Juniors
Announcement: “Come & Try Athletics” Summer Holiday Scheme with VPH&THAC
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets in partnership with Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets AC present a free “come and try” Athletics Summer Holiday Programme. Two fun filled weeks athletics programme. Learn and improve on all the disciplines of athletics: Sprints & Endurance running, Throws and Jumps. Please click on this link for details […]
Announcement: Annual award of the Paul Janko Trophy
This is the 7th year that the Paul Janko Trophy has been awarded to our junior athletes. A tribute to a local individual who supported the club in the recent past and promoted grass roots athletics. Words from Alf Vickers, VPH&THAC Director and Coach. Paul Janko was a teacher at Cubitt Town School he was […]
Race Results: English Schools Championships
One of our junior athletes, Ezekiel Lowe (coached by Clarence Callender) competed at the English Schools Championships hosted in Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, and placed 1st to win the Senior Boys 100 Metres.
Race report: Yusuf Bizimana continues his impressive performances in the NCAA, 2nd in the 800m final in (1:45:74).
Young VPH&THAC athlete Yusuf Bizimana continues to show fantastic progress with a 2nd place in the finals of the 800m NCAA outdoor champs in Austin, Texas with a time of (1:45:74). In the lead up, he finished first in the semi-final in a time of (1:48:02). An athlete from the junior VPH&THAC training group mentored […]
Race Report: Southern Athletics League Race 1 – Lee Valley
Words by Tony MacDowall. In a very tight match we finished second just 2.5 points behind the winners Cambridge Harriers. This is an impressive start to the new season and we can regroup and aim to fill more athletes in the steeplechase, 400m and some of the field events which ultimately cost us victory in […]
Announcement: Southern Athletics League (“SAL”) 2023 season
Our club members are becoming more familiar with the cadence of the fixtures across the full calendar year. Road racing and XC often occupies the autumn and winter months, leading to the marque spring marathon season. VPH&THAC has a long and proud track and field heritage with strong junior teams and a current objective to […]
Race report: Youth Development League, Dartford
The first U13/15 Youth Development League fixture of the season in Dartford. So good to see the club picking up momentum again after Covid. Great performance from all athletes. Photo extracts:
Race report: London Mini Marathon 2023
Today the juniors started off the Marathon weekend with the GB road race champs / Mini marathon. Our athletes represented 3 Boroughs. The stand out performance came from Aneirin Lessard with a 23rd in the U13B.
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 […]