Born 22 of May 1940 & Died 25th of October 2024 In a way one could think of Alan Simpson, as a ’Nearly Man’, not having achieved a gold medal in the major outdoor Championships’ but, looking back and...
Rachel Docherty, was the first woman in the Last Friday in the month Serpentine RC 5k, on the 29th of November. Her time, as a 'W35' was 18:02 and she was placed 43rd of 243 runners who completed...
On the 23rd of November at Hillingdon House Farm, Highgate Harriers had all their 12 scorers in the first 53 places out of 407 seniors that finished, in the 3rd Metropolitan League of 5. Like last...
Alex Davidson was a Middlesex Champion runner in his 50's & 60's (60 in 2023) and ran for Highgate even back as a young man. He was one of the Highgate Harriers who turned up to run the Fraternity Cup...
Considering Lauren Russell only recently started studying at Oxford University, after being at Highgate School, she did particularly well in the European Trials & British Cross Challenge race at...
In the London Youth Games cross-country, at Parliament HIl Fields on the 26th of November, in the the Under 15 the race the winner was Arjuna Plug, the young Highgate Harrier running for CAMDEN . His...
ANDREW PENNEY, was pleased to win his first big cross-Country, over the grass land Hampstead Heath course, in good conditions. Alastair Aitken reports. Penney considered himself to be a road and track...
Highgate Harriers Men were beaten by Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets on the 12th of October for the top spot in the first Metropolitan cross country league of the season, which was the first league...
On Saturday in the North London cross country Championships, run at Wormwood Scrubs parkland, Ashley was 3rd in the Women's race in 31:03 behind the winner Kathy Casterton of Serpentine in 30:28. 46...
Jacob Allen and Alex Lepretre, two Highgate 'Star' road runners finished 2nd and 3rd out of 24,000 odd in the Manchester Half Marathon recently which was an England Half-Marathon Championship. The...
It was an unofficial World record for a '55 year old' woman. She did that in the Oxford Half-Marathon, that attracted a large field, on the 13th of October, Karima Harris ran 1:19.02. The official...
Under 23 runner, Highgate Harrier Emily Chong, came 4th of 118 women in the London Universities & Colleges League cross-country race, at Parliament Hill Fields, on the 25th of October. Daniel White...
BRETT RUSHMAN, The Hertfordshire cross-country Champion, who last won a Metropolitan League race, as an Under 18 runner, on the 10th of November 2018, lead at the start, down the pathway into the...
Highgate Harriers had been top of the Men's Metropolitan league, out of 23 clubs, for 12 years but on Saturday at Woodford, they slipped into 2nd position with1721 behind Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets...
Amongst the Highgate Harriers club awards presented at the club's AGM, on the 7th of October, 2034 were - Priority Award for club senior Athlete of the year Alex Lepretre and, the Junior Jewell award...
In the 6x's one lap of Sutton Park, HIGHGATE HARRIER JACOB ALLEN was only 3 seconds behind the the outright winners' Leed's lead off man on the first leg. Leeds City won in 1:44.09 but, that was not...
On the 21st of September, Highgate Harriers started their Autumn/Winter season, with sixth place in the Southern Road relay Championships at Aldershot. The first 25 Men's' clubs in the Area, qualify...
Highgate Harrier, Ben Pochee, the successful organiser of the 10,000m races at Parliament Hill track in the Summer, was the winner of the Regional Volunteer award by England Athletics 2024 for LONDON...
Highgate were 2nd in the 'delayed' 2024 Championshi8ps, run at Weston Park, Staffordshire, on the 14th of October. The first three teams were Bristol & West 333; 2 Highgate Harriers 355 and 3rd Leeds...
Martin Holland has been selected as the new President of the English Cross Country Union. He has been an official with Highgate Harriers, all the years I can think of, since I had been made Press...
Premier International athletics in itself has a certain amount of pressure put on the athlete, to perform very well in championships, but for Hassiba Boulmerka (Born 18-Jul-1968, Constantine, Algeria)...
On the 4th of September, in the evening, conditions were good with no rain and well attended. Two senior results stood out as high quality performances. Sam Jones of St Albans ran 49.51 to do the...
In the running/swimming combined event 'The Duathlon' held for the 25th time on Hampstead Heath, in good conditions this year on September1st, 'Stylish' Highgate Harrier, Yasmin Goater was 2nd woman...
Young ran 3:51. 07 for 1500, not very far off his best for the distance. It was in the World Gold Standard BMC races, at Watford, on the 21st of August. Alex Jackson, also of Highgate Harriers, was...
Alex Lepretre, Highgate's top Marathon man, whose favourite sport is cross-country running, which he achieved a silver medal for in the main Southern Senior cross Championships earlier this year, was...