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5th Nov, 2022, Alastair Aitken

ROB THE CAPTAIN BRINGS THEM HOME

Rob Wilson, Highgate Harriers men’s cross-country captain, finished first of 100 runners in the North London Championships at Berkeley Fields, Greenford on 29 October. Rob, who ran his fastest ever 5...
5th Nov, 2022, Alastair Aitken

MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT FOR COHEN

Zechariah Cohen, the Plymouth University student who runs for Highgate Harriers, ran 14:57.30 in 5000m at the South West Universities Autumn Varsity Open on 26 October. His previous best was 16:03.6...
30th Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

REBECCA JOHNSON AND HARRY ALLAN ON FORM

Rebecca Johnson of Highgate Harriers was the first woman in the Battersea Park RunThrough 10k on 22 October, with a time of 34:28, and finishing 2 mins 30 sec ahead of the next woman in the race...
20th Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

FOUR INSIDE THE MAGIC 3 HOURS

On 9 October four Highgate Harriers ran personal best marathon times. In the Chicago Marathon, Nathan Sayers ran 2:43:51, improving on his time of 2:47:20 at the Boston Marathon in April. Rebecca...
20th Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE SENIORS SWEEP TO VICTORY

21-year-old William Broom, a King's College, London student who trains at Parliament Hill, took Highgate to individual and clear team victory, in the first of the five Metropolitan League races on...
13th Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

In the National Road Relay six stage at Sutton Coldfield on 8 October Highgate Harriers senior men’s team finished in tenth position of the 81 starting clubs, and the women of Highgate finished 15th...
7th Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

TAHA RUNS WELL IN SCOTLAND

After doubts about his form, Taha Ghafari ran himself back into the Highgate Harriers’ top six-man squad for the National Road Relay six stage at Sutton Coldfield on 8 October, when he finished fourth...
7th Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

MORE MARATHON NEWS

William De Cothi was another who ran in the Berlin Marathon and the Highgate Harrier finished in a respectable time of 3:05.30. However, his best marathon time is 2:44.54, which he ran in 2019. An...
2nd Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

A GREAT DOUBLE ACT

On Sunday September 25th, in the Berlin Marathon, Highgate Harrier Sean Renfer and his wife Jemina Renfer (Storey) ran personal best marathon times. Sean ran 2:25:28, improving on his 2:29:07 in 2021...
2nd Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

BAILEY TRIO AT THE COUNTY

In the Middlesex 10k Championship road race at Victoria Park on the 24th of September, won by London Heathside's Seyfu Jamaal in 30:37, there were some promising times by the Bailey family from...
2nd Oct, 2022, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE IN TOP 8 MEN AND WOMEN'S ROAD TEAMS AT ALDERSHOT

Because of organisational problems and having a more acceptable course, Highgate Harriers chose Aldershot’s Rushmoor Arena to compete on September 24 th, and had a much harder task than had they raced...
26th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

TWO BY THE NAME OF ALEX IMPRESS

Alex Lepretre, running in the Copenhagen Half Marathon on September 18 th, finished 34th in the large and important international event. He ran the fastest time on record by a Highgate Harrier, 63:28...
26th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

HIGHGATE AND MORNINGTON TOP AFTER ALL!

In reference to my article dated September 5 th titled 'A Miss is as Good as a Mile!' After a closer look by the scrutineers at the results of the Division 3 North London Final Table of the Southern...
18th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

A GOOD DAY OUT AT THE COUNTY

Highgate Harriers competed in the Middlesex Road Relay Championships at Hayes, Middlesex on September 11th. It was interesting to see the Masters team victory for the 3-man team - Dave Clarkson (11:30...
18th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

TWO INTERESTING ATHLETES

Flurry Grierson, an Under 23 athlete, has run well under 16 minutes for 5000m three times this season. His personal best track time for 5000m is 15:11.09 which he ran back on 19 March in Birmingham...
14th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

THE BIG HALF IN LONDON

On Sunday September 11 th, the same day as the Great North Run in northeast England, London hosted the Big Half Marathon through the streets attracting over 12,000 competitors, with a lot running for...
11th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

ATHLETES POST NEW PBS AT HIGHGATE 'LATE SEASON' OPEN

In the 'Highgate Harriers Late Season Open Meeting' in cool conditions at Parliament Hill on 7 September (after the blazing days of sunshine) although it seemed many stayed clear of doing it, there...
11th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

ARTHUR SHAW GAINS IN STATURE

Under 13 year old, Highgate Harrier Arthur Shaw added to his Personal Best tally for the year with impressive new personal best performances lately. Coached well this year by Sonia Martinez-Roura...
5th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE!

The Highgate Harriers & Mornington Chasers composite team missed out by just one match point to go up to the next Division 2 of the Southern Athletics League after the end of the season. The final...
4th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

TWO FOR SPECIAL MENTION

Jacob Allen ran inside the Highgate Harriers club record of Ian Manners, who ran 5000m in 1992 in 13:57.84, with a time of 13:46.17 in the Classic at Milton Keynes on 9 July, but when he was at...
4th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

REBECCA AND CHARLIE AT THEIR BEST

At the Tooting Bec track on the 24th of August, Charlie Haywood ran a personal best mile in 4:21.60 in the BMC Regional event. He was eleventh in the men's 'A' race. In women’s mile race, Rebecca...
4th Sep, 2022, Alastair Aitken

MORE HIGHGATE HIGH JUMPERS ADD TO THE BASE

It is good that besides Highgate's 'Star' jumpers, more are in the woodwork. At the London Inter-Club Challenge on the 28th of August, under 15-year old Louis Nuthall high jumped to victory with a...
28th Aug, 2022, Alastair Aitken

A DISTINGUISHED HIGHGATE HARRIER REMEMBERED

MAUREEN BONANNO-SMITH (10/7/35 to 16/8/22) achieved much in her life and became a Freeman of the City of London because of that. It was only a few years ago that she was guiding athletes at the finish...
28th Aug, 2022, Alastair Aitken

SALVADORI MOVING FASTER

Mattia Salvadori did a personal best time for the 3000m at Watford at the open meeting on 10 August, running 8:37.68. He was the second Under 23 in the race, and eighth overall out of 23 finishers.
21st Aug, 2022, Alastair Aitken

ALEX RUSHES OUT OF THE WOODS

On the 8th of August, Alex Lepretre won the 'Hasty Hare 5k' Sri Chinmoy road race at Battersea. Lightly raced in the Summer, he beat a field of 191 to win in 14:21. London Heathside's Seyfu Jamaal was...