Herne Hill Harriers
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| Founded | 1889 |
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| Ground | Tooting Bec Athletics Track |
| Location | Tooting Bec Rd, London SW17 8AR, England |
| Coordinates | 51°25′47″N 0°08′49″W / 51.42972°N 0.14694°W |
| Website | official website |
The Herne Hill Harriers is an amateur athletics sports club based at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec, London. The club caters to all levels and ages of track, field, road running and cross-country running and 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.[1]
History
The club was founded in the Herne Hill district of London in 1889[2] and completed their first handicap event in 1890.[3]
Joe Deakin won the club's first Olympic Gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[4]
In 2026, the club won the women's team and individual event (Lucy Jones) at the English National Cross Country Championships.[5]
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 [6]
Major honours
- English National Cross Country Championships winners; 2026
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, as well as Michael Maynard, part of the historic England Team that took gold at the 1957 International Cross Country Championships in San Sebastián, Spain.[7]
Olympians
| Athlete | Events | Games | Medals/Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Webb | 3,500m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908, 1912 | .svg.png){kind=icon} |
| Fred Appleby | marathon | 1908 | |
| Geoffrey Burton | 400m hurdles | 1908 | |
| Joe Deakin | 3 Miles Team Race | 1908 | .svg.png){kind=icon} |
| Bill Palmer | 3,500m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908, 1912 | |
| Albert Rowland | 3,500m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908 | |
| Harry Green | marathon | 1912 | |
| Ernest Haley | 200m, 400m | 1912 | |
| Albert Hare | 1500m | 1912 | |
| Thomas Humphreys | 10,000m, crosscountry | 1912 | .svg.png){kind=icon} |
| David Jacobs | 100m, 200m 4×100m relay | 1912 | |
| Tim Kellaway | marathon | 1912 | |
| Edgar Lloyd | marathon | 1912 | |
| Algernon Wells | 200m, 400m | 1912 | |
| Herbert Johnston | 5000m, 3,000m team race | 1924, 1928 | |
| Donald Chapman | 4x400m relay (ns) | 1928 | |
| William Craner | 4x400m relay | 1928 | |
| Terry Higgins | 400m, 4x400m relay | 1948, 1952 | |
| Ian Boyd | 1500m | 1956 | |
| Ron Clark | marathon | 1956 | |
| John Howell | long jump | 1960 | |
| Laurie Taitt | 110m hurdles | 1964 | |
| Jade Johnson | long jump | 2004, 2008 | |
| Franka Magali | 100m | 2008 | |
| Katie Snowden | 1500m | 2020 |
Commonwealth Games
| Athlete | Events | Games | Medals/Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Setti | 4 x 440y | 1962 | |
| Sheikh Omar Faye | High Jump | 1970 | |
Other
- European Cross Country Championships: Benedict Whitby (silver) 10,000m Team Race Dublin 2009, David Taylor (bronze) 9,000m Team Race Alnwick, Northumberland 1995
- European Masters Athletics Championship: Stuart Thurgood (gold) - Weight Throw - Ismir, Turkey - 2014[8] (silver) - M40 Hammer Throw - Aarhus, Denmark - 2017[9]
- European Under 20 Championships: Olivia Hines (gold)- 4 × 400 m (1st leg) - Grosseto - 2001
- European Junior Championship: Uvie Ugono (gold) 4 × 100 m, Ljublijana 1997, John Boggis (silver) 3,000m Paris 1970
All medals won for Great Britain/England unless stated otherwise. [10]
Kit
The club vest consists of a crop top or vest with red and black horizontal stripes, with black shorts.
References
- ↑ "About Herne Hill Harriers". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ "About Herne Hill Harriers". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ "Herne Hill Harriers". Evening News (London). 1 November 1890. Retrieved 16 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "HHH Senior Women & Lucy Jones are National Cross Country Champions for 2026!". Herne Hill Harriers. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ "About Herne Hill Harriers". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past | THE SPORTING WORLD (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 1915-12-21)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ↑ "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ "Herne Hill Harriers | Thurgood wins silver at the European Masters Championship". Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ Into the Millennium - A history of Herne Hill Harriers - 1889 - 2001 by Kevin Kelly (2002)