreed...
22nd Feb, 2026, Alastair Aitken

Sonny Blazes The Trail

SONNY ALLEN, who, this season, came 3rd In the Southern 'Under 17' Cross-country Championships, on the 24th of January, then 4th in the Inter-Area London Cross-Challenge at Parliament Hill, on the 7th...
12th Feb, 2026, Alastair Aitken

WORLD MASTER RECORD HOLDER AGAIN

Karina Harris who had the the listed World best time for an W55 woman of 36:10 on the road, improved on her own World Best for her '55-60 year' old with time of 35:54 at Chichester in the Chichester...
12th Feb, 2026, Alastair Aitken

EAMONN MARTIN

EAMONN MARTIN Born 9 th October 1958 in Basildon. Height 1metre 82, 68Kgs. By Alastair Aitken When we met, Eamonn worked as a components engineer at Ford Motors. Regarding his ongoing interest in...
12th Feb, 2026, Alastair Aitken

SONNY ALLEN AMONGST THE BEST

In the conditions that had the Metropolitan League final event cancelled due to a waterlogged course, at Trent Park; the UK C ross-Challenge and Inter-Area events went ahead on Saturday, the 7th of...
12th Feb, 2026, Alastair Aitken

A MAJOR CROSS-COUNTRY ON THE HEATH

IN 2024 Eamonn Martin, the Ex-International runner and Manager of British Athletic teams, put on a cross country meeting called the 'London International' at Parliament Hill Fields, which proved a...
7th Feb, 2026, Alastair Aitken

SEVERAL ESTABLISHED HIGHGATE NAMES OUT COMPETING

In the London Indoor Games on the 17th and 18th of January, at Lee Valley recently, Highgate Harriers athletes were sharpening themselves for the Summer season ahead. Remy Weinbrecht, coached by Ex-...
28th Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE'S WOMEN OF BRONZE

Highgate Harriers women surprised a lot of clubs with their first really good result this Winter season, with 3rd place in the South of England Women's cross-country Championships, in Beckenham Place...
28th Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

FITNESS FIRST METROPOLITAN LEAGUE - WELWYN

THOMAS BUTLER who last won the Metropolitan league race at Horsenden Hill on the 15th of November and was fifth at Wormwood Scrubs on the 6th of December, made no mistake at Welwyn, on the hilly...
16th Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

MOONSHINE FOR LEONI AND FELIX

Back on the 17th of December, in the 'Run Through Chase the Moon 5k' road race in Battersea Park, the winners were Highgate's Felix Kent, who is studying at Durham University. He was, was the first...
16th Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

A Remarkable Man

Derek Wood (JD Wood) died at 95, peacefully at home in Enfield his wife Jacqui related. Derek ran at the White City over 3 and 6 miles back in the 1950's, and worked his way up to being a Bank Manager...
16th Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE STILL FIGHTING FOR LEAGUE GLORY

Highgate Harriers Men's team, are still going for their 14th consecutive yearly victory, at their next Metropolitan league fixture on the 7th of February at Trent Park, despite the Cross Challenge...
16th Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

SPANISH EYES SMILING FOR 4 HIGHGATE HARRIERS

In a huge field, where many World class road runners competed, in the Valencia Ibercaja 10k road race, on the 11th of January and won by Andreas Almegren of Sweden in a new European Record of 26:46...
3rd Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

YOUTH WINS HISTORIC RACE!

The Bottomists, Boxing Day cross-country race, run over Hampstead Heath, first started by the Late Ted Fosbrook, a coach & runner for the club but, now organised by his daughter Deborah Laing. It was...
3rd Jan, 2026, Alastair Aitken

 HIGHGATE HARRIERS OUT IN THE COLD PARK

In the Serpentine RC New Years Day, 10k road race, several Highgate runners were in very good form. Out of the large field, in which 200 women took part Karina Harris was the first woman in 37:02 and...
26th Dec, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Jim Ryun

Jim Ryun [Born 29th April 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Racing Weight 76kgs, 6ft 2inches tall. This gave him a sleek appearance, with an impressive stride. To my mind, he was the ‘the greatest miler’...
26th Dec, 2025, Alastair Aitken

TWO OF THE BEST 200M RUNNERS OF ALL TIME

Usain Bolt, the World record holder of the 100 & 200m and, gold medallist at three Olympics & Don Quarrie, an Olympic 200m gold medallist in 1976, 2nd in the Olympic 100m Final and, six times he...
26th Dec, 2025, Alastair Aitken

SANTA'S EARLY SURPRISE

Alex Jackson, finished 48th in the 'Elite Race 2' in the FNUL Christmas 5 mile road event, at Battersea on the 19th of December, where he did a personal best time of 25:42.7, improving on the...