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23rd Nov, 2024, Alastair Aitken

ARJUNA PFLUG impresses again

In the London Youth Games cross-country, at Parliament HIl Fields on the 26th of November, in the the Under 15 the race the winner was Arjuna Plug, the young Highgate Harrier running for CAMDEN . His...
23rd Nov, 2024, Alastair Aitken

LONDON CROSS-COUNTRY Championships

ANDREW PENNEY, was pleased to win his first big cross-Country, over the grass land Hampstead Heath course, in good conditions. Alastair Aitken reports. Penney considered himself to be a road and track...
14th Nov, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Blast their way to the Top

Highgate Harriers Men were beaten by Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets on the 12th of October for the top spot in the first Metropolitan cross country league of the season, which was the first league...
9th Nov, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Ashley Scott-Wilson of Highgate back on form

On Saturday in the North London cross country Championships, run at Wormwood Scrubs parkland, Ashley was 3rd in the Women's race in 31:03 behind the winner Kathy Casterton of Serpentine in 30:28. 46...
9th Nov, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Jacob and Alex in the England Frame

Jacob Allen and Alex Lepretre, two Highgate 'Star' road runners finished 2nd and 3rd out of 24,000 odd in the Manchester Half Marathon recently which was an England Half-Marathon Championship. The...
27th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Emily Chong Features

Under 23 runner, Highgate Harrier Emily Chong, came 4th of 118 women in the London Universities & Colleges League cross-country race, at Parliament Hill Fields, on the 25th of October. Daniel White...
27th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Claybury, Woodford

BRETT RUSHMAN, The Hertfordshire cross-country Champion, who last won a Metropolitan League race, as an Under 18 runner, on the 10th of November 2018, lead at the start, down the pathway into the...
27th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

World's best road Performance by Karima Harris

It was an unofficial World record for a '55 year old' woman. She did that in the Oxford Half-Marathon, that attracted a large field, on the 13th of October, Karima Harris ran 1:19.02. The official...
20th Oct, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE'S CROWN SLIPPED SLIGHTLY!

Highgate Harriers had been top of the Men's Metropolitan league, out of 23 clubs, for 12 years but on Saturday at Woodford, they slipped into 2nd position with1721 behind Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets...
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...
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...
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

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...
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...
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...
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...