The Senior Men’s team will go into the final Surrey Cross Country League match on Effingham Common next month with a lead of over 380 points, despite finishing second to Belgrave Harriers by the slimmest of margins on Saturday. Meanwhile the Senior Women’s team enjoyed their highest placing of the season so far, while Lulu Weisz won the U17 Women's race, Millie Thorpe was 4th and Abbie Grey 9th, despite slithering over in the mud, to secure the win for the team.
Read MoreIn bright sunshine at Denbies Vineyard in Dorking, on 9 January, Men's team captain Fred Slemeck and U20 Ellen Weir (above) won individual silver medals at the Surrey County Cross Country Championships while leading their teams to bronze, in the case of the Senior Men (who were winners at the same venue the last time the Championships were held in 2020), and silver for the combined U17 and U20 Women’s team, which included U17s Lulu Weisz and Millie Thorpe.
Read MoreEllen Weir and GB U20 teammates celebrate their bronze medals at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin last weekend. Ellen finished in a fantastic 14th place and was second GB athlete home, behind race winner Megan Keith.
Read MoreCongratulations to Lisa Thomas on winning the Athletics Weekly Masters Athlete of the Year Award, as voted by readers. Not only was Lisa taken completely by surprise by the nomination, but she also had no idea she had won until Club mates flagged it up.
Read MoreEllen Weir is 'super-excited' to have secured her place in the British U20 team at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on 12 December. She forged her way through high winds in the aftermath of Storm Arwen to finish fifth in the Liverpool Cross Challenge and Euro trials at Sefton Park on Saturday.
Read MoreThe Senior Women’s team finished an excellent tenth in todays London Cross Country Championships on Parliament Hill.
Read MoreThe Senior Men’s team stretched their lead in the Surrey Cross Country League with a second emphatic victory in Match 2 on Wimbledon Common at the weekend. The U17 Women were also winners.
Read MoreThe Senior Men's team laid down the gauntlet in Richmond Park last Saturday (16 October) with a decisive victory in the first match of the Surrey Cross Country League, winning by 164 points over Belgrave (319), with current League Champions Kent in third place on 345 points. Eight of the scoring ten packed into the top twenty; while the B team were also winners, again over Belgrave and Kent.
Read MoreSunday 26 September should have seen the third of the customary quartet of relay championships at this time of year (following the County Road Relays at Wimbledon Park on 4 September and the Track Relays over the weekend of the 11th and 12th September, and leading up to the National Road Relays on 9 October), however the Southern Road Relay Championships were abruptly cancelled just days before the race, due to an unsafe stand at Crystal Palace, where they were due to be staged.
Read MoreHW claimed six track relay titles at the Surrey Combined Events and Relay Championships at Carshalton on 12 September, with the U15 Boys 4 x 100m team of Omari Koroma, Markos Schuchinsky, Shawn Bell and Conor Kelly (above) setting a new Championship record of 45.31.
Read MoreHW celebrated a record four titles at the Surrey County Road Relay Championships at Wimbledon Park last weekend.
Read MoreOnce again, the lashing rain gave way to pale sunshine at Wimbledon Park for the last Club Open meeting of the summer season, the 5000m Festival, held for the first time on a Saturday, with the now traditional accompaniments of beer, barbecue and music.
Read MoreAs the crazy, crowded catch-up track and field season continues, the last few weeks have seen some fabulous racing and results at the Club’s Open distance meetings and the various Championships. At the Surrey County Championships in Kingston, held late in the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Club's athletes won a total of 34 medals.
Read MoreAnd so to Wimbledon Park on a night when the rivers of rain finally gave way to clear skies and a fantastic night of mile racing.
Read Morein a matter of weeks this summer young Ellen Weir soared to the top of the All-time HW Women's rankings for 3000m (9:36.40) and 5000m (16:34.29), and will be competing for GB in the Women's A Final of the 5000m at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia today, 18 July.
A single HW vest at the British Championships is enough to make us all proud, but the sight of five Club athletes lining up in almost consecutive events last Friday evening was truly memorable.
Read MoreFollowing a few weeks in which HW athletes have been busily achieving qualifiying standards and winning medals at a clutch of Championships, a fabulous tally of five HW athletes will be competing in the Muller British Championships in Manchester over the weekend of 25-27 June: Charlie Eastaugh in the 1500m, Dwayne Cowan in the 400m, Rechmial and Chad Miller in the 100m, and Ellen Weir in the 3000m trials for the U20 European Championships.
Read MoreIn the blistering heat of last weekend a handful of HW athletes won medals at the South of England U20 and Senior Championships in Bedford, notably gold in the 5000m for Fred Slemeck who kicked from 700m out, to win in 15:03.26. Second-claim Sam Todd finished ninth.
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