General
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 […]
Announcement: Urgent volunteer roles to be filled
As the membership has expanded quickly in recent years, we plan to keep this as an iterative process and grow the list of roles for volunteers based on upcoming club requirements and also feedback from the membership. Please see below for current club role vacancies that are open to applicants and need to be filled […]
Announcement: A tribute to “Mac”, Mike Macfarlane
Kind words from Major Carr: Very sorry to hear the news of the passing of Mike Macfarlane (always known as “Mac”.) He joined VPH in the 70’s and was an outstanding sprinter from the beginning. He went on to win 200m in the Commonwealth games and compete in the Olympics. Above all, he was a […]
Announcement: In memory of Steve Shanks
We are deeply saddened and heartbroken by the sudden death of Steve Shanks on his way home after completing the London Marathon on Sunday 23 April. Steve was a civil servant who moved to London from the Midlands in 2011 to work in operations at the London 2012 Olympics. He moved near to Poplar and […]
Announcement: 2022 club awards
The annual club awards were announced at the Christmas Party this year. Firstly thank you to all those involved in hosting this fantastic event and great to see some old friends turn up unexpectedly! June reminded us about the origins of the club spirit of awards and gave a thoughtful speech explaining the reasons for […]
Club events: Boswall League results 2021/22
203 of you took part in at least one of the autumn/winter league races that count towards Boswall League in 2021/22. But only points from your 15 best races count. Please note that people can’t be awarded in more than one age category (means more medals are given out!) so winners and runners-up are awarded […]
Volunteering for club roles
With an increasing membership base and growth in general club activities and participation, our ever expanding roster of volunteers and members giving up their free time is also in need of a boost. Many hands make light work, and there are currently a number of informal opportunities for members to work together with club roles. […]
Club event: VPH&THAC Bake Off 2022
Another year and another club bake-off… Congratulations to Maggie Lind, the VPH 2022 Star Baker. Another happy recipient of the highly coveted apron! Thank you to those that took the time to bake and those of you that gave generously to raise £182.65 for Hackney Foodbank.
Upcoming Events & Fixtures
A list of dates for your diaries. These will also be posted onto the google calendar accessible on the club website and the private facebook page. You can sync all the club fixtures to your own android/iphone google calendar/ical applications and is updated automatically. If you wish to register your interest and are able to […]
Introducing the Metropolitan XC League
The Met League is one of the most prominent competitions if not the main highlight of our club fixture list each season, which has seen a steady and hard-fought rise in the rankings across all our teams in recent years, and we cannot wait to do it all over again! The league is open to […]