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25th Jul, 2023, Alastair Aitken

THREE INSIDE 5 MINUTES!

In the Golden Stag Miles, at Finsbury Park, on the 14th of July, three Highgate Harriers were inside the good club standard of 5 minutes for running a mile. John Steenson improved on his previous...
25th Jul, 2023, Alastair Aitken

OGBECHIE 4TH IN BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Highgate Harrier, Dominic Ogbechie, Highgate's leading jumper, came 4th with 2'09m in the UK Championships in Sports City, Manchester on the 8th of July. One of Highgate's best distance runners...
25th Jul, 2023, Alastair Aitken

PRIESTLEY PROUD

Priestley Proud Highgate Harrier, Richard Priestley, was the Manager of the Middlesex Men's team that won the Southern Inter-Counties track and field Championships, which took place at Horspath on the...
25th Jul, 2023, Alastair Aitken

OGBECHIE DOES WELL!

Dominic Ogbechie was 2nd of 12 finalists in the the CAU/inter-Counties & All England Championships at Chelmsford, on the 22nd of July. In the high jump on Saturday, In the deplorable weather of rain...
24th Jul, 2023, Alastair Aitken

EDMUND BROWN RUNS A FAST 800M

At the BMC Regional Meeting at Eltham, on the 19th of July, Edmund Brown, an Under 20' runner with Highgate Harriers, ran a personal best 800m in Race 'C' of 2:01.29. He was 5th of the 9 that ran in...
5th Jul, 2023, Alastair Aitken

REMY AN EMERGING ALL ROUND TALENT

Remy Weinbrecht, just out of the Under 17 age group, is an under 20 Champion. He impressed by winning the ESSA Regional SE Combined events decathlon, with 5896 points, for his ten events on the 24...
30th Jun, 2023, Alastair Aitken

OGBECHIE GATHERING STEAM!

Highgate Harriers Dominic Ogbechie and Sean Oceng-Engena, both coached by Marius Guei, look good as high jumpers of the future. Already this year in the Southern Championships, Ogbechie jumped 2m'12...
18th Jun, 2023, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE ONE OF THE BEST ALL ROUND!

Highgate came 2nd, in one of the most gruelling 20 'staggered' stage road races in the UK. It was called the Welsh Castles Relay, The relay race meant each day, each runner, had a stage to do', adding...
18th Jun, 2023, Alastair Aitken

ALEX, TERRY & LAUREN.

At Loughborough in the Grand Prix meeting on the 10th of June, Alex Lepretre. ran a time of 14:06.54 for 5000m bringing his previous best of 14:27.23 in 2019 right down. In his race he was placed 4th...
10th Jun, 2023, Alastair Aitken

GOOD EARLY SEASON RESULTS

Charlie Haywood ran a personal best 5000m at the BMC Grand Prix on the 27th of May at Sports City with a time of 14:47.57, coming 5th of 27 in his race. His previous best was 14:48.9 in 2021. Rebecca...
24th May, 2023, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs

At Parliament Hill track, on the evening of the 20th of May, the two major 'high standard' races at the end of the Programme on the 'Night of the 10,000m PB's' races, were won in exceptional fast...
24th May, 2023, Alastair Aitken

'Marathon Man‘ makes good at Parliament Hill

On May the 20th at Parliament Hill Fields track, in the second highest graded race 6 at ‘Ben Pochee’s Highgate Harriers Night of 10,000M PB’s’, Germany’s Konstantin Wedel won Race 6, that had 33...
17th May, 2023, Alastair Aitken

MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS Lea Valley 13/14 May

All the sprints on the Saturday had strong following (Plus) winds but in chilly conditions. However, on the Sunday it was quite different, with brilliant sunshine all day Alastair Aitken reports. On...
17th May, 2023, Alastair Aitken

4 Highgate Golds in County Championships

Golds at the two day county Championships came in the cold winds of Saturday but, the sun came out for the the second warmer day's events on the Sunday, at Lea Valley. Gold medals went to Arne...
3rd May, 2023, Alastair Aitken

Fawden running well in America

Terry Fawden, who won the Middlesex Junior cross country Championships for Highgate and also in the top 10 in the Junior National one year, has been running very well for Cambridge University in the...
3rd May, 2023, Alastair Aitken

Good Highgate results on track and road

One of Highgate's class team runners Daniel Lewis, ran 14:43.60 in the 'Come Back 5k' on the road at Battersea on Friday and Mattias Barnard did a personal best of 16;13.62 the same day. As an Over 45...
25th Apr, 2023, Alastair Aitken

London Marathon

ALEX & HIGHGATE MEN RAISE THE BAR Highgate Harrier Alex Lepetre ran a time of 2hrs 15min 01sec to improve massively on his personal best time of 3hrs 03.18 that he ran in 2014. His run on Sunday meant...
17th Apr, 2023, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND

For only the second time in about 110 years Highgate Harriers achieved the All England title by being the top road relay club in 2023, when winning the 12 Stage road relay at Sutton Park, near...
31st Mar, 2023, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE STALWARTS SHINE

In Cassiobury Park, Watford on Sunday 26th March, in constant rain, Highgate's Over 60 three-man team, were victorious on the mud and grassland course. The M60 team were 1st Alex Davidson, who has...
12th Mar, 2023, Alastair Aitken

GOOD HALF MARATHON TIMES AT CAMBRIDGE

On Sunday 5th March 1,220 runners completed the Cambridge Half Marathon in under one and half hours! Several Highgate Harriers were well up the field and running good times. Samuel Jinks ran 68:08...
12th Mar, 2023, Alastair Aitken

MORE GOOD FEBRUARY ROAD TIMES

In the Friday Night 5k races Under The Lights at Battersea on 17th February Highgate Harriers men and women were firing on all cylinders, in the cool evening air. Alex Bampton, the University College...
12th Mar, 2023, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE RUNNERS BEST IN MIDDLESEX

On Saturday 11 th March, in the important CAU Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, that attracts counties from all parts of the country, Hannah Viner was the first Middlesex woman home in the...
5th Mar, 2023, Alastair Aitken

NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN - THE WOMEN OF HIGHGATE

With the great success of the Highgate Harriers men's cross country runners, with first team place in the Southern and fourth in the Nationals, one could be forgiven for overlooking some of the...
25th Feb, 2023, Alastair Aitken

RUNNING ROUND THE SERPENTINE

181 ran in the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k road race, on 24th February, and there were several Highgate men well up the field. 18 Russ Ashford (M35) 16:55; 20 Jack Billingham 16:57; 20...
15th Feb, 2023, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE MEN TOP THE LEAGUE FOR THE 10th YEAR

Twenty three clubs lined up in chilly conditions for the final Metropolitan League Cross Country meeting over the Cockfosters course at Trent Park on 11th February, and Highgate Harriers senior men...