HERNE HILL HARRIERS | a South London club with a national outlook

31/05/08 – Women’s Team Wins at Woking

The Southern Women’s League team maintained its promising start to the season by recording a second match win in a keenly contested fixture against hosts Woking AC, Bedford and County AC and Kingston and Poly AC. The team now lies in second position in the Senior Division.

25/05/08 – County Record for Katie in South of England Champs

Katie Snowden broke the Surrey County U15 girls 800m record when winning the South of England U15 girls’ championships at Ashford in a time of 2:11.10, becoming the first girl from the club ever to win a middle-distance title in these championships. Click here to read more.

25/05/08 – Lily B League Starts with Home Win

Our girls’ team enjoyed a convincing win in their first match of the season at Tooting Bec, winning the U15 and U17 sections and narrowly missing out in the U13 girls’ category by 4 points to Aldershot.

The highlight of the afternoon was a winning throw from Gabriella Roseje of 9.84m in the U17 women’s shot, just short of the English Schools qualifying mark, whilst there were debut wins Cumi Simpson, Aisha Warsop-Kemp and Emelia Isaac in the U13 age group. The U15 girls won 14 of the 22 events.

21/05/08 – HHH Slip to 4^th in Rosenheim League

On a evening when a match between two English football clubs owned by foreign billionaires was contested at midnight in Moscow, another depleted team finished 4^th in the second Rosenheim League fixture at the Croydon Arena and now stands 4^th in the overall league standings.Click here to view the full results.

18/05/08 - Thomas Ashby shatters HHH U20 Decathlon record

Thomas Ashby turned 18 last month and has his sights set on a Great Britain Under 20 men's international vest for the gruelling decathlon event. A rainy and blowy two days at Woodford Green’s track saw him smash the HHH club U20 men's record by over 400 points with a score of 6,340. This performance placed him 3rd on the day and ranks him 6th in Great Britain in 2008 to date in this event.

During the two-day 10 event contest he recorded the following marks:- 100m - 11.63w, LJ - 6.20mw, SP - 12.29m, HJ - 1.83m, 400m - 52.25, 110h - 15.12, DT - 36.87m, PV - 3.40m, JT - 43.09m and 1,500m - 4.50sec.

Kevin Burke had a good first day in his senior competition with 11.6sec 100m, 6.51m long jump. 13.07m shot, 1.77m high jump in which he damaged his knee and 54.51sec 400m. On the second day he limped to the finish with 5,920 points which still remains one of the best scores ever accumulated by a HHH athlete.

12/5/08 – Hill Holds Off Hillingdon in Vets League

The Vets League team got off to a successful start to the season by narrowly winning the first fixture at Hillingdon. Click here to read Dave Wilson’s report and view the results.

11/05/08 – Surrey Track & Field Championships Round-Up

HHH athletes claimed 16 gold medals at the Surrey County track & field championships over the weekend of 10 to 11 May as the sun shone and the wind occasionally blew at Kingsmeadow Stadium. Katie Snowden and Hannah Edwards also set new club records in the U15 girls’ 800m and U17 women’s 800m respectively. Click here to read Geoff Jerwood’s full round-up and access the results.

11/05/08 – Road Runners Feel Heat in Ranelagh Half Marathon

A small band of road runners braved the early morning heat to complete the Ranelagh Half Marathon, which also incorporated the Surrey Championships and second Surrey Road League fixture. Helen Carter removed exactly one second from her PB to record 1:35:48 and by finishing claimed leadership of the Senior Women’s Surrey Road League standings after the opening 2 fixtures. Meanwhile, James Ward wilted in the heat, having developed a “re-fuelling” problem in recent weeks, Andy Millbank ran 1:33.54 and Ben Hallifax recorded 1:36:38. Toby Clarke also finished despite developing an injury during the race. Click here to view the full results (hyperlink to Ranelagh Harriers’ website).

11/05/08 - HHH Hammer Throwers in Top Form

Irish international Mark Hanily extended his club hammer record out to 55.92m at the Meath County Championships in Athboy over the weekend, whilst HCA Stuart Thurgood set a new PB of 57.10m in the Essex Championships.

07/05/08 – Stuttering Start for HHH in Rosenheim League

Despite not fielding scoring competitors in the 400m, 800m, 1500m or relay, HHH finished second in the first Rosenheim League fixture of the season at Battersea Park. Click here to view the full results from the meeting.

07/05/08 - Beckenham Relays Results

The club managed to field 3 teams in this event, despite the competing attraction of the opening Rosenheim league fixture on the same night. The men’s A team of Tim Ridley, Kofi Agyei and Andy Millbank finished 16^th overall and Tim would also combine with Ben Hallifax and Ed Barrow to close a B team, enduring a smack on the head from a cheeky kid on a bike for his trouble! The women’s team of Lex Rees, Rebecca Barrow and Monique Davis finished an excellent 3^rd. Full results available from Beckenham Runners’ website by clicking here.

04/05/08 - Jeremy Leaps to Gold in BUSA Champs

Herne Hill Harrier and University of Birmingham student Jeremy Odametey enjoyed early season success in the triple jump in BUSA Championships at Bedford. His winning jump of 15.16m was also a new PB.

04/05/08 - Club Records Tumble - Again - in National Young Athletes League

Herne Hill Harriers finished 4^th in the opening National Young Athletes League match of the season at Eton. Hannah Edwards again broke the U17 women’s 800m club record while Michael Wheeler broke the U17 men’s club record in the shot put. Click here to review the full results.

04/05/08 - Surrey Road League Opener Offers New PBs

IIn the Sutton Runners 10K in Beddington Park, a heavily-fatigued James Ward was the first man in red and black to finish in 37:38, while Ben Hallifax and Ed Barrow both recorded PBs of 41:20 and 42:03 respectively over the 3-lap course despite the unforgiving humidity. Tim Ridley ran 42:47 to close the men’s scoring quartet which placed 12^thin the men’s team race. A hungover Helen Carter lead the women’s team to 4th place in 42:41, followed by Rosalind Harrison in 44:22 and Su Swaine in 44:45. Rebecca Barrow, Sarah Allen, Sonia Williams, Anna Ashelforde, Elaine Ashby, Kat Jenkinson and Ann Osborne also finished. Full results available from Sutton Runners' website by clicking here.

03/05/08 – Herne Hill Struggle to Second Place in Southern Men's League

Despite having only a limited number of athletes available, the team finished second in the open match of the season at Tooting Bec. Click here to read James Ward's full match report and view the results. Pictured are Mark White, James Ward, Mike Cummings and Jeff Cunningham who all competed in at least 4 events to ensure we at least contested all but 2 events in the programme.