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The Herne Hill Harriers is an amateur athletics sports club based at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec, London. The club was founded in the Herne Hill district of London in 1889. The club caters to all levels and ages of track, field, road running and cross-country running. The club begins training athletes at age 11 and offers “Star Track” an opportunity for younger children to get involved at the end of July each year.

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Leagues

Herne Hill Harriers athletes are involved in a number of different leagues and competitions. The men’s track and field team competes in the second and third division of the Southern men’s league as well as the Rosenheim league involving other local clubs. The women’s track and field team competes in the UK women’s athletics league while younger athletes compete as a part of the National young athletes league as well as the Ebbisham and Lily B Leagues.

The club’s cross-country athletes compete in the Surrey and East Surrey Cross Country Leagues each season as well as the South of Thames, Surrey, South of England and National Cross Country championships Road Runners at Herne Hill Harriers compete annually in the Surrey, South of England and National 6-stage Road relays in the autumn and in the longer 12-stage road relays in the spring as well as participating in the Surrey Road League over the summer months

Notable athletes

Former Olympians and European champions in athletics have run for the club including Olympic medalists Joe Deakin, David Jacobs, Herbert Johnston, Ernest Webb and Thomas Humphreys, as well as Harry Green, another Olympian who held a world best in the marathon.

Olympic Games

Gold

  • Joe Deakin - 3 Miles Team Race - London - 1908
  • David Jacobs - 4 x 100m (3rd leg) - Stockholm - 1912

    • Silver

  • Ernest Webb - 3,500m Walk and 10 Miles Walk - London -1908
  • Ernest Webb - 10,000m Walk - Stockholm - 1912
  • Herbert Johnston - 3,000m Team Race - Paris - 1924

    • Bronze

  • Thomas Humphreys - 8,000m Team Cross Country - Stockholm - 1912

    • European Championship

    Silver

  • Jade Johnson - Long Jump - Munich - 2002

    • European Junior Championship

    Gold

  • Uvie Ugono - 4 x 100m (1st leg) - Ljublijana - 1997

    • Silver

  • John Boggis* - 3,000m - Paris - 1970

    • European Under 23 Championships

    Gold

  • Jade Johnson - Long Jump - Amsterdam - 2001
  • Sabrina Scott - 4 x 100m (3rd leg) - Amsterdam - 2001

    • European Under 20 Championships

    Gold

  • Olivia Hines - 4 x 400m (1st leg) - Grosseto - 2001

    • European Cross Country Championships

    Silver

  • Benedict Whitby* - 10,000m Team Race - Dublin - 2009

    • Bronze

  • David Taylor* - 9,000m Team Race - Alnwick, Northumberland - 1995

    • Empire/Commonwealth Games

    Silver

  • Terence Higgins - 4 x 440y (1st leg) - Auckland - 1950
  • Robert Setti - 4 x 440y (2nd leg) - Perth - 1962
  • Jade Johnson - Long Jump - Manchester - 2002

    • Bronze

  • Ernest Haley - 200m - London - 1911
  • Ian Boyd - 880y - Vancouver - 1954
  • Laurence Tait - 120y Hurdles - Perth - 1962
  • Sheikh Faye (Gambia) - High Jump - Edinburgh - 1970

    • All medals won for Great Britain/England unless stated otherwise.

    Kit

    The club vest consists of a crop top or vest with red and black horizontal stripes, with black shorts.

    References

    Herne Hill Harriers Wikipedia
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