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12th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

JACOB ALLEN AND SEVENTH HEAVEN

In the 6x's one lap of Sutton Park, HIGHGATE HARRIER JACOB ALLEN was only 3 seconds behind the the outright winners' Leed's lead off man on the first leg. Leeds City won in 1:44.09 but, that was not...
12th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE AWARDS PRESENTED

Amongst the Highgate Harriers club awards presented at the club's AGM, on the 7th of October, 2034 were - Priority Award for club senior Athlete of the year Alex Lepretre and, the Junior Jewell award...
6th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

LONDON AWARD FOR BEN POCHEE

Highgate Harrier, Ben Pochee, the successful organiser of the 10,000m races at Parliament Hill track in the Summer, was the winner of the Regional Volunteer award by England Athletics 2024 for LONDON...
22nd Sep, 2024, Alastair Aitken

MARTIN HOLLAND AT THE TOP

Martin Holland has been selected as the new President of the English Cross Country Union. He has been an official with Highgate Harriers, all the years I can think of, since I had been made Press...
12th Sep, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Hassiba Boulmerka

Premier International athletics in itself has a certain amount of pressure put on the athlete, to perform very well in championships, but for Hassiba Boulmerka (Born 18-Jul-1968, Constantine, Algeria)...
10th Sep, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers Final Open Meeting of 2024

On the 4th of September, in the evening, conditions were good with no rain and well attended. Two senior results stood out as high quality performances. Sam Jones of St Albans ran 49.51 to do the...
10th Sep, 2024, Alastair Aitken

YASMIN GOATER'S EXCELLENT DUATHLON

In the running/swimming combined event 'The Duathlon' held for the 25th time on Hampstead Heath, in good conditions this year on September1st, 'Stylish' Highgate Harrier, Yasmin Goater was 2nd woman...
1st Sep, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Joseph Young & Alex Jackson run quickly

Young ran 3:51. 07 for 1500, not very far off his best for the distance. It was in the World Gold Standard BMC races, at Watford, on the 21st of August. Alex Jackson, also of Highgate Harriers, was...
18th Aug, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Alex keeps running

Alex Lepretre, Highgate's top Marathon man, whose favourite sport is cross-country running, which he achieved a silver medal for in the main Southern Senior cross Championships earlier this year, was...
9th Aug, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Other than the Olympics

Athletics continues in the clubs, despite many glued to the box in an Olympic week. On the 3rd of August, In the Hercules & Wimbledon Festival of 5k's' with 10 races in the evening, two Highgate...
3rd Aug, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate/Mornington Chasers combined hold their position

After the 3rd and final match (due to the 4th fixture being cancelled due to the lack of a host club), the first three teams of seven, on the 14th of July in the Southern league T&F North London were...
3rd Aug, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Remy continues to impress

Highgate Harrier Remy Weinbrecht, an Under 20 athlete, improved his decathlon best of last year, which was 5898, to increase his score to 6722 to come 2nd in the Under 20 combined event at Birmingham...
21st Jul, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHATE YOUNGSTERS RALLY FOR A BRONZE RESULT

Highgate Harriers youngsters improved upon their 5th position in the 3rd of 4 'Young Athletes League' competitions to finish 3rd, after their good display at Parliament Hill Fields, on the 6th of July...
21st Jul, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Two University runners impress

Highgate Harriers' students at UCL ran Personal Best times at the Watford Graded Meeting, on the evening of the 10th of July. Emily Chong, Under 23, Highgate Harrier, ran 10:09.40 to thrash her PB of...
9th Jul, 2024, Alastair Aitken

MONTE WATSON ON THE MOVE

In the 'Highgate newsletter' it indicated that Monte Watson and his Father Mark have been busy out racing. Monte Watson ran his personal best 5000 at the Finsbury Park track with a time of14:56.2 on...
9th Jul, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Joseph Young runs his second fastest

At Birmingham in the BMC Grand Prix meeting, on the 6th of July, Joseph Young ran 3:51.5 for 1500, coming 3rd of 8 in Race 'C'. He was in the National 12 stage relay team that came 3rd earlier this...
9th Jul, 2024, Alastair Aitken

‘The Four Minute Mile’

The late, Mel Watman, to my mind the ‘Greatest’ athletics writer and previous. Editor of the old Athletics Weekly, that was not a monthly, said regarding the mile as an event. “No other athletic event...
9th Jul, 2024, Alastair Aitken

'Highgate Harriers Out and About'

Mathew Bernardi ran 16:47.91 in the BMC 5000m race at New Eltham, on the 19th of June, won by l popular local man Tom Butler of Shaftesbury Barnet, who ran a swift 14:15.12. Tom was the 3rd Senior...
24th Jun, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE HARRIERS/MORNINGTON CHASERS WIN

The Highgate composite team, came into the match in Southern League Division 3 North London with 277 points with Watford on Harriers on 338 points in the lead but, on Saturday the 15th of June...
24th Jun, 2024, Alastair Aitken

A Cambridge University winner

Back on the 18th of May, on the famous Oxford University track, in the 149th Varsity match, Terry Fawden, the Highgate Harrier, running for Cambridge University, not only won the 3000m steeplechase...
16th Jun, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE SHOW TREMENDOUS DEPTH

Highgate Harriers, the Metropolitan League cross country Champions and amongst the top 3 road relay teams in the country, were out on the 8th and 9th of June, winning the Welsh Castles Race. 20...
4th Jun, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE HARRIERS START WELL

Although Highgate Harriers these days are amongst the best road & cross-country clubs in Great Britain, their Highgate Harriers/Mornington Chasers composite Track& Field team is in a more modest...
4th Jun, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Noureddine Morcel

If one had to point to who were the ‘Greatest’ competitors over 1500/One mile. in history, one could not possibly leave out the Algerian Noureddine Morceli. He was unbeaten in 15/1500/Mile races in...