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9th Oct, 2025, Joseph Lowe

Highgate Members Honoured at England Athletics Awards

Highgate members scored at the England Athletics London regional volunteer awards. The prestigious awards ceremony, hosted on Saturday 27 September by England Athletics CEO Chris Jones, saw awards...
6th Oct, 2025, Robert Wilson

Highgate Men Take National 6-Stage Bronze

Highgate Harriers returned to the podium at the National 6-Stage Road Relays for the first time since 2014 with a hard-fought bronze at Sutton Park, Birmingham, on Saturday afternoon. Now regulars on...
5th Oct, 2025, Alastair Aitken

RICHARD DAWSON

Richard Dawson, a popular Highgate Harrier, died recently. Richard, who was only in his 50's, was a good 400/800 runner on the team and ran 1:52.14 for 800 in 1995 at Crystal Palace. Greg Smith, a 400...
2nd Oct, 2025, Jen Lovell Hickson

Impressive Results at the Vitality London 10k

Highgate Harriers, one of London's foremost running clubs, saw a great turnout at last week's Vitality London 10k, with an impressive 57 finishers representing the club. Many congratulations to all...
2nd Oct, 2025, Kate Jenrick

Young Athletes Kick Off Cross-Country Season

The Highgate Harriers young athletes team kicked off their cross-country season in style at the first North West London League fixture at a sunny Wormwood Scrubs. It was a fantastic day for our junior...
25th Sep, 2025, Sarah Borland

Highgate Harriers Take on the Berlin Marathon

On Sunday, eleven valiant Highgate Harriers took to the streets of Berlin for the fifty-first edition of the Berlin Marathon. There was much talk in the run-up to the race of Sebastian Sawe of Kenya...
25th Sep, 2025, Kathrin Hake

Success for Judah Quinn at National Championships

Big shout-out to Judah Quinn who took part in the CP Sport National Athletics Championships last weekend. Not only did he compete in the 200m, 400m and 800m races, but he also got his World Para...
18th Sep, 2025, Sharaz Badr-Eddine

Highgate Harriers Masters Athletes Achieve Superb Results

The masters athletics team at Highgate Harriers continues to go from strength to strength, with several athletes posting incredible results and showing remarkable determination this season. Leading...
11th Sep, 2025, Jen Lovell Hickson

Reasons to be Cheerful About Cross-Country

With the cross-country season beginning soon, there may be some of you wondering whether to take the plunge, perhaps for the first time. One good reason to go for it is that Highgate Harriers are...
27th Aug, 2025, Sharaz Badr-Eddine

Sprinting Into His 70's: James Lindsay

When James Lindsay joined Highgate Harriers in April this year, nobody – least of all James himself – expected that within a few months he would be ranked number one in the UK for the men’s 75+ 100m...
30th Jul, 2025, Kate Jenrick

Young Harriers Finish Strong at MYAL Final

The Middlesex Young Athletes League came to a close with a well attended final fixture at Parliament Hill on 20th July. Highgate Harriers’ U11 boys finished on a high by winning their group and...
23rd Jul, 2025, Errol Peak

Sonny Shines at English Schools Championships

Sonny has had a remarkable 2025 season culminating in her recent appearance at the English Schools Championships. She qualified to run in both 1500m and 3000m and after much discussion decided on the...
25th Jun, 2025, Alima Diabate

Southern Athletics League Success!

First place with 425 points Highgate achieved a thumping win at Parliament Hill with our combined team Mornington Chasers. 67 Highgate athletes competed across 18 track and 16 field events, we scored...
28th May, 2025, Simon Baker

UYDL South - Division B

The club's U17 and U20 athletes, who compete in a combined team with neighbouring club London Heathside, continue to reach new highs this season securing a comfortable 2nd place in the second UYDL...
28th May, 2025, Alastair Aitken

Tribute to Tim Johnston

As a member of the RRC, having run 21 marathons (the first 19 in London) and interviewed thousands of athletes over many years, I felt that one deserved a strong mention in the RRC magazine— Timothy...
21st May, 2025, Alima Diabate

Southern Athletics League - Match 1

📅 Saturday, 17th May 📍 Perivale 🏆 Final Standings: 2nd place – 360.5 points I was supposed to be on the sidelines cheering—but somehow, I found myself competing in the Shot Put… and throwing a PB...
14th May, 2025, Alima Diabate

Middlesex Young Athletes League - Match 1

Match 1 – Saturday 3rd May at Perivale Equal 5th place with TVH and E&H, currently on 50 points. We had a good turnout of athletes at the first league match. From the results, some athletes competed...
14th May, 2025, Alima Diabate

Middlesex Championships 2025

Saturday 10th May 2025 & Sunday 11th May 2025 A total of 23 athletes competed last weekend, achieving multiple personal bests, five County Champions, and two Championship Records. Under 17 Women...
14th May, 2025, Martin Holland

The First London Marathon?

Richard C returns: "My memory has woken up and memories have flooded back. The most iconic yearly marathon held in this county was The Polytechnic marathon, ‘The Poly’. It ran from 1909 to 1997...
7th May, 2025, Alima Diabate

Youth Development League - Match 1

Last weekend, we competed in the first Youth Development League (Under Age Group) at Withdean Stadium, Brighton. We finished in 3rd place with 452.0 points - a fantastic result! Many athletes achieved...
9th Apr, 2025, Dave Ainsworth

Happy Birthday, Bill Sutherland

Bill Sutherland celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday April 6th. Bill was an established name from the mid-60s onwards soon coming to the attention of International Selectors, and included among...