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Met League Fixture #3: Uxbridge
November was a busy month for VPH&THAC, filled to the brim with races taking us from Dagenham (Chingford League) to Wembley (Liddiard), Parliament Hill (London Champs) to Trent Park (Chingford League), and it wasn’t even the first Met League of the month (Horsendon)! Despite potential race fatigue, our members turned out to the infamous river […]
Met League fixture #2 : Horsenden Hill
The second Met League fixture at Horsenden Hill brought impressive results across the board, with both the senior men’s and women’s teams retaining their lead by 60 points as well as some great performances from the juniors. The senior women’s team placed 2nd, only 7 points behind Thames Valley Harriers, but they extended their lead […]
VPH Go West for Gold at the North London XC Championships 2024
With spikes polished and vests freshly laundered, 19 runners took the long journey from East London to Wormwood Scrubs on the misty and mild morning of Saturday 26th October. All arrived in good time, with notable mentions for Russell Toone who bore a box of freshly baked brownies, and Clare H-M* who raised eyebrows when […]
Met League Fixture #1: Claybury
A flying start to the season for the Jade and Blue The first Met League fixture of the season resulted in a clean sweep for VPH, with victories in both senior races. The men won by a total of 200 points, and the women by a total of 20. This is the first time ever […]
A fast night in Battersea at Friday Night Under the Lights!
It was a cool, clear evening in Battersea with conditions perfect for some fast, Friday night racing and our athletes certainly delivered! Whilst there were a host of impressive runs, the standout performers were Jade Dos Santos breaking the club 5k record and Paul Martiletti breaking his own V40 record and logging the 4th fastest […]
Masters Athletes Update – A Successful Track & Field Season
Our club’s Masters Athletes had a busy, successful summer, with both participation levels and performances showing strong year on year improvement again. From Track & Field first timers to experienced medalists at Major Championships, our athletes had plenty to celebrate. At least twenty five of them currently rank in the Top 100 in the UK, […]
Isle of Wight Fell Running Championships – a diary by Cat O’Shea
Hazel Norton-Hale recruited me to the Isle of Wight Fell Series just after the Three Bridges Relay in June this year. Following an event organised by the London Stock Exchange Athletics Club, one that took three people to run one pancake-flat race, with 2.3 mile laps, that started at the chime of Big Ben (how […]
Women Show Squad Strength at SAL Finale
Our women achieved their highest points total of the season, having improved in every match. They also outscored our men for the first time this year! Our overall 4th place under-represented our performance on the day, due to the SAL’s quirky scoring system. But given results elsewhere, it proved sufficient to secure our second division […]
Victory on our own patch in the SAL
A strong all-round team performance saw us win our home Southern Athletics League fixture, at Mile End. The narrow margin of victory, by just four points, underlined the importance of everybody’s contribution. A much improved result The win was achieved thanks to a much stronger all-round team performance compared with our first two SAL meetings. […]
Gold Rush At The County Champs!
May 11th/12th was County Championships weekend and VPH&TH athletes competed with distinction, both on the Track and in the Field. The majority of our athletes headed to Lee Valley, for the Middlesex Champs. There, a string of excellent performances earned them twenty medals, including nine golds. But our club was represented further afield too, including […]