The U17 Men’s team of Noah Fernandez, Alex McGuigan and Pancho Panchev were victorious at the South of England Cross-Country Relays at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday, 19 October, finishing 12 seconds clear of second-placed Chiltern Harriers over the 3km (approx) course.
Read MoreThe Senior Men’s team got off to a great start in defence of their Surrey Cross Country League title on Wimbledon Common on Saturday. All ten scorers finished in the top thirty to top the leaderboard with 153 points over Belgrave Harriers in second, with 204, on what was home ground for both Clubs. As always , the key to success in these races is turning out in numbers, and forty Club athletes duly answered the call to compete.
Read MoreWhere there are medals to be won you will inevitably find the unstoppable U13 Boys. Having claimed the National Cross Country title only a week earlier, the team were triumphant again at the Southern Road Relays at Rushmore Arena, Aldershot, on 21 September, albeit with a slightly different line-up as the age groups returned to normal. This time the victory went to the A team of Ivan Derian, Thomas Hennigan and Max Harrison, whose storming finish saw him record the second quickest final stage of the day. The same trio then went on to take the silver medals at the National Road Relays in Sutton Park, nr. Birmingham on 5 October.
Read MoreThe Club enjoyed its best results of recent times at the National Cross Country Championships at Weston Park, Staffordshire, on Saturday, with victory for the U13 Boys, led home by Theo Creed, who took the individual title in an impressive show of front-running – the first individual medal for the Club since Jeina Mitchell took the U15 Girls title in 1990. The U17 Men’s team won bronze medals, led in by Benjy Street, who was an excellent 16th, while the Senior Men finished fifth, the highest placing since the team of 1974 finished in bronze medal position (the team of 1970 were silver medallists).
Read MoreThe Club’s Masters athletes made history on 31 August at Horspath, Oxford when not only did the Men’s and Women’s teams both qualify for the Vets League Finals for the first time, but the women’s team clinched victory – by half a point! The Final was the culmination of a brilliant season in which both teams won every match in their League, and notched up 87 personal bests and 77 season’s bests along the way!
Read MoreTwo of the Club's athletes were invited into the spotlight at the UK Championships in Manchester on 30 June, in which the competition in every discipline ramped up as the event doubled as the trials for the Olympic Games in Paris.
Read MoreU17 Conor Kelly (below) reaped the benefits of warm-weather training in Jamaica when, competing up an age-group, he won the gold medal in the 400m at the Southern U20 and Senior Championships in Eton on 9 June, in a PB of 47.38.
Read MoreThanks to a PB at the 1500m Night at Wimbledon Park on 29 May Charlie Wyllie has received an invitation to the UK Athletics Championships in Manchester on 29/30 June, where he will join sprinter Chad Miller, who goes in the 200m, as the best of the best compete for national titles and places on the team for the Paris Olympics.
Read MoreAt the May Championships over the weekend of 11/12 May, there were gold medals for U15 Oliver Cartwright in the triple jump, and George Johnson in the javelin. As an U17 George finished last season ranked 5th in the UK, and already in his first year as an U20 he is ranked eighth with a PB of 55.99m.
Read MoreShowtime on London's streets, and a posse of 28 Club athletes were amongst over 53,000 finishers at this year's TCS London Marathon.
Read MoreThe Senior Men’s A team put in a record-equalling performance, finishing in sixth place at the National Road Relays, having flirted with the possibility of a bronze medal at the halfway mark, in the strong and swirling winds in Sutton Park, near Birmingham.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Senior Men’s team who won historic bronze medals at the South of England 12-Stage Road Relay Championships in Milton Keynes on Saturday (which doubles as the qualification event for the Nationals) – the first medals for 52 years! Not to be outdone in the bright sunny, but windy conditions, the B team also made history, finishing in 14th overall and second B-team. The day was notable, too, for a solo U15 Boys 5K bronze for Thomas Whorton, who came home in 16:40, a PB by one minute, and a new HW Club record.
Read MoreThe Club’s Senior Men secured a brilliant fourth Tracksmith Surrey Cross Country League title in five years yesterday (10 February) at the final match of the season, held in the stunning grounds of West Horsley Place, near Guildford. There were League wins too for the U13 Girls and Boys, plus individual honours for young Theo Creed, who topped the U13 rankings with three wins and a second place over the season. Remarkably all the other junior teams finished in second place in their respective tables. A great overall Club achievement.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Senior Men’s squad on a fantastic team silver at the Southern Cross Country Championships on Saturday 27 January at Beckenham Place Park. And to the super-consistent U13 Boys who also graced the medal rostrum.
Read MoreAnother win for the Senior Men on Wimbledon Common to extend their lead in the title race. There were wins, too for the U13 Boys and Girls.
Read MoreBarely a week into 2024 and the U13 Boys team were already laying down a golden marker for the rest of the cross country season, coming home first at the Surrey County Championships at Denbies Vineyard on 7 January.
Read MoreA break in the dreary weather, a resounding team win and a long-waited individual victory from GB international Stuart McCallum – what a Saturday on Mitcham Common for the Club's senior men's squad. 'Awesome running from all on a lovely sunny autumn day; and great for Stu to finally debut in the Surrey League', enthused team manager, Dave Grima. After two matches, the Club sits at the top of the Division 1 table, 181 points ahead of second place Belgrave Harriers.
Read MoreThe Club’s Senior Men’s team kicked off the defence of their Surrey Cross Country League title in fine form at the first league fixture in Richmond Park on Saturday (14 October), finishing in second by a mere two points to Belgrave Harriers.
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