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26th May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HARRY TEMPAN THE RENAISANCE RUNNER DIES AT 99

(Harry Tempan was born 20/5/25 and died on the 27th of April 2024) He was not a name that was known, amongst those who were in the public eye but, someone who loved his running till he was 94 and...
26th May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Middlesex T & F Report For the Association

I thought it would be good to begin this report by talking to one of the officials Richard Priestley, who was President of the Middlesex Athletics Association in 2015/16 and has been Middlesex Team...
23rd May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

NIGHT OF THE 10,000M PB’s Short accounts from the night

Sawam Barwal from India, who works in the Indian Army and is 26 years old, was 3rd in the Asian half-marathon Championships in 1:04.30. In the ’C’ race at Parliament Hill track, he looked very smooth...
15th May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate's Jack Brotchie well up

Highgate Harriers joined Race 2 of the Assembly League on the 2nd of May in Victoria Park and, out of 285 finishers Jack Brotchie of Highgate Harriers ran into 4th place in 17.54, not far behind the...
15th May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

More quick marathon times

Sub 2:40 marathons by Highgate men are now becoming common place. At the start of the month Jack McVann, ran a personal best time of 2:32.18 in the Copenhagen marathon, wiping away his previous best...
15th May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

County Medals for Highgate Harriers

A Gold Medal went to Under 20 runner, Joseph Hayes, who ran his first significant 400, for a personal best time of 53.40. That was in the Final 'U20' race, in the Middlesex Championships at Lee Valley...
5th May, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Weinbrecht improving fast

Remy Weinbrecht, an under 20 Highgate Harrier, looks like going places, as he improved his decathlon score of 5893 of last year to 6514 on the 27/28th of April at the Somerset Championships & Somerset...
29th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

DANIEL THE AMAZING MARATHON MAN

I know Highgate's club record holder Alex Lepretre, ran another 2:15 min London Marathon clocking in this year's London but, spare a thought for Daniel Higgins, now 45 years old, who ran 2 hours 34...
23rd Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Thomas Chadwick Gets a Podium Place

In the London Mini Marathon, Highgate Harrier Thomas Chadwick, gained 3rd place overall, in the very well contested event. Representing Camden, he was the first London teenager to finish in the large...
20th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

A Class Act from Chris Rainsford

Running at the Highgate Harriers Open meeting, on the evening 17th of April, at Parliament Hill track, in cool conditions, tall Highgate Harrier Chris Rainsford, who was a Loughborough Student and...
20th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

A Find for the Future

UCCL student, Harvey Weinberger, ran his fastest 1500 at Watford in the Open Meeting on the 3rd of April. His time was 3:56.19 and in the same race Felix Kent ran 4:11.74 and leading Highgate Junior...
20th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Haywood at His Best

Charlie Haywood ran his personal best time in the Reading Half Marathon, on the 12th of April, with a time of 1hr 09 m 23sec. His previous best half marathon was at Paddock Wood last year, when he ran...
20th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Fawden & Wilson light up the Night

Running round Battersea Park, in a two lap 10k road race, in the ''Friday Night Under the Lights' event, on the 12th of April and in Race One, with 50 competitors, Highgate's Terry Fawden was 5th in...
9th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers in the Frame again!

The strong winds blew tents and flags down at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield but it did not put out the fire of Highgate's enthusiasm, in the National 12 stage Men's road relay Championships,as the...
9th Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

IMPRESSIVE HIGHATE WOMEN ON MAIN STAGE

On Saturday the' 6th of April, at wind blown Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Highgate Harriers came 5th in the National Women's six stage road relay. They finished ahead of two of the best women's...
1st Apr, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate's Most Consistent 'Sub-3' Marathon Man

Dan Higgins, now an M45 runner, was the first M45 winner in the Fleet half Marathon, on the 24th of March 2024, in 1hr 13min 18sec. His position out of 2016 runners was 27th. Highgate Harrier, Dan...
26th Mar, 2024, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE'S OVERWHELMING SOUTHERN SUCCESS

In the South of England Championship 12 stage road relay at Milton Keynes on the 24th of March, Highgate Harriers senior Men's 'A' team went into the lead with Alex Lepretre on Stage 5 and Highgate...
24th Mar, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Junior Champs

Chris Bailey, a motivator for the young in the club, and a previous President of Highgate Harriers' was at the Final of the North West London young athletes league cross countries, that was held in...
24th Mar, 2024, Alastair Aitken

Three 'Stars' for the Summer

Lauren Russell continues to run to a very high standard. On Saturday at Pontefract she was 7th, running for Middlesex, in the English Schools Senior Girls cross country Championships race, in which...
13th Mar, 2024, Alastair Aitken

ROSS RUNS HIS FASTEST

James Ross, who was in Highgate's winning team in the Metropolitan League, ran his fastest half-marathon at Paddock Wood on Sunday 3rd of March. His time was 1hr 09:27 out of 1976 finishers and, his...
13th Mar, 2024, Alastair Aitken

THOMAS CHADWICK IMPRESSES

Running in the Under 17 Championships, in the mud, in the Inter-Counties at Nottingham, Thomas Chadwick finished in 7th of 290 finishers. Chadwick won the London Schools Championship earlier this year...
3rd Mar, 2024, Alastair Aitken

NATIONAL 2024

The most important club cross-country event, for the majority of 'club' runners is 'The National' and although this year's looked like it was going to be a disaster with all the flooding, it will now...
28th Feb, 2024, Alastair Aitken

POOLMAN A TOP CASH WINNER

It was on the 10th of February, this years' Final Metropolitan League races were held, for the full season and, athletes who took part from the 23 odd clubs, in recent years knew, cash prizes were...
25th Feb, 2024, Alastair Aitken

FLURRY FLIES ALONG

Highgate Harrier, Flurry Grierson, the UCLA 5000 track Champion; who was 3rd in the Met league at Welwyn and 12th in the Southern in January, was out improving his road personal best time for 5k of 14...