Cross Country
Announcement: New Men’s Captaincy appointments
We are excited to announce two new appointments to the Men’s captaincy, a Race Captain and a Club Captain. Our club continues to expand, with over 500 members we have a pool of abilities, with athletes who are competing at the top end of national competitions through to competitive club runners and those who see […]
Race Report: John Clark Memorial Fell Race
Another balmy summers night, with the course looking in good condition for the 2023 edition of the famous grass roots event hosted by our Epping Forest neighbours, Orion Harriers. 180 hardy runners finished on the day to give a good showing for this fantastic fell race. This is the only category A fell race in […]
Announcement: Forest Five Series entries are open!
Our local running club neighbour, Orion Harriers, host and have opened the Forest Five race series entries. As usual there’s a discount to encourage you to enter the series. £18 for 3 races or £10 each! You can sit on the fence and enter a race on the day but that will cost you £20! […]
Race report: English Schools Champs 2023
Very proud of our SuperGirls Ruby James and Lyra McDonald. A historical Gold for the London Inter-girls team at the English Schools Champs in Nottingham. The girls were crucial to this achievement, coming 2nd and 3rd in the team!
Race report: Inter-Counties XC Champs 2023
The race was hosted at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough. with a small and determined group of VPH&THAC athletes competing at the prestigious Inter-Counties XC Champs. Juniors: A record number of 9 junior club athletes represented Middlesex county. Our top 3 results: Aneirin Lessard (29th U13B), Ruby James (33rd U15G) and Lyra McDonald (41st U15G). Seniors: A […]
Season report: Chingford League relays & prize presentations 2022/23
Big thank you to all the runners who made the relays, and swapped round to fill places at a moment’s notice. Great camaraderie and team spirit! Our amazing women’s team ( Hazel Norton-Hale, Ellie Daglish, Lily Zechmann and Jade Dos Santos) won the Women’s relay on the day. The team had a great season with […]
Race report: National XC Champs 2023
Many of our athletes competed for the first time at National level. The 2023 race took place at the Bolesworth Estate in Cheshire. The 6000-acre site treated thousands of runners across the 10 races to a hard and fast course with a few undulations on a dry if slightly chilly day. The venue is well […]
Season report: Metropolitan XC league 2022/23
Another fantastic season over for the toughest league of them all. The final of the five gruelling fixtures ended at Trent Park with team and individual competitions still to be determined. The club has shown true strength and depth with consistent participation across all our teams and the final results truly reflect that. Every point […]
Race report: Essex XC Champs
Firstly a thank you to Paul Mee for helping the club field a hardy team out on the Essex. Notable individual performances from James Hotham (8th overall in 40:25) and Laura Thompson (7th lady in 34:39). Congratulations to the strong women’s team performance coming in 6th overall in a competitive field! Links to official results […]
Race report: 5 mile XC club championships
After casually laying out the course markers across the nooks and crannies of Woodford Green Golf Course, we welcomed 19 runners to the beautiful winter wonderland. Hugh Murdoch gave Joe Dale a run for his money early on the first lap, but inevitably pulled away and skimming the snow covered trails to take the win […]