Finlay Sleeman, an under 17 runner, ran a personal best 800m time on the Harrow track on 24 September in an evening that saw 12 800m and 12 1500 m races. His time was 2:03.13 in 4th place in his 800...
University College student, Henry Murdoch of Highgate Harriers, ran his fastest 3000m to date with a time of 9:01.99 in the Watford Graded meeting on Wednesday 4 September. His previous best was 9:15...
Amy Rutherford ran into second place in the race 14 of the 200m at The Lee Valley Sprint Open on the 28th of August with a time of 28.63. She has been consistent around that mark for the last two...
Highgate’s Charlie Haywood was out running well again on 21 August at Watford. Having run the respectable time of 14:51 in the Hercules 5000m Festival, organised by Ben Noad at Wimbledon recently, he...
Now Highgate Harrier, Tony Richards is 70, he is still performing very well and in the British Masters Championships at Perry Bar, Birmingham on 10th August, in his over 70 category, he won the...
Dominic Smith improved on his personal best of 15:59.71, that he achieved in the Southern League at Parliament Hill earlier in the summer, when, at Wimbledon in the Hercules 5000m Festival on...
Metropolitan League No, 4 (January 2020) Start Fitness Metropolitan League Alexandra Palace Park 11th of January LIZ JANES was an impressive sight as she flowed down the hill, on each lap of the muddy...
Middlesex Cross Country Champs (Jan 2020) Wormwood Scrubs - January 4th NICK GOOLAB last ran in these Championship, when winning in the ‘Under 20’ race at Cockfosters in 2008, the year before he won...
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Hillingdon (December 2019) Hillingdon House Farm 7th December 2019 DYLAN EVANS, who was seventh in his only other Met League, at Claybury in October, won the third...
North London Championships (November 2017) Berkeley Fields, Greenford 4th of November MOHAMED DAUL MOHAMMED, a week after winning the North of Thames/Liddiard Cup, and suffering with some leg trouble...
Howard Williams RIP (March 2017) (Howard Williams died in his 80’s in the weekend of the 25/26 of March, 2017) There are those in athletics who work tirelessly as officials for no remuneration, to...
NAT A FORGOTTEN ‘STAR’ (January 2017) Nat Fisher of Harlow AC, died June 2016. He was born on 1/10/36. He was a very good veteran runner, doing 1:57.74 for the 800 in his 40’s and was good as an M50...
Andy Ferguson (March 2016) Andy Ferguson, one of the older Highgate Harriers, was a real lively character. He sadly died on the 1st of March. Andy was passionate, in his days, for Highgate Harriers...
Southern Counties Veterans Track & Field League Finals (September 2014) Sunday 7th of September at Julie Rose Stadium at Ashford CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS and EPSOM & EWELL HARRIERS won possibly the most...
MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIP 10K - 7th September 2013 - Victoria Park MOHAMUD AADAN, on 65 miles a week of running, reduced his best time for 10k from 33:07 to 30:34 over the same course (He last did in...
NATIONAL INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (JUNE 2013) On Wednesday Evening, June the 19th, was the 'Annual National' Insurance Track & Field Championships held at the Millennium Stadium, Battersea. The...
FRANK SALVAT (30th of October 1934 to May 2013) Eric Shirley Junior got in touch (29/5) to say that Frank Salvat had died recently age 78. Salvat ran with his friend Olympic Steeplechaser, Eric...
Running Still - 133 years of Highgate Harriers (August 2012) There was a private viewing of 'Running Still' - 133 years of Highgate Harriers, on the 10th of September at the Camden Local Studios and...
Kenya's First 'Great' Sprinter - Serapheno Antao Serapheno Antao, age 73, died recently in London. Many may not know he was called by his nickname 'Kelly' by all those that he was friends with in the...
Geoff Harrold remembered (Born 25/5/39 died 1/4/11) Geoff Harrold died on April the 1st of April, aged 72 but will be remembered not only as a good coach for Enfield & Haringey AC. He coached talented...
South London's Historic Mob Match (March 2011) In the 100th Annual Mob Match South London obtained a good low score of 2411 points to Blackheath's 4153 (56 to score for each team). It was interesting...
North of the Thames Championships - Kingsbury (Feb 2011) The North of the Thames Cross Country Association was founded in January 5, 1894 so, the cross-country is a historic event but fields have...
Chris Smith and Serpentine - Outstanding in the Met League Final (2011) Horsenden Hill Met League 12th of February The Final Metropolitan League at Horsenden Hill, organised by Mike Barratt and his...