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12th Oct, 2025, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE A SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE TRACK

Jennifer Lovell, the current President of Highgate Harriers, on the 27th of September, was honoured by England Athletics at the London Volunteer Awards for being a 'Dedicated Official' in the London...
5th Oct, 2025, Alastair Aitken

REMARKABLE RUN BY KARIMA

In the Vitality 10k, that weaves its way around the City of London, on the 28th of September there when several Highgate runners who took part, but not from the 'A' team on the roads, except for...
5th Oct, 2025, Alastair Aitken

RICHARD DAWSON

Richard Dawson, a popular Highgate Harrier, died recently. Richard, who was only in his 50's, was a good 400/800 runner on the team and ran 1:52.14 for 800 in 1995 at Crystal Palace. Greg Smith, a 400...
27th Sep, 2025, Alastair Aitken

SEAN INSIDE 3 HOURS EVERY TIME

Highgate Harrier, Sean Renfer, has now run all his six consecutive marathons inside 3 hours. In this year's BMW Berlin marathon on the 21st of September, he was the leading Highgate Harrier in 2:28.11...
22nd Sep, 2025, Alastair Aitken

ZAVIER A GOOD FUTURE PROSPECT

Highgate Harrier, Triple & Long jumper, Zavier Achiampong is a great Triple Jump exponent. The Under 23 athlete will be triple jumping over 14 metres next season so predicts the Highgate Harrier...
16th Sep, 2025, Alastair Aitken

JOSEPH UNDER TWO MINUTES AGAIN

Joseph Hayes' ran his second fastest 800 in 1:58.30, when winning the 'C' 800m race, at the British Milers regional event, at Gillingham, on the 3rd of September. His fastest was back in August at...
10th Sep, 2025, Alastair Aitken

TOMMIE SMITH

I met Tommie Smith at Lancaster Gate, after he had beaten Commonwealth Champion Wendell Mottley of Trinidad, over 400m in 1966, at the White City Stadium. (45.3 to 45.7) Smith did not like the...
10th Sep, 2025, Alastair Aitken

A CLOSE CALL FOR HIGHGATE

Highgate Harriers just missed out, to gain promotion to the Division 2 of the Southern league, when they were runners up, after the Final of the Southern league Division 3 (London) at Lee Valley, on...
10th Sep, 2025, Alastair Aitken

KARINA & OPEN EVENT

Karina Harris (W55) running in the Mid Cheshire Summer 5k road race on the 29th of August, ran a personal best for 5k of 17m 36sec which improved on her time of 17:57 last year and 19:49 in 2022. Some...
23rd Aug, 2025, Alastair Aitken

MORE GOOD TRACK TIMES FROM HIGHGATE

Pete Chambers, took his personal best time down for 3000m to 8:11.47. at Tooting Bec in the BMC meeting 0n the 20th of August. To think his best till this year was 8:33.35. Although he was 7th in his...
22nd Aug, 2025, Alastair Aitken

THOMAS CHADWICK AND SOME OTHER GOOD HIGHGATE TIMES

Under 20 runner Thomas Chadwick, improved his personal best for 1500m from 3:52.05 to 3:47.51 in the BMC Grand Prix & World Athletics Challenge, at Trafford on the 9th of August. There were many good...
14th Aug, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Cobbold and O'Corbaidh on the way up

Rory O'Corbiaidh recently, as an Under 17 year old, did a 4:54.43 mile at Mile End on the 8th of July and Jack Cobbold (Under 15) has an impressive record of Personal Best performances this year. Jack...
2nd Aug, 2025, Alastair Aitken

ARJUNA KEEPS IMPROVING

Under 17 athlete Arjuna Pflug of Highgate Harriers, is on the way up. It was Highgate Harriers fastest time at the Watford Open Meet, on the 23rd of July. He ran 1500m in 3:59.88, wiping away his best...
27th Jul, 2025, Alastair Aitken

THE DAVE CLARKE MILE EXTRAVAGANZA

At Wimbledon on the 23rd of July 2025 The 15 races in the ‘Dave Clarke’ events, had really good Summer evening weather, ideal for the Final event for the ‘Elite’ runners Alastair Aitken reports. The...
27th Jul, 2025, Alastair Aitken

 GRIERSON AND CHAMBERS AT THEIR BEST

Flurry Grierson improved his 3000m time to 8:15:19.from 8:29.83 and Pete Chambers improved his time 8:33.35 to 8:14.10 also for 3000m. Both those times were done at the BMC Grand Prix at Watford, on...
15th Jul, 2025, Alastair Aitken

London 5000's A Success

Two High Profile international runners, ran the fastest times in the Highgate Harriers promotion, the London 5000's at Parliament Hill Track, on the 4th of July. They were, the fastest man PhiIlip...
3rd Jul, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Highgate & Mornington keep going!

Highgate Harriers and Mornington Chasers combined track and field team, after two matches out of 4, are now up to first place in Division 3 North London of the Southern League. Highgate Harriers...
24th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

LATE STAND FOR POOLMAN

Roger Poolman of Highgate Harriers burst through from 6th early on to get 3rd of 15 finishers in the Elite Race 10 with a time of 8:11.54 at the Festival 3000's at Wimbledon Park Stadium on Wednesday...
23rd Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

SONNY ALLEN IMPROVES AGAIN

Sonny Allen, who runs as an under 17 on the track but Under 15 on the country, ran in the Festival races at Wimbledon on the 6th of June. Sonny brought her time down for 3000m from 10:08.81 to a new...
15th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Terry Fawden Breaks the Barrer of 9 minutes

Highgate Harrier, Terry Fawden, who is studying electronics at Cambridge University took his personal best steeplechase time down from 9:00.83 to 8:57.74 in the BMC Grand Prix, which was also a World...
15th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

BEN NOAD

Ben Noad (Born May 6th 1976) is a supreme organiser and Athletics Consultant, plus being a good coach. He was the man behind the successful Festival track races at Wimbledon Park stadium in the Summer...
15th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

SONNY ALLEN IMPRESSES

Sonny Allen, who runs as an Under 17 year old on the track and Under 15 on the country, won the South of England Under 17's 1500m Championship at Crystal Place on the 8th of June. 8 runners ran in the...
9th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Two coming through with Highgate

Running in the BMC meeting at Eltham, on the 21st of May, Leoni Delvendahl (U20) ran a personal best time for 3000m of 10:3.73. Leoni washed away her best time previously which was 11.05.42 Izzy Ions...
8th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

KARIMA HARRIS SET ANOTHER RECORD

Highgate Harrier K arima Harris, who has set a World Best at the half marathon for 'W55', was out doing an age European Best time, for an Over 55 year old women, in the Copenhagen Marathon on May 11th...
8th Jun, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Hannah Starts Track Season Well

Hannah Viner, one of Highgate's top women runners, started the track season by doing 4min 34sec in the Gold Standard race at Watford, on the 14th of May, that was after running a 9:44.7 3000m in the...