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6th Nov, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate's veteran runners do well

All over 50-year old runners from Highgate Harriers were well up the field in the North London Cross Country Championships at Uxbridge on Saturday 30 October. Alex Davidson an 'over 55' athlete was...
31st Oct, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Amazing 12 of Highgate

On 16 October, Highgate Harriers finished their scoring first team of men in the first 35 of 372 finishers in the first Start Fitness Metropolitan League cross-country fixture at Claybury. The race...
13th Oct, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate still amongst the best

Highgate Harriers senior men were 8th of 75 clubs that finished in the National Six Stage road relay on Saturday 9 October at Sutton Park near Birmingham. Yet, they had three of their top men missing...
13th Oct, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Creagh leads the way in London

Highgate Harrier Gareth Creagh (M40) was the first Highgate Harrier in the 2021 London Marathon in 717th position in the mass men’s race. His time was 2:46:35 improving his personal best of 2:53:12...
13th Oct, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Roger bows out

For the first time in the London Marathon, since it started in 1981 Roger Low of Highgate Harriers, decided not to run this year. "Not bad!” said Press Secretary Alastair Aitken, who ran the first 19...
13th Oct, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Mel the Great

Mel Watman, the great athletics journalist, died on 17 September 2021 from cancer aged 83. To my mind, Mel was the best international athletics journalist of the last 65 years coupled with being a...
3rd Oct, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers compete well in SOAR MK Relays

Highgate Harriers’ men finished two teams in the top 10 in the most prestigious road relay in the South, when they came 4 th and 9 th out of 40 complete teams in the SOAR MK Road Relays on 26th...
26th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate cross the river in force

At the ‘Friday Night under the Lights’ races over 5k on the road at Battersea, organised by Highgate’s Ben Noad and which actually took place on Thursday 16 September, Highgate's Taha Ghafari came in...
19th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers fourth at Parliament Hill

In the final Southern Athletics League track and field match of the season on 11 September the scores were Thames Valley Harriers 325.4; Harrow 183.5; Ealing, Southall & Middlesex, 166.8; Highgate...
19th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Finlay Sleeman improves his time

On Wednesday 8 September, Finlay Sleeman (U20), son of Highgate Harrier Jon Sleeman, ran 2:00.25 for 800m at the Watford open meeting, on the Woodside track. His previous best time was 2:02.3 at...
19th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate's young road 'stars' of the future

At Minet Park, on 12 September, the Middlesex road relays were held with a focus on young athletes. Highgate Harriers were third in the under 13 girls relay and Izzy Ions ran the third fastest...
12th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Old memories

David Bruce, now a Doctor running for Bristol West, who was a popular middle distance and long distance runner for Highgate Harriers fifteen or so years ago, won the Bushy Parkrun on the 4th of...
12th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Martin Hyman: Olympian and running inspiration

MARTIN HYMAN (born 3 rd July 1933 in Southampton, died 3 rd April 2021 in West Lothian, Scotland). In addition to his achievements as an international athlete, Martin was a successful and inspiring...
5th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Amdor and Watson impress

I n the Middlesex Senior Championships at Lee Valley on August Bank Holiday Monday, Sam Amdor was in a close battle for a bronze medal in the final of the Under 17 Men’s 800m,. running 2:01.95, not...
5th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Good performances at Highgate Open

On the evening of the 1st of September at the Highgate Harriers Open meeting at Parliament Hill Fields over 70 athlete Tom Richards was in good form, winning the shot with 12.29m and showing his many...
5th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Monte shines when Highgate loses

Monte Watson, in his first year as an under 20 athlete, ran his first 5000m at Perivale in the third Southern League North West London meet on the 15th of August and was not only second in the race...
5th Sep, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Two fly the flag for Highgate at Inter Club Challenge

On the 21st of August at the London Inter Club track and field event at Hendon Finlay Sleeman, an under 20 Highgate Harrier, won the Race 1 800m in 2:04.41. Mariam Elgabry was second in Race 1 of the...
15th Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate runners post fast times

In a British Milers Club race over 800m at Gillingham on 7 August, Sam Amdor, an Under 17 athlete, won the Mens 800m B race in a personal best time of 1:59.98, which bettered considerably his outdoor...
15th Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Eric Nash dies at 94

Eric Nash, who was a great supporter of athletics at Parliament Hill Fields, sadly passed away on 16 June. He held numerous athletics posts including President of the English Cross Country Union and...
1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Rebecca Johnson sets new PBs

Competing in the SOAR Milton Keynes 5000 PB special on 17 July Rebecca Johnson ran a new PB of 16:48.37 in the Elite Women’s race. The previous month (30 June) Rebecca ran a new PB on the road for 5k...
1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Taha Grafari runs fastest mile at Golden Stag Mile event

In Barnet & District AC’s Stag Mile event at Finsbury Park on 3 July the fastest mile runner of the day was Highgate Harrier Taha Ghafari who won race 14 in 4:19.13. In race 9 Ellen Donald (under 20)...
1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers young athletes holding their own

In the Middlesex Young Athletes League at Sonex on the 18 July, Highgate Harriers, were fourth of eight clubs with 32 points, behind league leaders Shaftesbury Barnet, who had 60 points on the day. In...
1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Southern League North West London

The Highgate Harriers & Mornington Chasers composite team were sixth with a small team in their Southern League fixture at Hillingdon on 11 July. However, Alima Diabate, a good sprinter with the club...
1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Arthur Shaw impresses

In the Middlesex Under 15 and Under 13 Championships at Lee Valley on the 24 July, one person who stood out for Highgate Harriers was Arthur Shaw, an under 13 athlete. Highgate official and coach Kate...
1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Dominic ninth in European champs

Dominic Ogbechie equalled his best jump of the season, to come 9th in the European Under 20 Championships in Tallinn Estonia on 17 July. He jumped 2.13 behind the winner Jonathan Kapitolnik of Israel...